diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.i18n.yaml
index 9c5d00eae0..820299cf2e 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md
-2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md: cce649976c9f4f596d5306b9fe8c3fd49a0e1adc
-2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md: 6f8b83fdb42af03c97dc2e8a9345a01acc6019fc
+2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md: ca56c77a097e3008a50c2aec24040a4f4b6f0ba3
+2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md: bf410e5c7284a9c9914edbd14445074e71dd6943
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md
index cce649976c..ca56c77a09 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ AgentLoop privately owns one `TurnCancellation` per prospective turn. It install
 
 The driver keeps only a cause-less pre-run marker for queued work cancelled before a turn is claimed. An effective `cancel()` emits the observe-only `agent/cancel-requested` notification with its resolved typed cause before clearing queued and steering work or aborting the holder; notification failures cannot veto the stop, and an idle call emits nothing. Work synchronously queued by a notification observer is included in that clear, while work queued by a later signal abort observer belongs to the next turn. If a `running` listener synchronously cancels old work and sends a replacement, the driver discards the aborted holder and creates a fresh one for the replacement. Repeated cancellation is first-wins for the active holder, while later calls may still clear newly queued pending work.
 
-The explicit event signatures keep their positional form and place `signal` inside `PreStepContext` or immediately before a waterfall's final `next`. Pre-step entry, request configuration, request-error recovery, model generation, tool execution, approval, turn stopping, and subagent or workflow requests all receive the current signal. Hook bridges must also supply `RunHookOptions.signal`, so a turn cancellation reaches the bash executor's process-group kill and join boundary. `SystemPrompt.assemble()` carries `signal?: AbortSignal` in `AssembleContext` because that object is an explicit request value that can also represent signal-less assembly outside a turn. Listeners may cooperate with the signal but must not retain it to control another turn.
+The explicit event signatures pass a single payload object: agent-scoped events carry `agent` and `signal` in the payload with `next` last, and the remaining seams keep `signal` immediately before a waterfall's final `next`. `PreStepContext` and `RequestFailureContext` are retired, with their fields folded into the `agent/pre-step` and `agent/request-error` payloads ([payload-object events](2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)). Pre-step entry, request configuration, request-error recovery, model generation, tool execution, approval, turn stopping, and subagent or workflow requests all receive the current signal. Hook bridges must also supply `RunHookOptions.signal`, so a turn cancellation reaches the bash executor's process-group kill and join boundary. `SystemPrompt.assemble()` carries `signal?: AbortSignal` in `AssembleContext` because that object is an explicit request value that can also represent signal-less assembly outside a turn. Listeners may cooperate with the signal but must not retain it to control another turn.
 
 `ctx.agents` continues to carry only the initiating Agent. Ambient Agent presence does not imply liveness, a current turn, or cancellation authority. The cause reader is private to the loop and states the machine-private slot invariant (only `cancel()` aborts a turn controller, always with a canonical frozen cause) instead of re-validating the reason structurally; no public helper reads a cause off an arbitrary signal. Concurrent Agents isolate both their initiator identities and their turn signals; a child driver shadows the parent initiator while its parent request signal still travels through the subagent seam.
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Initiator-scope tests assert that every hook still observes the exact Agent and
 
 **Define speculative `superseded`, `timeout`, and `shutdown` variants now.** No current Agent cancellation producer implements those semantics. `shutdown` is already lifecycle disposal, and timeout or supersession should enter the union only with an owning policy and unique terminal meaning.
 
-**Expose public turn or step context wrappers.** Existing positional seams already identify Agent, turn, and step. A wrapper would widen every API, duplicate ownership, and tempt callers to treat a captured object as durable authority.
+**Expose public turn or step context wrappers.** Existing seams already identify Agent, turn, and step. A wrapper would widen every API, duplicate ownership, and tempt callers to treat a captured object as durable authority.
 
 **Abandon uncooperative work after a grace period.** Returning idle while same-process work still runs breaks teardown and resource-ownership guarantees. Hard termination requires a worker or process isolation boundary and is outside this control seam.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md
index 6f8b83fdb4..bf410e5c72 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.zh.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ AgentLoop 为每个待启动轮次私有地持有一个 `TurnCancellation`。它
 
 对于轮次被认领前已取消的排队工作，驱动器只保留一个不携带取消原因的运行前标记。实际生效的 `cancel()` 会先发出仅供观察的 `agent/cancel-requested` 通知并携带最终确定的类型化取消原因，然后才清除排队工作和 steering（中途引导）工作或中止持有者；通知失败不能阻止此次停止，空闲状态下调用则不发出任何通知。通知观察者同步加入队列的工作也会被这次清除，而稍后由 signal 中止观察者加入队列的工作属于下一个轮次。若 `running` 监听器同步取消旧工作并发送替代提示词，驱动器会丢弃已中止的持有者，并为替代提示词创建全新的持有者。同一活跃持有者上的重复取消遵循首次请求优先，后续调用仍可清除新入队的待处理工作。
 
-显式事件签名保留位置参数形式，并把 `signal` 放入 `PreStepContext`，或放在 waterfall（瀑布式事件）的最后一个参数 `next` 之前。pre-step 进入决策、请求配置、请求错误恢复、模型生成、工具执行、审批、轮次停止以及 subagent 或工作流请求都会收到当前 signal。钩子桥接器也必须提供 `RunHookOptions.signal`，使轮次取消能够到达 Bash 执行器终止进程组并等待其退出的边界。`SystemPrompt.assemble()` 在 `AssembleContext` 中携带 `signal?: AbortSignal`，因为该对象是显式请求值，也可表示轮次之外不携带 signal 的组装。监听器可以配合该 signal 取消，但不得保留它来控制其他轮次。
+显式事件签名传递单个 payload 对象：agent 作用域事件在 payload 中携带 `agent` 和 `signal`，`next` 位于最后；其余 seam 保持 `signal` 紧邻 waterfall（瀑布式事件）的最终 `next` 之前。`PreStepContext` 与 `RequestFailureContext` 已退役，其字段并入 `agent/pre-step` 与 `agent/request-error` 的 payload（[payload-object 事件](2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)）。pre-step 进入决策、请求配置、请求错误恢复、模型生成、工具执行、审批、轮次停止以及 subagent 或工作流请求都会收到当前 signal。钩子桥接器也必须提供 `RunHookOptions.signal`，使轮次取消能够到达 Bash 执行器终止进程组并等待其退出的边界。`SystemPrompt.assemble()` 在 `AssembleContext` 中携带 `signal?: AbortSignal`，因为该对象是显式请求值，也可表示轮次之外不携带 signal 的组装。监听器可以配合该 signal 取消，但不得保留它来控制其他轮次。
 
 `ctx.agents` 仍只携带发起 Agent。环境中的 Agent 并不代表存活、当前轮次或取消权限。cause 读取器是 loop 私有的，它直接陈述机器私有的 slot 不变量（只有 `cancel()` 会中止轮次控制器，且总是携带规范的冻结 cause），而不是对 reason 做结构化再校验；不存在从任意 signal 读取 cause 的公开辅助函数。并发 Agent 会同时隔离各自的发起方身份和轮次 signal；子驱动会遮蔽父发起方，而父请求 signal 仍通过 subagent seam 传递。
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Agent dispose（资源释放）会在活跃持有者上请求仅用于运行时
 
 **现在就定义推测性的 `superseded`、`timeout` 和 `shutdown` 变体。** 当前没有 Agent 取消生产方实现这些语义。`shutdown` 已经属于生命周期 dispose；超时或替代只有在拥有明确归属策略和唯一终态含义时才应进入联合类型。
 
-**公开轮次或步骤上下文包装类型。** 现有位置参数 seam 已经标识 Agent、轮次和步骤。包装类型会加宽所有 API、重复归属，并诱导调用方把捕获的对象当成持久权限。
+**公开轮次或步骤上下文包装类型。** 现有 seam 已经标识 Agent、轮次和步骤。包装类型会加宽所有 API、重复归属，并诱导调用方把捕获的对象当成持久权限。
 
 **在宽限期后放弃不协作的工作。** 同进程工作仍在运行时就报告空闲状态，会破坏资源清理与资源归属保证。硬终止需要 worker 或进程隔离边界，不属于该控制 seam。
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.i18n.yaml
index 37eccb0c95..9c8308be74 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md
-2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md: aeefbe22a397e3d7ffb9f6427a3c70c8c8e8b940
-2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md: 056d50d45cef891e0e635d8bb4f2e73064ccdb87
+2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md: 3c51f06fca23a495f0fbc0cc4f1c289edea07b3b
+2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md: 06fc1005785d9d11b52839f91c3bb4b99cad7d63
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md
index aeefbe22a3..3c51f06fca 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Slot scope is the closed set `root | session-maybe | session`:
 - `session-maybe` follows the current session with ADOPTION identity (the only behavior — there is no hold-identity-forever mode): an incarnation born session-less keeps its React instance across the arrival of the FIRST session (the blank shell adopts it — no remount, the DOM survives), and from then on behaves exactly like a strict session entry — switching to a different session remounts, and dropping back to no-session remounts into a fresh blank incarnation that will adopt again. Component-local per-session state therefore clears by construction; state that must survive a switch belongs in session-bound sources (machine, store, hooks). With no session, `sessionId`, the results of `useSession`/`useInput`, and `inputActions` may all be absent. The unkeyed root `SessionMaybeProvider` drives these updates by subscribing to the runtime's atomic `currentProvide` projection — selection moves and provider-roster changes publish through the same source, so a roster change under a stable current id republishes the mounted bundle instead of stranding entries on an obsolete hook/prop schema — while `SessionMaybeProvideInfo` uses the static key map to retain the complete hook/prop shape even with no session; the per-entry adoption bookkeeping (incarnation-counter key) lives in the renderer's `SessionMaybeEntry`.
 - `session` guarantees that `sessionId`, every hook source, and every prop exist; each strict entry's error boundary is keyed by `sessionId`, so switching sessions recreates that entry and its session store.
 
-`conversation` is the resident `session-maybe` shell: `ConversationRoot`, HeroShell, the Workspace picker, the composer stack, and the overlay chain's fallback frame retain their React instances across the no-session → blank-session switch; `conversation.session` carries only the strict-session header/view. The composer bar (`conversation.composer.bar`) is itself `session-maybe`: with no session it renders inert (machine faces absent, `disabled` owner prop), and the same instance — textarea included — goes live when a session appears; the remaining input slots stay strict `session` and dispatch nothing until then. The blank → engaging/active transition never rebuilds the InputBar on a phase flip.
+`conversation` is the resident `session-maybe` shell: `ConversationRoot`, HeroShell, the Workspace picker, the root-owned scrollport and composer stack, and the overlay chain's fallback frame retain their React instances across the no-session → blank-session switch. Two strict entries fill fixed regions without reparenting that tree: `conversation.session.header` carries breadcrumb/tabs/actions above the scrollport, while `conversation.session` carries the view ring and draft mirror inside it; both share the same session-scoped chat store. The composer bar (`conversation.composer.bar`) is itself `session-maybe`: with no session it renders inert (machine faces absent, `disabled` owner prop), and the same instance — textarea included — goes live when a session appears; the remaining input slots stay strict `session` and dispatch nothing until then. The blank → engaging/active transition never rebuilds the InputBar on a phase flip.
 
 - The runtime's first built-in entry: the `'session'` hook — `useSession` itself rides the same mechanism, no special-casing.
 - Concurrent discipline: the render plane reads only from the hooks compartment (uSES consistency guarantee); props-compartment callbacks are used only in event-handler space; descriptor resolution is render-safe (idempotent caching, with prune reaping residue from abandoned renders).
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md
index 056d50d45c..06fc100578 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-client-session-scope-and-provide-channel.zh.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ slot scope 是闭集 `root | session-maybe | session`：
 - `session-maybe` 以**收养（adoption）身份语义**跟随 current session（唯一行为——不存在「永久保持实例」模式）：空态出生的化身在**第一个** session 到来时保持 React 实例（空壳收养它——不重挂，DOM 存活）；此后行为与严格 session entry 完全一致——切到不同 session 重挂，跌回无 session 也重挂为崭新的空态化身（之后再次收养）。因此组件本地的 per-session 状态**由构造保证**随切换清零；需要活过切换的状态必须住 session 绑定的源（machine、store、hooks）。无 session 时 `sessionId`、`useSession`/`useInput` 的选择结果及 `inputActions` 均可缺省。根部无 key 的 `SessionMaybeProvider` 通过订阅 runtime 的原子 `currentProvide` 投影驱动这条更新——选择移动和提供方名册变化经同一 source 发布，current id 不变时的名册变化也会重发已挂载 bundle，而不是把 entry 困在过期的钩子/prop 形状上——`SessionMaybeProvideInfo` 靠静态键表在无 session 时仍保留完整钩子/prop 形状；逐 entry 的收养记账（化身计数 key）住在 renderer 的 `SessionMaybeEntry`。
 - `session` 保证 `sessionId`、所有钩子 source 与 props 均存在；每个严格 entry 的错误边界以 `sessionId` 为 key，切换 session 会重建该 entry 及其 session store。
 
-`conversation` 是 `session-maybe` 的常驻外壳：`ConversationRoot`、HeroShell、Workspace picker、composer stack 与 overlay chain 的 fallback 外框在无 session → blank session 的切换中保持 React 实例；`conversation.session` 只承载严格 session 的 header/view。composer bar（`conversation.composer.bar`）本身即为 `session-maybe`：无 session 时以惰性态渲染（machine face 缺席、`disabled` owner prop），session 出现后同一实例（含 textarea）转为 live；其余输入 slot 保持严格 `session`，在此之前不分发任何条目。blank → engaging/active 的 InputBar 不因 phase 翻转而重建。
+`conversation` 是 `session-maybe` 的常驻外壳：`ConversationRoot`、HeroShell、Workspace picker、root 持有的 scrollport 与 composer stack，以及 overlay chain 的 fallback 外框，在无 session → blank session 的切换中保持 React 实例。两个严格 session entry 只填入固定区域，不改变该树的父级：`conversation.session.header` 在 scrollport 上方承载 breadcrumb／tab／action，`conversation.session` 在其内部承载 view ring 与 draft mirror；二者共享同一个 session scope chat store。composer bar（`conversation.composer.bar`）本身即为 `session-maybe`：无 session 时以惰性态渲染（machine face 缺席、`disabled` owner prop），session 出现后同一实例（含 textarea）转为 live；其余输入 slot 保持严格 `session`，在此之前不分发任何条目。blank → engaging/active 的 InputBar 不因 phase 翻转而重建。
 
 - 运行时内建第一条：`'session'` 钩子——`useSession` 本身走同一机制，无特判。
 - Concurrent 纪律：渲染平面只从 hooks 格读（uSES 一致性保证）；props 格回调只在事件 handler 空间用；描述符解析 render-safe（幂等缓存、废弃渲染残留由 prune 收尸）。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.i18n.yaml
index a52995c855..f22f2340ac 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md
-2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md: 977df6508e1a1cd54cf1ddb469a6bfb835f60071
-2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md: f70065c8b356b2ed5ca6ab317fbdeb5177f058fa
+2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md: 39ef214a94fcd019f535fb60136d5dcc09b54e60
+2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md: 9b0ca0cadbc5e0212048b165f0d60d567a5639ad
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md
index 977df6508e..39ef214a94 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.md
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ A trigger/menu/pick pipeline with zero knowledge of "commands":
 ### hub / facade: the resident shell and the strict-session input body
 
 - The hub (trigger/decoration registries + send orchestration) takes the slash/command services as optional `ctx.get()` dependencies: without ui-slash or the command surfaces, input still sends and receives normally — graceful degradation.
-- Each materialized Session has exactly one `SessionInputShell` (the facade), created and torn down with the session scope; with no session, no input machine is built. `ConversationRoot` is itself the `session-maybe` resident shell, holding HeroShell, the Workspace picker, the composer stack, and the chain-fallback frame.
+- Each materialized Session has exactly one `SessionInputShell` (the facade), created and torn down with the session scope; with no session, no input machine is built. `ConversationRoot` is itself the `session-maybe` resident shell, holding HeroShell, the Workspace picker, the composer stack, and the chain-fallback frame. It always owns the same scrollport and composer seat; separate strict-session header and body outlets fill those fixed regions after a Session appears.
 - The composer bar is one `session-maybe` slot entry rendered unconditionally: with no session the same InputBar renders inert (machine faces absent, `disabled` owner prop), and once `connectWorkspace` returns a blank session the same instance goes live — the textarea DOM survives the no-session → blank transition and every later phase flip; `ConversationRoot`, the Hero, and the layout skeleton hold throughout.
-- ConversationRoot's Hero criterion is `sessionId === undefined || (composerPhase === 'blank' && (openState === 'open' || openState === 'loading'))`. The first submit enters engaging synchronously, and a failure keeps the composer and the error context rather than falling back to the blank Hero; the sidebar's blank bit flips false only after a prompt is successfully accepted.
+- ConversationRoot's Hero criterion is `sessionId === undefined || (composerPhase === 'blank' && (openState === 'open' || summaryBlank === true))`: a summary-proven blank Session remains Hero in every open state, while an unproven Session settles during loading. The first submit enters engaging synchronously, and a failure keeps the composer and the error context rather than falling back to the blank Hero; the sidebar's blank bit flips false only after a prompt is successfully accepted.
 - Sending unifies in the hub defaultSink: after an optimistic draft clear it goes only through `session.prompt` with `mode:'queue'` (the Web UI has no steer entry; host-wire `mode:'steer'` remains outside this machine); backfill happens only when it fails and the live draft is still empty — a user who has kept typing is never overwritten. No Draft materialize or attach transaction exists.
 - When the blank Hero re-picks the Workspace, the shell calls `connectWorkspace`; if the target session differs, the non-empty draft moves from the current shell to the target shell before the new id is opened, and the old blank session survives but is no longer current.
 - The Notifier's two-bit contract: `dirty` (snapshot freshness, clearable by an `ensureFresh` pull) and `notifyPending` (notification debt, cleared only by a flush) are mutually independent — a pull must not swallow a push, and object-layer push subscribers (watchTransaction) depend on this guarantee.
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ skill/@subagent references skip the placeholder + occurrence identity chain —
 
 ### The slot system
 
-`conversation` is itself session-maybe; its session content and the composer input slots are strict session, while the Hero Workspace picker stays root. The child slots are all declared by ui-conversation's conversation registration:
+`conversation` is itself session-maybe; its session content and the composer input slots are strict session, while the Hero Workspace picker stays root. The root registration renders the header outlet above its resident scrollport and the body outlet inside it, before the resident composer seat. The child slots are all declared by ui-conversation's conversation registration:
 
-- `conversation.session` (single) — the strict-session header, view ring, and chat store; rebuilt when the session id switches.
+- `conversation.session.header` (single) — strict-session breadcrumb, view tabs, and header actions above the resident scrollport.
+- `conversation.session` (single) — the strict-session view ring and draft mirror inside the resident scrollport. Header and body share the same session-scoped chat store; each is rebuilt when the session id switches.
 - `conversation.composer.bar` (single) — the slot for the InputBar itself: the InputBar is a true slot entry (self-registered into its own slot) and the content of the composer chain's fallback; it is not a chain entry — the chain's single election would unmount it on a takeover, breaking textarea DOM survival.
 - `conversation.input.overlay` — the floating-overlay anchor inside the input card; registrants' inject resolves each one's own per-session controller by the slot sessionId.
 - `conversation.input.dock` — the stacked strip above the input (QueueDock's read-only queue list lands here), ordered by `order`.
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ The state machine's entire behavior is covered by pure-JS unit tests (event sequ
 
 ## Consequences
 
-- One resident conversation shell carries no-session/blank/active: no session → blank guarantees only the outer frame's React identity, allowing the disabled textarea to be replaced by the strict InputBar; the same blank session → engaging/active keeps the InputBar and the textarea. EmptyState and the controlled intent chain (`sessions.updateIntent`/`updatePendingPrompt`/`workspaces.sendSession`) are deleted along with their last consumer.
+- One resident conversation shell carries no-session/blank/active: no session → blank preserves ConversationRoot, Hero, the root-scoped Workspace picker, scrollport, composer seat, InputBar, and textarea; only the strict header and body outlets gain content. The same blank session → engaging/active also keeps the InputBar and textarea. EmptyState and the controlled intent chain (`sessions.updateIntent`/`updatePendingPrompt`/`workspaces.sendSession`) are deleted along with their last consumer.
 - The input surface's zero knowledge of commands plus optional dependencies: pure input works without the command packages; `@` references and skill references get free reuse of the same menu/pick pipeline. The cost is that space/enter adjudication is a per-source polling protocol whose answer semantics (sync/async, the meaning of undefined) are a frozen contract.
 - Transactionalized submission (attempt seq + the drift guard) makes the three defect classes — stale-result backwash, session switching, concurrent replay — structurally impossible, pinned by the matrix tests.
 - Known gaps: chip fidelity across refresh (paste matching is reusable for it) has no workstream yet; the subagent reference's model representation awaits its business workstream.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md
index f70065c8b3..9b0ca0cadb 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-25-web-input-machine-and-slash-pipeline.zh.md
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ occurrence 表与 chip 三投影：
 ### hub / facade：常驻外壳与严格 session 输入体
 
 - hub（trigger/decoration 注册表 + 发送编排）对 slash/command 服务是可选 `ctx.get()` 依赖：无 ui-slash/命令面时输入正常收发，优雅降级。
-- 每个实体 Session 只有一个 `SessionInputShell`（facade），随 session scope 创建和拆除；无 session 时不造 input machine。`ConversationRoot` 自身是 `session-maybe` 常驻外壳，持有 HeroShell、Workspace picker、composer stack 与 chain fallback 外框。
+- 每个实体 Session 只有一个 `SessionInputShell`（facade），随 session scope 创建和拆除；无 session 时不造 input machine。`ConversationRoot` 自身是 `session-maybe` 常驻外壳，持有 HeroShell、Workspace picker、composer stack 与 chain fallback 外框。它始终拥有同一个 scrollport 与 composer seat；Session 出现后，彼此独立的严格 session header 和 body outlet 只填入这些固定区域。
 - composer bar 是一个无条件渲染的 `session-maybe` slot entry：无 session 时同一个 InputBar 以惰性态渲染（machine face 缺席、`disabled` owner prop），`connectWorkspace` 返回 blank session 后同一实例转为 live——textarea DOM 在无 session → blank 切换及其后每次 phase 翻转中都不重建；`ConversationRoot`、Hero 与布局骨架全程保持。
-- ConversationRoot 的 Hero 判据是 `sessionId === undefined || (composerPhase === 'blank' && (openState === 'open' || openState === 'loading'))`。首次 submit 同步进入 engaging，失败也保留 composer 与错误上下文，不退回 blank Hero；sidebar 的 blank 位只在 prompt 成功受理后翻 false。
+- ConversationRoot 的 Hero 判据是 `sessionId === undefined || (composerPhase === 'blank' && (openState === 'open' || summaryBlank === true))`：summary 已证实为空的 Session 在任何 open state 下都保持 Hero，未经证实的 Session 则在 loading 期间进入 settling。首次 submit 同步进入 engaging，失败也保留 composer 与错误上下文，不退回 blank Hero；sidebar 的 blank 位只在 prompt 成功受理后翻 false。
 - 发送统一在 hub defaultSink：乐观清稿后只走 `session.prompt` 且固定 `mode:'queue'`（Web UI 无 steer 入口；host 线缆上的 `mode:'steer'` 不经此 machine）；失败且 live draft 仍为空才回填，用户已经继续输入则不覆盖。不存在 Draft materialize 或 attach 事务。
 - blank Hero 改选 Workspace 时，外壳调用 `connectWorkspace`；目标 session 不同时把非空 draft 从当前 shell 搬到目标 shell，再 open 新 id，旧 blank session 留存但不再 current。
 - Notifier 双位契约：`dirty`（快照新鲜度，`ensureFresh` 拉取可清）与 `notifyPending`（通知欠账，只有 flush 清）各自独立——拉取不得吞推送，对象层推订阅者（watchTransaction）依赖这一保证。
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ skill/@subagent 引用不走占位符 + occurrence 身份链——pick 直接把
 
 ### slot 体系
 
-`conversation` 本身是 session-maybe；其会话内容与 composer 输入 slot 严格限定为 session，Hero Workspace picker 保持 root。子 slot 均由 ui-conversation 的 conversation 注册声明：
+`conversation` 本身是 session-maybe；其会话内容与 composer 输入 slot 严格限定为 session，Hero Workspace picker 保持 root。root 注册把 header outlet 渲染在常驻 scrollport 上方，把 body outlet 渲染在其内部、常驻 composer seat 之前。子 slot 均由 ui-conversation 的 conversation 注册声明：
 
-- `conversation.session`（single）——严格 session 的 header、view ring 与 chat store；session id 切换时重建。
+- `conversation.session.header`（single）——常驻 scrollport 上方严格 session 的 breadcrumb、view tab 与 header action。
+- `conversation.session`（single）——常驻 scrollport 内严格 session 的 view ring 与 draft mirror。header 和 body 共享同一个 session scope chat store；session id 切换时各自重建。
 - `conversation.composer.bar`（single）——InputBar 本体的 slot：InputBar 是真 slot entry（自有 slot 自注册），composer chain fallback 的内容；不做 chain entry——chain 单选举会在 takeover 时卸载它，破坏 textarea DOM 存活。
 - `conversation.input.overlay`——输入卡内浮层锚点；注册者 inject 按 slot sessionId 解析各自 per-session controller。
 - `conversation.input.dock`——输入上方堆叠条（QueueDock 的队列只读列表落此），order 定序。
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ skill/@subagent 引用不走占位符 + occurrence 身份链——pick 直接把
 
 ## 后果
 
-- 一个常驻 conversation 外壳承接 no-session/blank/active：无 session → blank 只保证大框架 React identity，允许 disabled textarea 替换为严格 InputBar；同一 blank session → engaging/active 保持 InputBar 与 textarea。EmptyState 与受控 intent 链（`sessions.updateIntent`/`updatePendingPrompt`/`workspaces.sendSession`）随最后消费者一并删除。
+- 一个常驻 conversation 外壳承接 no-session/blank/active：无 session → blank 保持 ConversationRoot、Hero、root scope Workspace picker、scrollport、composer seat、InputBar 与 textarea；只有严格 session header 和 body outlet 开始承载内容。同一 blank session → engaging/active 也保持 InputBar 与 textarea。EmptyState 与受控 intent 链（`sessions.updateIntent`/`updatePendingPrompt`/`workspaces.sendSession`）随最后消费者一并删除。
 - 输入面对命令零知识 + 可选依赖：无命令包时纯输入可用；`@` 引用与 skill 引用免费复用同一菜单/pick 管线。代价是空格/回车裁决是逐 source 轮询协议，其应答语义（同步/异步、undefined 含义）为冻结契约。
 - 提交事务化（attempt seq + 漂移守卫）使晚到结果回灌、会话切换、concurrent 重放三类缺陷结构性不可能，由矩阵测试钉住。
 - 已知欠账：chip 跨刷新保真（可复用粘贴匹配）未立项；subagent 引用的模型表示待业务立项。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.i18n.yaml
index 70d44e1767..9994bcb3b9 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md
-2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md: 97b551ff509e3b424f6bf5725939cf54acc961a7
-2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md: 7fff744e64109549a65d4f5bb17ff2d6ddfc6888
+2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md: e9af88e8e7ef962213a74e96a249241cbe8d5994
+2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md: 89f8e107c56d42787c59bc6f8fa8fc7b3ef73208
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md
index 97b551ff50..e9af88e8e7 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ English | [中文](2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md)
 
 ## Decision
 
-The ladder moves to its one consumer. `dsh-subagent-acp` owns `disposeAcpChild(child, eofGraceMs, graceMs)`, built entirely on the seam's public verbs: close `stdin`, bound a `waitForExit` on `eofGraceMs`, then `terminate()` (whose SIGTERM→spec-grace→SIGKILL escalation already encodes the signal tiers), then a final bounded whole-tree wait that throws if survivors remain. The seam keeps `kill`/`terminate`/`waitForExit` — mechanisms, not policy — and `waitForExit(signal?)` is exactly the quiescence probe a consumer ladder needs to hold each tier on real tree exit. `dsh-subprocess-local` drops its `dsh-timeout` dependency; the seam's handle loses one method and one exported interface.
+The ladder moves to its one consumer. `dsh-subagent-acp` owns `disposeAcpChild(child, eofGraceMs)`, built entirely on the seam's public verbs: close `stdin`, bound a `waitForExit` on `eofGraceMs`, then call `terminate()`, whose SIGTERM→spec-grace→SIGKILL escalation already owns the signal timer, and await an unbounded `waitForExit()` for the subprocess owner's whole-tree exit proof. The seam keeps `kill`/`terminate`/`waitForExit` — mechanisms, not policy — and `waitForExit(signal?)` is exactly the quiescence probe a consumer ladder needs to hold the cooperative tier on real tree exit without deriving another timer from the termination grace. The seam's handle loses one method and one exported interface.
 
 ## Alternatives considered
 
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ The ladder moves to its one consumer. `dsh-subagent-acp` owns `disposeAcpChild(c
 
 ## Consequences
 
-Bought: the seam is one method and one type smaller; implementations owe four verbs and no teardown policy; `dsh-subprocess-local` loses a dependency; the ladder's tier windows live beside the config fields that tune them. Cost: a future backend wanting EOF-first teardown writes ~20 lines against the verbs (or lifts the ACP helper); the ladder's tier-tier tests moved from the seam suite to the ACP suite, and the seam suite pins the verbs the ladder composes (bounded `waitForExit` false-then-true across an escalation) instead of the composed policy.
+Bought: the seam is one method and one type smaller; implementations owe four verbs and no teardown policy; the cooperative EOF window lives beside the ACP config field that tunes it, while the subprocess owner alone owns the termination window and final join. Cost: a future backend wanting EOF-first teardown writes ~20 lines against the verbs (or lifts the ACP helper); the ladder's tier tests live in the ACP suite, and the seam suite pins the verbs the ladder composes (bounded `waitForExit` false before escalation and an unbounded whole-tree join after it) instead of the composed policy.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md
index 7fff744e64..89f8e107c5 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-27-dispose-ladder-to-consumer.zh.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 决策
 
-阶梯移入其唯一消费方。`dsh-subagent-acp` 拥有 `disposeAcpChild(child, eofGraceMs, graceMs)`，完全构建在 seam 的公开动词之上：关闭 `stdin`，以 `eofGraceMs` 约束一次 `waitForExit`，随后 `terminate()`（其 SIGTERM→spec 宽限期→SIGKILL 升级已编码了信号层级），最后进行有界的整树等待，若仍有存活进程则抛出。seam 保留 `kill`／`terminate`／`waitForExit`——机制而非策略——而 `waitForExit(signal?)` 恰是消费方阶梯在每一层确认进程树真正退出所需的完全停稳探针。`dsh-subprocess-local` 卸下 `dsh-timeout` 依赖；seam 的句柄少了一个方法和一个导出接口。
+阶梯移入其唯一消费方。`dsh-subagent-acp` 拥有 `disposeAcpChild(child, eofGraceMs)`，完全构建在 seam 的公开动词之上：关闭 `stdin`，以 `eofGraceMs` 约束一次 `waitForExit`，随后调用 `terminate()`（其 SIGTERM→spec 宽限期→SIGKILL 升级已拥有信号定时器），再无界等待 `waitForExit()`，由子进程责任方证明整棵进程树已经退出。seam 保留 `kill`／`terminate`／`waitForExit`——机制而非策略——而 `waitForExit(signal?)` 恰是消费方阶梯在协作层确认进程树真正退出所需的停稳探针，无需从终止宽限期再派生一个定时器。seam 的句柄少了一个方法和一个导出接口。
 
 ## 曾考虑的替代方案
 
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 后果
 
-换来的是：seam 少了一个方法和一个类型；实现只需提供四个动词，无需提供拆卸策略；`dsh-subprocess-local` 少了一个依赖；阶梯的层级时间窗与调节它们的配置字段住在一起。代价：未来想要 EOF 打头拆卸的后端需针对这些动词写约 20 行（或直接搬 ACP 的辅助函数）；阶梯的层级测试从 seam 套件移入 ACP 套件，seam 套件转而钉住阶梯所组合的动词（升级前后有界 `waitForExit` 先假后真），而非组合后的策略。
+买到的：seam 少了一个方法和一个类型；实现只欠四个动词，不欠拆卸策略；协作式 EOF 时间窗与调节它的 ACP 配置字段住在一起，而终止时间窗与最终的整树退出等待仅由子进程责任方拥有。代价：未来想要 EOF 打头拆卸的后端需针对这些动词写约 20 行（或直接搬 ACP 的辅助函数）；阶梯的层级测试位于 ACP 套件，seam 套件转而钉住阶梯所组合的动词（升级前有界 `waitForExit` 返回假，升级后无界等待整棵进程树退出），而非组合后的策略。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9300571e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md
+2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md: d75b6bdb91d60026636bf320f8c6625590849a41
+2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.zh.md: f8dba9900b1a7a3abcb16c70a35cc18f0c44219f
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d75b6bdb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Agent Note: pi-ai routes are declared providers, not catalog lookups
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+`dsh-llm-pi-ai` treated the pi-ai package's generated catalog as the boundary of what could be configured. A route key had to name an installed provider (`resolveProfiles` rejected anything else), model listing returned `getBuiltinModels(provider)` verbatim, and request-time model resolution looked the id up in that same catalog and overrode only `baseURL`. Three consequences followed, and all three were dead ends rather than gaps: an OpenAI-compatible gateway, a self-hosted server, or a provider newer than the installed catalog could not be configured at all; a model the catalog had not caught up with failed with `UNKNOWN_MODEL` even against a correct endpoint; and a model's context window and output cap were whatever the pinned pi-ai release said, so a deployment could neither correct a stale value nor supply one for a model pi-ai had never described. Upgrading the package was the only way to move any of it.
+
+The adapter also streamed through `streamSimple` from `@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat`, an entry point whose own module documentation declares it a temporary compatibility surface — its catalog reads are `@deprecated`, and it is deleted when pi-ai finishes its `ModelManager` migration. The three configuration limits and the deprecated dependency have the same fix, because pi-ai's supported runtime (`createModels()` / `createProvider()`) is built around a provider being *declared* rather than looked up.
+
+## Decision
+
+A provider route is a **declaration**, and the installed catalog is its default. `resolveProfiles` no longer checks route keys against `getBuiltinProviders()`. Instead each route resolves to a materialized model list plus the pi-ai `Provider` that serves it:
+
+- `catalog.ts` merges the installed catalog under the profile's own entries. A profile's `models` list *replaces* the route's catalog (an absent or empty list serves it unchanged), and each entry defaults its unset fields from the installed model of the same `id`. Only the fields the harness consumes are configurable — `id`, `name`, `contextWindow`, `maxTokens`. Pricing and input modalities are absent from the surface because nothing reads them: `replay.ts` zeroes pi-ai's cost metadata and `context.ts` keeps only text blocks. Reasoning is absent for a different reason: a bare capability flag would make pi-ai advertise effort levels with no `thinkingLevelMap` to spell them, so it rides the installed entry or is absent. Materialization spreads the installed entry and overrides those four fields, rather than enumerating the result: an enumerated rebuild silently drops every `Model` field this package does not model, which is how `headers` went missing from an nvidia route once already.
+- `provider.ts` builds the route's `Provider`. A catalog route that keeps its catalog protocol **reuses** the installed provider with `getModels()` replaced; every other route is built by `createProvider()` over a protocol table whose entries are the same `@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/*.lazy` factories pi-ai's own provider factories use. That table is narrower than pi-ai's full API set on purpose — it holds only protocols a profile can completely describe with a key, an endpoint, and headers, so Bedrock (SigV4 plus a region), Vertex (project, location, ADC), Azure (provider environment plus an api-version), and Codex (OAuth) are absent rather than offered as routes that cannot authenticate. Catalog routes still reach them through their own provider; only an explicit override is refused.
+- `adapter.ts` turns each resolution into an **immutable snapshot** — the profiles plus a `createModels()` collection holding those providers — and every operation captures a whole snapshot before its first `await`.
+- A model's **explicitly configured** `maxTokens` becomes the seam's `defaultMaxTokens`. The value inherited from the installed catalog does not: pi-ai requires `Model.maxTokens` as the model's output *capability*, while `defaultMaxTokens` is a cap the deployment chose to send on requests that name none, and materializing the former as the latter would start capping every request at a number nobody picked.
+
+### Snapshots, not a shared collection
+
+`Models.streamSimple()` resolves its provider lazily, when the returned stream is first consumed — which is after the adapter has awaited the route's credential. A single collection mutated in place would therefore let a request that started under one configuration finish under another, or fail on a provider that no longer exists, even though `llm.prepareCall()` already froze that step's config and captured its adapter registration. A configuration change builds a *new* collection and leaves the one in use alone, so the seam's per-step freeze holds all the way down: switching models mid-reply takes effect on the next step, never inside the one in flight.
+
+### The directory replaces atomically
+
+The configurable-provider directory follows the profiles, so it changes whenever a declared route appears or leaves. Withdrawing the old registration and making a new one cannot express that: a candidate set the registry refuses — a profile keyed `deepseek-official`, which `llm-deepseek` already declares — would leave this plugin's whole directory withdrawn and the Models page empty, silently, because the settings-change callback contains the failure. `registerConfigurableProviders` therefore returns a handle carrying `replace(entries)` with the same validate-the-candidate-set-first atomicity `registerAdapter` has, and the plugin uses it. A refused swap costs a diagnostic; the previous entries keep serving.
+
+Resolution fails loud and names the route and model at fault: a model the catalog does not describe falls back to the route's own `defaultContextWindow`/`defaultMaxTokens`, so a listing that discloses nothing but ids still yields a serviceable route; a route the catalog does not ship needs `api`, `baseURL`, and a non-empty `models` list. Because the built `Provider` is part of the resolution result, a protocol or model error keeps the last good route set serving, exactly as a bad settings snapshot already did.
+
+The configurable-provider directory is now the installed catalog **joined with** every route the current profiles declare, re-registered when that set changes. Without the join a hand-declared route would have no settings address and no configuration surface could show or edit it.
+
+### A capability whose only level does nothing is reported unavailable
+
+pi-ai reports a model with no reasoning metadata as supporting the single level `off`, and the adapter used to pass that straight through. It reaches the seam as a one-item effort list, which every surface renders as a picker holding one selectable control — and that control is a lie: `off` becomes an *omitted* reasoning option at dispatch, byte-for-byte the request that naming no effort already produces. A provider whose own default is to think keeps thinking while the surface shows `off` selected.
+
+`reasoningInfo` therefore omits the seam's `reasoning` field whenever `model.reasoning` is falsy. The condition is the model's own metadata, not where the model came from, so this covers every hand-declared model **and** the 251 installed-catalog models pi-ai marks as non-reasoning. Those previously offered the lone `off`; they now offer nothing, and the surface shows the provider default alone. Models that do carry reasoning metadata are untouched — their level list still crosses the seam unfiltered, `off` included, because there it selects between real alternatives.
+
+### Credentials stay outside pi-ai
+
+pi-ai's `Models` carries its own credential concept — a `CredentialStore` keyed by provider id, with `envApiKeyAuth` resolving `credential.key ?? env(VAR)`. Adopting it would have created a second credential source of truth beside `ctx.credentials` and, worse, reintroduced the ambient fallback the harness deliberately forbids: a named-but-missing `apiKeyEnv` must fail with `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` rather than authenticate with whatever unrelated key the environment holds.
+
+`ModelsImpl.applyAuth` honours `options.apiKey` as the request's key, but only through a provider that declares an api-key method: `resolveProviderAuth` short-circuits to that method when the override is present, and otherwise falls through to the credential store and then to ambient discovery, returning nothing — and so failing the request with `Provider is not configured` — when the provider has no api-key method at all. The harness therefore resolves the route's key through its own seam, as before, and passes the result as the request's `apiKey`; the collection is constructed with no credential store.
+
+A route's auth follows from that. A catalog route keeps the installed provider's own `auth`, which preserves provider-native ambient discovery for a profile naming no credential, and keeps it through an `api` override too: which environment a provider reads is a property of the provider, not of the wire format its models speak. The exception is a catalog provider with no api-key method — `openai-codex` authenticates through OAuth alone — where a profile that names a credential also gets the harness method beside the provider's own, because otherwise its configured key would be refused before any request went out. A keyless profile on such a route adds nothing and keeps the honest refusal: this adapter holds no OAuth store to resolve through. A hand-declared route gets a harness-owned `ApiKeyAuth` that reports configured-but-keyless rather than unconfigured, leaving the requirement to the protocol — which is where it lives: pi-ai's OpenAI-compatible implementation still demands a key or an `Authorization` header, and says so itself.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **Keep `createProvider()` but skip the `Models` collection**, streaming through `provider.streamSimple(model, ctx, {apiKey})`. Smallest diff and the credential path is untouched, but `createProvider`'s `auth` is a required field that this path never invokes — a required-by-signature implementation with no caller. It also leaves `refreshModels` needing a hand-built `RefreshModelsContext`, and keeps the adapter off the runtime pi-ai actually supports.
+- **Reuse the installed provider for catalog routes and `createProvider()` only for declared ones**, with no shared resolution. Zero risk to catalog behavior, but catalog materialization, endpoint override, and per-model configuration would each exist twice, and a catalog route that repoints its protocol would have to jump paths mid-resolution. The chosen split confines the asymmetry to provider construction, where it is forced by pi-ai not exposing a built provider's API implementations.
+- **Rebuild every route through `createProvider()`**, including catalog ones. Fully symmetric, but a built `Provider` does not expose its `api`, so the protocol table would become the ceiling on which providers work — Bedrock loads its Smithy module through a separate entry point and would silently stop working.
+- **Expose pi-ai's whole `Model` shape** (cost, input modalities, `thinkingLevelMap`, `compat`). Maximum configurability, but no current consumer reads those fields, so a configured price or modality would change nothing while reading as supported.
+
+- **Keep one mutable `Models` collection and re-sync it.** Fewer allocations, and correct for every operation that resolves synchronously. It is exactly wrong for the one that does not: `stream()` awaits a credential between capturing its model and dispatching it.
+- **Simulate an atomic directory swap with dispose-then-register.** No seam change, and it works whenever the new set is valid — which is the case that never needed atomicity.
+- **A runtime dynamic catalog** — `fetchModels` plus `ModelsStore`, refreshed in the background. Rejected for this change: it makes the model list external mutable state needing cache, invalidation, and an offline path, and the product need is a one-shot discovery action whose result the user adopts into `settings.yaml`. That action belongs to the configuration surface and is deferred with it; `settings.yaml` stays the single source of truth for what a route serves.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Configuring a provider no longer depends on a pi-ai release. A gateway, a self-hosted server, or a model newer than the pinned catalog is a `settings.yaml` edit, and a stale context window can be corrected in place. The deprecated `/compat` import is gone, so pi-ai deleting it is no longer a breaking event. `defaultMaxTokens` now flows from configuration when a deployment states one, without inventing a cap from catalog metadata.
+
+What it costs: `settings.yaml` grows for a declared route, because it must state its endpoint, protocol, and model ids. `api` applies to a whole route, so a mixed-protocol catalog route cannot host a model of the other protocol — splitting it across two route keys is the workaround. Nothing queries a provider's `/models`, so a model list is only as current as its last edit. Reported error shape shifts in one case: a route whose auth resolves to nothing now surfaces pi-ai's own diagnostic as an error `finish` chunk before any network call, where the previous adapter sent a keyless request and surfaced the provider's 401.
+
+## Testing
+
+`tests/catalog.spec.ts` covers the contract end to end against local mock servers: a hand-declared route streaming to its own endpoint with its own credential, its appearance in the configurable-provider directory, per-model overrides defaulting from the installed catalog, a model added to a catalog route, protocol repointing with and without an endpoint override, catalog-only metadata surviving an override, the keyless posture and its `Authorization`-header workaround, an OAuth-only catalog route authenticating with the key its profile names while a keyless one stays unconfigured, a repointed route keeping its catalog auth, and every resolution failure that names a route or model. `tests/catalog.spec.ts` also pins the snapshot and directory contracts: an in-flight request whose route set changes during its credential await still reaches the endpoint it resolved against, the next request picks up the new one, a colliding declared route leaves the directory whole, and a declared route's entry appears and leaves with its profile. `packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts` covers `replace` — refusing a candidate another registration owns while keeping the current set, accepting a swap over its own entries, allowing an empty set, and failing after disposal. `tests/sdk-options.spec.ts` re-targets the SDK boundary from the removed `/compat` import to the protocol table's lazy api module, which also pins that a setup failure arrives as a terminal error chunk rather than a throw. The twin's [design-verification role](2026-06-13-twin-llm-adapters.md) is unchanged.
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+# Agent Note: pi-ai 路由是被声明的提供方，而不是 catalog 查表
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+`dsh-llm-pi-ai` 把 pi-ai 包生成的 catalog 当成了可配置范围的边界。路由键必须点名一个已安装提供方（`resolveProfiles` 拒绝其余一切），模型列举原样返回 `getBuiltinModels(provider)`，请求期的模型解析又在同一份 catalog 里查这个 id、且只覆盖 `baseURL`。由此产生三个后果，而且三个都是死路而非缺口：OpenAI 兼容网关、自建服务，或比已安装 catalog 更新的提供方，根本无法配置；catalog 尚未跟上的模型即便端点正确也会以 `UNKNOWN_MODEL` 失败；模型的上下文窗口与输出上限完全由锁定的 pi-ai 版本决定，部署既无法更正过期值，也无法为 pi-ai 从未描述过的模型补上。要动其中任何一条，只能升级依赖。
+
+适配器还经 `@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat` 的 `streamSimple` 发起流式请求，而该入口自己的模块文档声明它是临时兼容面——其 catalog 读取标了 `@deprecated`，并会在 pi-ai 完成 `ModelManager` 迁移时被删除。这三条配置限制与这个废弃依赖的解法是同一个，因为 pi-ai 受支持的运行时（`createModels()` / `createProvider()`）正是围绕「提供方是被*声明*出来的，而非查出来的」建立的。
+
+## Decision
+
+提供方路由是一份**声明**，已安装 catalog 是它的默认值。`resolveProfiles` 不再拿路由键去核对 `getBuiltinProviders()`，而是把每条路由解析成一份物化模型列表，外加服务它的 pi-ai `Provider`：
+
+- `catalog.ts` 把已安装 catalog 合并到 profile 自身条目之下。profile 的 `models` 列表*替换*该路由的 catalog（列表缺席或为空则原样服务），每个条目从同 `id` 的已安装模型继承自身未设置的字段。只有 harness 会消费的字段可配置——`id`、`name`、`contextWindow`、`maxTokens`。定价与输入模态不出现在配置面，因为没有任何读取方：`replay.ts` 把 pi-ai 的成本元数据清零，`context.ts` 只保留文本块。推理缺席则是另一个理由：一个孤立的能力布尔量会让 pi-ai 公布出没有 `thinkingLevelMap` 可供拼写的档位，因此它沿用已安装条目或直接缺席。物化时以已安装条目铺底、再覆盖那四个字段，而不是逐字段枚举结果：枚举式重建会静默丢弃本包未建模的每一个 `Model` 字段——`headers` 就是这样从某条 nvidia 路由上消失过一次。
+- `provider.ts` 构造路由的 `Provider`。保持 catalog 协议不变的 catalog 路由会**复用**已安装提供方，只替换 `getModels()`；其余路由都由 `createProvider()` 基于一张协议表构造，表中条目正是 pi-ai 自己的提供方工厂所用的 `@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/*.lazy` factory。该表刻意窄于 pi-ai 的完整 API 集合——只保留 profile 能用密钥、端点与标头完整描述的协议，因此 Bedrock（SigV4 加 region）、Vertex（project、location、ADC）、Azure（提供方环境加 api-version）与 Codex（OAuth）不在其中，而不是被当作无法认证的路由提供出去。catalog 路由仍可经自己的 provider 抵达它们；被拒的只有显式覆盖。
+- `adapter.ts` 把每次解析变成一份**不可变快照**——profiles 加上持有这些 provider 的 `createModels()` 集合——每个操作都在自己第一个 `await` 之前整体捕获一份。
+- 模型**显式配置**的 `maxTokens` 会成为 seam 的 `defaultMaxTokens`；从已安装 catalog 继承来的那份不会：pi-ai 要求 `Model.maxTokens` 表示模型的输出**能力**，而 `defaultMaxTokens` 是部署选定、发给未点名上限的请求的那个值，把前者物化成后者会让每个请求都被一个无人选择的数字封顶。
+
+### 快照，而不是共享集合
+
+`Models.streamSimple()` 惰性解析 provider——在返回的流首次被消费时，而那已在适配器 await 路由凭据之后。因此就地改动的单一集合，会让一个在旧配置下开始的请求在新配置下结束，或者撞上一个已不存在的 provider，尽管 `llm.prepareCall()` 早已冻结了该步的 config 并捕获了其适配器注册。配置变化改为构造**新**集合，正在被使用的那个原封不动，于是 seam 的每步冻结得以贯通到底：回复途中切换模型在下一步生效，绝不影响在途的那一步。
+
+### 目录原子替换
+
+可配置提供方目录跟随 profiles，因此每当一条声明路由出现或离开它都会变化。「撤销旧注册再新建一个」表达不了这件事：注册表拒绝的候选集合——比如一份键为 `deepseek-official` 的 profile，而 `llm-deepseek` 已声明了它——会让本插件的整个目录被撤走、Models 页变空，而且是静默的，因为 settings 变更回调把失败容住了。因此 `registerConfigurableProviders` 改为返回带 `replace(entries)` 的句柄，其「候选集先整体校验」的原子性与 `registerAdapter` 相同，插件改用它。被拒的替换只付出一条诊断；先前的条目继续服务。
+
+解析失败得响亮，并点名出问题的路由与模型：catalog 未描述的模型会回落到该路由自己的 `defaultContextWindow`／`defaultMaxTokens`，因此只公布 id 的列表也能得到可服务的路由；catalog 未提供的路由需要 `api`、`baseURL` 和非空的 `models` 列表。由于构造出的 `Provider` 是解析结果的一部分，协议或模型出错时最后可用的路由集合会继续服务——与此前坏的 settings 快照的行为完全一致。
+
+可配置提供方目录现在是已安装 catalog **与**当前 profile 声明的每条路由的并集，并在该集合变化时重新登记。没有这个并集，手工声明的路由就没有 settings 地址，任何配置界面都无法展示或编辑它。
+
+### 唯一档位什么也做不到的能力，报告为不可用
+
+pi-ai 把没有推理元数据的模型报告为只支持 `off` 一档，而适配器此前原样透传。它抵达 seam 时是一个单元素的 effort 列表，任何界面都会把它渲染成一个只有一项可选控件的选择器——而这个控件在撒谎：`off` 在派发时变成被*省略*的 reasoning 选项，与「不点名任何档位」产出的请求逐字节相同。自身默认就在思考的提供方会继续思考，界面却显示 `off` 已选中。
+
+因此只要 `model.reasoning` 为假，`reasoningInfo` 就省略 seam 的 `reasoning` 字段。判据是模型自身的元数据，而非模型的来源，所以它覆盖每一个手工声明的模型**以及** pi-ai 标记为不具备推理能力的那 251 个已安装 catalog 模型。它们此前提供那个孤零零的 `off`，现在什么也不提供，界面只剩提供方默认。携带推理元数据的模型不受影响——其档位列表仍不经筛选地穿过 seam、`off` 也在内，因为在那里它是在真实备选之间做选择。
+
+### 凭据留在 pi-ai 之外
+
+pi-ai 的 `Models` 自带一套凭据概念——按提供方 id 索引的 `CredentialStore`，配合 `envApiKeyAuth` 解析 `credential.key ?? env(VAR)`。采用它会在 `ctx.credentials` 之外制造第二个凭据事实源，更糟的是会把 harness 明确禁止的环境回落重新引进来：点名了却取不到的 `apiKeyEnv` 必须以 `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` 失败，而不是用环境里恰好持有的某个无关密钥完成认证。
+
+`ModelsImpl.applyAuth` 会把 `options.apiKey` 当作该请求的密钥，但这条路必须经由一个声明了 api-key 方法的提供方：`resolveProviderAuth` 在覆盖存在时短路到该方法，否则依次落到凭据存储与环境发现；若提供方压根没有 api-key 方法，它返回空，请求随即以 `Provider is not configured` 失败。因此 harness 一如既往经自身 seam 解析路由密钥，并把结果作为请求的 `apiKey` 传入；该集合构造时不带任何凭据存储。
+
+路由的 auth 由此推出。catalog 路由保留已安装提供方自己的 `auth`，从而为不点名凭据的 profile 保住其提供方原生环境发现，且在 `api` 覆盖之下同样保留：提供方读哪个环境是提供方自身的属性，而非其模型所讲协议格式的属性。例外是没有 api-key 方法的 catalog 提供方——`openai-codex` 只走 OAuth——此时点名了凭据的 profile 会在提供方原有 auth 之外再获得 harness 的方法，否则它配置的密钥会在任何请求发出之前被拒。这类路由上不点名凭据的 profile 什么也不加、并保留那句诚实的拒绝：本适配器没有可供解析的 OAuth 存储。手工声明的路由则获得一个 harness 自有的 `ApiKeyAuth`，它报告「已配置但无密钥」而非「未配置」，把该要求留给协议——那才是它真正所在的位置：pi-ai 的 OpenAI 兼容实现仍要求密钥或 `Authorization` 标头，并且会自己说出来。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **保留 `createProvider()` 但不建 `Models` 集合**，改由 `provider.streamSimple(model, ctx, {apiKey})` 发起。改动最小且凭据路径原封不动，但 `createProvider` 的 `auth` 是必填字段，这条路上它永远不会被调用——一份因签名而必填、却没有调用方的实现。它还让 `refreshModels` 需要手工构造 `RefreshModelsContext`，并使适配器始终不在 pi-ai 真正支持的运行时上。
+- **catalog 路由复用已安装提供方，只有声明式路由走 `createProvider()`**，且两者不共享解析。对 catalog 行为零风险，但 catalog 物化、端点覆盖与每模型配置这三件事都要各写两遍，而改指协议的 catalog 路由还得在解析中途跳到另一条路径。已采纳的拆法把不对称收敛在提供方构造这一处——那里的不对称是 pi-ai 不暴露已构造提供方的 API 实现所强加的。
+- **让每条路由都经 `createProvider()` 重建**，包括 catalog 路由。完全对称，但已构造的 `Provider` 不暴露自己的 `api`，于是协议表会成为「哪些提供方能用」的天花板——Bedrock 经独立入口加载其 Smithy 模块，会因此静默失效。
+- **完整暴露 pi-ai 的 `Model` 形状**（成本、输入模态、`thinkingLevelMap`、`compat`）。可配置性最大，但这些字段当前没有任何读取方，因此配了价格或模态什么也不会改变，却看起来像是受支持的。
+
+- **保留单个可变 `Models` 集合并重新同步。** 分配更少，且对每个同步完成解析的操作都是正确的；唯独对那个不同步的操作恰恰是错的：`stream()` 会在捕获模型与派发模型之间 await 一次凭据。
+- **用「先 dispose 再注册」模拟目录原子替换。** 无需改 seam，且在新集合有效时确实可用——而那正是从不需要原子性的那种情形。
+- **运行时动态 catalog**——`fetchModels` 加 `ModelsStore`，后台刷新。本次变更拒绝：它把模型列表变成需要缓存、失效与离线路径的外部可变状态，而产品需求是一次性的发现动作、其结果由用户采纳进 `settings.yaml`。该动作属于配置界面，与之一并暂缓；`settings.yaml` 始终是「路由服务什么」的唯一事实源。
+
+## Consequences
+
+配置一个提供方不再取决于 pi-ai 的发布节奏。网关、自建服务，或比锁定 catalog 更新的模型，都是一次 `settings.yaml` 编辑，过期的上下文窗口也能就地更正。废弃的 `/compat` 导入已经消失，因此 pi-ai 删除它不再是破坏性事件。`defaultMaxTokens` 现在只在部署明确给出时才自配置流出，不会从 catalog 元数据里发明一个上限。
+
+代价是：声明式路由会让 `settings.yaml` 变长，因为它必须自报端点、协议与模型 id。`api` 作用于整条路由，因此混合协议的 catalog 路由无法承载另一种协议的模型——把它拆成两个路由键是变通办法。没有任何环节查询提供方的 `/models`，因此模型列表的新鲜度只到最近一次编辑为止。有一种情形下报错形状发生变化：auth 解析不出任何值的路由，现在会在任何网络调用之前把 pi-ai 自己的诊断作为错误 `finish` 分片呈现，而此前的适配器会发出无密钥请求并呈现提供方的 401。
+
+## Testing
+
+`tests/catalog.spec.ts` 针对本地 mock 服务器端到端覆盖该契约：手工声明的路由带着自己的凭据流向自己的端点、它在可配置提供方目录中的出现、每模型覆盖从已安装 catalog 继承默认值、向 catalog 路由添加模型、带与不带端点覆盖的协议改指、catalog 独有元数据在覆盖后存活、无密钥姿态及其 `Authorization` 标头变通、只走 OAuth 的 catalog 路由用 profile 点名的密钥完成认证而无密钥者保持未配置、改指协议的路由保留其 catalog auth，以及每一种点名路由或模型的解析失败。`tests/catalog.spec.ts` 还钉住了快照与目录两项契约：在途请求即便其路由集在 credential await 期间改变，仍抵达它解析时对应的端点；下一个请求取用新配置；冲突的声明路由让目录保持完好；声明路由的条目随其 profile 出现与离开。`packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts` 覆盖 `replace`——拒绝他人已拥有的候选同时保住当前集合、接受对自身条目的替换、允许空集合，以及 dispose 之后失败。`tests/sdk-options.spec.ts` 把 SDK 边界从已移除的 `/compat` 导入改指到协议表的 lazy api 模块，同时钉住「setup 失败以终止性错误分片而非抛出的形式抵达」。twin 的[设计验证角色](2026-06-13-twin-llm-adapters.md)不变。
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.md
+2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.md: 53996e488c467e00754837b83b7a33994d4813ee
+2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.zh.md: fa61c48492eabf51f3d325078ceffa84ac52d12c
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.md
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+# Agent Note: Declaring a provider from the Models page
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The two layers below made a pi-ai route [a declaration](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md) and gave the host a way to [interrogate a draft endpoint](2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.md). Neither reached a person who does not edit YAML: the Models page still offered one API-key field per provider and a fold with a base URL, so adding a gateway meant opening `$DSH_HOME/settings.yaml` and knowing the profile shape, and correcting a stale context window meant the same. The capability existed and the surface did not expose it.
+
+Two things were missing, and they are not the same shape. Editing an existing route's models is a *field* on a card that already exists. Declaring a route is a *create*: the route id is being chosen, so until it is chosen there is no settings address to edit.
+
+## Decision
+
+The model list is a component shared by both flows; the create is its own card.
+
+`ModelListEditor` edits a profile's `models` array — one row per model with id, display name, context window, and output cap — and owns the fetch action. An empty list means "serve this route's built-in catalog", so a row is only ever added deliberately; clearing an optional field drops it rather than storing a value the schema would reject, and a capacity that is not a positive integer is not stored at all.
+
+Fetching asks about the endpoint **the form currently shows** — a base URL edited but unsaved, a key typed but unstored — so adding a provider is one pass instead of save-then-return. The reply opens a picker rather than being written: candidates already configured start unchecked, so adopting a selection never overwrites a capacity the user corrected. A provider that cannot be interrogated is a detour, not a dead end; the adapter's own message appears beside rows that stay editable by hand.
+
+`CustomProviderCard` declares a route pi-ai does not ship. It is a separate card because the route id is chosen here: one `settings.mutate` sets the whole profile at `providers.<route>`, and the key travels separately through `credentials.set` under the same `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` derivation an existing provider uses. The three facts a hand-declared route cannot default — endpoint, protocol, and at least one model — gate the create button, so a failure names the field while the user is still looking at it.
+
+The protocol choices come from the namespace's **own schema**, read through the settings descriptor the page already fetches (`providers.*.api` is a union of the adapter's `supportedProtocols()`). No new wire field, no constant in the client, and no way for the offered choices to drift from the accepted ones.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Declare a provider through `ProviderEditor` with extra fields.** One card instead of two, but the editor is addressed by `settingsPath`, and a route being named has no path yet. Recomputing the path per keystroke would remount the card and discard the draft; deferring it would mean the editor's whole write path no longer described what it was editing.
+
+**Add a wire field for the protocol list.** Explicit, and the obvious first instinct. But the settings schema already crosses the wire and already contains the union, so a second copy could disagree with the first — and the one the adapter enforces is the schema.
+
+**Fetch against the stored profile instead of the live form.** No key would leave the form for an unsaved provider. But the flow that needs fetching most is the one where nothing is stored yet, and a form whose endpoint was edited would quietly interrogate the old one.
+
+**Write adopted candidates straight into the list.** Fewer clicks, but a fetch would then overwrite capacities the user had corrected, and a listing that discloses only ids would replace real numbers with nothing.
+
+## Consequences
+
+A gateway, a self-hosted server, or a model newer than the installed catalog is now configurable without leaving the browser, and the endpoint itself supplies the model ids where it can. The page grew two components and one shared list editor; the editor card's pi-ai fold grew from two fields to a list.
+
+What it costs: only pi-ai routes can be hand-declared, because `llm-pi-ai` is the one namespace whose profiles describe a whole provider — a `llm-deepseek` route stays a composition fact. Interrogation reaches only OpenAI-compatible endpoints, so a gateway speaking another protocol reports that it cannot be asked and its models are typed in. And the page now holds a key in component state for the duration of a fetch, which is the same exposure `credentials.set` already has and no longer than the card lives.
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx` drives the rendered page over a scripted wire face: adding, editing, and removing rows; a cleared optional field leaving the profile and a non-integer capacity never entering it; the interrogation carrying the edited endpoint, the unsaved key, and the profile's protocol; the picker's default selection, toggling, cancel, and adopt-keeps-tuned-rows; the empty, refused, and rejected-transport paths; the create writing one profile plus its credential; every gate on the create button; and the read-only posture. `protocolChoices` is covered against a schema that declares the union and one that does not.
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+# Agent Note: 在 Models 页上声明一个提供方
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-04-declaring-a-provider-from-the-models-page.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+下面两层已经让 pi-ai 路由变成[一份声明](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md)，并给了 host [询问草稿端点](2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.md)的能力。但两者都没有抵达不编辑 YAML 的人：Models 页仍然只为每个提供方提供一个 API 密钥输入框和一个装着 API 地址的折叠区，因此接入一个网关意味着打开 `$DSH_HOME/settings.yaml` 并知道 profile 的形状，更正一个过期的上下文窗口也是如此。能力已经存在，界面却没有暴露它。
+
+缺的是两件事，而它们的形状并不相同。编辑既有路由的模型，是一张已经存在的卡片上的一个*字段*；声明一条路由则是一次*创建*：路由 id 正在此处被选定，而在选定之前根本没有可编辑的 settings 地址。
+
+## Decision
+
+模型列表是两条流程共用的组件；创建则是它自己的卡片。
+
+`ModelListEditor` 编辑 profile 的 `models` 数组——一行一个模型，含 id、显示名称、上下文窗口与输出上限——并持有获取动作。空列表意味着「使用该路由的内置 catalog」，因此每一行都只会被刻意添加；清空某个可选字段会丢弃它，而不是存入一个 schema 会拒绝的值，不是正整数的容量则根本不会被存下。
+
+获取会询问表单**当前显示**的端点——已修改但未保存的 API 地址、已键入但未存储的密钥——因此新增一个提供方是一趟走完，而不是「先保存再回来」。回复会打开一个选择框而不是直接写入：已配置过的候选默认不勾选，因此采纳一次选择绝不会覆盖用户已更正的容量。无法被询问的提供方只是绕路而非死路；适配器自己的消息会出现在各行旁边，而这些行仍可手工编辑。
+
+`CustomProviderCard` 声明 pi-ai 未提供的路由。它之所以是独立卡片，正因为路由 id 是在这里选定的：一次 `settings.mutate` 在 `providers.<route>` 上设置整个 profile，密钥则经 `credentials.set` 单独传递，使用与既有提供方相同的 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` 派生。手工声明的路由无法默认的三件事——端点、协议、至少一个模型——会门控创建按钮，因此失败会在用户仍看着该字段时点名它。
+
+协议选项来自该 namespace **自己的 schema**，经页面本就会获取的 settings 描述符读出（`providers.*.api` 是适配器 `supportedProtocols()` 的一个 union）。没有新增协议字段，客户端里没有常量，提供的选项也无从与被接受的集合发生漂移。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**在 `ProviderEditor` 上加字段来声明提供方。** 两张卡片变一张，但编辑器由 `settingsPath` 寻址，而正在被命名的路由还没有路径。逐次按键重算路径会让卡片重新挂载并丢掉草稿；推迟计算则意味着编辑器的整条写入路径不再描述它正在编辑的东西。
+
+**为协议列表新增一个协议字段。** 显式，也是最直觉的第一反应。但 settings schema 本来就会跨越协议层、本来就含有那个 union，因此第二份副本可能与第一份不一致——而适配器强制执行的是 schema 那一份。
+
+**针对已存 profile 而非实时表单发起获取。** 对尚未保存的提供方来说，密钥就不会离开表单。但最需要获取的恰恰是「什么都还没存」的那条流程，而端点已修改的表单会悄悄去询问旧地址。
+
+**把采纳的候选直接写进列表。** 点击更少，但一次获取就会覆盖用户已更正的容量，而只公布 id 的列表会把真实数字替换成空。
+
+## Consequences
+
+网关、自建服务，或比已安装 catalog 更新的模型，如今无需离开浏览器就能配置，而模型 id 在端点能提供时由端点自己给出。页面多了两个组件和一个共用的列表编辑器；编辑卡片的 pi-ai 折叠区从两个字段长成了一个列表。
+
+代价是：只有 pi-ai 路由可以手工声明，因为 `llm-pi-ai` 是唯一一个其 profile 描述整个提供方的 namespace——`llm-deepseek` 路由仍是组合面的事实。询问只覆盖 OpenAI 兼容端点，因此讲其他协议的网关会报告自己无法被询问，其模型需手工键入。另外，页面在一次获取期间会把密钥保存在组件状态里，这与 `credentials.set` 已有的暴露面相同，且不长于卡片的存活时间。
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx` 在脚本化的协议面之上驱动渲染后的页面：添加、编辑与移除行；被清空的可选字段离开 profile、非整数容量从不进入；询问携带已修改的端点、未保存的密钥，以及 profile 自身的协议；选择框的默认选中、勾选切换、取消，以及「采纳保留已调优的行」；空列表、被拒、传输被拒三条路径；创建写入一份 profile 加其凭据；创建按钮上的每一道门控；以及只读姿态。`protocolChoices` 针对「声明了该 union」与「没有声明」两种 schema 都有覆盖。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.i18n.yaml
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.md
+2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.md: 65545098cd1063c40081481c1ac8f0afdb4fb390
+2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.zh.md: cb09042904f4ab1558c0c214d275a934234955ac
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+# Agent Note: Interrogating a draft provider endpoint
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+Once a pi-ai route became [a declaration rather than a catalog lookup](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md), a person adding an OpenAI-compatible gateway had to know its model ids before they could configure it. The adapter no longer constrains them to an installed catalog, which is the point, but it also means nothing tells the user what the endpoint actually serves — and most of these endpoints do publish that list at `GET /models`.
+
+The obvious answer, a dynamic runtime catalog refreshed in the background, was rejected with the layer below it: it makes a route's model list external mutable state needing a cache, an invalidation story, and an offline path, while the product need is narrower. What is needed is a *question asked once*, whose answer the user adopts into `settings.yaml` — so `settings.yaml` remains the only thing deciding what a route serves.
+
+The awkward part is that the question is about something that does not exist yet. The provider being added has no route, no stored profile, and no stored credential; the endpoint and key are values in a form the user is still typing. Every existing seam operation is keyed by a registered provider route, so none of them can carry this.
+
+## Decision
+
+Interrogation is keyed by **settings namespace**, not by provider route:
+
+- `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery(settingsNs, discover)` lets an adapter plugin offer to interrogate endpoints for the namespace it owns, and `ctx.llm.discoverModels(settingsNs, request)` asks. There is no way to enumerate which namespaces registered: a surface that cannot interrogate learns it from the refusal, and a list nothing consumed would be a required wire field doing nothing. The namespace is the right key because a configuration surface already holds it from the configurable-provider directory, and because a provider being added has no route to name.
+- `LlmModelDiscoveryRequest` carries the draft — an optional `provider`, an optional `baseURL`, an optional `api`, an optional `apiKey`, and a signal — and needs at least one of `provider` or `baseURL` to have anything to answer about. `provider` exists because a route the adapter already describes is answered from its own registry with no network call at all; only a route it does not describe reaches an endpoint. Nothing in this path writes settings or credentials. The one read is the credential of a route the request names: a configuration surface holds a redacted descriptor rather than the stored secret, so the draft's `apiKey` is present only while the user is typing one, and without that read an already-configured route would be interrogated unauthenticated and answer 401. The typed key wins, being the one under test.
+- `LlmDiscoveredModel` makes every field but `id` optional, because most listings disclose an id and nothing else. The reply is candidates, not a catalog: a surface adopting one still owes the capacities the adapter requires.
+- `llm.discoverModels` carries the same draft over the wire. Its `apiKey` is the third and last payload on which a secret may ride, alongside `settings.update`/`mutate` and `credentials.set`, and it is never stored or echoed back. It does ride the client's outgoing envelope like every other secret-bearing payload, where a `subscribeEnvelopes()` observer can see it; redacting that tap is a configuration-plane-wide change, not this method's to make alone. The method is loopback-only for a second reason besides the key: it makes the host issue a GET to a caller-chosen URL and reports the outcome, which is a probe an anonymous LAN caller must not have. Every refusal folds into `model-discovery-failed`, whose message is the adapter's own text and whose details name the endpoint asked but never the credential offered.
+
+`dsh-llm-pi-ai` implements the wire path as a plain `GET {baseURL}/models`, reading `openai-completions` and `openai-responses`: their `GET /models` shape with bearer auth is the one a gateway, a self-hosted server, and the official endpoints all agree on. Azure is excluded despite its OpenAI lineage — it authenticates with an `api-key` header and requires an `api-version` query — and Codex uses OAuth; both would have reported an authentication failure as a provider with no models. Every other protocol answers `DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED`, so the surface falls back to hand-entry rather than reporting a guessed response shape as an empty provider. `baseURL` is treated as a prefix rather than a URL to resolve against, so a deployment path such as `https://gateway.example/openai/v1` keeps its segments. The reply is read under a four-megabyte ceiling enforced on the bytes actually received — the endpoint is a URL the user typed, so a declared `content-length` is checked first as a courtesy but never trusted as the bound, matching `dsh-web-fetch`'s two-stage shape for its own caller-supplied URLs.
+
+### Why not pi-ai's own refresh machinery
+
+pi-ai supplies `createProvider({ fetchModels })` plus `Models.refresh()` and a `ModelsStore`, and the layer below already builds pi-ai `Provider` objects. Routing interrogation through them would have meant constructing a throwaway provider and collection per question, with a store whose entire purpose — persisting a catalog across runs — contradicts the decision that `settings.yaml` owns the catalog. It would also have bought nothing: **no built-in pi-ai provider implements `fetchModels`**, so the HTTP call and its response parsing are this package's code either way. A direct fetch says what is actually happening. The route's stored credential is resolved by the plugin's own per-request resolver, and only on the branch that reaches the network, so a catalog route answers without touching credentials and never fails over one the question did not need.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Key interrogation by provider route.** Symmetric with every other seam operation, and it would let the request omit the endpoint. But the case that motivates the feature — adding a provider — has no route, so the operation would only work for providers already configured, which are the ones that need it least.
+
+**Put the capability on `LlmAdapter`.** Adapters are reached through a route registration, so this has the same problem, plus it would make an adapter instance answer questions about endpoints it does not serve.
+
+**Have the host read the stored profile instead of accepting a draft.** No secret would cross the wire for an already-configured provider. But adding a provider would then require saving an unusable configuration first, and a form whose endpoint was edited but not yet saved would silently interrogate the old one. Accepting the draft keeps what the user sees and what is asked identical — with the credential as the one exception, because it is the one field a surface is never shown and so can never put in the draft.
+
+**Interrogate every pi-ai protocol.** Anthropic's listing happens to share OpenAI's envelope, and Google's does not. Supporting the ones that are easy would make coverage arbitrary and, worse, make a wrong guess at a response shape indistinguishable from a provider with no models. A protocol that says it cannot be interrogated sends the user to hand-entry, which is the documented fallback.
+
+**Buffer the reply with `response.text()` and check its length.** Simpler, but the bound would arrive after the bytes did, and the endpoint is whatever URL the user typed.
+
+## Consequences
+
+A person adding a gateway can ask it what it serves instead of hunting through its documentation, and the answer arrives as candidates they choose from rather than as configuration written behind their back. The seam gained a registry that is deliberately small: one offer per namespace, no storage, no lifecycle beyond the fiber.
+
+What it costs: the wire gained a third secret-carrying payload, so the configuration plane's write-only surface is now three methods rather than two. Discovery coverage is protocol-shaped rather than provider-shaped — an Anthropic-compatible gateway must be filled in by hand even though its listing would parse. And because nothing re-runs the question, a model list is still only as current as its last edit; that is the same trade the layer below made deliberately.
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts` covers the registry: one offer per namespace, disposal with the fiber, normalization that drops duplicate and unusable ids without inventing capacities, and the `NO_DISCOVERY`/`INVALID_DISCOVERY` refusals. `packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/discovery.spec.ts` drives the probe against local HTTP servers — a listing with and without disclosed capacities, a preserved deployment path, an absent credential, a configured route supplying its own where the draft has none and a typed key winning over it, a catalog route answering without resolving one at all, dropped rows, 401/403 versus a server fault, a non-listing and a non-JSON body, an unreachable endpoint, caller cancellation, an unsupported protocol, and the size ceiling in both its declared-length and streamed forms. `packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts` covers the RPC over a real proxy: the draft reaching its namespace whole, absent fields staying absent, no namespace or credential being written, and a failure surfacing as `model-discovery-failed` with the credential absent from the serialized error.
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+# Agent Note: 询问草稿中的提供方端点
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-04-draft-provider-endpoint-interrogation.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+当 pi-ai 路由变成[一份声明而非 catalog 查表](2026-08-03-pi-ai-declared-provider-catalog.md)之后，要接入一个 OpenAI 兼容网关的人，必须先知道它的模型 id 才能完成配置。适配器不再把人限制在已安装 catalog 里——这正是那次改动的目的——但也意味着没有任何东西告诉用户该端点究竟服务什么，而这类端点大多在 `GET /models` 上公布了这份列表。
+
+显而易见的答案——后台刷新的运行时动态 catalog——已随下层一并被拒绝：它会把路由的模型列表变成需要缓存、失效语义与离线路径的外部可变状态，而产品需求要窄得多。真正需要的是**只问一次**，其答案由用户采纳进 `settings.yaml`——从而让 `settings.yaml` 始终是唯一决定路由服务什么的东西。
+
+麻烦之处在于，被问的对象还不存在。正在新增的提供方没有路由、没有已存 profile、也没有已存凭据；端点与密钥都是用户尚在输入的表单值。而现有的每个 seam 操作都以已注册的提供方路由为键，因此没有一个能承载它。
+
+## Decision
+
+询问以 **settings namespace** 为键，而不是提供方路由：
+
+- `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery(settingsNs, discover)` 让适配器插件为自己拥有的 namespace 提供「询问端点」的能力，`ctx.llm.discoverModels(settingsNs, request)` 发起询问。没有任何办法枚举哪些 namespace 注册过：询问不了的界面会从那句拒绝里知道，而一份无人消费的列表只会变成一个什么都不做的必填协议字段。以 namespace 为键是对的，因为配置界面已经从可配置提供方目录里拿到了它，也因为正在新增的提供方没有路由可点名。
+- `LlmModelDiscoveryRequest` 携带草稿——可选的 `provider`、可选的 `baseURL`、可选的 `api`、可选的 `apiKey`，以及一个 signal——且 `provider` 与 `baseURL` 至少要有一个，才有东西可答。`provider` 之所以存在，是因为适配器已经描述过的路由直接由它自己的注册表作答、完全不联网；只有它未描述的路由才会抵达某个端点。这条路径不写 settings 与 credentials。唯一的读取是请求所点名路由的凭据：配置界面拿到的是脱敏描述符而非已存的机密，因此草稿里的 `apiKey` 只在用户正键入时才存在；没有这次读取，已配置好的路由就会被不带认证地询问，只换回一个 401。键入的密钥优先，因为那正是被测试的那一把。
+- `LlmDiscoveredModel` 除 `id` 外每个字段都可选，因为大多数列表只公布 id。回复是候选而非 catalog：采纳其中一条的界面仍要补上适配器所需的容量。
+- `llm.discoverModels` 把同一份草稿送过协议层。它的 `apiKey` 是 secret 可以搭乘的第三个、也是最后一个载荷（另两个是 `settings.update`/`mutate` 与 `credentials.set`），且绝不被存储或回显。它确实会像其他承载机密的载荷一样随客户端外发信封同行，`subscribeEnvelopes()` 观察者看得到；把那个抽头脱敏是整个配置面的改动，不该由这一个方法独自决定。除密钥之外它被钉在回环还有第二个理由：它让宿主向调用方选定的 URL 发起 GET 并回报结果，这是匿名 LAN 调用者不该拥有的探测能力。每一种拒绝都折叠为 `model-discovery-failed`，其消息是适配器自己的文本，details 点名被询问的端点，绝不点名所提供的凭据。
+
+`dsh-llm-pi-ai` 的实现只是一次朴素的 `GET {baseURL}/models`，且仅限 OpenAI 兼容协议。它们的列表形状是网关、自建服务与官方端点三方一致认可的那一种，而这正是该动作存在的场景。其余协议一律以 `DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED` 回答，让界面回退到手工填写，而不是把猜错的响应形状报成一个空提供方。`baseURL` 按前缀而非待解析 URL 处理，因此 `https://gateway.example/openai/v1` 这类部署路径会保留其路径段。回复在四兆字节上限下读取，且上限落在实际收到的字节上——端点是用户自己填的 URL，因此会先看声明的 `content-length` 作为善意提示，但绝不把它当作边界；这与 `dsh-web-fetch` 面对自己的调用方提供 URL 时所用的两段式形状一致。
+
+### 为什么不用 pi-ai 自己的 refresh 机制
+
+pi-ai 提供了 `createProvider({ fetchModels })` 加上 `Models.refresh()` 与 `ModelsStore`，而下层本来就在构造 pi-ai `Provider` 对象。把询问接到它们上面，意味着每问一次就要构造一个用完即弃的 provider 与集合，而那个 store 的全部目的——跨运行持久化 catalog——恰恰与「`settings.yaml` 拥有 catalog」的决定相抵触。而且它什么也换不来：**没有任何一个 pi-ai 内置 provider 实现了 `fetchModels`**，因此 HTTP 调用及其响应解析无论如何都是本包的代码。直接 fetch 才如实说出正在发生的事。路由已存的凭据由本插件自己那套逐请求解析器取出，且只在真正要联网的那条分支上进行，因此 catalog 路由作答时既不触碰凭据，也不会因为一把这次询问根本用不上的密钥而失败。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**以提供方路由为键。** 与其他每个 seam 操作对称，也能让请求省去端点。但催生该功能的场景——新增提供方——没有路由，于是这个操作只对已配置好的提供方可用，而它们恰恰最不需要它。
+
+**把能力挂在 `LlmAdapter` 上。** 适配器要经由路由注册才能抵达，因此问题相同；而且这会让一个适配器实例去回答它并不服务的端点的问题。
+
+**让 host 读已存 profile，而不是接受草稿。** 对已配置好的提供方来说，不会有 secret 跨越协议层。但这样一来新增提供方就必须先保存一份不可用的配置，而端点已改却尚未保存的表单会静默地去询问旧地址。接受草稿让用户看见的与被询问的保持一致——凭据是唯一的例外，因为它是界面从不被展示、因而永远无法放进草稿的那个字段。
+
+**询问 pi-ai 的每一种协议。** Anthropic 的列表恰好与 OpenAI 共用同一层信封，而 Google 的不是。只支持容易的那几种会让覆盖范围变得任意；更糟的是，猜错的响应形状会与「该提供方没有模型」无法区分。一个明说自己无法被询问的协议，会把用户送去手工填写——那正是既定的回退路径。
+
+**用 `response.text()` 缓冲整个回复再判断长度。** 更简单，但上限会在字节已经到达之后才生效，而端点是用户随手填的任意 URL。
+
+## Consequences
+
+接入网关的人可以直接问它服务什么，而不必去翻它的文档；答案以候选形式抵达，由用户自己挑选，而不是被背着写进配置。seam 因此多了一个刻意保持很小的注册表：每个 namespace 一份、不存储、除 fiber 外没有生命周期。
+
+代价是：协议层多了第三个承载 secret 的载荷，配置面的只写接口从两个方法变成三个。发现能力按协议而非按提供方划分——一个 Anthropic 兼容网关即便其列表能被解析，也仍须手工填写。而且由于没有任何环节会重跑该询问，模型列表的新鲜度依旧只到最近一次编辑为止；这与下层刻意做出的取舍是同一个。
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts` 覆盖注册表：每个 namespace 一份、随 fiber dispose、丢弃重复与不可用 id 且不凭空补容量的归一化，以及 `NO_DISCOVERY`/`INVALID_DISCOVERY` 两种拒绝。`packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/discovery.spec.ts` 针对本地 HTTP 服务器驱动探测——含与不含公布容量的列表、被保留的部署路径、无凭据、草稿没带密钥时已配置路由自行取用凭据且键入的密钥压过它、catalog 路由完全不解析凭据即作答、被丢弃的行、401/403 与服务器故障之别、非列表与非 JSON 响应、不可达端点、调用方取消、不支持的协议，以及尺寸上限的「声明长度」与「流式」两种形态。`packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts` 在真实 proxy 上覆盖该 RPC：草稿完整抵达其 namespace、缺席字段保持缺席、没有 namespace 或凭据被写入，以及失败以 `model-discovery-failed` 呈现且序列化后的错误里不含凭据。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.i18n.yaml
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md
+2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md: 11a8ac3d4005371ca9596ba237aaf42a8e770dee
+2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.zh.md: 0e9ebf657ccb9d05967d90a935b356acf287a24c
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md
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+# Agent Note: Profile plugin bundles replace the fixed surface overlays
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The `dsh` launcher hardcoded its compositions: `base.cordis.yml` + `web.cordis.yml` shipped inside `apps/cli`, three bespoke entry modes (`--config`, `web`, `-p`) each with its own layer stack, and a single global personal overlay (`$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`). There was no way to install an out-of-tree plugin (a TUI, a provider pack) into a shipped surface without editing the repository, and no place where a third-party package could contribute a default composition.
+
+## Decision
+
+Everything becomes a **profile**: a directory `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` with a `package.json` (pnpm-managed out-of-tree plugin `dependencies` plus the profile manifest `dsh.profile` with its ordered `bundles` layer list) and a user `cordis.patch.yml`. A **bundle** is an npm package declaring `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }`; the two manifest kinds live under distinct `dsh.profile` / `dsh.bundle` keys so a package.json states which role it plays. The tree composes over an empty root by applying each bundle's patch in `dsh.profile.bundles` order, then the user layer, then `--patch` overlays, then flag patches — one `applyEntryPatches` call, identical for boot, flag derivation, and `--dump-config`.
+
+The shipped compositions became bundles: `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` (the former base rows as one insert), `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app` (the former web overlay plus a runtime glue plugin that owns what used to be launcher code — frontend-dist resolution, the web-surface prompt section, bash runtime variables, the URL line), and `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless` (a one-shot runner plugin over base + web-app). `dsh web` stays as an alias for `--profile web` carrying the Web flag family; `dsh --profile headless "task"` replaces `-p`; `dsh --config` is removed (its uses migrate to `--patch`). `dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` is a thin pnpm forwarder that initializes the profile and reconciles `dsh.profile.bundles` after `add`/`remove` (a bundle-less package warns and stays a plain dependency).
+
+Resolution is two-anchored by construction: `dsh.profile.bundles` names resolve from the dsh installation first, then the profile directory — so in-box bundles always come from the same installation as the running `dsh` and pnpm never manages them — while bare plugin names in patch rows resolve through the profile directory's Node parent-walk into the maintained flat fallback `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` (one symlink per package the installation's app and bundles depend on, healed on every launch).
+
+Two supporting refactors: the webserver's built-in static dist serving became the single-owner **fallback seat** (`registerFallback`/`applyIndexTaps`), with the SPA server extracted to `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static` so the web bundle owns its dist as composition, not launcher code; and the personal-overlay machinery of the [dsh CLI personal-config decision](../feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md) (`loadPersonalPatches`, `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`) was retargeted to the per-profile and home-level `cordis.patch.yml` layers (`loadOptionalPatches`, `watchUserPatches` taking a filename), superseding that note's entry modes and file location while keeping its Harness-home root, patch semantics, and fail-loud parsing.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **Dependency-scan plus partial `patchOrder`** (the original sketch): scanning `dependencies` for bundles and ordering unlisted ones alphabetically has two sources of truth and an implicit tie-break; one explicit ordered `dsh.profile.bundles` list is smaller and fully deterministic. A raw `pnpm add` inside the profile installs a library without activating any patch — explicit, no spooky scan.
+- **`link:` entries for in-box bundles**: pnpm cannot version, install, or update a `link:` into the installation, it embeds a machine path in a user file, and it breaks when the installation moves. The two-anchor resolution plus healed symlink fallback gives the same guarantee ("bundles come from the installation") without ceremony.
+- **A pre-boot `context` module in the bundle manifest** for boot-time values (dist path, flag facts): rejected in favor of pure plugins — the glue is ordinary rows the launcher patches, so the composition stays fully dumpable and the manifest stays data-only. The launcher-owned `ctx.headlessIo` seam is the one host-provided slot, and it is provided in `boot()`'s `prepare` hook, before any config-tree entry mounts.
+- **Transitive bundle auto-application**: only direct `dsh.profile.bundles` entries contribute layers; a meta-bundle wanting to re-export another bundle's patch must do so explicitly in its own patch file.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- New composition surfaces (a TUI, provider packs) ship as ordinary npm packages installable per profile; the repository no longer needs a row for every deployment shape.
+- `apps/cli` shrank to argv parsing, profile machinery consumption, and the pnpm forwarder; `AppCLIEntry` and the per-surface boot paths are gone.
+- The keyless web e2e scaffold boots the same bundle layers over the same empty-root shape as production, including the profiles module fallback, so composition drift between test and product fails loudly.
+- Backends reject nothing old on disk (pre-release stance): `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` is simply no longer read.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.zh.md
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+# Agent Note: profile 插件组合包取代固定的表层 overlay
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+`dsh` 启动器硬编码了自己的组合：`base.cordis.yml` + `web.cordis.yml` 随 `apps/cli` 一起交付，三种各自定制的入口模式（`--config`、`web`、`-p`）各带一套层栈，外加一个全局的个人 overlay（`$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`）。想把树外插件（一个 TUI、一个提供方扩展包）装进已交付的表层，只能修改仓库；第三方包也没有任何位置可以贡献默认组合。
+
+## Decision
+
+一切都变成 **profile**：即目录 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`，其中包含一个 `package.json`（pnpm 管理的树外插件 `dependencies`，加上 profile manifest `dsh.profile` 及其有序的 `bundles` 层列表）和一份用户 `cordis.patch.yml`。**组合包**（bundle）是声明了 `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }` 的 npm 包；两种 manifest 分别位于互不相同的 `dsh.profile` / `dsh.bundle` 键下，因此一份 package.json 能说明自己扮演哪种角色。配置树在空的根之上组合：按 `dsh.profile.bundles` 顺序应用每个组合包的 patch，然后是用户层，然后是 `--patch` overlay，最后是 flag patch——全部收敛为一次 `applyEntryPatches` 调用，启动、flag 派生与 `--dump-config` 使用完全相同的路径。
+
+已交付的组合改造成了组合包：`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`（原有基础行合并为一次插入）、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`（原 web overlay，外加一个接管原启动器代码的运行时粘合插件——前端 dist 解析、web 表层提示词段落、bash 运行时变量、URL 行）、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`（叠加在 base + web-app 之上的一次性 runner 插件）。`dsh web` 保留为携带 Web flag 家族的 `--profile web` 别名；`dsh --profile headless "task"` 取代 `-p`；`dsh --config` 被移除（其用途迁移到 `--patch`）。`dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` 是一层薄薄的 pnpm 转发器，负责初始化 profile，并在 `add`／`remove` 后调和 `dsh.profile.bundles`（没有组合包声明的包会给出警告，保持为普通依赖）。
+
+解析在构造上就是双锚点的：`dsh.profile.bundles` 中的名称先从 dsh 安装目录解析，再从 profile 目录解析——因此内置组合包始终来自与运行中 `dsh` 相同的安装，pnpm 从不管理它们——而 patch 行中的裸插件名称经 profile 目录的 Node 父目录逐级查找，落到受维护的扁平回退目录 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules`（安装目录的应用与各组合包所依赖的每个包各一个符号链接，每次启动时修复）。
+
+两项配套重构：webserver 内置的静态 dist 服务改为单一所有者的**回退席位**（`registerFallback`／`applyIndexTaps`），SPA 服务器提取到 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static`，使 web 组合包以组合的方式持有自己的 dist，而不是靠启动器代码；[dsh CLI 个人配置决策](../feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md)的个人 overlay 机制（`loadPersonalPatches`、`$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`）改为面向逐 profile 与 home 级的 `cordis.patch.yml` 层（`loadOptionalPatches`、接受文件名的 `watchUserPatches`），取代该笔记的各入口模式与文件位置，同时保留其 Harness home 根目录、patch 语义与大声失败的解析。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **依赖扫描加部分 `patchOrder`**（最初的草案）：扫描 `dependencies` 找出组合包、未列出者按字母序排列，会产生两个真源和一条隐式决胜规则；一份显式有序的 `dsh.profile.bundles` 列表更小、完全确定。在 profile 内直接 `pnpm add` 只会安装一个库，不激活任何 patch——行为显式，没有暗中扫描。
+- **内置组合包使用 `link:` 条目**：pnpm 无法对指向安装目录的 `link:` 做版本管理、安装或更新，它会把机器路径嵌进用户文件，并且在安装目录移动后失效。双锚点解析加上每次启动修复的符号链接回退提供了同样的保证（「组合包来自安装目录」），且没有这些繁文缛节。
+- **在组合包 manifest（元数据清单）中放一个启动前 `context` 模块**承载启动期取值（dist 路径、flag 事实）：否决，改用纯插件——粘合逻辑就是启动器 patch 的普通配置行，因此组合始终可完整 dump，manifest 保持纯数据。启动器持有的 `ctx.headlessIo` seam 是唯一由宿主提供的 slot，且在任何配置树条目挂载之前，于 `boot()` 的 `prepare` 钩子中提供。
+- **组合包的传递式自动应用**：只有直接列在 `dsh.profile.bundles` 中的条目才贡献层；想重新导出另一个组合包 patch 的元组合包，必须在自己的 patch 文件中显式完成。
+
+## Consequences
+
+- 新的组合表层（TUI、提供方扩展包）以普通 npm 包形式交付，可按 profile 安装；仓库不再需要为每种部署形态各留一行。
+- `apps/cli` 收缩为 argv 解析、profile 机制的消费方和 pnpm 转发器；`AppCLIEntry` 与各表层专属的启动路径全部移除。
+- 无密钥 web e2e 脚手架以与生产相同的空根形态启动相同的组合包层，包括 profiles 模块回退，因此测试与产品之间的组合漂移会大声失败。
+- 后端不拒绝磁盘上的任何旧格式（发布前姿态）：`$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` 只是不再被读取。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.i18n.yaml
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md
+2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md: 470c8fb3f9282005829846307778d3d1088c3888
+2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.zh.md: ff201a7c3134c0ef809c9a798d65412541f9f1e7
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md
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+# Agent Note: Agent-scoped events dispatch a single payload object
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+Agent-scoped events historically took positional arguments: a leading `agent` subject, event-specific fields, and a trailing `next` for waterfall/serial events. Adding a field or retiring a context type (as with `PreStepContext` and `RequestFailureContext`) rewrote every listener and emitter across packages, and the contract stayed spread across the parameter list instead of one named payload.
+
+## Decision
+
+Every agent-scoped event takes exactly one payload object as its first argument. The payload always carries the subject (`agent`), the event's fields, and the cancellation `signal` when the event has one; `next` remains the last argument of waterfall/serial events. The affected events are the twelve `agent/*` events, `agent-loop/config-start-failed` (the only one without a subject), and `goal/changed`.
+
+`PreStepContext` and `RequestFailureContext` are retired; their fields live directly in the `agent/pre-step` and `agent/request-error` payloads.
+
+Dispatch is fused: `agentEvents(ctx, agent)` (and the one-shot `emitAgentEvent`) injects the subject so the scope carrier key and the payload's `agent` cannot diverge, and the injected subject wins even over a structurally acceptable payload that happens to carry an `agent` field. `ReactLoopAgent` builds its dispatcher once in the constructor and routes every emit, serial, and waterfall through it, so hot-path dispatches allocate nothing.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Keep positional signatures.** Adding a field or retiring a context type would keep rewriting every listener and emitter, and the contract would stay spread across the parameter list instead of one named payload.
+
+**Hand-build the subject at each dispatch site.** The loop's intermediate design called `ctx.waterfall(this.carrier, …)` with a manually constructed `{ agent: this, … }` payload; it avoided per-dispatch allocation but duplicated the subject injection and let the scope key and the payload subject diverge. The fused dispatcher is the single injection point for every dispatch mode.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Listener signatures name the full payload once, so extending a payload or retiring a context type is a one-shape change across all listeners and emitters. The subject/scope coupling is enforced by the dispatcher for every dispatch mode, and the loop's hot paths stay allocation-free.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.zh.md
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+# Agent Note: Agent 作用域事件 dispatch 单个 payload 对象
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+Agent 作用域事件历来采用位置参数：开头的 `agent` 主体、事件专属字段，以及末尾用于 waterfall（瀑布式事件）/serial 事件的 `next`。新增字段或退役上下文类型（如 `PreStepContext` 与 `RequestFailureContext`）都会迫使跨包重写每个监听器和 emitter，契约也一直分散在参数列表中，而不是集中在一个具名 payload 中。
+
+## 决策
+
+每个 agent 作用域事件都将恰好一个 payload 对象作为其第一个参数。payload 始终携带主体（`agent`）、事件的字段，以及事件有取消信号时的取消 `signal`；`next` 仍然是 waterfall/serial 事件的最后一个参数。受影响的事件是十二个 `agent/*` 事件、`agent-loop/config-start-failed`（唯一没有主体的事件）以及 `goal/changed`。
+
+`PreStepContext` 与 `RequestFailureContext` 已退役；它们的字段直接存在于 `agent/pre-step` 与 `agent/request-error` 的 payload 中。
+
+dispatch 是融合的：`agentEvents(ctx, agent)`（以及一次性 `emitAgentEvent`）注入主体，使作用域载体键与 payload 的 `agent` 不可能分叉；即使某个结构上可接受的 payload 恰好携带 `agent` 字段，注入的主体仍然优先。`ReactLoopAgent` 在构造函数中构建一次 dispatcher，并将每个 emit、serial 和 waterfall 都经由它路由，因此热路径上的 dispatch 不产生任何分配。
+
+## 考虑过的替代方案
+
+**保留位置签名。** 新增字段或退役上下文类型依旧会重写每个监听器和 emitter，契约也会继续分散在参数列表中，而不是集中在一个具名 payload 中。
+
+**在每个 dispatch 位置手工构造主体。** loop 的中间设计调用 `ctx.waterfall(this.carrier, …)`，传入手工构造的 `{ agent: this, … }` payload；它避免了每次 dispatch 的分配，却重复了主体注入，并让作用域键与 payload 主体分叉。融合的 dispatcher 是每种 dispatch 模式的唯一注入点。
+
+## 后果
+
+监听器签名一次性命名完整 payload，因此扩展 payload 或退役上下文类型，对所有监听器和 emitter 都是一次形状变更。主体/作用域耦合由 dispatcher 在每种 dispatch 模式下强制执行，且 loop 的热路径保持零分配。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.i18n.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.md
+2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.md: 1c7b4273dc243685317b149e2fd7fddf2a6c18d1
+2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.zh.md: 6f4b94e0bd7412e480458e34922273b389aa8892
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.md
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+# Agent Note: Web shell dist chunk split and directory layout
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The apps/web shell previously built into a single ~1.2 MB (minified) index chunk, roughly 80% of it vendor bytes — KaTeX, the boot grammars and the shiki engine, react-dom, the markdown pipeline — fused with all the workspace shell code (about one fifth). Any one-line shell change rehashed the whole chunk, forcing returning clients to redownload everything; `dist/assets/` was a flat single-level spread of 100-plus files (the main chunk, 23 lazy-loaded grammar chunks, 59 KaTeX font faces, and sourcemaps intermixed), impossible to navigate.
+
+## Decision
+
+`apps/web/vite.config.ts` splits the shell into two initial chunks via `manualChunks` and sorts the output into directories via naming functions; the entire configuration contains zero regexes — an exact-package-name Set, a filename list, an extension list.
+
+**Membership** (`VENDOR_PACKAGES`, by exact npm package name):
+
+- `vendor` = the three heavy rendering families: math (katex), highlight (shiki), markdown (the micromark/mdast parse pipeline — the incremental React renderer above it is workspace code and not part of this). The live membership is `VENDOR_PACKAGES`; the list is the packages workspace code **imports directly**: the remaining private transitive dependencies (the oniguruma family, @shikijs/core, character tables, dozens more) are referenced only by listed members, so rollup's chunk coloring pulls them into vendor automatically; dependencies shared with the index side fall back to index, diluting it by a few KB — not a correctness issue.
+- **Every vendor member must be react-free (the boundary invariant)**: rollup folds a module shared between the entry and a manual chunk into the manual chunk — one listed package importing react/jsx-runtime would drag the single shared react copy into vendor, away from index. The React side of markdown/math rendering is workspace code and naturally lives in index, so the whole react family stays pinned to index.
+- `index` (the default chunk) = the react family (react, react-dom, scheduler, use-sync-external-store), vendored cordis, all workspace code, and the unlisted small pieces (anser, clsx).
+- `@shikijs/langs` is special-cased: the boot grammars (`BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES`: typescript, shellscript, json — the three that highlight.ts statically imports, all self-contained data modules with zero internal imports) go into vendor; the remaining 23 lazy-loaded grammars get no assignment and each keeps its own on-demand chunk.
+- `index.html` is wired up automatically by vite: index loads via `<script>` and vendor via `<link rel="modulepreload">`, so the two chunks fetch in parallel with no waterfall.
+
+**Directory layout** (`chunkFileNames` + `assetFileNames`):
+
+- The `assets/` root keeps only the index and vendor js (with their adjacent sourcemaps) and css.
+- Grammar chunks go under `assets/langs/`. The criterion is whether a chunk's `moduleIds` include an `@shikijs/langs` member, not the facade: the shared chunks of embedded grammars (php/ruby/mdx embed html+javascript, which rollup splits out for sharing) **have no facade**, so a facade criterion would miss them; index and vendor are excluded by name, because vendor legitimately carries the three boot grammars.
+- Fonts go under `assets/fonts/` (`FONT_EXTENSIONS`: woff2/woff/ttf; today all of them are KaTeX faces referenced by vendor.css — katex.min.css is imported by an index-side component, but CSS modules go through manualChunks like any module and follow `katex` into vendor.css; the browser fetches only woff2, on demand and only when a formula renders).
+- Sourcemaps need no arrangement: rollup writes each `.map` next to its js and references it by bare relative filename, so when a chunk moves directories its map follows automatically.
+
+All cross-directory references (index's dynamic imports into `langs/`, same-directory relative references among grammar chunks, vendor.css's relative references into `fonts/`) are emitted by the bundler, so the runtime needs zero accompanying changes; the host-side webserver serves the nested paths verbatim under its static prefix.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **Serving react and the other vendors from a CDN**: dsh web targets local/intranet hosts (often without internet access), so a CDN is simply unavailable; react is the platform seed external of every plugin bundle (the shell is its sole supplier), and switching to the CDN global-variable form would touch three places — the platform manifest, the seed, and the module table; the caching benefit is already delivered by the vendor split.
+- **An inverse catch-all rule (everything in node_modules except the react family goes to vendor)**: membership cannot be read off the configuration, and small pieces like anser/clsx get misassigned to vendor; superseded by the positive exact-package-name list.
+- **Regex family matching**: hard to read; exact package names plus rollup's automatic coloring of transitive dependencies make pattern matching unnecessary.
+- **Identifying grammar chunks by facadeModuleId**: the facade-less shared chunks of embedded grammars would go undetected and fall back to the root directory; the `moduleIds` membership criterion covers both shapes.
+- **Sheltering a react-edged rendering facade in vendor** (the historical react-markdown was one): rollup's shared-module folding would drag the single react copy into vendor, breaking the "react belongs to index" boundary; the constraint is codified as the list's boundary invariant.
+- **Lazy-loading KaTeX wholesale, or turning the boot TypeScript grammar lazy**: either would change first-frame rendering behavior (the fallback for formulas / the first code block); that trade-off is independent of the dist layout and is decided separately.
+
+## Verification
+
+The audit tool ships with the repository: `node scripts/attribute-chunk-bytes.mjs <chunk.js>` (zero-dependency sourcemap VLQ byte attribution, aggregated by npm package / workspace directory). It verifies that vendor contains no workspace bytes, that the react family (including react/jsx-runtime) sits entirely in index, and that the npm side of index retains only the react family plus anser/clsx; the lazy grammar chunk count matches the `LAZY_GRAMMARS` table one to one; the browser keyless replay case is verbatim-identical to the pre-change baseline (apart from environment-specific local reds), so the two-chunk shell loads and renders with no regression.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- A shell code change rehashes only index (about one third of the dist output); vendor (about two thirds) stays cache-stable across shell releases and is invalidated only by dependency upgrades.
+- `dist/assets/` is navigable: two js/css pairs at the root, on-demand grammars in `langs/`, fonts in `fonts/`.
+- Maintenance cost: when workspace code adds a direct import of a rendering family's facade package, `VENDOR_PACKAGES` must be updated alongside (an omission merely dilutes index, nothing breaks); when the boot grammar set grows in highlight.ts without `BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES` following, that grammar silently lands in index, visible only to a dist audit.
+- The webserver's static surface has no compression yet, so the gzip size win is still on the table; transport-layer compression is a separate, independent decision.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.zh.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Agent Note: Web 壳产物的 chunk 切分与目录布局
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-06-web-shell-dist-chunk-layout.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+apps/web 的壳此前打成单一约 1.2 MB（minified）的 index chunk，其中约八成是 vendor 字节——KaTeX、boot 语法与 shiki 引擎、react-dom、markdown 管线——与全部 workspace 壳代码（约五分之一）熔在一起。任何一行壳代码改动都让整个 chunk 换哈希，回头客户端全量重新下载；`dist/assets/` 是 100 多个文件的单层平铺（主 chunk、23 个懒加载语法 chunk、59 个 KaTeX 字体面、sourcemap 混居），无从导航。
+
+## Decision
+
+`apps/web/vite.config.ts` 以 `manualChunks` 把壳切成两个初始 chunk，并以输出命名函数归类目录；整套配置零正则——精确包名 Set、文件名清单、扩展名清单。
+
+**成员归属**（`VENDOR_PACKAGES`，按精确 npm 包名）：
+
+- `vendor` = 三个重渲染家族：math（katex）、highlight（shiki）、markdown（micromark/mdast 解析管线——其上的增量 React 渲染器是 workspace 代码，不在此列）。成员以 `VENDOR_PACKAGES` 为活口径，清单 = workspace 代码**直接 import** 的包：其余私有传递依赖（oniguruma 系、@shikijs/core、字符表等数十个）只被清单成员引用，rollup 的 chunk 着色自动将其并入 vendor；与 index 侧共享的依赖回落 index，只稀释几 KB，不构成正确性问题。
+- **vendor 全员必须 react-free（边界不变量）**：rollup 会把入口与 manual chunk 共享的模块并入 manual chunk——清单里出现任何 import react/jsx-runtime 的包，唯一一份 react 副本就会被拽进 vendor、脱离 index。markdown/math 的 React 渲染侧是 workspace 代码天然住 index，react 族因此全部钉在 index。
+- `index`（默认 chunk）= react 族（react、react-dom、scheduler、use-sync-external-store）、vendored cordis、全部 workspace 代码及未列入的小件（anser、clsx）。
+- `@shikijs/langs` 特判：boot 语法（`BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES`：typescript、shellscript、json——highlight.ts 静态 import 的三件，均为零内部 import 的自含数据模块）进 vendor；其余 23 个懒加载语法不做指派，各自保持按需 chunk。
+- `index.html` 由 vite 自动接线：index 走 `<script>`、vendor 走 `<link rel="modulepreload">`，两 chunk 并行拉取，无瀑布。
+
+**目录布局**（`chunkFileNames` + `assetFileNames`）：
+
+- `assets/` 根只留 index 与 vendor 的 js（含随行 sourcemap）与 css。
+- 语法 chunk 归 `assets/langs/`。判据是 chunk 的 `moduleIds` 含 `@shikijs/langs` 成员，而非 facade：内嵌语法共享 chunk（php/ruby/mdx 内嵌 html+javascript，被 rollup 拆出共享）**没有 facade**，facade 判据会漏；index/vendor 按名排除，因 vendor 合法携带 boot 三语法。
+- 字体归 `assets/fonts/`（`FONT_EXTENSIONS`：woff2/woff/ttf；今日全部为 vendor.css 引用的 KaTeX 字面——katex.min.css 虽由 index 侧组件 import，css 模块同样经 manualChunks 归属、随 `katex` 落入 vendor.css；浏览器按需只拉 woff2，且仅在公式渲染时）。
+- sourcemap 无需安排：rollup 把 `.map` 写在各自 js 旁并以裸相对文件名引用，chunk 挪目录 map 自动跟随。
+
+跨目录引用（index 的动态 import 指向 `langs/`、语法 chunk 间同目录相对引用、vendor.css 相对引用 `fonts/`）均由构建器生成，运行时零配套改动；host 侧 webserver 按静态前缀原样服务嵌套路径。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **react 等 vendor 走 CDN**：dsh web 面向本机/内网主机（常无外网），CDN 直接不可用；react 是全部插件 bundle 的 platform seed external（壳是唯一供给方），改 CDN 全局变量形态需牵动 platform 清单/seed/模块表三处；缓存收益由 vendor 切分即可取得。
+- **反向兜底规则（node_modules 除 react 族全归 vendor）**：成员从配置上读不出来，且把 anser/clsx 类小件错归 vendor；被正向精确包名清单取代。
+- **正则家族匹配**：可读性差；精确包名 + rollup 对传递依赖的自动着色使模式匹配没有必要。
+- **以 facadeModuleId 识别语法 chunk**：无 facade 的内嵌语法共享 chunk 会漏检落回根目录；`moduleIds` 成员判据覆盖两种形态。
+- **在 vendor 里收留带 react 边的渲染门面**（历史上的 react-markdown 属此类）：会经 rollup 的共享模块归并把唯一 react 副本拽进 vendor，破坏「react 归 index」的边界；该约束已成文为清单的边界不变量。
+- **KaTeX 整体懒加载、boot TypeScript 语法转懒**：会改变首帧渲染行为（公式/首个代码块的回退），是独立于产物布局的取舍，另行决策。
+
+## Verification
+
+审计工具随库：`node scripts/attribute-chunk-bytes.mjs <chunk.js>`（零依赖 sourcemap VLQ 字节归属，按 npm 包/workspace 目录聚合）。以其复核：vendor 不含任何 workspace 字节、react 族（含 react/jsx-runtime）全量位于 index、index 的 npm 侧仅剩 react 族与 anser/clsx；懒语法 chunk 数量与 `LAZY_GRAMMARS` 表一一对应；浏览器 keyless replay 用例与改动前基线逐字一致（本机环境性红除外），两 chunk 壳装载渲染无回归。
+
+## Consequences
+
+- 壳代码改动只重哈希 index（约为产物三分之一）；vendor（约三分之二）跨壳版本缓存稳定，仅依赖升级时失效。
+- `dist/assets/` 可导航：根两对 js/css，`langs/` 按需语法，`fonts/` 字体。
+- 维护成本：workspace 代码新增对某渲染家族门面包的直接 import 时需同步 `VENDOR_PACKAGES`（漏列仅稀释 index，不致坏）；在 highlight.ts 扩 boot 语法集而未同步 `BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES` 时，该语法静默落入 index，仅产物审计可见。
+- webserver 静态面尚无压缩，gzip 体量是潜在值；传输层压缩是另一项独立决策。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.i18n.yaml
index 483bfd9e86..967a0ebcf4 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md
-2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md: 449c9d4ba2b144d02dee4b98ae80c86815aec5c1
-2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md: def1674be5f193739bfb214a24f34590ee075d5f
+2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md: 6c2bb8faf0db56d2a29b47726ab295c3501cce2d
+2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md: 09cbbdeabc244c265381b1ad67c3629b4c0763f5
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md
index 449c9d4ba2..6c2bb8faf0 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.md
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ The shared CLI base configured an empty deployment persona, the Web overlay did
 
 ## Decision
 
-The shared Web/headless overlay (`apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml`) supplies a concise coding-agent persona containing the resolved `{{model}}` and session `{{cwd}}`. `dsh web` additionally resolves the harness checkout from the launcher's module URL, installs the existing `harness:source` section, and adds an `app:web-surface` section before serving requests. The launcher registers that setup before mounting the config tree; its `systemPrompt` injection therefore installs both sections before later prompt consumers such as the agent loop can activate and emit a request header. The [source-checkout/workdir decision](2026-07-30-source-checkout-workdir-distinction.md) owns the source section's wording and its warning not to infer one path from the other.
+The Web profile composes the `dsh-base` and `dsh-web-app` bundles. The Web bundle supplies a concise coding-agent persona containing the resolved `{{model}}` and session `{{cwd}}`; its `web-runtime` plugin adds the `app:web-surface` section when `surfaceContext` is true. Before mounting the profile tree, the `dsh web` alias reads that same composed setting and installs the existing `harness:source` section only when the surface context is enabled. The headless bundle and a profile that owns its complete prompt set `surfaceContext: false`, suppressing the Web prompt and managed shell facts; the Web alias also suppresses the source section without checking an overlay path. Every mounted prompt contribution still activates before consumers such as the agent loop can emit a request header. The [source-checkout/workdir decision](2026-07-30-source-checkout-workdir-distinction.md) owns the source section's wording and its warning not to infer one path from the other.
 
 The Web section treats unqualified references to “this page,” “this GUI,” or “this app” as references to the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI. It also states that the browser provides no implicit DOM, route, or screenshot context, so the model can identify the product without claiming visual state it did not receive. The assembled text is logged in `request/header`, preserving the model-visible/logged invariant.
 
 ## Verification
 
-The focused startup-order test registers a later `systemPrompt` consumer and proves that it observes both launcher sections on its first activation. The keyless fresh-round-trip Web scenario boots the shipped base plus Web overlay, registers the same launcher context as `dsh web`, runs a real session through the HTTP/SSE application, and snapshots the first four system-prompt sections with source and working-directory paths normalized. The snapshot pins the harness identity, source checkout, Web orientation, and resolved coding-agent persona in request order.
+The Web runtime unit tests pin both enabled and disabled `surfaceContext` behavior, while the Web alias unit test pins default-on and explicit-off source-section gating from the composed row. The keyless fresh-round-trip Web scenario boots the shipped base plus Web bundle, runs a real session through the HTTP/SSE application, and snapshots the system-prompt prefix with source and working-directory paths normalized. The snapshot pins the harness identity, source checkout, Web orientation, and resolved coding-agent persona in request order. The Core Web snapshot applies the RL overlay and pins its complete system prompt with no source or Web section.
 
 ## Alternatives considered
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ The focused startup-order test registers a later `systemPrompt` consumer and pro
 
 ## Consequences
 
-Web requests gain a short stable prompt prefix and may invalidate provider prefix caches once when this change is deployed. Agents can distinguish the GUI source checkout from the selected Workspace and resolve ordinary references to the current app without a clarification round trip. References to a specific visual state remain bounded by the explicit no-DOM/no-route/no-screenshot statement and may still require a path, description, or attachment.
+Ordinary Web requests gain a short stable prompt prefix and may invalidate provider prefix caches once when this change is deployed. Agents can distinguish the GUI source checkout from the selected Workspace and resolve ordinary references to the current app without a clarification round trip. References to a specific visual state remain bounded by the explicit no-DOM/no-route/no-screenshot statement and may still require a path, description, or attachment. Complete-prompt profiles can opt out through the Web runtime's composition setting without a launcher path check.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md
index def1674be5..09cbbdeabc 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-agent-runtime-context.zh.md
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ CLI 共享 base 配置了空的部署 persona，Web overlay 没有替换它，
 
 ## 决策
 
-`apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml` 这份 Web／无头共享 overlay 提供一段简洁的编码 agent persona，其中包含解析后的 `{{model}}` 与会话 `{{cwd}}`。`dsh web` 还会根据启动器模块的 URL 解析 harness checkout，安装现有的 `harness:source` 提示词段，并在对外提供请求服务前添加 `app:web-surface` 提示词段。启动器会在挂载配置树前注册这项设置；因此，它的 `systemPrompt` 注入会在 agent loop（智能体循环）等后续提示词消费方激活并发出 request header 之前安装这两个提示词段。源码提示词段的措辞，以及其中不得从一条路径推断另一条路径的警告，均由另行记录的[源码 checkout 与工作目录区分决策](2026-07-30-source-checkout-workdir-distinction.md)负责。
+Web profile 会组合 `dsh-base` 与 `dsh-web-app` 两个组合包。Web 组合包提供一段简洁的编码 agent persona，其中包含解析后的 `{{model}}` 与会话 `{{cwd}}`；当 `surfaceContext` 为 true 时，其 `web-runtime` 插件会添加 `app:web-surface` 提示词段。挂载 profile 配置树前，`dsh web` 别名会读取组合后的同一项设置，并且仅在启用表层上下文时安装现有的 `harness:source` 提示词段。无头组合包和拥有完整提示词的 profile 都会设置 `surfaceContext: false`，从而抑制 Web 提示词与受管 shell 事实；Web 别名也会抑制源码提示词段，而无需检查 overlay 路径。每项已挂载的提示词贡献仍会在 agent loop（智能体循环）等消费方发出 request header 前激活。源码提示词段的措辞，以及其中不得从一条路径推断另一条路径的警告，均由另行记录的[源码 checkout 与工作目录区分决策](2026-07-30-source-checkout-workdir-distinction.md)负责。
 
 Web 提示词段把未限定的「这个页面」「这个 GUI」或「这个应用」解释为 DeepSeek Harness Web GUI。同时，它会明确说明浏览器不会隐式提供 DOM、路由或截图上下文，使模型能够识别产品，但不会声称掌握未收到的视觉状态。组装后的文本会记录在 `request/header` 中，从而保持「模型可见内容必须有日志记录」这一不变量。
 
 ## 验证
 
-聚焦启动顺序的测试会注册一个后续的 `systemPrompt` 消费方，并证明该消费方首次激活时就能观察到启动器的两个提示词段。无密钥的 Web fresh-round-trip 场景会启动已交付的 base 与 Web overlay，注册与 `dsh web` 相同的启动器上下文，并通过 HTTP／SSE 应用运行一个真实会话。测试会把源码路径和工作目录规范化，然后对系统提示词的前四个段落生成快照。该快照按请求顺序固定 harness 身份、源码 checkout、Web 界面定位，以及解析后的编码 agent persona。
+Web 运行时单元测试会固定启用和禁用 `surfaceContext` 时的行为，Web 别名单元测试则会固定组合后配置行对源码提示词段的默认启用与显式禁用门控。无密钥的 Web fresh-round-trip 场景会启动已交付的 base 与 Web 组合包，通过 HTTP／SSE 应用运行一个真实会话，并在规范化源码路径与工作目录后对系统提示词前缀生成快照。该快照按请求顺序固定 harness 身份、源码 checkout、Web 界面定位，以及解析后的编码 agent persona。Core Web 快照会应用 RL overlay，并固定不含源码提示词段或 Web 提示词段的完整系统提示词。
 
 ## 考虑过的替代方案
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Web 提示词段把未限定的「这个页面」「这个 GUI」或「这个应
 
 ## 影响
 
-Web 请求会增加一段较短且稳定的提示词前缀；部署此变更时，模型提供方的前缀缓存可能失效一次。agent 可以区分 GUI 源码 checkout 与所选 Workspace，并且无需再经过一轮澄清即可解析对当前应用的一般指代。对特定视觉状态的指代仍受「无 DOM／无路由／无截图」这一显式边界约束，必要时仍需用户提供路径、描述或附件。
+常规 Web 请求会增加一段较短且稳定的提示词前缀；部署此变更时，模型提供方的前缀缓存可能失效一次。agent 可以区分 GUI 源码 checkout 与所选 Workspace，并且无需再经过一轮澄清即可解析对当前应用的一般指代。对特定视觉状态的指代仍受「无 DOM／无路由／无截图」这一显式边界约束，必要时仍需用户提供路径、描述或附件。拥有完整提示词的 profile 可以通过 Web 运行时的组合设置选择退出，而无需检查启动器路径。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.i18n.yaml
index 6feeb0e71f..0e8b50db1a 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md
-2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md: 039d2aebeeef903d10838a46b48e5172f0195126
-2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md: 34b6b26d4ce7c7e194e641536fffc503c013188b
+2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md: aa488e1df087722c072d98c67d47cdf63a42f6b8
+2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md: d9de988e5a2cc57794ff628b65eb050dee610747
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md
index 039d2aebee..aa488e1df0 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The [incident post-mortem](../../../../docs/postmortem/0003-web-agent-gui-feedba
 
 ## Decision
 
-`dsh web` publishes one canonical loopback URL and its actual runtime mode as both model-visible orientation and managed shell facts. The `app:web-surface` prompt section says that unqualified references identify this GUI and names the URL; `DSH_WEB_URL` and `DSH_WEB_MODE=production|development` carry the same facts into every foreground or managed background bash call. The section preserves the no-implicit-DOM, route, or screenshot boundary and does not claim that a LAN alias equals the browser's literal address.
+The ordinary `dsh web` composition mounts the Web bundle's `web-runtime` plugin, which publishes one canonical loopback URL and its actual runtime mode as both model-visible orientation and managed shell facts. The `app:web-surface` prompt section says that unqualified references identify this GUI and names the URL; `DSH_WEB_URL` and `DSH_WEB_MODE=production|development` carry the same facts into every foreground or managed background bash call. The section preserves the no-implicit-DOM, route, or screenshot boundary and does not claim that a LAN alias equals the browser's literal address. A complete-prompt profile sets the row's `surfaceContext` to false and receives neither the prompt section nor the managed variables; the Web launcher uses the same setting to suppress its source-checkout prompt section.
 
 The mode-specific prompt makes the agent, rather than the user, own the hidden startup contract. Production mode defines acceptance as rebuilding the affected artifacts and refreshing the existing URL. Development mode states that `dsh web --dev` activates only the HMR receiver: automatic client-plugin reload additionally requires a same-checkout `pnpm run dev:web` watcher, which the agent verifies before promising no-refresh updates. Shell and other plain-package changes still require rebuild plus refresh. An agent in production mode explains both commands when a user requests no-refresh updates; it does not launch a replacement GUI unless asked.
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ The keyless fresh-round-trip browser scenario boots the shipped production Web c
 
 ## Consequences
 
-Web prompts gain a dynamic URL-and-mode paragraph, so provider prefix reuse now varies by bound port and mode. Bash processes gain two non-secret managed environment variables. Bare Vite can no longer be used as a shell-only visual sandbox; developers use the full host or build mode instead. In exchange, GUI work has one mechanically observable target, the agent can teach the user the exact update behavior of the process actually serving their session, and the unsupported startup path fails before a white screen. The URL/mode contract guides the agent away from replacement ports; it does not prohibit arbitrary shell commands from starting one.
+Ordinary Web prompts gain a dynamic URL-and-mode paragraph, so provider prefix reuse now varies by bound port and mode. Their Bash processes gain two non-secret managed environment variables. Bare Vite can no longer be used as a shell-only visual sandbox; developers use the full host or build mode instead. In exchange, GUI work has one mechanically observable target, the agent can teach the user the exact update behavior of the process actually serving their session, and the unsupported startup path fails before a white screen. The URL/mode contract guides the agent away from replacement ports; it does not prohibit arbitrary shell commands from starting one. Profiles that disable `surfaceContext` also give up this feedback-loop guidance and shell context.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md
index 34b6b26d4c..d9de988e5a 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-28-web-gui-feedback-loop.zh.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Web agent（智能体）既无法识别承载当前会话的 GUI，也不知道
 
 ## 决策
 
-`dsh web` 发布一个规范的回环 URL 及其实际运行时模式，同时将二者作为模型可见的界面定位信息和受管 shell 事实。`app:web-surface` 提示词段说明：未加限定的指代指向此 GUI，并给出 URL；`DSH_WEB_URL` 和 `DSH_WEB_MODE=production|development` 会把同样的事实传入每次前台或受管后台 bash 调用。该段保留「不会隐式获得 DOM、路由或截图」这一边界，也不声称局域网别名等于浏览器中的实际地址。
+常规 `dsh web` 组合会挂载 Web 组合包的 `web-runtime` 插件，由它发布一个规范的回环 URL 及其实际运行时模式，同时将二者作为模型可见的界面定位信息和受管 shell 事实。`app:web-surface` 提示词段说明：未加限定的指代指向此 GUI，并给出 URL；`DSH_WEB_URL` 和 `DSH_WEB_MODE=production|development` 会把同样的事实传入每次前台或受管后台 bash 调用。该段保留「不会隐式获得 DOM、路由或截图」这一边界，也不声称局域网别名等于浏览器中的实际地址。拥有完整提示词的 profile 会把该配置行的 `surfaceContext` 设为 false，并且不会收到该提示词段和这些受管变量中的任何一个；Web 启动器也会使用同一项设置来抑制其源码 checkout 提示词段。
 
 按模式区分的提示词让 agent 而非用户负责隐藏的启动契约。生产模式将验收定义为重新构建受影响的产物并刷新现有 URL。开发模式说明，`dsh web --dev` 只会启用 HMR（热模块替换）接收端：客户端插件要自动重新加载，还需要在同一检出中运行 `pnpm run dev:web` 监听进程，agent 会在承诺无需刷新即可更新前验证这一点。外壳和其他普通包的变更仍然需要重新构建并刷新。生产模式下的 agent 会在用户要求无需刷新即可更新时说明这两个命令；除非用户要求，否则不会启动替代 GUI。
 
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ Web agent（智能体）既无法识别承载当前会话的 GUI，也不知道
 
 ## 影响
 
-Web 提示词会增加一个动态 URL 和模式段落，因此模型提供方的前缀复用会随绑定端口和模式变化。Bash 进程会增加两个非敏感的受管环境变量。裸 Vite 不再能用作只依赖 shell 的视觉沙箱；开发者应改用完整宿主或构建模式。作为交换，GUI 工作有了一个可由机制观察的唯一目标，agent 可以向用户说明实际承载其会话的进程究竟如何更新，不受支持的启动路径也会在出现白屏前失败。URL／模式契约会引导 agent 避免使用替代端口，但不会禁止任意 shell 命令启动替代服务。
+常规 Web 提示词会增加一个动态 URL 和模式段落，因此模型提供方的前缀复用会随绑定端口和模式变化。相应的 Bash 进程会增加两个非敏感的受管环境变量。裸 Vite 不再能用作只依赖 shell 的视觉沙箱；开发者应改用完整宿主或构建模式。作为交换，GUI 工作有了一个可由机制观察的唯一目标，agent 可以向用户说明实际承载其会话的进程究竟如何更新，不受支持的启动路径也会在出现白屏前失败。URL／模式契约会引导 agent 避免使用替代端口，但不会禁止任意 shell 命令启动替代服务。禁用 `surfaceContext` 的 profile 也会放弃这项反馈闭环指引与 shell 上下文。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.i18n.yaml
index 9c5e373acb..b849211296 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md
-2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md: 69d46894a53b0113f3e4f0fe871bbf3f9697969b
-2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md: c0d5a0640468207282316ecd2fa1f209708df7b5
+2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md: d3fed7a9d0b1f39f9551fbd85e0f83515b1a2690
+2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md: 2beee34d3bb68832d14b7607b43aa11e1425d53d
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md
index 69d46894a5..d3fed7a9d0 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The active conversation column split scrolling: the chat (and trajectory) view o
 
 ## Decision
 
-While a session exists, `ConversationRoot` always supplies a `wrapActiveBody` owner callback that wraps the view ring in a `data-conversation-scroll` body and places a `data-composer-seat` around the whole `'conversation.composer'` chain output (fallback + elected overlay siblings from `overlay: true`). Active CSS sticks that seat with `position: sticky; bottom: 0` so Question/Approval takeovers stay visible when the user is not pinned to the floor; hero CSS centers the fallback stack inside the scroll body. `ConversationSession` keeps a chrome-hidden header + body shell while blank so that tree seat does not change on the first send. The session header remains `flex: none` column chrome above the scrollport when visible. ChatView and Trajectory/Waterfall keep a local scroller only when mounted outside that host (unit tests); under the host they set `overflow: visible` and resolve bottom-follow / prepend anchoring through `closest('[data-conversation-scroll]')`.
+`ConversationRoot` always owns one `data-conversation-scroll` body, with the strict `conversation.session` view outlet before a `data-composer-seat` around the whole `'conversation.composer'` chain output (fallback + elected overlay siblings from `overlay: true`). The separate strict `conversation.session.header` outlet remains `flex: none` column chrome above that scrollport and hides while the Session is blank. This fixed parent tree keeps the scroll body and composer seat mounted from no session through the blank Hero and active conversation. Active CSS sticks that seat with `position: sticky; bottom: 0` so Question/Approval takeovers stay visible when the user is not pinned to the floor; Hero CSS centers the fallback stack inside the scroll body. ChatView and Trajectory/Waterfall keep a local scroller only when mounted outside that host (unit tests); under the host they set `overflow: visible` and resolve bottom-follow / prepend anchoring through `closest('[data-conversation-scroll]')`.
 
 Session stats live on `'conversation.composer.dock'` (above `'conversation.input.dock'`). The InputBar textarea, when inside the host, chains `wheel` with `{ passive: false }`: while the capped textarea can still scroll in that direction it keeps the native gesture; only at its own edge does it `preventDefault` and apply `deltaY` to the host.
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Chat history prepend follows reader intent through stable rendered node/call ide
 
 **Fixed flex-none composer below the scrollport with wheel forwarding.** Rejected: the product requires the composer to stick inside the transcript scrollport so the footer is part of that scroll hit-testing surface, not a sibling that only forwards deltas.
 
-**Portal the composer into ChatView's scroller.** Rejected: the composer is shared across view tabs; the wrap target is the Session body owned by the resident shell.
+**Portal the composer into ChatView's scroller.** Rejected: the composer is shared across view tabs; its target is the root-owned scrollport in the resident shell.
 
 **Keep StatsLine inside ChatView below the message column.** Rejected: outside the sticky composer it would scroll away while the input stayed pinned.
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Chat history prepend follows reader intent through stable rendered node/call ide
 
 ## Consequences
 
-Wheel over the footer scrolls the transcript; the visible layout is a fixed header, scrolling transcript, and sticky bottom composer. Stats appear on every active view tab. Nested view scrollers under the host are suppressed so sticky Turn headers in Trajectory stick to the column host. Concurrent history, streaming, tool expansion, and composer reflow preserve wheel/trackpad scroll decisions, including Chromium's compositor-first delivery and stream-finalization clamp/regrow. Other browser scroll inputs do not change follow ownership under this narrow provenance rule. Hero → active keeps the same textarea DOM node (assembled slash-flow snapshot) and the InputHub draft.
+Wheel over the footer scrolls the transcript; the visible layout is a fixed header, scrolling transcript, and sticky bottom composer. Stats appear on every active view tab. Nested view scrollers under the host are suppressed so sticky Turn headers in Trajectory stick to the column host. Concurrent history, streaming, tool expansion, and composer reflow preserve wheel/trackpad scroll decisions, including Chromium's compositor-first delivery and stream-finalization clamp/regrow. Other browser scroll inputs do not change follow ownership under this narrow provenance rule. No session → blank Hero and Hero → active both keep the same textarea DOM node and InputHub draft.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md
index c0d5a06404..2beee34d3b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-29-sticky-composer-conversation-scroll.zh.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## Decision
 
-只要存在会话，`ConversationRoot` 就会始终提供 `wrapActiveBody` owner 回调，将视图环包进 `data-conversation-scroll` 主体，并用 `data-composer-seat` 包住整条 `'conversation.composer'` chain 输出（`overlay: true` 下的 fallback 与选举出的 overlay 兄弟节点）。活跃阶段 CSS 以 `position: sticky; bottom: 0` 钉住该 seat，使用户未贴底时 Question／Approval 接管仍可见；hero CSS 在滚动主体内居中 fallback 栈。`ConversationSession` 在 blank 时保留隐藏 chrome 的 header + body 壳，使首次发送时树座位不变。可见时会话标题栏仍是滚动容器之上的 `flex: none` 列 chrome。ChatView 与 Trajectory/Waterfall 仅在宿主之外挂载时（单元测试）保留本地 scroller；位于宿主下时设为 `overflow: visible`，并通过 `closest('[data-conversation-scroll]')` 解析贴底跟随与前置锚定。
+`ConversationRoot` 始终拥有同一个 `data-conversation-scroll` 主体，其中严格 `conversation.session` view outlet 位于 `data-composer-seat` 之前；该 seat 包住整条 `'conversation.composer'` chain 输出（`overlay: true` 下的 fallback 与选举出的 overlay 兄弟节点）。独立的严格 `conversation.session.header` outlet 作为 `flex: none` 列 chrome 位于滚动容器上方，并在 Session 仍为 blank 时隐藏。固定的父级树让滚动主体与 composer seat 从无 session、blank Hero 到活跃对话始终保持挂载。活跃阶段 CSS 以 `position: sticky; bottom: 0` 钉住该 seat，使用户未贴底时 Question／Approval 接管仍可见；Hero CSS 在滚动主体内居中 fallback 栈。ChatView 与 Trajectory/Waterfall 仅在宿主之外挂载时（单元测试）保留本地 scroller；位于宿主下时设为 `overflow: visible`，并通过 `closest('[data-conversation-scroll]')` 解析贴底跟随与前置锚定。
 
 会话统计挂在 `'conversation.composer.dock'`（位于 `'conversation.input.dock'` 之上）。InputBar 的 textarea 在宿主内以 `{ passive: false }` 链式处理 `wheel`：在限高 textarea 仍能沿该方向滚动时保留原生手势；仅在自身边缘才 `preventDefault` 并将 `deltaY` 施加到宿主。
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Chat 历史前插通过稳定的已渲染 node／call 身份跟随读者意图
 
 **滚动容器下方 flex-none 固定编辑器并转发滚轮。** 否决：产品要求编辑器 sticky 在 transcript 滚动容器内，使页脚成为该滚动命中面的一部分，而不是仅转发增量的兄弟节点。
 
-**把编辑器 portal 进 ChatView 的 scroller。** 否决：编辑器跨视图标签共享；包装目标是常驻壳拥有的 Session 主体。
+**把编辑器 portal 进 ChatView 的 scroller。** 否决：编辑器跨视图标签共享；其目标是常驻壳中由 root 持有的滚动容器。
 
 **把 StatsLine 留在 ChatView 消息列下方。** 否决：落在 sticky 编辑器之外会随内容滚走，而输入区仍钉在底部。
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Chat 历史前插通过稳定的已渲染 node／call 身份跟随读者意图
 
 ## Consequences
 
-在页脚上滚轮会滚动 transcript；可见布局是固定标题栏、可滚动 transcript 与 sticky 底部编辑器。统计出现在每一个活跃视图标签上。宿主下的嵌套视图 scroller 被抑制，因而 Trajectory 的 sticky Turn 标题贴在列宿主上。并发历史加载、流式输出、工具展开与编辑器重排会保留滚轮／触控板的滚动决定，包括 Chromium 先推进合成器几何状态再交付事件，以及流收尾阶段滚动位置受钳制后滚动容器重新增长的情况。在这条窄范围的输入来源规则下，其他浏览器滚动输入不会改变贴底跟随所有权。hero → active 保持同一 textarea DOM 节点（assembled slash-flow 快照）以及 InputHub 草稿。
+在页脚上滚轮会滚动 transcript；可见布局是固定标题栏、可滚动 transcript 与 sticky 底部编辑器。统计出现在每一个活跃视图标签上。宿主下的嵌套视图 scroller 被抑制，因而 Trajectory 的 sticky Turn 标题贴在列宿主上。并发历史加载、流式输出、工具展开与编辑器重排会保留滚轮／触控板的滚动决定，包括 Chromium 先推进合成器几何状态再交付事件，以及流收尾阶段滚动位置受钳制后滚动容器重新增长的情况。在这条窄范围的输入来源规则下，其他浏览器滚动输入不会改变贴底跟随所有权。无 session → blank Hero 与 Hero → active 都保持同一 textarea DOM 节点以及 InputHub 草稿。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.i18n.yaml
index 12b3982d54..202b86ce3b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md
-2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md: b39963beffa403ef6fa44735aa88395a99139751
-2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md: b451d7c00ec7eb8d736134e738d72e5e07fd1b04
+2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md: 6afa5d0ee2b695d6805d20f54e82073db8028df7
+2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md: f21e549b5811d81094374b1363186a1d18fbadaf
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md
index b39963beff..6afa5d0ee2 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.md
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ The summary flag and the snapshot's own `blank` are distinct sources: the snapsh
 
 ## Deferred
 
-The no-session→session tree relocation in `ConversationRoot` (the hero/composer subtree moves into the `conversation.session` outlet) still rebuilds the composer DOM on the same transition; removing it means moving `conversation.session` to `session-maybe` scope, a slot-contract change that needs its own proposal.
-
 Object-layer reference churn found while diagnosing this — no-op projections minting fresh snapshots, the create path projecting twice, `select()` using `notifyNow` from async continuations — is real but independent of the visible flash.
 
 ## Consequences
 
 Startup auto-selection renders the hero immediately and keeps the composer seat and header visible through the history round-trip, so launching into a recent workspace no longer looks like a page reload. Sessions whose summary does not prove them blank keep the previous settling behavior, so the guard still covers the case it was written for. Skeleton tests pin all three summary shapes: a row reporting `blank: false` settles, an absent row settles, and a summary-proven blank session opening under `loading` renders hero chrome with a live textarea.
 
-The assembled coverage is `apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts` (keyless web browser lane): it registers a workspace, holds the `session.history` response open at the browser's network boundary, and asserts the visible frame while the auto-selected open is in flight — hero phase, hero title, painted composer — plus a recorded phase timeline of exactly `['hero']` for the whole load. Holding the round-trip is what makes it a regression test rather than a race: against a loopback host the open settles too fast to sample, and with the exemption reverted the held window is precisely when the root reports `settling`.
+The assembled coverage is `apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts` (keyless web browser lane). Its first Workspace connection asserts that the Hero root, Workspace chip, scroll body, composer seat, and textarea remain the same DOM nodes when the blank Session appears. It then holds the `session.history` response open at the browser's network boundary and asserts the visible frame while the auto-selected open is in flight — hero phase, hero title, painted composer — plus a recorded phase timeline of exactly `['hero']` for the whole load. Holding the round-trip is what makes the second case a regression test rather than a race: against a loopback host the open settles too fast to sample, and with the exemption reverted the held window is precisely when the root reports `settling`.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md
index b451d7c00e..f21e549b58 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-31-hero-visible-while-blank-session-opens.zh.md
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 推迟事项
 
-`ConversationRoot` 中"无会话→有会话"的树位置迁移（hero/composer 子树移入 `conversation.session` 出口）仍会在同一次转换中重建 composer 的 DOM；消除它意味着把 `conversation.session` 移到 `session-maybe` 作用域，这是一次插槽契约变更，需要单独立项。
-
 诊断期间发现的对象层引用抖动——空操作投影铸造出新的快照、创建路径重复投影一次、`select()` 在异步续体中使用 `notifyNow`——确实存在，但与这次可见闪烁相互独立。
 
 ## 影响
 
 启动自动选择会立即渲染 hero，并在整个历史往返期间保持 composer 座位与 header 可见，因此启动进入最近工作区不再像页面重载。摘要未证明为空白的会话保持原有的 settling 行为，这道防护仍覆盖它当初针对的场景。骨架测试固定了摘要的三种形态：报告 `blank: false` 的行进入 settling；根本没有该行同样进入 settling；摘要已证明为空白的会话在 `loading` 期间渲染 hero 外壳与可用的文本框。
 
-组装级覆盖是 `apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts`（无密钥的 Web 浏览器泳道）：它注册一个工作区，在浏览器网络边界上扣住 `session.history` 的响应，并在自动选择的打开仍在飞行途中断言可见画面——hero 阶段、hero 标题、已绘制的 composer——外加整次加载记录到的阶段时间线恰好为 `['hero']`。扣住这次往返正是它成为回归测试而非竞态的原因：对着回环主机，打开会快到无从采样；而一旦回退这条豁免，被扣住的这段窗口恰恰就是根节点报告 `settling` 的时刻。
+组装级覆盖是 `apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts`（无密钥的 Web 浏览器泳道）。首次连接 Workspace 时，它断言 blank Session 出现前后 Hero root、Workspace chip、滚动主体、composer seat 与 textarea 都是同一 DOM 节点。随后它在浏览器网络边界上扣住 `session.history` 的响应，并在自动选择的打开仍在飞行途中断言可见画面——hero 阶段、hero 标题、已绘制的 composer——外加整次加载记录到的阶段时间线恰好为 `['hero']`。扣住这次往返正是第二个用例成为回归测试而非竞态的原因：对着回环主机，打开会快到无从采样；而一旦回退这条豁免，被扣住的这段窗口恰恰就是根节点报告 `settling` 的时刻。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a08d6323dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md
+2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md: 4b3bbbc03c4494359297ae6e54bcc9a74c387e80
+2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.zh.md: 548285d285939325a26df3b8d70c43fe952813a9
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b3bbbc03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Agent Note: onboarding takeover chrome moves into the step
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The settings shell mounted the onboarding takeover chrome — a body-portaled overlay with an opaque `--dsw-alias-bg-layer-1` stage, a blur mask, and `#root` set inert — the moment a `settings.onboarding` step was registered and not yet locally completed. Every step decides whether it actually needs to show by loading a private fact first (WelcomeNotice: the acknowledgement bit through its settings join; DeepSeekOnboardingDialog: credential readiness through the Models join) and renders `null` while that fact is in flight. Rendering `null` could not suppress the chrome, because the opaque stage was painted by the shell around the slot outlet, not by the step.
+
+On every reload while the hero (blank or no session) was current, the sessions list turning `ready` therefore popped a full-screen opaque layer — white in the light palette — and blocked all interaction for exactly one credential/settings RPC round-trip, after which the already-configured steps self-completed and the layer vanished. Users saw the app flash white each refresh the moment the workspace/session lists landed.
+
+## Decision
+
+The takeover chrome belongs to the step, not the shell. A new zero-cordis primitive, `OnboardingSurface` (ui-primitives), renders the body-portaled overlay/mask/stage — CSS class names and geometry moved verbatim from `SettingsRoot.module.css` — and holds `#root` inert for exactly its own mount lifetime. Both step components wrap only their **visible** branch in it; their existing `null` branches now paint and block nothing by construction, because the chrome is part of the same render decision.
+
+`SettingsRoot` keeps the coordinator exactly as it was (ordered ledger projection, one mounted step, local completed set, `stepId`/`complete`/`openSection` currency) but renders the elected step bare — no portal, no stage, no inert effect. The `settings.onboarding` slot contract now states that registrants own the surface wrap and must render `null` while their private facts are undecided.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Register steps conditionally (ledger as the has-content signal).** Register the entry only after the private join resolves to "needs intervention". Architecturally clean (publish at the commit point) but a larger change: the join load must move from the dialogs into each plugin's apply, and registration/disposal becomes reactive plumbing in two packages. Rejected as oversized for the defect.
+
+**Convert `settings.onboarding` to a chain with an externalized completed-set store.** The composer-takeover pattern; prototyped and reverted. Selectors can only judge owner props, so the private readiness facts still had to be resolved inside the components — the chain bought routing generality the two current steps do not need, at the cost of a contract change across three packages.
+
+**Detect empty slot output at the render site.** `renderSlot` returns an outlet element unconditionally, so the owner cannot branch on a step's `null`; probing rendered DOM emptiness needs a commit-then-retract dance whose dynamic transitions lose the pre-paint guarantee.
+
+## Consequences
+
+While a step is mounted but undecided, the application stays visible and interactive: `#root` is no longer inert during the decision window (previously it was inert behind an opaque layer). For a genuinely unconfigured user the takeover now appears one join round-trip later than before — but with its content already present, instead of an empty stage that fills in.
+
+A future step that registers without wrapping its visible content in `OnboardingSurface` renders bare over the app with no mask; the slot contract JSDoc names the wrap as the registrant's obligation.
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/client/ui-primitives/tests/onboarding-surface.spec.tsx` pins the primitive: body portal around the content, mask/stage class presence, `#root` inert held for exactly the mount lifetime, and the no-`#root` composition. `packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx` pins the inverted shell contract: no takeover chrome and no inert while a mounted step renders nothing. `apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts` gains the defect's assembled regression pin: a configured world reloads while every `settings.describe` response is held open at the browser's network boundary — widening the steps' deciding window from loopback-invisible to hundreds of milliseconds, which is what keeps the assertions non-vacuous — and an 8 ms in-page sampler proves the takeover chrome never mounts and `#root` never turns inert. The file's existing scenarios and the step specs (`ui-settings-general`, `ui-models`) pass unchanged — the mask selector and geometry pins survive because the stylesheet moved verbatim.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..548285d285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Agent Note：首次使用引导的接管界面框架移入步骤自身
+
+状态：已实现
+
+[English](2026-08-06-onboarding-step-owned-takeover-chrome.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+设置外壳在 `settings.onboarding` 有已注册且本地未完成的步骤时，就立即挂出首次使用引导的接管界面框架——portal 到 body 的浮层，带不透明的 `--dsw-alias-bg-layer-1` 展示层、模糊遮罩，并把 `#root` 置为 `inert`。而每个步骤都要先加载私有事实才能判定自己是否需要出场（WelcomeNotice：经其设置 join 读取确认位；DeepSeekOnboardingDialog：经 Models join 读取凭据就绪状态），判定期间渲染 `null`。渲染 `null` 无法抑制界面框架，因为不透明展示层是外壳画在 slot outlet 外面的，不属于步骤。
+
+于是每次在 hero（空白或无会话）状态下刷新页面，会话列表一变 `ready` 就弹出整屏不透明层——亮色主题下是白色——并阻断全部交互，时长恰好等于一次凭据/设置 RPC 往返；之后已配置好的步骤自我完成，图层消失。用户看到的就是每次刷新在 workspace/会话列表落地的瞬间闪一下白屏。
+
+## 决定
+
+接管界面框架属于步骤，不属于外壳。新增零 cordis 原语 `OnboardingSurface`（ui-primitives）：渲染 portal 到 body 的浮层／遮罩／展示层——CSS 类名与几何从 `SettingsRoot.module.css` 逐字迁移——并在自身挂载生命周期内保持 `#root` 为 `inert`。两个步骤组件只把各自的**可见**分支包进该原语；既有的 `null` 分支由此在构造上不绘制、不阻塞任何内容，因为界面框架已是同一次渲染决策的一部分。
+
+`SettingsRoot` 的协调器原样保留（有序账本投影、每次挂载一个步骤、本地完成集合、`stepId`／`complete`／`openSection` currency），但对当选步骤裸渲染——不再有 portal、展示层和 inert 效果。`settings.onboarding` 的 slot 契约现在写明：注册方持有外层包裹，且在私有事实未决时必须渲染 `null`。
+
+## 曾考虑的替代方案
+
+**条件注册（账本即有内容信号）。** 私有 join 解析出「需要介入」后才注册条目。架构上干净（在 commit point 发布），但改动更大：join 的加载必须从对话框上移到各插件的 apply，注册／销毁在两个包里都变成响应式接线。对本缺陷而言过重，否决。
+
+**把 `settings.onboarding` 改成 chain 并把完成集合外置为 store。** composer takeover 的版型；做过原型后回退。selector 只能判定 owner props，私有就绪事实仍然只能在组件内部解析——chain 买来的是当前两个步骤并不需要的路由通用性，代价却是跨三个包的契约变更。
+
+**在渲染点探测 slot 输出为空。** `renderSlot` 无条件返回 outlet 元素，owner 无法据步骤的 `null` 分支；探测已渲染 DOM 是否为空需要先提交再撤回的手法，其动态翻转会失去 paint 前的保证。
+
+## 后果
+
+步骤已挂载但尚未判定期间，应用保持可见且可交互：判定窗口内 `#root` 不再是 `inert`（此前是在不透明图层背后被置灰）。对真正未配置的用户，接管层比从前晚一个 join 往返出现——但一出现就带着内容，而不是先露出空白展示层再填充。
+
+未来若有步骤注册后不把可见内容包进 `OnboardingSurface`，会无遮罩地裸渲染在应用之上；slot 契约的 JSDoc 已把包裹写为注册方的义务。
+
+## 测试
+
+`packages/client/ui-primitives/tests/onboarding-surface.spec.tsx` 钉住原语行为：内容外的 body portal、遮罩／展示层类名存在、`#root` 的 `inert` 恰好持续挂载生命周期，以及无 `#root` 的组合。`packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx` 钉住反转后的外壳契约：已挂载步骤什么都不渲染时，无接管界面框架、无 inert。`apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts` 新增本缺陷的整装回归钉：已配置世界刷新页面，同时在浏览器网络边界扣住所有 `settings.describe` 响应——把步骤的判定窗口从 loopback 下不可见拉宽到数百毫秒，这正是断言保持非空洞的关键——页内 8ms 采样器证明接管界面框架从未挂载、`#root` 从未变为 inert。该文件的既有场景与步骤 spec（`ui-settings-general`、`ui-models`）原样通过——样式表逐字迁移，遮罩选择器与几何钉子得以幸存。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb344c5afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md
+2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md: 77b778fba695f560eb68af6da2f416e61ccff181
+2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.zh.md: dd4c5883c4c6d37809c2f8100f266655d8ba600c
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77b778fba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Agent Note: unpriced surface replacements fold neutrally
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The `contextPressure` and `contextBreakdown` projections keep a running surface-token total plus at most one pending shadow-price claim, so their persisted checkpoints stay O(1) over a session's life. Current replace producers append a `compact/summary` or `compact/prune` metering event immediately before the replacement; its `shadowedTokenCount` prices the exact replaced range, and `foldSurfaceProjection` turns that into the signed delta.
+
+Sessions recorded before the shadow-price protocol log replacements with no adjacent metering event. The O(1) state cannot reconstruct the replaced range's price, and the fold treated every unpriced replacement as a contract violation and threw — so replaying such a session died at its first replacement (`token surface: replace at seq … has no adjacent shadow price`), leaving the session permanently unopenable.
+
+## Decision
+
+A replace that arrives with no armed claim folds price-neutrally: `foldSurfaceProjection` returns `deltaTokens: 0`, pricing the replaced range as if it had cost exactly what its replacement costs, and replay continues. A claim expired by an intervening event reaches the same neutral path, since the fold cannot distinguish it from a log that never metered.
+
+An armed claim naming a **different** range still throws. There the metering event was adjacent, so the producer wrote contradictory adjacent events — a live shadow-price contract violation, not historical data, and it must fail loud rather than let the total drift silently.
+
+Both projections share the one fold, so neither gains state fields nor bumps its `stateVersion`. `surface-fold.ts` and `ctx.tokenMeter.measure()` are unaffected: they hold the per-node priced surface and never needed the claim protocol.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Keep throwing.** Preserves the strict producer contract, but every pre-protocol session stays permanently unreplayable, and the projections exist to serve replay.
+
+**Persist the full priced surface in the projection state.** Could price any replaced range exactly, but grows the checkpoint by one node per model-visible message without bound — defeating the O(1) constraint the shadow-price protocol exists to preserve (see [the context-meter note](2026-08-05-context-meter-blind-to-compaction.md)).
+
+## Consequences
+
+An unpriced replacement holds the total still instead of shrinking it, so the compacted-away span stays counted: `contextBreakdown.messageTokens` retains the overcount, and `contextPressure.projectedTokens` overestimates occupancy only until the next usage sample re-anchors it, because that figure tracks movement since the sample rather than the absolute level. The error direction is safe — overestimating occupancy at worst invites an earlier compaction.
+
+The loud failure survives where it still means something: a range-mismatched adjacent claim is a current producer bug and still throws.
+
+## Testing
+
+`packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts` pins the neutral fold for the no-claim and expired-claim replacements, the throw for a mismatched claim, and the exact pricing for a matched one. `packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts` pins `contextPressure` holding still across an unpriced replacement.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd4c5883c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Agent Note: 未计价的表层替换以中性方式折叠
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-06-token-surface-unpriced-replace-compatibility.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+`contextPressure` 与 `contextBreakdown` 两个投影只维护一份滚动累计的表层 token 总量，外加至多一条待结算的影子价格（shadow price）声明，因此其持久化检查点在会话整个生命周期内保持 O(1)。当前的替换生产方会紧贴在替换之前追加一条 `compact/summary` 或 `compact/prune` 计量事件；其 `shadowedTokenCount` 对被替换区间精确计价，`foldSurfaceProjection` 再把它换算成有符号增量。
+
+影子价格协议引入之前录制的会话，其日志中的替换没有相邻的计量事件。O(1) 状态无法重建被替换区间的价格，而折叠此前把每一次未计价替换都当作契约违规并抛出异常，于是回放这类会话会在第一处替换就中断（`token surface: replace at seq … has no adjacent shadow price`），会话从此永远无法打开。
+
+## 决策
+
+到达时没有已就位声明的替换以价格中性的方式折叠：`foldSurfaceProjection` 返回 `deltaTokens: 0`，相当于把被替换区间计价为恰好等于其替换内容的成本，回放随即继续。因中间插入的事件而过期的声明也走同一条中性路径，因为折叠无法把它与从未计量过的日志区分开。
+
+已就位但指向**另一个**区间的声明仍会抛出异常。此时计量事件确实相邻，说明生产方写入了互相矛盾的相邻事件：这是现行影子价格契约的违规，不是历史数据，必须响亮失败，而不能任由总量悄然漂移。
+
+两个投影共用同一个折叠，因此二者都不新增状态字段，也不提升 `stateVersion`。`surface-fold.ts` 与 `ctx.tokenMeter.measure()` 不受影响：它们持有逐节点的已计价表层，本来就不需要声明协议。
+
+## 备选方案
+
+**维持抛出异常。**保住了严格的生产方契约，但协议之前的每个会话都将永远无法回放，而投影本就是为服务回放而存在的。
+
+**在投影状态中持久化完整的已计价表层。**可以对任意被替换区间精确计价，但检查点会随每条模型可见消息各增加一个节点、无上限地增长，恰恰破坏了影子价格协议所要守住的 O(1) 约束（见[上下文仪表的 Agent Note](2026-08-05-context-meter-blind-to-compaction.md)）。
+
+## 影响
+
+未计价的替换让总量保持不动而不是缩小，因此被压缩（compaction）掉的区段仍被计入：`contextBreakdown.messageTokens` 保留这部分多计的量；`contextPressure.projectedTokens` 会高估占用率，但只持续到下一个用量样本重新锚定为止，因为该数字追踪的是自样本以来的增减，而非绝对水平。误差方向是安全的：高估占用率最坏不过是招致一次更早的压缩。
+
+响亮失败保留在它仍有意义的地方：区间不匹配的相邻声明是现行生产方的缺陷，仍会抛出异常。
+
+## 测试
+
+`packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts` 钉住了无声明与声明过期两种替换的中性折叠、声明区间不匹配时的抛出异常，以及声明匹配时的精确计价。`packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts` 钉住了 `contextPressure` 在一次未计价替换前后保持不动。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
index d337e7e0e3..c981d84400 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md
-2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md: 27dbde9f2349681cf47c4d25b16399b26ed9e1ca
-2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md: 1fe9ece2861bd6d75633a866a4a11eaadbf7ef26
+2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md: 26e6e2468c7bea661d85c8fb994adf8b109105ee
+2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md: 8f9cd1f6bc31e648a5b923e816cad75ebc1a0bd8
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md
index 27dbde9f23..26e6e2468c 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The lifecycle boundary makes crash state unambiguous:
 ## Consequences
 
 - **Packages**: `packages/compact/compact` supplies the interface, `compact-basic` supplies the backend, `compact-tool-result-prune` supplies optional deterministic rewriting, and `command-compact` supplies human `/compact`. `packages/llm/token-meter` owns replay-aware measurement independently.
-- **Automatic seams**: `agent/pre-step` (`@mode waterfall`) handles pressure before request derivation and `agent/request-error` (`@mode waterfall`) handles final request failures after the failed step closes. Pre-step receives the claimed batch and `PreStepContext`, with no compaction-only prompt/prefix payload.
+- **Automatic seams**: `agent/pre-step` (`@mode waterfall`) handles pressure before request derivation and `agent/request-error` (`@mode waterfall`) handles final request failures after the failed step closes. The pre-step payload carries the claimed batch, turn, step, and signal (see the [payload-object events decision](../architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)), with no compaction-only prompt/prefix payload.
 - **`SessionEventMap`** gains `compact/start` / `compact/summary` / `compact/end` by declaration merging (merge-extensible); `SurfaceEventType` is **not** touched. These are session events, not cordis `Events`, so the event-taxonomy gate needs no entry.
 - **`dsh-compact`** owns `COMPACT_CHECKPOINT_SOURCE`, `isCompactCheckpointSource(source)`, `toolPairingBalancedBefore(session, seq)`, and `toolPairingBalancedAfter(session, seq)`. The marker identifies replacement summaries across backend implementations. The cached surface-edge checks prevent `compactRegion` and `compactIfNeeded` from splitting a tool-call/result pair, validate current membership by seq, answer both edges from one per-cut balance sequence, and reject stale or missing seqs and orphan results.
 - **`dsh-session`** validates positional replacement, complete provenance, and content-only single-node `tool/result` rewrites through its one surface manager. Its invariant companion treats fresh appended tool results as executions that require an open step and pending call, while the compaction companion owns numeric-turn versus standalone-null bracket relations.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md
index 1fe9ece286..8f9cd1f6bc 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.zh.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ compact/end      → log-only. Releases the lock (carries `error` on a recoverab
 ## 后果
 
 - **包**：`packages/compact/compact` 提供接口，`compact-basic` 提供后端，`compact-tool-result-prune` 提供可选的确定性重写，`command-compact` 提供面向用户的 `/compact`。`packages/llm/token-meter` 独立拥有回放感知的测量。
-- **自动 seam**：`agent/pre-step`（`@mode waterfall`）在请求派生前处理压力，`agent/request-error`（`@mode waterfall`）处理失败步骤关闭后的最终请求失败。pre-step 接收已领取批次与 `PreStepContext`，不携带压缩专属的提示词/前缀 payload。
+- **自动 seam**：`agent/pre-step`（`@mode waterfall`）在请求派生前处理压力，`agent/request-error`（`@mode waterfall`）处理失败步骤关闭后的最终请求失败。pre-step 的 payload 携带已领取批次、轮次、步骤与 signal（参见 [payload-object 事件决策](../architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)），不携带压缩专属的提示词/前缀 payload。
 - **`SessionEventMap`** 通过可合并扩展的声明合并获得 `compact/start` / `compact/summary` / `compact/end`；`SurfaceEventType` **未被**触及。这些是会话事件，不是 cordis `Events`，因此事件分类门禁无需新增条目。
 - **`dsh-compact`** 拥有 `COMPACT_CHECKPOINT_SOURCE`、`isCompactCheckpointSource(source)`、`toolPairingBalancedBefore(session, seq)` 与 `toolPairingBalancedAfter(session, seq)`。该标记用于跨后端实现识别替换摘要。带缓存的 surface 边缘检查会防止 `compactRegion` 和 `compactIfNeeded` 拆分工具调用/结果对，按 seq 校验当前成员关系，从每个切割点的一条平衡序列回答两侧边缘，并拒绝陈旧或缺失的 seq 与孤立结果。
 - **`dsh-session`** 通过唯一的 surface 管理器校验位置替换、完整溯源信息和仅内容的单节点 `tool/result` 重写。其不变式配套插件将新追加的工具结果视为执行，要求存在已打开的步骤与待处理调用，而压缩配套组件拥有数字轮次归属与独立 `null` 归属标记对之间的关系。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
index feb73d00dd..1884c12c93 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md
-2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md: 043092884731c403a11b71ef8b5a410e9e5af7e0
-2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md: 6a4a5798199ca7d6d7c011668a319d65a0553208
+2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md: 752e639b09ea2ac0ba19841ddfe38b15b44d22e9
+2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md: 6009aeda6773357a4217f8956fb510c2116bbe3f
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md
index 0430928847..752e639b09 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 English | [中文](2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md)
 
-> The full seam is shipped: the `dsh-subagent` interface and `dsh-tool-subagent` consumer; the two in-process backends (`dsh-subagent-spawn`, `dsh-subagent-fork`); the nested-agent snapshot infrastructure ([per-session snapshot replay](../testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)); and the out-of-process `dsh-subagent-acp` backend ([its Agent Note](2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md)).
+> The full seam is shipped: the `dsh-subagent` interface and `dsh-tool-subagent` consumer; the two in-process backends (`dsh-subagent-spawn`, `dsh-subagent-fork`); the nested-agent snapshot infrastructure ([per-session snapshot replay](../testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)); and the out-of-process ACP, Codex, and Claude Code backends ([ACP Agent Note](2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md), [product-provider Agent Note](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md)).
 
 ## Problem
 
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ The distinctive requirement — the one that shapes the whole design — is that
 
 - **in-process** — a child concrete `Agent` on the same `Context` (the cheapest, and nearly free given the existing agent factory);
 - **ACP** — act as an ACP *client* driving another agent process (which can be another instance of ourselves);
-- later: **A2A**, the **Codex app-server**, and the **Claude Code Agent SDK** — each the same out-of-process "start a child, prompt it, stream updates, cancel" shape as the ACP backend.
+- **Codex app-server and Claude Code Agent SDK** — current one-shot siblings that apply the same named-provider seam to official product processes ([product-provider Agent Note](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md));
+- later: **A2A** using the same out-of-process "start a child, prompt it, settle, cancel" shape.
 
 ## Alternatives considered
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ A new package group `packages/subagent/`:
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn` | implementation: a fresh in-process child via `ctx.agents.create` |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork` | implementation: an in-process child seeded with a snapshot of the parent's log |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-acp` | implementation: an ACP client driving a configured child process |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex` | implementation: a one-shot official Codex app-server process |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code` | implementation: a one-shot official Claude Code process through the Agent SDK |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` | consumer: the model-facing `subagent` tool over `ctx.subagents` |
 
 ### The primitive: async `start → SubagentRun`
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ Fresh and forked children are separate providers, not a request flag. `dsh-subag
 
 ### Child isolation and the parent log
 
-Each subagent runs in its **own `Session`** (own id, `parentSession` lineage), persisted independently. The parent's log records only the spawn `tool/call` and its `tool/result` (the child's final output) — the child's internal steps and tool calls stay in the child's own session, never injected into the parent log. This is the only design that is identical across transports: an ACP child's internal events physically cannot be injected into our parent log, so making in-process behave the same keeps the seam transport-agnostic.
+Each in-process subagent runs in its **own `Session`** (own id, `parentSession` lineage), persisted independently. Remote ACP and one-shot product providers instead mint a parent-scoped lifecycle id and expose no local `Agent` or child `Session`; their internal state remains in the remote process. Across both forms, the parent's log records only the spawn `tool/call` and its `tool/result` (the child's final output), while child steps and tool calls remain outside the parent log.
 
 ### Synchronous collect (first cut)
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md
index 6a4a579819..6009aeda67 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.zh.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 [English](2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md) | 中文
 
-> 完整 seam 已交付：`dsh-subagent` 接口与 `dsh-tool-subagent` 消费方；两个进程内后端（`dsh-subagent-spawn`、`dsh-subagent-fork`）；嵌套 agent 快照基础设施（[逐会话快照回放](../testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)）；以及进程外后端 `dsh-subagent-acp`（[其 Agent Note](2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md)）。
+> 完整 seam 已交付：`dsh-subagent` 接口与 `dsh-tool-subagent` 消费方；两个进程内后端（`dsh-subagent-spawn`、`dsh-subagent-fork`）；嵌套 agent 快照基础设施（[逐会话快照回放](../testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)）；以及进程外的 ACP、Codex 与 Claude Code 后端（[ACP Agent Note](2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md)、[产品提供方 Agent Note](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md)）。
 
 ## 问题
 
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ harness 有一个长期搁置的 seam 用于 **subagent**：一个 agent（智
 
 - **进程内**：在同一个 `Context` 上创建一个具体的子 `Agent`（最廉价，且鉴于现有 agent 工厂几乎零成本）；
 - **ACP**：作为 ACP *客户端*驱动另一个 agent 进程（可以是自身的另一个实例）；
-- 后续：**A2A**、**Codex app-server** 与 **Claude Code Agent SDK**——每种都与 ACP 后端相同的进程外形状：「启动子 agent、发送提示词、流式接收更新、取消」。
+- **Codex app-server 与 Claude Code Agent SDK**：当前的一次性兄弟提供方，将同一个命名提供方 seam 应用于官方产品进程（[产品提供方 Agent Note](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md)）；
+- 后续：**A2A**，采用同样的进程外形态：「启动子 agent、发送提示词、结算、取消」。
 
 ## 曾考虑的替代方案
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ bash seam（[能力 seam](../architecture/2026-06-13-capability-seams.md)）在
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn` | 实现：通过 `ctx.agents.create` 创建全新的进程内子 agent |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork` | 实现：用父 agent 日志快照初始化的进程内子 agent |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-acp` | 实现：作为 ACP 客户端驱动已配置的子进程 |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex` | 实现：一次性官方 Codex app-server 进程 |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code` | 实现：通过 Agent SDK 运行的一次性官方 Claude Code 进程 |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` | 消费方：基于 `ctx.subagents` 的面向模型的 `subagent` 工具 |
 
 ### 原语：异步 `start → SubagentRun`
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ bash seam（[能力 seam](../architecture/2026-06-13-capability-seams.md)）在
 
 ### 子 agent 隔离与父日志
 
-每个 subagent 运行在**自己的 `Session`** 中（独立 id、`parentSession` 谱系），独立持久化。父日志仅记录 spawn `tool/call` 及其 `tool/result`（子 agent 的最终输出）——子 agent 的内部步骤和工具调用留在子 agent 自己的会话中，绝不注入父日志。这是唯一在所有传输方式下行为一致的设计：ACP 子 agent 的内部事件在物理上无法注入我们的父日志，因此让进程内行为保持一致，使 seam 真正与传输方式无关。
+每个进程内 subagent 运行在**自己的 `Session`** 中（独立 id、`parentSession` 谱系），独立持久化。远端 ACP 和一次性产品提供方则会生成一个父级作用域的生命周期 id，且不暴露本地 `Agent` 或子 `Session`；其内部状态留在远端进程中。两种形式下，父日志都仅记录 spawn `tool/call` 及其 `tool/result`（子 agent 的最终输出），而子 agent 的步骤和工具调用均留在父日志之外。
 
 ### 同步收集（首版）
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.i18n.yaml
index bab63f5149..9540bb6f0e 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md
-2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md: 5f12aa1c08d4f4cfaa35f2f7f4b09ad341c3eae8
-2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md: ba9d4255723367ab4afc5ab87e056f12f5c3a285
+2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md: c994ebfa69649bb9e79d3aa389a0e13c178131c7
+2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md: 62d631e95b5d1f299bed1fd00353b5ac9349b9a0
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md
index 5f12aa1c08..c994ebfa69 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ Persistent-process pooling (reuse a warm child across runs) is a performance opt
 
 Every run pays a fresh subprocess (spawn + `initialize` + `newSession`). The parent surfaces only the child's final answer: `session/update` thoughts and tool-call cards are consumed and dropped, and permission prompts never reach a human — the configured policy answers them. The child's environment is credential-scrubbed by default, so its own model key is supplied explicitly via `config.env`.
 
-## Future providers
+## Product-provider siblings
 
-The same out-of-process spawn/prompt/stream/cancel shape generalizes to other transports named in the seam Agent Note — A2A, the Codex app-server, and the Claude Code Agent SDK — each a sibling provider registered by name. The ACP backend is the proof that the seam supports the boundary; those are mechanically similar.
+The [Codex app-server and Claude Code Agent SDK providers](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md) apply the same out-of-process spawn/prompt/settle/cancel boundary as siblings registered by name. A2A remains a future sibling transport; the ACP backend proves that the common seam supports this boundary without owning product-private protocols.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md
index ba9d425572..62d631e95b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.zh.md
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ ACP `StopReason` → harness `SubagentStopReason`：`end_turn`→`completed`、`
 
 每次运行都要付出一个全新子进程的代价（spawn + `initialize` + `newSession`）。父进程仅暴露子 agent 的最终回答：`session/update` 中的思考和工具调用卡片被消费后丢弃，权限提示从不到达人类——由配置的策略应答。子进程环境默认经过凭证清洗，因此其自身的模型密钥需通过 `config.env` 显式提供。
 
-## 后续提供方
+## 兄弟产品提供方
 
-同样的进程外启动/提示词/流式输出/取消形态可泛化到 seam Agent Note 中列出的其他传输方式——A2A、Codex app-server 和 Claude Code Agent SDK——每个都是按名称注册的兄弟提供方。ACP 后端证明了 seam 支持跨进程边界；其余在机制上类似。
+[Codex app-server 与 Claude Code Agent SDK 提供方](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md)作为按名称注册的兄弟提供方，采用同样的进程外启动/提示词/结算/取消边界。A2A 仍是未来的兄弟传输方式；ACP 后端证明了通用 seam 能够支持这项边界，而无需负责产品私有协议。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.i18n.yaml
index 5f045324dd..170631b6a4 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md
-2026-06-24-workspace-context.md: df7ae58f8a42a8c1aac8113a429ef0f50b2fb795
-2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md: aecc57a5c63b4c6282260863f4183944c14b5cf8
+2026-06-24-workspace-context.md: 3c21b7599e6bb2dd759e4a040c1b999f1b0516cd
+2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md: e913ecb22b4692e1ee7b96d4f5effe2606775cf8
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md
index df7ae58f8a..3c21b7599e 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ The user-global file is fixed at `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md`, is not affected by eithe
 
 At the first `agent/pre-step` of an agent-loop instance, the plugin composes one sourced user-role baseline. When the downstream decision enters a nonempty first-step batch, the plugin folds the baseline into that final batch right after the claimed prompt, so it becomes durable with the direct prompt and reaches the first request. Rejection or an empty first-step decision leaves the baseline in the next-step inbox for a later wakeup. The plugin loads the user-global file first, then finds the project root by walking upward from `agent.session.header.cwd` to a configured root marker (default `.git`), then loads the configured candidates from each directory from the root to the cwd. A `.git` file and a `.git` directory are both valid markers, covering linked worktrees and submodules. Without a marker, the cwd itself is the root.
 
-The baseline becomes a durable `user/message` with a typed `workspace-instructions` source. Its `baseline: true` marker distinguishes the complete startup or resume baseline from later deltas, and its change list persists the included scopes and content digests. If a previously queued workspace baseline is still pending, the plugin removes that exact message and prepends its replacement instead of accumulating duplicates.
+The baseline becomes a durable `user/message` with a typed `workspace-instructions` source. Its `baseline: true` marker distinguishes a complete baseline from later deltas, its `baselineIdentity` records normalized discovery, precedence, project-root, and budget semantics, and its change list persists the included scopes and content digests. If a previously queued workspace baseline is still pending, the plugin removes that exact message and prepends its replacement instead of accumulating duplicates.
 
-A resumed agent creates a new loop instance and injects a baseline composed from current files before its first request. This permits current baseline content on resume without mutating an earlier history event. A resume and a hot plugin remount both face a log that may already hold a baseline; they are told apart by `agent/session-start`, which a startup or resume emits before the first step while a remount attaches to an already-live session and never sees it. A remount retains the existing baseline only when its typed event remains in the current visible surface, and still rebuilds scope and provider-version tracking from current files. If compaction has shadowed that event, the remount injects a current baseline. A resume always re-composes.
+A resumed agent creates a new loop instance over persisted history. At its first `agent/pre-step`, a visible baseline with the current identity remains authoritative while the plugin compares its retained scopes with a complete current rendering. Unchanged and budget-omitted files append nothing; offline additions, edits, removals, and files that leave the retained budget set append `set`, `replace`, or `remove` transitions in the entering batch without mutating or duplicating the original baseline. An incompatible visible baseline is superseded by one complete baseline in current precedence order with explicit replacement language; when no current candidate exists, an explicit empty baseline clears the earlier scopes. A hot plugin remount follows the same rule. If compaction has shadowed the typed baseline, the next entering pre-step composes one complete current baseline and carries it in the same request.
 
 The baseline is a user-role `<system-reminder>` with `Instructions from: <path>` sections and explicit authority and precedence language. This familiar model-facing frame avoids a harness-specific XML vocabulary. Project paths are root-relative and the user-global path is `~/.dsh/AGENTS.md` for the default home or `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md` for a configured home. The final rendering boundary escapes a literal `</system-reminder>` anywhere in instruction content or model-visible path, scope, and budget metadata before byte accounting completes. The package README owns the exact current [prompt shape](../../../../packages/context/workspace-context/README.md#prompt-shape).
 
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ Shell commands are not discovery triggers. Local bash calls start fresh shells,
 
 ### Duplicate Suppression And Change Detection
 
-Every workspace context event stores versioned metadata with `{ action, scope, path, digest? }`, where `digest` is SHA-1 over the loaded content. Baselines additionally carry `baseline: true`. The model-facing prompt has no HTML comments, hidden markers, or headings that are parsed back into state.
+Every workspace context event stores versioned metadata with `{ action, scope, path, digest? }`, where `digest` is SHA-1 over the loaded content. Complete baselines additionally carry `baseline: true` and `baselineIdentity`. The model-facing prompt has no HTML comments, hidden markers, or headings that are parsed back into state.
 
 At reconciliation time the plugin scans workspace-sourced `user/message` events and derives the latest state for each visible scope. A short per-session pending map begins only after the immutable top-level `tools/result` proves an `additionalContexts` entry survived every post-execute listener, then covers the interval before the loop appends that context to the log. Each entry records the open `{ turn, step }`: an equal durable `user/message` at or after its sequence boundary confirms and removes it, while a matching `step/end` arriving first means the loop discarded its context buffer, so the plugin removes both the pending entry and its version-cache fast path. A nested Code Mode result stages its changes under the parent's opaque execution token so repeated sub-dispatches in one run do not duplicate them; the parent result rolls that provisional state back and commits only contexts retained by outer policy.
 
-An unchanged path and digest is suppressed. A logged removal is a tombstone, so a reappearing candidate becomes a new `set`. Resume works from persisted metadata. If compaction removes an instruction event from the visible surface, that state no longer suppresses a later load, matching the fact that the model can no longer see it. Only changes actually included under the byte budget enter metadata or pending state, so an omitted file remains eligible on a later touch.
+An unchanged path and digest is suppressed. A logged removal is a tombstone, so a reappearing candidate becomes a new `set`. Resume works from persisted metadata: a compatible visible baseline supplies comparison state rather than causing another complete baseline to be appended. If compaction removes an instruction event from the visible surface, that state no longer suppresses a later load, matching the fact that the model can no longer see it. Only changes actually included under the byte budget enter metadata or pending state, so an omitted file remains eligible on a later touch.
 
-The initial baseline's typed changes are comparison state only while its event remains in the visible session surface. A later successful filesystem touch re-adds an unchanged baseline scope after compaction, or appends baseline edits or removals as dynamic messages; it never rewrites the original event. The in-memory scope marker and provider-version cache only select and accelerate probes, so neither can suppress context the model no longer sees. During resumed baseline preparation the plugin also reconciles visible dynamic scopes, so nested changes made while the agent was offline can append an update before the first resumed request.
+The initial baseline's typed changes are comparison state only while its event remains in the visible session surface. Resume retains a compatible baseline and reconciles current baseline and visible dynamic scopes, so changes made while the agent was offline append transitions before the first resumed request. When compaction shadows the baseline event, the next entering pre-step composes the complete current baseline and records it in the same request; a successful filesystem touch can instead re-add an unchanged baseline scope or append baseline edits or removals as dynamic messages. Neither path rewrites the original event. The in-memory scope marker and provider-version cache only select and accelerate probes, so neither can suppress context the model no longer sees.
 
-There is intentionally no watcher. Detection occurs at the next successful structured filesystem touch or resumed baseline preparation. A provider failure produces no removal; absence is only accepted when all configured candidates in that scope were probed successfully.
+There is intentionally no watcher. Detection occurs at the next successful structured filesystem touch, resumed-baseline reconciliation, or entering pre-step that restores a shadowed baseline. A provider failure produces no removal; absence is only accepted when all configured candidates in that scope were probed successfully.
 
 ### Byte Budget And Bounded Reads
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Workspace guidance is isolated per session and shared by the demo front doors, W
 
 Repository text remains untrusted input. Lower-authority user-role framing, explicit precedence language, and delimiter escaping reduce risk but do not eliminate prompt injection. Following a candidate symlink to its target widens that surface to off-tree content, so the permission and sandbox layers that confine `ctx.fs` to trusted roots are the boundary that treats workspace files as data rather than authority (the [instruction-symlink follow note](2026-07-21-follow-instruction-symlinks.md) owns the residual risk).
 
-The system is event-driven rather than watch-driven. Edits are not visible at the exact filesystem mutation instant unless that mutation goes through a structured tool; externally changed files are noticed on the next successful structured touch or resume. This keeps the design deterministic and provider-neutral.
+The system is event-driven rather than watch-driven. Edits are not visible at the exact filesystem mutation instant unless that mutation goes through a structured tool; externally changed files are noticed on the next successful structured touch, resume reconciliation, or restoration of a shadowed baseline. This keeps the design deterministic and provider-neutral.
 
 ## Deferred
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md
index aecc57a5c6..e913ecb22b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.zh.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Status: implemented
 
 在 agent loop（智能体循环）实例的第一个 `agent/pre-step`，插件会组合一条带来源的 user 角色基线。当下游决策让非空的第一步批次进入时，插件会将基线折入最终批次、紧随已领取的直接提示词之后，使其与直接提示词一同成为持久记录并抵达第一次请求。reject 或空的第一步决策会将基线留在 next-step inbox，等待后续唤醒。插件先加载用户全局文件，再从 `agent.session.header.cwd` 向上遍历至配置的根标记（默认为 `.git`）以确定项目根目录，随后从根目录至 cwd 的每级目录加载已配置候选项。`.git` 文件与 `.git` 目录都是有效标记，因而能覆盖链接 worktree 和 submodule。找不到标记时，cwd 本身就是根目录。
 
-该基线会成为一条持久 `user/message`，并携带带类型的 `workspace-instructions` 来源。其 `baseline: true` 标记将完整的启动或恢复基线与后续增量区分开来，变更列表则持久保存已纳入的作用域和内容 digest。若先前排队的 workspace 基线仍在等待，插件会删除该确切消息并 prepend 替代值，而不会累积副本。
+该基线会成为一条持久 `user/message`，并携带带类型的 `workspace-instructions` 来源。其 `baseline: true` 标记将完整基线与后续增量区分开来，`baselineIdentity` 记录规范化的发现、优先级、项目根目录和预算语义，变更列表则持久保存已纳入的作用域和内容 digest。若先前排队的 workspace 基线仍在等待，插件会删除该确切消息并 prepend 替代值，而不会累积副本。
 
-恢复 agent 会创建新的循环实例，并在其第一次请求前注入由当前文件组合的基线。这样，恢复时可以使用当前基线内容，而无需修改先前的历史事件。恢复与插件热重挂都会面对日志中可能已存在基线的情况；二者通过 `agent/session-start` 区分：启动或恢复会在第一步前发出该事件，而热重挂附着到一个已存活的会话、永远不会看到它。只有当基线的类型化事件仍在当前可见表层中时，热重挂才保留既有基线，同时仍会根据当前文件重建 scope 与提供方版本跟踪。如果压缩（compaction）已遮蔽该事件，热重挂会注入当前基线。恢复则始终重新组合。
+恢复 agent 会基于持久化历史创建新的 loop 实例。在第一个 `agent/pre-step`，具有当前标识的可见基线仍是权威状态；插件会将其保留的 scope 与当前完整渲染进行比较。未变化和被预算省略的文件不追加任何内容；agent 离线期间新增、编辑、移除或不再属于预算保留集的文件，会在进入步骤的批次中追加 `set`、`replace` 或 `remove` 转换，既不改写也不重复原始基线。不兼容的可见基线会被一条按当前优先级排列的完整基线取代，并以明确措辞说明替换关系；如果当前不存在任何候选文件，一条显式空基线会清除先前的 scope。插件热重挂遵循相同规则。如果压缩（compaction）已遮蔽带类型的基线，下一次进入步骤的 pre-step 会组合一条完整的当前基线，并在同一请求中携带它。
 
 基线是一条 user 角色的 `<system-reminder>`，包含 `Instructions from: <path>` 章节，以及明确的权威性与优先级说明。这种熟悉的模型可见框架避免引入 harness 专用的 XML 词汇。项目路径相对于根目录；使用默认 home 时，用户全局路径为 `~/.dsh/AGENTS.md`，使用已配置 home 时则为 `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md`。最终渲染边界会在完成字节核算前，转义指令内容或模型可见的路径、scope 与预算元数据中出现的字面量 `</system-reminder>`。包 README 负责规定当前准确的[提示词形态](../../../../packages/context/workspace-context/README.md#prompt-shape)。
 
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ shell 命令不会触发发现。本地 bash 调用会启动全新的 shell，
 
 ### 重复抑制与变更检测
 
-每个工作区上下文事件都会存储带版本的元数据，其形态为 `{ action, scope, path, digest? }`；`digest` 是对已加载内容计算的 SHA-1。基线还会额外携带 `baseline: true`。模型可见提示词中没有 HTML 注释、隐藏标记，也没有会被解析回状态的标题。
+每个工作区上下文事件都会存储带版本的元数据，其形态为 `{ action, scope, path, digest? }`；`digest` 是对已加载内容计算的 SHA-1。完整基线还会额外携带 `baseline: true` 和 `baselineIdentity`。模型可见提示词中没有 HTML 注释、隐藏标记，也没有会被解析回状态的标题。
 
 协调时，插件扫描带工作区来源的 `user/message` 事件，并派生每个可见作用域的最新状态。一个简短的逐会话待处理映射只会在不可变的顶层 `tools/result` 证明某个 `additionalContexts` 条目经过所有 post-execute 监听器后仍然保留时开始记录；随后，它覆盖循环将该上下文追加到日志之前的间隔。每个条目记录开启状态的 `{ turn, step }`：如果相同的持久 `user/message` 出现在其序列边界或之后，该条目得到确认并被移除；如果匹配的 `step/end` 先到达，则说明循环丢弃了上下文缓冲区，插件会同时移除待处理条目及其版本缓存快速路径。嵌套的 Code Mode 结果会把变更暂存在父级的不透明执行 token 下，确保一次运行中的重复子分发不会产生重复项；父级结果会回滚这份临时状态，并且只提交外层策略保留的上下文。
 
-路径和 digest 均未变化时会被抑制。日志中的移除操作是一条墓碑记录，因此重新出现的候选项会成为新的 `set`。恢复操作从持久化元数据继续工作。如果压缩从可见表面移除某条指令事件，该状态不再抑制后续加载，这与模型已经无法看见它的事实一致。只有真正纳入字节预算的变更才会进入元数据或待处理状态，因此被省略的文件在之后的触碰中仍有资格加载。
+路径和 digest 均未变化时会被抑制。日志中的移除操作是一条墓碑记录，因此重新出现的候选项会成为新的 `set`。恢复操作从持久化元数据继续工作：兼容的可见基线会提供比较状态，而不会导致再次追加完整基线。如果压缩从可见表面移除某条指令事件，该状态不再抑制后续加载，这与模型已经无法看见它的事实一致。只有真正纳入字节预算的变更才会进入元数据或待处理状态，因此被省略的文件在之后的触碰中仍有资格加载。
 
-只有当初始基线事件仍在可见会话表层中时，其类型化变更才用作比较状态。后续成功的文件系统触碰会在压缩后重新添加未变化的基线 scope，或把基线编辑或移除操作追加为动态消息；它绝不重写原始事件。内存中的 scope 标记和提供方版本 cache 只用于选择探测对象并加速探测，因此二者都不能抑制模型已无法看见的上下文。恢复时准备基线的过程中，插件还会协调可见的动态作用域，因此 agent 离线期间发生的嵌套变更可以在第一次恢复请求前追加更新。
+只有当初始基线事件仍在可见会话表层中时，其类型化变更才用作比较状态。恢复会保留兼容的基线，并对账当前基线和可见的动态 scope，因此 agent 离线期间的变更会在第一次恢复请求前追加为转换。当压缩遮蔽基线事件时，下一次进入步骤的 pre-step 会组合完整的当前基线，并在同一请求中记录它；也可以改由一次成功的文件系统触碰重新添加未变化的基线 scope，或把基线编辑或移除操作追加为动态消息。两条路径都不会重写原始事件。内存中的 scope 标记和提供方版本 cache 只用于选择探测对象并加速探测，因此二者都不能抑制模型已无法看见的上下文。
 
-系统刻意不使用文件监视器。检测发生在下一次成功的结构化文件系统触碰或恢复时的基线准备。提供方失败不会产生移除；只有该作用域中的全部已配置候选项都成功完成探测后，系统才接受「不存在」这一结论。
+系统刻意不使用文件监视器。检测发生在下一次成功的结构化文件系统触碰、恢复时的基线对账，或进入步骤的 pre-step 恢复被遮蔽的基线时。提供方失败不会产生移除；只有该作用域中的全部已配置候选项都成功完成探测后，系统才接受「不存在」这一结论。
 
 ### 字节预算与有界读取
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ shell 命令不会触发发现。本地 bash 调用会启动全新的 shell，
 
 仓库文本仍是不受信任的输入。低权威 user 角色框架、显式优先级说明和分隔符转义可以降低风险，但无法消除提示词注入。跟随候选符号链接到目标，会把该攻击面扩大至树外内容；因此，把 `ctx.fs` 限制在可信根目录内的权限与沙箱层才是真正的边界，它们让系统把工作区文件当作数据而不是权威（[跟随指令符号链接记录](2026-07-21-follow-instruction-symlinks.md)负责说明残余风险）。
 
-系统由事件驱动，而不是文件监视器驱动。除非文件系统变更通过结构化工具完成，否则编辑不会在确切的文件系统变更时刻可见；外部文件变更会在下一次成功的结构化触碰或恢复时被发现。这使设计保持确定性并且与提供方无关。
+系统由事件驱动，而不是文件监视器驱动。除非文件系统变更通过结构化工具完成，否则编辑不会在确切的文件系统变更时刻可见；外部文件变更会在下一次成功的结构化触碰、恢复对账，或恢复被遮蔽的基线时被发现。这使设计保持确定性并且与提供方无关。
 
 ## 延后事项
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.i18n.yaml
index 604255dee5..3be447fe2f 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.md
-2026-06-30-interception-seams.md: 629a1aed509bd9bce9a2da89ce84b17a1db8e6b6
-2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md: d6958c9d1e7a8af8fa06d859d1905719a19cd43d
+2026-06-30-interception-seams.md: c318e41cfb1d64230b6151f1febad85d75b1451d
+2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md: 1b274fae4bc7fde326dbb0eeec54d57f73987803
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.md
index 629a1aed50..c318e41cfb 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ The surface needs distinct contracts for per-prompt policy (CC's `UserPromptSubm
 The canonical surface separates transformable policy, around-dispatch control, and observe-only notification. Policy waterfalls return small seam-specific **typed Decision unions**; wrappers return normalized results; notifications receive immutable snapshots and cannot affect the outcome. The set covers the hook points in scope (`session-start`, `prompt-submit`, `pre-tool`, `post-tool`, `stop`-via-continuation) while leaving non-hook execution policy independently composable.
 
 **Agent events** (`dsh-agent`):
-- `agent/session-start(agent, source)` — emit, once before turn 1, carrying a `SessionStartSource` (`startup` for a fresh/forked create, `resume` for a reloaded persisted session; `clear`/`compact` reserved). A pure notification — it CANNOT block startup (a deliberate gap: a bridge logs/injects, it does not gate startup). A listener seeds context via `agent.inject()`.
-- `agent/pre-step(agent, messages, context, next) → PreStepDecision` — waterfall, fired before every proposed step after the loop has atomically removed its exclusive inbox batch. `PreStepContext` carries that request's `turn`, `step`, and cancellation `signal`; `messages` is empty for a tool continuation with no intervening input. `enter` returns the complete message batch, including any current-request context a listener contributes; `reject` opens no step and leaves the claimed messages removed.
+- `agent/session-start({ agent, source })` — emit, once before turn 1, carrying a `SessionStartSource` (`startup` for a fresh/forked create, `resume` for a reloaded persisted session; `clear`/`compact` reserved). A pure notification — it CANNOT block startup (a deliberate gap: a bridge logs/injects, it does not gate startup). A listener seeds context via `agent.inject()`.
+- `agent/pre-step({ agent, messages, turn, step, signal }, next) → PreStepDecision` — waterfall, fired before every proposed step after the loop has atomically removed its exclusive inbox batch. The payload carries the request's `turn`, `step`, and cancellation `signal` (the retired `PreStepContext` fields live in the payload; see the [payload-object events decision](../architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)); `messages` is empty for a tool continuation with no intervening input. `enter` returns the complete message batch, including any current-request context a listener contributes; `reject` opens no step and leaves the claimed messages removed.
 
 **`agent/turn-stopping`** is an awaited notification at the natural stop boundary. A listener that needs another step calls `agent.steer()` with explicitly sourced model-facing content; the loop then re-reads the outbox and either continues or closes the turn.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md
index d6958c9d1e..1b274fae4b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-30-interception-seams.zh.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ harness 需要一套钩子子系统：用户像 Claude Code（CC）和 Codex 那
 规范表面将可变换策略、环绕调度控制与仅观测通知分离。策略 waterfall（瀑布式事件）返回小型的、seam 专属的**类型化 Decision 联合类型**；包装层返回规范化结果；通知接收不可变快照，无法影响结果。覆盖的钩子点包括 `session-start`、`prompt-submit`、`pre-tool`、`post-tool`、通过 continuation 实现的 `stop`，同时将非钩子的执行策略留作独立可组合。
 
 **Agent 事件**（`dsh-agent`）：
-- `agent/session-start(agent, source)` ——emit，在第 1 轮次之前触发一次，携带 `SessionStartSource`（`startup` 表示全新/fork 创建，`resume` 表示重新加载的持久化会话；`clear`/`compact` 保留）。纯通知，不能阻塞启动（这是有意的空白：桥接可以记录/注入，但不管控启动）。监听器通过 `agent.inject()` 注入上下文。
-- `agent/pre-step(agent, messages, context, next) → PreStepDecision` ——waterfall，在每个拟议步骤之前、循环原子移除其独占 inbox 批次后触发。`PreStepContext` 携带该请求的 `turn`、`step` 与取消 `signal`；没有中途输入的工具续步会收到空批次。`enter` 返回完整消息批次，其中包括监听器为当前请求贡献的上下文；`reject` 不打开步骤，并让已领取消息保持已删除。
+- `agent/session-start({ agent, source })` ——emit，在第 1 轮次之前触发一次，携带 `SessionStartSource`（`startup` 表示全新/fork 创建，`resume` 表示重新加载的持久化会话；`clear`/`compact` 保留）。纯通知，不能阻塞启动（这是有意的空白：桥接可以记录/注入，但不管控启动）。监听器通过 `agent.inject()` 注入上下文。
+- `agent/pre-step({ agent, messages, turn, step, signal }, next) → PreStepDecision` ——waterfall，在每个拟议步骤之前、循环原子移除其独占 inbox 批次后触发。payload 携带该请求的 `turn`、`step` 与取消 `signal`（已退役的 `PreStepContext` 字段位于 payload 中；参见 [payload-object 事件决策](../architecture/2026-08-06-agent-event-payload-objects.md)）；没有中途输入的工具续步会收到空批次。`enter` 返回完整消息批次，其中包括监听器为当前请求贡献的上下文；`reject` 不打开步骤，并让已领取消息保持已删除。
 
 **`agent/turn-stopping`** 是自然停止边界上的一次 awaited 通知。需要再执行一步的监听器调用 `agent.steer()`，传入来源显式的 steering（中途引导）内容供模型使用；循环随后重新读取 outbox，继续执行或关闭轮次。
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.i18n.yaml
index e4e9dfb93a..0406274fbe 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md
-2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md: 1fa8cda2b34b58cc7a28b722872520b68a9b7009
-2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md: e70b8914cf005e0a2e54ba2b29d3b7def84b00db
+2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md: 10f16a1cbabdd8cd383c59ad8e09787c02d0109a
+2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md: 22435efbec8ea661c546ffd0c1aa9bb0ff2ebbb2
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md
index 1fa8cda2b3..10f16a1cba 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ A developer's own preferences — which provider and model the TUI uses, persona
 
 ## Decision
 
+The entry modes and the personal file's name and location below are superseded by the [profile plugin bundles decision](../architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md): `dsh` boots profiles, and the personal layer became the per-profile and home-level `cordis.patch.yml`. What survives unchanged is this note's substance — the Harness home as the machine-level layer's root, patch semantics over a shipped composition, and fail-loud parsing.
+
 Two coupled pieces, aligned with the `apps/` assembly tier proposed by the `dsh web` PR (#443):
 
 **The `dsh` CLI (`apps/cli`, npm name `@deepseek-ai/dsh`).** `apps/*` is the product-assembly tier over `packages/*` libraries. One bin dispatches the default interactive TUI, `-p`/`--prompt` headless turns, and the `web` surface. The TUI boots `examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml` (or `--config`) with the invoking directory as the workspace. The committed `bin/dsh` launcher resolves the checkout through its own real path and runs the app with tsx's ESM hook; the [source-launch decision](../architecture/2026-07-29-dsh-source-launch-tsx-esm.md) owns that contract. `pnpm run demo:tui` runs the same entry.
@@ -46,4 +48,4 @@ The TUI and Web register the exact personal path through Cordis HMR after boot.
 
 ## Testing
 
-`packages/ui/app-boot/tests/personal-config.spec.ts` pins parsing, startup application, exact-path add/failure/recovery/removal, last-good rollback, failure broadcast, and preservation of app-owned patches. `examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts` boots the real dsh bin with no overlay, a personal environment and UI patch, a config-only cached repository skill, and invalid personal YAML. Test launchers isolate `$DSH_HOME`, so a developer's real overlay cannot leak into fixtures.
+`packages/ui/app-boot/tests/user-patches.spec.ts` pins parsing, startup application, exact-path add/failure/recovery/removal, last-good rollback, failure broadcast, and preservation of app-owned patches. `apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts` boots the real dsh bin over a profile and exercises the live patch layer end to end. Test launchers isolate `$DSH_HOME`, so a developer's real overlay cannot leak into fixtures.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md
index e70b8914cf..22435efbec 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-20-dsh-cli-personal-config.zh.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## Decision
 
+下文的各入口模式，以及个人文件的名称与位置，已被 [profile 插件组合包决策](../architecture/2026-08-05-profile-plugin-bundles.md)取代：`dsh` 启动 profile，个人层变成逐 profile 与 home 级的 `cordis.patch.yml`。保留不变的是本笔记的实质：以 Harness home 作为机器级层的根目录、在随附组合之上使用 patch 语义，以及解析时的大声失败。
+
 两个耦合的部分，与 `dsh web` PR（#443）提出的 `apps/` 装配层对齐：
 
 **`dsh` CLI（`apps/cli`，npm 名 `@deepseek-ai/dsh`）。** `apps/*` 是位于 `packages/*` 库之上的产品组装层。一个 bin 负责分发默认交互式 TUI、`-p`/`--prompt` 无头轮次和 `web` 界面。TUI 以调用目录为 workspace，启动 `examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml`（或 `--config` 指定的配置）。已提交的 `bin/dsh` 启动器通过自身真实路径解析 checkout，并使用 tsx 的 ESM hook 运行应用；该契约由[源码启动决策](../architecture/2026-07-29-dsh-source-launch-tsx-esm.md)维护。`pnpm run demo:tui` 运行同一入口。
@@ -46,4 +48,4 @@ TUI 和 Web 启动后通过 Cordis HMR（热模块替换）注册确切的个人
 
 ## Testing
 
-`packages/ui/app-boot/tests/personal-config.spec.ts` 固定解析、启动时应用、确切路径的新增／失败／恢复／移除、最后可用状态回滚、失败广播以及应用自有 patch 的保留。`examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts` 启动真实 dsh bin，覆盖无 overlay、个人环境与 UI patch、纯配置的缓存 repository skill，以及无效个人 YAML。测试启动器会隔离 `$DSH_HOME`，因此开发者的真实 overlay 不会泄漏进 fixture。
+`packages/ui/app-boot/tests/user-patches.spec.ts` 固定解析、启动时应用、确切路径的新增／失败／恢复／移除、最后可用状态回滚、失败广播以及应用自有 patch 的保留。`apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts` 启动真实 dsh bin 并基于 profile 端到端验证实时 patch 层。测试启动器会隔离 `$DSH_HOME`，因此开发者的真实 overlay 不会泄漏进 fixture。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.i18n.yaml
index e35daaaf42..d5dbd53881 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md
-2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md: 22851078c1cc8fa9d5716afa41c8a2e2b7e7725c
-2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md: 23f80d1a5911f4f3820d526c2221d3002507d774
+2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md: c4750e30370bfd253064c39cb1adc0f5b2baa60d
+2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md: 62073571ce2164d88897d4959caafd9cb1dbdd93
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md
index 22851078c1..c4750e3037 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Some deployments need a one-call Bash schema whose shell state survives across m
 
 Both plugins are included in the Python runtime closure. The persistent Bash closure also includes the PTY service/local backend and the sandbox services required by that backend. Because `node-pty` executes a native `spawn-helper` on macOS, each packaged macOS runtime executable ships with a `-spawn-helper` sibling; Linux uses `forkpty` directly. A pinned `node-pty` patch checks `DSH_NODE_PTY_SPAWN_HELPER` first, so it remains a true override for a current external consumer that supplies a non-sibling helper. When the override is unset, the patch resolves the packaged executable sibling if present and otherwise preserves upstream lookup in ordinary Node runs. The macOS builders fail before publication when the helper is absent or not executable.
 
-The shipped [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) overlay composes both plugins over the ordinary Web surface, disables its other model-facing consumers, and leaves the Web host, browser, Workspace, persistence, sandbox, and permission stack in place. The local PTY backend resolves the effective session sandbox mode when it creates the shell. While that owner has an open shell or a spawn in progress, a different permission mode is rejected before its session event commits; the editor continues through the Web filesystem sandbox.
+The shipped [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) overlay composes both plugins over the ordinary Web surface for the Claude SWE-compatible RL contract. It pins native tool mode and makes the complete system prompt `DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` when set or `You are a helpful software engineer assistant.` otherwise, with no harness identity, source-checkout section, Web orientation, Workspace instructions, or tool-mode guidance. It disables every other model-facing consumer, so the model receives exactly the persistent `bash` and `str_replace_editor` schemas, while the Web host, browser, Workspace, persistence, sandbox, and permission stack remains in place. The local PTY backend resolves the effective session sandbox mode when it creates the shell. While that owner has an open shell or a spawn in progress, a different permission mode is rejected before its session event commits; the editor continues through the Web filesystem sandbox.
 
 ## Alternatives considered
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md
index 23f80d1a59..62073571ce 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-29-persistent-bash-str-replace-editor.zh.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 两个插件都进入 Python runtime 闭包。持久 Bash 的闭包还包含 PTY 服务／本地后端，以及该后端要求的沙箱服务。由于 `node-pty` 在 macOS 上会执行原生 `spawn-helper`，每个打包后的 macOS 运行时可执行文件都会携带一个 `-spawn-helper` 伴随文件；Linux 直接使用 `forkpty`。固定版本的 `node-pty` 补丁会先检查 `DSH_NODE_PTY_SPAWN_HELPER`，因此对当前提供非伴随 helper 的外部消费方而言，该变量仍是真正的覆盖项。未设置该覆盖时，补丁会在打包可执行文件的伴随文件存在时解析它，否则在普通 Node 运行中保留上游查找方式。若 helper 缺失或不可执行，macOS 构建器会在发布前失败。
 
-已交付的 [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) 覆盖层在常规 Web 界面之上组合这两个插件，禁用该界面的其他面向模型的消费方，并保留 Web 宿主、浏览器、Workspace、持久化、沙箱与权限栈。本地 PTY 后端会在创建 shell 时解析会话的有效沙箱模式。只要该所有者仍有打开的 shell 或仍在进行中的 spawn，另一种权限模式就会在对应的会话事件提交前遭到拒绝；编辑器则继续经由 Web 文件系统沙箱运行。
+已交付的 [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) overlay 会在常规 Web 界面之上组合这两个插件，以满足与 Claude SWE 兼容的 RL 契约。它固定使用原生工具模式；完整的系统提示词在设置 `DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` 时采用其值，否则采用 `You are a helpful software engineer assistant.`，且不包含 harness 身份、源码 checkout 提示词段、Web 界面定位、Workspace 指令或工具模式指引。它会禁用其他所有面向模型的消费方，使模型恰好只收到持久 `bash` 和 `str_replace_editor` 两个 schema，同时保留 Web 宿主、浏览器、Workspace、持久化、沙箱与权限栈。本地 PTY 后端会在创建 shell 时解析会话的有效沙箱模式。只要该所有者仍有打开的 shell 或仍在进行中的 spawn，另一种权限模式就会在对应的会话事件提交前遭到拒绝；编辑器则继续经由 Web 文件系统沙箱运行。
 
 ## 考虑过的替代方案
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.i18n.yaml
index d910be95cf..cbe53b9622 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md
-2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md: 312e61d017abad1a6ac57f2ba491a715f8fd92d0
-2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md: c77370c312004052bc4f8ee9545ed287a6d92554
+2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md: d12db993654d9f2b41a16a4663dc64aefe8e3a2f
+2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md: 8381a457def1a909b300de52dc011e2437c7e9f3
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md
index 312e61d017..d12db99365 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The result was a user-visible difference nobody had decided: the same model, ask
 
 ## Decision
 
-The rows that are not surface-specific move into [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml), and three more join them: `tool-session-query`, `tool-str-replace-editor`, and `repeat-tool-guard`. Web search moves there too; its [deployment decision](2026-07-31-web-default-search.md) owns the security boundary while the shared base owns its surface-neutral mount. Both surfaces assemble the same roster: twenty-two tools on every host — the twenty shared rows plus `glob` and `grep`, which are fixed members because `dsh-tool-fs-search` spawns the [packaged ripgrep binary](../architecture/2026-08-01-packaged-ripgrep-search.md). `tool-session-query` joined and then left again — the [session-search-not-shipped-default decision](2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md) keeps the model-facing consumer opt-in — while the rest of this roster stands.
+The rows that are not surface-specific move into [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml), and three more join them: `tool-session-query`, `tool-str-replace-editor`, and `repeat-tool-guard`. Web search moves there too; its [deployment decision](2026-07-31-web-default-search.md) owns the security boundary while the shared base owns its surface-neutral mount. Both surfaces assemble the same roster: twenty-two tools on every host — the twenty shared rows plus `glob` and `grep`, which are fixed members because `dsh-tool-fs-search` spawns the [packaged ripgrep binary](../architecture/2026-08-01-packaged-ripgrep-search.md). `tool-session-query` joined and then left again — the [session-search-not-shipped-default decision](2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md) keeps the model-facing consumer opt-in — while the rest of this roster stands.
 
 Two rows stay surface-specific. `tmux-context` is TUI-only because a browser surface has no terminal multiplexer to describe. `session-reference` is TUI-only because it drives the shared session-query index from the launcher's process-local path, and the browser sidebar reconciles that index on its own first search.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md
index c77370c312..8381a457de 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.zh.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 决策
 
-那些并非 surface 专属的行移入 [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml),另有三行加入:`tool-session-query`、`tool-str-replace-editor` 和 `repeat-tool-guard`。Web 搜索也一并移入；其[部署决策](2026-07-31-web-default-search.md)负责安全边界，共享 base 则负责与 surface 无关的挂载。两个 surface 组装同一份清单：每台宿主上都有二十二个工具——二十个共享行加上 `glob` 和 `grep`，它们成为固定成员，因为 `dsh-tool-fs-search` 直接 spawn [打包的 ripgrep 二进制](../architecture/2026-08-01-packaged-ripgrep-search.md)。`tool-session-query` 加入后又退出了——[session-search-not-shipped-default 决策](2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md)让面向模型的消费方保持需显式启用——而这份清单的其余部分保持不变。
+那些并非 surface 专属的行移入 [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml),另有三行加入:`tool-session-query`、`tool-str-replace-editor` 和 `repeat-tool-guard`。Web 搜索也一并移入；其[部署决策](2026-07-31-web-default-search.md)负责安全边界，共享 base 则负责与 surface 无关的挂载。两个 surface 组装同一份清单：每台宿主上都有二十二个工具——二十个共享行加上 `glob` 和 `grep`，它们成为固定成员，因为 `dsh-tool-fs-search` 直接 spawn [打包的 ripgrep 二进制](../architecture/2026-08-01-packaged-ripgrep-search.md)。`tool-session-query` 加入后又退出了——[session-search-not-shipped-default 决策](2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md)让面向模型的消费方保持需显式启用——而这份清单的其余部分保持不变。
 
 有两行仍是 surface 专属。`tmux-context` 只在 TUI,因为浏览器 surface 没有终端复用器可描述。`session-reference` 只在 TUI,因为它以 launcher 的进程本地路径驱动共享的 session-query 索引,而浏览器侧边栏会在自己的首次搜索里重建该索引。
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.i18n.yaml
index 14facd28d9..1104d3f1d7 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md
-2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md: a0b216122e301b5332ed761155d743dc78fa3bab
-2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md: 4391daa32b142ea976e3b04833163936913c17bc
+2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md: e6a36ad4ee7179cabf958114681728c3ac7340b4
+2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md: 5ced928b167892d9abe1f4423da72a0243590735
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md
index a0b216122e..e6a36ad4ee 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The shipped terminal and browser surfaces exposed the same coding tools under di
 
 ## Decision
 
-[`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) owns one sandbox and permission stack for every shipped TUI, Web, and browser-backed headless session: `dsh-sandbox-local`, `dsh-sandbox-policy`, `dsh-bash-sandbox`, `dsh-fs-sandbox`, `dsh-user-approval`, and `dsh-permission`. The composition fallback is the `workspace-write` preset, which bundles `workspace-write` file effects with the `ask` approval policy. `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` remains an explicit process override; a stored `permission.defaultPreset` remains the user preference for later sessions and outranks the fallback through the Settings seam.
+[`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) owns one sandbox and permission stack for every shipped TUI, Web, and browser-backed headless session: `dsh-sandbox-local`, `dsh-sandbox-policy`, `dsh-bash-sandbox`, `dsh-fs-sandbox`, `dsh-user-approval`, and `dsh-permission`. The composition fallback is the `workspace-write` preset, which bundles `workspace-write` file effects with the `ask` approval policy. `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` remains an explicit process override; a stored `permission.defaultPreset` remains the user preference for later sessions and outranks the fallback through the Settings seam.
 
 A genuinely fresh session pins `permission/preset: workspace-write`, `sandbox/mode: workspace-write`, and `approval/policy: ask` before execution. Existing and resumed sessions retain their logged permission, and changing the General-settings default affects only sessions created afterward. The browser keeps its Access picker, answerable approval cards, and risk confirmation for Full access. The TUI gains the existing `/permission` command because the shared Permission service activates its command child there.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md
index 4391daa32b..5ced928b16 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-workspace-write-surface-default.zh.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 决策
 
-[`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) 为所有已交付的 TUI、Web 以及由浏览器支撑的无头会话统一持有一套沙箱与权限栈：`dsh-sandbox-local`、`dsh-sandbox-policy`、`dsh-bash-sandbox`、`dsh-fs-sandbox`、`dsh-user-approval` 和 `dsh-permission`。组合回退值为 `workspace-write` preset，其中包含 `workspace-write` 文件效果模式与 `ask` 审批策略。`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` 仍是显式的进程级覆盖；已存储的 `permission.defaultPreset` 仍是面向后续会话的用户偏好，并通过 Settings seam 优先于该回退值。
+[`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 为所有已交付的 TUI、Web 以及由浏览器支撑的无头会话统一持有一套沙箱与权限栈：`dsh-sandbox-local`、`dsh-sandbox-policy`、`dsh-bash-sandbox`、`dsh-fs-sandbox`、`dsh-user-approval` 和 `dsh-permission`。组合回退值为 `workspace-write` preset，其中包含 `workspace-write` 文件效果模式与 `ask` 审批策略。`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` 仍是显式的进程级覆盖；已存储的 `permission.defaultPreset` 仍是面向后续会话的用户偏好，并通过 Settings seam 优先于该回退值。
 
 真正的新会话会在执行前固定 `permission/preset: workspace-write`、`sandbox/mode: workspace-write` 和 `approval/policy: ask`。现有会话和恢复的会话保留日志中记录的权限，更改「通用」设置中的默认值只影响之后创建的会话。浏览器保留 Access 选择器、可应答的审批卡片，以及选择 Full access 时的风险确认。共享 Permission 服务在 TUI 中激活其命令子件，因此 TUI 会获得现有的 `/permission` 命令。
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.i18n.yaml
index 4a9a16de25..d191e3926d 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md
-2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md: ba7299712c0ba3db5e807e928f6f5d98ac917187
-2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md: 1678ebfb5514003eabe0221e460c619bab1aa444
+2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md: 65bd72fff76210b726e7562fb8e88e5f8802434a
+2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md: 5e42a2c2323904117f9322b5c4a53c43c6ed3f2a
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md
index ba7299712c..65bd72fff7 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ English | [中文](2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md)
 
 ## Problem
 
-The [shipped-roster decision](2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md) made `tool-session-query` a default row of the shared [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml), so the shipped TUI and Web surfaces put the five session-search tools (`session_search`, `session_event_search`, `session_trace`, `session_event_trace`, `session_event_read`) in front of the model. That contradicted the [model-facing session-query-tools decision](2026-07-24-model-facing-session-query-tools.md), whose opt-in stance the package README recorded as "shipped host compositions do not mount it by default". The default also shipped a prompt section teaching a prior-work search workflow that no user had asked for.
+The [shipped-roster decision](2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md) made `tool-session-query` a default row of the shared [`cordis.patch.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml), so the shipped TUI and Web surfaces put the five session-search tools (`session_search`, `session_event_search`, `session_trace`, `session_event_trace`, `session_event_read`) in front of the model. That contradicted the [model-facing session-query-tools decision](2026-07-24-model-facing-session-query-tools.md), whose opt-in stance the package README recorded as "shipped host compositions do not mount it by default". The default also shipped a prompt section teaching a prior-work search workflow that no user had asked for.
 
 ## Decision
 
-The shipped TUI, Web, and headless surfaces no longer mount `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query`: the row is removed from the shared `base.cordis.yml`, the now-dangling `disabled` patch in the opt-in [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) profile goes with it, and the workspace dependency drops from `apps/cli/package.json`. The consumer stays opt-in exactly as the model-facing-session-query-tools note describes: the ACP example's [`session-query.cordis.yml`](../../../../examples/acp-agent/session-query.cordis.yml) and its snapshot counterpart remain the mounted reference, and a custom composition can mount the package with the timeout and spill policies.
+The shipped TUI, Web, and headless surfaces no longer mount `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query`: the row is removed from the shared `cordis.patch.yml`, the now-dangling `disabled` patch in the opt-in [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) profile goes with it, and the workspace dependency drops from `apps/cli/package.json`. The consumer stays opt-in exactly as the model-facing-session-query-tools note describes: the ACP example's [`session-query.cordis.yml`](../../../../examples/acp-agent/session-query.cordis.yml) and its snapshot counterpart remain the mounted reference, and a custom composition can mount the package with the timeout and spill policies.
 
 The `ctx.sessionQuery` service itself stays mounted. `session-query-sqlite` remains a base row — the TUI's `session-reference` consumes it for `/resume` — and the Web overlay keeps patching it to an in-memory index for the browser content search. Only the model-facing consumer is removed.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md
index 1678ebfb55..5e42a2c232 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-02-session-search-not-shipped-default.zh.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Status: implemented
 
 ## 问题
 
-[交付清单决策](2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md)把 `tool-session-query` 设为共享 [`base.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) 的默认行,于是交付的 TUI 与 Web surface 把这五个会话搜索工具(`session_search`、`session_event_search`、`session_trace`、`session_event_trace`、`session_event_read`)呈现给了模型。这与[面向模型的会话查询工具决策](2026-07-24-model-facing-session-query-tools.md)相抵触,该决策持需显式启用的立场,包 README 将其记录为「shipped host compositions do not mount it by default」。这份默认还交付了一个提示词段,向模型讲授一套既往工作搜索工作流,而没有任何用户要求过。
+[交付清单决策](2026-07-31-even-out-shipped-tool-rosters.md)把 `tool-session-query` 设为共享 [`cordis.patch.yml`](../../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 的默认行,于是交付的 TUI 与 Web surface 把这五个会话搜索工具(`session_search`、`session_event_search`、`session_trace`、`session_event_trace`、`session_event_read`)呈现给了模型。这与[面向模型的会话查询工具决策](2026-07-24-model-facing-session-query-tools.md)相抵触,该决策持需显式启用的立场,包 README 将其记录为「shipped host compositions do not mount it by default」。这份默认还交付了一个提示词段,向模型讲授一套既往工作搜索工作流,而没有任何用户要求过。
 
 ## 决策
 
-交付的 TUI、Web 与无头 surface 不再挂载 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query`:该行从共享的 `base.cordis.yml` 移除,opt-in 的 [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) profile 中那条已悬空的 `disabled` patch 也随之删除,workspace 依赖也从 `apps/cli/package.json` 中移除。该消费方仍保持 opt-in,与面向模型的会话查询工具决策所述完全一致:ACP 示例的 [`session-query.cordis.yml`](../../../../examples/acp-agent/session-query.cordis.yml) 及其快照对侧文件仍是挂载参考,自定义组合也可以连同超时与 spill 策略一起挂载该包。
+交付的 TUI、Web 与无头 surface 不再挂载 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query`:该行从共享的 `cordis.patch.yml` 移除,opt-in 的 [`core-web.cordis.yml`](../../../../apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml) profile 中那条已悬空的 `disabled` patch 也随之删除,workspace 依赖也从 `apps/cli/package.json` 中移除。该消费方仍保持 opt-in,与面向模型的会话查询工具决策所述完全一致:ACP 示例的 [`session-query.cordis.yml`](../../../../examples/acp-agent/session-query.cordis.yml) 及其快照对侧文件仍是挂载参考,自定义组合也可以连同超时与 spill 策略一起挂载该包。
 
 `ctx.sessionQuery` 服务本身保持挂载。`session-query-sqlite` 仍是 base 的一行,TUI 的 `session-reference` 消费它来实现 `/resume`,Web overlay 也继续把它 patch 成内存索引,供浏览器内容搜索使用。被移除的只有面向模型的消费方。
 
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md
+2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md: e81d1fb14f719331c503dba539d6a5ec0f1eed4f
+2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.zh.md: 3c78e8d5a4ca1a86942971721ad05c631901f231
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+# Agent Note: Claude Code and Codex subagent backends
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The named [`ctx.subagents`](2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md) registry lets a parent agent delegate work without knowing how the child runs, but the harness needs first-party routes to the real Codex and Claude Code products. Each route must hand the product one self-contained task, let it work in the parent Session's workspace, return a final answer or an explicit failure or cancellation, and leave no managed product process behind.
+
+The product integrations must not become second owners for task text, cwd, cancellation, result settlement, or process trees. Required evidence therefore separates three facts: a keyless real-product test proves the official integration, native authentication shape, deterministic answer, and teardown; a Loader composition test proves that the public package and documented tool configuration load without starting the product; and a credentialed e2e proves that the production provider and real product can obtain a unique answer from the real DeepSeek service. Direct model HTTP or a product double cannot replace either product-running tier, and a hand-mounted plugin cannot replace the Loader tier.
+
+## Decision
+
+The harness publishes two sibling one-shot providers as independently installable, opt-in packages. A user loads a provider and the existing common subagent tool in their own `cordis.yml`: `subagent_codex` binds `codex`, while `subagent_claude_code` binds `claude-code`. The shipped CLI dependency closure and base, Web, and headless configurations load neither provider. Each tool accepts only a standalone text task; product selection and background execution are not model arguments.
+
+Both providers report `inheritsParentContext: false`, advertise no optional start capabilities, and pass the parent Session cwd without copying the parent conversation. Their documented tools disable background execution and use `maxDepth: 'provider-managed'`, leaving recursion policy with the out-of-process product instead of sending a limit the provider cannot enforce. Every call creates a fresh product process and a non-resumable product conversation. The shared subagent service continues to own request resolution, lifecycle events, result settlement, and foreground collection; the shared subprocess service owns credential scrubbing, process-tree termination, and whole-tree exit observation.
+
+```text
+fixed tool → shared subagent service → product provider → official product process
+     ← final answer / explicit error / cancellation ← terminal product fact
+     → foreground disposal → shared process-tree termination → whole-tree exit
+```
+
+### Ownership and lifecycle
+
+| Phase | Shared owner | Product-specific responsibility | Observable result |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Resolve | `dsh-tool-subagent` and `ctx.subagents` | Validate the product's text-only input and derive native startup parameters | Unsupported context or malformed input fails before a run is published |
+| Start | `dsh-subprocess` owns every acquired process tree | Reach the smallest native point at which the product conversation and process can both be controlled | `start()` publishes one existing `SubagentRun`, or cleans up and rejects |
+| Run | The product owns its native protocol facts; the holder owns their mapping | Submit exactly one task and derive an existing shared stop reason; Codex uses `max-tokens` only for explicit context exhaustion | The parent receives only a final answer or an explicit failure |
+| Dispose | The foreground consumer requests release; `dsh-subprocess` proves exit | Close the native protocol and express any best-effort native cancellation | Disposal is idempotent and returns only after the whole process tree exits |
+
+## Codex provider
+
+`@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex` registers the fixed `codex` provider and starts `codex app-server --stdio` from `PATH`. Its public configuration contains only an explicit `env` overlay and a positive finite `disposeGraceMs` no greater than the repository's shared `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. Installation, login, `CODEX_HOME`, model selection, base URL, sandbox, approval policy, and product-session settings remain native Codex or deployment responsibilities.
+
+Before publication, the provider validates a non-empty text-only task, starts the managed app-server in the parent workspace, completes `initialize` → `initialized`, and creates an `ephemeral: true` thread. The published run owns exactly one `turn/start`; its thread and turn ids remain private and are never persisted in the parent Session.
+
+`turn/completed` is the authoritative remote terminal fact. The latest `agentMessage` with `phase: "final_answer"` wins, and that selected message must contain nonblank text. When the product emits no explicit final phase, the latest message with `phase: null` is the compatibility fallback and must likewise be nonblank; commentary never replaces either answer. A failed turn with `error.codexErrorInfo: "contextWindowExceeded"` becomes `max-tokens`. A completed turn without an answer, every other failed or interrupted remote turn, malformed required fields in a recognized app-server frame, protocol closure, early process exit, or unknown server request becomes `error`; this version has no native refusal terminal and therefore produces no `refusal`. Local cancellation wins its race and remains `aborted`.
+
+For command and file approvals, the unattended wire selects a non-approval decision offered by the request, preferring `cancel`; the stable 0.146.0 request shape without an offered-decision list falls back to `decline`. It grants no requested permissions for the turn, answers user-input requests with no answers, and declines MCP elicitation. A request with no legal unattended response, or any unknown server request, fails the run instead of waiting for a user interface the provider does not supply.
+
+An unpublished startup failure closes the wire, terminates the acquired process tree, waits for exit, and then rejects `start()`. Published disposal best-effort interrupts a known turn, closes the wire, ends stdin, invokes the shared termination escalation, and waits for whole-tree exit. Result failure and teardown failure stay independently observable.
+
+Codex 0.146.0 speaks the Responses protocol, while DeepSeek's public OpenAI-compatible endpoint speaks Chat Completions. The credentialed Codex e2e therefore uses a loopback-only, test-private bridge for one no-tool nonce request: real Codex sends Responses to the bridge, the bridge forwards the received bearer credential and extracted task to the fixed official DeepSeek endpoint, and it wraps the real text in the minimal Responses SSE lifecycle. The bridge is neither a production proxy nor evidence that Codex connects to DeepSeek Chat Completions natively.
+
+## Claude Code provider
+
+`@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code` registers the fixed `claude-code` provider and invokes `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.220`. The SDK's platform `optionalDependency` supplies the real Claude Code 2.1.220 CLI. The provider uses the official `query()` entrypoint and passes the SDK's `spawnClaudeCodeProcess` command, arguments, cwd, environment, and forwarded signal unchanged to `dsh-subprocess`; its private `SpawnedProcess` adapter exposes only the stream, event, kill, and exit facts the SDK requires.
+
+The public configuration contains the same two deployment-owned values as the Codex sibling: an explicit `env` overlay and a positive finite `disposeGraceMs` no greater than the repository's shared `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. Each run creates its own `AbortController`, sets `persistSession: false`, and disables `AskUserQuestion`. The provider deliberately omits `settingSources`, so the SDK reads the host's normal user, project, and local Claude settings relative to the parent Session cwd. It neither copies nor filters those settings and does not create or modify login state. It supplies no `canUseTool`, elicitation, or dialog callback, so unattended interactions fail through the SDK rather than waiting for a user interface the provider does not own.
+
+The provider publishes only after both the SDK `Query` and a live managed CLI handle exist. It consumes the complete SDK stream and completes only when a `result` message has `subtype: "success"`, `is_error: false`, and a nonblank `result`, and the iterator then ends normally. Every SDK error subtype, an error-marked success, a missing result, iterator failure, protocol failure, or process failure becomes `error`. SDK turn, budget, and structured-output limits are not token-window facts, and the SDK exposes no native refusal terminal, so this provider produces neither `max-tokens` nor `refusal`. Local cancellation wins and becomes `aborted`.
+
+Startup rollback and published disposal close the SDK query, abort the per-run controller, invoke shared process-tree termination, and wait for whole-tree exit. `Query.close()` expresses graceful protocol intent but does not replace the subprocess owner's exit proof. Query-close failure, process failure, and teardown failure remain independently observable.
+
+The credentialed Claude Code e2e uses the official DeepSeek Claude Code contract directly: the runtime-only DeepSeek key becomes `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN`, the fixed official base gains `/anthropic`, and the main and subagent model variables select the documented DeepSeek models. It starts the production provider and real SDK/CLI, requires one random nonce as the complete answer, persists no credential in settings, and waits for every managed handle to exit.
+
+## Distribution and evidence
+
+Each product owns branch-complete package tests, a required keyless real-product spec, a Loader composition e2e, and a credentialed DeepSeek e2e. The keyless product tier uses the exact official distribution under test, a non-empty fake product key, an isolated temporary workspace and product home, and a loopback fixed-answer model. Missing product requests, wrong authentication, altered task text, a non-exact answer, a skipped real product, or a surviving managed handle fails the required test. The Loader tier boots the README-shaped user configuration, verifies both fixed foreground-only tools in one context, and starts neither product process. The credentialed tier starts the same production provider and real product with a runtime-only key, requires a unique nonce from the fixed official DeepSeek service, and proves quiescence again; it self-skips only when a local operator supplied no key, while trusted CI preflights the secret.
+
+The Codex evidence pins `@openai/codex@0.146.0` and `codex-cli 0.146.0`. Its real-product spec observes the exact Bearer key, original task, byte-exact final answer, unattended command rejection with no file side effect, local cancellation, and whole-tree exit. Production still supplies `codex` on `PATH`.
+
+The Codex credentialed e2e registers the production provider, starts the same real app-server, and requests one random nonce through the test-private bridge described above. It fixes the external endpoint and model, stores no credential or request payload, requires exactly one completed upstream response, compares the trimmed product answer byte-for-byte with the nonce, and waits for every managed handle to exit.
+
+The Claude Code evidence pins Agent SDK 0.3.220 and its platform-distributed Claude Code 2.1.220 CLI. Its real-product spec observes the exact `x-api-key`, original task, byte-exact final answer, inherited temporary host-setting marker, process failure, local cancellation, and whole-tree exit. The Loader e2e resolves both product packages by name while neither product command is available and records zero child starts.
+
+The Claude Code credentialed e2e maps the key and fixed official endpoint only in the provider's in-memory environment, uses the documented `deepseek-v4-pro[1m]` and `deepseek-v4-flash` model variables, and traverses the production provider, official SDK, and real CLI. It compares the trimmed result with a random nonce and proves whole-tree exit without calling the Messages API directly from the test.
+
+The project owner's distribution authorization is scoped to the official `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` identity and the official Claude Code CLI/platform payloads each SDK version declares through `optionalDependencies`. [`THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`](../../../../THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) derives and discloses the current payload set without reclassifying its declared terms as permissive. Version, license-field, and payload-set changes still undergo ordinary dependency, lockfile, compatibility, terms, and notices review; unrelated non-permissive runtime packages continue to fail closed.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Direct model HTTP, `codex exec`, or a hand-written Claude CLI protocol.** These paths bypass the products' official extensible integration surfaces and cannot prove native configuration, tools, approvals, result semantics, or teardown. Each provider uses its official product integration instead.
+
+**A shared product-process helper package.** The existing subagent and subprocess seams already own every shared task, result, environment, and process-tree concern. A new helper would duplicate ownership without deleting either private product adapter, so each adapter calls the existing seams directly.
+
+**A model-visible product selector.** Product availability and authentication are deployment facts. Two fixed tools keep each schema and provider binding explicit and avoid adding dynamic selection state to the common service.
+
+**Product doubles as required evidence.** Doubles cover exhaustive private protocol branches but do not prove package exports, official distributions, authentication, or real process behavior. Required evidence drives each official product against a loopback model fixture.
+
+**Plugin-managed login, product home, models, settings, or permissions.** Those choices would create another authority beside each product's native configuration and enlarge a one-shot provider into account management. The providers expose only an explicit environment overlay and teardown grace; unattended interaction fails closed.
+
+**Continuation, progress, background collection, and shared parent context.** The delivered user result is one self-contained task and one final answer. Product sessions, resume, follow-up, intermediate messages, parent transcript transfer, structured output, and background collection need separate user contracts and are not prebuilt.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Users can install either or both product providers, bind stable foreground tools in their own Cordis configuration, and delegate one self-contained task through the existing subagent contract. Official product integrations preserve native settings and behavior while shared services retain the sole ownership of task settlement and process-tree quiescence.
+
+Every delegation pays for a fresh product process and independent model context, and only final text reaches the parent. Product-native configuration makes behavior depend on the deployment's installed product, account state, and workspace settings. Credentialed e2e runs also spend external API quota and depend on the official DeepSeek endpoint; deterministic protocol, failure, cancellation, and approval coverage remains in the keyless tier. The providers do not resume sessions, stream progress, accept new human interaction, roll back tool or file side effects, or impose a wall-clock timeout.
+
+Compatibility is pinned by package-level unit coverage, keyless real-product loopback tests, credentialed DeepSeek nonce tests, public Loader composition, built-package and NodeNext consumer checks, generated documentation and notices, and the repository CI matrix. A supported product or DeepSeek endpoint/model baseline change must refresh those facts; production performs no separate runtime version probe.
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+# Agent Note: Claude Code 与 Codex subagent 后端
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+命名的 [`ctx.subagents`](2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md) 注册表让父 agent（智能体）无需了解子级的运行方式即可委派工作，但 harness 需要通往真实 Codex 与 Claude Code 产品的第一方路径。每条路径都必须向产品交付一项自包含任务，让它在父会话的工作区中执行，返回最终回答或明确的失败或取消结果，并且不留下任何受管的产品进程。
+
+产品集成不得成为任务文本、cwd、取消、结果结算或进程树的第二责任方。因此，所需证据要区分三个事实：无密钥真实产品测试证明官方集成、原生身份验证形态、确定性答案与资源清理；Loader 组合测试证明公开包（package）和文档所示的工具配置无需启动产品即可加载；带密钥 e2e 证明生产提供方与真实产品能够从真实 DeepSeek 服务取得唯一答案。直接发起模型 HTTP 请求或使用产品替身无法取代上述任一产品运行层级；手工挂载插件无法取代 Loader 层级。
+
+## 决策
+
+harness 将两个一次性兄弟提供方作为可独立安装、选择启用的包交付。用户在自己的 `cordis.yml` 中加载提供方与现有的通用 subagent 工具：`subagent_codex` 绑定 `codex`，`subagent_claude_code` 绑定 `claude-code`。随产品交付的 CLI（命令行界面）依赖闭包，以及基础、Web 与 headless 配置都不会加载任一提供方。每个工具只接受独立文本任务；产品选择与后台执行都不作为模型参数。
+
+这两个提供方都报告 `inheritsParentContext: false`，不声明任何可选的启动能力，并传递父会话 cwd，但不会复制父级对话。文档所示的工具会禁用后台执行，并使用 `maxDepth: 'provider-managed'`，将递归策略留给进程外产品，而不是发送提供方无法强制执行的限制。每次调用都会创建一个全新的产品进程和一次不可续接的产品对话。共享 subagent 服务继续负责请求解析、生命周期事件、结果结算和前台收集；共享子进程服务负责凭证清洗、进程树终止以及整棵进程树的退出观测。
+
+```text
+fixed tool → shared subagent service → product provider → official product process
+     ← final answer / explicit error / cancellation ← terminal product fact
+     → foreground disposal → shared process-tree termination → whole-tree exit
+```
+
+### 归属与生命周期
+
+| 阶段 | 共享责任方 | 产品特定职责 | 可观察结果 |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| 解析 | `dsh-tool-subagent` 与 `ctx.subagents` | 验证产品的纯文本输入并推导原生启动参数 | 不受支持的上下文或格式错误的输入会在发布运行前报错 |
+| 启动 | `dsh-subprocess` 负责每棵已获取的进程树 | 到达能够同时控制产品对话与进程的最小原生控制点 | `start()` 发布一个已存在的 `SubagentRun`，否则清理后拒绝调用 |
+| 运行 | 产品负责其原生协议事实；持有方负责映射这些事实 | 只提交一项任务，并推导出一种现有的共享停止原因；Codex 仅在明确发生上下文耗尽时使用 `max-tokens` | 父级只会收到最终回答或明确失败 |
+| dispose（资源释放） | 前台消费方请求释放；`dsh-subprocess` 证明进程已退出 | 关闭原生协议，并发出尽力而为的原生取消请求 | 释放操作具有幂等性，且仅在整棵进程树退出后才返回 |
+
+## Codex 提供方
+
+`@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex` 注册固定的 `codex` 提供方，并启动 `codex app-server --stdio`，该命令从 `PATH` 解析。其公开配置仅包含显式的 `env` 覆盖项和须为正有限值的 `disposeGraceMs`，且后者不得大于仓库共享的 `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`。安装、登录、`CODEX_HOME`、模型选择、基础 URL、沙箱、审批策略和产品会话设置仍由 Codex 原生机制或部署环境负责。
+
+发布前，提供方会验证非空的纯文本任务，在父级工作区中启动受管的 app-server，完成 `initialize` → `initialized` 握手，并创建一个 `ephemeral: true` 线程。已发布的运行只拥有一次 `turn/start`；其线程 ID 与轮次 ID 保持私有，绝不会持久化到父会话。
+
+`turn/completed` 是权威的远端终止事实。以最后一条带有 `phase: "final_answer"` 的 `agentMessage` 为准，且选中的消息必须包含非空白文本。若产品没有发出明确的最终阶段，则以最后一条 `phase: null` 的消息作为兼容性回退，该消息也必须包含非空白文本；过程说明绝不会取代上述任一答案。带有 `error.codexErrorInfo: "contextWindowExceeded"` 的失败轮次会成为 `max-tokens`。轮次完成却没有答案、其他任何远端失败或中断轮次、已识别的 app-server 帧中必需字段格式错误、协议关闭、进程提前退出或未知的服务器请求，都会产生 `error`；本版本没有原生的拒绝终止状态，因此不会产生 `refusal`。本地取消在竞态中胜出并保持为 `aborted`。
+
+对于命令与文件审批，无人值守的协议连接会从请求给出的决策选项中选择一项不予批准的决策，并优先选择 `cancel`；稳定的 0.146.0 请求形态没有决策选项列表，因此回退到 `decline`。它不授予该轮次请求的任何权限，不向用户输入请求提供任何答案，并拒绝 MCP elicitation。若请求在无人值守模式下没有合法响应，或是未知服务器请求，此次运行就会失败，而不会等待本提供方没有提供的用户界面。
+
+若启动在发布前失败，提供方会关闭协议连接、终止已获取的进程树并等待其退出，然后拒绝 `start()`。对已发布的运行执行资源释放时，提供方会尽力中断已知轮次、关闭协议连接、结束标准输入、调用共享的逐级终止机制，并等待整棵进程树退出。结果失败与清理失败仍可彼此独立地观察。
+
+Codex 0.146.0 使用 Responses 协议，而 DeepSeek 的公开 OpenAI 兼容端点使用 Chat Completions。因此，带密钥 Codex e2e 会采用一个仅限回环、仅供测试内部使用的桥接层来处理一次不使用工具的随机数请求：真实 Codex 将 Responses 发送到桥接层，桥接层把收到的 Bearer 凭据与提取出的任务转发到固定的 DeepSeek 官方端点，再将真实文本包装进最小化的 Responses SSE（Server-Sent Events）生命周期。该桥接层既不是生产代理，也不能作为 Codex 原生连接 DeepSeek Chat Completions 的证据。
+
+## Claude Code 提供方
+
+`@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code` 注册固定的 `claude-code` 提供方，并调用 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.220`。SDK 的平台 `optionalDependency` 提供真实的 Claude Code 2.1.220 CLI。提供方使用官方 `query()` 入口点，并将 SDK 的 `spawnClaudeCodeProcess` 命令、参数、cwd、环境和转发的信号原样传入 `dsh-subprocess`；其私有 `SpawnedProcess` 适配器只公开 SDK 所需的流、事件、终止和退出事实。
+
+公开配置包含与 Codex 兄弟提供方相同、由部署方负责的两个值：显式的 `env` 覆盖项，以及须为正有限值且不得大于仓库共享 `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS` 的 `disposeGraceMs`。每次运行都会创建自己的 `AbortController`，设置 `persistSession: false` 并禁用 `AskUserQuestion`。提供方故意省略 `settingSources`，因此 SDK 会相对于父会话 cwd 读取宿主机常规的用户、项目和本地 Claude 设置。它既不复制也不过滤这些设置，也不会创建或修改登录状态。提供方不设置 `canUseTool`、elicitation 或对话回调，因此无人值守交互会经 SDK 失败，而不会等待本提供方不负责的用户界面。
+
+只有在 SDK `Query` 与受管的活动 CLI 句柄都已存在后，提供方才会发布运行。它会消费完整的 SDK 流；只有 `result` 消息具有 `subtype: "success"`、`is_error: false` 和非空白 `result`，且迭代器随后正常结束时，运行才会完成。所有 SDK 错误子类型、标记为错误的成功消息、结果缺失、迭代器失败、协议失败或进程失败都会成为 `error`。SDK 的轮次、预算和结构化输出限制不表示 token 窗口耗尽，而且 SDK 没有原生的拒绝终止状态，因此本提供方不会产生 `max-tokens` 或 `refusal`。本地取消会胜出并成为 `aborted`。
+
+启动回滚和已发布运行的资源释放都会关闭 SDK query、中止该次运行的控制器、调用共享的进程树终止机制，并等待整棵进程树退出。`Query.close()` 表达优雅的协议关闭意图，但不能取代子进程责任方的退出证明。Query 关闭失败、进程失败和清理失败仍可彼此独立地观察。
+
+带密钥 Claude Code e2e 直接使用官方 DeepSeek Claude Code 契约：仅在运行时提供的 DeepSeek 密钥会映射为 `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN`，固定的官方基础 URL 会追加 `/anthropic`，主模型与 subagent 模型变量会选择文档所示的 DeepSeek 模型。该测试会启动生产提供方与真实 SDK 和 CLI，要求一个随机数作为完整答案，不会把任何凭据持久化到设置中，并等待所有受管句柄退出。
+
+## 分发与证据
+
+每个产品都负责覆盖所有分支的包测试、一项必跑的无密钥真实产品测试、一项 Loader 组合 e2e 和一项带密钥 DeepSeek e2e。无密钥产品层级使用被测的确切官方发行版、非空的伪产品密钥、隔离的临时工作区与产品主目录，以及能返回固定答案的回环模型。产品请求缺失、身份验证错误、任务文本被改动、答案不完全一致、真实产品被跳过或受管句柄仍存活，都会使这项必跑测试失败。Loader 层级会启动 README 所示形态的用户配置，在同一个上下文中验证两个固定且只支持前台执行的工具，并且不会启动任何产品进程。带密钥层级会使用仅在运行时提供的密钥启动同一生产提供方与真实产品，要求从固定的 DeepSeek 官方服务取得唯一随机数，并再次证明完全停稳；仅当本地操作者未提供密钥时才会自行跳过，而受信任的 CI 会预检该 secret。
+
+Codex 证据锁定 `@openai/codex@0.146.0` 与 `codex-cli 0.146.0`。其真实产品测试会观测确切的 Bearer 密钥、原始任务、逐字节完全一致的最终回答、不会产生文件副作用的无人值守命令拒绝、本地取消以及整棵进程树退出。生产环境仍提供 `codex`，并通过 `PATH` 解析。
+
+带密钥 Codex e2e 会注册生产提供方，启动同样的真实 app-server，并通过上述测试专用桥接层请求一个随机数。该测试固定外部端点与模型，不存储任何凭据或请求载荷，要求上游恰好完成一次响应，将去除首尾空白后的产品答案与该随机数逐字节比较，并等待所有受管句柄退出。
+
+Claude Code 证据锁定 Agent SDK 0.3.220 及其平台分发的 Claude Code 2.1.220 CLI。其真实产品测试会观测确切的 `x-api-key`、原始任务、逐字节完全一致的最终回答、继承的临时宿主设置标记、进程失败、本地取消以及整棵进程树退出。Loader e2e 会在两个产品命令均不可用时按名称解析两个产品包，并记录零次子级启动。
+
+带密钥 Claude Code e2e 仅在提供方的内存环境中映射密钥与固定的官方端点，把模型变量设为文档所示的 `deepseek-v4-pro[1m]` 与 `deepseek-v4-flash`，并实际经过生产提供方、官方 SDK 与真实 CLI。它将去除首尾空白后的结果与一个随机数比较，并证明整棵进程树退出，且测试不会直接调用 Messages API。
+
+项目所有者的分发授权范围限定为官方 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 身份，以及每个 SDK 版本通过 `optionalDependencies` 声明的官方 Claude Code CLI 与平台载荷。[`THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`](../../../../THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) 会推导并披露当前载荷集合，但不会将其声明条款重新归类为宽松条款。版本、许可证字段和载荷集合发生变化时，仍须经过常规的依赖、锁文件、兼容性、条款和声明评审；无关的非宽松运行时包继续以默认拒绝方式失败。
+
+## 曾考虑的替代方案
+
+**直接模型 HTTP、`codex exec` 或手写的 Claude CLI 协议。** 这些路径会绕过产品的官方可扩展集成接口，无法证明原生配置、工具、审批、结果语义或资源清理。每个提供方都改用相应的官方产品集成。
+
+**共享产品进程辅助包。** 现有 subagent 与子进程 seam 已负责围绕任务、结果、环境和进程树的全部共享职责。新辅助包无法删除任一私有产品适配器，只会造成责任重复，因此每个适配器都会直接调用现有 seam。
+
+**面向模型的产品选择器。** 产品可用性和身份验证属于部署事实。两个固定工具使各自的 schema 与提供方绑定保持明确，也避免在通用服务中添加动态选择状态。
+
+**以产品替身作为强制证据。** 替身可以穷尽覆盖私有协议分支，但无法证明包导出、官方发行版、身份验证或真实进程行为。强制证据会驱动每个官方产品连接回环模型 fixture（测试前置数据）。
+
+**由插件管理登录、产品主目录、模型、设置或权限。** 这些选择会在每个产品的原生配置之外建立另一套权威来源，并将一次性提供方扩张为账户管理功能。提供方只公开显式环境覆盖项和清理宽限期；无人值守交互会以默认拒绝方式失败。
+
+**续接、进度、后台收集和共享父级上下文。** 已交付的用户结果是一项自包含任务和一个最终回答。产品会话、恢复、后续交互、中间消息、父级 transcript（文本记录）传递、结构化输出和后台收集都需要独立的用户契约，当前实现不会预先构建这些功能。
+
+## 后果
+
+用户可以安装任一或两个产品提供方，在自己的 Cordis 配置中绑定稳定的前台工具，并通过现有 subagent 契约委派一项自包含任务。官方产品集成会保留原生设置与行为，而共享服务继续独占任务结算与进程树完全停稳的责任。
+
+每次委派都要承担新建产品进程和独立模型上下文的开销，且只有最终文本会到达父级。产品原生配置使行为取决于部署环境中安装的产品、账户状态和工作区设置。带密钥 e2e 运行还会消耗外部 API 配额，并依赖 DeepSeek 官方端点；对协议、失败、取消与审批的确定性覆盖仍由无密钥层级承担。提供方不会恢复会话、以流式方式传送进度、接受新的人工交互、回滚工具或文件副作用，也不会施加按实际经过时间触发的超时。
+
+兼容性由包级单元测试覆盖率、无密钥真实产品回环测试、带密钥 DeepSeek 随机数测试、公开 Loader 组合、已构建包与 NodeNext 消费方检查、生成的文档与声明以及仓库 CI 矩阵共同锁定。更改受支持的产品基线或 DeepSeek 端点／模型基线时必须刷新这些事实；生产环境不会另行执行运行时版本探测。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.i18n.yaml
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md
+2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md: 8d7fe88f8d19a6edc7b51e63578c468df085c238
+2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.zh.md: d3efdc23351a1b50853ee76fb731aee046004750
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md
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+# Agent Note: Web slash-command fuzzy discovery
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+The web command menu required a command-name prefix, so discovery failed when a user remembered the significant letters but not their exact positions. Broadening menu matching could make discovery easier, but command execution must remain exact and deterministic: an approximate line must never execute a nearby command.
+
+## Decision
+
+The `/` command source fuzzy-matches the typed query against command names as a case-insensitive ordered subsequence. Exact prefixes form the highest ranking class. Within each class, the strongest alignment score rewards separator boundaries and adjacent characters while penalizing leading characters and gaps; equal scores retain the host-directory and client-contribution order. Position filtering still removes argument-taking commands from inline menus before ranking.
+
+The scorer uses dynamic programming in `O(query length × name length)` time and `O(name length)` memory per candidate. Candidate scoring stays client-side and examines names only; descriptions do not affect matching. Menu selection still dispatches the selected exact name, while space and Enter adjudication continue to require an exact command token.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Keep prefix-only matching.** Rejected because it preserves the recall failure that motivates the feature; `/cpt` cannot discover `/compact`.
+
+**Match unordered characters or descriptions.** Rejected because unordered matches are difficult to predict, while description matches can surface commands whose visible names do not explain why they ranked.
+
+**Use a general fuzzy-search dependency.** Rejected because this surface needs one constrained subsequence rule over a small command catalog; a configurable search index would add bundle weight and ranking behavior not used by the product.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Users can discover a command from remembered in-order letters, and ranking remains stable across identical catalogs. The score is deliberately heuristic: a separator-aligned match can outrank a match with a shorter raw span. Package tests pin each ranking factor and stable ties, while the assembled Web replay snapshot pins `/cpt` resolving to `/compact`. Exact execution semantics are unchanged.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.zh.md
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+# Agent Note: Web 斜杠命令模糊发现
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+Web 命令菜单要求按命令名前缀匹配，因此用户只记得关键字母却不记得其准确位置时，就无法发现命令。扩大菜单的匹配范围可使命令更易发现，但命令执行仍必须保持精确匹配和确定性：近似输入行绝不能执行相近命令。
+
+## Decision
+
+`/` 命令 source 将键入的查询作为不区分大小写的有序子序列，与命令名进行模糊匹配。精确前缀构成排名最高的一类匹配。在每类匹配中，对齐分数越高越优先：分隔符边界和相邻字符会提高分数，前导字符和间隔会降低分数；分数相同则保持 host 目录和 client contribution 的顺序。位置过滤仍会在排名前从行内菜单中移除接收参数的命令。
+
+评分器对每个候选项使用动态规划，时间复杂度为 `O(query length × name length)`，空间复杂度为 `O(name length)`。候选项评分只在客户端进行且只检查命令名；命令描述不影响匹配。菜单选择仍派发所选的精确名称，而 space 与 Enter 裁决继续要求命令 token 精确匹配。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**保留仅前缀匹配。** 否决，因为本功能要解决的用户无法准确回忆前缀的问题依然存在：`/cpt` 无法发现 `/compact`。
+
+**匹配无序字符或描述。** 否决，因为无序匹配难以预测，而描述匹配可能展示命令，但命令的可见名称无法解释其排名。
+
+**使用通用模糊搜索依赖。** 否决，因为该界面只需对小型命令目录使用一种受限的子序列规则；可配置搜索索引会增加 bundle 体积，并引入产品未使用的排名行为。
+
+## Consequences
+
+用户可以凭按顺序记得的字母发现命令；只要目录相同，排名就保持稳定。评分刻意采用启发式规则：与分隔符对齐的匹配可能排在原始跨度更短的匹配之前。包（package）测试固定各项排名因素以及同分时的稳定顺序，组装后的 Web 回放快照固定 `/cpt` 解析为 `/compact` 的行为。精确执行语义保持不变。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.i18n.yaml
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+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.md
+2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.md: bd6911ce137f1272090c86c029710c9f4054ee6d
+2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.zh.md: 9ec2199a29d1307c3ebd0238e84d5f90d36fe21c
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.md
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+# Agent Note: Session completion dot in the sidebar
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+A session the operator delegated work to and then left (switched to another conversation) gives no signal when it finishes. Its running indicator stops, but the row then looks identical to any idle session, so the operator must poll the list or discover the finished work late. The pending-interaction amber dot covers sessions that need input, not sessions whose work is simply done.
+
+## Decision
+
+`SessionManager` owns a client-side completion-reminder set, a sibling of the pending-interaction bit: a running→idle edge of a session that is not the selected one arms its reminder; `select()`/`selectSubagent()` consume it; starting a new run disarms it and its completion re-arms it; removal prunes it. The bit rides `SessionListEntry` → `SessionSummary` (optional, absent = no reminder) into the workspace browser, whose session and search rows render the existing `StateDot` `done` state — running keeps the ongoing spinner, an idle session without a reminder shows nothing — and whose hover card labels the reminder 已完成 / Completed.
+
+The reminder is in-memory and per browser. It survives connection generations — a transport blip does not invalidate "you have not looked yet" — but not a page reload.
+
+## Consequences
+
+The sidebar row states become three disjoint signals: green = finished and unviewed, amber = awaiting the operator's input, blue = running. No wire, on-disk, or configuration format changes: `SessionSummary.completed` is optional, so existing consumers and test fixtures stay valid, and only the workspace browser reads it. The completion edge is detected eagerly at every list mutation and pull (a snapshot-build-time-only pass would collapse two consecutive status frames into one observation and miss the completion).
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **Component-local UI state.** Rejected because the sidebar unmounts on collapse and multiple surfaces (grouped tree, flat list, search) need the same bit; the manager already owns the running transitions and the selection, so a manager-owned set is the one source all surfaces can project.
+- **Event-driven arming from status frames only.** Rejected because a list pull can also carry a running→idle transition (a session finished while the refresh was in flight); the reminder is reconciled against every mutation and pull.
+- **Persisting the reminder.** Rejected because the reminder means "you have not looked at this session yet" in this browser; reload restores the selection and the user is looking at the list again, so a durable bit would only go stale.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ec2199a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Agent Note: 侧边栏会话完成提醒点
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-08-06-session-completed-done-dot.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+操作者派发任务后切换到其他会话，原会话完成时没有任何信号。运行指示停止后，该行与普通空闲会话看起来完全一样，操作者只能反复查看列表或很晚才发现工作已完成。等待交互的琥珀点只覆盖需要操作者输入的会话，不覆盖"只是干完了活"的会话。
+
+## Decision
+
+`SessionManager` 持有客户端侧的完成提醒集合，与待交互位并列：非当前会话发生 running→idle 边沿时点亮其提醒；`select()`/`selectSubagent()` 消费掉提醒；重新开始一轮运行会熄灭提醒并在再次完成时重新点亮；会话被移除时清理提醒。该位经 `SessionListEntry` → `SessionSummary`（可选字段，缺省 = 无提醒）进入工作区浏览区，其会话行与搜索结果行渲染现有的 `StateDot` `done` 状态——运行中仍显示转圈，无提醒的空闲会话不显示任何点——悬停卡片将该提醒标注为"已完成 / Completed"。
+
+提醒仅存在于内存中且按浏览器实例隔离。它跨连接代存活——传输抖动不会使"你还没回来看"失效——但页面刷新后重置。
+
+## Consequences
+
+侧边栏行状态成为三个互斥信号：绿 = 已完成且未查看，琥珀 = 等待操作者输入，蓝 = 运行中。无 wire、磁盘或配置格式变更：`SessionSummary.completed` 为可选字段，现有消费者与测试 fixture 保持有效，只有工作区浏览区读取它。完成边沿在每次列表变更与拉取时即时检测（仅在建快照时检测会把连续两个状态帧折叠为一次观察，从而漏掉完成事件）。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **组件本地 UI 状态。** 已拒绝：侧边栏折叠时会卸载，且多个界面（分组树、单列表、搜索）需要同一状态位；manager 本就持有运行状态迁移与选中状态，manager 持有的集合是所有界面都能投影的唯一事实源。
+- **仅从状态帧做事件驱动点亮。** 已拒绝：列表拉取本身也可能携带 running→idle 迁移（刷新在途时会话已完成）；提醒需对每次变更与拉取做对账。
+- **持久化提醒。** 已拒绝：提醒的含义是"此浏览器里你还没查看该会话"；刷新会恢复选中状态且用户正看着列表，持久化位只会过期。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.i18n.yaml
index d65dae2802..da2fdfd101 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md
-2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md: e480954d29d5dc09ef8ecd4069059a1f0c8b1043
-2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md: 78ba7250e797c57048078d1b4f62b7a9a5d9d561
+2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md: cbabd1142ad292f78a3184723182a834dfb234fc
+2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md: b135c3626b661f1a5b0317a90b700a26d679bf1e
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md
index e480954d29..cbabd1142a 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A hand-written inventory answers none of those durably. Roughly a hundred rows o
 
 One trigger gap is accepted rather than worked around: lefthook inspects only files present on disk, so **deleting** a manifest runs no job, and removing a package reaches the assertion in the test lane instead. Reconstructing the staged file list to include deletions was tried and does not work — lefthook filters the list against the working tree either way. The assertion is the backstop for exactly this case.
 
-The file discloses **direct** dependencies only. The complete npm closure with pinned versions already lives in `pnpm-lock.yaml` (`pnpm licenses list` renders it) and the Python closure in `python/sdk/uv.lock`; re-materializing either as prose would be a second, worse copy.
+The file discloses **direct** dependencies by default. The complete npm closure with pinned versions already lives in `pnpm-lock.yaml` (`pnpm licenses list` renders it) and the Python closure in `python/sdk/uv.lock`; re-materializing either as prose would be a second, worse copy. The one explicit transitive disclosure is the official Claude platform payload set declared by `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` through `optionalDependencies`, because those packages carry the distributed Claude Code executable rather than ordinary library implementation detail.
 
 **Tiering is by declaring area, not by manifest section.** A package is a runtime dependency when any manifest outside `DEV_ONLY_AREAS` — the root manifest, `packages/support/`, `packages/client/test-runtime/`, `website/`, `examples/`, `native/` — names it under `dependencies` or `optionalDependencies`. Section names alone are wrong in both directions: a test-support package declares `vitest` under `dependencies` without shipping it, and the `bin/dsh` launcher execs through `tsx`, which no manifest declares as a runtime dependency at all (the generator marks it runtime explicitly).
 
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ The runtime tier deliberately covers **every mountable plugin**, not just what t
 
 The manifest set is derived from the `packages:` members each `pnpm-workspace.yaml` declares — the root one and the nested Landlock workspace's — so a new member area is read the day it is declared rather than the day someone remembers to extend a list. License and repository metadata come from the installed pnpm stores, both the root one and the Landlock workspace's, so the generator requires an installed tree and fails loud when a package resolves to neither, rather than emitting an empty cell. `OVERRIDES` carries the packages whose published manifest cannot answer — Rust-built npm bins that omit `license`, and the `modelcontextprotocol/servers` packages whose repository is mid MIT→Apache-2.0 relicensing, so their effective terms are per-contribution. A runtime dependency whose license is not on the permissive list is a hard error: shipping copyleft is a distribution decision, not something a regenerated table may absorb silently. Vendored packages are cross-checked against `vendor/README.md` and rejected if any is not MIT, and `pnpm-workspace.yaml`'s `patchedDependencies` are listed under the runtime table because pnpm applies those patches at install time — shipped artifacts carry modified copies of `@earendil-works/pi-tui` and `node-pty`, and the patch files are the record of what changed.
 
+The project owner separately authorizes distribution of every official `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` version and the official Claude Code CLI/platform payloads that version declares through `optionalDependencies`. The generator represents this as one exact direct-package identity exception, not as a permissive-license override: `SEE LICENSE IN README.md` and `SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md` remain non-permissive classifications, and every unrelated non-permissive runtime still fails closed. When the SDK is present, the generator reads its installed manifest, rejects optional identities outside the official SDK payload prefix, derives the current SDK, CLI, and payload versions, verifies the installed host payload's identity, version, and declared-license field, and renders the complete SDK-declared payload set in a separate notices section. Version, declared-license, and payload-set changes do not require new identity authorization, but they still require ordinary dependency, lockfile, compatibility, terms, and notices review.
+
 ## Testing
 
 The same spec that asserts freshness pins the tiering rule against fixture manifests — including the two cases that motivate it, a `dependencies` entry of a test-support package and a plugin package no app mounts. It also pins the parsers against the shapes that would otherwise drop a package without a word: a `vendor/README.md` table that stops covering a vendored directory, a requirement array holding extras (`"httpx[http2]"`), a requirement with no version at all, an author-named `[dependency-groups]` table, and a workspace member area absent from any hardcoded list. Each of those is a silent-omission path, which is the failure mode a disclosure file cannot afford.
 
+The Claude distribution tests prove that only the exact direct SDK identity bypasses the ordinary non-permissive-runtime rejection, that the bypass does not change license classification, and that the payload set comes from the SDK manifest rather than a version or platform allowlist. Wrong SDK identities, missing payloads, and unrelated optional package identities all fail.
+
 ## Alternatives considered
 
 **Keep the hand-written file and review it at release time.** Reviewing a hundred derived rows by eye is exactly the work a generator does correctly, and the file's own claim — that it lists every direct dependency — would be unverified between releases.
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ The same spec that asserts freshness pins the tiering rule against fixture manif
 
 **Tier by reachability from the shipped assemblies only** (`apps/*` plus `python/sdk-runtime`). This produces a tighter runtime tier, but classifies the MCP client and the OpenTelemetry exporter as development-only even though a user running the installed repository can mount them. It understates the disclosure, which is the wrong direction to err for a legal notice.
 
+**Treat the Claude SDK terms as permissive or add a reusable non-permissive allowlist.** Either shape would misstate the upstream declaration and let an unrelated runtime inherit authorization it was never granted. The narrow exception keys only the official direct SDK identity, while its optional payload identities are accepted solely as data declared by that SDK and remain visibly non-permissive.
+
 **Emit the notices as a bilingual pair.** Every other root document is paired, but the file is a table of upstream package names, SPDX identifiers, and URLs; the translatable surface is a handful of section blurbs. `scripts/translation-pairing.ts` scopes discovery to `README*`, `.agents/notes/**`, `docs/**`, and `python/**`, so a root non-README file is outside the bilingual corpus by construction, and the README pair carries the bilingual entry points into it.
 
 ## Consequences
@@ -51,3 +57,5 @@ A dependency edit now carries a regenerated notices file into the same commit. C
 The generator needs an installed tree, which makes it heavier than a pure-source generator, and a new package with unusable published metadata needs an `OVERRIDES` entry rather than silently rendering a blank license. Both failures are loud and name the remedy.
 
 The tiering rule is a policy encoded in one constant. Adding a workspace area that never ships — a second test-infrastructure tier, another site — requires extending `DEV_ONLY_AREAS`, or its dependencies will be disclosed as runtime.
+
+The Claude identity exception is deliberately narrower than the payload disclosure it activates. Upgrading the SDK needs no new owner authorization, but regeneration fails unless the installed SDK exposes its version, CLI version, and at least one official platform payload, and unless the current host payload matches the SDK declaration. Maintainers still review changed terms and compatibility; the generator prevents the authorization from silently widening to another package.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md
index 78ba7250e7..b135c3626b 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-30-generated-third-party-notices.zh.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 有一处触发缺口是接受而非绕过的：lefthook 只检视磁盘上存在的文件，因此**删除**清单文件不会触发任何任务，移除一个包会落到测试 lane 的断言上。重构暂存文件列表以纳入删除的做法试过，不成立——无论怎么给列表，lefthook 都会拿工作树过滤一遍。这个场景正由断言兜底。
 
-文件只披露**直接**依赖。完整的 npm 闭包连同锁定版本已记录在 `pnpm-lock.yaml`（`pnpm licenses list` 可渲染），Python 闭包记录在 `python/sdk/uv.lock`；再用散文誊一遍只会得到一份更差的副本。
+文件默认只披露**直接**依赖。完整的 npm 闭包连同锁定版本已记录在 `pnpm-lock.yaml`（`pnpm licenses list` 可渲染），Python 闭包记录在 `python/sdk/uv.lock`；再用散文誊一遍只会得到一份更差的副本。唯一明确披露的传递依赖，是 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 通过 `optionalDependencies` 声明的官方 Claude 平台载荷集合，因为这些包承载随产品分发的 Claude Code 可执行文件，而非普通的库实现细节。
 
 **分层依据是声明方所在区域，而非清单字段名。** 只要 `DEV_ONLY_AREAS` 之外的任一清单——即根清单、`packages/support/`、`packages/client/test-runtime/`、`website/`、`examples/`、`native/` 之外——在 `dependencies` 或 `optionalDependencies` 里点名某个包，它就是运行时依赖。单看字段名在两个方向上都会出错：测试支撑包把 `vitest` 写在 `dependencies` 里却并不交付它；而 `bin/dsh` 启动器 exec 经过的 `tsx`，根本没有任何清单把它声明为运行时依赖，只能由生成器显式标记。
 
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ Status: implemented
 
 清单集合由两个 `pnpm-workspace.yaml`——根工作区与嵌套的 Landlock 工作区——各自声明的 `packages:` 成员派生，因此新增成员区域在声明当天就会被读取，而不必等谁想起来去补一份列表。许可证与仓库地址取自已安装的 pnpm store，根 store 与 Landlock 工作区的 store 都会查；某个包两处都解析不到时直接失败，而不是留下空单元格。`OVERRIDES` 收录已发布清单答不上来的包：用 Rust 构建、发布时省略 `license` 字段的 npm 可执行包，以及 `modelcontextprotocol/servers` 系列——该仓库正处在 MIT 向 Apache-2.0 的重新许可过程中，实际条款按贡献逐条而定。运行时依赖的许可证若不在宽松清单内即为硬失败：交付 copyleft 是一项分发决策，不该被一次重新生成悄悄吸收。被源码收编的包会与 `vendor/README.md` 交叉核对，出现非 MIT 即报错；`pnpm-workspace.yaml` 的 `patchedDependencies` 列在运行时表格之后，因为 pnpm 在安装期就会打上这些补丁——交付产物携带的是改动过的 `@earendil-works/pi-tui` 与 `node-pty`，补丁文件本身就是改动的完整记录。
 
+项目所有者另行授权分发每个官方 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 版本，以及该版本通过 `optionalDependencies` 声明的官方 Claude Code CLI 与平台载荷。生成器将其表示为一项精确匹配直接包身份的例外，而非宽松许可证覆盖项：`SEE LICENSE IN README.md` 与 `SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md` 仍归类为非宽松，所有无关的非宽松运行时依赖仍以默认拒绝方式失败。存在该 SDK 时，生成器会读取其已安装清单，拒绝不符合官方 SDK 载荷前缀的可选包身份，推导当前 SDK、CLI 与载荷版本，核验已安装宿主载荷的身份、版本和声明许可证字段，并在单独的声明章节中渲染 SDK 声明的完整载荷集合。版本、声明许可证和载荷集合发生变化时无需新的身份授权，但仍须经过常规的依赖、锁文件、兼容性、条款和声明评审。
+
 ## Testing
 
 断言新鲜度的同一个 spec 也用夹具清单钉住分层规则，覆盖促成该规则的两个场景：测试支撑包的 `dependencies` 条目，以及没有任何应用挂载的插件包。它还把各解析器钉在那些原本会让某个包无声消失的形态上：不再覆盖全部收编目录的 `vendor/README.md` 表、含 extras 的依赖数组（`"httpx[http2]"`）、完全不带版本的依赖、作者自取名字的 `[dependency-groups]` 表，以及任何硬编码列表都不含的工作区成员区域。这些都是静默漏报路径——正是披露文件最担不起的失败方式。
 
+Claude 分发测试证明：只有精确匹配的直接 SDK 身份会绕过通常的非宽松运行时拒绝；该绕过不会改变许可证分类；载荷集合来自 SDK 清单，而非版本或平台允许列表。SDK 身份错误、载荷缺失或存在无关的可选包身份时，测试都会失败。
+
 ## Alternatives considered
 
 **保留手写文件，发版时人工过一遍。** 用肉眼审阅上百行推导数据，恰恰是生成器能做对的活；而且在两次发版之间，文件自称「列出全部直接依赖」这句话无人验证。
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 **只按已交付装配的可达性分层**（`apps/*` 加 `python/sdk-runtime`）。这样得到的运行时层更紧凑，但会把 MCP 客户端与 OpenTelemetry 导出器判为仅开发用途——而运行已安装仓库的用户完全可以挂载它们。这会低估披露，对法务通告来说错在了更危险的一侧。
 
+**将 Claude SDK 条款视为宽松条款，或新增可复用的非宽松允许列表。** 两种方案都会误述上游声明，并让无关运行时依赖继承从未授予它的授权。这项窄例外只匹配官方直接 SDK 身份；其可选载荷身份仅作为该 SDK 声明的数据被接受，并继续明确归类为非宽松。
+
 **把披露文件做成双语对。** 其他根文档都是成对的，但这份文件是上游包名、SPDX 标识与网址构成的表格，可翻译的只有寥寥几段章节导语。`scripts/translation-pairing.ts` 的发现范围限定在 `README*`、`.agents/notes/**`、`docs/**` 与 `python/**`，根目录下的非 README 文件在构造上就不属于双语语料；双语入口由 README 对承担。
 
 ## Consequences
@@ -51,3 +57,5 @@ Status: implemented
 生成器需要已安装的工作树，因此比纯源码生成器更重；发布元数据不可用的新包需要补一条 `OVERRIDES`，而不是默默渲染出空白许可证。这两类失败都会明确报错并指出补救方式。
 
 分层规则是编码在一个常量里的政策。若新增了不参与交付的工作区区域——第二层测试基础设施、另一个站点——就要同步扩展 `DEV_ONLY_AREAS`，否则其依赖会被当作运行时依赖披露出去。
+
+Claude 身份例外刻意比其启用的载荷披露范围更窄。升级 SDK 无需新的所有者授权，但如果已安装的 SDK 未公开自身版本、CLI 版本和至少一个官方平台载荷，或当前宿主载荷与 SDK 声明不符，重新生成就会失败。维护者仍须评审发生变化的条款与兼容性；生成器会阻止授权悄然扩大到其他包。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.i18n.yaml
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--- a/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.i18n.yaml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
-# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
-# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
-#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md
-2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md: ee8576f97a9fdef8c88dcad3a73f28b63ca3ebe1
-2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.zh.md: bd76a8f34d86b704494b56331c47ea89bfc8a0aa
diff --git a/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md b/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ee8576f97a..0000000000
--- a/.agents/notes/proposed/feature/2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-# Agent Note: Claude Code and Codex subagent backends (out-of-process delegation to external coding agents)
-
-Status: proposed
-
-English | [中文](2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.zh.md)
-
-## Problem
-
-The subagent seam ([the seam Agent Note](../../implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md)) hosts multiple named providers on `ctx.subagents`, and the ACP backend ([the ACP backend Agent Note](../../implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md)) proved the seam generalizes across a process boundary; its Future-providers section explicitly named the Codex app-server and the Claude Code Agent SDK as mechanically similar siblings. Those two are the engines actually worth delegating to today: a harness turn should be able to hand a self-contained task to a real Claude Code or a real Codex — a separate product with its own model, tools, and sandbox — and get back one final answer, without the parent deployment leaking its secrets into the child or the child's behavior silently depending on whatever `~/.claude` / `~/.codex` state exists on the host machine.
-
-## Proposal
-
-Two sibling provider packages, structural variants of the ACP backend, plus one extraction:
-
-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code` — drives a Claude Code child through `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`'s `query()` (the SDK runs in the parent process and spawns its bundled `claude` CLI as the subprocess). Provider name `claude-code`: the child is the Claude Code *product*, not an Anthropic model adapter — "claude" stays reserved for a future `dsh-llm` adapter.
-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex` — spawns `codex app-server` and drives one thread/turn over its JSON-RPC-over-stdio protocol with a hand-rolled newline-JSON client (~200–300 lines) in the package.
-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-process` — a pure library (the `subagent-inprocess` precedent) extracting what `dsh-subagent-acp` already carries and both new backends need: the credential env scrub (`buildChildEnv`), the EOF → SIGTERM → SIGKILL dispose ladder, and new isolated-config-dir helpers (`mkdtemp` create, best-effort remove). The ACP backend migrates onto it; `bash-local`'s sibling copy is left alone to bound the change.
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-Both providers copy the ACP backend's seam posture verbatim: fresh child per `start`, exactly one prompt round-trip, capabilities all `false`, `inheritsParentContext: false`, `request.parent`/`request.agentOptions` ignored, `id = SessionId(randomUUID())`, `result` never rejects — child-level failure flattens to a stop reason and the original error goes to `ctx.logger` via an `onError` spec callback. Model exposure is zero new code: `dsh-tool-subagent` is loaded once per provider with a distinct `toolName` (`subagent_claude_code`, `subagent_codex`). No new session events are needed — the only model-visible artifact is the tool result, so reconstructability holds exactly as it did for ACP. To be explicit about the boundary: the session log reconstructs the model-visible transcript, not workspace mutation history — a child granted write access mutates files as an ambient side effect outside the log, exactly as the bash tools and the ACP backend already do; replay reproduces requests, not the disk.
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-## Verified interface facts (pinned versions)
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-Both integration surfaces were verified against pinned implementations before this proposal — types and bundled source read, keyless spikes run — not from vendor docs alone. The pins are the verification baseline, not a runtime contract: the backends perform no runtime version probe (no `codex --version` gate, no SDK version sniffing). Compatibility is enforced at development time — every dependency bump re-runs the keyless suites against the real load path — and at runtime by failing loudly: a protocol-level surprise settles `error` via `onError`, never a silent misbehavior.
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-**`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 0.3.202.** `options.env` REPLACES the child environment (no merge with `process.env`), which is exactly what the scrub needs. `settingSources` defaults to loading ALL filesystem settings — isolation requires explicitly passing `[]`. Result subtypes are `success` | `error_during_execution` | `error_max_turns` | `error_max_budget_usd` | `error_max_structured_output_retries`. On abort the SDK escalates the CLI child itself: stdin EOF immediately, SIGTERM ~2s later if the child ignores it (observed; no leftover processes) — no bespoke kill fallback needed. `outputFormat: {type: 'json_schema'}` and an `agents` option exist, giving future landing points for the seam's `outputSchema` capability and named subagent types; both are out of scope here.
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-**codex CLI 0.142.5, `codex app-server` (v2 vocabulary).** LF-delimited JSON, JSON-RPC 2.0 shapes with the `"jsonrpc"` header omitted.
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-- Lifecycle: `initialize{clientInfo}` + `initialized` → `thread/start` (accepts `cwd`, `model`, `sandbox`, `approvalPolicy`, `ephemeral`; succeeds unauthenticated) → `turn/start{threadId, input:[{type:'text',text}]}` returns an `inProgress` turn immediately; the terminal signal is the `turn/completed` notification carrying `Turn{status: completed|interrupted|failed|inProgress, error}`.
-- Approvals are server-initiated requests — `item/commandExecution/requestApproval`, `item/fileChange/requestApproval`, `item/permissions/requestApproval`, `item/tool/requestUserInput`, `mcpServer/elicitation/request` — answered with `accept`/`decline`-family decisions.
-- Auth: `account/login/start{type:'apiKey', apiKey}` is a first-class RPC and `account/read` reports `requiresOpenaiAuth` — and an unauthenticated `turn/start` does NOT fail fast (it hangs in retry), so the backend MUST pre-check auth and settle `error` loudly instead of waiting on the turn.
-- Isolation: `CODEX_HOME` redirection is honored (the `initialize` response echoes it, so tests can assert isolation), and `ephemeral: true` threads leave no session files at all.
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-## Isolation and credentials
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-Deployments authenticate with API keys only, and the child must not see the host user's Claude Code / Codex configuration: behavior has to be a function of `cordis.yml` alone. Each run gets a fresh `mkdtemp` config dir — `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` for Claude Code (paired with an explicit `settingSources: []`), `CODEX_HOME` for Codex — removed best-effort on dispose; a config field can pin a persistent dir instead. The child env reuses the ACP backend's `buildChildEnv` semantics verbatim via the extraction: the ambient env is forwarded MINUS credential-shaped vars (`/KEY|SECRET|TOKEN/i`), with `config.env` layered on top — so `PATH`, `HOME`, `TMPDIR`, locale, and proxy vars survive and the CLIs run normally, while only credential-shaped ambient vars are scrubbed (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` enters explicitly through `config.env` for Claude Code), and the Codex key travels via the `account/login/start` RPC into the isolated `CODEX_HOME` rather than a hand-written `auth.json`.
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-## Permission and approval policy
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-Instead of collapsing to ACP's single `permission: allow|reject` knob, each backend exposes its engine's native vocabulary as config, with conservative defaults: Claude Code gets `permissionMode` (default `default`) plus `permission: allow|reject` (default `reject`) as the `canUseTool` auto-answer for whatever falls through; Codex gets `sandboxMode` (default `read-only`) and `approvalPolicy` (default `never`) plus the same `permission` fallback for approval requests that still arrive. Defaults are deliberately do-no-harm (the out-of-box child cannot write files); examples demonstrate opening up (`acceptEdits` / `workspace-write`). The mechanical rule: EVERY server-initiated request is settled programmatically and promptly — the enumerated approval/user-input/elicitation requests by the configured policy, an unknown request method with a JSON-RPC method-not-found error response (never left pending), unknown notifications consumed — so no child request can wedge a turn waiting on an answer that will never come. Prompts never reach a human in this cut, matching ACP.
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-## StopReason mapping
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-Claude Code: `success` → `completed`; `error_max_turns`, `error_during_execution`, `error_max_budget_usd`, `error_max_structured_output_retries` → `error` (aligning with the ACP call on `max_turn_requests`: an unfinished task is not success); generator abort → `aborted`; anything unknown → `error`. Codex: `Turn.status` `completed` → `completed`; `interrupted` → `aborted`; `failed` with `codexErrorInfo: 'contextWindowExceeded'` → `max-tokens`, any other `failed` → `error`; transport/spawn/auth-precheck failure → `error` (or `aborted` if cancel was requested). In both, `cancel()` is the ACP shape: flag + abort/interrupt + a cancel-settled race arm so an uncooperative child cannot stall the result.
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-Liveness posture, stated explicitly: teardown timing is config, turn duration is not. Both backends take the dispose ladder's grace periods as defaulted validated config fields (the ACP backend's `disposeEofGraceMs`/`disposeGraceMs` shape, carried by the extraction), but there is deliberately NO turn-duration or startup timeout — matching ACP, liveness during a turn belongs to the caller via `cancel()`/the abort signal, a subagent turn is legitimately minutes long, and the Codex auth precheck removes the one verified guaranteed-hang; a deployment wanting a wall-clock bound cancels from the parent.
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-## Testing
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-Named at every tier per the root AGENTS.md rule, and de-risked up front:
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-- **Keyless unit/integration**, mirroring the ACP spec list per backend (round-trip and output accumulation, every stop mapping, both cancel paths, already-aborted, permission auto-answer under both policies, unknown-message tolerance, bad-command spawn failure, HMR provider cleanup, export shape, isolation assertions on child env and temp-dir removal; Codex adds the auth-precheck failure path). Claude Code's harness is a scripted fake `claude` executable behind `pathToClaudeCodeExecutable` driven by the REAL SDK — a spike already passed end-to-end keyless in 24ms (the fake CLI answers one `control_request/initialize` and speaks plain stream-json, ~40 lines). Codex's harness is a scripted mock app-server subprocess speaking the verified wire protocol, the `mock-acp-server.ts` shape.
-- **With-key e2e** per backend: the real engine does real file work verified on disk, under a pinned opened-up config so acceptance and the do-no-harm defaults don't collide — `permissionMode: 'acceptEdits'` for Claude Code, `sandboxMode: 'workspace-write'` + `approvalPolicy: 'never'` for Codex; self-skips report exactly what is missing (binary vs key). CI has no secrets, so these run locally per the with-key policy.
-- **Snapshot**: deferred as `TODO(claude-code-subagent-replay)` / `TODO(codex-subagent-replay)` — the same distinct replay shape the ACP backend deferred ([the per-session replay Agent Note](../../implemented/testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)); the keyless suites carry deterministic coverage meanwhile.
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-## Alternatives considered
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-### Why not the official `@openai/codex-sdk` instead of a hand-rolled client?
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-The dispose ladder and env scrub require owning the child process (spawn args, env, signals, exit await); the SDK hides the process. The wire format is trivial to frame (LF JSON), the shapes are generatable per pinned version (`codex app-server generate-json-schema`), and the repo precedent (`hook-protocol`) is to own thin protocol cores rather than wrap someone's runtime. The SDK would save protocol-evolution maintenance but costs the exact control this backend exists to have.
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-### Why not a model-visible `subagent_type` parameter (one Task-style tool)?
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-Claude Code's own Task tool puts the subagent type in the model-facing schema, selecting a prompt-plus-toolset persona. Here the choice is between EXECUTION ENGINES, and only the deployer knows which engines have credentials configured — so selection stays deployment config, preserving `dsh-tool-subagent`'s documented one-provider-per-tool contract. A persona-style type selector would be a separate Agent Note against the tool, not the backends.
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-### Why not login-state credentials and the user's own config?
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-Inheriting `~/.claude` / `~/.codex` (subscription login, user settings, skills, MCP servers) would make child behavior depend on host-machine state and punch an implicit exception through the "credentials enter explicitly via `config.env`, never ambiently" rule the ACP backend and bash executor established. API-key-only plus forced config-dir isolation keeps runs reproducible; deployments wanting shared state can point the config-dir field at a persistent directory deliberately.
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-### Why not a driver-injection seam for the Claude Code keyless tests?
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-Injecting a fake `query()` would mock our own boundary and leave the real SDK load path untested (the real-over-mock policy in docs/testing.md). The risk that justified considering it — the SDK↔CLI stream-json control protocol being internal — was retired by the spike: the fake-CLI harness works against the real pinned SDK today. If an SDK upgrade breaks the mock, the keyless suite fails the upgrade PR, which is the gate working.
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-### Why not ACP adapters (e.g. `claude-code-acp`) reusing the existing backend?
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-Community shims wrap both engines in ACP, which would make them "just config" on `dsh-subagent-acp`. But that inserts an unofficial third-party layer between the harness and the engine, erases the native control surfaces this Agent Note exposes (permissionMode, sandboxMode/approvalPolicy, config-dir isolation, apiKey RPC), and trades first-party protocol stability for a shim's release cadence. First-party surfaces — the Agent SDK and the app-server — are the supported integration points.
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-## Acceptance criteria
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-On a machine with both engines and keys configured: a REPL-driven model completes one real file task through `subagent_claude_code` and one through `subagent_codex`, the tool result being the child's final answer, with only `tool/call` + `tool/result` in the parent session log. Keyless suites pass at 100% per-file coverage in a credential-less environment, asserting isolation (scrubbed child env, no temp config dirs left after dispose) and that child behavior is unchanged by the presence or absence of `~/.claude` / `~/.codex`. Cancelling a parent turn quiesces both backends in bounded time with no leftover child processes. E2e suites self-skip cleanly, naming the missing prerequisite.
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-## Risks
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-- `codex app-server` is CLI-flagged experimental and its v1/v2 vocabularies coexist; the client pins 0.142.5, implements v2 only, and consumes unknown methods/notifications without crashing, but a future codex bump can still force rework (regenerate schemas and re-run the keyless suite on every bump — the development-time enforcement behind the no-runtime-version-probe stance above).
-- The Claude Code fake-CLI mock rides an internal protocol: any SDK upgrade must go through the keyless suite, and a breaking control-protocol change means reworking the mock (fallback: the driver-injection seam rejected above becomes the escape hatch).
-- The SDK's optionalDependencies weigh ~280MB per platform — accepted, and confined to the one backend package.
-- The SDK's SIGKILL branch beyond EOF→SIGTERM was not observed and is trusted; e2e keeps a no-leftover-process assertion.
-- Codex is a deployment prerequisite (no npm-bundled binary); a missing or incompatible binary surfaces as a loud spawn/protocol `error`, not a version probe.
-- Every run pays a fresh child process and only the final answer surfaces — thoughts, tool cards, and usage are consumed and dropped; pooling, intermediate-progress surfacing, `sendMessage`/`resume`, `outputSchema` via the SDK's `outputFormat`, and named subagent types via the SDK's `agents` option are all deliberate deferrals.
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-# Agent Note: Claude Code 与 Codex subagent 后端（向外部编码 agent 的进程外委派）
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-Status: proposed
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-[English](2026-07-07-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md) | 中文
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-## 问题
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-subagent seam（[seam Agent Note](../../implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md)）在 `ctx.subagents` 上托管多个命名提供方，ACP（Agent Client Protocol）后端（[ACP 后端 Agent Note](../../implemented/feature/2026-06-22-acp-subagent-backend.md)）证明了该 seam 能跨越进程边界泛化；其「未来提供方」一节明确将 Codex app-server 与 Claude Code Agent SDK 列为实现机制相似的同类方案。如今真正值得委派的就是这两个引擎：harness 的一个轮次应能把一个自包含任务交给真实的 Claude Code 或真实的 Codex——一个拥有自身模型、工具与沙箱的独立产品——并取回一个最终答案，同时父部署不向子进程泄漏密钥，子进程行为也不静默依赖宿主机上碰巧存在的 `~/.claude` / `~/.codex` 状态。
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-## 提案
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-两个兄弟提供方包，作为 ACP 后端的结构变体，另加一次提取：
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-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code`：通过 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 的 `query()` 驱动一个 Claude Code 子进程（SDK 在父进程中运行，并将其内置的 `claude` CLI（命令行界面）作为子进程 spawn）。提供方名称为 `claude-code`：子进程是 Claude Code 这个*产品*，而非 Anthropic 模型适配器——「claude」保留给未来的 `dsh-llm` 适配器。
-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex`：spawn `codex app-server`，通过其 JSON-RPC-over-stdio 协议驱动一个 thread 及其中的一个轮次，使用包内一个手写的换行 JSON 客户端（约 200–300 行）。
-- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-process`：纯库（沿用 `subagent-inprocess` 的先例），提取 `dsh-subagent-acp` 已有且两个新后端都需要的内容：凭证环境清洗（`buildChildEnv`）、EOF → SIGTERM → SIGKILL 的 dispose（资源释放）阶梯，以及新的隔离配置目录辅助函数（`mkdtemp` 创建、尽力删除）。ACP 后端迁移到该库上；`bash-local` 的兄弟副本保持不动以限制变更范围。
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-两个提供方逐字复制 ACP 后端的 seam 姿态：每次 `start` 创建全新子进程、恰好一次提示词往返、所有能力均为 `false`、`inheritsParentContext: false`、忽略 `request.parent`/`request.agentOptions`、`id = SessionId(randomUUID())`，且 `result` 从不 reject——子进程级失败扁平化为 stop reason，原始错误则通过 `onError` spec 回调送到 `ctx.logger`。模型暴露无需新代码：每个提供方各加载一次 `dsh-tool-subagent`，使用不同的 `toolName`（`subagent_claude_code`、`subagent_codex`）。无需新的会话事件——唯一的模型可见产物是工具结果，因此可重建性与 ACP 完全相同。明确边界：会话日志重建模型可见的 transcript（文本记录），而不是工作区变更历史——获准写入的子进程将文件作为日志之外的环境副作用进行修改，与 bash 工具和 ACP 后端现有行为完全一致；回放复现请求，而非磁盘。
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-## 已验证的接口事实（固定版本）
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-两个集成面在本提案之前均已针对固定版本进行了验证——阅读类型与打包源码、运行无需密钥的 spike——而非仅依赖厂商文档。固定版本是验证基线，不是运行时契约：后端不执行运行时版本探测（无 `codex --version` 门禁、无 SDK 版本嗅探）。兼容性在开发时强制执行——每次依赖升级都会针对真实加载路径重跑无密钥套件——在运行时则通过显式失败来保障：协议层面的意外通过 `onError` 结算为 `error`，绝不静默异常。
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-**`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 0.3.202。** `options.env` 会替换子进程环境（不与 `process.env` 合并），恰好满足清洗需求。`settingSources` 默认加载所有文件系统设置——隔离要求显式传入 `[]`。结果子类型为 `success` | `error_during_execution` | `error_max_turns` | `error_max_budget_usd` | `error_max_structured_output_retries`。中止时 SDK 自行逐级加强对 CLI 子进程的终止措施：立即关闭 stdin，约 2 秒后若子进程未退出则发送 SIGTERM（已观察到；无残留进程）——无需自定义 kill 回退。`outputFormat: {type: 'json_schema'}` 和 `agents` 选项已存在，为 seam 的 `outputSchema` 能力和命名 subagent 类型提供了未来着陆点；两者均不在本 Agent Note 范围内。
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-**codex CLI 0.142.5，`codex app-server`（v2 词汇）。** LF 分隔的 JSON，JSON-RPC 2.0 形状但省略 `"jsonrpc"` 头。
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-- 生命周期：`initialize{clientInfo}` + `initialized` → `thread/start`（接受 `cwd`、`model`、`sandbox`、`approvalPolicy`、`ephemeral`；未认证即可成功）→ `turn/start{threadId, input:[{type:'text',text}]}` 立即返回一个 `inProgress` 的轮次；终止信号是携带 `Turn{status: completed|interrupted|failed|inProgress, error}` 的 `turn/completed` 通知。
-- 审批是服务端发起的请求——`item/commandExecution/requestApproval`、`item/fileChange/requestApproval`、`item/permissions/requestApproval`、`item/tool/requestUserInput`、`mcpServer/elicitation/request`——以 `accept`/`decline` 系列决策应答。
-- 认证：`account/login/start{type:'apiKey', apiKey}` 是一等 RPC，`account/read` 报告 `requiresOpenaiAuth`——且未认证的 `turn/start` 不会快速失败（它会挂在重试中），因此后端必须预检认证状态，并在失败时明确结算为 `error`，而非等待轮次。
-- 隔离：`CODEX_HOME` 重定向被尊重（`initialize` 响应会回显它，测试可据此断言隔离），`ephemeral: true` 的 thread 不留任何会话文件。
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-## 隔离与凭证
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-部署只使用 API key 认证，子进程不得看到宿主用户的 Claude Code / Codex 配置：行为必须只由 `cordis.yml` 决定。每次运行获得一个全新的 `mkdtemp` 配置目录——Claude Code 使用 `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`（并显式设置 `settingSources: []`），Codex 使用 `CODEX_HOME`——dispose 时尽力删除；配置字段也可以固定一个持久目录。子进程环境通过提取逐字复用 ACP 后端的 `buildChildEnv` 语义：转发环境变量，但移除凭证形态的变量（`/KEY|SECRET|TOKEN/i`），再叠加 `config.env`——因此 `PATH`、`HOME`、`TMPDIR`、locale 和代理变量保留，CLI 正常运行；只有环境中的凭证形态变量被清洗（Claude Code 的 `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` 通过 `config.env` 显式进入），Codex key 则通过 `account/login/start` RPC 进入隔离的 `CODEX_HOME`，而非手写 `auth.json`。
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-## 权限与审批策略
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-每个后端不压缩为 ACP 单一的 `permission: allow|reject` 旋钮，而把引擎原生词汇作为配置暴露，并采用保守默认值：Claude Code 获得 `permissionMode`（默认 `default`）以及 `permission: allow|reject`（默认 `reject`），后者作为所有未被前者处理的请求的 `canUseTool` 自动应答；Codex 获得 `sandboxMode`（默认 `read-only`）和 `approvalPolicy`（默认 `never`），以及同一个 `permission` 后备值，用来应答仍然到达的审批请求。默认值刻意做到不造成损害（开箱即用的子进程无法写文件）；示例演示如何开放权限（`acceptEdits` / `workspace-write`）。机械规则是：每一个服务端发起的请求都由程序迅速结算——枚举出的审批/用户输入/elicitation 请求按配置策略应答，未知请求方法用 JSON-RPC method-not-found 错误响应（绝不保持 pending），未知通知被消费——因此任何子进程请求都不会因等待永远不会到来的应答而卡住轮次。这一版中提示词不会到达人类，与 ACP 一致。
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-## StopReason 映射
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-Claude Code：`success` → `completed`；`error_max_turns`、`error_during_execution`、`error_max_budget_usd`、`error_max_structured_output_retries` → `error`（与 ACP 对 `max_turn_requests` 的处理对齐：未完成的任务不是成功）；生成器中止 → `aborted`；未知值 → `error`。Codex：`Turn.status` 为 `completed` → `completed`；`interrupted` → `aborted`；`failed` 且 `codexErrorInfo: 'contextWindowExceeded'` → `max-tokens`，其他 `failed` → `error`；传输/spawn/认证预检失败 → `error`（若已请求取消则为 `aborted`）。两者中，`cancel()` 采用 ACP 形状：标志位 + abort/interrupt + 一个 cancel-settled 竞争分支，使不合作的子进程无法阻塞结果。
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-活性姿态，明确声明：teardown 时序是配置项，轮次时长不是。两个后端将 dispose 阶梯的宽限期作为带默认值的已验证配置字段（ACP 后端的 `disposeEofGraceMs`/`disposeGraceMs` 形状，由提取库承载），但刻意不设轮次时长或启动超时——与 ACP 一致：轮次期间的活性由调用方通过 `cancel()`/abort signal 掌控，subagent 轮次持续数分钟也属合理，而 Codex 认证预检消除了唯一已验证的必然挂起场景；需要墙钟上限的部署从父侧取消即可。
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-## 测试
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-依照根 AGENTS.md 规则在每个层级明确命名，并预先消除风险：
-
-- **无密钥单元/集成测试**：每个后端都镜像 ACP spec 清单（往返和输出累积、每种 stop 映射、两条取消路径、已中止、两种策略下的权限自动应答、未知消息容错、错误命令的 spawn 失败、HMR（热模块替换）提供方清理、导出形状、对子进程环境隔离和临时目录删除的断言；Codex 另加认证预检失败路径）。Claude Code harness 是通过 `pathToClaudeCodeExecutable` 接入真实 SDK 的脚本化假 `claude` 可执行文件——一个 spike 已在 24 ms 内完成端到端无密钥验证（假 CLI 应答一次 `control_request/initialize`，并使用普通 stream-json 通信，约 40 行）。Codex harness 是讲已验证协议格式的脚本化 mock app-server 子进程，沿用 `mock-acp-server.ts` 形状。
-- **有密钥 e2e 测试**：每个后端的真实引擎执行真实文件操作，并通过磁盘状态进行验证，固定使用开放后的配置，以免验收与不造成损害的默认值冲突——Claude Code 使用 `permissionMode: 'acceptEdits'`，Codex 使用 `sandboxMode: 'workspace-write'` + `approvalPolicy: 'never'`；自跳过会准确报告缺失的是二进制还是 key。CI 没有密钥，因此依照有密钥策略在本地运行。
-- **快照测试**：以 `TODO(claude-code-subagent-replay)` / `TODO(codex-subagent-replay)` 推迟——即 ACP 后端也推迟的独立回放形状（[按会话回放 Agent Note](../../implemented/testing/2026-06-22-subagent-snapshot-replay.md)）；在此期间由无密钥套件提供确定性覆盖。
-
-## 曾考虑的替代方案
-
-### 为什么不用官方 `@openai/codex-sdk` 而手写客户端？
-
-dispose 阶梯和环境清洗要求拥有子进程（spawn 参数、env、信号、exit 等待）；SDK 隐藏了进程。协议格式（wire format）极其简单（LF JSON），形状可按固定版本生成（`codex app-server generate-json-schema`），仓库先例（`hook-protocol`）是拥有薄协议核心而非包装他人的运行时。SDK 能节省协议演进的维护成本，但代价是失去本后端存在的意义所在的精确控制。
-
-### 为什么不用模型可见的 `subagent_type` 参数（单一 Task 风格工具）？
-
-Claude Code 自身的 Task 工具将 subagent 类型放在模型可见的 schema 中，选择一个提示词 + 工具集人格。这里的选择是在执行引擎之间做出的，而只有部署者知道哪些引擎配置了凭证——因此选择留在部署配置层，保持 `dsh-tool-subagent` 文档中的「一个提供方对应一个工具」契约。人格风格的类型选择器应是针对工具的另一个 Agent Note，而非针对后端。
-
-### 为什么不用登录态凭证和用户自身的配置？
-
-继承 `~/.claude` / `~/.codex`（订阅登录、用户设置、skill（技能）、MCP 服务器）会使子进程行为依赖宿主机状态，并在 ACP 后端和 bash 执行器确立的「凭证通过 `config.env` 显式进入，绝不隐式继承」规则上打开一个隐式例外。仅 API key 加强制配置目录隔离使运行可复现；需要共享状态的部署可以有意将配置目录字段指向一个持久目录。
-
-### 为什么不为 Claude Code 无密钥测试注入驱动层 seam？
-
-注入假的 `query()` 会 mock 我们自己的边界，使真实 SDK 加载路径未被测试（docs/testing.md 中的 real-over-mock 策略）。曾考虑此方案的风险——SDK↔CLI 的 stream-json 控制协议是内部实现——已被 spike 消除：假 CLI harness 今天能对真实固定版本的 SDK 正常工作。如果 SDK 升级破坏了 mock，无密钥套件会让升级 PR（Pull Request）失败，这正是门禁在发挥作用。
-
-### 为什么不用 ACP 适配器（如 `claude-code-acp`）复用既有后端？
-
-社区 shim 将两个引擎包装为 ACP，这会使它们在 `dsh-subagent-acp` 上变成「仅配置」。但这在 harness 与引擎之间插入了一个非官方的第三方层，抹去了本 Agent Note 暴露的原生控制面（permissionMode、sandboxMode/approvalPolicy、配置目录隔离、apiKey RPC），并以 shim 的发布节奏替换了第一方协议的稳定性。第一方接口——Agent SDK 和 app-server——才是受支持的集成点。
-
-## 验收标准
-
-在两个引擎和密钥均已配置的机器上：一个 REPL 驱动的模型通过 `subagent_claude_code` 完成一个真实文件任务，通过 `subagent_codex` 完成另一个，工具结果为子进程的最终答案，父会话日志中仅有 `tool/call` + `tool/result`。无密钥套件在无凭证环境下以逐文件 100% 覆盖率通过，断言隔离（清洗后的子进程环境、dispose 后无残留临时配置目录），并断言 `~/.claude` / `~/.codex` 的存在与否不影响子进程行为。取消父轮次后，两个后端在有界时间内完全停稳，无残留子进程。e2e 套件干净地自跳过，命名缺失的前置条件。
-
-## 风险
-
-- `codex app-server` 被 CLI 标记为实验性，其 v1/v2 词汇共存；客户端固定 0.142.5、仅实现 v2、对未知方法/通知消费而不崩溃，但未来 codex 升级仍可能迫使返工（每次升级重新生成 schema 并重跑无密钥套件——这是上述「不做运行时版本探测」立场背后的开发时强制执行）。
-- Claude Code 假 CLI mock 依赖一个内部协议：任何 SDK 升级都必须通过无密钥套件，控制协议的破坏性变更意味着返工 mock（回退方案：上面否决的驱动注入 seam 成为逃生舱口）。
-- SDK 的 optionalDependencies 每平台约 280 MB——已接受，限制在单个后端包内。
-- SDK 的 SIGKILL 分支（EOF→SIGTERM 之后）未被观察到，信任其实现；e2e 保留无残留进程断言。
-- Codex 是部署前置条件（无 npm 内置二进制）；缺失或不兼容的二进制会明确报出 spawn/协议 `error`，而非版本探测。
-- 每次运行付出一个全新子进程的代价，且仅最终答案浮出——思考、工具卡片和用量被消费后丢弃；池化、中间进度浮出、`sendMessage`/`resume`、通过 SDK 的 `outputFormat` 实现 `outputSchema`、以及通过 SDK 的 `agents` 选项实现命名 subagent 类型，均为刻意推迟。
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index a42f39084a..0d27b20df0 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ packages/    @deepseek-ai/dsh-<pkg> workspaces at packages/<group>/<pkg>/
   compact/     compaction seam + basic backend
   context/     request-context plugins
   subagent/    subagent seam + spawn/fork/ACP backends + delegation tool
+  bundle/      profile plugin bundles: installable patch layers for dsh --profile
   workflow/    workflow seam + worker-thread engine + workflow tool
   todo/        todo_write tool
   plan/        plan mode as logged per-agent collaboration state
diff --git a/README.i18n.yaml b/README.i18n.yaml
index e705f07877..0a7c3e49fe 100644
--- a/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write README.md
-README.md: b8e46044fb8857730b32d9fbbb9ed4de964d6017
-README.zh.md: e289d523bf61a577f1dd2335b3b4567736d9100d
+README.md: d8d3e767d5a9805f34f4df57a5b1f8ff7fdaa955
+README.zh.md: 89abf8d817deeed2bf4416035790c8696c8c8e33
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8e46044fb..d8d3e767d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,22 +39,24 @@ dsh web
 
 The path above is the installer's default. If you set `DSH_SOURCE` or `DSH_CURRENT`, or reused an existing checkout, replace `~/.dsh/source/current` with that checkout path; see [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) for details. The Web UI is served at `http://127.0.0.1:3080` by default.
 
-### Configured runtime
+### Profiles
 
-Raw `dsh` requires a patch-list configuration applied over the shipped base:
+`dsh` boots profiles — ordered stacks of plugin-bundle patch layers under your own overrides in `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`:
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml
+dsh --profile web                       # the browser UI (same as: dsh web)
+dsh plugin --profile tui add <package>  # install a plugin into a custom profile
+dsh --profile tui                       # boot it
 ```
 
-The [CLI contract](apps/cli/README.md#raw-config) describes the base, overlay semantics, and config dump commands.
+The [CLI contract](apps/cli/README.md#profiles) describes profile layout, layer semantics, and config dump commands.
 
 ### Headless
 
 Run one task, print the final answer, and exit:
 
 ```sh
-dsh -p "summarize this workspace"
+dsh --profile headless "summarize this workspace"
 ```
 
 ### Automation and SDKs
diff --git a/README.zh.md b/README.zh.md
index e289d523bf..89abf8d817 100644
--- a/README.zh.md
+++ b/README.zh.md
@@ -39,22 +39,24 @@ dsh web
 
 上述路径是安装器的默认位置。如果你设置过 `DSH_SOURCE` 或 `DSH_CURRENT`，或者复用了已有检出，请把 `~/.dsh/source/current` 换成该检出路径；详情见 [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh)。Web UI 默认通过 `http://127.0.0.1:3080` 提供服务。
 
-### 自定义运行时
+### Profile
 
-原始 `dsh` 要求传入一份 patch 列表配置，并将其叠加在随附 base 之上：
+`dsh` 启动 profile：按序叠放的插件组合包 patch 层，之上再叠加你在 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 中的自有覆盖层：
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml
+dsh --profile web                       # the browser UI (same as: dsh web)
+dsh plugin --profile tui add <package>  # install a plugin into a custom profile
+dsh --profile tui                       # boot it
 ```
 
-base、overlay 语义与配置输出命令详见 [CLI（命令行界面）契约](apps/cli/README.md#raw-config)。
+profile 布局、层语义与配置输出命令详见 [CLI（命令行界面）契约](apps/cli/README.md#profiles)。
 
 ### Headless
 
 运行一项任务，打印最终答案后退出：
 
 ```sh
-dsh -p "summarize this workspace"
+dsh --profile headless "summarize this workspace"
 ```
 
 ### 自动化与 SDK
diff --git a/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md b/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
index f77e5462f9..f70245d49d 100644
--- a/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
+++ b/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 # Third-Party Notices
 
-DeepSeek Harness is licensed under [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE). It depends on the third-party open-source software listed below. Each project remains under its own license; nothing in this file changes those terms.
+DeepSeek Harness is licensed under [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE). It depends on the third-party software listed below. Each project remains under its own license; nothing in this file changes those terms.
 
-This file lists **direct** dependencies declared by the workspace. It is generated from the workspace manifests by `scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts`: a pre-commit hook regenerates it whenever a staged file changes one of its inputs, and `scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts` asserts in the test lane that the committed bytes match. Deleting a manifest runs no hook, so that case is caught by the assertion instead. Run `pnpm run verify-third-party-notices` for the standalone check.
+This file lists **direct** dependencies declared by the workspace and the explicitly disclosed official Claude platform payload closure. It is generated from the workspace manifests by `scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts`: a pre-commit hook regenerates it whenever a staged file changes one of its inputs, and `scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts` asserts in the test lane that the committed bytes match. Deleting a manifest runs no hook, so that case is caught by the assertion instead. Run `pnpm run verify-third-party-notices` for the standalone check.
 
 The complete npm transitive closure, with exact pinned versions, is recorded in [`pnpm-lock.yaml`](pnpm-lock.yaml) — inspect it with `pnpm licenses list`. The Python closure is recorded in [`python/sdk/uv.lock`](python/sdk/uv.lock), and the Landlock launcher workspace keeps its own in [`native/landlock-run/pnpm-lock.yaml`](native/landlock-run/pnpm-lock.yaml).
 
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ External packages that a workspace package resolves at runtime. `scripts/install
 | Package | License |
 | --- | --- |
 | [`@agentclientprotocol/sdk`](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk) | Apache-2.0 |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-typescript) | SEE LICENSE IN README.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/sdk`](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-typescript) | MIT |
 | [`@babel/code-frame`](https://github.com/babel/babel) | MIT |
 | [`@clack/core`](https://github.com/bombshell-dev/clack) | MIT |
 | [`@clack/prompts`](https://github.com/bombshell-dev/clack) | MIT |
@@ -95,6 +97,24 @@ pnpm applies local patches to the following packages at install time, so shipped
 
 - `node-pty@1.1.0` — [`patches/node-pty@1.1.0.patch`](patches/node-pty@1.1.0.patch)
 
+## Official Claude Code platform payloads
+
+The project owner authorizes distribution of every version of the official `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` package and the official Claude Code CLI/platform payloads that each version declares through `optionalDependencies`. This identity-scoped authorization does not classify their declared terms as permissive and does not cover any unrelated runtime package; version, declared-license, and payload-set changes still require the ordinary dependency, lockfile, compatibility, terms, and notices review.
+
+The installed SDK 0.3.220 declares the following optional platform packages. Each carries the official Claude Code 2.1.220 executable; the package identities and versions come from the SDK manifest, while the declared license field is verified against the platform payload installed for the current host.
+
+| Optional platform package | Version | Declared license |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-arm64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-arm64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-x64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-x64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64-musl`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64-musl) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64-musl`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64-musl) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-arm64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-arm64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+| [`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-x64`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-x64) | 0.3.220 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md |
+
+
 ## Development-only npm dependencies
 
 External packages **directly declared** only by repository tooling, test infrastructure, the documentation site, the demo leaves, or the native launcher's build workspace. No shipped surface names them itself. A package here may still be pulled in transitively by a runtime dependency — `pnpm-lock.yaml` is the authority on the full closure — so this tier records who declares a package, not what a build ultimately bundles.
@@ -104,6 +124,7 @@ External packages **directly declared** only by repository tooling, test infrast
 | [`@braintree/sanitize-url`](https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url) | MIT |
 | [`@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers) | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
 | [`@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers) | MIT / Apache-2.0 |
+| [`@openai/codex`](https://github.com/openai/codex) | Apache-2.0 |
 | [`@stylistic/eslint-plugin`](https://github.com/eslint-stylistic/eslint-stylistic) | MIT |
 | [`@testing-library/dom`](https://github.com/testing-library/dom-testing-library) | MIT |
 | [`@testing-library/react`](https://github.com/testing-library/react-testing-library) | MIT |
diff --git a/apps/cli/README.i18n.yaml b/apps/cli/README.i18n.yaml
index e115e43e64..cbc74b6d0a 100644
--- a/apps/cli/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/apps/cli/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write apps/cli/README.md
-README.md: ce7af5a299e45d6f107686aff043246914dce8ed
-README.zh.md: e97fec9d6bb726cb1e419a1ca2fa1871d4d203ca
+README.md: f50f26ec5de54e094e17221f7cd355483483754e
+README.zh.md: 242e64a0c42064b9f0b7621e665e85fe44523fe5
diff --git a/apps/cli/README.md b/apps/cli/README.md
index ce7af5a299..f50f26ec5d 100644
--- a/apps/cli/README.md
+++ b/apps/cli/README.md
@@ -2,24 +2,25 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-The `dsh` command is the product launcher for raw Cordis configurations, the Web UI, and one-shot headless tasks. [`src/args.ts`](src/args.ts) owns the command grammar, and [`src/bin.ts`](src/bin.ts) loads only the selected runner. Invalid commands, options from another mode, configuration errors, and boot failures exit nonzero.
+The `dsh` command is the product launcher for profiles: ordered stacks of plugin-bundle patch layers under the user's own overrides. [`src/args.ts`](src/args.ts) owns the command grammar, and [`src/bin.ts`](src/bin.ts) loads only the selected runner. Invalid commands, options from another mode, configuration errors, and boot failures exit nonzero.
 
 ## Entry modes
 
 | Command | Purpose |
 |---|---|
-| `dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml` | Run an explicit patch-list configuration over the shipped base. |
-| `dsh web` | Start the browser UI with the shipped Web composition and optional personal configuration. |
-| `dsh -p "task"` | Run one fresh persisted session, print the final answer, and exit. |
+| `dsh --profile <name>` | Boot the named profile under `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`. |
+| `dsh --profile headless "task"` | Run one fresh persisted session, print the final answer, and exit. |
+| `dsh web` | Alias of `--profile web` with the Web flag family (`--host`, `--port`, `--dev`, ...). |
+| `dsh plugin --profile <name> <pnpm args>` | Manage a profile's plugins by forwarding to pnpm in the profile directory. |
 
-The invoking directory is the default workspace root. Web and headless share the shipped provider, persistence, policy, tool, repository Plugin, and telemetry composition; raw config selects its own deployment-specific front door.
+The invoking directory is the default workspace root. The `web` and `headless` profiles auto-initialize on first use from shipped templates; any other profile must be created through `dsh plugin`.
 
-## Raw config
+## Profiles
 
-Raw `dsh` requires `--config`. The named patch list is applied directly over [`config/base.cordis.yml`](config/base.cordis.yml); it is not a complete replacement tree and does not add a surface overlay or personal `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`. Use `--dump-default-config` and `--dump-config` to inspect the resulting tree without booting it.
+A profile directory holds a `package.json` (out-of-tree plugin dependencies plus the profile manifest `dsh.profile` with its ordered `bundles` list) and a `cordis.patch.yml` (the user's own patch layer, hot-reloaded on long-lived surfaces). The tree composes over an empty root: each bundle's patch in `dsh.profile.bundles` order, then the profile's `cordis.patch.yml`, then the home-level `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`, then `--patch` overlays, then flag patches. Bundles named in `dsh.profile.bundles` resolve from the dsh installation first (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`, `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`, `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`), then from the profile's own `node_modules`, where pnpm installs out-of-tree plugins. Use `--dump-default-config` and `--dump-config` to inspect the composed tree without booting it.
 
-The [CLI behavior reference](reference/README.md) owns exact overlay precedence, flags, shutdown behavior, deployment defaults, and the source launcher.
+The [CLI behavior reference](reference/README.md) owns exact layer precedence, flags, shutdown behavior, deployment defaults, and the source launcher.
 
 ## Development
 
-Production Web and headless runs require built package and frontend artifacts. From a checkout, `pnpm run dsh` runs the TypeScript entry and forwards arguments; the [source-launcher reference](reference/README.md#source-launcher) describes the PATH symlink and module-resolution contract.
+Production runs require built package and frontend artifacts. From a checkout, `pnpm run dsh` runs the TypeScript entry and forwards arguments; the [source-launcher reference](reference/README.md#source-launcher) describes the PATH symlink and module-resolution contract.
diff --git a/apps/cli/README.zh.md b/apps/cli/README.zh.md
index e97fec9d6b..242e64a0c4 100644
--- a/apps/cli/README.zh.md
+++ b/apps/cli/README.zh.md
@@ -2,24 +2,25 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-`dsh` 命令是原始 Cordis 配置、Web UI 和一次性无头任务的产品启动器。[`src/args.ts`](src/args.ts) 负责命令语法，[`src/bin.ts`](src/bin.ts) 只加载选中的运行器。无效命令、来自其他模式的选项、配置错误和启动失败都会以非零状态退出。
+`dsh` 命令是 profile 的产品启动器：profile 是按序叠放的插件组合包 patch 层，之上再叠加用户自己的覆盖层。[`src/args.ts`](src/args.ts) 负责命令语法，[`src/bin.ts`](src/bin.ts) 只加载选中的运行器。无效命令、来自其他模式的选项、配置错误和启动失败都会以非零状态退出。
 
 ## 入口模式
 
 | 命令 | 用途 |
 |---|---|
-| `dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml` | 在随附基础配置之上运行显式 patch 列表配置。 |
-| `dsh web` | 使用随附 Web 组合和可选个人配置启动浏览器 UI。 |
-| `dsh -p "task"` | 运行一个新的持久化会话，打印最终答案并退出。 |
+| `dsh --profile <name>` | 启动位于 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 的指定 profile。 |
+| `dsh --profile headless "task"` | 运行一个新的持久化会话，打印最终答案并退出。 |
+| `dsh web` | `--profile web` 的别名，附带 Web flag 系列（`--host`、`--port`、`--dev` 等）。 |
+| `dsh plugin --profile <name> <pnpm args>` | 通过在 profile 目录中转发给 pnpm 来管理该 profile 的插件。 |
 
-调用目录是默认 workspace 根目录。Web 与无头模式共享随附的提供方、持久化、策略、工具、repository Plugin 和遥测组合；原始配置自行选择部署专用前端入口。
+调用目录是默认 workspace 根目录。`web` 和 `headless` profile 在首次使用时会从随附模板自动初始化；其他任何 profile 都必须通过 `dsh plugin` 创建。
 
-## 原始配置
+## Profile
 
-原始 `dsh` 必须提供 `--config`。指定的 patch 列表直接应用到 [`config/base.cordis.yml`](config/base.cordis.yml) 之上；它不是完整替代树，也不会添加 surface overlay 或个人 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`。使用 `--dump-default-config` 和 `--dump-config` 可在不启动的情况下检查生成的配置树。
+profile 目录包含一个 `package.json`（树外插件依赖，加上 profile manifest（元数据清单）`dsh.profile` 及其有序的 `bundles` 列表）和一个 `cordis.patch.yml`（用户自己的 patch 层，在长期运行的 surface 上热重载）。配置树在空根之上组合：先按 `dsh.profile.bundles` 顺序应用各组合包的 patch，然后是 profile 的 `cordis.patch.yml`，然后是 home 级的 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`，然后是 `--patch` overlay，最后是 flag patch。`dsh.profile.bundles` 中列出的组合包先从 dsh 安装目录解析（`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`），再从 profile 自己的 `node_modules` 解析；pnpm 把树外插件安装在后者。使用 `--dump-default-config` 和 `--dump-config` 可在不启动的情况下检查组合后的配置树。
 
-[CLI（命令行界面）行为参考](reference/README.md)负责确切的 overlay 优先级、flag、关闭行为、部署默认值和源码启动器。
+[CLI（命令行界面）行为参考](reference/README.md)负责确切的层优先级、flag、关闭行为、部署默认值和源码启动器。
 
 ## 开发
 
-生产环境的 Web 和无头运行需要已构建的包与前端产物。在 checkout 中，`pnpm run dsh` 会运行 TypeScript 入口并转发参数；[源码启动器参考](reference/README.md#source-launcher)说明 PATH 符号链接和模块解析契约。
+生产运行需要已构建的包与前端产物。在 checkout 中，`pnpm run dsh` 会运行 TypeScript 入口并转发参数；[源码启动器参考](reference/README.md#source-launcher)说明 PATH 符号链接和模块解析契约。
diff --git a/apps/cli/composition.md b/apps/cli/composition.md
index 28f58bcf4d..462b528a30 100644
--- a/apps/cli/composition.md
+++ b/apps/cli/composition.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 # DSH Base Composition
 
-The raw CLI applies one required caller-selected patch list over this shared base; Web and headless apply their own shipped overlays.
+The dsh-base bundle patch every profile applies first; mode bundles (dsh-web-app, dsh-headless) and the user's profile layer patch over it.
 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart LR
-  cfg["apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml<br/>cordis.yml"]
+  cfg["packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml<br/>cordis.yml"]
   plugin_dsh_base_timer["timer<br/>@cordisjs/plugin-timer"]
   cfg --> plugin_dsh_base_timer
   plugin_dsh_base_hmr["hmr<br/>@cordisjs/plugin-hmr"]
@@ -220,6 +220,6 @@ flowchart LR
 | `fs-sandbox` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox` |
 | `llm-deepseek` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek` |
 
-Source config: [`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`](config/base.cordis.yml).
+Source config: [`packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml`](../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml).
 
 Maintenance mode: hybrid: the leaf plugin list is parsed from its `cordis.yml`; app package expansion is curated from package source.
diff --git a/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml b/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dddf2fc1b5..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,403 +0,0 @@
-# The shared `dsh` core. Raw `dsh --config <path>` applies its required patch
-# list directly over this file. Web and headless apply their shipped overlay,
-# followed by an explicit or personal user layer. Every layer addresses these
-# rows by id at one include level, with the last write winning per row.
-#
-# A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config` rather than merging into
-# it, so a row whose value differs by mode does NOT live here: it belongs to
-# each overlay, keeping any single row down to one overlay layer plus the user's.
-# Mode-specific rows appear below only with shared plugin identity and neutral
-# defaults; each overlay restates its complete configuration.
-#
-# Row order carries no load semantics (activation is service-availability
-# driven); the grouping is for readers.
-
-- id: timer
-  name: '@cordisjs/plugin-timer'
-
-- id: hmr
-  name: '@cordisjs/plugin-hmr'
-  config:
-    root: ['.']
-
-# `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` replaces this row's config to select exact GitHub
-# repository Plugin generations. The app registers the DSH-owned runtime even
-# when the list is empty so a later personal-config edit can load
-# transactionally; one-shot headless runs consume the startup value only.
-- id: repository-plugins
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repository-plugin'
-
-- id: llm
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
-
-- id: session
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
-
-- id: session-title
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title'
-  config:
-    fallbackMaxWords: 5
-    fallbackMaxBytes: 40
-    maxTitleBytes: 80
-
-- id: session-title-llm
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm'
-  config:
-    targetWords: 5
-    targetCjkCharacters: 10
-    maxInputBytes: 4096
-    maxOutputTokens: 64
-    timeoutMs: 60000
-
-- id: user-interaction
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-interaction'
-
-- id: agent
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-
-- id: tasks
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local'
-
-- id: llm-retry
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry'
-
-# User-settings document (`$DSH_HOME/settings.yaml`, hot-reloaded): a
-# `llm-deepseek:` or `llm-pi-ai:` section there overrides the adapter entries
-# below without a restart, and is what the web Models page writes.
-- id: settings
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local'
-
-# Credential store: the live process environment over `$DSH_HOME/.env`
-# (owner-only file, hot-reloaded). Adapters resolve their key references
-# through it at each request, so no key is inlined in this file. The web
-# Models page's key inputs write it through `credentials.set`; nothing hoists
-# the document into the process environment, which would make every stored key
-# read as an unrotatable ambient override.
-- id: credentials
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local'
-
-# The pi-ai multi-provider twin, mounted dormant: zero routes (and no extra
-# models in the picker) until a `llm-pi-ai:` settings section supplies provider
-# profiles — then those routes register live, keys resolving per request
-# through their apiKeyEnv references, and drop again when the section empties.
-# Supplying those profiles is exactly what the web Models page does. Which
-# adapters exist is composition; which providers run is the user's settings
-# document.
-- id: llm-pi-ai
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
-
-- id: session-persistence-jsonl
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
-  config:
-    root: !!js dshHomePath('sessions')
-
-# Raw configs can supply a process-local path or disable this shared session
-# capability. The neutral default is process-local and opens only when used.
-- id: session-query-sqlite
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite'
-  config:
-    path: ':memory:'
-    openAt: first-search
-
-# Session telemetry, on for every dsh mode: mirrors every session-log
-# event (assistant/chunk projected to first-of-step) plus ops markers onto
-# OTLP/HTTP log records, streaming on the batch processor's cadence
-# (10s/batch here) — not at exit; a crash loses at most the last unexported
-# interval. No telemetry/record redaction rule is mounted yet, so exports
-# are the raw captured copy; the deployment stance, env seams, and
-# follow-ups are pinned in the web-telemetry-default-mount Agent Note.
-# DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL overrides the production endpoint, and a non-empty
-# DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED — any value, including '0'/'false' — opts the
-# process out (the launchers patch the row disabled; config cannot disable
-# a row). Exports carry the harness home's anonymous user id ($DSH_HOME/.userid,
-# random UUID; delete the file to reset the identity) as the Resource's
-# user.id. The exporter/processor values normally bound the shutdown drain
-# to ~1s against an unreachable collector: exporter.timeoutMillis is both
-# the per-attempt socket timeout and the retry deadline (1s effectively
-# disables the SDK's 5-try backoff), while maxExportBatchSize == maxQueueSize
-# (both explicit) makes the drain a single batch. The SDK awaits
-# exporter.forceFlush() outside exportTimeoutMillis, so the backend's 3s
-# shutdownTimeoutMillis is the load-bearing outer bound when a transport
-# promise never settles. Every CLI exit path drains it by disposing the root
-# on SIGINT/SIGTERM.
-- id: telemetry-otel
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel'
-  config:
-    shutdownTimeoutMillis: 3000
-    exporter:
-      url: !!js process.env.DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL ?? 'https://harness-telemetry.deepseeksvc.com/v1/logs'
-      compression: gzip
-      timeoutMillis: 1000
-    processor:
-      scheduledDelayMillis: 10000
-      maxQueueSize: 2048
-      maxExportBatchSize: 2048
-      exportTimeoutMillis: 1500
-
-- id: subprocess
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
-
-# Every shipped CLI mode starts with the same file-effect boundary.
-# The environment remains an explicit deployment override; otherwise fresh
-# sessions pin workspace-write + ask through the permission service below.
-- id: sandbox
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-local'
-
-- id: sandbox-policy
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-policy'
-  config:
-    mode: !!js process.env.DSH_PERMISSION_MODE ?? 'workspace-write'
-    workspaceRoot: !!js process.cwd()
-
-- id: bash-sandbox
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-sandbox'
-  config:
-    timeoutMs: 60000
-
-- id: approval
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-approval'
-  config:
-    policy: !!js "(process.env.DSH_PERMISSION_MODE ?? 'workspace-write') === 'danger-full-access' ? 'never' : 'ask'"
-
-- id: permission
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission'
-  config:
-    presets:
-      read-only:
-        sandbox: read-only
-        approval: ask
-      workspace-write:
-        sandbox: workspace-write
-        approval: ask
-      danger-full-access:
-        sandbox: danger-full-access
-        approval: never
-
-- id: bash-env
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env'
-
-- id: tool-bash
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash'
-
-- id: tool-tasks
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks'
-
-- id: fs-policy
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy'
-
-- id: tool-fs
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs'
-
-- id: tool-fs-search
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search'
-  config:
-    sampleOverCapGlobResults: false
-
-- id: workspace-context
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context'
-  config:
-    maxBytes: 65536
-
-- id: skill
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill'
-
-- id: skill-local
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill-local'
-
-- id: tool-skill
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill'
-
-- id: commands
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands'
-
-- id: goal
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal'
-
-- id: goal-session
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal-session'
-
-- id: command-goal
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal'
-
-- id: plan-mode
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode'
-  config:
-    section: |
-          You are in plan mode. Stay in plan mode until exit_plan_mode succeeds or the user switches the session mode. Imperative language to implement changes means plan the implementation, not execute it. A user's conversational agreement — including an answer confirming something you asked — approves nothing and does not end plan mode; fold the confirmed decision into the plan and submit it through exit_plan_mode.
-
-          Explore first. Use non-mutating reads, searches, static analysis, and checks to ground the plan in the actual repository. Do not edit or write files, change configuration, run formatters or code generation that rewrites tracked files, commit, or otherwise carry out the plan. Prefer existing functions and patterns over new machinery.
-
-          The tool catalog stays the same across modes for request-cache stability. These plan-mode rules override any later tool description or guidance that suggests using mutation tools; those tools remain listed only to keep the request shape stable. Do not use todo_write to track this planning phase: it tracks implementation after an approved plan, while the plan itself belongs in exit_plan_mode.
-
-          Resolve discoverable facts by inspection. Use ask_user_question only for user-owned choices or material ambiguity that inspection cannot answer. Do not ask the user where code lives or how current behavior works when you can find out.
-
-          Make the plan decision-complete: state the goal and success criteria; group implementation changes by subsystem; identify public API, schema, and data-flow changes; cover edge cases, failure modes, tests, acceptance criteria, and explicit assumptions. Keep it concise enough to review but detailed enough that another engineer can implement it without making design decisions.
-
-          When ready, call exit_plan_mode with the complete plan markdown, starting with a # title. Make exit_plan_mode the only and final tool call in that assistant response: it presents the plan for approval, and implementation begins only in a later step after approval. Do not paste the final plan as a plain reply or ask "should I proceed?" through prose or ask_user_question. If review rejects it, incorporate the feedback and present again. If the review channel is unavailable or aborted, stay in plan mode and ask the user to switch modes manually; do not proceed with implementation.
-
-- id: token-meter
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter'
-
-- id: compact-basic
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic'
-
-# Human `/compact`: one useful reduction below the automatic threshold. Backend
-# independent, so it follows whichever compaction service this leaf mounts.
-- id: command-compact
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-compact'
-
-- id: subagent
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
-
-- id: subagent-spawn
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn'
-  config:
-    providerName: spawn
-
-- id: subagent-fork
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork'
-  config:
-    providerName: fork
-
-# Continuable background children are selected per delegation tool. The
-# separately loaded follow-up tool registers the one global `send_message`.
-- id: tool-subagent-control
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control'
-
-- id: tool-subagent-list-agents
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control/list-agents'
-
-- id: tool-subagent
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
-  config:
-    provider: spawn
-    toolName: subagent
-    backgroundMode: continuable
-
-- id: tool-subagent-fork
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
-  config:
-    provider: fork
-    toolName: subagent_fork
-    backgroundMode: continuable
-
-# Optional direct-child return channel; absent from roots and one-shot agents.
-- id: tool-subagent-report
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-report'
-
-- id: workflow-workerthread
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread'
-  config:
-    provider: spawn
-
-- id: tool-workflow
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow'
-
-- id: timeout-policy
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy'
-
-- id: spill-local
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local'
-
-- id: spill-policy
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy'
-  config:
-    maxInlineBytes: 50000
-
-# Durability checkpoints before each model request and top-level dispatch.
-- id: session-checkpoint-policy
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-checkpoint-policy'
-
-# Compacts oversized tool results before the broader conversation compactor
-# runs, preserving the model-visible result within the configured budget.
-- id: tool-result-prune
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune'
-  config:
-    thresholdChars: 8192
-    headChars: 4096
-    tailChars: 1024
-
-- id: tool-todo
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo'
-
-# Persisted same-session goals reach the model and the slash menu here; the
-# domain, driver, and `/goal` command are above.
-- id: tool-goal
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal'
-
-# Fresh-agent Ralph iteration over a build-time-fixed script.
-- id: tool-ralph
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph'
-  config:
-    subagentProvider: spawn
-    maxRounds: 64
-
-- id: tool-str-replace-editor
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor'
-  config:
-    maxOutputChars: 16000
-
-# Consecutive-repeat reminders on the tool chain.
-- id: repeat-tool-guard
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard'
-  config:
-    thresholds: [3, 5, 8]
-    argumentsPreviewChars: 500
-
-# Every mode enables the stable web_search model surface. DeepSeek search
-# resolves the same DEEPSEEK_API_KEY credential the Models page manages for
-# chat, at each search; its Messages endpoint is separate from the
-# chat-completions endpoint, so it takes its own base-URL override. Fetch stays
-# disabled and no fetch provider is mounted: that provider defers SSRF
-# protection and the model would choose the request target. Search is a full
-# auxiliary model request with server-side retrieval, so this shipped DeepSeek
-# route gets 60s while the provider-neutral tool default remains 30s.
-- id: web
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web'
-  config:
-    searchProvider: deepseek-official
-
-- id: web-search-deepseek
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-deepseek'
-  config:
-    apiKeyEnv: DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
-    baseURL: !!js process.env.DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL
-
-- id: tool-web
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web'
-  config:
-    fetch: false
-    searchTimeoutMs: 60000
-
-# ── rows every mode mounts, whose values each overlay may state ──────────────
-
-# The tool registry. Presentation mode is a deployment choice; omitting it here
-# keeps the schema default (native).
-- id: tools
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
-
-# The deployment persona is a deployment choice; plan-mode and tool plugins own
-# their own prompt sections.
-- id: system-prompt
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
-  config:
-    persona: ''
-
-# Agents created at startup. The base stays empty; raw overlays may create
-# agents, while Web creates sessions on client request.
-- id: agent-loop
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'
-  config:
-    agents: []
-
-# The sandboxed filesystem provider. `cwd` defaults to `process.cwd()`; an
-# overlay can pin another workspace.
-- id: fs-sandbox
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox'
-
-# The native DeepSeek adapter. No key or endpoint is inlined: both resolve per
-# request from the `llm-deepseek:` settings section over this entry, with the
-# key coming from the credential store below. Thinking defaults are a deployment
-# choice.
-- id: llm-deepseek
-  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek'
diff --git a/apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml b/apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml
index 6b31c8f424..0d6960c2a3 100644
--- a/apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml
+++ b/apps/cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
-# Opt-in two-tool profile over the shipped Web composition. The default native
-# model surface is exactly persistent `bash` plus `str_replace_editor`; the
-# Web host, browser shell, workspace, persistence, and permission stack remain.
+# Opt-in Web shell for the RL core agent contract. The model receives exactly
+# the configured persona plus the native `bash` and `str_replace_editor`
+# schemas; the Web host, browser shell, persistence, and permission stack stay.
+
+# Match the Claude SWE-compatible RL core prompt. Disabling the Web runtime's
+# surface context removes its GUI orientation, managed shell variables, and the
+# launcher's source-checkout section through one configuration contract.
+# Workspace instructions are model-visible user context rather than a system
+# section, but RL core disables them as part of the same prompt contract.
+- id: system-prompt
+  config:
+    includeHarnessIdentity: false
+    persona: !!js process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT ?? 'You are a helpful software engineer assistant.'
+
+- id: web-runtime
+  config:
+    surfaceContext: false
+
+- id: workspace-context
+  disabled: true
+
+- id: tools
+  config:
+    mode: native
 
 # Disable every model-facing consumer in the base/Web tree. plan-mode owns the
 # always-registered exit_plan_mode tool even while the session is not planning.
diff --git a/apps/cli/package.json b/apps/cli/package.json
index 4ba1da7e86..87677ce1f9 100644
--- a/apps/cli/package.json
+++ b/apps/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh",
-  "description": "dsh CLI: explicit config overlays, headless tasks, and the browser UI",
+  "description": "dsh CLI: profile boot, plugin management, and the browser UI alias",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
@@ -17,126 +17,31 @@
     "@cordisjs/plugin-include": "workspace:*",
     "@cordisjs/plugin-loader": "workspace:*",
     "@cordisjs/plugin-timer": "workspace:*",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-sandbox": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-hmr": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-modules": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-command": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-goal": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-layout": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-model": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-models": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-permission": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-plan": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-question": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings-general": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-sidebar": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-skill": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slash": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-subagent": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-trajectory": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-workspace": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-code-runtime-worker": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-compact": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal-session": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-auto": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-browse": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-native": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-base": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-pty": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-pty-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-pwsh-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-repository-plugin": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-policy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-checkpoint-policy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection-cache": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-domain": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-json": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-reference": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tmux-context": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ask-user": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash-persistent": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-cordis": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-pwsh": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-report": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-approval": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-interaction": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-deepseek": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace": "workspace:^",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app": "workspace:^",
     "commander": "^15.0.0",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7",
     "js-yaml": "^4.2.0",
     "node-addon-require-builtin": "^0.1.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools": "workspace:^",
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
     "execa": "^10.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/apps/cli/reference/README.i18n.yaml b/apps/cli/reference/README.i18n.yaml
index 7e5b8e5c58..07d7810529 100644
--- a/apps/cli/reference/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/apps/cli/reference/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write apps/cli/reference/README.md
-README.md: b37ec9ed61ea4e9899a51316065d4188f30997ad
-README.zh.md: ca29808a6c8e670f0d0b82c59b1a2c1fa0e13565
+README.md: 8b8a0e7dbebafedd6a4f8d988adb3fd11c7bd026
+README.zh.md: d1d6d5a594596a8be5db30021163f0fcea4a95bf
diff --git a/apps/cli/reference/README.md b/apps/cli/reference/README.md
index b37ec9ed61..8b8a0e7dbe 100644
--- a/apps/cli/reference/README.md
+++ b/apps/cli/reference/README.md
@@ -2,68 +2,68 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-This reference defines the raw-config, Web, and headless command modes. Argv is parsed once through [`src/args.ts`](../src/args.ts), and [`src/bin.ts`](../src/bin.ts) dynamically imports only the selected runner.
+This reference defines the profile, web-alias, plugin-management, and config-dump command modes. Argv is parsed once through [`src/args.ts`](../src/args.ts), and [`src/bin.ts`](../src/bin.ts) dynamically imports only the selected runner.
 
-## Raw config
+## Profile boot
 
-Raw `dsh` requires an explicit patch-list config:
+`dsh --profile <name>` boots the profile at `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`. The effective tree is composed over an empty root by applying, in order: each bundle patch named in the profile manifest's `dsh.profile.bundles` list, the profile's own `cordis.patch.yml`, the home-level `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` (machine-local preferences shared by every profile, so it outranks the per-profile layer), each `--patch <path>` overlay in argv order, and launcher flag patches. Later layers win per row; a patch replaces the targeted row's complete `config` value rather than deep-merging keys, and may insert new rows. A parse, schema, resolution, or plugin boot failure is reported and exits nonzero. SIGINT and SIGTERM dispose the mounted root before exit.
+
+Bundle names resolve from the dsh installation first, then from the profile directory. In-box bundles (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`, `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`, `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`) therefore always come from the same installation as the running `dsh`; out-of-tree bundles come from the profile's pnpm-managed `node_modules`. A bare plugin `name` in any patch row resolves through the profile directory's Node parent-walk, which reaches the maintained installation fallback `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` (one symlink per package the installation's app and bundles depend on, healed on every launch).
+
+The `web` and `headless` profiles auto-initialize from shipped templates on first use (`web`: base + web-app; `headless`: base + web-app + headless). Any other missing profile fails loud with a hint to run `dsh plugin --profile <name> add <package>`.
+
+A positional task (`dsh --profile headless "run the tests"`) requires the composition to mount the one-shot runner row (`headless-runner`); the launcher patches the task text into that row, the runner drives one fresh persisted session through the in-process API carrier, prints the final assistant text on stdout, and exits 0 on a completed turn, else 1. The session's Web host runs on an OS-assigned port and is announced on stderr, so the run is observable in a browser.
+
+Inspect the composed tree without booting it:
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml
+dsh --profile web --dump-default-config
+dsh --profile web --patch ./extra.yml --dump-config
 ```
 
-The named file is applied directly over [`config/base.cordis.yml`](../config/base.cordis.yml) through the Include plugin's patch algorithm. It is not a complete replacement tree, and neither the personal `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` nor another surface overlay is added. The base deliberately contains no startup agent or interaction front door; the required overlay selects those deployment details. Relative config paths resolve from the invoking directory. A parse, schema, resolution, or plugin boot failure is reported and exits nonzero. SIGINT and SIGTERM dispose the mounted root before exit.
+`--dump-default-config` prints only the bundle layers; `--dump-config` adds the profile's `cordis.patch.yml`, the home-level `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`, and `--patch` overlays. Both print provenance comments per layer; `!!js` expressions remain unevaluated, and unmatched patch targets are reported on stderr.
 
-A patch targets a base row by `id` and replaces that row's complete `config` value rather than deep-merging keys. Patch lists may also insert new rows whose plugin modules the shipped Loader can resolve:
+## Plugin management
 
-```yaml
-- id: agent-loop
-  config:
-    agents:
-      - id: main
-        provider: deepseek-official
-        model: deepseek-v4-flash
-```
-
-Inspect the effective tree without booting it:
+`dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` initializes the profile when missing (shipped template, or `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` alone for other names), then forwards `<args...>` to `pnpm` with the profile directory as working directory — `add`, `remove`, `why`, `update`, and every other pnpm verb work unchanged; pnpm must be on PATH. Relative path specs (`.`, `../plugin`, and their `file:`/`link:` forms) are anchored to the invoking directory first, so `add .` from a plugin checkout installs that checkout, not the profile. After every successful run, `dsh.profile.bundles` is reconciled against the installed state: each dependency resolving to a package whose manifest declares `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }` joins the layer stack (so an `update` that gains the declaration activates it), a bundle-less dependency stays plain with a one-time warning, and a removed dependency leaves the stack.
 
 ```sh
-dsh --dump-default-config
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml --dump-config
+dsh plugin --profile tui add github:deepseek-harness/turtle-ui
+dsh plugin --profile tui remove turtle-ui
+dsh --profile tui
 ```
 
-`--dump-default-config` prints only the shipped base. `--dump-config` requires `--config` and prints base plus overlay with provenance comments. Composition uses `applyEntryPatches` and `entryListSchema` from `@cordisjs/plugin-include`; `!!js` expressions remain unevaluated, and unmatched patch targets are reported on stderr.
+Git-hosted plugins that ship sources build during install through their `prepare` script, which pnpm ≥10 blocks until the consumer allows it: the first `add` fails with pnpm's `allowBuilds` hint (and a dsh pointer at the profile's `pnpm-workspace.yaml`); copy the printed key there and re-run. Installing a built tarball or a local checkout needs no allowance.
 
-## Web and headless
+## Web alias
 
-`dsh web` boots `base.cordis.yml` plus [`config/web.cordis.yml`](../config/web.cordis.yml), followed by `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` when present. `dsh web --config <path>` replaces that personal layer with the explicit patch list. `--host`, `--port`, `--workspace-root`, and repeatable `--trusted-host` values become Web host patches; their owning plugin schemas validate them at boot. `--dev` mounts the client-plugin HMR receiver and expects a separate `pnpm run dev:web` watcher for no-refresh client bundle updates.
+`dsh web` is a hardcoded alias for `--profile web` that additionally accepts the Web flag family. `--host`, `--port`, `--workspace-root`, and repeatable `--trusted-host` values become patches over the composed rows; their owning plugin schemas validate them at boot. `--dev` switches the web-runtime row to development mode and inserts the client-plugin HMR receiver; it expects a separate `pnpm run dev:web` watcher for no-refresh client bundle updates.
 
 ```sh
 dsh web
-dsh web --config ./web-profile.cordis.yml
-dsh web --dump-default-config
+dsh web --patch ./extra.cordis.yml
 dsh web --dump-config
 ```
 
 The production Web runner needs built package and frontend artifacts (`pnpm run build`). It serves `http://127.0.0.1:3080` by default. Binding all interfaces also trusts the machine's discovered LAN IP literals; `--trusted-host` adds named authorities accepted by the `/api` browser-trust fence.
 
-`dsh -p "task"` uses the same base and Web composition with the startup personal config, starts its Web host on an OS-assigned port, runs one fresh persisted session, prints the final answer, and exits. It accepts neither `--config` nor raw config-dump flags.
+Process shutdown gives the plugin tree up to five seconds to dispose. The first `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` starts that graceful drain; a second signal forces immediate exit. If one-shot normal completion is already stuck in disposal, the first `Ctrl+C` is the escalation and exits immediately instead of being swallowed.
 
-Web and headless process shutdown gives the plugin tree up to five seconds to dispose. The first `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` starts that graceful drain; a second signal forces immediate exit. If headless normal completion is already stuck in disposal, the first `Ctrl+C` is the escalation and exits immediately instead of being swallowed.
-
-Both modes treat the invoking directory as the default workspace root, load applicable `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md` instructions with a 65,536-byte render budget, and use an in-memory SQLite session content index. Web watches valid personal config edits; headless reads the file once at startup. The [app-boot personal-config contract](../../../packages/ui/app-boot/README.md#personal-config) owns layer precedence, credential storage, live-update failure behavior, and `$DSH_HOME` resolution.
+All modes treat the invoking directory as the default workspace root, load applicable `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md` instructions with a 65,536-byte render budget, and use an in-memory SQLite session content index. Long-lived surfaces watch valid edits of both `cordis.patch.yml` layers (profile and home) and reapply them transactionally; one-shot runs read the files once at startup.
 
 New sessions default to the `workspace-write` permission preset. Bash and filesystem mutations are restricted to the session workspace and platform temporary roots; reads, network access, and process visibility are not confined. `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` changes the process fallback. Stored General-settings permissions affect later Web sessions, not an already-open one.
 
-`DSH_TOOLS_MODE` selects `native`, `code`, or `both` for the Web/headless process; another value fails at boot. [`config/core-web.cordis.yml`](../config/core-web.cordis.yml) is an optional Web overlay that reduces the native model surface to persistent `bash` and `str_replace_editor` while retaining the shipped host, browser, workspace, persistence, and permission composition.
+`DSH_TOOLS_MODE` selects `native`, `code`, or `both` for the process; another value fails at boot. [`config/core-web.cordis.yml`](../config/core-web.cordis.yml) is an optional RL-compatible `--patch` overlay that pins native mode, renders only `DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` or `You are a helpful software engineer assistant.` as the system prompt, disables Workspace instructions and every Web runtime prompt contribution, and exposes only persistent `bash` and `str_replace_editor` while retaining the shipped host, browser, workspace, persistence, and permission composition.
+
+`DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` is passed as the system-prompt [`persona`](../../../packages/core/system-prompt/README.md#config): complete `{{…}}` groups use that contract's strict variable interpolation and have no literal-brace escape; any set value, including an empty string, is authoritative and an empty value therefore removes the system prompt, while only an unset variable selects the fallback.
 
 ## Shared deployment behavior
 
-The base mounts the native DeepSeek adapter, settings and credential providers, stable `web_search`, repository Plugin support, and session telemetry. Provider credentials live in `$DSH_HOME/.env` or the ambient environment and remain rotatable because the launcher never hoists the credential file into `process.env`. Search uses `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` and accepts `DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL`; `web_fetch` is disabled unless an overlay inserts a provider and enables it.
+The base bundle mounts the native DeepSeek adapter, settings and credential providers, stable `web_search`, repository Plugin support, and session telemetry. Provider credentials live in `$DSH_HOME/.env` or the ambient environment and remain rotatable because the launcher never hoists the credential file into `process.env`. Search uses `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` and accepts `DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL`; `web_fetch` is disabled unless a patch layer inserts a provider and enables it.
 
 Session events stream as OTLP/HTTP logs by default. `DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL` selects another collector. Any non-empty `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED` disables the telemetry row before boot. The shipped base has no telemetry redaction rule, so exported records can contain message text, tool arguments and results, and workspace paths; the [telemetry Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-web-telemetry-default-mount.md) owns that deployment decision.
 
-The empty `repository-plugins` row lets Web/headless personal config and raw overlays mount prepared immutable repository Plugin generations. See the [repository Plugin contract](../../../packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md#standalone-app-configuration). The CLI also ships `@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client` as a dependency for overlays, but no MCP server is enabled by default because each server command is trusted executable code outside the agent sandbox.
+The empty `repository-plugins` row lets profile patch layers mount prepared immutable repository Plugin generations. See the [repository Plugin contract](../../../packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md#standalone-app-configuration). The CLI also ships `@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client` as a dependency for patch layers, but no MCP server is enabled by default because each server command is trusted executable code outside the agent sandbox.
 
 ## Source launcher
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/reference/README.zh.md b/apps/cli/reference/README.zh.md
index ca29808a6c..d1d6d5a594 100644
--- a/apps/cli/reference/README.zh.md
+++ b/apps/cli/reference/README.zh.md
@@ -2,68 +2,68 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-本参考定义原始配置、Web 和无头命令模式。参数由 [`src/args.ts`](../src/args.ts) 统一解析，[`src/bin.ts`](../src/bin.ts) 只动态导入选中的运行器。
+本参考定义 profile、web 别名、插件管理和配置 dump 命令模式。参数由 [`src/args.ts`](../src/args.ts) 统一解析，[`src/bin.ts`](../src/bin.ts) 只动态导入选中的运行器。
 
-## 原始配置
+## Profile 启动
 
-原始 `dsh` 必须提供显式 patch 列表配置：
+`dsh --profile <name>` 启动位于 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 的 profile。生效配置树在空根节点之上按以下顺序逐层组合：profile manifest（元数据清单）的 `dsh.profile.bundles` 列表所列的各个组合包 patch、profile 自身的 `cordis.patch.yml`、home 级的 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`（各 profile 共享的机器本地偏好，因此优先级高于逐 profile 的层）、按 argv 顺序的各个 `--patch <path>` overlay，以及启动器 flag patch。后应用的层按行胜出；patch 替换目标行完整的 `config` 值，而不是深度合并各键，并且可以插入新行。配置解析、schema 校验、模块解析或插件启动失败会得到报告并以非零状态退出。收到 SIGINT 或 SIGTERM 时，挂载的根节点会先 dispose（资源释放）再退出。
+
+组合包名称先从 dsh 安装解析，再从 profile 目录解析。因此内置组合包（`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`、`@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`）总是来自与正在运行的 `dsh` 相同的安装；树外组合包来自 profile 由 pnpm 管理的 `node_modules`。任何 patch 行中的裸插件 `name` 通过 profile 目录的 Node 父目录逐级查找解析，该查找可达到持续维护的安装后备目录 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules`（安装的应用和组合包所依赖的每个包对应一个符号链接，每次启动时修复）。
+
+`web` 和 `headless` profile 首次使用时会从随附模板自动初始化（`web`：base + web-app；`headless`：base + web-app + headless）。其他缺失的 profile 会显式报错，并提示运行 `dsh plugin --profile <name> add <package>`。
+
+位置参数任务（`dsh --profile headless "run the tests"`）要求组合挂载一次性运行器行（`headless-runner`）；启动器把任务文本 patch 进该行，运行器通过进程内 API 载体驱动一个全新的持久化会话，在 stdout 打印最终 assistant 文本，并在轮次完成时以 0 退出，否则以 1 退出。会话的 Web 宿主运行在 OS 分配的端口上并公布到 stderr，因此该次运行可在浏览器中观察。
+
+可在不启动的情况下检查组合出的配置树：
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml
+dsh --profile web --dump-default-config
+dsh --profile web --patch ./extra.yml --dump-config
 ```
 
-指定文件通过 Include 插件的 patch 算法直接应用到 [`config/base.cordis.yml`](../config/base.cordis.yml) 之上。它不是完整替代树，也不会添加个人 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` 或其他 surface overlay。基础配置刻意不包含启动 agent（智能体）或交互前端入口；必填 overlay 负责选择这些部署细节。相对配置路径从调用目录解析。配置解析、schema 校验、模块解析或插件启动失败会得到报告并以非零状态退出。收到 SIGINT 或 SIGTERM 时，挂载的根节点会先 dispose（资源释放）再退出。
+`--dump-default-config` 只打印组合包各层；`--dump-config` 额外加上 profile 的 `cordis.patch.yml`、home 级的 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` 和 `--patch` overlay。两者都会按层打印来源注释；`!!js` 表达式保持未求值，找不到目标的 patch 会报告到 stderr。
 
-patch 通过 `id` 定位基础配置行，并替换该行完整的 `config` 值，而不是深度合并各键。patch 列表也可插入新行，只要随附 Loader 能解析其插件模块：
+## 插件管理
 
-```yaml
-- id: agent-loop
-  config:
-    agents:
-      - id: main
-        provider: deepseek-official
-        model: deepseek-v4-flash
-```
-
-可在不启动的情况下检查生效的配置树：
+`dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` 在 profile 缺失时先初始化它（有随附模板的用模板，其他名称只装 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`），然后以 profile 目录为工作目录，把 `<args...>` 转发给 `pnpm`：`add`、`remove`、`why`、`update` 及其他所有 pnpm 子命令都照常可用；pnpm 必须在 PATH 上。相对路径 spec（`.`、`../plugin` 及其 `file:`/`link:` 形式）会先锚定到调用目录，因此在插件 checkout 中执行 `add .` 安装的是该 checkout，而不是 profile。每次成功运行后，`dsh.profile.bundles` 都会与已安装状态对齐：每个解析到 manifest 中声明了 `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }` 的包的依赖加入层栈（因此让包获得该声明的 `update` 会将其激活），没有组合包声明的依赖保持为普通依赖并给出一次性警告，已移除的依赖则退出层栈。
 
 ```sh
-dsh --dump-default-config
-dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml --dump-config
+dsh plugin --profile tui add github:deepseek-harness/turtle-ui
+dsh plugin --profile tui remove turtle-ui
+dsh --profile tui
 ```
 
-`--dump-default-config` 只打印随附基础配置。`--dump-config` 必须与 `--config` 同时使用，并打印基础配置和带来源注释的 overlay。组合使用 `@cordisjs/plugin-include` 的 `applyEntryPatches` 与 `entryListSchema`；`!!js` 表达式保持未求值，找不到目标的 patch 会报告到 stderr。
+Git 托管、随附源码的插件在安装期间通过其 `prepare` 脚本构建，而 pnpm ≥10 在消费方允许之前会阻止该脚本：首次 `add` 会失败并给出 pnpm 的 `allowBuilds` 提示（以及 dsh 指向该 profile 的 `pnpm-workspace.yaml` 的指引）；把打印出的键复制到那里并重新运行即可。安装已构建的 tarball 或本地 checkout 不需要任何允许。
 
-## Web 与无头模式
+## Web 别名
 
-`dsh web` 启动 `base.cordis.yml` 加 [`config/web.cordis.yml`](../config/web.cordis.yml)，并在 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` 存在时继续加载它。`dsh web --config <path>` 用显式 patch 列表替代该个人层。`--host`、`--port`、`--workspace-root` 和可重复的 `--trusted-host` 值会成为 Web 宿主 patch；负责这些值的插件 schema 会在启动时验证它们。`--dev` 挂载客户端插件 HMR（热模块替换）接收器；若要无刷新更新客户端 bundle，还需单独运行 `pnpm run dev:web` watcher。
+`dsh web` 是 `--profile web` 的硬编码别名，并额外接受 Web flag 系列。`--host`、`--port`、`--workspace-root` 和可重复的 `--trusted-host` 值会成为作用在组合行之上的 patch；负责这些值的插件 schema 会在启动时验证它们。`--dev` 把 web-runtime 行切换到开发模式并插入客户端插件 HMR（热模块替换）接收器；若要无刷新更新客户端 bundle，还需单独运行 `pnpm run dev:web` watcher。
 
 ```sh
 dsh web
-dsh web --config ./web-profile.cordis.yml
-dsh web --dump-default-config
+dsh web --patch ./extra.cordis.yml
 dsh web --dump-config
 ```
 
 生产 Web 运行器需要已构建的包和前端产物（`pnpm run build`）。默认服务地址是 `http://127.0.0.1:3080`。绑定所有接口时，还会信任机器自动发现的 LAN IP 字面量；`--trusted-host` 可添加 `/api` 浏览器信任围栏接受的具名 authority。
 
-`dsh -p "task"` 使用同一基础配置和 Web 组合，并加载启动时的个人配置；它在 OS 分配的端口上启动 Web 宿主，运行一个新的持久化会话，打印最终答案并退出。它不接受 `--config` 或原始配置 dump flag。
+进程关闭时会给插件树最多 5 秒完成 dispose。第一次 `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` 启动该优雅排空；第二次信号强制立即退出。如果一次性运行正常结束时已经卡在 dispose 中，第一次 `Ctrl+C` 就会升格并立即退出，而不会被吞掉。
 
-Web 和无头进程关闭时会给插件树最多 5 秒完成 dispose。第一次 `SIGINT`/`SIGTERM` 启动该优雅排空；第二次信号强制立即退出。如果无头模式正常结束时已经卡在 dispose 中，第一次 `Ctrl+C` 就会升格并立即退出，而不会被吞掉。
-
-两种模式都将调用目录作为默认 workspace 根目录，以 65,536 字节渲染预算加载适用的 `AGENTS.md` 或 `CLAUDE.md` 指令，并使用内存 SQLite 会话内容索引。Web 监视有效的个人配置编辑；无头模式只在启动时读取该文件。[app-boot 个人配置契约](../../../packages/ui/app-boot/README.md#personal-config)负责配置层优先级、凭据存储、实时更新失败行为和 `$DSH_HOME` 解析。
+所有模式都将调用目录作为默认 workspace 根目录，以 65,536 字节渲染预算加载适用的 `AGENTS.md` 或 `CLAUDE.md` 指令，并使用内存 SQLite 会话内容索引。常驻 surface 监视两个 `cordis.patch.yml` 层（profile 与 home）的有效编辑并以事务方式重新应用；一次性运行只在启动时读取这些文件一次。
 
 新会话默认使用 `workspace-write` 权限预设。Bash 和文件系统修改仅限于会话 workspace 与平台临时根目录；读取、网络访问和进程可见性不受限制。`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` 更改进程后备值。General settings 中存储的权限影响后续 Web 会话，不改变已打开的会话。
 
-`DSH_TOOLS_MODE` 为 Web／无头进程选择 `native`、`code` 或 `both`；其他值会导致启动失败。[`config/core-web.cordis.yml`](../config/core-web.cordis.yml) 是可选 Web overlay：它在保留随附宿主、浏览器、workspace、持久化和权限组合的同时，把原生模型 surface 缩减为持久 `bash` 和 `str_replace_editor`。
+`DSH_TOOLS_MODE` 为进程选择 `native`、`code` 或 `both`；其他值会导致启动失败。[`config/core-web.cordis.yml`](../config/core-web.cordis.yml) 是可选的 RL 兼容 `--patch` overlay：它固定使用 `native` 模式，仅将 `DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` 或 `You are a helpful software engineer assistant.` 渲染为系统提示词，禁用 Workspace 指令与所有 Web 运行时提示词贡献，并且在保留随附宿主、浏览器、workspace、持久化和权限组合的同时，仅暴露持久 `bash` 和 `str_replace_editor`。
+
+`DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` 会传给系统提示词的 [`persona`](../../../packages/core/system-prompt/README.md#config)：完整的 `{{…}}` 分组遵循该契约的严格变量插值规则，且无法转义为字面花括号；任何已设置的值（包括空字符串）都具有权威性，因此空值会移除系统提示词，只有未设置该变量时才会选择后备值。
 
 ## 共享部署行为
 
-基础配置挂载原生 DeepSeek 适配器、settings 与凭据提供方、稳定的 `web_search`、repository Plugin 支持和会话遥测。提供方凭据存放在 `$DSH_HOME/.env` 或环境中；启动器从不把凭据文件提升到 `process.env`，因此凭据可以轮换。搜索使用 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` 并接受 `DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL`；只有 overlay 插入提供方并启用 `web_fetch` 后，该工具才可用。
+基础组合包挂载原生 DeepSeek 适配器、settings 与凭据提供方、稳定的 `web_search`、repository Plugin 支持和会话遥测。提供方凭据存放在 `$DSH_HOME/.env` 或环境中；启动器从不把凭据文件提升到 `process.env`，因此凭据可以轮换。搜索使用 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` 并接受 `DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL`；只有 patch 层插入提供方并启用 `web_fetch` 后，该工具才可用。
 
 会话事件默认作为 OTLP/HTTP 日志流式发送。`DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL` 选择其他 collector。任何非空 `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED` 都会在启动前禁用遥测配置行。随附基础配置没有遥测脱敏规则，因此导出的记录可能包含消息文本、工具参数与结果以及 workspace 路径；该部署决策由[遥测 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-31-web-telemetry-default-mount.md)负责。
 
-空 `repository-plugins` 行让 Web／无头个人配置和原始 overlay 能够挂载已准备的不可变 repository Plugin generation。参见 [repository Plugin 契约](../../../packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md#standalone-app-configuration)。CLI 还随附 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client` 作为 overlay 的依赖，但默认不启用 MCP 服务器，因为每条服务器命令都是 agent 沙箱之外的受信任可执行代码。
+空 `repository-plugins` 行让 profile 的 patch 层能够挂载已准备的不可变 repository Plugin generation。参见 [repository Plugin 契约](../../../packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md#standalone-app-configuration)。CLI 还随附 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client` 作为供 patch 层使用的依赖，但默认不启用 MCP 服务器，因为每条服务器命令都是 agent（智能体）沙箱之外的受信任可执行代码。
 
 ## 源码启动器
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/app-cli-entry.ts b/apps/cli/src/app-cli-entry.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 651dbca3f7..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/src/app-cli-entry.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,355 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * AppCLIEntry — the pre-cordis boot glue the config-tree dsh surfaces share
- * (`dsh web` and `dsh -p`).
- * Everything here is what must exist before the Loader runs: the patch
- * composition over the shipped base and Web overlay (profile json + CLI
- * flags + the resolved frontend dist), and the fail-loud activation audit after the tree
- * settles. The environment is what the bin already loaded (ambient plus the
- * invoking directory's `.env`); `$DSH_HOME/.env` belongs to the credential
- * provider and is never hoisted here.
- */
-
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
-import { networkInterfaces } from 'node:os'
-import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
-import { Context } from 'cordis'
-import type { PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
-import yaml from 'js-yaml'
-import {
-  boot,
-  installFailLoud,
-  loadOverlayPatches,
-  loadPersonalPatches,
-  watchPersonalPatches,
-} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
-// Empty type import carries the httpServer Context merge for the port read below.
-import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
-
-/** Profile file under the invoking directory (read-only this round; never created — see the design's profile ruling). */
-const PROFILE_DIR = '.dsh-tmp-profile'
-const PROFILE_FILE = 'config.json'
-
-/** The session-telemetry row id the DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED switch targets (mounted in web.cordis.yml). */
-const TELEMETRY_ROW_ID = 'telemetry-otel'
-
-/** The webserver schema's all-interfaces bind literal: gates LAN-authority derivation here and the printed LAN URL in web.ts. */
-const ALL_INTERFACES_HOST = '0.0.0.0'
-
-/**
- * Non-internal IPv4 interface addresses of this machine — the IP-literal
- * authorities an all-interfaces bind is reachable by on the LAN.
- * @returns the addresses in interface order (possibly empty).
- */
-function lanIPv4Addresses(): string[] {
-  return Object.values(networkInterfaces()).flat()
-    .filter((iface): iface is NonNullable<typeof iface> => iface !== undefined && iface.family === 'IPv4' && !iface.internal)
-    .map(iface => iface.address)
-}
-
-/**
- * One LAN-trust resolution for one invocation, sampled exactly once: the
- * machine's LAN IP literals when the effective bind is all-interfaces, and
- * the `trustedHosts` value built from them plus the explicit extras. The
- * single sample is deliberate — display must advertise only addresses the
- * fence was configured with, so both read this snapshot. Derived entries are
- * port-less IP literals: DNS rebinding needs an attacker-controlled name, so
- * an IP-literal Host is safe on any port, and the bound port may be
- * OS-assigned, unknowable pre-boot.
- * @param bindHost - the effective webserver bind host (CLI flag, else the yml default).
- * @param extra - `--trusted-host` values, in argv order.
- * @returns the sampled LAN addresses and the connection row's `trustedHosts` value (each possibly empty).
- */
-export function resolveLanTrust(
-  bindHost: string | undefined,
-  extra: readonly string[],
-): { lanAddresses: string[]; trustedHosts: string[] } {
-  const lanAddresses = bindHost === ALL_INTERFACES_HOST ? lanIPv4Addresses() : []
-  return { lanAddresses, trustedHosts: [...lanAddresses, ...extra] }
-}
-
-/**
- * Resolve the telemetry opt-out switch into its boot patch. ANY non-empty
- * value (including `'0'`/`'false'`) disables: a privacy switch prefers
- * off-by-mistake over on-by-mistake. Throws when the switch is set but the
- * row is absent — a silently no-op "disabled" privacy switch would keep
- * exporting while the user believes it is off.
- * @param disabledEnv - the raw `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED` value (`undefined` when unset).
- * @param hasRow - whether the composition carries the {@link TELEMETRY_ROW_ID} row.
- * @returns the disable patch, or `undefined` when telemetry stays enabled.
- */
-export function resolveTelemetryPatch(disabledEnv: string | undefined, hasRow: boolean): PatchOptions | undefined {
-  if ((disabledEnv ?? '') === '') return undefined
-  if (!hasRow) {
-    throw new Error(`dsh: DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED is set but row "${TELEMETRY_ROW_ID}" is not in this composition`)
-  }
-  return { id: TELEMETRY_ROW_ID, disabled: true }
-}
-
-/**
- * Whether a config file carries the telemetry row, parsed under the same
- * `!!js`-tolerant dialect the boot uses — the `hasRow` input for launchers
- * that compose their patch lists outside {@link AppCLIEntry} (raw `dsh`).
- * @param file - absolute path of the config or overlay file.
- * @returns true when a top-level (or inserted) row has the telemetry id.
- */
-export function configHasTelemetryRow(file: string): boolean {
-  const doc = yaml.load(readFileSync(file, 'utf8'), { schema: includeYamlSchema })
-  if (!Array.isArray(doc)) throw new Error(`dsh: ${file} is not a top-level entry list`)
-  return (doc as { id?: string; insert?: { id?: string }[] }[]).some(row =>
-    row.id === TELEMETRY_ROW_ID || (row.insert ?? []).some(inserted => inserted.id === TELEMETRY_ROW_ID))
-}
-
-/** One profile-json key mapped onto a yml row's config field. */
-interface ProfileMapping {
-  jsonPath: string
-  entryId: string
-  configKey: string
-}
-
-/**
- * The static profile→row mapping table. json is user config and wins over the
- * yml engineering default per field; a json key absent from this table fails
- * loud (a typo silently ignored would read as "setting has no effect").
- * Developers extend deployments by adding rows here.
- */
-const PROFILE_MAPPINGS: ProfileMapping[] = [
-  { jsonPath: 'provider', entryId: 'api-gateway', configKey: 'provider' },
-  { jsonPath: 'model', entryId: 'api-gateway', configKey: 'model' },
-  { jsonPath: 'persistenceRoot', entryId: 'session-persistence-jsonl', configKey: 'root' },
-]
-
-// The include's YAML dialect: `!!js` scalars become expression nodes the
-// Loader evaluates at entry activation. The bypass parse below must accept
-// them (and passing one through a patch unchanged is legal).
-const jsExprType = new yaml.Type('tag:yaml.org,2002:js', {
-  kind: 'scalar',
-  resolve: data => typeof data === 'string',
-  construct: data => ({ __jsExpr: String(data) }),
-})
-const includeYamlSchema = yaml.JSON_SCHEMA.extend(jsExprType)
-
-/** Constructor facts for one dsh invocation over the shared composition (argv already parsed by the surface bin). */
-export interface AppCLIEntryOptions {
-  /** Absolute path of the shared base config the Loader includes. */
-  configPath: string
-  /**
-   * Absolute path of this surface's overlay: a patch list applied over
-   * {@link configPath} before this entry's own profile/flag patches. Its rows
-   * are also merge inputs, so a flag override preserves the overlay's other
-   * fields on the same row.
-   */
-  overlayPath: string
-  /**
-   * Optional explicit overlay applied after {@link overlayPath} and before
-   * this entry's own profile/flag patches. When absent, the personal
-   * `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` overlay is applied instead.
-   */
-  extraOverlayPath?: string
-  /** Whether to append client-bundle HMR (the Web surface's prod/dev difference). */
-  dev: boolean
-  /** Whether `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` remains live after the initial boot. */
-  watchPersonalConfig: boolean
-  /** --host when explicitly passed; undefined keeps the yml engineering default. */
-  host?: string
-  /**
-   * Listen port override onto the webserver row. Web passes the --port flag
-   * value; headless passes 0 (an OS-assigned port, so parallel `dsh -p` runs
-   * never collide — and the printed URL still opens the live session in a
-   * browser).
-   */
-  port?: number
-  /** Parent directory for name-created Workspaces; undefined uses the gateway's cwd fallback. */
-  workspaceRoot?: string
-  /** Extra authorities for the /api browser-trust fence (`host` or `host:port`), appended to the derived LAN IP literals. */
-  trustedHosts?: string[]
-  /** Surface setup registered after Loader installation and before any config-tree entry mounts. */
-  prepare?: (ctx: Context) => Promise<void> | void
-}
-
-/**
- * Boot driver for the config-tree dsh surfaces (web and headless share the
- * one composition; the surfaces differ only in constructor facts): holds only
- * what exists independently of (and prior to) cordis — argv facts, the
- * composed patch set, and finally the root ctx.
- */
-export class AppCLIEntry {
-  /** The root context, set by {@link run}. */
-  ctx!: Context
-
-  /**
-   * LAN IPv4 addresses sampled once at patch composition — the exact snapshot
-   * the /api trust fence was configured with. Display reads this instead of
-   * re-sampling, so the advertised LAN URL can never name an address the
-   * fence rejects. Empty unless the effective bind is all-interfaces.
-   */
-  lanAddresses: readonly string[] = []
-
-  private patches: PatchOptions[] = []
-
-  constructor(private readonly options: AppCLIEntryOptions) {}
-
-  /**
-   * Run the boot chain: patch composition → Loader installation → surface
-   * preparation → config-tree boot (dev row before await) → fail-loud triple.
-   * @returns the settled root context and the listening port.
-   */
-  async run(): Promise<{ ctx: Context; port: number }> {
-    this.composePatches()
-    await this.bootTree()
-    this.assertBoot()
-    const port = this.ctx.get('httpServer')?.port
-    /* v8 ignore next -- the sweep above guarantees an ACTIVE webserver row */
-    if (port === undefined) throw new Error('dsh: httpServer service missing after settled boot')
-    return { ctx: this.ctx, port }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Compose the patch set from profile json, CLI flags, and the resolved
-   * frontend dist. Patches replace a row's config wholesale, so each patched row's yml
-   * static values are re-read here (bypass parse) and merged under the overrides.
-   */
-  private composePatches(): void {
-    const rows = this.parseYmlRows()
-    const overrides = new Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>()
-    const put = (entryId: string, key: string, value: unknown): void => {
-      const bag = overrides.get(entryId) ?? {}
-      bag[key] = value
-      overrides.set(entryId, bag)
-    }
-
-    // Source 1: profile json (missing file = empty; unmapped key = loud).
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(this.readProfile())) {
-      const mapping = PROFILE_MAPPINGS.find(m => m.jsonPath === key)
-      if (mapping === undefined) {
-        throw new Error(`dsh: profile key "${key}" has no mapping (known: ${PROFILE_MAPPINGS.map(m => m.jsonPath).join(', ')})`)
-      }
-      put(mapping.entryId, mapping.configKey, value)
-    }
-
-    // Source 2: CLI flags (field set disjoint from the json mappings).
-    if (this.options.host !== undefined) put('webserver', 'host', this.options.host)
-    if (this.options.port !== undefined) put('webserver', 'port', this.options.port)
-    if (this.options.workspaceRoot !== undefined) put('api-gateway', 'workspaceRoot', this.options.workspaceRoot)
-
-    // Source 2b: authorities for the /api browser-trust fence (rationale on
-    // resolveLanTrust).
-    const ymlHost = (rows.get('webserver')?.config as { host?: string } | undefined)?.host
-    const { lanAddresses, trustedHosts } = resolveLanTrust(this.options.host ?? ymlHost, this.options.trustedHosts ?? [])
-    this.lanAddresses = lanAddresses
-    if (trustedHosts.length > 0) put('connection', 'trustedHosts', trustedHosts)
-
-    // Source 3: the frontend dist — an assembly fact of this app, never yml
-    // user config. Workspace knowledge stays here.
-    put('webserver', 'distIndex', this.resolveDistIndex())
-
-    const generated = [...overrides.entries()].map(([id, bag]) => {
-      const yml = rows.get(id)
-      if (yml === undefined) throw new Error(`dsh: patch target row "${id}" not found in ${this.options.configPath}`)
-      return { id, config: { ...(yml.config ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>, ...bag } }
-    })
-    this.patches = generated
-
-    // Telemetry opt-out: a row can only be turned off at the patch layer
-    // (config cannot disable an entry), and the switch must hold BEFORE the
-    // plugin constructs — its exporter.url validation is load-time fail-loud.
-    const telemetryPatch = resolveTelemetryPatch(process.env.DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED, rows.has(TELEMETRY_ROW_ID))
-    if (telemetryPatch !== undefined) this.patches.push(telemetryPatch)
-  }
-
-  /** Shared Loader boot; surface preparation precedes the tree, and the dev HMR row precedes the activation audit. */
-  private async bootTree(): Promise<void> {
-    // One include of the shared base with every overlay as a sibling patch
-    // list: patches never cross an include boundary, so nesting them would
-    // silently stop reaching base rows. The surface overlay applies first, then
-    // this entry's profile-json and CLI-flag patches, which therefore win.
-    const compose = (overlay: PatchOptions[]): PatchOptions[] => [
-      ...loadOverlayPatches('dsh', this.options.overlayPath),
-      ...overlay,
-      ...this.patches,
-    ]
-    // An explicit --config overlay REPLACES the personal overlay, so there is
-    // then no personal layer to keep live — the watcher is personal-only.
-    const watchPersonal = this.options.watchPersonalConfig && this.options.extraOverlayPath === undefined
-    const patches = compose(
-      this.options.extraOverlayPath === undefined
-        ? loadPersonalPatches('dsh') ?? []
-        : loadOverlayPatches('dsh', this.options.extraOverlayPath),
-    )
-    this.ctx = await boot('dsh', resolve(this.options.configPath), patches, async (ctx) => {
-      await this.options.prepare?.(ctx)
-      // Config-only HMR for the personal overlay: module reload stays off for
-      // this surface (web.cordis.yml disables the shared `hmr` row until its
-      // reload lifecycle is tested), so this row watches no module roots.
-      if (watchPersonal) await ctx.loader.create({ name: '@cordisjs/plugin-hmr', config: { root: [] } })
-      if (this.options.dev) await ctx.loader.create({ name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-hmr' })
-    })
-    if (watchPersonal) {
-      await watchPersonalPatches(this.ctx, { binName: 'dsh', compose })
-    }
-  }
-
-  /** Install the diagnostic for plugin rejections that happen after settled boot. */
-  private assertBoot(): void {
-    installFailLoud('dsh')
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Bypass parse of the base and this surface's overlay (id → row) for
-   * patch-merge inputs; the Loader still reads both files itself. The overlay
-   * wins per row, matching the order its patches are applied in, and its
-   * `insert` rows are indexed too because a flag may target one of them.
-   */
-  private parseYmlRows(): Map<string, { config?: unknown }> {
-    const rows = new Map<string, { config?: unknown }>()
-    const files = [this.options.configPath, this.options.overlayPath]
-    if (this.options.extraOverlayPath !== undefined) files.push(this.options.extraOverlayPath)
-    for (const file of files) {
-      for (const row of this.parseRowList(file)) {
-        if (typeof row.id === 'string') rows.set(row.id, row)
-        for (const inserted of row.insert ?? []) {
-          if (typeof inserted.id === 'string') rows.set(inserted.id, inserted)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return rows
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Parse one entry or patch list, rejecting anything that is not a top-level
-   * array so a malformed file fails here rather than at row lookup.
-   * @param file - absolute path of the config or overlay file.
-   * @returns the parsed top-level entries.
-   */
-  private parseRowList(file: string): { id?: string; config?: unknown; insert?: { id?: string; config?: unknown }[] }[] {
-    const doc = yaml.load(readFileSync(file, 'utf8'), { schema: includeYamlSchema })
-    if (!Array.isArray(doc)) throw new Error(`dsh: ${file} is not a top-level entry list`)
-    return doc as { id?: string; config?: unknown; insert?: { id?: string; config?: unknown }[] }[]
-  }
-
-  /** Profile json under cwd; read-only — never created here, absent = no user config. */
-  private readProfile(): Record<string, unknown> {
-    let raw: string
-    try {
-      raw = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), PROFILE_DIR, PROFILE_FILE), 'utf8')
-    } catch (error) {
-      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT') return {}
-      throw error
-    }
-    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(raw)
-    if (parsed === null || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-      throw new Error(`dsh: ${PROFILE_DIR}/${PROFILE_FILE} must hold a JSON object`)
-    }
-    return parsed as Record<string, unknown>
-  }
-
-  /** Dist location is workspace knowledge of this app: resolved through the frontend package exports, not configured. */
-  private resolveDistIndex(): string {
-    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
-    try {
-      return require.resolve('@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend/dist/index.html')
-    } catch {
-      throw new Error('dsh: frontend dist not built; run pnpm run build from the repository root first')
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/args.ts b/apps/cli/src/args.ts
index 18b31fc3a9..310b5b03a2 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/args.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/args.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,42 @@
 /**
  * Commander adapter for the `dsh` command-line entry. The default command
- * boots one required `--config` overlay over the shipped base; `-p` selects
- * the one-shot headless path and `web` selects the browser application.
- * Commander owns help, version, and parse errors.
+ * boots a named profile (`--profile <name>`), optionally with extra `--patch`
+ * overlays and a positional task (one-shot mode for profiles mounting the
+ * headless runner). `web` is a hardcoded alias for `--profile web` that adds
+ * the Web flag family; `plugin` manages a profile's plugin dependencies by
+ * forwarding to pnpm. Commander owns help, version, and parse errors.
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/args
  */
 
 import { Command, CommanderError } from 'commander'
 
-/** Boot a caller-selected overlay over the shipped base config. */
-interface ConfigInvocation {
-  mode: 'config'
-  config: string
+/** Boot a named profile. */
+interface ProfileInvocation {
+  mode: 'profile'
+  profile: string
+  /** Extra patch-list overlays applied after the profile's own layer, in argv order. */
+  patches: string[]
+  /** Positional task text joined by spaces; non-empty only for one-shot runs. */
+  task?: string
 }
 
-/** Print a composed config tree and exit without booting. */
+/** Print a composed profile tree and exit without booting. */
 interface DumpConfigInvocation {
   mode: 'dump-config'
-  surface: 'config' | 'web'
-  /** Omit every caller or personal layer and print the shipped tree. */
+  profile: string
+  /** Omit the profile's user layer and --patch overlays; print bundle layers only. */
   defaultOnly: boolean
-  /** Explicit overlay to compose over the base or Web surface. */
-  config?: string
-}
-
-/** Headless one-shot: `dsh -p "task"`. */
-interface HeadlessInvocation {
-  mode: 'headless'
-  prompt: string
+  patches: string[]
 }
 
 /**
- * Browser UI: `dsh web`. Host and port remain unvalidated pass-throughs to
- * the webserver schema; absent values leave the shipped Web overlay intact.
+ * Browser UI: `dsh web` (alias of `--profile web`). Host and port remain
+ * unvalidated pass-throughs to the webserver schema; absent values leave the
+ * shipped web bundle values intact.
  */
 interface WebInvocation {
   mode: 'web'
-  /** Overlay applied over the shipped Web composition instead of the personal one. */
-  config?: string
+  patches: string[]
   host?: string
   port?: number
   dev: boolean
@@ -46,12 +45,20 @@ interface WebInvocation {
   trustedHosts?: string[]
 }
 
+/** Manage a profile's plugins: forward `args` to pnpm inside the profile directory. */
+interface PluginInvocation {
+  mode: 'plugin'
+  profile: string
+  /** Raw pnpm arguments, verbatim. */
+  args: string[]
+}
+
 /** The resolved `dsh` invocation. Help, version, and errors exit inside {@link parseDshArgs}. */
-export type DshInvocation = ConfigInvocation | DumpConfigInvocation | HeadlessInvocation | WebInvocation
+export type DshInvocation = ProfileInvocation | DumpConfigInvocation | WebInvocation | PluginInvocation
 
 /** Raw web-subcommand options straight from Commander. */
 interface WebOptions {
-  config?: string
+  patch?: string[]
   host?: string
   port?: string
   dev?: boolean
@@ -61,43 +68,11 @@ interface WebOptions {
   dumpDefaultConfig?: boolean
 }
 
-/** Resolve config-dump flags for one command shape. */
-function resolveDump(
-  surface: 'config' | 'web',
-  options: { config?: string; dumpConfig?: boolean; dumpDefaultConfig?: boolean },
-  error: (message: string) => never,
-): DumpConfigInvocation | undefined {
-  if (options.dumpConfig !== true && options.dumpDefaultConfig !== true) return undefined
-  if (options.dumpConfig === true && options.dumpDefaultConfig === true) {
-    error('error: --dump-config and --dump-default-config are mutually exclusive')
-  }
-  const defaultOnly = options.dumpDefaultConfig === true
-  if (defaultOnly && options.config !== undefined) {
-    error('error: --dump-default-config prints the shipped tree and takes no --config')
-  }
-  if (surface === 'config' && !defaultOnly && options.config === undefined) {
-    error('error: --dump-config requires --config <path>')
-  }
-  return {
-    mode: 'dump-config',
-    surface,
-    defaultOnly,
-    ...options.config !== undefined && { config: options.config },
-  }
-}
-
-/** Narrow raw `web` options into a {@link WebInvocation}. */
-function resolveWeb(options: WebOptions): WebInvocation {
-  return {
-    mode: 'web',
-    ...options.config !== undefined && { config: options.config },
-    ...options.host !== undefined && { host: options.host },
-    ...options.port !== undefined && { port: Number(options.port) },
-    dev: options.dev === true,
-    ...options.workspaceRoot !== undefined && { workspaceRoot: options.workspaceRoot },
-    ...options.trustedHost !== undefined && { trustedHosts: options.trustedHost },
-  }
-}
+/**
+ * Repeatable single-value collector: `--patch a.yml --patch b.yml`. Never
+ * variadic — a variadic `--patch` would swallow a following positional task.
+ */
+const collect = (value: string, previous: string[] = []): string[] => [...previous, value]
 
 /**
  * Resolve argv into one invocation, or print and exit for help, version, or an
@@ -111,77 +86,122 @@ export function parseDshArgs(argv: readonly string[], version: string): DshInvoc
   const program = new Command()
     .name('dsh')
     .version(version, '-V, --version', 'output the version number')
-    .description('dsh: boot a DeepSeek Harness config overlay over the shipped base configuration.')
+    .description('dsh: boot a DeepSeek Harness profile — an ordered stack of plugin-bundle patch layers under your own overrides.')
     .addHelpText('after', `
 Examples:
-  dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml  boot an overlay over the shipped base
-  dsh -p "run the tests"         answer one task, print the result, and exit
-  dsh web                       serve the browser UI
+  dsh --profile web                          boot the web profile (same as: dsh web)
+  dsh --profile headless "run the tests"     answer one task, print the result, and exit
+  dsh --profile tui --patch ./extra.yml      boot a custom profile with one extra overlay
+  dsh plugin --profile tui add <package>     install a plugin into the tui profile
+  dsh web --port 8080                        the web alias with its flag family
 `)
     .exitOverride()
     .enablePositionalOptions()
-    .option('-p, --prompt <task>', 'answer this task without an interactive UI, then exit')
-    .option('--config <path>', 'overlay of loader patches to apply over the shipped base')
-    .option('--dump-config', 'print the base plus --config overlay and exit')
-    .option('--dump-default-config', 'print the shipped base config and exit')
-    .action((options: {
-      config?: string
-      prompt?: string
+    .argument('[task...]', 'one-shot task text for profiles mounting the headless runner')
+    .option('--profile <name>', 'the profile under $DSH_HOME/profiles to boot')
+    .option('--patch <path>', 'extra patch-list overlay applied after the profile layer (repeatable)', collect)
+    .option('--dump-config', 'print the composed profile tree and exit')
+    .option('--dump-default-config', 'print the profile tree without its user layer or --patch overlays and exit')
+    .action((task: string[], options: {
+      profile?: string
+      patch?: string[]
       dumpConfig?: boolean
       dumpDefaultConfig?: boolean
     }) => {
-      if (options.config === '') program.error('error: --config needs a path')
-      const dump = resolveDump('config', options, message => program.error(message))
-      if (dump !== undefined) {
-        if (options.prompt !== undefined) {
-          program.error('error: --dump-config/--dump-default-config take no -p/--prompt')
+      const profile = options.profile ?? program.error('error: --profile <name> is required')
+      if (profile === '') program.error('error: --profile needs a name')
+      const patches = options.patch ?? []
+      if (patches.includes('')) program.error('error: --patch needs a path')
+      if (options.dumpConfig === true || options.dumpDefaultConfig === true) {
+        if (options.dumpConfig === true && options.dumpDefaultConfig === true) {
+          program.error('error: --dump-config and --dump-default-config are mutually exclusive')
         }
-        resolved = dump
+        if (task.length > 0) program.error('error: --dump-config/--dump-default-config take no task')
+        const defaultOnly = options.dumpDefaultConfig === true
+        if (defaultOnly && patches.length > 0) {
+          program.error('error: --dump-default-config prints the bundle layers and takes no --patch')
+        }
+        resolved = { mode: 'dump-config', profile, defaultOnly, patches }
         return
       }
-      if (options.prompt !== undefined) {
-        if (options.prompt === '') program.error('error: --prompt needs a task')
-        if (options.config !== undefined) program.error('error: --prompt takes no --config')
-        resolved = { mode: 'headless', prompt: options.prompt }
-        return
+      resolved = {
+        mode: 'profile',
+        profile,
+        patches,
+        ...task.length > 0 ? { task: task.join(' ') } : {},
       }
-      const config = options.config ?? program.error('error: --config <path> is required')
-      resolved = { mode: 'config', config }
     })
 
   /** Reject parent options that crossed a subcommand boundary. */
   const rejectParentOptions = (command: string): void => {
     const parent = program.opts<{
-      config?: string
-      prompt?: string
+      profile?: string
+      patch?: string[]
       dumpConfig?: boolean
       dumpDefaultConfig?: boolean
     }>()
-    if (parent.config !== undefined || parent.prompt !== undefined
+    if (parent.profile !== undefined || parent.patch !== undefined
       || parent.dumpConfig !== undefined || parent.dumpDefaultConfig !== undefined) {
-      program.error(`error: ${command} takes none of parent --config, -p/--prompt, --dump-config, or --dump-default-config`)
+      program.error(`error: ${command} takes none of parent --profile, --patch, --dump-config, or --dump-default-config`)
     }
   }
 
-  const web = program.command('web').description('serve the browser UI on the configured host and port')
+  const web = program.command('web').description('serve the browser UI (alias of --profile web) on the configured host and port')
   web
-    .option('--config <path>', 'apply this overlay of loader patches over the shipped Web configuration')
+    .option('--patch <path>', 'extra patch-list overlay applied after the profile layer (repeatable)', collect)
     .option('--host <host>', 'bind host; pass 0.0.0.0 to reach it from another machine')
     .option('--port <port>', 'listen port; pass 0 to let the OS pick a free one')
     .option('--dev', 'mount the client-plugin HMR receiver (run pnpm run dev:web separately to rebuild bundles)')
     .option('--workspace-root <path>', 'parent directory for workspaces created from the browser UI')
     .option('--trusted-host <authority...>', 'extra authority the /api browser-trust fence accepts (host or host:port; repeatable)')
-    .option('--dump-config', 'print the composed config tree (base + web + --config/personal overlay) and exit')
-    .option('--dump-default-config', 'print the shipped config tree (base + web overlay, no user layer) and exit')
+    .option('--dump-config', 'print the composed web-profile tree (with the user layer and any --patch) and exit')
+    .option('--dump-default-config', 'print the web profile\'s bundle layers (no user layer) and exit')
     .action((options: WebOptions) => {
       rejectParentOptions('web')
-      if (options.config === '') program.error('error: --config needs a path')
-      const dump = resolveDump('web', options, message => program.error(message))
-      if (dump !== undefined) {
-        resolved = dump
+      const patches = options.patch ?? []
+      if (patches.includes('')) program.error('error: --patch needs a path')
+      if (options.dumpConfig === true || options.dumpDefaultConfig === true) {
+        if (options.dumpConfig === true && options.dumpDefaultConfig === true) {
+          program.error('error: --dump-config and --dump-default-config are mutually exclusive')
+        }
+        const defaultOnly = options.dumpDefaultConfig === true
+        if (defaultOnly && patches.length > 0) {
+          program.error('error: --dump-default-config prints the bundle layers and takes no --patch')
+        }
+        // The dump is boot-free and does not derive flag patches; silently
+        // dropping them would print a tree that differs from the same
+        // invocation's boot.
+        if (options.host !== undefined || options.port !== undefined || options.dev === true
+          || options.workspaceRoot !== undefined || options.trustedHost !== undefined) {
+          program.error('error: config dumps take no web flags (--host/--port/--dev/--workspace-root/--trusted-host)')
+        }
+        resolved = { mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'web', defaultOnly, patches }
         return
       }
-      resolved = resolveWeb(options)
+      if (options.port !== undefined && !/^\d+$/.test(options.port)) {
+        program.error(`error: --port must be a number, got ${JSON.stringify(options.port)}`)
+      }
+      resolved = {
+        mode: 'web',
+        patches,
+        ...options.host !== undefined && { host: options.host },
+        ...options.port !== undefined && { port: Number(options.port) },
+        dev: options.dev === true,
+        ...options.workspaceRoot !== undefined && { workspaceRoot: options.workspaceRoot },
+        ...options.trustedHost !== undefined && { trustedHosts: options.trustedHost },
+      }
+    })
+
+  const plugin = program.command('plugin').description('manage a profile\'s plugins by forwarding the remaining arguments to pnpm in the profile directory')
+  plugin
+    .requiredOption('--profile <name>', 'the profile whose plugins to manage (initialized on first use)')
+    .allowUnknownOption()
+    .argument('[args...]', 'pnpm arguments, forwarded verbatim (add <pkg>, remove <pkg>, why <pkg>, ...)')
+    .action((args: string[], options: { profile: string }) => {
+      rejectParentOptions('plugin')
+      if (options.profile === '') program.error('error: --profile needs a name')
+      if (args.length === 0) program.error('error: plugin needs pnpm arguments to forward (e.g. add <package>)')
+      resolved = { mode: 'plugin', profile: options.profile, args }
     })
 
   try {
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/bin.ts b/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
index fbdda23f2d..4783c2d175 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/bin.ts
@@ -28,24 +28,28 @@ loadEnv('dsh')
 const invocation = parseDshArgs(process.argv.slice(2), readVersion())
 
 switch (invocation.mode) {
-  case 'config': {
-    const { runConfig } = await import('./config.ts')
-    await runConfig(invocation.config)
+  case 'profile': {
+    const { runProfile } = await import('./profile-boot.ts')
+    await runProfile({
+      profile: invocation.profile,
+      patchFiles: invocation.patches,
+      ...invocation.task !== undefined && { task: invocation.task },
+    })
     break
   }
   case 'web': {
     const { runWeb } = await import('./web.ts')
-    await runWeb(invocation.host, invocation.port, invocation.dev, invocation.workspaceRoot, invocation.trustedHosts, invocation.config)
+    await runWeb(invocation)
     break
   }
-  case 'headless': {
-    const { runHeadless } = await import('./headless.ts')
-    await runHeadless(invocation.prompt)
+  case 'plugin': {
+    const { runPlugin } = await import('./plugin.ts')
+    process.exit(runPlugin(invocation.profile, invocation.args))
     break
   }
   case 'dump-config': {
     const { runDumpConfig } = await import('./dump-config.ts')
-    runDumpConfig(invocation.surface, invocation.defaultOnly, invocation.config)
+    runDumpConfig(invocation.profile, invocation.defaultOnly, invocation.patches)
     break
   }
   default:
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/config.ts b/apps/cli/src/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f704a35bf3..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/src/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Raw `dsh --config <path>` boot: apply one required patch-list overlay over
- * the shipped base config, then leave process lifetime to the mounted plugins.
- * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/config
- */
-
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import type { Context } from 'cordis'
-import {
-  boot,
-  installFailLoud,
-  loadOverlayPatches,
-  resolveConfigPath,
-} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
-import { configHasTelemetryRow, resolveTelemetryPatch } from './app-cli-entry.ts'
-
-const NAME = 'dsh'
-const BASE_CONFIG = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/base.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
-
-/* v8 ignore start -- the source-launch and built-bin acceptance paths own executable dispatch */
-/**
- * Boot the shipped base with one explicit overlay.
- * @param config - required patch-list path parsed from `--config`.
- */
-export async function runConfig(config: string): Promise<void> {
-  const app: { current?: Context } = {}
-  let exiting = false
-  const shutdown = (code: number): void => {
-    if (exiting) return
-    exiting = true
-    void Promise.resolve(app.current?.fiber.dispose()).finally(() => { process.exit(code) })
-  }
-  // An inserted front door can publish readiness before sibling rows finish
-  // mounting. Signals must own teardown throughout that startup window, not
-  // only after boot() settles.
-  process.on('SIGTERM', () => { shutdown(0) })
-  process.on('SIGINT', () => { shutdown(130) })
-  installFailLoud(NAME, process, async () => {
-    await app.current?.fiber.dispose()
-  })
-  const overlay = resolveConfigPath(config, undefined)
-  const telemetryPatch = resolveTelemetryPatch(
-    process.env.DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED,
-    configHasTelemetryRow(BASE_CONFIG),
-  )
-  const ctx = await boot(NAME, BASE_CONFIG, [
-    ...loadOverlayPatches(NAME, overlay),
-    ...telemetryPatch === undefined ? [] : [telemetryPatch],
-  ], (hostCtx) => {
-    app.current = hostCtx
-  })
-  app.current = ctx
-}
-/* v8 ignore stop */
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/dump-config.ts b/apps/cli/src/dump-config.ts
index cb88e8d655..9de7a55f60 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/dump-config.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/dump-config.ts
@@ -1,52 +1,53 @@
 /**
- * Config-dump entry for raw `dsh --config` and `dsh web`: compose through the
- * include plugin's patch algorithm without booting or evaluating `!!js`.
+ * Config-dump entry for `dsh --profile <name> --dump-config`: compose the
+ * profile's patch layers through the include plugin's patch algorithm without
+ * booting or evaluating `!!js`, with one provenance layer per bundle, the
+ * profile's own patch file, and each `--patch` overlay.
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/dump-config
  */
 
-import { basename, join } from 'node:path'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import {
+  loadOptionalPatches,
   loadOverlayPatches,
-  loadPersonalPatches,
-  PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME,
   renderConfigDump,
   type ConfigDumpLayer,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
-import { resolveDshHome } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
+import { homePatchPath, prepareProfile, PROFILE_ROOT_FILENAME } from './profile-boot.ts'
 
 const NAME = 'dsh'
-const BASE_CONFIG = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/base.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
-const WEB_OVERLAY = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/web.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
 
 /* v8 ignore start -- built-bin acceptance drives this boot-free dispatch */
 /**
- * Print a raw or Web composition with provenance comments.
- * @param surface - raw base-plus-config composition, or the Web composition.
- * @param defaultOnly - omit the explicit or personal user layer.
- * @param config - explicit overlay path; required for a non-default raw dump.
+ * Print a profile composition with provenance comments.
+ * @param profile - the profile name.
+ * @param defaultOnly - omit the profile's user layer and `--patch` overlays
+ * (the recovery diagnostic for a broken `cordis.patch.yml`, which is then
+ * never parsed).
+ * @param patches - `--patch` overlay paths, in argv order.
  */
-export function runDumpConfig(surface: 'config' | 'web', defaultOnly: boolean, config?: string): void {
-  const layers: ConfigDumpLayer[] = []
-  if (surface === 'config') {
-    if (!defaultOnly) {
-      /* v8 ignore next -- parseDshArgs requires this combination */
-      if (config === undefined) throw new Error('dsh: raw config dump requires an overlay')
-      layers.push({ label: config, patches: loadOverlayPatches(NAME, config) })
+export function runDumpConfig(profile: string, defaultOnly: boolean, patches: readonly string[]): void {
+  const loaded = prepareProfile(profile, !defaultOnly)
+  const layers: ConfigDumpLayer[] = loaded.layers.map(layer => ({
+    label: layer.packageName,
+    patches: layer.patches,
+  }))
+  if (!defaultOnly) {
+    if (existsSync(loaded.patchPath)) {
+      layers.push({ label: loaded.patchPath, patches: loaded.patches })
     }
-  } else {
-    layers.push({ label: basename(WEB_OVERLAY), patches: loadOverlayPatches(NAME, WEB_OVERLAY) })
-    if (!defaultOnly) {
-      if (config === undefined) {
-        const personal = loadPersonalPatches(NAME)
-        if (personal !== undefined) {
-          layers.push({ label: join(resolveDshHome(), PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), patches: personal })
-        }
-      } else {
-        layers.push({ label: config, patches: loadOverlayPatches(NAME, config) })
-      }
+    const homePatchFile = homePatchPath()
+    const homePatches = loadOptionalPatches(NAME, homePatchFile)
+    if (homePatches !== undefined) {
+      layers.push({ label: homePatchFile, patches: homePatches })
+    }
+    for (const file of patches) {
+      const absolute = resolve(file)
+      layers.push({ label: absolute, patches: loadOverlayPatches(NAME, absolute) })
     }
   }
-  process.stdout.write(renderConfigDump(NAME, BASE_CONFIG, layers))
+  // The dump anchors on the same empty root file the boot includes.
+  process.stdout.write(renderConfigDump(NAME, join(loaded.dir, PROFILE_ROOT_FILENAME), layers))
 }
 /* v8 ignore stop */
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/headless.ts b/apps/cli/src/headless.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c40dde156..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/src/headless.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * `dsh -p "task"` — headless over the one shared composition: AppCLIEntry
- * boots the same base plus Web overlay as `dsh web` (port 0, so parallel runs never
- * collide), then in-process isomorphic injection (InProcessApiClient over
- * toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy), so the full carrier chain — wire
- * serialization, zod, SSE framing — really runs). The printed URL opens the
- * live session in a browser while the task runs. Runs one task turn, prints
- * the final assistant text, exits (completed → 0, else 1).
- */
-
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import { InProcessApiClient, toFetchHandler } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy'
-import type { MuxFrame } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy/api'
-import type { RpcRequest, RpcResponse } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy/api/rpc'
-import type { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
-import { AppCLIEntry } from './app-cli-entry.ts'
-import { createProcessShutdown } from './process-shutdown.ts'
-
-/** Outcome of one headless turn: aggregated final text plus the turn-end reason kind. */
-interface TurnOutcome {
-  text: string
-  reason: string
-}
-
-/** Unwrap an RpcResponse or fail loud: business errors print and exit 1 (shutdown first). */
-async function unwrap<T>(response: RpcResponse<T>, shutdown: () => Promise<void>): Promise<T> {
-  if (response.result.ok) return response.result.value
-  const { code, message } = response.result.error
-  process.stderr.write(`dsh: ${code}: ${message}\n`)
-  await shutdown()
-  process.exit(1)
-}
-
-/**
- * Consume mux frames until the agent reaches idle, per the one-shot CLI
- * idle-to-idle contract: the stream opens immediately before the prompt, and
- * its first observed turn/start begins the task. Text is the last committed
- * assistant message of the whole interval (steering or injected work may run
- * further turns before quiescence), and the outcome reason is the final
- * turn/end's kind. Idleness is signalled out of band by the caller's
- * `agent/status` subscription; the stream itself carries no status frame.
- * @param frames - the mux stream opened before the prompt.
- * @param sessionId - the headless session.
- * @param idle - resolves when the agent reaches quiescence.
- * @returns the aggregated outcome.
- */
-async function consumeUntilIdle(
-  frames: AsyncIterable<RpcRequest<MuxFrame>>,
-  sessionId: SessionId,
-  idle: Promise<void>,
-): Promise<TurnOutcome> {
-  let started = false
-  let text = ''
-  let reason: string = 'error'
-  void (async () => {
-    try {
-      for await (const frame of frames) {
-        const payload = frame.payload
-        if (payload.type === 'stream/error') return
-        if (payload.type !== 'session/event' || payload.sessionId !== sessionId) continue
-        const event = payload.event
-        if (event.type === 'turn/start') {
-          started = true
-          continue
-        }
-        if (!started) continue
-        if (event.type === 'assistant/message') {
-          const joined = event.data.message.content.filter(block => block.type === 'text').map(block => block.text).join('')
-          if (joined !== '') text = joined
-        }
-        if (event.type === 'turn/end') reason = event.data.reason.kind
-      }
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
-      process.stderr.write(`dsh: event stream failed: ${String(error)}\n`)
-    }
-  })()
-  await idle
-  return { text, reason }
-}
-
-/**
- * Run one headless turn for `task` and exit (completed → 0, else 1). The task
- * is the non-empty prompt the argument adapter parsed from `-p`/`--prompt`
- * (the adapter rejects an empty task, so no guard is needed here).
- * @param task - the prompt text for the single turn.
- */
-export async function runHeadless(task: string): Promise<void> {
-  // A missing DEEPSEEK_API_KEY throws here (plugin load is fail-loud, uncaught by design).
-  const entry = new AppCLIEntry({
-    configPath: fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/base.cordis.yml', import.meta.url)),
-    overlayPath: fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/web.cordis.yml', import.meta.url)),
-    dev: false,
-    watchPersonalConfig: false,
-    port: 0,
-  })
-  const { ctx, port } = await entry.run()
-  // Normal completion and signals share one bounded drain. A signal received
-  // during that drain escalates immediately instead of becoming a no-op.
-  const shutdown = createProcessShutdown(async () => { await ctx.fiber.dispose() })
-  process.on('SIGTERM', () => { shutdown.interrupt(143) })
-  process.on('SIGINT', () => { shutdown.interrupt(130) })
-  // The headless session is web-observable while it runs (same composition).
-  process.stderr.write(`dsh: observing at http://127.0.0.1:${String(port)}\n`)
-  const api = new InProcessApiClient(toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy))
-
-  const created = await unwrap(await api.sessions.create({}), () => shutdown.shutdown(1))
-
-  // Open the stream before prompting so no frame is lost — kept in this order
-  // even though in-process delivery has no race, so the code survives a move
-  // to a remote HTTP carrier unchanged.
-  const abort = new AbortController()
-  const frames = api.events.mux({}, abort.signal)
-  const idle = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
-      if (agent.id === created.sessionId && status === 'idle') resolve()
-    })
-  })
-  const done = consumeUntilIdle(frames, created.sessionId, idle)
-
-  await unwrap(await api.sessions.prompt({
-    sessionId: created.sessionId,
-    mode: 'queue',
-    content: [{ type: 'text', text: task }],
-  }), () => shutdown.shutdown(1))
-
-  const outcome = await done
-  process.stdout.write(outcome.text + '\n')
-  abort.abort()
-  await shutdown.shutdown(outcome.reason === 'completed' ? 0 : 1)
-}
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/plugin.ts b/apps/cli/src/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a366a9a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cli/src/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/**
+ * `dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` — profile plugin management as a
+ * thin pnpm forwarder: initialize the profile on first use, run
+ * `pnpm <args...>` in the profile directory, then reconcile the
+ * `dsh.profile.bundles` layer list against the installed state (a dependency
+ * resolving to a package that declares `dsh.bundle` joins the layer stack; a
+ * removed or bundle-less dependency leaves it). Reconciling by installed
+ * state, not by dependency diff, means `update` activates a package that
+ * gained its `dsh.bundle` declaration in a newer version.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/plugin
+ */
+
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES,
+  initProfile,
+  PROFILE_TEMPLATES,
+  readProfileManifest,
+  resolveBundleDir,
+  resolveProfileDir,
+  writeProfileManifest,
+  type ProfileManifest,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import { INSTALL_ANCHOR } from './profile-boot.ts'
+
+const NAME = 'dsh'
+
+/**
+ * Whether a resolved dependency exports a profile patch, i.e. is a bundle.
+ * @param packageName - the dependency's package name.
+ * @param profileDir - the profile directory (resolution anchor).
+ * @returns true when the package manifest declares `dsh.bundle`.
+ */
+function exportsPatch(packageName: string, profileDir: string): boolean {
+  let dir: string
+  try {
+    dir = resolveBundleDir(NAME, packageName, INSTALL_ANCHOR, profileDir)
+  } catch {
+    return false // pnpm reported success yet the package is unresolvable — treat as plain
+  }
+  const manifest = readProfileManifest(NAME, dir)
+  return manifest.dsh?.bundle?.patch !== undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reconcile `dsh.profile.bundles` against the installed state: pnpm has
+ * already written the real installed names (so a git/path/tarball/alias spec
+ * on the command line reconciles by its true package name) and materialized
+ * the packages. A dependency that resolves to a `dsh.bundle`-declaring
+ * package joins the layer stack (appended in dependency order); a
+ * dependency-listed name that no longer does — removed, or the installed
+ * version dropped the declaration — leaves it. In-box bundles from the
+ * profile template are not dependencies and are never touched. Warns once
+ * per newly-added bundle-less dependency (a plain library is fine; the
+ * warning is orientation).
+ */
+function reconcilePlugins(before: ProfileManifest, profileDir: string): void {
+  const after = readProfileManifest(NAME, profileDir)
+  const beforeDeps = new Set(Object.keys(before.dependencies ?? {}))
+  const dependencies = Object.keys(after.dependencies ?? {})
+  const plugins = after.dsh?.profile?.bundles ?? []
+  let changed = false
+  for (const packageName of dependencies) {
+    const isBundle = exportsPatch(packageName, profileDir)
+    if (isBundle && !plugins.includes(packageName)) {
+      plugins.push(packageName)
+      changed = true
+    } else if (!isBundle && !beforeDeps.has(packageName)) {
+      process.stderr.write(
+        `${NAME}: warning: ${packageName} declares no dsh.bundle — installed as a plain dependency, not a profile layer `
+        + '(a later update that gains one activates it automatically)\n',
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  const dependencySet = new Set(dependencies)
+  for (const packageName of [...plugins]) {
+    // Only dependency-managed entries are subject to removal; template
+    // bundles (dsh-base and friends) are not dependencies.
+    const wasDependency = beforeDeps.has(packageName) || dependencySet.has(packageName)
+    const stillBundle = dependencySet.has(packageName) && exportsPatch(packageName, profileDir)
+    if (wasDependency && !stillBundle) {
+      plugins.splice(plugins.indexOf(packageName), 1)
+      changed = true
+    }
+  }
+  if (!changed) return
+  after.dsh = { ...after.dsh, profile: { ...after.dsh?.profile, bundles: plugins } }
+  writeProfileManifest(profileDir, after)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rewrite relative filesystem specs against the user's invoking directory.
+ * pnpm runs with cwd = the profile directory, so a bare `.` or `../plugin`
+ * (or their `file:`/`link:` forms) would silently resolve inside the profile
+ * — `add .` from a plugin checkout would self-link the profile. Absolute
+ * specs, registry names, and every other pnpm argument pass through
+ * untouched.
+ * @param argument - one pnpm argument, verbatim from argv.
+ * @param cwd - the directory `dsh` was invoked from.
+ * @returns the argument with a relative path spec anchored to `cwd`.
+ */
+function anchorPathSpec(argument: string, cwd: string): string {
+  const match = /^(?<prefix>(?:file|link):)?(?<path>\.{1,2}(?:[/\\].*)?)$/.exec(argument)
+  if (match?.groups?.path === undefined) return argument
+  // A bare path stays bare and a prefixed spec keeps its prefix: pnpm's
+  // link-vs-copy semantics differ between `file:` and a plain directory
+  // path, and the anchor must not change which one the user asked for.
+  const prefix = match.groups.prefix ?? ''
+  return `${prefix}${resolve(cwd, match.groups.path)}`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run one `dsh plugin` invocation: init if needed, forward to pnpm, reconcile.
+ * @param profile - the profile name.
+ * @param args - pnpm arguments with relative path specs anchored to the invoking directory.
+ * @returns the pnpm exit code.
+ */
+export function runPlugin(profile: string, args: readonly string[]): number {
+  const dir = resolveProfileDir(profile)
+  if (!existsSync(join(dir, 'package.json'))) {
+    initProfile(dir, PROFILE_TEMPLATES[profile] ?? DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES)
+    process.stderr.write(`${NAME}: initialized profile ${profile} at ${dir}\n`)
+  }
+  const before = readProfileManifest(NAME, dir)
+  // Windows resolves pnpm through its .cmd shim, which spawn() refuses
+  // without a shell since the CVE-2024-27980 hardening.
+  const result = spawnSync('pnpm', args.map(argument => anchorPathSpec(argument, process.cwd())), {
+    cwd: dir,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    shell: process.platform === 'win32',
+  })
+  if (result.error !== undefined) {
+    const code = (result.error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code
+    if (code === 'ENOENT') {
+      process.stderr.write(`${NAME}: pnpm not found on PATH — install pnpm to manage profile plugins\n`)
+      return 127
+    }
+    throw result.error
+  }
+  const exitCode = result.status ?? 1
+  if (exitCode === 0) {
+    reconcilePlugins(before, dir)
+  } else {
+    // pnpm's own diagnostics name pnpm-workspace.yaml without saying WHICH
+    // one; the profile owns it, and the commonest failure here is pnpm ≥10
+    // blocking a git dependency's prepare (build) script until allowlisted.
+    process.stderr.write(`${NAME}: pnpm failed in profile directory ${dir}\n`)
+    if (args.some(argument => /^git\+|^github:|\.git(?:#|$)/.test(argument))) {
+      process.stderr.write(
+        `${NAME}: git-hosted plugins build on install via their prepare script, which pnpm blocks until allowed — `
+        + `add the exact key pnpm printed above under allowBuilds in ${join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')}, then re-run\n`,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  return exitCode
+}
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/profile-boot.ts b/apps/cli/src/profile-boot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b69a938213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cli/src/profile-boot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+/**
+ * Shared profile boot for every `dsh` surface: resolve the profile, stack its
+ * patch layers (bundle layers in `dsh.profile.bundles` order, the profile's own
+ * `cordis.patch.yml`, `--patch` overlays, flag-derived patches, the telemetry
+ * switch), mount the tree over the profile's empty root config, keep the
+ * profile patch layer live, and wire fail-loud plus bounded shutdown.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/profile-boot
+ */
+
+import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+import {
+  boot,
+  composeEntries,
+  healProfilesModuleFallback,
+  installFailLoud,
+  loadOptionalPatches,
+  loadOverlayPatches,
+  loadProfile,
+  PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME,
+  watchUserPatches,
+  type Profile,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import { resolveDshHome } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
+import type { HeadlessIo } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'
+import { createProcessShutdown, type ProcessShutdown } from './process-shutdown.ts'
+
+const NAME = 'dsh'
+
+/**
+ * The home-level user patch layer (`$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`), applied
+ * over every profile's own layer. Resolved per call, not at module load:
+ * `$DSH_HOME` may be set by the test or launcher after import.
+ * @returns the absolute patch-file path.
+ */
+export function homePatchPath(): string {
+  return join(resolveDshHome(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)
+}
+
+/** Absolute path of this dsh installation's package.json (both anchors: src/ and lib/ sit one level under apps/cli). */
+export const INSTALL_ANCHOR = fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url))
+
+/** The session-telemetry row id the DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED switch targets. */
+const TELEMETRY_ROW_ID = 'telemetry-otel'
+
+/** The one-shot runner row a positional task requires and configures. */
+const HEADLESS_ROW_ID = 'headless-runner'
+
+/** The empty root entry list every profile tree patches over. */
+const PROFILE_ROOT_CONFIG = `# dsh profile root — an empty entry list. The tree is composed as patches:
+# each bundle in package.json's dsh.profile.bundles, then cordis.patch.yml, then any
+# --patch overlays. Edit cordis.patch.yml, not this file.
+[]
+`
+
+/** Root config filename inside a profile directory. */
+export const PROFILE_ROOT_FILENAME = 'cordis.yml'
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the telemetry opt-out switch into its boot patch. ANY non-empty
+ * value (including `'0'`/`'false'`) disables: a privacy switch prefers
+ * off-by-mistake over on-by-mistake. A composition without the telemetry row
+ * exports nothing, so the switch is then trivially satisfied and no patch is
+ * generated — custom profiles need not mount telemetry to run with the
+ * switch set.
+ * @param disabledEnv - the raw `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED` value (`undefined` when unset).
+ * @param hasRow - whether the composition carries the telemetry row.
+ * @returns the disable patch, or `undefined` when telemetry stays enabled or is not mounted.
+ */
+export function resolveTelemetryPatch(disabledEnv: string | undefined, hasRow: boolean): PatchOptions | undefined {
+  if ((disabledEnv ?? '') === '' || !hasRow) return undefined
+  return { id: TELEMETRY_ROW_ID, disabled: true }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a resolved profile for `name`: heal the shared module fallback, then
+ * (re)write the empty root config. The root is always rewritten: the whole
+ * composition is patch layers, and the vendored Loader's tree write-back (a
+ * plugin self-disposing persists the current tree) can bake composed rows
+ * into this file — which would duplicate every bundle insert on the next
+ * boot. The file exists on disk only because the Loader needs a real include
+ * root to anchor `baseUrl` at the profile directory (the config dump anchors
+ * on the same file, so both compose over the identical base).
+ * @param name - the profile name.
+ * @param userLayer - `false` skips parsing `cordis.patch.yml` (the default dump).
+ * @returns the loaded profile.
+ */
+export function prepareProfile(name: string, userLayer = true): Profile {
+  healProfilesModuleFallback(INSTALL_ANCHOR)
+  const profile = loadProfile(NAME, name, INSTALL_ANCHOR, undefined, { userLayer })
+  writeFileSync(join(profile.dir, PROFILE_ROOT_FILENAME), PROFILE_ROOT_CONFIG)
+  return profile
+}
+
+/** Read-only row index of a profile composition before launcher flag patches. */
+export type ProfileRows = ReadonlyMap<string, { name?: string; config?: unknown }>
+
+/** One profile's patch layers (application order) and the row index of its pre-flag composition. */
+interface ComposedProfile {
+  profile: Profile
+  /** Bundle layers concatenated — the part below the user layers on a live reload. */
+  bundlePatches: PatchOptions[]
+  /** The home-level user layer (`$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`), applied after the profile's own. */
+  homePatches: PatchOptions[]
+  /** Layers above the user layers on a live reload: --patch overlays, flag patches, the telemetry switch. */
+  overlayAndFlags: PatchOptions[]
+  /**
+   * id → row of the pre-flag composition (bundles + user layers + overlays),
+   * for flag merges and row checks. Flag patches must not insert rows the
+   * launcher consults here (they only override values and insert dev glue).
+   */
+  rows: ProfileRows
+}
+
+/** The full patch stack of one composed profile, in application order. */
+function allPatches(composed: ComposedProfile): PatchOptions[] {
+  return [...composed.bundlePatches, ...composed.profile.patches, ...composed.homePatches, ...composed.overlayAndFlags]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load `name` and compose its effective patch stack: bundle layers in
+ * `dsh.profile.bundles` order, the profile's user layer, the home-level user layer
+ * (`$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` — machine-local preferences that apply to
+ * every profile, so it outranks the per-profile layer), `--patch` overlays,
+ * then flag patches derived from the composed rows, then the telemetry
+ * switch.
+ * @param name - the profile name.
+ * @param patchFiles - `--patch` overlay paths, in argv order.
+ * @param deriveFlagPatches - launcher hook turning composed rows into flag patches.
+ * @returns the profile, its patch layers, and the composed row index.
+ */
+function composeProfile(
+  name: string,
+  patchFiles: readonly string[],
+  deriveFlagPatches: (rows: ComposedProfile['rows']) => PatchOptions[] = () => [],
+): ComposedProfile {
+  const profile = prepareProfile(name)
+  const homePatches = loadOptionalPatches(NAME, homePatchPath()) ?? []
+  const overlays = patchFiles.flatMap(file => loadOverlayPatches(NAME, resolve(file)))
+  const bundlePatches = profile.layers.flatMap(layer => layer.patches)
+  const rows = new Map<string, { name?: string; config?: unknown }>()
+  for (const row of composeEntries([bundlePatches, profile.patches, homePatches, overlays])) {
+    if (typeof row.id === 'string') rows.set(row.id, row)
+  }
+  const overlayAndFlags = [...overlays, ...deriveFlagPatches(rows)]
+  const telemetryPatch = resolveTelemetryPatch(process.env.DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED, rows.has(TELEMETRY_ROW_ID))
+  if (telemetryPatch !== undefined) overlayAndFlags.push(telemetryPatch)
+  return { profile, bundlePatches, homePatches, overlayAndFlags, rows }
+}
+
+/** Options for {@link runProfile}. */
+export interface RunProfileOptions {
+  /** The profile name to boot. */
+  profile: string
+  /** `--patch` overlay paths, in argv order. */
+  patchFiles: readonly string[]
+  /** Launcher hook turning the pre-flag composed rows into flag patches (the web alias's flag family). */
+  deriveFlagPatches?: (rows: ProfileRows) => PatchOptions[]
+  /** One-shot task text; requires the composition to mount the headless runner row. */
+  task?: string
+  /** Surface setup registered after Loader installation and before any config-tree entry mounts. */
+  prepare?: (ctx: Context, rows: ProfileRows) => Promise<void> | void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Boot one profile invocation end to end and leave process lifetime to the
+ * mounted plugins (or to the one-shot runner when `task` is present).
+ * @param options - profile name, overlays, flag patches, and the optional task.
+ * @returns the settled root context and the shutdown controller.
+ */
+export async function runProfile(options: RunProfileOptions): Promise<{ ctx: Context; shutdown: ProcessShutdown }> {
+  const composed = composeProfile(options.profile, options.patchFiles, options.deriveFlagPatches)
+  if (options.task !== undefined) {
+    if (!composed.rows.has(HEADLESS_ROW_ID)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `dsh: profile ${JSON.stringify(options.profile)} takes no task — its composition mounts no "${HEADLESS_ROW_ID}" row `
+        + '(the headless profile does)',
+      )
+    }
+    composed.overlayAndFlags.push({ id: HEADLESS_ROW_ID, config: { task: options.task } })
+  } else if (composed.rows.has(HEADLESS_ROW_ID)) {
+    // The inverse misuse: a one-shot composition booted without its task
+    // would otherwise die in the runner row's schema with a raw "required"
+    // error naming no fix.
+    throw new Error(
+      `dsh: profile ${JSON.stringify(options.profile)} mounts the one-shot runner and needs a task: `
+      + `dsh --profile ${options.profile} "<task>"`,
+    )
+  }
+
+  const app: { current?: Context } = {}
+  const shutdown = createProcessShutdown(async () => { await app.current?.fiber.dispose() })
+  // Signals own teardown throughout the startup window, not only after boot()
+  // settles: an inserted front door can publish readiness before sibling rows
+  // finish mounting.
+  process.on('SIGTERM', () => { shutdown.interrupt(options.task === undefined ? 0 : 143) })
+  process.on('SIGINT', () => { shutdown.interrupt(130) })
+  installFailLoud(NAME, process, async () => {
+    await app.current?.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  const rootConfig = join(composed.profile.dir, PROFILE_ROOT_FILENAME)
+  // Recomposition for the live user layers: bundle layers below, overlays
+  // and flag patches above, so a user edit can never displace them. BOTH
+  // user files are re-read per generation (the HMR watcher hands us only the
+  // changed file's patches, which one of the reads duplicates — fresh reads
+  // keep the two watchers from stitching in each other's stale copy).
+  // Fresh clones per generation: the include pushes `insert` rows into the
+  // mounted tree BY REFERENCE and later id-targeted patches mutate those
+  // objects in place. Reusing one parsed patch object across applications
+  // would bake a user override into the bundle's in-memory insert row, so
+  // removing the override could never revert the row to the bundle default.
+  const composeLive = (): PatchOptions[] => structuredClone([
+    ...composed.bundlePatches,
+    ...loadOptionalPatches(NAME, composed.profile.patchPath) ?? [],
+    ...loadOptionalPatches(NAME, homePatchPath()) ?? [],
+    ...composed.overlayAndFlags,
+  ])
+  // One-shot runs exit through the runner; watching would only hold the
+  // process open after its exit request.
+  const watchProfilePatch = options.task === undefined
+  // Cloned for the same insert-aliasing reason as composeLive: the boot
+  // application must not mutate the objects later reloads recompose from.
+  const ctx = await boot(NAME, rootConfig, structuredClone(allPatches(composed)), async (hostCtx) => {
+    app.current = hostCtx
+    if (options.task !== undefined) {
+      const io: HeadlessIo = {
+        stdout: process.stdout,
+        stderr: process.stderr,
+        exit: (code) => { void shutdown.shutdown(code) },
+      }
+      hostCtx.provide('headlessIo', io)
+    }
+    await options.prepare?.(hostCtx, composed.rows)
+  })
+  app.current = ctx
+  // A surface can dispose the whole tree while startup was still in flight
+  // (early SIGTERM); the Loader service goes with it and there is nothing to
+  // keep live.
+  if (watchProfilePatch && ctx.get('loader') !== undefined) {
+    // Config-only HMR for the live profile patch layer: the web bundle
+    // disables the shared module-reload `hmr` row (its reload lifecycle is
+    // untested), so when the composition leaves no HMR service, mount a
+    // watch-only instance with no module roots — cordis.patch.yml edits stay
+    // live on every long-lived surface. A silent skip would break the
+    // documented hot-reload contract. HMR injects the timer service, which a
+    // bare custom profile may not mount either.
+    if (ctx.get('hmr') === undefined) {
+      if (ctx.get('timer') === undefined) {
+        await ctx.loader.create({ name: '@cordisjs/plugin-timer' })
+      }
+      await ctx.loader.create({ name: '@cordisjs/plugin-hmr', config: { root: [] } })
+    }
+    await watchUserPatches(ctx, {
+      binName: NAME,
+      filename: composed.profile.patchPath,
+      compose: composeLive,
+    })
+    await watchUserPatches(ctx, {
+      binName: NAME,
+      filename: homePatchPath(),
+      compose: composeLive,
+    })
+  }
+  return { ctx, shutdown }
+}
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/web.ts b/apps/cli/src/web.ts
index d2186e097a..64051416c4 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/web.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/web.ts
@@ -1,133 +1,140 @@
 /**
- * `dsh web` — thin bin over the config-tree boot: run AppCLIEntry with the
- * already-parsed host/port/dev, print the URL line, wire signals. All
- * composition lives in the shared base plus Web overlay; all boot glue lives in AppCLIEntry. Host and
- * port are unvalidated pass-through overrides — the `dsh-host-webserver` schema
- * gates them at boot.
+ * `dsh web` — the browser-surface alias over the profile boot: `--profile web`
+ * plus the Web flag family (`--host/--port/--dev/--workspace-root/
+ * --trusted-host`), each flag becoming a patch over the composed profile
+ * tree. All web runtime glue (dist serving, prompt section, URL line) lives
+ * in the `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app` bundle; this launcher only derives
+ * flag patches and the LAN-trust snapshot.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh/web
  */
 
+import { networkInterfaces } from 'node:os'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import type { Context } from 'cordis'
-import { addHarnessSourceSection, resolveConfigPath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
-import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
-import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
-import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env'
-import { AppCLIEntry } from './app-cli-entry.ts'
-import { createProcessShutdown } from './process-shutdown.ts'
+import type { PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+import { addHarnessSourceSection } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import { runProfile, type ProfileRows } from './profile-boot.ts'
 
-// The shipped base plus the Web application's overlay.
-const BASE_CONFIG = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/base.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
-const WEB_OVERLAY = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/web.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
 const SOURCE_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../..', import.meta.url))
 
-const DSH_WEB_URL = 'DSH_WEB_URL' as const
-const DSH_WEB_MODE = 'DSH_WEB_MODE' as const
+/** The webserver schema's all-interfaces bind literal: gates LAN-authority derivation. */
+const ALL_INTERFACES_HOST = '0.0.0.0'
 
-type WebMode = 'production' | 'development'
-
-// Display-only mirror of the webserver schema's loopback host: the address the
-// local URL always prints. Not a source of truth — the schema is.
-const LOOPBACK_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
-
-/** Model-visible orientation and acceptance boundary for sessions created through `dsh web`. */
-function webSurfacePrompt(webUrl: string, mode: WebMode): string {
-  const updateContract = mode === 'development'
-    ? 'This Web process was launched with `dsh web --dev`, so its client-plugin HMR receiver is active. '
-      + 'No-refresh updates occur only when `pnpm run dev:web` is also running from this same checkout to rebuild client-plugin bundles; verify that watcher before promising automatic updates. '
-      + 'Client-plugin changes then reload automatically, while apps/web shell and other plain-package changes still require a rebuild and page refresh. '
-    : 'This Web process was launched without `--dev`, so HMR is inactive: rebuild the affected Web artifacts and verify this existing URL after a page refresh. '
-      + 'If the user wants no-refresh client-plugin updates, explain that this GUI must be restarted with `dsh web --dev` and `pnpm run dev:web` must also run from this same checkout; do not present either command alone as sufficient. '
-  return `You are interacting with the user through the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI at ${webUrl}. `
-    + 'When the user refers to "this page", "this GUI", or "this app" without naming another target, they mean this GUI. '
-    + 'The browser provides no implicit DOM, route, or screenshot context. '
-    + updateContract
-    + 'Starting another server does not update this GUI. '
-    + 'The apps/web Vite entry builds the shell but is not a standalone application because only dsh web injects window.__DSH_BOOT__. '
-    + 'Do not start a replacement server unless the user asks; if one is needed, use a managed background task and verify its exact URL.'
-}
-
-/** Resolve the canonical loopback URL from the active Web server. */
-function localWebUrl(ctx: Context): string {
-  const port = ctx.get('httpServer')?.port
-  if (port === undefined) throw new Error('dsh web: httpServer service missing while resolving Web runtime')
-  return `http://${LOOPBACK_HOST}:${String(port)}`
+/**
+ * Non-internal IPv4 interface addresses of this machine — the IP-literal
+ * authorities an all-interfaces bind is reachable by on the LAN.
+ * @returns the addresses in interface order (possibly empty).
+ */
+function lanIPv4Addresses(): string[] {
+  return Object.values(networkInterfaces()).flat()
+    .filter((iface): iface is NonNullable<typeof iface> => iface !== undefined && iface.family === 'IPv4' && !iface.internal)
+    .map(iface => iface.address)
 }
 
 /**
- * Register the launcher-owned prompt and shell runtime context before the
- * shared config tree mounts. The earlier injections install the prompt
- * sections and managed Bash contributor when their owning services activate;
- * dynamic values read the bound server only when consumed.
- * @param ctx - Web root context with Loader installed but no config tree mounted.
- * @param sourceRoot - absolute checkout root resolved from the launcher module.
- * @param mode - whether this process mounted the client-plugin HMR receiver.
+ * One LAN-trust resolution for one invocation, sampled exactly once: the
+ * machine's LAN IP literals when the effective bind is all-interfaces, and
+ * the `trustedHosts` value built from them plus the explicit extras. The
+ * single sample is deliberate — display must advertise only addresses the
+ * fence was configured with, so the web-app row receives this same snapshot.
+ * Derived entries are port-less IP literals: DNS rebinding needs an
+ * attacker-controlled name, so an IP-literal Host is safe on any port, and
+ * the bound port may be OS-assigned, unknowable pre-boot.
+ * @param bindHost - the effective webserver bind host (CLI flag, else the composed row value).
+ * @param extra - `--trusted-host` values, in argv order.
+ * @returns the sampled LAN addresses and the connection row's `trustedHosts` value (each possibly empty).
  */
-export function prepareWebRuntimeContext(ctx: Context, sourceRoot: string, mode: WebMode): void {
-  ctx.inject(['systemPrompt'], (promptCtx) => {
-    addHarnessSourceSection(promptCtx, sourceRoot)
-    promptCtx.systemPrompt.section({
-      name: 'app:web-surface',
-      order: -98,
-      text: () => webSurfacePrompt(localWebUrl(promptCtx), mode),
-    })
-  })
-  ctx.inject(['bashEnv'], (runtimeCtx) => {
-    runtimeCtx.bashEnv.register({
-      name: 'web-runtime',
-      variables: {
-        [DSH_WEB_URL]: { description: 'Canonical local URL of the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI serving this session.' },
-        [DSH_WEB_MODE]: { description: 'Web runtime mode: production, or development when the client-plugin HMR receiver is active.' },
-      },
-      resolve: () => ({ [DSH_WEB_URL]: localWebUrl(runtimeCtx), [DSH_WEB_MODE]: mode }),
-    })
-  })
+export function resolveLanTrust(
+  bindHost: string | undefined,
+  extra: readonly string[],
+): { lanAddresses: string[]; trustedHosts: string[] } {
+  const lanAddresses = bindHost === ALL_INTERFACES_HOST ? lanIPv4Addresses() : []
+  return { lanAddresses, trustedHosts: [...lanAddresses, ...extra] }
+}
+
+/** The `dsh web` flag family, already parsed by the argument adapter. */
+export interface WebFlags {
+  patches: string[]
+  host?: string
+  port?: number
+  dev: boolean
+  workspaceRoot?: string
+  trustedHosts?: string[]
 }
 
 /**
- * Serve the browser UI from the shipped config tree. `host`/`port` are passed
- * through only when the flag was given; absent, the shipped Web overlay value stands.
- * @param host - the bind host, or `undefined` to keep the config default.
- * @param port - the listen port (`0` requests an OS-assigned port), or `undefined` to keep the config default.
- * @param dev - mount the client HMR receiver; `pnpm run dev:web` separately rebuilds watched plugin bundles.
- * @param workspaceRoot - parent directory for name-created workspaces, or `undefined` for the gateway's cwd fallback.
- * @param trustedHosts - extra authorities for the /api browser-trust fence, or `undefined` for the derived LAN literals alone.
- * @param config - an overlay of loader patches applied over the shipped web
- * composition instead of `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`, or `undefined` to use the
- * personal overlay; already parsed from `--config`.
+ * Derive the web alias's flag patches over an already-composed profile tree.
+ * Patches replace a row's whole config, so each patched row's composed values
+ * are re-read and merged under the overrides.
+ * @param rows - the composed row index from {@link composeProfile}.
+ * @param flags - the parsed flag family.
+ * @returns the flag patch list, in application order.
  */
-export async function runWeb(
-  host: string | undefined,
-  port: number | undefined,
-  dev: boolean,
-  workspaceRoot: string | undefined,
-  trustedHosts: string[] | undefined,
-  config?: string,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const mode: WebMode = dev ? 'development' : 'production'
-  const entry = new AppCLIEntry({
-    configPath: BASE_CONFIG,
-    overlayPath: WEB_OVERLAY,
-    ...config !== undefined && { extraOverlayPath: resolveConfigPath(config, undefined) },
-    dev,
-    prepare: (ctx) => { prepareWebRuntimeContext(ctx, SOURCE_ROOT, mode) },
-    watchPersonalConfig: true,
-    ...host !== undefined && { host },
-    ...port !== undefined && { port },
-    ...workspaceRoot !== undefined && { workspaceRoot },
-    ...trustedHosts !== undefined && { trustedHosts },
+function deriveWebFlagPatches(
+  rows: ProfileRows,
+  flags: WebFlags,
+): PatchOptions[] {
+  const overrides = new Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>()
+  const put = (entryId: string, key: string, value: unknown): void => {
+    const bag = overrides.get(entryId) ?? {}
+    bag[key] = value
+    overrides.set(entryId, bag)
+  }
+  if (flags.host !== undefined) put('webserver', 'host', flags.host)
+  if (flags.port !== undefined) put('webserver', 'port', flags.port)
+  if (flags.workspaceRoot !== undefined) put('api-gateway', 'workspaceRoot', flags.workspaceRoot)
+  const composedHost = (rows.get('webserver')?.config as { host?: string } | undefined)?.host
+  const { lanAddresses, trustedHosts } = resolveLanTrust(flags.host ?? composedHost, flags.trustedHosts ?? [])
+  if (trustedHosts.length > 0) {
+    // Additive over the composed value: a cordis.patch.yml-configured fence
+    // authority must survive the derived LAN literals and flag extras — a
+    // silent drop of security-relevant fence configuration.
+    const composedTrusted = (rows.get('connection')?.config as { trustedHosts?: string[] } | undefined)?.trustedHosts ?? []
+    put('connection', 'trustedHosts', [...composedTrusted, ...trustedHosts])
+  }
+  // mode and lanAddresses are launcher-derived on every boot (--dev also
+  // inserts the client-hmr row), never pass-throughs of composed values.
+  put('web-runtime', 'mode', flags.dev ? 'development' : 'production')
+  put('web-runtime', 'lanAddresses', lanAddresses)
+  const patches = [...overrides.entries()].map(([id, bag]): PatchOptions => {
+    const composed = rows.get(id)
+    if (composed === undefined) throw new Error(`dsh: patch target row "${id}" not found in the web profile composition`)
+    return { id, config: { ...(composed.config ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>, ...bag } }
+  })
+  if (flags.dev) patches.push({ insert: [{ id: 'client-hmr', name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-hmr' }] })
+  return patches
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the composed Web runtime keeps its model- and shell-visible surface
+ * context. The bundle schema defaults the field to true, so only an explicit
+ * false suppresses both the bundle contributions and the launcher-owned
+ * source-checkout section.
+ * @param rows - the composed Web profile rows before launcher flag patches.
+ * @returns true unless the web-runtime row explicitly disables surface context.
+ */
+export function webSurfaceContextEnabled(rows: ProfileRows): boolean {
+  return (rows.get('web-runtime')?.config as { surfaceContext?: boolean } | undefined)?.surfaceContext !== false
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serve the browser UI from the web profile. Host/port/workspace-root flags
+ * are passed through only when given (absent, the composed profile values
+ * stand); `web-runtime.mode` and `lanAddresses` are launcher-derived on
+ * every boot. The URL line is printed by the web-app bundle's runtime row
+ * after Loader settlement.
+ * @param flags - the parsed `dsh web` flag family.
+ */
+export async function runWeb(flags: WebFlags): Promise<void> {
+  await runProfile({
+    profile: 'web',
+    patchFiles: flags.patches,
+    deriveFlagPatches: rows => deriveWebFlagPatches(rows, flags),
+    prepare: (ctx: Context, rows: ProfileRows) => {
+      if (!webSurfaceContextEnabled(rows)) return
+      ctx.inject(['systemPrompt'], (promptCtx) => {
+        addHarnessSourceSection(promptCtx, SOURCE_ROOT)
+      })
+    },
   })
-  const { ctx, port: boundPort } = await entry.run()
-  const resolvedLocalWebUrl = localWebUrl(ctx)
-
-  const shutdown = createProcessShutdown(async () => { await ctx.fiber.dispose() })
-
-  // Install shutdown handling before publishing readiness: supervisors may
-  // send a signal as soon as they observe the URL line.
-  process.on('SIGTERM', () => { shutdown.interrupt(0) })
-  process.on('SIGINT', () => { shutdown.interrupt(130) })
-
-  // The entry's boot-time snapshot, not a fresh sample: the printed LAN URL
-  // must name an address the /api trust fence was configured with.
-  const lanCandidate = entry.lanAddresses[0]
-  console.log(`dsh web: ${resolvedLocalWebUrl}${lanCandidate === undefined ? '' : ` (LAN: http://${lanCandidate}:${boundPort})`}`)
 }
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/args.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/args.spec.ts
index 38eed06eb4..93bfb62cc6 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/args.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/args.spec.ts
@@ -21,49 +21,71 @@ function exitCode(argv: string[]): number {
 afterEach(() => { vi.restoreAllMocks() })
 
 describe('parseDshArgs', () => {
-  it('routes the required raw config, one-shot prompt, and Web command', () => {
-    expect(parse(['--config', 'custom.yml'])).toEqual({ mode: 'config', config: 'custom.yml' })
-    expect(parse(['-p', 'do the thing'])).toEqual({ mode: 'headless', prompt: 'do the thing' })
-    expect(parse(['web'])).toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false })
-    expect(parse(['web', '--config', 'web.yml'])).toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false, config: 'web.yml' })
+  it('routes profile boots, one-shot tasks, and the web alias', () => {
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'tui'])).toEqual({ mode: 'profile', profile: 'tui', patches: [] })
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'headless', 'run', 'the', 'tests']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'profile', profile: 'headless', patches: [], task: 'run the tests' })
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'tui', '--patch', 'a.yml', '--patch', 'b.yml']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'profile', profile: 'tui', patches: ['a.yml', 'b.yml'] })
+    expect(parse(['web'])).toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false, patches: [] })
+    expect(parse(['web', '--patch', 'web.yml'])).toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false, patches: ['web.yml'] })
     expect(parse(['web', '--host', '0.0.0.0', '--port', '8080', '--dev', '--workspace-root', '/w']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'web', host: '0.0.0.0', port: 8080, dev: true, workspaceRoot: '/w' })
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'web', host: '0.0.0.0', port: 8080, dev: true, workspaceRoot: '/w', patches: [] })
     expect(parse(['web', '--trusted-host', 'harness.internal:3080', 'lab.internal', '--trusted-host', '10.0.0.9']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false, trustedHosts: ['harness.internal:3080', 'lab.internal', '10.0.0.9'] })
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'web', dev: false, patches: [], trustedHosts: ['harness.internal:3080', 'lab.internal', '10.0.0.9'] })
   })
 
-  it('routes raw and Web config dumps', () => {
-    expect(parse(['--config', 'c.yml', '--dump-config']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', surface: 'config', defaultOnly: false, config: 'c.yml' })
-    expect(parse(['--dump-default-config']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', surface: 'config', defaultOnly: true })
+  it('routes the plugin pnpm forwarder', () => {
+    expect(parse(['plugin', '--profile', 'tui', 'add', 'turtle-ui']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'plugin', profile: 'tui', args: ['add', 'turtle-ui'] })
+    expect(parse(['plugin', '--profile', 'tui', 'remove', 'turtle-ui']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'plugin', profile: 'tui', args: ['remove', 'turtle-ui'] })
+    expect(parse(['plugin', '--profile', 'tui', 'why', 'cordis']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'plugin', profile: 'tui', args: ['why', 'cordis'] })
+    // Unknown pnpm flags forward verbatim.
+    expect(parse(['plugin', '--profile', 'tui', 'add', '--save-dev', 'x']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'plugin', profile: 'tui', args: ['add', '--save-dev', 'x'] })
+  })
+
+  it('routes profile and web config dumps', () => {
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'web', '--dump-config']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'web', defaultOnly: false, patches: [] })
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'web', '--dump-default-config']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'web', defaultOnly: true, patches: [] })
+    expect(parse(['--profile', 'tui', '--dump-config', '--patch', 'x.yml']))
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'tui', defaultOnly: false, patches: ['x.yml'] })
     expect(parse(['web', '--dump-config']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', surface: 'web', defaultOnly: false })
-    expect(parse(['web', '--dump-config', '--config', 'w.yml']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', surface: 'web', defaultOnly: false, config: 'w.yml' })
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'web', defaultOnly: false, patches: [] })
     expect(parse(['web', '--dump-default-config']))
-      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', surface: 'web', defaultOnly: true })
+      .toEqual({ mode: 'dump-config', profile: 'web', defaultOnly: true, patches: [] })
   })
 
-  it('rejects missing config, removed commands, and contradictory inputs', () => {
+  it('rejects missing profile, removed flags, and contradictory inputs', () => {
     expect(exitCode([])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['tui'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['meta'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['upgrade'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['tui'])).toBe(1) // a bare word is a task without --profile
+    expect(exitCode(['--config', 'c.yml'])).toBe(1) // removed
+    expect(exitCode(['-p', 'task'])).toBe(1) // removed
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', ''])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', '--patch='])).toBe(1)
     expect(exitCode(['--dump-config'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['--dump-config', '--dump-default-config', '--config', 'c.yml'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['--dump-default-config', '--config', 'c.yml'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['--dump-config', '--config', 'c.yml', '-p', 'task'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['-p', ''])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['--config='])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['-p', 'x', '--config', 'c.yml'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', '--dump-config', '--dump-default-config'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', '--dump-default-config', '--patch', 'p.yml'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', '--dump-config', 'task'])).toBe(1)
     expect(exitCode(['--bogus'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['bogus-positional'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['web', '-p', 'task'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['--config', 'c.yml', 'web'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', 'web'])).toBe(1)
     expect(exitCode(['web', '--dump-config', '--dump-default-config'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['web', '--dump-default-config', '--config', 'w.yml'])).toBe(1)
-    expect(exitCode(['web', '--config='])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['web', '--dump-default-config', '--patch', 'w.yml'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['web', '--patch='])).toBe(1)
+    // Boot-free dumps derive no flag patches; silently dropping the flags
+    // would print a tree that differs from the same invocation's boot.
+    expect(exitCode(['web', '--dump-config', '--port', '8080'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['web', '--dump-config', '--dev'])).toBe(1)
+    // A non-numeric port fails at the flag, not deep in the webserver schema.
+    expect(exitCode(['web', '--port', 'abc'])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['plugin', 'add', 'x'])).toBe(1) // --profile required
+    expect(exitCode(['plugin', '--profile', 'tui'])).toBe(1) // nothing to forward
+    expect(exitCode(['plugin', '--profile', ''])).toBe(1)
+    expect(exitCode(['--profile', 'x', 'plugin', 'add', 'y'])).toBe(1)
   })
 
   it('exits 0 for help and version', () => {
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts b/apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts
index fcfe8b3829..ede3d17134 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
-/** Published-entry acceptance for raw argument errors and boot-free config dumps. */
+/** Published-entry acceptance for argument errors, profile lifecycle, and boot-free config dumps. */
 const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url))
 const dshBin = join(repoRoot, 'apps/cli/lib/bin.js')
-const rawOverlay = fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/raw-overlay.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
-const rawInvalidProvider = fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/raw-invalid-provider.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
+const coreWebOverlay = fileURLToPath(new URL('../config/core-web.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
+const invalidProvider = fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/invalid-provider.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
 
 async function runBuiltBin(
   args: readonly string[] = [],
@@ -31,60 +31,95 @@ async function runBuiltBin(
 async function waitForFile(file: string): Promise<void> {
   const deadline = Date.now() + 20_000
   while (!existsSync(file)) {
-    if (Date.now() >= deadline) throw new Error(`dsh raw lifecycle marker did not appear: ${file}`)
+    if (Date.now() >= deadline) throw new Error(`dsh profile lifecycle marker did not appear: ${file}`)
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 20))
   }
 }
 
-interface RawLifecycleFixture {
+interface ProfileLifecycleFixture {
   home: string
   ready: string
   settled: string
   disposed: string
-  overlay: string
 }
 
-function createRawLifecycleFixture(): RawLifecycleFixture {
-  const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-raw-lifecycle-'))
+/**
+ * A minimal custom profile: one lifecycle-marker plugin bundle listed in
+ * dsh.profile.bundles, no dsh-base — proving out-of-box composition machinery without
+ * booting the entire product tree.
+ */
+function createProfileLifecycleFixture(): ProfileLifecycleFixture {
+  const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-profile-lifecycle-'))
   const ready = join(home, 'ready')
   const settled = join(home, 'settled')
   const disposed = join(home, 'disposed')
-  const plugin = join(home, 'lifecycle.mjs')
-  const overlay = join(home, 'overlay.cordis.yml')
-  writeFileSync(plugin, [
+  const bundleDir = join(home, 'lifecycle-bundle')
+  mkdirSync(bundleDir, { recursive: true })
+  writeFileSync(join(bundleDir, 'plugin.mjs'), [
     "import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'",
-    "export const name = 'raw-lifecycle-fixture'",
-    "export const inject = ['sessionQuery']",
-    'export function apply(ctx) {',
+    "import { join } from 'node:path'",
+    "export const name = 'profile-lifecycle-fixture'",
+    'export function apply(ctx, config = {}) {',
     '  let active = true',
+    '  // Keep the event loop alive so process lifetime is signal-owned, like a real surface.',
+    '  const heartbeat = setInterval(() => {}, 1000)',
+    '  // Echo the mounted generation so the hot-reload e2e can assert both an',
+    '  // applied override and its removal reverting to this bundle default.',
+    "  writeFileSync(join(process.env.DSH_HOME, 'config-echo'), String(config.generation ?? 'bundle-default'))",
     "  writeFileSync(process.env.RAW_READY_FILE, 'ready')",
     '  void ctx.loader.await().then(() => {',
     "    if (active) writeFileSync(process.env.RAW_SETTLED_FILE, 'settled')",
     '  })',
     '  ctx.effect(() => () => {',
     '    active = false',
+    '    clearInterval(heartbeat)',
     "    writeFileSync(process.env.RAW_DISPOSED_FILE, 'disposed')",
     '  })',
     '}',
     '',
   ].join('\n'))
-  writeFileSync(overlay, [
+  writeFileSync(join(bundleDir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), [
     '- insert:',
-    '    - id: raw-lifecycle-fixture',
-    `      name: ${pathToFileURL(plugin).href}`,
+    '    - id: profile-lifecycle-fixture',
+    `      name: ${pathToFileURL(join(bundleDir, 'plugin.mjs')).href}`,
     '',
   ].join('\n'))
-  return { home, ready, settled, disposed, overlay }
+  writeFileSync(join(bundleDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+    name: 'dsh-lifecycle-bundle',
+    version: '0.0.0',
+    type: 'module',
+    dsh: { bundle: { patch: './cordis.patch.yml' } },
+  }, undefined, 2))
+  const profileDir = join(home, 'profiles', 'lifecycle')
+  mkdirSync(join(profileDir, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true })
+  writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+    name: 'dsh-profile-lifecycle',
+    private: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    dsh: { profile: { bundles: ['dsh-lifecycle-bundle'] } },
+  }, undefined, 2))
+  // Hand-place the "installed" bundle where profile resolution finds it.
+  writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), '[]\n')
+  const linkTarget = join(profileDir, 'node_modules', 'dsh-lifecycle-bundle')
+  mkdirSync(join(profileDir, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true })
+  try {
+    rmSync(linkTarget, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  } catch { /* fresh dir */ }
+  // Copy-free: a package.json redirecting via a relative main is enough for require.resolve.
+  mkdirSync(linkTarget, { recursive: true })
+  for (const file of ['package.json', 'cordis.patch.yml', 'plugin.mjs']) {
+    writeFileSync(join(linkTarget, file), readFileSync(join(bundleDir, file)))
+  }
+  return { home, ready, settled, disposed }
 }
 
-function startRawLifecycle(fixture: RawLifecycleFixture) {
-  return execa(process.execPath, [dshBin, '--config', fixture.overlay], {
+function startProfileLifecycle(fixture: ProfileLifecycleFixture) {
+  return execa(process.execPath, [dshBin, '--profile', 'lifecycle'], {
     cwd: fixture.home,
     input: '',
     reject: false,
     env: {
       DSH_HOME: fixture.home,
-      DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: '1',
       RAW_READY_FILE: fixture.ready,
       RAW_SETTLED_FILE: fixture.settled,
       RAW_DISPOSED_FILE: fixture.disposed,
@@ -93,35 +128,57 @@ function startRawLifecycle(fixture: RawLifecycleFixture) {
 }
 
 describe.skipIf(!existsSync(dshBin))('dsh BUILT bin (node lib/bin.js, no tsx)', () => {
-  it('requires --config for the raw command and rejects removed commands', async () => {
+  it('requires --profile and rejects removed commands', async () => {
     const bare = await runBuiltBin()
     expect(bare.code).toBe(1)
     expect(bare.stdout).toBe('')
-    expect(bare.stderr).toContain('--config <path> is required')
+    expect(bare.stderr).toContain('--profile <name> is required')
     const help = await runBuiltBin(['--help'])
     expect(help.code).toBe(0)
-    expect(help.stdout).toContain('dsh --config ./app.cordis.yml')
+    expect(help.stdout).toContain('dsh --profile web')
+    expect(help.stdout).toContain('dsh plugin --profile')
     expect(help.stdout).not.toMatch(/^\s+(?:tui|meta|upgrade)\b/mu)
-    for (const command of ['tui', 'meta', 'upgrade']) {
-      const removed = await runBuiltBin([command])
-      expect(removed.code).toBe(1)
-      expect(removed.stderr).not.toContain('experimental')
+    for (const removed of [['tui'], ['--config', 'x.yml'], ['-p', 'task']]) {
+      const result = await runBuiltBin(removed)
+      expect(result.code).toBe(1)
     }
   }, 30_000)
 
-  it('reports a raw overlay boot failure without hanging', async () => {
-    const result = await runBuiltBin(['--config', rawInvalidProvider], {
-      DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: 'keyless-invalid-config',
-      DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: '1',
-    })
-    expect(result.code).toBe(1)
-    expect(result.stdout).toBe('')
-    expect(result.stderr).toContain('llm-pi-ai')
+  it('fails loud on a nonexistent profile with the plugin-command hint', async () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-missing-profile-'))
+    try {
+      const result = await runBuiltBin(['--profile', 'nope'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+      expect(result.code).toBe(1)
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain('profile "nope" does not exist')
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain('dsh plugin --profile nope add')
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
   }, 30_000)
 
-  it('applies an inserted raw plugin and disposes it on a startup-time signal', async () => {
-    const fixture = createRawLifecycleFixture()
-    const child = startRawLifecycle(fixture)
+  it('reports a patch-overlay boot failure without hanging', async () => {
+    // The HMR main watcher's initial scan once refreshed the include
+    // mid-initial-apply, deadlocking the failing apply's rollback against the
+    // refresh drain: dsh exited 13 with no diagnostic instead of settling
+    // ([Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-03-hmr-initial-scan-boot-deadlock.md)).
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-invalid-patch-'))
+    try {
+      const result = await runBuiltBin(['--profile', 'web', '--patch', invalidProvider], {
+        DSH_HOME: home,
+        DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: 'keyless-invalid-config',
+        DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: '1',
+      })
+      expect(result.code).toBe(1)
+      expect(result.stdout).toBe('')
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain('llm-pi-ai')
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  }, 30_000)
+
+  it('applies a custom profile bundle and disposes it on a startup-time signal', async () => {
+    const fixture = createProfileLifecycleFixture()
+    const child = startProfileLifecycle(fixture)
     try {
       await waitForFile(fixture.ready)
       child.kill('SIGTERM')
@@ -135,11 +192,47 @@ describe.skipIf(!existsSync(dshBin))('dsh BUILT bin (node lib/bin.js, no tsx)',
     }
   }, 30_000)
 
-  it('fully settles a valid raw overlay and disposes it on a signal', async () => {
-    const fixture = createRawLifecycleFixture()
-    const child = startRawLifecycle(fixture)
+  it('fully settles a custom profile, hot-reloads its patch layer with removal reverting, and disposes on a signal', async () => {
+    const fixture = createProfileLifecycleFixture()
+    const child = startProfileLifecycle(fixture)
+    const profilePatch = join(fixture.home, 'profiles', 'lifecycle', 'cordis.patch.yml')
+    const configFile = join(fixture.home, 'config-echo')
     try {
       await waitForFile(fixture.settled)
+      // The live profile layer: even without an hmr row in the composition,
+      // the launcher mounts a config-only watcher, so an edited
+      // cordis.patch.yml lands in the running tree (the reload disposes the
+      // patched row's old fiber — observable as the disposed marker — and
+      // mounts the new config, which echoes its generation and re-writes the
+      // ready marker).
+      rmSync(fixture.ready)
+      writeFileSync(profilePatch, [
+        '- id: profile-lifecycle-fixture',
+        '  config:',
+        '    generation: 2',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'))
+      await waitForFile(fixture.ready)
+      expect(readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8')).toBe('2')
+      // Removal reverts: the bundle's inserted row must return to its own
+      // default config, not keep the removed override — the insert-aliasing
+      // regression (a shared patch object mutated in place by a former
+      // generation would make this impossible).
+      rmSync(fixture.ready)
+      writeFileSync(profilePatch, '[]\n')
+      await waitForFile(fixture.ready)
+      expect(readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8')).toBe('bundle-default')
+      // The home-level user layer ($DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml) is live too
+      // and outranks the per-profile layer.
+      rmSync(fixture.ready)
+      writeFileSync(join(fixture.home, 'cordis.patch.yml'), [
+        '- id: profile-lifecycle-fixture',
+        '  config:',
+        '    generation: home',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'))
+      await waitForFile(fixture.ready)
+      expect(readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8')).toBe('home')
       child.kill('SIGTERM')
       const result = await child
       expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0)
@@ -151,55 +244,140 @@ describe.skipIf(!existsSync(dshBin))('dsh BUILT bin (node lib/bin.js, no tsx)',
     }
   }, 30_000)
 
+  it('anchors a relative add spec to the invoking directory, not the profile', async () => {
+    // `dsh plugin --profile x add .` from a plugin checkout must install THAT
+    // checkout — pnpm's cwd is the profile directory, so an un-anchored `.`
+    // would self-link the profile.
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-plugin-anchor-'))
+    const checkout = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-plugin-checkout-'))
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(checkout, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'anchored-bundle',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        dsh: { bundle: { patch: './cordis.patch.yml' } },
+      }))
+      writeFileSync(join(checkout, 'cordis.patch.yml'), '[]\n')
+      const result = await execa(process.execPath, [dshBin, 'plugin', '--profile', 'anchor', 'add', '.'], {
+        cwd: checkout,
+        input: '',
+        timeout: 60_000,
+        killSignal: 'SIGKILL',
+        reject: false,
+        env: { DSH_HOME: home },
+      })
+      expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0)
+      const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(home, 'profiles', 'anchor', 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as {
+        dependencies: Record<string, string>
+        dsh: { profile: { bundles: string[] } }
+      }
+      expect(Object.keys(manifest.dependencies)).toEqual(['anchored-bundle'])
+      expect(manifest.dsh.profile.bundles).toContain('anchored-bundle')
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      rmSync(checkout, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  }, 90_000)
+
+  it('activates a dependency that gained dsh.bundle in a later update', async () => {
+    // Reconcile runs against the INSTALLED state on every successful pnpm
+    // run, so `update` (not only `add`) activates a package whose newer
+    // version declares dsh.bundle. Simulated without a registry: hand-place
+    // the installed package, flip its manifest, and run a benign pnpm verb.
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-plugin-update-'))
+    try {
+      const profileDir = join(home, 'profiles', 'up')
+      const installed = join(profileDir, 'node_modules', 'late-bundle')
+      mkdirSync(installed, { recursive: true })
+      writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'dsh-profile-up',
+        private: true,
+        dependencies: { 'late-bundle': 'file:./late-bundle' },
+        dsh: { profile: { bundles: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'] } },
+      }))
+      writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), '[]\n')
+      // v1: no dsh manifest — a plain dependency.
+      writeFileSync(join(installed, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'late-bundle', version: '1.0.0' }))
+      const first = await runBuiltBin(['plugin', '--profile', 'up', 'root'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+      expect(first.code).toBe(0)
+      let manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as { dsh: { profile: { bundles: string[] } } }
+      expect(manifest.dsh.profile.bundles).toEqual(['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'])
+      // v2: the installed package now declares dsh.bundle (an update landed).
+      writeFileSync(join(installed, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'late-bundle', version: '2.0.0', dsh: { bundle: { patch: './cordis.patch.yml' } },
+      }))
+      writeFileSync(join(installed, 'cordis.patch.yml'), '[]\n')
+      const second = await runBuiltBin(['plugin', '--profile', 'up', 'root'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+      expect(second.code).toBe(0)
+      manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as { dsh: { profile: { bundles: string[] } } }
+      expect(manifest.dsh.profile.bundles).toEqual(['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', 'late-bundle'])
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  }, 30_000)
+
   describe('config dump', () => {
     let home: string
     beforeEach(() => { home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-dump-bin-')) })
     afterEach(() => { rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true }) })
 
-    it('prints the shipped base without a user layer', async () => {
-      const { stdout, code, stderr } = await runBuiltBin(['--dump-default-config'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+    it('prints the web profile bundle layers without a user layer', async () => {
+      const { stdout, code, stderr } = await runBuiltBin(['--profile', 'web', '--dump-default-config'], { DSH_HOME: home })
       expect(code).toBe(0)
       expect(stderr).toBe('')
       expect(stdout).toContain("name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'")
       expect(stdout).toContain('agents: []')
-      expect(stdout).toContain('# == base.cordis.yml')
+      expect(stdout).toContain('# == @deepseek-ai/dsh-base')
+      expect(stdout).toContain("name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'")
     }, 30_000)
 
-    it('composes the required raw overlay directly over the base', async () => {
-      writeFileSync(join(home, 'config.yaml'), [
+    it('composes the profile user layer and a --patch overlay in order', async () => {
+      // Auto-init the web profile first, then write its user layer.
+      const init = await runBuiltBin(['--profile', 'web', '--dump-default-config'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+      expect(init.code).toBe(0)
+      const profilePatch = join(home, 'profiles', 'web', 'cordis.patch.yml')
+      writeFileSync(profilePatch, [
         '- id: agent-loop',
         '  config:',
         '    agents:',
         '      - id: personal',
         '        provider: personal-provider',
         '        model: personal-model',
+        '- id: absent-row',
+        '  config:',
+        '    x: 1',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'))
+      const overlay = join(home, 'overlay.cordis.yml')
+      writeFileSync(overlay, [
+        '- id: agent-loop',
+        '  config:',
+        '    agents:',
+        '      - id: configured',
+        '        provider: configured-provider',
+        '        model: configured-model',
         '',
       ].join('\n'))
       const { stdout, code, stderr } = await runBuiltBin(
-        ['--config', rawOverlay, '--dump-config'],
+        ['--profile', 'web', '--patch', overlay, '--dump-config'],
         { DSH_HOME: home },
       )
       expect(code).toBe(0)
       expect(stdout).toContain('provider: configured-provider')
       expect(stdout).not.toContain('personal-provider')
-      expect(stdout).toContain(`patched by ${rawOverlay}`)
+      // Both layers patched the row; provenance lists them in application order.
+      expect(stdout).toContain(`patched by ${profilePatch}, ${overlay}`)
       expect(stderr).toContain('patch: entry "absent-row" not found')
     }, 30_000)
 
-    it('keeps the Web overlay and personal layer on the Web command', async () => {
-      writeFileSync(join(home, 'config.yaml'), [
-        '- id: agent-loop',
-        '  config:',
-        '    agents:',
-        '      - id: personal',
-        '        provider: personal-provider',
-        '        model: personal-model',
-        '',
-      ].join('\n'))
-      const { stdout, code } = await runBuiltBin(['web', '--dump-config'], { DSH_HOME: home })
+    it('shows the RL Web patch disabling runtime surface context', async () => {
+      const { stdout, code, stderr } = await runBuiltBin(
+        ['web', '--patch', coreWebOverlay, '--dump-config'],
+        { DSH_HOME: home },
+      )
       expect(code).toBe(0)
-      expect(stdout).toContain("name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'")
-      expect(stdout).toContain('provider: personal-provider')
+      expect(stderr).toBe('')
+      expect(stdout).toContain("name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app'")
+      expect(stdout).toContain('surfaceContext: false')
     }, 30_000)
   })
 })
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-invalid-provider.cordis.yml b/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/invalid-provider.cordis.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-invalid-provider.cordis.yml
rename to apps/cli/tests/fixtures/invalid-provider.cordis.yml
index 159d300aba..88534a1680 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-invalid-provider.cordis.yml
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/invalid-provider.cordis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Invalid raw overlay used to prove boot failures settle and exit.
+# Invalid `--patch` overlay used to prove boot failures settle and exit.
 
 - id: llm-pi-ai
   config:
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-overlay.cordis.yml b/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-overlay.cordis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f205972450..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/tests/fixtures/raw-overlay.cordis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Raw CLI overlay used by the built config-dump acceptance test.
-
-- id: agent-loop
-  config:
-    agents:
-      - id: configured
-        provider: configured-provider
-        model: configured-model
-
-- id: absent-row
-  config:
-    value: unmatched
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/headless-shutdown.e2e.ts b/apps/cli/tests/headless-shutdown.e2e.ts
index 81089b3598..cfa87b03de 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/headless-shutdown.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/headless-shutdown.e2e.ts
@@ -65,8 +65,17 @@ async function runHeadlessPtySmoke(): Promise<string> {
   const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-headless-shutdown-'))
   try {
     const home = join(cwd, '.dsh')
-    await mkdir(home, { recursive: true })
-    await writeFile(join(home, 'config.yaml'), [
+    // Pre-initialize the headless profile with the never-dispose row in its
+    // user patch layer (the same file `dsh --profile headless` hot-reloads).
+    const profileDir = join(home, 'profiles', 'headless')
+    await mkdir(profileDir, { recursive: true })
+    await writeFile(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+      name: 'dsh-profile-headless',
+      private: true,
+      dependencies: {},
+      dsh: { profile: { bundles: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'] } },
+    }, undefined, 2))
+    await writeFile(join(profileDir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), [
       '- insert:',
       '    - id: never-dispose',
       `      name: '${neverDisposePlugin}'`,
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ async function runHeadlessPtySmoke(): Promise<string> {
     ].join('\n'))
     const launch = resolveExampleLaunch({
       srcBin: dshBinScript,
-      configArgs: ['-p', 'never complete'],
+      configArgs: ['--profile', 'headless', 'never complete'],
       tsconfigPath,
       env: {
         DSH_HOME: home,
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/lazy-search-startup.compat.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/lazy-search-startup.compat.spec.ts
index 6e6d0b6e85..b1477a63d0 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/lazy-search-startup.compat.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/lazy-search-startup.compat.spec.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * Only the dedicated Node compatibility gate opts this test in after building
  * both artifacts; ordinary Vitest inventory deterministically skips it.
  * The child runs built artifacts under plain Node with the real shipped
- * config (base.cordis.yml + the web.cordis.yml overlay).
- * Its URL line follows AppCLIEntry's settled boot; SIGTERM then exercises the
+ * web profile (dsh-base + dsh-web-app bundle patches, auto-initialized).
+ * Its URL line follows the settled profile boot; SIGTERM then exercises the
  * shipped quiescent disposer.
  */
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url))
 const builtBin = join(repoRoot, 'apps/cli/lib/bin.js')
 const webDist = join(repoRoot, 'apps/web/dist/index.html')
-// The web overlay owns the session-query-sqlite lazy-open patch row.
-const configPath = join(repoRoot, 'apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml')
+// The web bundle's patch owns the session-query-sqlite lazy-open row.
+const configPath = join(repoRoot, 'packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml')
 const requireBuiltArtifacts = process.env.DSH_REQUIRE_BUILT_CLI_SMOKE === '1'
 
 interface ConfigRow {
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/source-launch.compat.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/source-launch.compat.spec.ts
index f8ee51216a..6ce11dc7f0 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/source-launch.compat.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/source-launch.compat.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url))
 const dshSourceBin = 'apps/cli/src/bin.ts'
 
 describe('dsh SOURCE launcher (node --import tsx/esm)', () => {
-  it('boots the source entry and requires the raw config overlay', async () => {
+  it('boots the source entry and requires a profile', async () => {
     const result = await execa(process.execPath, ['--import', 'tsx/esm', dshSourceBin], {
       cwd: repoRoot,
       input: '',
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('dsh SOURCE launcher (node --import tsx/esm)', () => {
       throw new Error(`dsh source launch did not exit within 25s. stdout:\n${result.stdout}\nstderr:\n${result.stderr}`)
     }
     expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0)
-    expect(result.stderr).toContain('--config <path> is required')
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain('--profile <name> is required')
     expect(result.stdout).toBe('')
   }, 30_000)
 })
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/telemetry-switch.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/telemetry-switch.spec.ts
index 0735aa93c7..0f44819564 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/telemetry-switch.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/telemetry-switch.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { resolveTelemetryPatch } from '../src/app-cli-entry.ts'
+import { resolveTelemetryPatch } from '../src/profile-boot.ts'
 
 describe('resolveTelemetryPatch', () => {
   it('keeps telemetry enabled when the switch is unset or empty', () => {
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ describe('resolveTelemetryPatch', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('fails loud when the switch is set but the row is absent', () => {
-    expect(() => resolveTelemetryPatch('1', false)).toThrow('DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED is set but row "telemetry-otel" is not in this composition')
-  })
-
-  it('ignores a missing row while the switch is unset', () => {
+  it('is trivially satisfied by a composition without the telemetry row', () => {
+    // A custom profile need not mount telemetry: nothing exports, so the
+    // privacy switch has nothing to disable and generates no patch.
+    expect(resolveTelemetryPatch('1', false)).toBeUndefined()
     expect(resolveTelemetryPatch(undefined, false)).toBeUndefined()
   })
 })
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/trusted-hosts.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/trusted-hosts.spec.ts
index 571a9f76b7..5647d01536 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/trusted-hosts.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/trusted-hosts.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** Single-sample LAN-trust resolution for the /api browser-trust fence (`resolveLanTrust`). */
 
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { resolveLanTrust } from '../src/app-cli-entry.ts'
+import { resolveLanTrust, webSurfaceContextEnabled } from '../src/web.ts'
 
 vi.mock('node:os', () => ({
   networkInterfaces: () => ({
@@ -31,3 +31,15 @@ describe('resolveLanTrust', () => {
     expect(resolveLanTrust(undefined, ['lab.internal'])).toEqual({ lanAddresses: [], trustedHosts: ['lab.internal'] })
   })
 })
+
+describe('webSurfaceContextEnabled', () => {
+  it('defaults to enabled and honors an explicit complete-prompt disable', () => {
+    expect(webSurfaceContextEnabled(new Map())).toBe(true)
+    expect(webSurfaceContextEnabled(new Map([
+      ['web-runtime', { config: { mode: 'production' } }],
+    ]))).toBe(true)
+    expect(webSurfaceContextEnabled(new Map([
+      ['web-runtime', { config: { surfaceContext: false } }],
+    ]))).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/web-prompt-context.spec.ts b/apps/cli/tests/web-prompt-context.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 64280bda47..0000000000
--- a/apps/cli/tests/web-prompt-context.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import { sep } from 'node:path'
-import { Context } from 'cordis'
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import SystemPrompt from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
-import { HARNESS_SOURCE_SECTION } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
-import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
-import { prepareWebRuntimeContext } from '../src/web.ts'
-
-describe('prepareWebRuntimeContext', () => {
-  it('installs both sections before a later systemPrompt consumer activates', async () => {
-    const ctx = new Context()
-    const sourceRoot = `${sep}opt${sep}harness-src`
-    let observedSections: { name: string; text: string }[] | undefined
-    try {
-      prepareWebRuntimeContext(ctx, sourceRoot, 'production')
-      ctx.provide('httpServer', { port: 3080 } as Context['httpServer'])
-      const consumer = ctx.inject(['systemPrompt'], async (promptCtx) => {
-        const assembly = await promptCtx.systemPrompt.assemble()
-        observedSections = assembly.sections
-      })
-
-      await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt, { persona: 'You are a coding agent.' })
-      await consumer
-
-      expect(observedSections?.map(section => section.name)).toContain(HARNESS_SOURCE_SECTION)
-      expect(observedSections?.find(section => section.name === 'app:web-surface')?.text)
-        .toContain('http://127.0.0.1:3080')
-    } finally {
-      await ctx.fiber.dispose()
-    }
-  })
-})
diff --git a/apps/cli/tsconfig.json b/apps/cli/tsconfig.json
index 44730e9f37..36c4bad6dd 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,17 +11,53 @@
     {
       "path": "../../vendor/cordis"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../vendor/loader"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../vendor/include"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/ui/app-boot"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/bundle/base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/bundle/headless"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/bundle/web-app"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/host/apiproxy"
     },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/host/webserver"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/host/frontend-static"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/core/session"
     },
     {
-      "path": "../../packages/ui/app-boot"
+      "path": "../../packages/core/system-prompt"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/core/tools"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/util/paths"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/mcp/mcp-client"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/support/loader-smoke"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite"
     },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/bash/bash-env"
@@ -29,12 +65,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../../packages/bash/tool-bash"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../../packages/util/paths"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "../../packages/session-query/session-query-sqlite"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/client/connection"
     },
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/core-web-profile.snapshot.ts b/apps/web/tests/core-web-profile.snapshot.ts
index 58f2a34858..1178390837 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/core-web-profile.snapshot.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/core-web-profile.snapshot.ts
@@ -3,21 +3,27 @@ import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { AgentHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-import { CallId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { CallId, createUserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
-import { launchWebScaffold, type WebScaffold } from './scaffold.ts'
+import { assertFixtureInventory, launchWebScaffold, type WebScaffold } from './scaffold.ts'
 
 const CORE_WEB_OVERLAY = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../cli/config/core-web.cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
+const SNAPSHOT_DIR = fileURLToPath(new URL('./snapshots/core-web-profile', import.meta.url))
+const FIXTURE = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'session.jsonl')
+const PROMPT = 'Reply exactly CORE_WEB_REQUEST_OK and stop.'
 
 describe('core Web profile', () => {
   let scaffold: WebScaffold
   let agentHandle: AgentHandle
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
-    scaffold = await launchWebScaffold({
-      extraOverlayPath: CORE_WEB_OVERLAY,
-      toolsMode: 'native',
-    })
+    const systemPrompt = process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(process.env, 'DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT')
+    try {
+      scaffold = await launchWebScaffold({ extraOverlayPath: CORE_WEB_OVERLAY, replayFixture: FIXTURE })
+    } finally {
+      if (systemPrompt !== undefined) process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT = systemPrompt
+    }
     agentHandle = await scaffold.ctx.agents.create({
       sessionId: SessionId('core-web-profile-smoke'),
       meta: { cwd: scaffold.workspaceCwd },
@@ -33,7 +39,16 @@ describe('core Web profile', () => {
     if (failures.length > 1) throw new AggregateError(failures, 'core Web profile smoke teardown failed')
   })
 
-  it('boots and executes both tools through the shipped Web composition', async () => {
+  it('sends the RL prompt and tool schemas through a real request, then executes both tools', async () => {
+    agentHandle.agent.followup(createUserMessage({
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: PROMPT }],
+      source: { kind: 'user' },
+    }))
+    await agentHandle.agent.whenIdle()
+
+    const requestHeader = agentHandle.agent.session.requestHeader()
+    if (requestHeader === undefined) throw new Error('the core Web agent issued no model request')
+
     const seedPath = join(scaffold.workspaceCwd, 'profile-smoke.txt')
     await writeFile(seedPath, 'CORE_WEB_EDITOR_OK\n')
     const signal = new AbortController().signal
@@ -60,7 +75,8 @@ describe('core Web profile', () => {
       .trimEnd()
 
     expect({
-      tools: scaffold.ctx.tools.schemas().map(tool => tool.name),
+      prompt: requestHeader.system,
+      tools: requestHeader.tools?.map(tool => tool.name),
       bash: text(bash),
       editor: text(editor),
     }).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -69,16 +85,53 @@ describe('core Web profile', () => {
         "editor": "Here's the content of {{cwd}}/profile-smoke.txt with line numbers (which has a total of 2 lines):
            1  CORE_WEB_EDITOR_OK
            2",
+        "prompt": "You are a helpful software engineer assistant.",
         "tools": [
           "bash",
           "str_replace_editor",
         ],
       }
     `)
+    expect(requestHeader.tools).toEqual(scaffold.ctx.tools.schemas(agentHandle.agent))
 
     const entries = [...scaffold.ctx.loader.entries()]
     expect(entries.find(entry => entry.options.id === 'persistent-bash')?.fiber).toBeDefined()
     expect(entries.find(entry => entry.options.id === 'pty-local')?.fiber).toBeDefined()
     expect(entries.find(entry => entry.options.id === 'str-replace-editor')?.fiber).toBeDefined()
+    expect(entries.find(entry => entry.options.id === 'web-runtime')?.fiber).toBeDefined()
+    expect(entries.find(entry => entry.options.id === 'workspace-context')?.fiber).toBeUndefined()
+    await assertFixtureInventory(SNAPSHOT_DIR, ['session.jsonl'])
+  })
+
+  it('uses DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT as the complete prompt when configured', async () => {
+    const previous = process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+    process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT = 'RL prompt override'
+    let overrideScaffold: WebScaffold | undefined
+    let overrideAgent: AgentHandle | undefined
+    try {
+      overrideScaffold = await launchWebScaffold({ extraOverlayPath: CORE_WEB_OVERLAY, replayFixture: FIXTURE })
+      overrideAgent = await overrideScaffold.ctx.agents.create({
+        sessionId: SessionId('core-web-profile-override'),
+        meta: { cwd: overrideScaffold.workspaceCwd },
+        agentOptions: { provider: 'deepseek-official', model: 'deepseek-v4-flash' },
+      })
+      overrideAgent.agent.followup(createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: PROMPT }],
+        source: { kind: 'user' },
+      }))
+      await overrideAgent.agent.whenIdle()
+      expect(overrideAgent.agent.session.requestHeader()?.system).toBe('RL prompt override')
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        await overrideAgent?.dispose()
+      } finally {
+        try {
+          await overrideScaffold?.close()
+        } finally {
+          if (previous === undefined) Reflect.deleteProperty(process.env, 'DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT')
+          else process.env.DSH_SYSTEM_PROMPT = previous
+        }
+      }
+    }
   })
 })
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/lifecycle-chrome.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/lifecycle-chrome.e2e.ts
index f37f02b6af..e9afa95872 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/lifecycle-chrome.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/lifecycle-chrome.e2e.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const SNAPSHOT_DIR = fileURLToPath(new URL('./snapshots/lifecycle-chrome', impor
 const FIXTURE = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'session.jsonl')
 const HERO_EXPECTED = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'hero.expected.md')
 const COMMAND_MENU_EXPECTED = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'command-menu.expected.md')
+const FUZZY_COMMAND_MENU_EXPECTED = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'command-menu-fuzzy.expected.md')
 const PLAN_ACTIVE_EXPECTED = join(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'plan-active.expected.md')
 // Post-reload golden: the same settled conversation rebuilt purely from
 // persistence + history — byte-equal rendering is exactly the recovery claim.
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ describe('web e2e: lifecycle & chrome (workspace flow / reload / dark mode)', ()
     expect(Math.abs(
       launchedBox!.y + launchedBox!.height - typedBox!.y - typedBox!.height,
     )).toBeLessThan(1)
+    await input.fill('/cpt')
+    await expect.poll(() => menu.getByRole('option').allTextContents()).toEqual([
+      'compactCompact older conversation history',
+    ])
+    const fuzzySnapshot = await captureStableAria(page, '[role="listbox"]', scaffold.workspaceCwd)
+    await compareOrRefreshGolden(FUZZY_COMMAND_MENU_EXPECTED, fuzzySnapshot, MODE)
     await input.fill('')
     await expect.poll(() => menu.count()).toBe(0)
   })
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ describe('web e2e: lifecycle & chrome (workspace flow / reload / dark mode)', ()
   it.skipIf(MODE === 'record')('keeps the fixture inventory closed', async () => {
     expect(tripwire.warnings).toEqual([])
     await assertFixtureInventory(SNAPSHOT_DIR, [
-      'session.jsonl', 'command-menu.expected.md', 'hero.expected.md', 'plan-active.expected.md', 'reloaded.expected.md',
+      'session.jsonl', 'command-menu.expected.md', 'command-menu-fuzzy.expected.md', 'hero.expected.md', 'plan-active.expected.md', 'reloaded.expected.md',
     ])
   })
 })
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/markdown-cjk-strong.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/markdown-cjk-strong.e2e.ts
index dfa669d47d..0c57c513fe 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/markdown-cjk-strong.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/markdown-cjk-strong.e2e.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const CASES = [
 /** Build one settled assistant reply covering CJK-adjacent strong punctuation boundaries. */
 function markdownFixture(): string {
   const session = Session.create(SessionId('markdown-cjk-strong-source'))
+  const eventTimeOrigin = new Date().setHours(12, 0, 0, 0)
   session.append('turn/start', { turn: 1 })
   const user = session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
     content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Render adjacent CJK strong emphasis.' }],
@@ -75,7 +76,10 @@ function markdownFixture(): string {
       createdAt: 0,
       cwd: '{{cwd}}',
     }),
-    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify(event)),
+    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify({
+      ...event,
+      time: eventTimeOrigin + event.seq * 1_000,
+    })),
     '',
   ].join('\n')
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/markdown-images.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/markdown-images.e2e.ts
index adf4e0b1b3..2763eb1837 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/markdown-images.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/markdown-images.e2e.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ async function stopServer(server: Server): Promise<void> {
 /** Build one closed, invariant-checked session fixture with remote and local image Markdown. */
 function markdownImageFixture(remoteUrl: string): string {
   const session = Session.create(SessionId('markdown-image-source'))
+  const eventTimeOrigin = new Date().setHours(12, 0, 0, 0)
   session.append('turn/start', { turn: 1 })
   const user = session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
     content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Show the Markdown image policy.' }],
@@ -126,7 +127,14 @@ function markdownImageFixture(remoteUrl: string): string {
   }
   return [
     JSON.stringify(header),
-    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify(event)),
+    // Spaced event times, exactly as the sibling markdown fixtures pin them:
+    // the stats line renders its LLM segment only while the step's measured
+    // milliseconds exceed zero, so a fixture that leaves the times unset lets
+    // the replay's own speed decide whether the golden matches.
+    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify({
+      ...event,
+      time: eventTimeOrigin + event.seq * 1_000,
+    })),
     '',
   ].join('\n')
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/markdown-inline-code-links.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/markdown-inline-code-links.e2e.ts
index 8839a1b8d1..7b5c466298 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/markdown-inline-code-links.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/markdown-inline-code-links.e2e.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const DONE = 'INLINE_CODE_LINK_DONE'
 /** Build a settled assistant reply with linkable URL code and inert code controls. */
 function markdownFixture(linkUrl: string): string {
   const session = Session.create(SessionId('markdown-inline-code-links-source'))
+  const eventTimeOrigin = new Date().setHours(12, 0, 0, 0)
   session.append('turn/start', { turn: 1 })
   const user = session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
     content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Show the local preview URL.' }],
@@ -72,7 +73,10 @@ function markdownFixture(linkUrl: string): string {
       createdAt: 0,
       cwd: '{{cwd}}',
     }),
-    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify(event)),
+    ...session.events.map(event => JSON.stringify({
+      ...event,
+      time: eventTimeOrigin + event.seq * 1_000,
+    })),
     '',
   ].join('\n')
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts
index 51fa84af3d..85eb76e3e3 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/onboarding-deepseek-config.e2e.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,58 @@ describe.skipIf(MODE === 'record')('web e2e: first-run DeepSeek credential setup
     expect(tripwire.pageErrors).toEqual([])
   }, 60_000)
 
+  it('never paints the takeover chrome on a configured reload, even with the settings join held open', async () => {
+    onTestFailed(() => saveFailureShot(page, 'web-e2e-onboarding-configured-reload'))
+    // Regression pin for the reload white flash: both steps are satisfied
+    // (welcome acknowledged, credential configured), yet each must LOAD its
+    // private join before it can decide not to show. The chrome lives inside
+    // the step (OnboardingSurface), so the deciding window paints and blocks
+    // nothing. Holding settings.describe widens that window from loopback
+    // RTT scale to a deterministic hundreds of milliseconds, removing all
+    // timing dependence from the sampler assertions below.
+    //
+    // The sampler init script persists across this shared page's later
+    // navigations (init scripts re-run per navigation); that stays harmless
+    // because no later scenario in this file legitimately shows the
+    // takeover, and only this test reads __takeoverSightings.
+    await page.addInitScript(() => {
+      const sightings: string[] = []
+      ;(window as unknown as { __takeoverSightings: string[] }).__takeoverSightings = sightings
+      setInterval(() => {
+        if (document.querySelector('[class*="onboardingStage"], [class*="onboardingMask"]') !== null) {
+          sightings.push('chrome')
+        }
+        if (document.getElementById('root')?.inert === true) sightings.push('inert')
+      }, 8)
+    })
+    // EVERY settings.describe issued before the release is held — not just
+    // the first — so the pin cannot silently collapse back to loopback
+    // timing if a second boot-time consumer of the join ever appears.
+    let released = false
+    const heldRoutes: Array<() => void> = []
+    const releaseDescribe = (): void => {
+      released = true
+      for (const resolve of heldRoutes.splice(0)) resolve()
+    }
+    await page.route('**/api/settings.describe', async (route) => {
+      if (!released) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { heldRoutes.push(resolve) })
+      await route.continue()
+    })
+    const warningsBefore = tripwire.warnings.length
+    await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'commit' })
+    await page.waitForSelector('[class*="frame"]', { timeout: 15_000 })
+    // The app is painted and interactive while the steps are still deciding.
+    await page.waitForTimeout(600)
+    releaseDescribe()
+    await page.waitForTimeout(400)
+    await page.unroute('**/api/settings.describe')
+    acknowledgeReloadConnectionLoss(tripwire, warningsBefore)
+    expect(await page.evaluate(() =>
+      (window as unknown as { __takeoverSightings: string[] }).__takeoverSightings)).toEqual([])
+    expect(await page.locator('[class*="onboardingStage"]').count()).toBe(0)
+    expect(tripwire.pageErrors).toEqual([])
+  }, 60_000)
+
   it('configures arbitrary DeepSeek models and prompts after the selected model is removed', async () => {
     onTestFailed(() => saveFailureShot(page, 'web-e2e-onboarding-deepseek-models'))
     // Opened here rather than inherited: the credential test reloads the page
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml b/apps/web/tests/pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml
index 266c35e94b..d48dfa3538 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml
+++ b/apps/web/tests/pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Loader overlay for the W5 real-host smoke (`dsh web --config`): pin the
+# Loader overlay for the W5 real-host smoke (`dsh web --patch`): pin the
 # in-browser directory picker. The shipped row is `-auto`, which resolves to
 # the native OS chooser on a loopback bind with a local display — an
 # interaction a Playwright page cannot drive, so the resolved backend would
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/scaffold.ts b/apps/web/tests/scaffold.ts
index 52eb7f151d..c84b25a332 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/scaffold.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/scaffold.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Shared scaffold for the keyless browser e2e lane (Agent Note:
 // .agents/notes/implemented/testing/2026-07-24-web-gui-browser-e2e-lane.md).
-// Boots the REAL web composition — the shipped base plus web overlay through
-// the vendored Loader (the same include boot AppCLIEntry drives), patched the
+// Boots the REAL web composition — the dsh-base and dsh-web-app bundle
+// patches over the empty profile root through the vendored Loader (the same
+// layer stack the profile boot composes), patched the
 // snapshot way — so a real chromium exercises the real HTTP uplink/WebSocket
 // downlink, api-gateway, agent loop, tools, and persistence. Modes ride $DSH_SNAPSHOT:
 // replay (default, keyless: normally disables the llm-deepseek row and
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 // masking its credential, without making a model call.
 //
 // Composition divergences from `dsh web`, all deliberate, all via include
-// patches after the shipped surface overlay, over the SAME tree (never a
+// patches after the shipped bundle layers, over the SAME tree (never a
 // second yml): temp persistenceRoot; host-level skill roots confined to the
 // temp workspace while project skill discovery remains real; workspace-context
 // disabled (recorded fixtures must not embed this repo's AGENTS.md);
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@
 // (the plugin-row path discards the ReplayHandle; the direct install keeps
 // assertConsumed for the teardown fixture-consumption check).
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { mkdtemp, readFile, readdir, realpath, rm, utimes, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, readdir, realpath, rm, utimes, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import type { Page } from 'playwright'
 import { expect } from 'vitest'
@@ -32,7 +33,13 @@ import { Context } from 'cordis'
 import Loader from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
 import Include, { type PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
 import { scrubRequestHeaders } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-acp-snapshot'
-import { assertEntriesLoaded, loadOverlayPatches } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import {
+  addHarnessSourceSection,
+  assertEntriesLoaded,
+  composeEntries,
+  healProfilesModuleFallback,
+  loadOverlayPatches,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
 import { dshHomePath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
 import {
   WELCOME_NOTICE_ACK_FIELD, WELCOME_NOTICE_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE, WELCOME_NOTICE_VERSION,
@@ -53,8 +60,7 @@ import * as ToolCordis from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-cordis'
 // Empty type imports carry the httpServer/agents/sessionPersistence Context merges.
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-import { prepareWebRuntimeContext } from '../../cli/src/web.ts'
-import { DIST_INDEX, REPO_ROOT, requireDist } from './support.ts'
+import { REPO_ROOT, requireDist } from './support.ts'
 
 /** Snapshot mode for the lane, from $DSH_SNAPSHOT (same vocabulary as the other snapshot suites). */
 export type WebSnapshotMode = 'replay' | 'record' | 'refresh'
@@ -70,9 +76,11 @@ export function webSnapshotMode(): WebSnapshotMode {
   throw new Error(`DSH_SNAPSHOT must be replay, record, or refresh; got ${JSON.stringify(value)}`)
 }
 
-/** The shipped composition under test: apps/cli's shared base and web overlay. */
-const CONFIG_PATH = join(REPO_ROOT, 'apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml')
-const WEB_OVERLAY_PATH = join(REPO_ROOT, 'apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml')
+/** The shipped composition under test: the dsh-base and dsh-web-app bundle patches over the empty profile root. */
+const BASE_PATCH_PATH = join(REPO_ROOT, 'packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml')
+const WEB_PATCH_PATH = join(REPO_ROOT, 'packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml')
+/** The installation anchor whose dependency surface the profile module fallback mirrors. */
+const INSTALL_ANCHOR = join(REPO_ROOT, 'apps/cli/package.json')
 
 // Replay publishes the provider catalog the gateway routes to (providers
 // mode, never catch-all: with llm-deepseek disabled no adapter exists, so a
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ export interface WebScaffold {
 export interface LaunchOptions {
   /**
    * Optional product overlay applied after the shipped Web surface and before
-   * the scaffold's hermetic test patches, matching AppCLIEntry's `--config`
+   * the scaffold's hermetic test patches, matching the launcher's `--patch`
    * ordering.
    */
   extraOverlayPath?: string
@@ -240,14 +248,22 @@ export async function launchWebScaffold(options: LaunchOptions = {}): Promise<We
   }
   if (maskDeepSeekCredential) Reflect.deleteProperty(process.env, 'DEEPSEEK_API_KEY')
 
-  // The include patch set — the same mechanism AppCLIEntry and the ACP
-  // snapshot overlay use, applied over the SAME shipped tree (a patch id that
-  // stops matching a row fails the boot sweep loudly instead of drifting).
-  const surfacePatches = loadOverlayPatches('web e2e scaffold', WEB_OVERLAY_PATH)
+  // The include patch set — the same layer stack the profile boot composes
+  // (bundle patches in dsh.profile.bundles order), applied over the SAME empty root (a
+  // patch id that stops matching a row fails the boot sweep loudly instead of
+  // drifting).
+  const basePatches = loadOverlayPatches('web e2e scaffold', BASE_PATCH_PATH)
+  const surfacePatches = loadOverlayPatches('web e2e scaffold', WEB_PATCH_PATH)
   const extraOverlayPatches = options.extraOverlayPath === undefined
     ? []
     : loadOverlayPatches('web e2e scaffold', options.extraOverlayPath)
+  const composedRows = composeEntries([basePatches, surfacePatches, extraOverlayPatches])
+  const webRuntimeConfig = composedRows.find(row => row.id === 'web-runtime')?.config as {
+    surfaceContext?: boolean
+  } | undefined
+  const surfaceContext = webRuntimeConfig?.surfaceContext !== false
   const patches: PatchOptions[] = [
+    ...basePatches,
     ...surfacePatches,
     ...extraOverlayPatches,
     { id: 'session-persistence-jsonl', config: { root: persistenceRoot } },
@@ -280,8 +296,13 @@ export async function launchWebScaffold(options: LaunchOptions = {}): Promise<We
     { id: 'telemetry-otel', disabled: true },
     {
       id: 'webserver',
-      config: { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 0, distIndex: DIST_INDEX },
+      config: { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 0 },
     },
+    // The bundle's web-runtime row resolves the same built dist under test
+    // (apps/web IS @deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend); only the URL line is silenced.
+    // Preserve the composed surface-context choice because a patch replaces
+    // the row's complete config.
+    { id: 'web-runtime', config: { mode: 'production', printUrl: false, surfaceContext } },
     ...options.remoteAuthority === undefined
       ? []
       : [{ id: 'connection', config: { trustedHosts: [options.remoteAuthority] } }],
@@ -321,7 +342,15 @@ export async function launchWebScaffold(options: LaunchOptions = {}): Promise<We
   let replayHandle: ReplayHandle | undefined
   try {
     process.chdir(workspaceCwd)
-    ctx.baseUrl = pathToFileURL(join(resolve(CONFIG_PATH), '..')).href + '/'
+    // The production resolution shape: an empty profile root inside the temp
+    // harness home, with bare plugin names resolving through the flat module
+    // fallback the launcher heals under <home>/profiles.
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(INSTALL_ANCHOR, harnessHome)
+    const profileDir = join(harnessHome, 'profiles', 'scaffold')
+    await mkdir(profileDir, { recursive: true })
+    const rootConfig = join(profileDir, 'cordis.yml')
+    await writeFile(rootConfig, '[]\n')
+    ctx.baseUrl = pathToFileURL(profileDir).href + '/'
     // This direct Loader harness supplies the same root-path capability as app-boot.
     ctx.provide('dshHomePath', dshHomePath)
     await ctx.plugin(Loader)
@@ -329,10 +358,12 @@ export async function launchWebScaffold(options: LaunchOptions = {}): Promise<We
     // The shipped CLI deliberately has no dependency on this opt-in package.
     // Keep the Loader row real without broadening the product installation.
     if (options.cordisTools === true) ctx.loader.builtins['tool-cordis'] = ToolCordis
-    prepareWebRuntimeContext(ctx, REPO_ROOT, 'production')
+    if (surfaceContext) {
+      ctx.inject(['systemPrompt'], (promptCtx) => { addHarnessSourceSection(promptCtx, REPO_ROOT) })
+    }
     await ctx.loader.create({
       name: 'cordis:include',
-      config: { path: pathToFileURL(resolve(CONFIG_PATH)).href, patches },
+      config: { path: pathToFileURL(rootConfig).href, patches },
     })
     await ctx.loader.await()
     assertEntriesLoaded(ctx, 'web e2e scaffold')
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/smoke-real.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/smoke-real.e2e.ts
index 03faab05cd..f32daebfe4 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/smoke-real.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/smoke-real.e2e.ts
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ describe.skipIf(!process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY || notReady.length > 0)('web smoke
         '--import', tsxLoader, join(REPO_ROOT, 'apps/cli/src/bin.ts'), 'web', '--port', String(port),
         // Pin the in-browser picker: the shipped `-auto` row would resolve to
         // the native OS chooser on this bind, and no page can drive that.
-        '--config', fileURLToPath(new URL('./pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml', import.meta.url)),
+        '--patch', fileURLToPath(new URL('./pin-browse-picker.overlay.yml', import.meta.url)),
       ],
       {
         cwd: sessionsDir,
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/core-web-profile/session.jsonl b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/core-web-profile/session.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f0d62d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/core-web-profile/session.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{"type":"session","version":0,"id":"{{sessionId}}","createdAt":1785974400000,"cwd":"{{cwd}}"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":0,"time":1785974400001,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Reply exactly CORE_WEB_REQUEST_OK and stop."}],"source":{"kind":"user","rpcId":"{{rpcId}}"}},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":1,"time":1785974400002,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-start","index":0,"blockType":"text"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":2,"time":1785974400003,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"text-delta","index":0,"text":"CORE_WEB_REQUEST_OK"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":3,"time":1785974400004,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-end","index":0,"block":{"type":"text","text":"CORE_WEB_REQUEST_OK"}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":4,"time":1785974400005,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"usage","usage":{"inputTokens":10,"outputTokens":4}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":5,"time":1785974400006,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"finish","reason":{"kind":"stop"}}}}
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/lifecycle-chrome/command-menu-fuzzy.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/lifecycle-chrome/command-menu-fuzzy.expected.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13d915959d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/lifecycle-chrome/command-menu-fuzzy.expected.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- listbox "Trigger suggestions":
+  - text: Commands
+  - option "compact Compact older conversation history" [selected]
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-cjk-strong/ui.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-cjk-strong/ui.expected.md
index 187ab25e8c..b28e30e4ef 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-cjk-strong/ui.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-cjk-strong/ui.expected.md
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@
   - text: Select model
   - img
 - button "Send message" [disabled]
-- text: 1 turns · 1 steps Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
+- text: 1 turns · 1 steps LLM {{duration}} Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-images/ui.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-images/ui.expected.md
index fbdbff395a..0f9c471a65 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-images/ui.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-images/ui.expected.md
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
   - text: Select model
   - img
 - button "Send message" [disabled]
-- text: 1 turns · 1 steps Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
+- text: 1 turns · 1 steps LLM {{duration}} Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-inline-code-links/ui.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-inline-code-links/ui.expected.md
index 19efa06238..71851363d2 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-inline-code-links/ui.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/markdown-inline-code-links/ui.expected.md
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@
   - text: Select model
   - img
 - button "Send message" [disabled]
-- text: 1 turns · 1 steps Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
+- text: 1 turns · 1 steps LLM {{duration}} Input 0 tok · Output 0 tok
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/models-settings/configured.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/models-settings/configured.expected.md
index 2ff2ae3d6f..210eae3716 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/models-settings/configured.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/models-settings/configured.expected.md
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@
   - button "添加提供方":
     - img
     - text: 添加提供方
+  - button "添加自定义提供方":
+    - img
+    - text: 添加自定义提供方
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/onboarding-deepseek-config/models.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/onboarding-deepseek-config/models.expected.md
index f0177144c6..928a5bd0bd 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/onboarding-deepseek-config/models.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/onboarding-deepseek-config/models.expected.md
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@
   - button "添加提供方":
     - img
     - text: 添加提供方
+  - button "添加自定义提供方":
+    - img
+    - text: 添加自定义提供方
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts
index 141a5b427c..7ef43d2861 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/startup-auto-selection.e2e.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 // assembled application can show is that the path a user actually takes
 // reaches it: the real selection service, the real client session opening over
 // the real /api transport, and a real browser deciding what is painted.
+// The initial Workspace pick also records the resident Hero/composer nodes and
+// proves that opening the first blank Session fills the strict outlets without
+// replacing those nodes.
 //
 // The round-trip against a loopback host is far too fast to observe, so this
 // scenario HOLDS the `session.history` response open at the browser's network
@@ -55,9 +58,6 @@ describe('web e2e: startup auto-selection', () => {
     tripwire = watchConsole(page)
     await page.goto(scaffold.baseUrl, { waitUntil: 'load' })
     await page.waitForSelector('[class*="frame"]', { timeout: 30_000 })
-    // A registered workspace is the precondition for auto-selection: the first
-    // load has nothing to select, so the reload below is the path under test.
-    await connectFreshWorkspace(page, scaffold.workspaceCwd, 'startup-auto-selection')
   }, 180_000)
 
   afterAll(async () => {
@@ -65,6 +65,48 @@ describe('web e2e: startup auto-selection', () => {
     await scaffold?.close()
   })
 
+  it('keeps the resident Hero and composer nodes when the first Workspace session appears', async () => {
+    onTestFailed(() => saveFailureShot(page, 'web-e2e-first-workspace-stable-tree'))
+    await page.locator(`${ROOT_PHASE}[data-phase="hero"]`).waitFor({ timeout: 15_000 })
+    await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const refs = {
+        root: document.querySelector('div[data-phase="hero"]'),
+        workspaceChip: document.querySelector('[aria-label="Choose workspace"]'),
+        scrollBody: document.querySelector('[data-conversation-scroll]'),
+        composerSeat: document.querySelector('[data-composer-seat]'),
+        textarea: document.querySelector('textarea'),
+      }
+      if (Object.values(refs).some(node => node === null)) throw new Error('incomplete initial Hero tree')
+      ;(window as unknown as { __heroTree: typeof refs }).__heroTree = refs
+    })
+
+    // A registered Workspace is the precondition for the reload case below;
+    // this first connection is also the no-Workspace → Workspace path.
+    await connectFreshWorkspace(page, scaffold.workspaceCwd, 'startup-auto-selection')
+
+    expect(await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const before = (window as unknown as { __heroTree: Record<string, Element> }).__heroTree
+      return {
+        phase: document.querySelector('div[data-phase]')?.getAttribute('data-phase'),
+        root: document.querySelector('div[data-phase="hero"]') === before.root,
+        workspaceChip: document.querySelector('[aria-label="Choose workspace"]') === before.workspaceChip,
+        scrollBody: document.querySelector('[data-conversation-scroll]') === before.scrollBody,
+        composerSeat: document.querySelector('[data-composer-seat]') === before.composerSeat,
+        textarea: document.querySelector('textarea') === before.textarea,
+        textareaEnabled: !(document.querySelector('textarea') as HTMLTextAreaElement).disabled,
+      }
+    })).toEqual({
+      phase: 'hero',
+      root: true,
+      workspaceChip: true,
+      scrollBody: true,
+      composerSeat: true,
+      textarea: true,
+      textareaEnabled: true,
+    })
+    expect(tripwire.pageErrors).toEqual([])
+  }, 120_000)
+
   it('keeps the hero and the composer on screen while the auto-selected blank session opens', async () => {
     onTestFailed(() => saveFailureShot(page, 'web-e2e-startup-auto-selection'))
     // Runs before any page script on the reload below, so the first phase the
diff --git a/apps/web/vite.config.ts b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
index 842317911e..c5a6e6cc11 100644
--- a/apps/web/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/vite.config.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,110 @@ function rejectStandaloneServe(): Plugin {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Vendor-chunk membership, by exact npm package name — the heavy render
+ * families (math, highlight, markdown) that change only on dependency bumps.
+ * Only packages workspace code imports DIRECTLY need listing: their private
+ * transitive dependencies (oniguruma machinery, character tables, …) are
+ * imported solely by these and rollup's chunk coloring pulls them into
+ * vendor automatically. A dependency shared with index-side code falls back
+ * to index — a few kB of dilution, never a correctness problem. Anything not
+ * listed (react family, the vendored cordis workspace, tiny helpers like
+ * anser/clsx, all workspace code) stays in the default `index` chunk, so
+ * editing shell code re-hashes only index and returning clients keep the
+ * cached vendor chunk.
+ *
+ * Boundary invariant: every member must be react-free. A package that
+ * imports react/jsx-runtime must never be listed — rollup folds a module
+ * shared between the entry and a manual chunk into the manual chunk, so one
+ * react-importing member would drag the single shared react copy into
+ * vendor. The React side of markdown/math rendering is workspace code and
+ * rides index.
+ */
+const VENDOR_PACKAGES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
+  // math
+  'katex',
+  // syntax highlight (@shikijs/langs is handled separately below —
+  // lazy grammars must not land here)
+  'shiki',
+  // markdown parse pipeline (micromark/mdast; the incremental React renderer
+  // over it is workspace code)
+  'mdast-util-from-markdown',
+  'mdast-util-gfm',
+  'mdast-util-math',
+  'micromark-core-commonmark',
+  'micromark-extension-gfm',
+  'micromark-extension-math',
+  'micromark-factory-space',
+  'micromark-util-character',
+  'micromark-util-classify-character',
+  'micromark-util-sanitize-uri',
+  'micromark-util-symbol',
+  'micromark-util-types',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Boot grammars statically imported by ui-primitives' highlight.ts
+ * (`@shikijs/langs/typescript` → `dist/typescript.mjs`, etc.). They live in
+ * the same package as the lazy read-card grammars, but unlike those they are
+ * part of the initial load and belong in the vendor chunk; the lazy ones must
+ * stay unassigned so each keeps its own on-demand chunk.
+ */
+const BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES: readonly string[] = [
+  'dist/typescript.mjs',
+  'dist/shellscript.mjs',
+  'dist/json.mjs',
+]
+
+/** Font asset extensions routed to assets/fonts/ (KaTeX's woff2/woff/ttf faces today). */
+const FONT_EXTENSIONS: readonly string[] = ['.woff2', '.woff', '.ttf']
+
+/** npm package name of a resolved module id (the segment after the LAST `node_modules/` — pnpm nests the real package under an inner node_modules). */
+function npmPackageOf(id: string): string | undefined {
+  const parts = id.split('/node_modules/')
+  if (parts.length === 1) return undefined
+  const [first, second] = parts[parts.length - 1].split('/')
+  if (first.startsWith('.')) return undefined // .pnpm store segment, not a package
+  if (first.startsWith('@')) return second === undefined ? undefined : `${first}/${second}`
+  return first
+}
+
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [rejectStandaloneServe(), react()],
   build: {
     sourcemap: true,
+    rollupOptions: {
+      output: {
+        // Output layout: the two main chunks stay at assets/ root; lazy
+        // @shikijs/langs grammar chunks group under assets/langs/; fonts
+        // (today all KaTeX faces referenced by vendor.css) group under
+        // assets/fonts/. Sourcemaps need no arrangement: rollup writes each
+        // .map next to its js and references it by bare relative filename.
+        chunkFileNames(chunk): string {
+          // Grammar chunks are recognized by their member modules, not the
+          // facade: shared embedded-grammar chunks (e.g. html+javascript,
+          // split out because php/ruby/mdx embed them) have no facade at all.
+          // index and vendor are excluded by name — vendor legitimately
+          // carries the three boot grammars.
+          if (chunk.name === 'index' || chunk.name === 'vendor') return 'assets/[name]-[hash].js'
+          const isLangChunk = chunk.moduleIds.some(id => id.includes('/node_modules/@shikijs/langs/'))
+          return isLangChunk ? 'assets/langs/[name]-[hash].js' : 'assets/[name]-[hash].js'
+        },
+        assetFileNames(asset): string {
+          const fileName = asset.names[0] ?? ''
+          const isFont = FONT_EXTENSIONS.some(ext => fileName.endsWith(ext))
+          return isFont ? 'assets/fonts/[name]-[hash][extname]' : 'assets/[name]-[hash][extname]'
+        },
+        manualChunks(id: string): string | undefined {
+          const pkg = npmPackageOf(id)
+          if (pkg === undefined) return undefined // workspace + vendored cordis: index
+          if (pkg === '@shikijs/langs') {
+            return BOOT_GRAMMAR_FILES.some(file => id.endsWith(`/${file}`)) ? 'vendor' : undefined
+          }
+          return VENDOR_PACKAGES.has(pkg) ? 'vendor' : undefined
+        },
+      },
+    },
   },
   resolve: {
     // Workspace packages resolve to SOURCE: package.json exports point at lib
diff --git a/docs/architecture.i18n.yaml b/docs/architecture.i18n.yaml
index b1d4bae895..8daacae254 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/architecture.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/architecture.md
-architecture.md: 9b84c1482cb379fd796e21db45f128ba49750c54
-architecture.zh.md: 84708fcae24623e50b0157782cf459c35a55844b
+architecture.md: 81464d9c8800556565c84d33239882dc750180a8
+architecture.zh.md: c02bca4f12c3758723b0fc818c89080dccf435d9
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 9b84c1482c..81464d9c88 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ forever:
   -> 'turn/start'
   claim next-step input plus one next-turn message
   -> emit agent/inbox/claimed({ message, turn }) for each claimed message
-  -> agent/pre-step(messages, { turn, step, signal })
+  -> agent/pre-step({ agent, messages, turn, step, signal })
     reject, empty input, cancellation, or listener failure
       -> the claimed batch stays removed; close the no-step turn; stop the driver
     enter -> step loop:
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ idle inject:
 
 Each step assembles ordered prompt sections, tool schemas, and variables; unknown references fail the turn. `dsh-system-prompt` owns identity and persona; the loop supplies `provider`, `model`, and `cwd` ([prompt ownership](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-05-prompt-variables-and-tool-guidance-ownership.md)).
 
-`inject()` queues non-waking `next-step` context; an idle driver leaves it pending until `followup()` or `steer()` wakes the driver. Post-tool `additionalContexts` use the same inbox. `agent/pre-step` receives the exclusive claimed batch and upcoming turn, step, and signal. Reject opens no step; enter supplies the complete batch appended after `step/start`. Empty tool continuations still traverse the waterfall, whose final value settles all rewrites.
+`inject()` queues non-waking `next-step` context; an idle driver leaves it pending until `followup()` or `steer()` wakes the driver. Post-tool `additionalContexts` use the same inbox. The `agent/pre-step` payload carries the exclusive claimed batch and the upcoming turn, step, and signal. Reject opens no step; enter supplies the complete batch appended after `step/start`. Empty tool continuations still traverse the waterfall, whose final value settles all rewrites.
 
 Pruning precedes summaries; overflow retries require durable progress. `agent/request-error` may authorize a same-step retry of the frozen prompt; cancellation wins. Adapter `retryPolicy` bounds normal mode, while always mode retries after specialized recovery ([compaction](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-10-after-call-compaction-pressure-and-overflow-recovery.md), [retry foundation](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-21-bounded-llm-request-recovery.md), [provider policy](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-24-provider-retry-policies.md)). The generated [agent lifecycle](agent-lifecycle.md) owns exact event order, and the [agent-loop README](../packages/core/agent-loop/README.md) owns queue, steering, retry, and cancellation mechanics.
 
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ Streaming uses raw chunks and `BlockAssembler`. Each `LlmAdapter.stream()` is on
 
 A swappable capability usually has **interface / implementation / consumer** layers: service/events, backend, and model-facing tools/prompts. Bash is the reference; the [capability graph](capability-seams.md) maps each family.
 
-Exceptions combine LLM interface/consumer, filesystem policy, web registries, and named skill/subagent providers. Subagents spawn fresh, fork a completed-turn prefix, or use ACP children ([subagent.md](core-data-structures/subagent.md)).
+Exceptions combine LLM interface/consumer, filesystem policy, web registries, and named skill/subagent providers. Subagents spawn fresh, fork a completed-turn prefix, use ACP children, or delegate one self-contained turn to a real product provider such as Codex ([subagent.md](core-data-structures/subagent.md)).
 
-`dsh-workspace-context` composes its baseline on the first `agent/pre-step` and folds it into the final entering batch right after the claimed prompt, so it reaches the first request with the direct prompt; rejection keeps it in the next-step inbox. Filesystem changes projected after tools are likewise folded into the next entering pre-step instead of creating a later context-only step ([decision](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md)). `dsh-paths` owns shared paths.
+`dsh-workspace-context` composes its baseline on the first `agent/pre-step` and folds it into the final entering batch right after the claimed prompt, so it reaches the first request with the direct prompt; rejection keeps it in the next-step inbox. When compaction removes that baseline from the visible surface, the next entering pre-step composes the current baseline and carries it in the same request. Filesystem changes projected after tools are likewise folded into the next entering pre-step instead of creating a later context-only step ([decision](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md)). `dsh-paths` owns shared paths.
 
 ### Bundles And Apps
 
diff --git a/docs/architecture.zh.md b/docs/architecture.zh.md
index 84708fcae2..c02bca4f12 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.zh.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.zh.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ forever:
   -> 'turn/start'
   claim next-step input plus one next-turn message
   -> emit agent/inbox/claimed({ message, turn }) for each claimed message
-  -> agent/pre-step(messages, { turn, step, signal })
+  -> agent/pre-step({ agent, messages, turn, step, signal })
     reject, empty input, cancellation, or listener failure
       -> the claimed batch stays removed; close the no-step turn; stop the driver
     enter -> step loop:
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ idle inject:
 
 每个步骤都会组装有序的提示词片段、工具 schema 和变量；未知引用会使该轮次失败。`dsh-system-prompt` 负责身份和角色设定；循环提供 `provider`、`model` 和 `cwd`（[提示词归属](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-05-prompt-variables-and-tool-guidance-ownership.md)）。
 
-`inject()` 将不会唤醒驱动器的上下文排入 `next-step`；空闲驱动器会让它保持待处理，直至 `followup()` 或 `steer()` 唤醒。工具执行后的 `additionalContexts` 使用同一个 inbox。`agent/pre-step` 接收独占的已领取批次，以及即将使用的轮次、步骤和信号。拒绝则不进入步骤；进入则提供在 `step/start` 后追加的完整批次。空的工具续跑仍会经过 waterfall，其最终值一次性结算所有改写。
+`inject()` 将不会唤醒驱动器的上下文排入 `next-step`；空闲驱动器会让它保持待处理，直至 `followup()` 或 `steer()` 唤醒。工具执行后的 `additionalContexts` 使用同一个 inbox。`agent/pre-step` 的 payload 携带独占的已领取批次，以及即将使用的轮次、步骤和信号。拒绝则不进入步骤；进入则提供在 `step/start` 后追加的完整批次。空的工具续跑仍会经过 waterfall，其最终值一次性结算所有改写。
 
 裁剪先于摘要；溢出重试必须取得持久进展。`agent/request-error` 可以授权使用冻结提示词进行同步骤重试；取消优先。适配器的 `retryPolicy` 使 normal mode 保持有界，always mode 则在专门恢复后重试（[压缩](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-10-after-call-compaction-pressure-and-overflow-recovery.md)、[重试基础](../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-21-bounded-llm-request-recovery.md)、[提供方策略](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-24-provider-retry-policies.md)）。精确事件顺序由生成的 [agent 生命周期](agent-lifecycle.md)定义；队列、steering、重试与取消机制由 [agent-loop README](../packages/core/agent-loop/README.md)定义。
 
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ idle inject:
 
 可替换功能通常具有**接口／实现／消费方**三层：服务和事件、后端、面向模型的工具和提示词。Bash 是参考实现；[功能图](capability-seams.md)映射了每个包族。
 
-例外情况包括 LLM（大语言模型）合并接口和消费方、文件系统整合策略、web 使用注册表、skill 和 subagent 使用具名提供方。subagent 可以通过 spawn 创建全新实例、fork 一个已完成轮次的前缀，或使用 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）子 agent（[subagent.md](core-data-structures/subagent.md)）。
+例外情况包括 LLM（大语言模型）合并接口和消费方、文件系统整合策略、web 使用注册表、skill 和 subagent 使用具名提供方。subagent 可以通过 spawn 创建全新实例、fork 一个已完成轮次的前缀、使用 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）子 agent，或将一个独立完整的轮次委派给 Codex 等真实产品提供方（[subagent.md](core-data-structures/subagent.md)）。
 
-`dsh-workspace-context` 在第一次 `agent/pre-step` 组合基线并将它折入最终进入的批次、紧随已领取的直接提示词之后，使其与直接提示词一同抵达第一次请求；reject 则将它留在 next-step inbox。工具执行后投影的文件系统变更也会折入下一次进入步骤的 pre-step，而不会另外创建稍后的纯上下文步骤（[决策](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md)）。`dsh-paths` 负责共享路径。
+`dsh-workspace-context` 在第一次 `agent/pre-step` 组合基线并将它折入最终进入的批次、紧随已领取的直接提示词之后，使其与直接提示词一同抵达第一次请求；reject 则将它留在 next-step inbox。当压缩从可见表层移除该基线时，下一次进入步骤的 pre-step 会组合当前基线，并在同一请求中携带它。工具执行后投影的文件系统变更也会折入下一次进入步骤的 pre-step，而不会另外创建稍后的纯上下文步骤（[决策](../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-24-workspace-context.md)）。`dsh-paths` 负责共享路径。
 
 ### 组合包与应用
 
diff --git a/docs/capability-seams.md b/docs/capability-seams.md
index cb24cee7d5..6a8f7943c2 100644
--- a/docs/capability-seams.md
+++ b/docs/capability-seams.md
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ flowchart LR
   pkg_bash_sandbox["bash-sandbox"]
   pkg_lsp_local["lsp-local"]
   pkg_subagent_acp["subagent-acp"]
+  pkg_subagent_codex["subagent-codex"]
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code["subagent-claude-code"]
   pkg_bash["bash"]
   svc_bash["ctx.bash<br/>Bash executor seam"]
   pkg_pwsh_local["pwsh-local"]
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ flowchart LR
   svc_subagents["ctx.subagents<br/>Subagent provider and continuation service"]
   pkg_subagent_spawn["subagent-spawn"]
   pkg_subagent_fork["subagent-fork"]
+  pkg_subagent_dsh_sdk["subagent-dsh-sdk"]
   pkg_tool_subagent_control["tool-subagent-control"]
   pkg_tool_ralph["tool-ralph"]
   pkg_tasks["tasks"]
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ flowchart LR
   pkg_storage_sqlite --> svc_storage
   pkg_subagent --> svc_subagents
   pkg_subagent_acp --> svc_subagents
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> svc_subagents
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> svc_subagents
+  pkg_subagent_dsh_sdk --> svc_subagents
   pkg_subagent_fork --> svc_subagents
   pkg_subagent_spawn --> svc_subagents
   pkg_subprocess --> svc_subprocess
@@ -318,6 +324,8 @@ flowchart LR
   svc_subprocess --> pkg_bash_sandbox
   svc_subprocess --> pkg_lsp_local
   svc_subprocess --> pkg_subagent_acp
+  svc_subprocess --> pkg_subagent_claude_code
+  svc_subprocess --> pkg_subagent_codex
   svc_systemPrompt --> pkg_agent_loop
   svc_systemPrompt --> pkg_tool_fs
   svc_systemPrompt --> pkg_tool_pty
@@ -377,7 +385,7 @@ flowchart LR
 | `ctx.agents` | `core` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) | - | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), [`cli-demo`](../packages/examples/cli-demo), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) | - | Owns live Agent handles, the create/resume factory seam, and process-local initiator propagation. |
 | `ctx.agentLoop` | `bundle` | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) | - | [`agent-spine-demo`](../packages/examples/agent-spine-demo) | - | The one concrete loop plugin; extension packages depend on dsh-agent events and services, not on this package. |
 | `ctx.goals` | `core` | [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal) | - | - | - | Folds revisioned objective state from the session log and keeps live continuation activation process-local. |
-| `ctx.subprocess` | `seam` | [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess) | [`subprocess-local`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess-local) | [`bash-local`](../packages/bash/bash-local), [`bash-sandbox`](../packages/bash/bash-sandbox), [`lsp-local`](../packages/lsp/lsp-local), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | - | The bash executors, the LSP host, and the ACP subagent backend spawn their children through ctx.subprocess; the service owns tree lifetime, stdio dispositions (pipes, inherit, bounded spill-backed collection), and kill escalation. |
+| `ctx.subprocess` | `seam` | [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess) | [`subprocess-local`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess-local) | [`bash-local`](../packages/bash/bash-local), [`bash-sandbox`](../packages/bash/bash-sandbox), [`lsp-local`](../packages/lsp/lsp-local), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp), [`subagent-codex`](../packages/subagent/subagent-codex), [`subagent-claude-code`](../packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code) | - | The bash executors, the LSP host, and the out-of-process ACP, Codex, and Claude Code subagent backends spawn their children through ctx.subprocess; the service owns tree lifetime, stdio dispositions (pipes, inherit, bounded spill-backed collection), and kill escalation. |
 | `ctx.bash` | `seam` | [`bash`](../packages/bash/bash) | [`bash-local`](../packages/bash/bash-local), [`bash-sandbox`](../packages/bash/bash-sandbox), [`pwsh-local`](../packages/bash/pwsh-local) | [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash), [`tool-pwsh`](../packages/bash/tool-pwsh), [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) | - | The model-facing shell tools and hook bridges consume this seam; sandboxed, remote, or PowerShell executors replace bash-local without touching them. |
 | `ctx.bashEnv` | `core` | [`bash-env`](../packages/bash/bash-env) | - | [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash), [`tool-pwsh`](../packages/bash/tool-pwsh) | - | Plugins declare effect-scoped DSH_* facts; each shell tool collects one trusted snapshot per execution and its executor rebuilds the namespace. |
 | `ctx.pty` | `seam` | [`pty`](../packages/pty/pty) | [`pty-local`](../packages/pty/pty-local) | [`tool-pty`](../packages/pty/tool-pty) | - | The registry owns exact-Agent session identity and cleanup; backends own terminal mechanics, while tool-pty exposes the owner-scoped model surface. |
@@ -388,7 +396,7 @@ flowchart LR
 | `ctx.codeRuntime` | `seam` | [`code-runtime`](../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime) | [`code-runtime-worker`](../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime-worker) | [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) | - | Runs one model-written program against host-provided async bindings; backends differ by substrate and language (the tool registry consumes it for Code Mode). |
 | `ctx.fs` | `seam` | [`fs`](../packages/fs/fs) | [`fs-local`](../packages/fs/fs-local), [`fs-sandbox`](../packages/fs/fs-sandbox) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) | tool-fs executes read/write/edit through ctx.fs; fs-sandbox fences mutations by the shared sandbox mode; fs-policy contributes observed-state checks through the fs/* event gate. |
 | `ctx.compact` | `seam` | [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) | - | The basic backend consumes post-step pressure and request-error recovery events; a model-facing compact tool remains deferred. |
-| `ctx.subagents` | `seam` | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn), [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent), [`tool-subagent-control`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control), [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | - | Providers implement transports; the service also owns optional Activation-based continuation orchestration, tool-subagent selects one-shot or continuable delegation, tool-subagent-control delivers follow-ups, and tool-ralph requires one fresh structured-output route. |
+| `ctx.subagents` | `seam` | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn), [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp), [`subagent-codex`](../packages/subagent/subagent-codex), [`subagent-claude-code`](../packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code), [`subagent-dsh-sdk`](../packages/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk) | [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent), [`tool-subagent-control`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control), [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | - | Providers implement transports; the service also owns optional Activation-based continuation orchestration, tool-subagent selects one-shot or continuable delegation, tool-subagent-control delivers follow-ups, and tool-ralph requires one fresh structured-output route. |
 | `ctx.tasks` | `seam` | [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks) | [`tasks-local`](../packages/tasks/tasks-local) | [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash), [`tool-pty`](../packages/pty/tool-pty), [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent), [`tool-tasks`](../packages/tasks/tool-tasks) | - | Producers (background bash, PTY sends, and subagent delegations) register running work; tool-tasks is the model-facing control surface that reads, lists, and kills it; tasks-local is the process-local registry. |
 | `ctx.web` | `seam` | [`web`](../packages/web/web) | [`web-search-exa`](../packages/web/web-search-exa), [`web-search-perplexity`](../packages/web/web-search-perplexity), [`web-search-deepseek`](../packages/web/web-search-deepseek), [`web-fetch-local`](../packages/web/web-fetch-local) | [`tool-web`](../packages/web/tool-web) | - | Search and fetch providers register into one ctx.web seam; tool-web owns the stable model-facing names. |
 | `ctx.spillStore` | `seam` | [`spill`](../packages/spill/spill) | [`spill-local`](../packages/spill/spill-local) | [`spill-policy`](../packages/spill/spill-policy) | - | The backend saves oversized tool text and returns a model-facing locator plus retrieval hint; spill-policy is the tools/post-execute consumer that decides when to spill. |
diff --git a/docs/config-catalog.md b/docs/config-catalog.md
index ffa3d5bdd4..3df5a7a9a7 100644
--- a/docs/config-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/config-catalog.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export interface Config {
   maxOutputBytes?: number
   /** Per-stream spill-file cap; larger streams retain only their in-memory tail. */
   maxSpillBytes?: number
-  /** Grace period for kill escalation and for inherited pipes after shell exit. */
+  /** Grace period for kill escalation and inherited pipes; at most `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
 }
 ```
@@ -439,6 +439,20 @@ export interface Config {
 
 Source: [`packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:26`](../packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts)
 
+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static`
+
+Requires: `httpServer`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Plugin config: the dist anchor. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** Absolute path of index.html inside the dist root. */
+  distIndex: string
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/host/frontend-static/src/index.ts:28`](../packages/host/frontend-static/src/index.ts)
+
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-local`
 
 ```ts config-catalog
@@ -483,6 +497,20 @@ export interface Config {
 
 Source: [`packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:114`](../packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts)
 
+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`
+
+Requires: `apiProxy` · `httpServer`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Plugin config: the task, patched in by the launcher. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** The prompt text for the single turn. */
+  task: string
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/bundle/headless/src/index.ts:33`](../packages/bundle/headless/src/index.ts)
+
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-hooks-claude`
 
 Requires: `bash`
@@ -577,18 +605,16 @@ Source: [`packages/host/directory-picker-browse/src/index.ts:181`](../packages/h
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver`
 
 ```ts config-catalog
-/** Gateway config: listen address plus the static dist anchor (injected by the composing app, never self-resolved). */
+/** Gateway config: the listen address. */
 export interface Config {
   /** Listen host; the two supported values are loopback and all-interfaces. */
   host: '127.0.0.1' | '0.0.0.0'
   /** Listen port; zero requests an OS-assigned port. */
   port: number
-  /** Absolute path of index.html inside the static root (dist location is workspace knowledge of the app). */
-  distIndex: string
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts:47`](../packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts:45`](../packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants`
 
@@ -704,8 +730,34 @@ export interface PiAiProviderProfile {
   apiKey?: string
   /** Credential reference (environment-variable name) resolved per request through `ctx.credentials`. */
   apiKeyEnv?: string
-  /** Override the selected catalog model's endpoint without changing its protocol metadata. */
+  /** Name shown by configuration surfaces; defaults to the route key. */
+  displayName?: string
+  /**
+   * Wire protocol every model on this route speaks. Omission keeps each
+   * installed catalog model's own protocol, which is why a catalog route needs
+   * no protocol at all; a route the catalog does not ship must name one.
+   */
+  api?: string
+  /** Endpoint for this route's models; defaults to the installed catalog's endpoint. */
   baseURL?: string
+  /**
+   * This route's model catalog. Omission serves the installed catalog for the
+   * route unchanged; an explicit list replaces it, each entry defaulting its
+   * unset fields from the installed model of the same id.
+   */
+  models?: PiAiModelProfile[]
+  /**
+   * Context capacity for a model this route lists that neither the entry nor
+   * the installed catalog sizes (default 262,144). A guess by construction, so
+   * a deployment whose gateway serves smaller models corrects it here.
+   */
+  defaultContextWindow?: number
+  /**
+   * Output capability for a model this route lists that neither the entry nor
+   * the installed catalog sizes (default 32,768). This sizes the model; it
+   * never becomes a per-request cap on its own.
+   */
+  defaultMaxTokens?: number
   /** Provider request headers; Harness attribution wins reserved names. */
   headers?: Record<string, string>
   /** Provider-neutral pi-ai reasoning level. */
@@ -725,11 +777,28 @@ export interface PiAiProviderProfile {
   /** Provider-owned model-request retry policy; omission uses normal defaults. */
   retryPolicy?: RetryPolicyConfig
 }
+
+/** One configured model entry: an id plus the catalog fields it overrides. */
+export interface PiAiModelProfile {
+  /** Model id sent to the provider and accepted by {@link GenerateOptions.model}. */
+  id: string
+  /** Display name for selectors; defaults to the catalog name, then the id. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context in tokens. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /**
+   * Maximum output tokens. Configuring one also makes it this model's
+   * per-request default; a value inherited from the installed catalog, or the
+   * route's fallback, is the model's capability and never becomes a request
+   * default on its own.
+   */
+  maxTokens?: number
+}
 ```
 
 Depends on: `CacheRetention` (`@earendil-works/pi-ai`) · `ModelThinkingLevel` (`@earendil-works/pi-ai`) · [`RetryPolicyConfig`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) · `ThinkingBudgets` (`@earendil-works/pi-ai`) · `Transport` (`@earendil-works/pi-ai`)
 
-Source: [`packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts:62`](../packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts)
+Source: [`packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts:122`](../packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-replay`
 
@@ -996,7 +1065,7 @@ export interface Config {
   maxOutputBytes?: number
   /** Per-stream spill-file cap; larger streams retain only their in-memory tail. */
   maxSpillBytes?: number
-  /** Grace period for kill escalation and for inherited pipes after shell exit. */
+  /** Grace period for kill escalation and inherited pipes; at most `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
   /**
    * Explicit pwsh executable. When omitted, well-known Windows install
@@ -1559,10 +1628,11 @@ export interface Config {
   /**
    * Grace period (ms) for the child's EOF-driven quiesce on dispose — its
    * window to flush persistence and tear down its own nested subprocesses
-   * before the parent escalates to a signal.
+   * before the parent escalates to a signal. Must not exceed
+   * `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`.
    */
   disposeEofGraceMs?: number
-  /** Termination confirmation window (ms), including forced exit on every platform. */
+  /** Termination-escalation grace (ms); must not exceed `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   disposeGraceMs?: number
 }
 
@@ -1570,7 +1640,45 @@ export interface Config {
 export type PermissionPolicy = 'allow' | 'reject'
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts:26`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts:27`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts)
+
+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code`
+
+Requires: `subagents` · `subprocess`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Deployment-owned environment and process-release bound. */
+export interface Config {
+  /**
+   * Explicit environment entries layered over the subprocess seam's
+   * credential-scrubbed parent environment.
+   */
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  /** Grace in milliseconds for Claude Code process-tree termination. */
+  disposeGraceMs?: number
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/index.ts:32`](../packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/index.ts)
+
+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex`
+
+Requires: `subagents` · `subprocess`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Deployment-owned environment and process-release bound. */
+export interface Config {
+  /**
+   * Explicit environment entries layered over the subprocess seam's
+   * credential-scrubbed parent environment.
+   */
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  /** Grace in milliseconds for app-server process-tree termination. */
+  disposeGraceMs?: number
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/index.ts:30`](../packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-dsh-sdk`
 
@@ -1804,7 +1912,7 @@ export interface Config {
   searchMetaMaxBytes?: number
   /** Max complete raw `rg` stdout bytes a search will parse; larger raw output fails with `SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW`. */
   rawOutputMaxBytes?: number
-  /** Terminate-escalation grace period (ms) for one search process, handed to the subprocess seam. */
+  /** Terminate-escalation grace (ms), handed to the subprocess seam and bounded by `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
   /** Max bytes retained for one search's stderr tail; the excerpt is embedded in `SEARCH_*` error messages, never shown on success. */
   stderrMaxBytes?: number
@@ -1813,7 +1921,7 @@ export interface Config {
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts:72`](../packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts:73`](../packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal`
 
@@ -1994,8 +2102,8 @@ export interface Config {
    * requires the provider's `depthLimit` capability (mount fails loud
    * otherwise). The provider checks the calling agent's current depth at every
    * start; the tool remains model-visible so runtime policy owns rejection.
-   * `'provider-managed'` is for an out-of-process provider (ACP) whose
-   * recursion budget belongs to the child harness's own deployment.
+   * `'provider-managed'` is for an out-of-process provider whose recursion
+   * budget belongs to the child runtime or its own deployment.
    */
   maxDepth?: number | 'provider-managed'
 }
@@ -2173,6 +2281,39 @@ export interface WebServiceConfig {
 
 Source: [`packages/web/web/src/index.ts:55`](../packages/web/web/src/index.ts)
 
+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`
+
+Requires: `httpServer`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Plugin config: the surface facts the launcher patches over this bundle's defaults. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** Whether this process mounted the client-plugin HMR receiver (`dsh web --dev`). */
+  mode: WebMode
+  /** Print the URL line on activation; a headless layer over this bundle turns it off. */
+  printUrl: boolean
+  /**
+   * Register the model-visible surface context (the `app:web-surface` prompt
+   * section and the `DSH_WEB_URL`/`DSH_WEB_MODE` bash variables). A one-shot
+   * layer turns it off: its user is not interacting through the GUI, so the
+   * orientation text would be false.
+   */
+  surfaceContext: boolean
+  /**
+   * LAN IPv4 addresses sampled once by the launcher when the effective bind
+   * is all-interfaces — the exact snapshot the /api trust fence was
+   * configured with, so the printed LAN URL can never name an address the
+   * fence rejects. Empty on a loopback bind.
+   */
+  lanAddresses: string[]
+}
+
+/** Web runtime mode: production, or development when the client-plugin HMR receiver is active. */
+export type WebMode = 'production' | 'development'
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/bundle/web-app/src/index.ts:32`](../packages/bundle/web-app/src/index.ts)
+
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-fetch-local`
 
 Requires: `web`
@@ -2321,7 +2462,7 @@ export interface Config {
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts:17`](../packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts)
+Source: [`packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts:18`](../packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts)
 
 ## Loadable plugins with no config
 
@@ -2402,6 +2543,7 @@ Imported as libraries by other packages; a `cordis.yml` cannot load them.
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop-testkit` ([`packages/support/agent-loop-testkit/src/index.ts`](../packages/support/agent-loop-testkit/src/index.ts))
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot` ([`packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts`](../packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts))
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-atomic-write` ([`packages/util/atomic-write/src/index.ts`](../packages/util/atomic-write/src/index.ts))
+- `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` ([`packages/bundle/base/src/index.ts`](../packages/bundle/base/src/index.ts))
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-brand` ([`packages/util/brand/src/index.ts`](../packages/util/brand/src/index.ts))
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-schema-form` ([`packages/client/schema-form/src/index.ts`](../packages/client/schema-form/src/index.ts))
 - `@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-test-runtime` ([`packages/client/test-runtime/src/index.ts`](../packages/client/test-runtime/src/index.ts))
diff --git a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.i18n.yaml b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.i18n.yaml
index 079bb5b3f1..acc8597d68 100644
--- a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.md
-extension-cookbook.md: 1d5705672396d66d5625567aefec5006ae126e67
-extension-cookbook.zh.md: 2f8e0ccb745baefb857f1065040f3225142d264f
+extension-cookbook.md: 26f20b8f6cb57103b8e7340fcd21089ff1b0e5f6
+extension-cookbook.zh.md: b8bafdb73e91b56dd411cc5e96c21ccf2c5db123
diff --git a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.md b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.md
index 1d57056723..26f20b8f6c 100644
--- a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.md
+++ b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Every product feature maps to a listener on a documented extension seam — the
 | Subprocess sandbox (landlock / sandbox-exec) | use a `ctx.sandbox` backend through `dsh-bash-sandbox`; use `tools/pre-execute` for capability-level denial |
 | Permission system / AskUserQuestion | return `ask` from `tools/pre-execute` and answer through `ctx.approval`; register a separate model-facing ask tool for ordinary user questions |
 | Plan mode | Shipped: [`@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode`](../../packages/plan/plan-mode/README.md) — logged `plan/mode` state, the `plan:policy` guidance section, `/plan [message]` entry, `/plan off` direct exit, and the user-reviewed `exit_plan_mode` exit; enforcement stays on the independent sandbox/approval axes |
-| Sub-agent delegation | the `ctx.subagents` provider registry (`dsh-subagent-spawn`/`-fork`/`-acp`) + `dsh-tool-subagent` exposing one configured provider to the model |
+| Sub-agent delegation | the `ctx.subagents` provider registry (`dsh-subagent-spawn`/`-fork`/`-acp`/`-codex`/`-claude-code`/`-dsh-sdk`) + `dsh-tool-subagent` exposing one configured provider to the model |
 | MCP | one plugin per server: discover tools → `ctx.tools.register()` |
 | Skills | section + tool registration; `inject()` skill content on invocation |
 | Memory | section provider + tool |
diff --git a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.zh.md b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.zh.md
index 2f8e0ccb74..b8bafdb73e 100644
--- a/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.zh.md
+++ b/docs/cookbook/extension-cookbook.zh.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context) {
 | 子进程沙箱（landlock / sandbox-exec） | 通过 `dsh-bash-sandbox` 使用 `ctx.sandbox` 后端；能力级别的拒绝使用 `tools/pre-execute` |
 | 权限系统 / AskUserQuestion | 从 `tools/pre-execute` 返回 `ask` 并通过 `ctx.approval` 应答；为普通用户提问注册一个独立的面向模型的 ask 工具 |
 | Plan mode | 已交付：[`@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode`](../../packages/plan/plan-mode/README.md) — 落日志的 `plan/mode` 状态、`plan:policy` 引导段、`/plan [message]` 入口、`/plan off` 直接退出，以及经用户评审的 `exit_plan_mode` 出口；强制约束留在独立的沙箱/审批轴上 |
-| 子 agent 委派 | `ctx.subagents` 提供方注册表（`dsh-subagent-spawn`/`-fork`/`-acp`）+ `dsh-tool-subagent` 向模型暴露一个已配置的提供方 |
+| 子 agent 委派 | `ctx.subagents` 提供方注册表（`dsh-subagent-spawn`/`-fork`/`-acp`/`-codex`/`-claude-code`/`-dsh-sdk`）+ `dsh-tool-subagent` 向模型暴露一个已配置的提供方 |
 | MCP | 每个服务器一个插件：发现工具 → `ctx.tools.register()` |
 | Skill（技能） | section + 工具注册；调用时通过 `inject()` 注入 skill 内容 |
 | 记忆 | section provider + 工具 |
diff --git a/docs/cordis-catalog/events.md b/docs/cordis-catalog/events.md
index 5044b0e5ce..44e0727101 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-catalog/events.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-catalog/events.md
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ A fully configured agent and live session were published. Setup is composition-o
  * Synchronous listener failure vetoes publication, while returned-promise
  * rejection is reported. Detach requested during dispatch waits until every
  * creation listener has observed the stable entry.
- * @param agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.
+ * @param payload.agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/created'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void
+'agent/created'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:178`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:154`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/disposed` — emit
 
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence and sco
  * An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence
  * and scoped-registration unwind, but before session detachment. Custom
  * registry users own their driver-ordering contract.
- * @param agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.
+ * @param payload.agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/disposed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void
+'agent/disposed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:187`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:163`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/error` — emit
 
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ A step or turn errored. The machine reports a failure here even when the error h
 /**
  * A step or turn errored. The machine reports a failure here even when
  * the error has no in-turn position for a durable record.
- * @param agent - the agent whose turn errored.
- * @param turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.
- * @param step - the step at which the failure surfaced.
- * @param error - the failure, verbatim.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn errored.
+ * @param payload.turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.
+ * @param payload.step - the step at which the failure surfaced.
+ * @param payload.error - the failure, verbatim.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, error: unknown): void
+'agent/error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; error: unknown }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:302`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:285`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/inbox/claimed` — emit
 
@@ -86,17 +86,18 @@ One message left the inbox inside its open turn. If the proposed step is rejecte
  * One message left the inbox inside its open turn. If the proposed step
  * is rejected, the claimed message ends here: it is neither discarded nor
  * re-emitted as a user/message, and the turn closes without a step.
- * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
- * @param event - the claimed message and owning turn.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+ * @param payload.message - the claimed message.
+ * @param payload.turn - the owning turn.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/inbox/claimed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void
+'agent/inbox/claimed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [UserMessage](../core-data-structures/session.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:215`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:192`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/inbox/discarded` — emit
 
@@ -105,17 +106,17 @@ One message was discarded from the live inbox.
 ```ts cordis-catalog
 /**
  * One message was discarded from the live inbox.
- * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
- * @param event - the discarded message.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+ * @param payload.message - the discarded message.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/inbox/discarded'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void
+'agent/inbox/discarded'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [UserMessage](../core-data-structures/session.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:223`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:200`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/inbox/inserted` — emit
 
@@ -124,17 +125,17 @@ One message entered the live inbox.
 ```ts cordis-catalog
 /**
  * One message entered the live inbox.
- * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
- * @param event - the inserted message.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+ * @param payload.message - the inserted message.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/inbox/inserted'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void
+'agent/inbox/inserted'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [UserMessage](../core-data-structures/session.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:205`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:181`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/pre-step` — waterfall
 
@@ -144,18 +145,20 @@ Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it. Calling `next()` p
 /**
  * Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it. Calling
  * `next()` preserves the current messages.
- * @param agent - the agent proposing the step.
- * @param messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.
- * @param context - proposed turn and step coordinates plus cancellation.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent proposing the step.
+ * @param payload.messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.
+ * @param payload.turn - the turn that will own the step.
+ * @param payload.step - the step proposed by the loop.
+ * @param payload.signal - the current turn's cancellation signal.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode waterfall
  */
-'agent/pre-step'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, messages: UserMessage[], context: PreStepContext, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>
+'agent/pre-step'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; messages: UserMessage[]; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>
 ```
 
-Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [PreStepContext](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [PreStepDecision](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [UserMessage](../core-data-structures/session.md)
+Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [PreStepDecision](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [UserMessage](../core-data-structures/session.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:247`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:226`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/request` — waterfall
 
@@ -167,19 +170,19 @@ Replace the frozen call configuration. `await next()` yields the config the mach
  * the machine would use (agent options on the first request, the logged
  * header afterwards); return a replacement to switch. Model-visible
  * content must use logged channels; this seam cannot mutate messages.
- * @param agent - the agent making the model call.
- * @param turn - the open turn number.
- * @param step - the step whose request this is.
- * @param signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent making the model call.
+ * @param payload.turn - the open turn number.
+ * @param payload.step - the step whose request this is.
+ * @param payload.signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode waterfall
 */
-'agent/request'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>
+'agent/request'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmCallConfig](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:260`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:239`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/request-error` — waterfall
 
@@ -191,18 +194,22 @@ Handle one failed model-request attempt before the loop retries or closes its st
  * its step. A listener returns `{ kind: 'retry' }` without calling `next()`
  * when it owns recovery, or calls `next()` to delegate. The default
  * `undefined` leaves the failure terminal.
- * @param agent - the agent whose request failed.
- * @param context - request coordinates, provider, normalized failure, and serving policy.
- * @param signal - the turn abort signal.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose request failed.
+ * @param payload.turn - the turn containing the failed request.
+ * @param payload.step - the step containing the failed request attempt.
+ * @param payload.provider - the provider selected for the failed request.
+ * @param payload.failure - serializable facts normalized at the final adapter boundary.
+ * @param payload.retryPolicy - the policy of the adapter registration that served the failed request.
+ * @param payload.signal - the turn abort signal.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode waterfall
  */
-'agent/request-error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, context: RequestFailureContext, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>
+'agent/request-error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; provider: string; failure: LlmFailure; retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>
 ```
 
-Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [RequestErrorAction](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [RequestFailureContext](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
+Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmFailure](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [RequestErrorAction](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ResolvedRetryPolicy](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:272`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:255`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/session-start` — emit
 
@@ -214,17 +221,17 @@ The session lifecycle began, once before the first turn. Use `agent.inject()` to
  * `agent.inject()` to seed model-facing context. This is a notification, not
  * a veto; disposal requested by a lifecycle owner is rechecked before the
  * driver starts.
- * @param agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.
- * @param source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.
+ * @param payload.source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/session-start'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, source: SessionStartSource): void
+'agent/session-start'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; source: SessionStartSource }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md) · [SessionStartSource](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:235`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:212`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/status` — emit
 
@@ -235,17 +242,17 @@ Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`). A waking delivery enters `running`
  * Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`). A waking delivery enters
  * `running` synchronously after reserving cancellation; `idle` means no
  * driver remains scheduled or active.
- * @param agent - the agent whose status flipped.
- * @param status - the status just entered (the transition's destination).
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose status flipped.
+ * @param payload.status - the status just entered (the transition's destination).
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent/status'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, status: AgentStatus): void
+'agent/status'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; status: AgentStatus }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [AgentStatus](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:197`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:173`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `agent/turn-stopping` — serial
 
@@ -263,18 +270,18 @@ The turn is about to close: the model owes no response (no live tool calls, no f
  * never short-circuits already-submitted next-step work: same-step
  * `additionalContexts` or racing steering still runs, and the turn
  * closes only when that inbox drains.
- * @param agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.
- * @param turn - the turn about to close.
- * @param signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
+ * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.
+ * @param payload.turn - the turn about to close.
+ * @param payload.signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
  * @mode serial
  */
-'agent/turn-stopping'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> | void
+'agent/turn-stopping'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; signal: AbortSignal }): Promise<void> | void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:290`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:273`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ## `agent-loop/*`
 
@@ -288,11 +295,11 @@ A declarative agent entry failed before it could publish a live agent. Consumers
  * Consumers that buffer work for the configured identity use this
  * transient signal to reject that work instead of waiting forever. Normal
  * factory teardown suppresses failures from the cancelled startup attempt.
- * @param sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.
- * @param error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.
+ * @param payload.sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.
+ * @param payload.error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'agent-loop/config-start-failed'(sessionId: SessionId, error: unknown): void
+'agent-loop/config-start-failed'(payload: { sessionId: SessionId; error: unknown }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [SessionId](../core-data-structures/core.md)
@@ -456,11 +463,11 @@ Goal mutation accepted by one live agent. The matching `goal/change` session eve
  * Goal mutation accepted by one live agent. The matching `goal/change`
  * session event has already committed. Listener failures are contained.
  * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
- * @param agent - agent whose session owns the goal.
- * @param change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.
+ * @param payload.agent - agent whose session owns the goal.
+ * @param payload.change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.
  * @mode emit
  */
-'goal/changed'(this: import('@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope').Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, change: GoalChanged): void
+'goal/changed'(this: import('@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope').Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; change: GoalChanged }): void
 ```
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [GoalChanged](../core-data-structures/goal.md) · [Scoped](../core-data-structures/scope.md)
@@ -486,7 +493,7 @@ The provider topology changed: an adapter registered or unregistered routes, or
 'llm/adapters-updated'(): void
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:69`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:71`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
 
 ### `llm/stream` — waterfall
 
@@ -510,7 +517,7 @@ Waterfall around every streaming model call (retry, replay, routing). Bound to t
 
 Types: [GenerateOptions](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmService](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [StreamChunk](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:58`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:60`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `session/*`
 
@@ -624,7 +631,7 @@ One registered namespace's RAW user section changed, whether or not the resolved
 
 Types: [SettingsNamespace](../core-data-structures/settings.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:150`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:170`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
 
 ### `settings/updated` — emit
 
@@ -651,7 +658,7 @@ Committed change to one registered namespace's resolved value. Emitted after the
 
 Types: [SettingsNamespace](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsUpdateSource](../core-data-structures/settings.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:137`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:157`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `skills/*`
 
diff --git a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
index b3d81d61b9..44a44a139e 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ Source: [`packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:181`](../../packages/goal/goal/src/ind
 
 ## `ctx.httpServer` — `HttpServerService`
 
-The web-shape HTTP carrier service. Activation listens immediately (route registration order carries no request-facing semantics: named routes are composed to be disjoint, and the static dist fallback answers anything not yet claimed during the boot window). A listen failure throws out of init — a FAILED fiber the boot's fail-loud sweep reports.
+The web-shape HTTP carrier service. Activation listens immediately (route registration order carries no request-facing semantics: named routes are composed to be disjoint, and the fallback seat answers anything not yet claimed during the boot window — 404 until its owner registers). A listen failure throws out of init — a FAILED fiber the boot's fail-loud sweep reports.
 
 ```ts cordis-catalog
 /**
@@ -789,15 +789,33 @@ register(route: WebRoute): () => void
 registerUpgrade(route: WebUpgradeRoute): () => void
 
 /**
- * Register an index.html transform, applied to every index response in
- * registration order.
+ * Claim the fallback seat: the handler answering every request no named
+ * route matches (the SPA dist server in the shipped Web composition). One
+ * owner only — a second registration throws, because two fallbacks cannot
+ * compose.
+ * @param handler - owns the full response lifecycle of unmatched requests.
+ * @returns the disposer releasing the seat.
+ */
+registerFallback(handler: WebRoute['handler']): () => void
+
+/**
+ * Register an index.html transform, applied by the fallback owner to every
+ * index response ({@link applyIndexTaps}) in registration order.
  * @param transform - pure html-to-html function.
  * @returns the disposer removing the transform.
  */
 tapIndex(transform: (html: string) => string): () => void
+
+/**
+ * Run an index.html body through the registered taps in registration order
+ * — called by the fallback owner on every index response it renders.
+ * @param html - the raw index.html body.
+ * @returns the transformed body.
+ */
+applyIndexTaps(html: string): string
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts:63`](../../packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts:60`](../../packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `ctx.invariants` — `InvariantService`
 
@@ -844,9 +862,9 @@ listProviders(): LlmProviderInfo[]
  * entry, or a provider already declared by any registration throws
  * `LlmError` without registering the rest. Disposed with the fiber.
  * @param entries - every configurable provider this plugin owns.
- * @returns the disposer that withdraws all of them.
+ * @returns a handle that withdraws all of them, and can atomically replace them.
  */
-registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () => void
+registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): DirectoryRegistrationHandle
 
 /**
  * List every declared configurable provider, registered or dormant.
@@ -854,6 +872,29 @@ registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () =
  */
 listConfigurableProviders(): LlmConfigurableProvider[]
 
+/**
+ * Offer to interrogate provider endpoints on behalf of the settings
+ * namespace this plugin owns. The namespace is the key because that is what
+ * a configuration surface already holds from the configurable-provider
+ * directory, and because a provider being *added* has no route to name yet.
+ * Disposed with the fiber.
+ * @param settingsNs - the namespace whose profiles this discovery serves.
+ * @param discover - interrogates one endpoint; must honor `request.signal`.
+ * @returns the disposer that withdraws the offer.
+ */
+registerModelDiscovery( settingsNs: string, discover: (request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest) => Promise<readonly LlmDiscoveredModel[]>, ): () => void
+
+/**
+ * Interrogate one provider endpoint for the models it advertises. The
+ * request describes a draft, not a stored route, so nothing here reads or
+ * writes settings or credentials — the caller owns both, and the reply is
+ * candidate metadata a surface may offer for adoption.
+ * @param settingsNs - namespace whose registered discovery serves this draft.
+ * @param request - the endpoint, protocol, and one-shot credential to use.
+ * @returns the advertised models, deduplicated in endpoint order.
+ */
+async discoverModels( settingsNs: string, request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest, ): Promise<LlmDiscoveredModel[]>
+
 /**
  * Resolve the retry policy captured when one provider route was registered.
  * @param provider - registered provider route to inspect.
@@ -916,9 +957,9 @@ async prepareCall(config: LlmCallConfig, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<Prepared
 stream(options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk>
 ```
 
-Types: [AdapterRegistrationHandle](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [GenerateOptions](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmAdapter](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [LlmCallConfig](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmConfigurableProvider](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmModelInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmProviderInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmResolvedModelInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [PreparedLlmCall](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [ResolvedRetryPolicy](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [StreamChunk](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
+Types: [AdapterRegistrationHandle](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [DirectoryRegistrationHandle](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [GenerateOptions](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmAdapter](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [LlmCallConfig](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmConfigurableProvider](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmDiscoveredModel](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmModelDiscoveryRequest](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmModelInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmProviderInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [LlmResolvedModelInfo](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [PreparedLlmCall](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [ResolvedRetryPolicy](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md) · [StreamChunk](../core-data-structures/llm-streaming.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:232`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:255`](../../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `ctx.permission` — `PermissionService`
 
@@ -1839,7 +1880,7 @@ async mutate(ns: SettingsNamespace, ops: readonly SettingsPathOp[], expectedRevi
 
 Types: [SettingsDescribeOptions](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsDescriptor](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsNamespace](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsPathOp](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsRegisterOptions](../core-data-structures/settings.md) · [SettingsScope](../core-data-structures/settings.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:365`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:387`](../../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `ctx.skills` — `SkillService`
 
diff --git a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.i18n.yaml b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.i18n.yaml
index d958eeac32..4e829dcb8f 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.md
-01-first-plugin.md: c9f4889398222793005fce6832d0917a20d0be30
-01-first-plugin.zh.md: b9d6994fad8e26cdfc52db0fbcef5631d5d53b03
+01-first-plugin.md: c44e7f95fb11d5337ecfaf4251c8b2f2b9b14680
+01-first-plugin.zh.md: 9461884d312ad2e64af12fa42952a986e1ad5d8a
diff --git a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.md b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.md
index c9f4889398..c44e7f95fb 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The process exits on its own once nothing is left running. What happened:
 2. The Loader read `cordis.yml`, resolved `./hello.ts`, and mounted it as a child plugin.
 3. Cordis called your `apply(ctx)`.
 
-There is no framework bootstrap code in your file: a plugin describes what it contributes, and `cordis.yml` composes the application. The [`dsh` base](../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml), for example, is a longer plugin composition that deployment overlays patch.
+There is no framework bootstrap code in your file: a plugin describes what it contributes, and `cordis.yml` composes the application. The [`dsh` base](../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml), for example, is a longer plugin composition that deployment overlays patch.
 
 ## The two other plugin shapes
 
diff --git a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.zh.md b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.zh.md
index b9d6994fad..9461884d31 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.zh.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-tutorial/01-first-plugin.zh.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ hello from my first plugin
 2. Loader 读取 `cordis.yml`，解析 `./hello.ts`，然后将其作为子插件挂载。
 3. Cordis 调用你的 `apply(ctx)`。
 
-你的文件中没有框架启动代码：插件描述自己的贡献，`cordis.yml` 则组合应用。例如，[`dsh` base](../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) 就是一份更长的插件组合，由部署 overlay 对它进行修补。
+你的文件中没有框架启动代码：插件描述自己的贡献，`cordis.yml` 则组合应用。例如，[`dsh` base](../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 就是一份更长的插件组合，由部署 overlay 对它进行修补。
 
 ## 其他两种插件形态
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/core.i18n.yaml b/docs/core-data-structures/core.i18n.yaml
index 6f16b8c573..5600da9e54 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/core.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/core.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/core-data-structures/core.md
-core.md: 495651e1f3105afff15f68822568ff71c531da4f
-core.zh.md: c895601f39d350811ab1169533287d8f59dba703
+core.md: 52e77be89d939eefa2b42ef5586c5798e194a303
+core.zh.md: 5f0134a4c8b3dead49830b41f62e8b7238327cfa
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/core.md b/docs/core-data-structures/core.md
index 495651e1f3..52e77be89d 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/core.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/core.md
@@ -330,6 +330,55 @@ interface LlmModelInfo {
 }
 ```
 
+A provider a surface is still drafting has no route and no catalog, so interrogation is described separately: the request carries the draft the user is editing, and the reply is candidates a surface may adopt rather than a catalog it must serve.
+
+```ts type-equiv
+/**
+ * One interrogation of a provider endpoint that configuration has not stored
+ * yet. Configuration surfaces send the draft a user is still editing, so the
+ * request carries the endpoint and credential directly instead of naming a
+ * route: a provider being added has no route to name.
+ */
+interface LlmModelDiscoveryRequest {
+  /**
+   * Route the draft is editing, when it edits an existing one. A route whose
+   * adapter already knows its models answers from that knowledge instead of
+   * asking the endpoint — the adapter's own registry is the better answer, and
+   * it costs no network call.
+   */
+  provider?: string
+  /**
+   * Endpoint to interrogate. Optional because a route the adapter already
+   * describes needs none; a route it does not must supply one.
+   */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** Wire protocol the endpoint speaks, when the draft names one. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Credential for this interrogation alone; the harness never stores it. */
+  apiKey?: string
+  /** Caller cancellation; implementations must settle promptly after it aborts. */
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+}
+```
+
+```ts type-equiv
+/**
+ * One model an endpoint reports about itself. Every field but the id is
+ * optional because most provider listings disclose an id and nothing else;
+ * a surface adopting one of these still owes the capacities its adapter needs.
+ */
+interface LlmDiscoveredModel {
+  /** Model id the endpoint accepts. */
+  id: string
+  /** Human-readable name when the endpoint supplies one. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context, when disclosed. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /** Maximum output tokens, when disclosed. */
+  maxTokens?: number
+}
+```
+
 Correctness-sensitive metadata is resolved separately from the advisory catalog and is owned by the adapter serving the exact route. Context capacity, adapter call defaults, and reasoning choices share one exact-model result so consumers do not repeat authoritative model resolution.
 
 ```ts type-equiv
@@ -679,19 +728,7 @@ Pre-step decisions use the same identified `UserMessage` shape as durable user-r
 
 Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
-`agent/pre-step` receives the exclusive claimed batch and the proposed step's coordinates and cancellation signal. The initial proposal runs inside an open turn before any step; a tool continuation may submit an empty claimed batch between steps:
-
-```ts type-equiv
-/** Coordinates and cancellation for a proposed step. */
-interface PreStepContext {
-  /** Turn that will own the step. */
-  readonly turn: number
-  /** Step proposed by the loop. */
-  readonly step: number
-  /** Current turn cancellation signal. */
-  readonly signal: AbortSignal
-}
-```
+`agent/pre-step` receives one payload carrying the exclusive claimed batch (`messages`), the proposed step's coordinates (`turn`, `step`), and the current turn's cancellation `signal`. The initial proposal runs inside an open turn before any step; a tool continuation may submit an empty claimed batch between steps:
 
 It returns a `PreStepDecision`. Reject opens no step. Enter supplies the complete message batch appended after `step/start`; claimed messages omitted by the final decision remain removed, while input inserted after the claim stays pending:
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/core.zh.md b/docs/core-data-structures/core.zh.md
index c895601f39..5f0134a4c8 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/core.zh.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/core.zh.md
@@ -336,6 +336,55 @@ interface LlmModelInfo {
 }
 ```
 
+界面正在起草的提供方既没有路由也没有 catalog，因此询问被单独描述：请求携带用户正在编辑的草稿，回复是界面可以采纳的候选，而不是它必须服务的 catalog。
+
+```ts type-equiv
+/**
+ * One interrogation of a provider endpoint that configuration has not stored
+ * yet. Configuration surfaces send the draft a user is still editing, so the
+ * request carries the endpoint and credential directly instead of naming a
+ * route: a provider being added has no route to name.
+ */
+interface LlmModelDiscoveryRequest {
+  /**
+   * Route the draft is editing, when it edits an existing one. A route whose
+   * adapter already knows its models answers from that knowledge instead of
+   * asking the endpoint — the adapter's own registry is the better answer, and
+   * it costs no network call.
+   */
+  provider?: string
+  /**
+   * Endpoint to interrogate. Optional because a route the adapter already
+   * describes needs none; a route it does not must supply one.
+   */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** Wire protocol the endpoint speaks, when the draft names one. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Credential for this interrogation alone; the harness never stores it. */
+  apiKey?: string
+  /** Caller cancellation; implementations must settle promptly after it aborts. */
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+}
+```
+
+```ts type-equiv
+/**
+ * One model an endpoint reports about itself. Every field but the id is
+ * optional because most provider listings disclose an id and nothing else;
+ * a surface adopting one of these still owes the capacities its adapter needs.
+ */
+interface LlmDiscoveredModel {
+  /** Model id the endpoint accepts. */
+  id: string
+  /** Human-readable name when the endpoint supplies one. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context, when disclosed. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /** Maximum output tokens, when disclosed. */
+  maxTokens?: number
+}
+```
+
 对正确性敏感的元数据与参考目录分开解析，并归服务该确切路由的适配器所有。上下文容量、适配器调用默认值和推理选项共用同一个确切模型结果，消费方因而无需重复执行权威模型解析。
 
 ```ts type-equiv
@@ -687,19 +736,7 @@ pre-step 决策使用与持久 user-role 输入相同、带标识的 `UserMessag
 
 源码：[`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts`](../../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
-`agent/pre-step` 接收独占的已领取批次，以及拟进入步骤的坐标与取消 signal。首次提案在已打开的轮次内、任何步骤开始前运行；工具 continuation 可以在步骤之间提交空的已领取批次：
-
-```ts type-equiv
-/** Coordinates and cancellation for a proposed step. */
-interface PreStepContext {
-  /** Turn that will own the step. */
-  readonly turn: number
-  /** Step proposed by the loop. */
-  readonly step: number
-  /** Current turn cancellation signal. */
-  readonly signal: AbortSignal
-}
-```
+`agent/pre-step` 接收一个 payload，携带独占的已领取批次（`messages`）、拟进入步骤的坐标（`turn`、`step`）与当前轮次的取消 `signal`。首次提案在已打开的轮次内、任何步骤开始前运行；工具 continuation 可以在步骤之间提交空的已领取批次：
 
 它返回 `PreStepDecision`。reject 不会打开步骤。enter 提供在 `step/start` 后追加的完整消息批次；最终决策省略的已领取消息保持已删除，而领取后插入的输入仍留待后续处理：
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.i18n.yaml b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.i18n.yaml
index 50c20a0aab..cf262dc1e9 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/core-data-structures/settings.md
-settings.md: 1cabfae5d8dc72a9cd79341d250ee79820693872
-settings.zh.md: d63a1384646fa38199e7d65e9f0504f0440597be
+settings.md: bd01c1d28407af9cab26f624a054a010e25a3ddd
+settings.zh.md: 1cb7f8b507f29f2b6876fd48b4c37284df235e53
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.md b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.md
index 1cabfae5d8..bd01c1d284 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type SettingsNamespace = Branded<'SettingsNamespace'>
 
 ## Registration
 
-Registration binds a schemastery schema to a namespace on the calling plugin's fiber — disposing that fiber removes the namespace and its observers. The options carry the composition layer and the owner's effect timing.
+Registration binds a schemastery schema to a namespace on the calling plugin's fiber — disposing that fiber removes the namespace and its observers. The options carry the composition layer, the owner's effect timing, and an optional check for what the schema cannot express.
 
 ```ts type-equiv
 /** Registration options beyond the namespace schema. */
@@ -26,9 +26,31 @@ interface SettingsRegisterOptions<T> {
   base?: Partial<T>
   /** Owner's effect timing, surfaced to configuration UIs; defaults to `live`. */
   applies?: SettingsApplies
+  /**
+   * Reject a resolved section the owner could not act on, for constraints its
+   * schema cannot express — a cross-field requirement, or one field's validity
+   * depending on another's. Throwing here refuses the *write* that produced the
+   * value, so a caller learns at `update`/`replace`/`mutate` instead of storing
+   * something that would silently disable the owner.
+   *
+   * Kept separate from the schema because the schema is also what a
+   * configuration surface renders and what an absent section resolves through;
+   * folding a cross-field check into it would change both.
+   *
+   * Once the owner is registered, a stored section that fails this keeps the
+   * namespace's last good value and warns, exactly as a schema failure does,
+   * so an externally edited document cannot strand a running owner. At
+   * registration there is no last good value yet, so a stored section that
+   * already fails rejects the registration itself — again exactly as a schema
+   * failure does.
+   * @param value - the resolved section, schema-valid by construction.
+   */
+  validate?: (value: T) => void
 }
 ```
 
+`validate` runs after the schema admits a value, so it sees defaults and the composition base exactly as the owner will. `dsh-llm-pi-ai` uses it to refuse a provider profile it could not serve at the write that produced it, rather than storing one that would disable every route in its namespace.
+
 `applies` is a UI hint, not a mechanism: a `restart` owner simply never watches, so its value is read once at construction and configuration surfaces can badge the pending change.
 
 ```ts type-equiv
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.zh.md b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.zh.md
index d63a138464..1cb7f8b507 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/settings.zh.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/settings.zh.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type SettingsNamespace = Branded<'SettingsNamespace'>
 
 ## 注册
 
-注册把 schemastery schema 绑定到调用方插件 fiber 上的 namespace——dispose 该 fiber 即移除 namespace 及其观察者。options 携带组合层与 owner 的生效时机。
+注册把 schemastery schema 绑定到调用方插件 fiber 上的 namespace——dispose 该 fiber 即移除 namespace 及其观察者。options 携带组合层、owner 的生效时机，以及一个可选的、用于校验 schema 表达不了的约束的钩子。
 
 ```ts type-equiv
 /** Registration options beyond the namespace schema. */
@@ -26,9 +26,31 @@ interface SettingsRegisterOptions<T> {
   base?: Partial<T>
   /** Owner's effect timing, surfaced to configuration UIs; defaults to `live`. */
   applies?: SettingsApplies
+  /**
+   * Reject a resolved section the owner could not act on, for constraints its
+   * schema cannot express — a cross-field requirement, or one field's validity
+   * depending on another's. Throwing here refuses the *write* that produced the
+   * value, so a caller learns at `update`/`replace`/`mutate` instead of storing
+   * something that would silently disable the owner.
+   *
+   * Kept separate from the schema because the schema is also what a
+   * configuration surface renders and what an absent section resolves through;
+   * folding a cross-field check into it would change both.
+   *
+   * Once the owner is registered, a stored section that fails this keeps the
+   * namespace's last good value and warns, exactly as a schema failure does,
+   * so an externally edited document cannot strand a running owner. At
+   * registration there is no last good value yet, so a stored section that
+   * already fails rejects the registration itself — again exactly as a schema
+   * failure does.
+   * @param value - the resolved section, schema-valid by construction.
+   */
+  validate?: (value: T) => void
 }
 ```
 
+`validate` 在 schema 接纳该值之后运行，因此它看到的默认值与组合 base 与 owner 将看到的完全一致。`dsh-llm-pi-ai` 用它在写入处拒绝自己无法服务的提供方 profile，而不是先存下来、再让该 namespace 下每条路由失效。
+
 `applies` 是 UI 提示而非机制：`restart` 的 owner 只是从不 watch，其值在构造期读取一次，配置界面可为待生效变更加标。
 
 ```ts type-equiv
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.i18n.yaml b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.i18n.yaml
index a449388c60..a2d1e76928 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/core-data-structures/subagent.md
-subagent.md: 956b47cfa85efe7826fbde47d4405d20a6abed6c
-subagent.zh.md: 467fcd35bcde5fd01a2e18efbad862c72d7a4253
+subagent.md: 315051fafaa0bb291a0f7525d2de142d8570961b
+subagent.zh.md: 5e147b85b1b9a57fb604145bef66e560c443c1de
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.md b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.md
index 956b47cfa8..315051fafa 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ English | [中文](subagent.zh.md)
 
 The subagent seam — an agent delegating work to a child agent. Like [bash](bash.md) it is **one optional capability**, not part of the agent-loop spine, so its vocabulary lives here rather than in [core.md](core.md). But it differs from every other seam on one axis: **multiple provider implementations coexist** in one context, registered by name (`ctx.subagents`), where bash allows only one executor. The registry shape mirrors the [LLM adapter registry](llm-streaming.md), not the single-service bash executor.
 
-Interface: [dsh-subagent](../../packages/subagent/subagent) (`ctx.subagents` + the vocabulary below). Implementations are sibling packages (`dsh-subagent-spawn`, `-fork`, `-acp`); the model-facing consumers are [dsh-tool-subagent](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent) (per-provider delegation), [dsh-tool-subagent-control](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control) (the optional global `send_message` and `list_agents` controls), and [dsh-tool-subagent-report](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report) (the optional child-scoped `report` return channel). The same `ctx.subagents` service owns continuable-child orchestration through an internal activation manager and read-only direct-child discovery through optional session query. The rationale lives in [the subagent Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md), [the continuable subagents Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-28-continuable-subagent-conversations.md), [the report-tool Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-continuable-subagent-report-tool.md), [the durable catalog Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-22-durable-subagent-catalog-and-list-agents.md), and [the merged-service Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-26-merge-subagent-control-service.md).
+Interface: [dsh-subagent](../../packages/subagent/subagent) (`ctx.subagents` + the vocabulary below). Implementations are sibling packages (`dsh-subagent-spawn`, `-fork`, `-acp`, `-codex`, `-claude-code`, `-dsh-sdk`); the model-facing consumers are [dsh-tool-subagent](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent) (per-provider delegation), [dsh-tool-subagent-control](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control) (the optional global `send_message` and `list_agents` controls), and [dsh-tool-subagent-report](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report) (the optional child-scoped `report` return channel). The same `ctx.subagents` service owns continuable-child orchestration through an internal activation manager and read-only direct-child discovery through optional session query. Product-provider rationale lives in [the Codex and Claude Code Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md); common-seam rationale lives in [the subagent Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md), [the continuable subagents Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-28-continuable-subagent-conversations.md), [the report-tool Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-continuable-subagent-report-tool.md), [the durable catalog Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-22-durable-subagent-catalog-and-list-agents.md), and [the merged-service Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-26-merge-subagent-control-service.md).
 
 Sources: [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/types.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/types.ts), [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts), and [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts)
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.zh.md b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.zh.md
index 467fcd35bc..5e147b85b1 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.zh.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subagent.zh.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 subagent seam：一个 agent（智能体）将工作委派给子 agent。与 [bash](bash.md) 一样，它是**一项可选能力**，不属于 agent loop（智能体循环）主干，因此其词汇定义在此而非 [core.md](core.md) 中。但它在一个维度上与其他所有 seam 不同：**同一上下文中可共存多个提供方实现**，按名称注册（`ctx.subagents`），而 bash 只允许一个执行器。注册表的形状参照 [LLM（大语言模型）适配器注册表](llm-streaming.md)，而非单服务的 bash 执行器。
 
-接口：[dsh-subagent](../../packages/subagent/subagent)（`ctx.subagents` + 下文词汇）。实现为三个兄弟包（package）：`dsh-subagent-spawn`、`-fork`、`-acp`；面向模型的消费方包括 [dsh-tool-subagent](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent)（按提供方委派）、[dsh-tool-subagent-control](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control)（可选的全局 `send_message` 与 `list_agents` 控制工具）和 [dsh-tool-subagent-report](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report)（可选的 child 作用域 `report` 返回通道）。同一个 `ctx.subagents` 服务通过内部激活管理器负责可继续子 agent 编排，并通过可选的会话查询负责只读的直接 child 发现。设计理由见 [subagent Agent Note（agent 决策记录）](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md)、[可继续 subagent Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-28-continuable-subagent-conversations.md)、[report 工具 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-continuable-subagent-report-tool.md)、[持久化目录 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-22-durable-subagent-catalog-and-list-agents.md)和[服务合并 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-26-merge-subagent-control-service.md)。
+接口：[dsh-subagent](../../packages/subagent/subagent)（`ctx.subagents` + 下文词汇）。实现为六个兄弟包（package）：`dsh-subagent-spawn`、`-fork`、`-acp`、`-codex`、`-claude-code`、`-dsh-sdk`；面向模型的消费方包括 [dsh-tool-subagent](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent)（按提供方委派）、[dsh-tool-subagent-control](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control)（可选的全局 `send_message` 与 `list_agents` 控制工具）和 [dsh-tool-subagent-report](../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report)（可选的 child 作用域 `report` 返回通道）。同一个 `ctx.subagents` 服务通过内部激活管理器负责可继续子 agent 编排，并通过可选的会话查询负责只读的直接 child 发现。产品提供方设计理由见 [Codex 与 Claude Code Agent Note（agent 决策记录）](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-claude-code-and-codex-subagent-backends.md)；通用 seam 的设计理由见 [subagent Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-06-21-subagent-capability-seam.md)、[可继续 subagent Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-28-continuable-subagent-conversations.md)、[report 工具 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-continuable-subagent-report-tool.md)、[持久化目录 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-22-durable-subagent-catalog-and-list-agents.md)和[服务合并 Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-26-merge-subagent-control-service.md)。
 
 源码：[`packages/subagent/subagent/src/types.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/types.ts)、[`packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts)和 [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts`](../../packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts)
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.i18n.yaml b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.i18n.yaml
index 01a6d57110..5d59f6fd16 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md
-subprocess.md: 922e7ad0ee8b5c0dbcd0a6a4553c9d2a580f3ee2
-subprocess.zh.md: ec9f41cfa9e3121f630bab2b6f1e921c81ad55b7
+subprocess.md: 8189795c5acf2fc1882d9e5bc1c006f49c327e2f
+subprocess.zh.md: 370a1a05807eefbe09a896ea8bcca1e4ab0a6b83
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md
index 922e7ad0ee..8189795c5a 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Source: [`packages/subprocess/subprocess/src/types.ts`](../../packages/subproces
 
 ## Managed environment namespace and captured output
 
-`DSH_*` variables are Harness-owned child-process facts; implementations discard ambient `DSH_*` names before the caller's explicit `env` merges, so a current fact arrives only as a deliberate entry, and each collected stream reports its truncation and spill-recovery state through `CollectedOutput`.
+`DSH_*` variables are Harness-owned child-process facts; implementations discard ambient `DSH_*` names before the caller's explicit `env` merges, so a current fact arrives only as a deliberate string entry, while an explicit `undefined` tombstone removes an ordinary ambient value. Each collected stream reports its truncation and spill-recovery state through `CollectedOutput`.
 
 ```ts type-equiv
 /** One environment key inside the managed {@link DSH_ENV_PREFIX} namespace. */
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   /** Per-stream stdio dispositions. */
   stdio: SubprocessStdio
   /**
-   * Grace period in milliseconds for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate}
-   * escalation and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process
-   * exits (an inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold
-   * the outcome open indefinitely).
+   * Positive finite grace period in milliseconds, no greater than
+   * `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`, for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate} escalation
+   * and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process exits (an
+   * inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold the
+   * outcome open indefinitely).
    */
   graceMs: number
   /**
@@ -115,13 +116,12 @@ interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   signal?: AbortSignal | undefined
   /**
    * Explicit environment entries merged onto the implementation's scrubbed
-   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation:
-   * every entry is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded
-   * credential-shaped entry or a current `DSH_*` fact survives precisely
-   * because this layer merges after the scrub that drops its ambient
-   * namesake.
+   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation. A
+   * string is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded credential-shaped
+   * entry or current `DSH_*` fact survives the scrub; `undefined` is a
+   * tombstone that removes an ordinary ambient entry from the child.
    */
-  env?: Record<string, string> | undefined
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.zh.md b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.zh.md
index ec9f41cfa9..370a1a0580 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.zh.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.zh.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 ## 受管环境命名空间与捕获的输出
 
-`DSH_*` 变量是归 Harness 所有的子进程事实；实现会在合并调用方显式 `env` 之前丢弃环境中已有的 `DSH_*` 名称，因此当前事实只会以有意提供的条目形式到达，每条被收集的流都通过 `CollectedOutput` 报告自身的截断与 spill 恢复状态。
+`DSH_*` 变量是归 Harness 所有的子进程事实；实现会在合并调用方显式 `env` 之前丢弃环境中已有的 `DSH_*` 名称，因此当前事实只会以有意提供的字符串条目形式到达，而显式的 `undefined` tombstone 会删除普通环境中已有的值。每条被收集的流都通过 `CollectedOutput` 报告自身的截断与 spill 恢复状态。
 
 ```ts type-equiv
 /** One environment key inside the managed {@link DSH_ENV_PREFIX} namespace. */
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   /** Per-stream stdio dispositions. */
   stdio: SubprocessStdio
   /**
-   * Grace period in milliseconds for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate}
-   * escalation and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process
-   * exits (an inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold
-   * the outcome open indefinitely).
+   * Positive finite grace period in milliseconds, no greater than
+   * `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`, for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate} escalation
+   * and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process exits (an
+   * inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold the
+   * outcome open indefinitely).
    */
   graceMs: number
   /**
@@ -115,13 +116,12 @@ interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   signal?: AbortSignal | undefined
   /**
    * Explicit environment entries merged onto the implementation's scrubbed
-   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation:
-   * every entry is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded
-   * credential-shaped entry or a current `DSH_*` fact survives precisely
-   * because this layer merges after the scrub that drops its ambient
-   * namesake.
+   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation. A
+   * string is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded credential-shaped
+   * entry or current `DSH_*` fact survives the scrub; `undefined` is a
+   * tombstone that removes an ordinary ambient entry from the child.
    */
-  env?: Record<string, string> | undefined
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/event-producer-consumer.md b/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
index 2377ca0d69..23794b5c9d 100644
--- a/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
+++ b/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ This matrix shows which packages dispatch each harness-owned event and which pac
 | Event | Mode | Declared in | Dispatchers | Listeners |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `agent-loop/config-start-failed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:182`](../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`events.dispatch`) | - |
-| `agent/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:178`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
-| `agent/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:187`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
-| `agent/error` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:302`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), `apiproxy`, [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry) |
-| `agent/inbox/claimed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:215`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
-| `agent/inbox/discarded` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:223`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
-| `agent/inbox/inserted` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:205`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
-| `agent/pre-step` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:247`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex), [`plan-mode`](../packages/plan/plan-mode), [`repeat-tool-guard`](../packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard), [`session-checkpoint-policy`](../packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess), [`time-context`](../packages/context/time-context), [`tmux-context`](../packages/context/tmux-context), [`tool-skill`](../packages/skill/tool-skill), [`workspace-context`](../packages/context/workspace-context) |
-| `agent/request` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:260`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) |
-| `agent/request-error` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:272`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`llm-retry`](../packages/llm/llm-retry) |
-| `agent/session-start` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:235`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
-| `agent/status` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:197`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), `apiproxy`, [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc) |
-| `agent/turn-stopping` | `serial` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:290`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`serial`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
+| `agent/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:154`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
+| `agent/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:163`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
+| `agent/error` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:285`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), `apiproxy`, [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry) |
+| `agent/inbox/claimed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:192`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
+| `agent/inbox/discarded` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:200`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
+| `agent/inbox/inserted` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:181`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
+| `agent/pre-step` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:226`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex), [`plan-mode`](../packages/plan/plan-mode), [`repeat-tool-guard`](../packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard), [`session-checkpoint-policy`](../packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess), [`time-context`](../packages/context/time-context), [`tmux-context`](../packages/context/tmux-context), [`tool-skill`](../packages/skill/tool-skill), [`workspace-context`](../packages/context/workspace-context) |
+| `agent/request` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:239`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) |
+| `agent/request-error` | `waterfall` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:255`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`waterfall`) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`llm-retry`](../packages/llm/llm-retry) |
+| `agent/session-start` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:212`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emitAgentEvent`) | [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
+| `agent/status` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:173`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), `apiproxy`, [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`headless`](../packages/bundle/headless), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc) |
+| `agent/turn-stopping` | `serial` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:273`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`serial`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`hooks-codex`](../packages/hooks/hooks-codex) |
 | `approval/request` | `waterfall` | [`packages/ui/user-approval/src/index.ts:30`](../packages/ui/user-approval/src/index.ts) | [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) (`waterfall`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), `apiproxy` |
 | `commands/change` | `emit` | [`packages/ui/commands/src/index.ts:154`](../packages/ui/commands/src/index.ts) | [`commands`](../packages/ui/commands) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy` |
 | `credentials/updated` | `emit` | [`packages/credentials/credentials/src/index.ts:67`](../packages/credentials/credentials/src/index.ts) | [`credentials`](../packages/credentials/credentials) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`credentials`](../packages/credentials/credentials) |
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ This matrix shows which packages dispatch each harness-owned event and which pac
 | `fs/observed` | `emit` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:71`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`emit`), [`tool-str-replace-editor`](../packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor) (`emit`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy), [`skill-local`](../packages/skill/skill-local) |
 | `fs/write-intent` | `waterfall` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:54`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`waterfall`), [`tool-str-replace-editor`](../packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor) (`waterfall`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) |
 | `goal/changed` | `emit` | [`packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts:141`](../packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts) | [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal) (`emit`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
-| `llm/adapters-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:69`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) |
-| `llm/stream` | `waterfall` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:58`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`waterfall`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`llm-replay`](../packages/support/llm-replay), [`session-checkpoint-policy`](../packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title) |
+| `llm/adapters-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:71`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) |
+| `llm/stream` | `waterfall` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:60`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`waterfall`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`llm-replay`](../packages/support/llm-replay), [`session-checkpoint-policy`](../packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title) |
 | `session/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:73`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact), [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`hook-protocol`](../packages/hooks/hook-protocol), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc), [`llm-retry`](../packages/llm/llm-retry), [`permission`](../packages/ui/permission), [`plan-mode`](../packages/plan/plan-mode), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
 | `session/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:83`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), `apiproxy`, [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-projection-cache`](../packages/session-projection/session-projection-cache), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title) |
 | `session/event` | `emit` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:95`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | [`acp`](../packages/acp/acp), [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), `apiproxy`, [`cli-demo`](../packages/examples/cli-demo), [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact), [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic), [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`hook-protocol`](../packages/hooks/hook-protocol), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-projection`](../packages/session-projection/session-projection), [`session-projection-cache`](../packages/session-projection/session-projection-cache), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title), [`token-meter`](../packages/llm/token-meter), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
 | `session/flush` | `parallel` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:104`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry) |
-| `settings/document-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:150`](../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy` |
-| `settings/updated` | `emit` | [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:137`](../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) (`events.dispatch`) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) |
+| `settings/document-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:170`](../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy` |
+| `settings/updated` | `emit` | [`packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts:157`](../packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) (`events.dispatch`) | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) |
 | `skills/change` | `emit` | [`packages/skill/skill/src/index.ts:188`](../packages/skill/skill/src/index.ts) | [`skill`](../packages/skill/skill) (`events.dispatch`) | - |
 | `subagent/end` | `emit` | [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts:160`](../packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts) | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
 | `subagent/provider-added` | `emit` | [`packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts:134`](../packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts) | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) (`emit`) | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent) |
diff --git a/docs/module-graph.md b/docs/module-graph.md
index 0e2e7e0c37..390f4bcdec 100644
--- a/docs/module-graph.md
+++ b/docs/module-graph.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ flowchart TD
   subgraph group_subagent["packages/subagent"]
     pkg_subagent["subagent"]
     pkg_subagent_acp["subagent-acp"]
+    pkg_subagent_claude_code["subagent-claude-code"]
+    pkg_subagent_codex["subagent-codex"]
     pkg_subagent_dsh_sdk["subagent-dsh-sdk"]
     pkg_subagent_fork["subagent-fork"]
     pkg_subagent_inprocess["subagent-inprocess"]
@@ -144,6 +146,11 @@ flowchart TD
     pkg_user_approval["user-approval"]
     pkg_user_interaction["user-interaction"]
   end
+  subgraph group_bundle["packages/bundle"]
+    pkg_base["base"]
+    pkg_headless["headless"]
+    pkg_web_app["web-app"]
+  end
   subgraph group_client["packages/client"]
     pkg_client_connection["client-connection"]
     pkg_client_hmr["client-hmr"]
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ flowchart TD
     pkg_repeat_tool_guard["repeat-tool-guard"]
   end
   subgraph group_host["packages/host"]
+    pkg_frontend_static["frontend-static"]
     pkg_host_apiproxy["host-apiproxy"]
     pkg_host_directory_picker["host-directory-picker"]
     pkg_host_directory_picker_auto["host-directory-picker-auto"]
@@ -284,6 +292,7 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_acp_snapshot --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_llm_mock_server --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_loader_smoke --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_base --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_client_modules --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_client_runtime --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_client_schema_form --> pkg_invariants
@@ -326,6 +335,8 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_client_ui_trajectory --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_credentials --> pkg_brand
   pkg_credentials --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_frontend_static --> pkg_host_webserver
+  pkg_frontend_static --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_helper --> pkg_brand
   pkg_helper --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_helper --> pkg_subprocess
@@ -342,6 +353,7 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_storage_sqlite --> pkg_storage
   pkg_subprocess_local --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_subprocess_local --> pkg_subprocess
+  pkg_subprocess_local --> pkg_timeout
   pkg_typert_loader --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_typert_loader --> pkg_typert_registry
   pkg_llm_deepseek --> pkg_credentials
@@ -551,6 +563,11 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_user_interaction --> pkg_agent
   pkg_user_interaction --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_user_interaction --> pkg_llm
+  pkg_headless --> pkg_agent
+  pkg_headless --> pkg_host_apiproxy
+  pkg_headless --> pkg_host_webserver
+  pkg_headless --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_headless --> pkg_session
   pkg_time_context --> pkg_agent
   pkg_time_context --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_time_context --> pkg_session
@@ -713,6 +730,7 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_tool_fs_search --> pkg_spill
   pkg_tool_fs_search --> pkg_subprocess
   pkg_tool_fs_search --> pkg_system_prompt
+  pkg_tool_fs_search --> pkg_timeout
   pkg_tool_fs_search --> pkg_tools
   pkg_tool_str_replace_editor --> pkg_fs
   pkg_tool_str_replace_editor --> pkg_invariants
@@ -912,6 +930,13 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_subagent_acp --> pkg_session
   pkg_subagent_acp --> pkg_subagent
   pkg_subagent_acp --> pkg_subprocess
+  pkg_subagent_acp --> pkg_timeout
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_llm
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_session
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_subagent
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_subprocess
+  pkg_subagent_claude_code --> pkg_timeout
   pkg_subagent_inprocess --> pkg_agent
   pkg_subagent_inprocess --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_subagent_inprocess --> pkg_llm
@@ -949,6 +974,9 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_hooks_claude --> pkg_session_persistence
   pkg_hooks_claude --> pkg_subagent
   pkg_hooks_claude --> pkg_tools
+  pkg_web_app --> pkg_bash_env
+  pkg_web_app --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_web_app --> pkg_system_prompt
   pkg_client_ui_model --> pkg_client_connection
   pkg_client_ui_model --> pkg_client_locale
   pkg_client_ui_model --> pkg_client_runtime
@@ -1004,6 +1032,13 @@ flowchart TD
   pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_subagent
   pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_tools
   pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_workflow
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_invariants
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_llm
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_sdk_protocol
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_session
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_subagent
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_subprocess
+  pkg_subagent_codex --> pkg_timeout
   pkg_subagent_fork --> pkg_agent
   pkg_subagent_fork --> pkg_invariants
   pkg_subagent_fork --> pkg_session
@@ -1089,6 +1124,7 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`acp-snapshot`](../packages/support/acp-snapshot) | `support` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`llm-mock-server`](../packages/support/llm-mock-server) | `support` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`loader-smoke`](../packages/support/loader-smoke) | `support` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
+| [`base`](../packages/bundle/base) | `bundle` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`client-modules`](../packages/client/modules) | `client` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime) | `client` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`client-schema-form`](../packages/client/schema-form) | `client` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
@@ -1113,13 +1149,14 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`client-ui-settings`](../packages/client/ui-settings) | `client` | [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime), [`client-ui-primitives`](../packages/client/ui-primitives), [`client-ui-slots`](../packages/client/ui-slots), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`client-ui-trajectory`](../packages/client/ui-trajectory) | `client` | [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime), [`client-ui-primitives`](../packages/client/ui-primitives), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`credentials`](../packages/credentials/credentials) | `credentials` | [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
+| [`frontend-static`](../packages/host/frontend-static) | `host` | [`host-webserver`](../packages/host/webserver), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`helper`](../packages/sdk/helper) | `sdk` | [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess) |
 | [`telemetry`](../packages/sdk/telemetry) | `sdk` | [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`paths`](../packages/util/paths) |
 | [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings) | `settings` | [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`storage-domain`](../packages/storage/storage-domain) | `storage` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`storage`](../packages/storage/storage) |
 | [`storage-json`](../packages/storage/storage-json) | `storage` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`storage`](../packages/storage/storage) |
 | [`storage-sqlite`](../packages/storage/storage-sqlite) | `storage` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`storage`](../packages/storage/storage) |
-| [`subprocess-local`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess-local) | `subprocess` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess) |
+| [`subprocess-local`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess-local) | `subprocess` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
 | [`typert-loader`](../packages/typert/loader) | `typert` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`typert-registry`](../packages/typert/registry) |
 | [`llm-deepseek`](../packages/llm/llm-deepseek) | `llm` | [`credentials`](../packages/credentials/credentials), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
 | [`llm-pi-ai`](../packages/llm/llm-pi-ai) | `llm` | [`credentials`](../packages/credentials/credentials), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`settings`](../packages/settings/settings), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
@@ -1173,6 +1210,7 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`commands`](../packages/ui/commands) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`scope`](../packages/core/scope), [`session`](../packages/core/session) |
 | [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`scope`](../packages/core/scope), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt) |
 | [`user-interaction`](../packages/ui/user-interaction) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) |
+| [`headless`](../packages/bundle/headless) | `bundle` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`host-apiproxy`](../packages/host/apiproxy), [`host-webserver`](../packages/host/webserver), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`session`](../packages/core/session) |
 | [`time-context`](../packages/context/time-context) | `context` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`session`](../packages/core/session) |
 | [`tmux-context`](../packages/context/tmux-context) | `context` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`bash`](../packages/bash/bash), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`session`](../packages/core/session) |
 | [`host-directory-picker-auto`](../packages/host/directory-picker-auto) | `host` | [`host-directory-picker-browse`](../packages/host/directory-picker-browse), [`host-directory-picker-native`](../packages/host/directory-picker-native), [`host-webserver`](../packages/host/webserver), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
@@ -1203,7 +1241,7 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`tool-goal`](../packages/goal/tool-goal) | `goal` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`bash-env`](../packages/bash/bash-env) | `bash` | [`bash`](../packages/bash/bash), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`paths`](../packages/util/paths), [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) | `fs` | [`fs`](../packages/fs/fs), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`sandbox`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox), [`sandbox-policy`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox-policy), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
-| [`tool-fs-search`](../packages/fs/tool-fs-search) | `fs` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`retention`](../packages/util/retention), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`spill`](../packages/spill/spill), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
+| [`tool-fs-search`](../packages/fs/tool-fs-search) | `fs` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`retention`](../packages/util/retention), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`spill`](../packages/spill/spill), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`tool-str-replace-editor`](../packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor) | `fs` | [`fs`](../packages/fs/fs), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`sandbox`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox), [`sandbox-policy`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox-policy), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`tool-skill`](../packages/skill/tool-skill) | `skill` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`skill`](../packages/skill/skill), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) | `compact` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact), [`compact-tool-result-prune`](../packages/compact/compact-tool-result-prune), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`token-meter`](../packages/llm/token-meter) |
@@ -1235,13 +1273,15 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`tool-workflow`](../packages/workflow/tool-workflow) | `workflow` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) |
 | [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash) | `bash` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`bash`](../packages/bash/bash), [`bash-env`](../packages/bash/bash-env), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`sandbox`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox), [`sandbox-policy`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox-policy), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
 | [`tool-pwsh`](../packages/bash/tool-pwsh) | `bash` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`bash`](../packages/bash/bash), [`bash-env`](../packages/bash/bash-env), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
-| [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess) |
+| [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
+| [`subagent-claude-code`](../packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code) | `subagent` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
 | [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`sandbox-policy`](../packages/sandbox/sandbox-policy), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
 | [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`tool-subagent-control`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control) | `subagent` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`session-query`](../packages/session-query/session-query), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`tool-subagent-report`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report) | `subagent` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
 | [`repository-plugin`](../packages/cordis/repository-plugin) | `cordis` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`mcp-client`](../packages/mcp/mcp-client), [`paths`](../packages/util/paths), [`skill-local`](../packages/skill/skill-local) |
 | [`hooks-claude`](../packages/hooks/hooks-claude) | `hooks` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`hook-protocol`](../packages/hooks/hook-protocol), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) |
+| [`web-app`](../packages/bundle/web-app) | `bundle` | [`bash-env`](../packages/bash/bash-env), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt) |
 | [`client-ui-model`](../packages/client/ui-model) | `client` | [`client-connection`](../packages/client/connection), [`client-locale`](../packages/client/locale), [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime), [`client-ui-command`](../packages/client/ui-command), [`client-ui-conversation`](../packages/client/ui-conversation), [`client-ui-primitives`](../packages/client/ui-primitives), [`client-ui-slash`](../packages/client/ui-slash), [`client-ui-slots`](../packages/client/ui-slots), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants) |
 | [`client-ui-permission`](../packages/client/ui-permission) | `client` | [`client-connection`](../packages/client/connection), [`client-locale`](../packages/client/locale), [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime), [`client-schema-form`](../packages/client/schema-form), [`client-ui-command`](../packages/client/ui-command), [`client-ui-primitives`](../packages/client/ui-primitives), [`client-ui-slash`](../packages/client/ui-slash), [`client-ui-slots`](../packages/client/ui-slots), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`permission`](../packages/ui/permission) |
 | [`client-ui-plan`](../packages/client/ui-plan) | `client` | [`client-connection`](../packages/client/connection), [`client-locale`](../packages/client/locale), [`client-runtime`](../packages/client/runtime), [`client-ui-conversation`](../packages/client/ui-conversation), [`client-ui-primitives`](../packages/client/ui-primitives), [`client-ui-slots`](../packages/client/ui-slots), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`plan-mode`](../packages/plan/plan-mode) |
@@ -1249,6 +1289,7 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`sdk-protocol`](../packages/sdk/sdk-protocol) | `sdk` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
 | [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | `workflow` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) |
 | [`workflow-workerthread`](../packages/workflow/workflow-workerthread) | `workflow` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) |
+| [`subagent-codex`](../packages/subagent/subagent-codex) | `subagent` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`sdk-protocol`](../packages/sdk/sdk-protocol), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subprocess`](../packages/subprocess/subprocess), [`timeout`](../packages/util/timeout) |
 | [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) |
 | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn) | `subagent` | [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) |
 | [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`llm-deepseek`](../packages/llm/llm-deepseek), [`scope`](../packages/core/scope), [`sdk-protocol`](../packages/sdk/sdk-protocol), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) |
diff --git a/docs/persistence-catalog.md b/docs/persistence-catalog.md
index f033fde18f..93b01139a8 100644
--- a/docs/persistence-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/persistence-catalog.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Sources: [`packages/core/session/src/types.ts:308`](../packages/core/session/src
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:313`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:296`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts)
 
 ### `approval/*`
 
diff --git a/docs/tool-catalog.md b/docs/tool-catalog.md
index 03f4ce3bca..65a2760517 100644
--- a/docs/tool-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/tool-catalog.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This table connects model-visible tool names to the plugin package and service s
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph` | `ralph` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.workflows`, `ctx.subagents`, `ctx.systemPrompt`, `a calling Agent (exec.agent parents every fresh round)` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `workflow and child session events during execution` | - | A fixed foreground workflow starts one fresh structured child per round; the model selects only the immutable objective and an optional round cap. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill` | `skill` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.agents`, `ctx.skills` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `user/message replacement catalogs via agent.inject()` | - | - |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query` | `session_event_read`, `session_event_search`, `session_event_trace`, `session_search`, `session_trace` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.systemPrompt`, `ctx.sessionQuery`, `a calling Agent for workspace authority` | `tool/call`, `tool/result` | - | The five read-only tools hide provider cursors and authorize every result from the immutable calling agent session. The package is opt-in; compositions that need enforced deadlines or bounded inline output also mount the generic timeout or spill policies. |
-| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` | `subagent` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.subagents` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `child session events through the chosen provider` | `subagent`, `subagent_fork` | The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`. |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` | `subagent` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.subagents` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `child session events through the chosen provider` | `subagent`, `subagent_fork` | The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control` | `list_agents`, `send_message` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.subagents`, `ctx.sessionQuery (list_agents only)` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `child session events through ctx.subagents` | - | The globally named control tools over continuable background subagents: provider-bound `tool-subagent` instances register distinct delegation tools, while this package registers `send_message` once, plus `list_agents` from its separately loaded `/list-agents` plugin (which additionally requires session query). |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-report` | `report` | `ctx.subagents`, `a live continuable in-process child Agent` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `a user-role message in the direct parent session` | - | Registered per continuable in-process child rather than globally, so this schema is visible only inside such a child and survives its global `toolFilter`. The parent-facing `send_message` tool is installed independently. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks` | `task_kill`, `task_list`, `task_output` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.tasks`, `ctx.systemPrompt` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `user/message via agent.inject() for background completion notices` | - | The kind-agnostic background-task control surface: background bash commands, PTY sends, and subagents are read, listed, and killed through the same three tools. Loading the plugin attaches the control surface that arms producers' `ctx.tasks.start()`. |
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its
 
 Source: [`packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts)
 
-The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`.
+The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`.
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control`
 
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.i18n.yaml
index 7fca045189..6bf0ddea72 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/develop/basic/config.md
-config.md: 11a2311464789f74537cc7c4435f83ec07ca26fd
-config.zh.md: 4e827ecafa6bfaf87c3e3f118425e656e1254787
+config.md: 02998c32415b5ba7acf82700034cabc1f7314f33
+config.zh.md: 42af432b36d8f82871aa7d7b6a3a2eaf7427cdae
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.md
index 11a2311464..02998c3241 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.md
@@ -101,5 +101,6 @@ A configuration edit hot-replaces the plugin: the framework unloads the old inst
 
 ## Next steps
 
+- [Package and install a plugin](./publish.md) — ship the plugin as an installable package
 - [Plugins and lifecycle](../framework/) — understand the full plugin lifecycle
 - [Services and dependencies](../framework/service.md) — provide a service to other plugins
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.zh.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.zh.md
index 4e827ecafa..42af432b36 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/config.zh.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/config.zh.md
@@ -101,5 +101,6 @@ export interface Config {
 
 ## 下一步
 
+- [打包与安装插件](./publish.md) — 把插件以可安装包的形式交付
 - [插件与生命周期](../framework/) — 深入了解插件的完整生命周期
 - [服务与依赖](../framework/service.md) — 让你的插件对外提供服务
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.i18n.yaml
index 4298808fc7..2bb1d0ce7d 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/develop/basic/index.md
-index.md: 45c8dfe495cd99da46a7b259b407af8deff570b3
-index.zh.md: 9d8ee47e6f07fb4a897f49487cb7327904573c1b
+index.md: efedb07c8d757ef1f90d99fe1bf503a35c0f1a37
+index.zh.md: 2293a6086dc80fa77c88ef734ae17576ea513a10
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.md
index 45c8dfe495..efedb07c8d 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Create `scratch-plugin/cordis.yml` as a Web overlay that inserts the local plugi
 Start the Web UI with that overlay:
 
 ```sh
-pnpm run dsh web --config ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
+pnpm run dsh web --patch ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
 ```
 
 Open `http://127.0.0.1:3080`. The terminal prints `[hello-plugin] plugin loaded!` during startup.
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.zh.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.zh.md
index 9d8ee47e6f..2293a6086d 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/index.zh.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/index.zh.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context) {
 使用该覆盖层启动 Web UI：
 
 ```sh
-pnpm run dsh web --config ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
+pnpm run dsh web --patch ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
 ```
 
 打开 `http://127.0.0.1:3080`。启动期间，终端会打印 `[hello-plugin] plugin loaded!`。
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da74ce8d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/develop/basic/publish.md
+publish.md: 1d1179a78c4d3a7e9e7055e3f5ee41381e28147e
+publish.zh.md: 26d1c2b737a3498bce0757d5b2d14e254fc13527
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d1179a78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.md
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Package and install a plugin
+
+English | [中文](publish.zh.md)
+
+The previous tutorials loaded a local plugin through a `--patch` overlay. This tutorial packages it as an installable **bundle**, installs it into a **profile** with `dsh plugin add`, and explains the layer order that determines the composed configuration. Complete [plugin configuration](./config.md) first.
+
+## Two concepts, two manifests
+
+Installation is built on two concepts. Both are described by a `package.json`, but they carry different kinds of manifest under the `dsh` key, and they answer different questions:
+
+- A **bundle** is an npm package that ships a configuration layer. Its manifest declares `dsh.bundle`, answering "what does this package contribute?": a patch file that inserts or overrides plugin rows.
+- A **profile** is a directory under `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` describing one runnable composition. Its manifest declares `dsh.profile`, answering "which bundles compose this setup, in what order?".
+
+A bundle is what you author and distribute; a profile is what a user boots with `dsh --profile <name>`. Nothing is both.
+
+### The bundle manifest
+
+```
+hello-plugin/
+├── package.json       # declares dsh.bundle
+├── cordis.patch.yml   # the layer applied when a profile lists this bundle
+└── index.js           # plugin modules the patch rows reference
+```
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "dsh-hello-plugin",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "files": ["index.js", "cordis.patch.yml"],
+  "dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }
+}
+```
+
+The patch file has the same shape as the `--patch` overlays you have been writing — a YAML array of patch entries — except plugin rows reference the package by name instead of a relative source path, so Node resolution finds the installed code:
+
+```yaml
+- insert:
+    - id: hello
+      name: dsh-hello-plugin
+```
+
+A package without the `dsh.bundle` declaration still installs, but only as a plain dependency: `dsh plugin` prints a warning and activates no layer. That is the correct shape for a library that plugin packages import rather than a plugin users enable.
+
+### The profile manifest
+
+A profile directory holds two files:
+
+- `package.json` — the profile's out-of-tree plugin dependencies (managed by pnpm) plus the `dsh.profile` manifest with its ordered `bundles` list.
+- `cordis.patch.yml` — the user's own patch layer, applied after every bundle layer.
+
+You never write a profile manifest by hand: `dsh plugin` creates and maintains it. The next section shows the result.
+
+## Install into a profile
+
+`dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` forwards to pnpm in the profile directory, so every pnpm verb works. Install your package from its checkout:
+
+```sh
+cd hello-plugin
+dsh plugin --profile demo add .
+```
+
+The first use initializes the profile (with `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` as its first bundle), pnpm links the checkout, and `dsh` appends the bundle to `dsh.profile.bundles` because the package declares `dsh.bundle`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "dsh-profile-demo",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "dsh-hello-plugin": "link:/path/to/hello-plugin"
+  },
+  "dsh": {
+    "profile": {
+      "bundles": [
+        "@deepseek-ai/dsh-base",
+        "dsh-hello-plugin"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Verify the layer without booting, then boot:
+
+```sh
+dsh --profile demo --dump-config   # shows a "# == dsh-hello-plugin" layer
+dsh --profile demo
+```
+
+`dsh plugin --profile demo remove dsh-hello-plugin` removes both the dependency and the layer.
+
+## The loading order
+
+The effective configuration composes over an empty root by applying, in order:
+
+1. Each bundle patch named in the profile's `dsh.profile.bundles` list, in list order — `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` first, then each installed bundle in the order it was added.
+2. The profile's own `cordis.patch.yml`.
+3. The home-level `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` — machine-local preferences shared by every profile.
+4. Each `--patch <path>` overlay, in argv order.
+5. Launcher flag patches (for example `dsh web --port`).
+
+Later layers win per row, and a patch replaces a row's entire `config` value rather than deep-merging keys. Two consequences for bundle authors:
+
+- Your patch can override rows from earlier layers by `id` — the same way [the `dsh-web-app` bundle](../../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml) overrides `dsh-base` rows — but must restate every key the row needs, not just the changed one.
+- Users can override your rows in their profile's `cordis.patch.yml` without touching your package, so prefer configuration defaults users are likely to keep and let the schema carry the rest.
+
+In-box bundle names always resolve from the dsh installation itself; pnpm manages only out-of-tree packages, so your bundle can rely on `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` being present and current.
+
+## Installing from GitHub: the build-script catch
+
+Publishing to a registry is not required — users can install straight from a git host:
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile demo add github:you/hello-plugin
+```
+
+But a git install fetches **sources, not built artifacts**: nothing runs your `build` script, so a TypeScript package arrives without its `lib/` output and fails to load. Two things must happen, one on each side:
+
+- **The author** ships a `prepare` script — pnpm runs it after a git install — that builds the published entry points from source, self-contained: it must not assume dev-only context such as a sibling monorepo checkout. [turtle-ui](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/turtle-ui) is a working example: its `prepare` runs a dedicated tsdown config that transpiles `src/` without project references or type checking.
+- **The user** allowlists the build. pnpm ≥10 refuses to run a git dependency's `prepare` script until it is explicitly allowed, so the first `add` fails; `dsh` points at the fix — copy the exact package key pnpm printed into the profile's `pnpm-workspace.yaml`:
+
+  ```yaml
+  allowBuilds:
+    dsh-hello-plugin: true
+  ```
+
+  and re-run the `add`.
+
+Treat that allowance as what it is: **permission to execute the package's code on your machine at install time**, outside any sandbox the agent runs under. Only allow packages whose source you trust, and pin a commit (`github:you/hello-plugin#<sha>`) so a later push cannot silently change what runs.
+
+If you would rather not ask users for the allowance, distribute built artifacts instead — neither form needs any build permission:
+
+- **Publish to npm** with `lib/` built at `pnpm publish` time; `dsh plugin add your-package` then installs prebuilt code.
+- **Ship a tarball** from `pnpm pack`; users run `dsh plugin add ./hello-plugin-0.1.0.tgz`.
+
+## Next steps
+
+- [Plugins and lifecycle](../framework/) — the full plugin lifecycle
+- [CLI behavior reference](../../../../apps/cli/reference/README.md) — exact layer precedence, flags, and profile mechanics
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.zh.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26d1c2b737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/publish.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# 打包与安装插件
+
+[English](publish.md) | 中文
+
+前几篇教程通过 `--patch` overlay 加载本地插件。本教程把它打包成可安装的**组合包**（bundle），用 `dsh plugin add` 安装进一个 **profile**，并解释决定组合后配置的层顺序。请先完成[插件配置](./config.md)。
+
+## 两个概念，两种 manifest
+
+安装机制建立在两个概念之上。二者都由一份 `package.json` 描述，但它们在 `dsh` 键下携带的 manifest（元数据清单）种类不同，回答的问题也不同：
+
+- **组合包**是附带一个配置层的 npm 包。它的 manifest 声明 `dsh.bundle`，回答的是"这个包贡献什么？"：一个插入或覆盖插件行的 patch 文件。
+- **profile** 是位于 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 下、描述一份可启动组合的目录。它的 manifest 声明 `dsh.profile`，回答的是"这套配置由哪些组合包按什么顺序组成？"。
+
+组合包是你编写并分发的东西；profile 是用户用 `dsh --profile <name>` 启动的东西。没有东西同时是两者。
+
+### 组合包 manifest
+
+```
+hello-plugin/
+├── package.json       # declares dsh.bundle
+├── cordis.patch.yml   # the layer applied when a profile lists this bundle
+└── index.js           # plugin modules the patch rows reference
+```
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "dsh-hello-plugin",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "files": ["index.js", "cordis.patch.yml"],
+  "dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }
+}
+```
+
+patch 文件的形状与你一直在写的 `--patch` overlay 相同——一个 patch 条目的 YAML 数组——只是插件行按包名而不是相对源码路径引用这个包，这样 Node 的模块解析才能找到已安装的代码：
+
+```yaml
+- insert:
+    - id: hello
+      name: dsh-hello-plugin
+```
+
+没有 `dsh.bundle` 声明的包仍然可以安装，但只作为普通依赖：`dsh plugin` 会打印警告，且不激活任何层。这正是"供插件包 import 的库"应有的形状，区别于"供用户启用的插件"。
+
+### profile manifest
+
+profile 目录包含两个文件：
+
+- `package.json` — profile 的树外插件依赖（由 pnpm 管理），加上 `dsh.profile` manifest 及其有序的 `bundles` 列表。
+- `cordis.patch.yml` — 用户自己的 patch 层，在每个组合包层之后应用。
+
+profile manifest 从不需要手写：`dsh plugin` 负责创建和维护它。下一节展示其结果。
+
+## 安装进 profile
+
+`dsh plugin --profile <name> <args...>` 在 profile 目录内转发给 pnpm，因此所有 pnpm 子命令都可用。从 checkout 安装你的包：
+
+```sh
+cd hello-plugin
+dsh plugin --profile demo add .
+```
+
+首次使用会初始化 profile（`@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` 作为它的第一个组合包），pnpm 链接该 checkout，而 `dsh` 因为这个包声明了 `dsh.bundle`，把它追加进 `dsh.profile.bundles`：
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "dsh-profile-demo",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "dsh-hello-plugin": "link:/path/to/hello-plugin"
+  },
+  "dsh": {
+    "profile": {
+      "bundles": [
+        "@deepseek-ai/dsh-base",
+        "dsh-hello-plugin"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+先不启动、只验证该层，再启动：
+
+```sh
+dsh --profile demo --dump-config   # shows a "# == dsh-hello-plugin" layer
+dsh --profile demo
+```
+
+`dsh plugin --profile demo remove dsh-hello-plugin` 会同时移除依赖和对应的层。
+
+## 加载顺序
+
+生效配置在空根之上按以下顺序逐层组合：
+
+1. profile 的 `dsh.profile.bundles` 列表所列的各个组合包 patch，按列表顺序——先是 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`，然后是每个已安装组合包，按其加入顺序。
+2. profile 自己的 `cordis.patch.yml`。
+3. home 级的 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`——各 profile 共享的机器本地偏好。
+4. 每个 `--patch <path>` overlay，按 argv 顺序。
+5. 启动器 flag patch（例如 `dsh web --port`）。
+
+后应用的层按行胜出，且 patch 会替换目标行的整个 `config` 值，而不是深度合并各键。这给组合包作者带来两个推论：
+
+- 你的 patch 可以按 `id` 覆盖前面各层的行——就像 [`dsh-web-app` 组合包](../../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml)覆盖 `dsh-base` 的行那样——但必须重述该行需要的每一个键，而不是只写改动的那个。
+- 用户可以在自己 profile 的 `cordis.patch.yml` 中覆盖你的行，无需改动你的包，所以优先给出用户大概率会保留的配置默认值，其余交给 schema 承担。
+
+内置组合包名称始终从 dsh 安装目录本身解析；pnpm 只管理树外的包，所以你的组合包可以放心依赖 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` 存在且与安装保持一致。
+
+## 从 GitHub 安装：构建脚本这道坎
+
+发布到注册表不是必须的——用户可以直接从 git 托管安装：
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile demo add github:you/hello-plugin
+```
+
+但 git 安装拉取的是**源码，不是构建产物**：没有任何环节运行你的 `build` 脚本，因此 TypeScript 包到手时没有 `lib/` 输出，加载会失败。必须两边各做一件事：
+
+- **作者**提供一个 `prepare` 脚本——pnpm 在 git 安装后运行它——从源码构建出发布入口，且必须自包含：不能假设仅开发环境才有的上下文，例如旁边有一份 monorepo checkout。[turtle-ui](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/turtle-ui) 是一个可用的例子：它的 `prepare` 运行一份专用的 tsdown 配置，直接转译 `src/`，不用项目引用，也不做类型检查。
+- **用户**为构建授权。pnpm ≥10 在得到显式允许之前拒绝运行 git 依赖的 `prepare` 脚本，所以第一次 `add` 会失败；`dsh` 会指出修法——把 pnpm 打印的确切包键复制进该 profile 的 `pnpm-workspace.yaml`：
+
+  ```yaml
+  allowBuilds:
+    dsh-hello-plugin: true
+  ```
+
+  然后重新执行 `add`。
+
+请如实看待这项授权：**允许该包的代码在安装时于你的机器上执行**，且不在 agent 运行的任何沙箱之内。只对源码可信的包授权，并锁定 commit（`github:you/hello-plugin#<sha>`），让后续推送无法悄悄改变实际运行的内容。
+
+如果不想让用户做这项授权，就改为分发构建产物——以下两种形式都不需要任何构建权限：
+
+- **发布到 npm**，在 `pnpm publish` 时构建好 `lib/`；`dsh plugin add your-package` 安装的就是预构建代码。
+- **交付 tarball**：用 `pnpm pack` 打包；用户执行 `dsh plugin add ./hello-plugin-0.1.0.tgz`。
+
+## 下一步
+
+- [插件与生命周期](../framework/) — 插件的完整生命周期
+- [CLI 行为参考](../../../../apps/cli/reference/README.md) — 确切的层优先级、flag 与 profile 机制
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.i18n.yaml
index 0aa1bbb4cb..467ab841d6 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/develop/basic/tool.md
-tool.md: 93a1a96feba814a564f8800c8e7b865fe9c0cb73
-tool.zh.md: 18e6b9b5d9c17b00c26aa7b98e6ac4531315dc5e
+tool.md: 8505bdaf6fcece3235b0302d54e82ee8aed3cbab
+tool.zh.md: 1831afa9be74756cb9bb1e96515fefd3685ee4c2
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.md
index 93a1a96feb..8505bdaf6f 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context) {
 Restart the development command if it is not running:
 
 ```sh
-pnpm run dsh web --config ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
+pnpm run dsh web --patch ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
 ```
 
 Open `http://127.0.0.1:3080` and ask: `Use the greet tool to greet Ada.` The model can call `greet` and receives `Hello, Ada!` as the tool result.
diff --git a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.zh.md b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.zh.md
index 18e6b9b5d9..1831afa9be 100644
--- a/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.zh.md
+++ b/docs/user/develop/basic/tool.zh.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context) {
 如果开发命令未在运行，请重新启动：
 
 ```sh
-pnpm run dsh web --config ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
+pnpm run dsh web --patch ./scratch-plugin/cordis.yml
 ```
 
 打开 `http://127.0.0.1:3080`，然后输入：`Use the greet tool to greet Ada.` 模型可以调用 `greet`，并收到 `Hello, Ada!` 这一工具结果。
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/config.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/guide/config.i18n.yaml
index 372e0e6c73..172af1bcac 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/config.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/guide/config.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/guide/config.md
-config.md: ddf4df264e5534fc3b74991941c2f3f82376d53f
-config.zh.md: 56ac0146ddae83dbfc86f479030efdb5772a3aaf
+config.md: 0f1a99ed0afdab13d052ae2714fc2e1718d3d85e
+config.zh.md: 74e14e4e6e1fbb38a7a8d5167a4747080a662128
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/config.md b/docs/user/guide/config.md
index ddf4df264e..0f1a99ed0a 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/config.md
+++ b/docs/user/guide/config.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Harness uses `cordis.yml` to describe which plugins an agent loads and the confi
 
 The repository examples are runnable configurations and the most reliable starting points for a new project:
 
-- [the shared `dsh` base](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) provides the common model, tools, persistence, policy, and telemetry rows; raw `dsh --config <path>` requires a patch list that selects deployment-specific agents and front doors.
-- [the Web overlay](../../../apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml) adds the browser host, Workspace management, browser interaction, and client plugins.
+- [the `dsh-base` bundle patch](../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) provides the common model, tools, persistence, policy, and telemetry rows every profile starts from.
+- [the `dsh-web-app` bundle patch](../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml) adds the browser host, Workspace management, browser interaction, and client plugins.
 - [headless-agent](../../../examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml) exposes the coding composition as a one-shot task.
 - [acp-agent](../../../examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml) exposes fresh sessions to programmatic ACP clients.
 
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ A minimal configuration is a list of plugin entries:
 
 Cordis starts sibling entries concurrently. A plugin declares required services through `inject`; Cordis waits for those services before applying the plugin, so file order does not establish dependency readiness. Missing models, tools, and plugins fail as early as possible instead of being silently ignored.
 
-## CLI overlays
+## CLI patch layers
 
-Raw `dsh --config <path>` requires a patch list and applies it directly over `base.cordis.yml`. It does not add a surface overlay or `~/.dsh/config.yaml`, and the named file is not a complete replacement tree. `dsh web` composes `base.cordis.yml` and `web.cordis.yml`, then applies `~/.dsh/config.yaml`; `dsh web --config <path>` replaces that personal layer with the named overlay. Web profile and CLI-flag patches follow the user layer.
+`dsh --profile <name>` composes the profile's bundle patch layers (its manifest's `dsh.profile.bundles` list, in order) over an empty root, then the profile's own `~/.dsh/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`, then each `--patch <path>` overlay, then CLI-flag patches. Later layers win per row.
 
 A patch replaces a row's entire `config` value; it does not deep-merge keys. For example, patching `llm-deepseek` with only `config: { thinking: disabled }` also removes that row's configured `apiKey` and `baseURL`, so restate every key the row must retain.
 
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/config.zh.md b/docs/user/guide/config.zh.md
index 56ac0146dd..74e14e4e6e 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/config.zh.md
+++ b/docs/user/guide/config.zh.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Harness 使用 `cordis.yml` 描述 agent（智能体）加载哪些插件以及
 
 仓库中的示例就是可以运行的配置，也是新项目最可靠的起点：
 
-- [共享的 `dsh` base](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) 提供通用的模型、工具、持久化、策略与遥测配置项；原始 `dsh --config <path>` 要求传入一份 patch 列表，用于选择部署特定的 agent 和前端入口。
-- [Web overlay](../../../apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml) 添加浏览器宿主、Workspace 管理、浏览器交互与客户端插件。
+- [`dsh-base` 组合包补丁](../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 提供通用的模型、工具、持久化、策略与遥测配置项，每个 profile 都以此为起点。
+- [`dsh-web-app` 组合包补丁](../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml) 添加浏览器宿主、Workspace 管理、浏览器交互与客户端插件。
 - [headless-agent](../../../examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml) 以单次任务形式暴露 coding 组装。
 - [acp-agent](../../../examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml) 向程序化 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）客户端提供全新会话。
 
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ Harness 使用 `cordis.yml` 描述 agent（智能体）加载哪些插件以及
 
 Cordis 会并发启动同级配置项。插件通过 `inject` 声明必需服务；Cordis 会等到这些服务就绪后再应用该插件，因此文件顺序不能保证依赖已就绪。引用不存在的模型、工具或插件会尽早报错，而不是被静默忽略。
 
-## CLI 覆盖层
+## CLI 补丁层
 
-原始 `dsh --config <path>` 要求传入一份 patch 列表，并将其直接应用在 `base.cordis.yml` 之上。它不会添加 surface overlay 或 `~/.dsh/config.yaml`，指定文件也不是完整替换树。`dsh web` 先组合 `base.cordis.yml` 与 `web.cordis.yml`，再应用 `~/.dsh/config.yaml`；`dsh web --config <path>` 会以指定 overlay 替代该个人层。Web profile 与 CLI（命令行界面）标志 patch 位于用户层之后。
+`dsh --profile <name>` 按该 profile 的 manifest（元数据清单）中 `dsh.profile.bundles` 列表的顺序，在空根之上组合各组合包补丁层，随后依次应用该 profile 自己的 `~/.dsh/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`、每个 `--patch <path>` overlay，最后是 CLI（命令行界面）标志补丁。同一行以较后的层为准。
 
 补丁会替换目标行的整个 `config` 值，而不是深度合并各个键。例如，只用 `config: { thinking: disabled }` 修补 `llm-deepseek`，也会移除该行原有的 `apiKey` 与 `baseURL`；因此必须重新写出该行需要保留的全部键。
 
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.i18n.yaml b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.i18n.yaml
index 2cf494f71a..45ace4d681 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write docs/user/guide/quickstart.md
-quickstart.md: 199b3f092159fa6fbaf3ae298151487c924ac6f1
-quickstart.zh.md: 9327ed646ba211bcce6426beb6bf76fca50acbf6
+quickstart.md: 4b43291342f80ff9c6dcb844fdc505ef797d1f6c
+quickstart.zh.md: 13294c50c2d7d4005c0fd090cc2eca3c4780d0a6
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.md b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.md
index 199b3f0921..4b43291342 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Open `http://127.0.0.1:3080`. The agent can read and write files, run commands,
 
 ## What happened
 
-headless-agent uses the `@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo` app. `dsh web` instead composes [`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) with [`apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml) and no app bundle. Both select the DeepSeek model and capability plugins appropriate to their entry mode.
+headless-agent uses the `@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo` app. `dsh web` instead boots the `web` profile: the [`dsh-base`](../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) and [`dsh-web-app`](../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml) bundle patch layers composed over an empty root. Both select the DeepSeek model and capability plugins appropriate to their entry mode.
 
 ## Next steps
 
diff --git a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.zh.md b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.zh.md
index 9327ed646b..13294c50c2 100644
--- a/docs/user/guide/quickstart.zh.md
+++ b/docs/user/guide/quickstart.zh.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pnpm run dsh web
 
 ## 回头看
 
-headless-agent 使用 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo` app。`dsh web` 则组合 [`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) 与 [`apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml)，不使用 app 组合包。二者都会根据各自入口模式选择 DeepSeek 模型和能力插件。
+headless-agent 使用 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo` app。`dsh web` 则启动 `web` profile：由 [`dsh-base`](../../../packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 与 [`dsh-web-app`](../../../packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml) 两个组合包的 patch 层在空根之上组合而成。二者都会根据各自入口模式选择 DeepSeek 模型和能力插件。
 
 ## 下一步
 
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/acp.snapshot.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/acp.snapshot.ts
index 225b033b56..bf4f7ac972 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/acp.snapshot.ts
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/acp.snapshot.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ const SCENARIOS: Scenario[] = [
   // symlinked instruction file to its target's content. A second nested path
   // containing a literal closing tag is created at runtime: Git cannot check
   // that name out on Windows, so this delimiter-injection case is POSIX-only.
+  // The fixture also shadows the baseline after the first touch finishes its
+  // projection; the next entering pre-step restores it before request 2.
   // The scenario-specific config keeps home/root discovery hermetic, and the
   // resulting prefix needs its own pinned header class.
   {
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-durability-failure.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-durability-failure.ts
index 5dd19bb348..d3ffa4e8a7 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-durability-failure.ts
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-durability-failure.ts
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   // runs, so the queued FIFO order is what the transcript records. The first
   // child enqueue is the initial delegation, which also pins the real child id.
   let accepted = 0
-  ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent }) => {
     if (agent.session.header.parentSession === undefined) return
     if (realChildId === undefined) realChildId = agent.session.header.id
     accepted += 1
     if (accepted >= 3) followupsAccepted.resolve(undefined)
   })
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent }, next) => {
     if (agent.session.header.parentSession !== undefined) await followupsAccepted.promise
     return next()
   })
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/cordis.yml b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/cordis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bfcd2af3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/cordis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Test-only composition of both public opt-in providers and foreground tools.
+# The owning e2e boots this tree but never invokes a model or product process.
+- id: fixture
+  name: './fixture.ts'
+
+- id: subagent
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+
+- id: subprocess
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+
+- id: subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex'
+
+- id: subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code'
+
+- id: tool-subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: codex
+    toolName: subagent_codex
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: 'provider-managed'
+
+- id: tool-subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: claude-code
+    toolName: subagent_claude_code
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: 'provider-managed'
+
+- id: cli-agent
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo'
+  config:
+    provider: mock
+    model: mock-delegate
+    persona: 'This composition test must not start a model turn.'
+    workspaceContext: false
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/driver.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/driver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7540e1a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/driver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/** Inspect both public product-provider compositions without invoking them. */
+
+import { boot, resolveConfigPath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
+
+const configPath = process.argv[2]
+if (configPath === undefined) {
+  throw new Error('product-provider Loader composition driver requires a config path')
+}
+
+let starts = 0
+const ctx = await boot(
+  'product-provider-loader-composition',
+  resolveConfigPath(configPath, undefined),
+  undefined,
+  (hostCtx) => {
+    hostCtx.on('subagent/start', () => {
+      starts += 1
+    })
+  },
+)
+
+try {
+  const providerNames = ['codex', 'claude-code'] as const
+  const toolNames = ['subagent_codex', 'subagent_claude_code'] as const
+  const providers = providerNames.map((providerName) => {
+    const provider = ctx.subagents.getProvider(providerName)
+    if (provider === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`${providerName} provider was not registered`)
+    }
+    return {
+      name: provider.name,
+      capabilities: provider.capabilities,
+      inheritsParentContext: provider.inheritsParentContext,
+    }
+  })
+  const tools = toolNames.map((toolName) => {
+    const tool = ctx.tools.schemas().find(schema => schema.name === toolName)
+    if (tool === undefined) throw new Error(`${toolName} tool was not registered`)
+    const properties = tool.parameters.properties
+    if (
+      typeof properties !== 'object'
+      || properties === null
+      || Array.isArray(properties)
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(`${toolName} has invalid parameter properties`)
+    }
+    return {
+      name: tool.name,
+      parameterNames: Object.keys(properties).sort(),
+      required: tool.parameters.required,
+    }
+  })
+
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({
+    registeredProviders: ctx.subagents.list(),
+    providers,
+    tools,
+    starts,
+  })}\n`)
+} finally {
+  await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/fixture.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9f9cd5997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/** Reuse the composition-only parent adapter shared by the product providers. */
+
+export {
+  apply,
+  inject,
+  name,
+} from '../subagent-codex/fixture.ts'
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/cordis.yml b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/cordis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be1af7c135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/cordis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Test-only composition of the public opt-in provider and foreground tool.
+# The owning e2e boots this tree but never invokes the model or Codex.
+- id: fixture
+  name: './fixture.ts'
+
+- id: subagent
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+
+- id: subprocess
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+
+- id: subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex'
+
+- id: tool-subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: codex
+    toolName: subagent_codex
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: 'provider-managed'
+
+- id: cli-agent
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-cli-demo'
+  config:
+    provider: mock
+    model: mock-delegate
+    persona: 'This composition test must not start a model turn.'
+    workspaceContext: false
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/driver.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/driver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..873f5e36de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/driver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/** Inspect the public Codex provider composition without invoking the product. */
+
+import { boot, resolveConfigPath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
+
+const configPath = process.argv[2]
+if (configPath === undefined) {
+  throw new Error('subagent-codex Loader composition driver requires a config path')
+}
+
+let starts = 0
+const ctx = await boot(
+  'subagent-codex-loader-composition',
+  resolveConfigPath(configPath, undefined),
+  undefined,
+  (hostCtx) => {
+    hostCtx.on('subagent/start', () => {
+      starts += 1
+    })
+  },
+)
+
+try {
+  const provider = ctx.subagents.getProvider('codex')
+  if (provider === undefined) throw new Error('Codex provider was not registered')
+  const tool = ctx.tools.schemas().find(schema => schema.name === 'subagent_codex')
+  if (tool === undefined) throw new Error('subagent_codex tool was not registered')
+  const properties = tool.parameters.properties
+  if (typeof properties !== 'object' || properties === null || Array.isArray(properties)) {
+    throw new Error('subagent_codex tool has invalid parameter properties')
+  }
+
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({
+    providers: ctx.subagents.list(),
+    provider: {
+      name: provider.name,
+      capabilities: provider.capabilities,
+      inheritsParentContext: provider.inheritsParentContext,
+    },
+    tool: {
+      name: tool.name,
+      parameterNames: Object.keys(properties).sort(),
+      required: tool.parameters.required,
+    },
+    starts,
+  })}\n`)
+} finally {
+  await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/fixture.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2dc946dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/** Parent adapter that fails if the composition-only Loader test starts a turn. */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { GenerateOptions, StreamChunk } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { LlmAdapter } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+
+class CompositionOnlyAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
+  async * stream(_options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk> {
+    throw new Error('subagent-codex Loader composition must not invoke a model')
+  }
+}
+
+export const name = 'codex-loader-composition-fixture'
+export const inject = ['llm']
+
+/**
+ * Register a parent adapter solely so the host composition is complete.
+ * @param ctx - Loader context supplying the LLM seam.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
+  ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], new CompositionOnlyAdapter())
+}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-compaction.ts b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-compaction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e13e3cf6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-compaction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import { COMPACT_CHECKPOINT_SOURCE } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact'
+import { createUserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
+
+export const name = 'workspace-context-compaction'
+
+/** Replace the visible workspace baseline after the first touch is fully projected. */
+export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
+  ctx.on('tools/post-execute', async (exec, result, next) => {
+    const downstream = await next()
+    if (result.isError
+      || exec.agent === undefined
+      || exec.name !== 'read'
+      || typeof exec.arguments !== 'object'
+      || exec.arguments === null
+      || !('file_path' in exec.arguments)
+      || exec.arguments.file_path !== 'nested/task.txt') return downstream
+    const agent = exec.agent
+    const baseline = agent.session.surface.nodes
+      .map(seq => agent.session.events[seq])
+      .find(event => event?.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        && event.data.source.baseline === true)
+    if (baseline === undefined) throw new Error('workspace baseline missing before snapshot compaction')
+    agent.session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Earlier context was compacted for this snapshot.' }],
+      source: COMPACT_CHECKPOINT_SOURCE,
+    }), {
+      surfaceOp: { op: 'replace', start: baseline.seq, end: baseline.seq },
+      sourceEventSeqs: [baseline.seq],
+    })
+    return downstream
+  })
+}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-workspace-context/session.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-workspace-context/session.jsonl
index 6107589cb2..368a2262c8 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-workspace-context/session.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/code-mode-workspace-context/session.jsonl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":2,"time":1785498825916,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"removedCount":1,"inserted":[]}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":3,"time":1785901435161,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":4,"time":1785498825917,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Using ONE run_code program, call tools.read on nested/task.txt. After the program finishes, answer the workspace handshake question using the newly discovered instructions: What is the Code Mode workspace handshake?"}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"3b04578e-7b22-4b44-b4cd-ef9d4d26fe8b"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
-{"type":"user/message","seq":5,"time":1785901435161,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nThe following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.\n\nInstructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nWorkspace snapshot root instruction.\n\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","baseline":true,"changes":[{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"2119a7072358cc727f8d9c4cb7388e905b075fe6"}]},"role":"user","id":"ac92e76e-4861-47a6-87f8-4e9ca904eb24"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":5,"time":1785901435161,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nThe following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.\n\nInstructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nWorkspace snapshot root instruction.\n\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","baseline":true,"baselineIdentity":"{\"projectRoot\":\"\",\"projectRootMarkers\":[\".git\"],\"maxBytes\":65536,\"maxSourceBytes\":1048576,\"instructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\"],\"localInstructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.local.md\",\"CLAUDE.local.md\"]}","changes":[{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"2119a7072358cc727f8d9c4cb7388e905b075fe6"}]},"role":"user","id":"ac92e76e-4861-47a6-87f8-4e9ca904eb24"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"user/message","seq":6,"time":1785730478198,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Current runtime context. This snapshot supersedes earlier runtime-context snapshots.\n\nCurrent DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations.\n\nApproval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."}],"source":{"kind":"plugin","plugin":"@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt","form":"snapshot","sections":[{"name":"sandbox:policy","text":"Current DSH file policy: danger-full-access. The DSH file sandbox does not restrict file modifications by available operations."},{"name":"approval:policy","text":"Approval prompts are disabled in this session: actions that require approval are rejected automatically — do not request sandbox escalation (do not set `sandbox_permissions`)."}]},"role":"user","id":"d6d78330-05c0-4ebd-9e29-595df6440250"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
 {"type":"session/title","seq":7,"time":1785730478198,"data":{"title":"Using ONE run_code program, call","messageSeqs":[4],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
 {"type":"request/header","seq":8,"time":1785498825920,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}","tools":"{{tools}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/session.jsonl b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/session.jsonl
index d51a6c820a..179e61ade9 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/session.jsonl
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/tests/snapshots/workspace-context/session.jsonl
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {"type":"session","version":0,"id":"{{sessionId}}","createdAt":0,"cwd":"{{cwd}}","delegationDepth":0}
-{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":0,"time":1785498790330,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Read nested/task.txt, then read scope</system-reminder>/task.txt with the read tool, then reply DONE."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"22938d3b-c065-46c8-acb7-18f758285842"}]}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":0,"time":1785498790330,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Read nested/task.txt, then read scope</system-reminder>/task.txt with the read tool, then reply DONE."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"81078e7a-6837-45c2-a6b4-a5a3dfce0d4a"}]}}
 {"type":"turn/start","seq":1,"time":1785821400350,"data":{"turn":1}}
 {"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":2,"time":1785498790356,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"removedCount":1,"inserted":[]}}
 {"type":"step/start","seq":3,"time":1785901433981,"data":{"turn":1,"step":1}}
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diff --git a/examples/acp-agent/workspace-context.cordis.snapshot.yml b/examples/acp-agent/workspace-context.cordis.snapshot.yml
index 70d726c838..6abaaa3f13 100644
--- a/examples/acp-agent/workspace-context.cordis.snapshot.yml
+++ b/examples/acp-agent/workspace-context.cordis.snapshot.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@
       - insert:
           - id: llm-replay
             name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-replay'
+          - id: workspace-context-compaction
+            name: './tests/fixtures/workspace-context-compaction.ts'
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/code-mode.e2e.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/code-mode.e2e.ts
index 648e77156c..ad049ab308 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/code-mode.e2e.ts
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/code-mode.e2e.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe('Code Mode typed values: keyless real-worker contracts', () => {
 
 function waitForIdle(harness: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = harness.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = harness.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/cli-mock-llm.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/cli-mock-llm.ts
index 72aa7b199d..80a4f7e240 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/cli-mock-llm.ts
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/cli-mock-llm.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const inject = ['llm']
 /** Register the keyless `cli-mock` adapter. */
 export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['cli-mock'], new CliMockAdapter())
-  ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, step, _signal, next) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ step }, next) => {
     const config = await next()
     return step === 2 ? { ...config, reasoningEffort: OFF } : config
   })
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/goal-domain/seed-goal.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/goal-domain/seed-goal.ts
index de64e4599b..d8dc2c2465 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/goal-domain/seed-goal.ts
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/goal-domain/seed-goal.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const name = 'seed-goal'
 export const inject = ['goals']
 
 export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent }, next) => {
     if (ctx.goals.get(agent) === undefined) {
       ctx.goals.create(agent, {
         objective: 'Prove the composed goal survives in the session log',
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-resume-agent.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-resume-agent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cdf7d157a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-resume-agent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Loader fixture that resumes the seeded workspace-context session.
+ * @module workspace-context-resume-agent
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+
+/** Fixture plugin name. */
+export const name = 'workspace-context-resume-agent'
+/** Services that must exist before the fixture resumes its agent. */
+export const inject = ['agents', 'agentLoop', 'sessionPersistence']
+
+/**
+ * Resume the seeded session and bind its handle to this fixture's lifetime.
+ * @param ctx - settled agent and persistence services from the Loader tree.
+ * @returns after the resumed agent is published.
+ */
+export async function apply(ctx: Context): Promise<void> {
+  const handle = await ctx.agents.resume({
+    resumeSessionId: 'workspace-context-resume' as SessionId,
+    agentOptions: { provider: 'deepseek-official', model: 'deepseek-v4-flash' },
+  })
+  ctx.effect(() => () => handle.dispose(), 'workspace-context-resume-agent.handle')
+}
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/harness.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/harness.ts
index 756cc58e39..b57a4c2d2d 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/tests/harness.ts
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/harness.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function codingHarness(workdir: string, options: CodingHarnessOptio
 
 export function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84501283f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"type":"session","version":0,"id":"workspace-context-resume-replay","createdAt":1,"delegationDepth":0}
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.override.json b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.override.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a431e6dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/replay.override.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {
+    "kind": "chunks",
+    "chunks": [
+      { "type": "block-start", "index": 0, "blockType": "text" },
+      { "type": "text-delta", "index": 0, "text": "RESUME_DONE" },
+      { "type": "block-end", "index": 0, "block": { "type": "text", "text": "RESUME_DONE" } },
+      { "type": "finish", "reason": { "kind": "stop" } }
+    ]
+  }
+]
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/session.expected.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/session.expected.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8753b9241a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit/session.expected.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{"type":"session","version":0,"id":"{{sessionId}}","createdAt":0,"cwd":"{{cwd}}","delegationDepth":0}
+{"type":"turn/start","seq":0,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1}}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":1,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Remember the workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":2,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nThe following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.\n\nInstructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nOld workspace instruction.\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","baseline":true,"baselineIdentity":"{\"projectRoot\":\"\",\"projectRootMarkers\":[\".git\"],\"maxBytes\":65536,\"maxSourceBytes\":1048576,\"instructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\"],\"localInstructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.local.md\",\"CLAUDE.local.md\"]}","changes":[{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"ba65bdb41810f4d0129129dcbd6cadcd643c069d"}]},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"turn/end","seq":3,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"reason":{"kind":"completed"}}}
+{"type":"session/end-seed","seq":4,"time":0,"data":{}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":5,"time":0,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Acknowledge the current workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"}]}}
+{"type":"turn/start","seq":6,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":7,"time":0,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"removedCount":1,"inserted":[]}}
+{"type":"step/start","seq":8,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1}}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":9,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Acknowledge the current workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":10,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nUpdated instructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nThis file changed after it was loaded. Use the following content instead of the previously loaded instructions from this file.\n\nNew workspace instruction after offline edit.\n\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","changes":[{"action":"replace","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"d8375b516f158718bd3463bc8eb7ed42c011b29f"}]},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"session/title","seq":11,"time":0,"data":{"title":"Remember the workspace instruction.","messageSeqs":[1],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
+{"type":"request/header","seq":12,"time":0,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
+{"type":"request/context","seq":13,"time":0,"data":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":14,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-start","index":0,"blockType":"text"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":15,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"text-delta","index":0,"text":"RESUME_DONE"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":16,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-end","index":0,"block":{"type":"text","text":"RESUME_DONE"}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":17,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"finish","reason":{"kind":"stop"}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/message","seq":18,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"RESUME_DONE"}],"source":{"kind":"model","provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"id":"{{sessionId}}"}},"sourceEventSeqs":[14,15,16,17],"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"step/end","seq":19,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1}}
+{"type":"turn/end","seq":20,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"reason":{"kind":"completed"}}}
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/precedence-change/session.expected.jsonl b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/precedence-change/session.expected.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9aabc1cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume-snapshots/precedence-change/session.expected.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{"type":"session","version":0,"id":"{{sessionId}}","createdAt":0,"cwd":"{{cwd}}","delegationDepth":0}
+{"type":"turn/start","seq":0,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1}}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":1,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Remember the workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":2,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nThe following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.\n\nInstructions from: CLAUDE.md\n\nOld CLAUDE rule.\n\nInstructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nOld AGENTS rule.\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","baseline":true,"baselineIdentity":"{\"projectRoot\":\"\",\"projectRootMarkers\":[\".git\"],\"maxBytes\":65536,\"maxSourceBytes\":1048576,\"instructionFileCandidates\":[\"CLAUDE.md\",\"AGENTS.md\"],\"localInstructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.local.md\",\"CLAUDE.local.md\"]}","changes":[{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000CLAUDE.md","path":"CLAUDE.md","digest":"b525eb8a6d3660b732dad4b0aff1b7c63ab32890"},{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"3113bd093ae91976207dcef7390bdc0b2bfcfa10"}]},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"turn/end","seq":3,"time":0,"data":{"turn":1,"reason":{"kind":"completed"}}}
+{"type":"session/end-seed","seq":4,"time":0,"data":{}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":5,"time":0,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"inserted":[{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Acknowledge the current workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"}]}}
+{"type":"turn/start","seq":6,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2}}
+{"type":"agent/inbox/spliced","seq":7,"time":0,"data":{"target":"next-turn","start":0,"removedCount":1,"inserted":[]}}
+{"type":"step/start","seq":8,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1}}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":9,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Acknowledge the current workspace instruction."}],"source":{"kind":"user"},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"user/message","seq":10,"time":0,"data":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"<system-reminder>\nThis complete workspace instruction baseline replaces all earlier workspace instruction baselines. The following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.\n\nInstructions from: AGENTS.md\n\nCurrent AGENTS rule.\n\n\nInstructions from: CLAUDE.md\n\nCurrent CLAUDE rule.\n\n</system-reminder>"}],"source":{"kind":"workspace-instructions","form":"instructions","baseline":true,"baselineIdentity":"{\"projectRoot\":\"\",\"projectRootMarkers\":[\".git\"],\"maxBytes\":65536,\"maxSourceBytes\":1048576,\"instructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\"],\"localInstructionFileCandidates\":[\"AGENTS.local.md\",\"CLAUDE.local.md\"]}","changes":[{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000AGENTS.md","path":"AGENTS.md","digest":"7f53d2327837129750aef117f9754a001c46cf68"},{"action":"set","scope":".\u0000CLAUDE.md","path":"CLAUDE.md","digest":"5b1e9e3fd759eee6b43ceff899e47fb10c64701a"}]},"role":"user","id":"{{sessionId}}"},"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"session/title","seq":11,"time":0,"data":{"title":"Remember the workspace instruction.","messageSeqs":[1],"source":{"kind":"fallback"}}}
+{"type":"request/header","seq":12,"time":0,"data":{"header":{"config":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"system":"{{system}}"},"reason":"initial"}}
+{"type":"request/context","seq":13,"time":0,"data":{"provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":14,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-start","index":0,"blockType":"text"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":15,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"text-delta","index":0,"text":"RESUME_DONE"}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":16,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"block-end","index":0,"block":{"type":"text","text":"RESUME_DONE"}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/chunk","seq":17,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"chunk":{"type":"finish","reason":{"kind":"stop"}}}}
+{"type":"assistant/message","seq":18,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"RESUME_DONE"}],"source":{"kind":"model","provider":"deepseek-official","model":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"id":"{{sessionId}}"}},"sourceEventSeqs":[14,15,16,17],"surfaceOp":"append"}
+{"type":"step/end","seq":19,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"step":1}}
+{"type":"turn/end","seq":20,"time":0,"data":{"turn":2,"reason":{"kind":"completed"}}}
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume.snapshot.ts b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume.snapshot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..789a859746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/tests/workspace-context-resume.snapshot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/**
+ * Assembled-app regression for persisted workspace-instruction resume state.
+ * @module workspace-context-resume-snapshot
+ */
+
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
+import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import { normalizeSessionLog, scrubRequestHeaders, type NormalizeContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-acp-snapshot'
+import { LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS, runLoaderSmoke } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke'
+import { createUserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import SessionStore, {
+  SESSION_FORMAT_VERSION,
+  SessionId,
+  type SessionEvent,
+  type SessionHeader,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+import SessionPersistenceJsonl from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
+import { renderWorkspaceContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context'
+import { resolveConfig, workspaceBaselineIdentity } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context/src/config.ts'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const fixtureDir = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), 'workspace-context-resume-snapshots/offline-edit')
+const replayFixture = join(fixtureDir, 'replay.jsonl')
+const replayOverride = join(fixtureDir, 'replay.override.json')
+const sessionExpected = join(fixtureDir, 'session.expected.jsonl')
+const precedenceExpected = join(dirname(fixtureDir), 'precedence-change/session.expected.jsonl')
+const configPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../workspace-context-resume.cordis.snapshot.yml', import.meta.url))
+const binScript = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../packages/examples/cli-demo/src/bin.ts', import.meta.url))
+const tsconfigPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../tsconfig.json', import.meta.url))
+const sessionId = SessionId('workspace-context-resume')
+const refreshing = process.env.DSH_SNAPSHOT === 'refresh'
+const oldInstruction = 'Old workspace instruction.'
+const newInstruction = 'New workspace instruction after offline edit.'
+
+interface SeedBaselineOptions {
+  files?: Array<{ name: string; content: string }>
+  instructionFileCandidates?: string[]
+}
+
+async function seedVisibleBaseline(
+  root: string,
+  cwd: string,
+  options: SeedBaselineOptions = {},
+): Promise<string> {
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  await ctx.plugin(SessionStore)
+  await ctx.plugin(SessionPersistenceJsonl, { root, compression: 'none' })
+  const meta: SessionHeader = {
+    version: SESSION_FORMAT_VERSION,
+    id: sessionId,
+    createdAt: 1,
+    cwd,
+    delegationDepth: 0,
+  }
+  const files = options.files ?? [{ name: 'AGENTS.md', content: oldInstruction }]
+  const baseline = renderWorkspaceContext(files.map(file => ({
+    absolutePath: join(cwd, file.name),
+    displayPath: file.name,
+    content: file.content,
+  })), { maxBytes: 65536 })
+  const config = resolveConfig({
+    dshHome: join(cwd, '.dsh'),
+    maxBytes: 65536,
+    ...options.instructionFileCandidates === undefined
+      ? {}
+      : { instructionFileCandidates: options.instructionFileCandidates },
+  })
+  const events: SessionEvent[] = [
+    { type: 'turn/start', seq: 0, time: 10, data: { turn: 1 } },
+    {
+      type: 'user/message',
+      seq: 1,
+      time: 11,
+      data: createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Remember the workspace instruction.' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }),
+      surfaceOp: 'append',
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'user/message',
+      seq: 2,
+      time: 12,
+      data: createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: baseline.text }],
+        source: {
+          kind: 'workspace-instructions',
+          form: 'instructions',
+          baseline: true,
+          baselineIdentity: workspaceBaselineIdentity(config, cwd, cwd),
+          changes: files.map(file => ({
+            action: 'set',
+            scope: `.\0${file.name}`,
+            path: file.name,
+            digest: createHash('sha1').update(file.content).digest('hex'),
+          })),
+        },
+      }),
+      surfaceOp: 'append',
+    },
+    { type: 'turn/end', seq: 3, time: 13, data: { turn: 1, reason: { kind: 'completed' } } },
+  ]
+  try {
+    await ctx.sessionPersistence.create(meta)
+    await ctx.sessionPersistence.append(sessionId, events)
+    const location = ctx.sessionPersistence.locate(meta)
+    if (location === undefined) throw new Error('JSONL backend did not locate the seeded session')
+    return location.path
+  } finally {
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  }
+}
+
+describe('workspace-context resume snapshot', () => {
+  it('appends an offline replacement without duplicating the visible baseline', async () => {
+    let cwd = ''
+    let sessionPath = ''
+    const result = await runLoaderSmoke({
+      label: 'workspace-context resume headless stream-json snapshot',
+      tempDirPrefix: 'dsh-workspace-context-resume-',
+      binScript,
+      configPath,
+      binArgs: ['--config', configPath, '--output-format', 'stream-json', 'Acknowledge the current workspace instruction.'],
+      tsconfigPath,
+      env: {
+        DSH_SNAPSHOT_FILE: replayFixture,
+        DSH_SNAPSHOT_OVERRIDE: replayOverride,
+      },
+      prepare: async (runCwd) => {
+        cwd = runCwd
+        await mkdir(join(runCwd, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+        await writeFile(join(runCwd, 'AGENTS.md'), `${newInstruction}\n`)
+        sessionPath = await seedVisibleBaseline(join(runCwd, '.sessions'), runCwd)
+      },
+      inspect: async () => {
+        const normalization: NormalizeContext = { sessionIds: [sessionId], cwd }
+        const session = scrubRequestHeaders(normalizeSessionLog(await readFile(sessionPath, 'utf8'), normalization))
+        if (refreshing) await writeFile(sessionExpected, session)
+        expect(session).toBe(await readFile(sessionExpected, 'utf8'))
+
+        const records = session.trimEnd().split('\n').map(line => JSON.parse(line) as {
+          type?: string
+          data?: {
+            source?: { kind?: string; baseline?: boolean; changes?: Array<Record<string, unknown>> }
+            content?: Array<{ type?: string; text?: string }>
+          }
+        })
+        const workspaceEvents = records.filter(record => record.type === 'user/message'
+          && record.data?.source?.kind === 'workspace-instructions')
+        expect(workspaceEvents.filter(record => record.data?.source?.baseline === true)).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(workspaceEvents.filter(record => record.data?.source?.baseline !== true)).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(workspaceEvents.at(-1)?.data?.source?.changes).toMatchObject([{
+          action: 'replace', scope: '.\0AGENTS.md', path: 'AGENTS.md',
+        }])
+        expect(JSON.stringify(workspaceEvents.at(-1)?.data?.content)).toContain(newInstruction)
+
+        const files = await readdir(join(cwd, '.sessions'), { recursive: true })
+        expect(files.filter(file => file.endsWith('.jsonl'))).toHaveLength(1)
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(result.stderr).toBe('')
+    const records = result.stdout.trimEnd().split('\n').map(line => JSON.parse(line) as Record<string, unknown>)
+    expect(records.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'result',
+      sessionId,
+      output: 'RESUME_DONE',
+    })
+  }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
+  it('supersedes an incompatible baseline when precedence changed offline', async () => {
+    let cwd = ''
+    let sessionPath = ''
+    const result = await runLoaderSmoke({
+      label: 'workspace-context precedence-change resume snapshot',
+      tempDirPrefix: 'dsh-workspace-context-precedence-',
+      binScript,
+      configPath,
+      binArgs: ['--config', configPath, '--output-format', 'stream-json', 'Acknowledge the current workspace instruction.'],
+      tsconfigPath,
+      env: {
+        DSH_SNAPSHOT_FILE: replayFixture,
+        DSH_SNAPSHOT_OVERRIDE: replayOverride,
+      },
+      prepare: async (runCwd) => {
+        cwd = runCwd
+        await mkdir(join(runCwd, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+        await writeFile(join(runCwd, 'AGENTS.md'), 'Current AGENTS rule.\n')
+        await writeFile(join(runCwd, 'CLAUDE.md'), 'Current CLAUDE rule.\n')
+        sessionPath = await seedVisibleBaseline(join(runCwd, '.sessions'), runCwd, {
+          files: [
+            { name: 'CLAUDE.md', content: 'Old CLAUDE rule.' },
+            { name: 'AGENTS.md', content: 'Old AGENTS rule.' },
+          ],
+          instructionFileCandidates: ['CLAUDE.md', 'AGENTS.md'],
+        })
+      },
+      inspect: async () => {
+        const normalization: NormalizeContext = { sessionIds: [sessionId], cwd }
+        const session = scrubRequestHeaders(normalizeSessionLog(await readFile(sessionPath, 'utf8'), normalization))
+        if (refreshing) {
+          await mkdir(dirname(precedenceExpected), { recursive: true })
+          await writeFile(precedenceExpected, session)
+        }
+        expect(session).toBe(await readFile(precedenceExpected, 'utf8'))
+
+        const records = session.trimEnd().split('\n').map(line => JSON.parse(line) as {
+          type?: string
+          data?: {
+            source?: { kind?: string; baseline?: boolean }
+            content?: Array<{ type?: string; text?: string }>
+          }
+        })
+        const baselines = records.filter(record => record.type === 'user/message'
+          && record.data?.source?.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+          && record.data.source.baseline === true)
+        expect(baselines).toHaveLength(2)
+        const replacement = JSON.stringify(baselines.at(-1)?.data?.content)
+        expect(replacement).toContain('replaces all earlier workspace instruction baselines')
+        expect(replacement.indexOf('Instructions from: AGENTS.md'))
+          .toBeLessThan(replacement.indexOf('Instructions from: CLAUDE.md'))
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(result.stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(result.stdout.trimEnd().split('\n').map(line => JSON.parse(line) as Record<string, unknown>).at(-1))
+      .toMatchObject({
+        type: 'result',
+        sessionId,
+        output: 'RESUME_DONE',
+      })
+  }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+})
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/workspace-context-resume.cordis.snapshot.yml b/examples/headless-agent/workspace-context-resume.cordis.snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5c04d9093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/workspace-context-resume.cordis.snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Keyless real-Loader composition for workspace-instruction resume
+# reconciliation. The test seeds one persisted baseline, changes AGENTS.md
+# while the session is offline, then resumes through the public agent service.
+
+- id: persistence
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
+  config:
+    root: './.sessions'
+    compression: none
+
+- id: replay
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-replay'
+  config:
+    file: !!js process.env.DSH_SNAPSHOT_FILE
+    overrideFile: !!js process.env.DSH_SNAPSHOT_OVERRIDE
+
+- id: fs-local
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-local'
+  config:
+    cwd: !!js process.cwd()
+
+- id: agent
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-spine-demo'
+  config:
+    agents: []
+    workspaceContext:
+      maxBytes: 65536
+      dshHome: !!js process.cwd() + '/.dsh'
+    skills:
+      enabled: false
+    toolBash: false
+    toolTasks: false
+    goals: false
+
+# Await the persisted resume before the headless driver inspects root agents.
+- id: resumed-agent
+  name: './tests/fixtures/workspace-context-resume-agent.ts'
diff --git a/examples/mcp-memory/README.i18n.yaml b/examples/mcp-memory/README.i18n.yaml
index 870762db51..f89035cfcc 100644
--- a/examples/mcp-memory/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/examples/mcp-memory/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write examples/mcp-memory/README.md
-README.md: b5dd7ffc4ad248d38e108d9aa28c7c26e0c76913
-README.zh.md: ea27dc1a5bd644de13d4ecad8afcae3a7452160e
+README.md: 023e6aefce0e78cbbf52620426376e1dd0a6b8cf
+README.zh.md: 44ace680cd583f41903437a69c62e30817308ba2
diff --git a/examples/mcp-memory/README.md b/examples/mcp-memory/README.md
index b5dd7ffc4a..023e6aefce 100644
--- a/examples/mcp-memory/README.md
+++ b/examples/mcp-memory/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ The stdio bridge deliberately removes ambient credential-shaped and `DSH_*` vari
 Pass one overlay to DSH:
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
-Replace the filename with `mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml` or `engram.cordis.yml`. The path may point to a copied file anywhere on disk. No memory server is present in the shipped composition, so omitting `--config` keeps all three disabled.
+Replace the filename with `mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml` or `engram.cordis.yml`. The path may point to a copied file anywhere on disk. No memory server is present in the shipped composition, so omitting `--patch` keeps all three disabled.
 
 Without a repository checkout, download the selected overlay directly:
 
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ mkdir -p "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}"
 curl --fail --location \
   --output "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml" \
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/master/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml
-dsh --config "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 Replace `memorix.cordis.yml` in the URL with either of the other filenames to select it. Review a downloaded overlay before running it: Cordis configuration can contain executable `!!js` expressions.
 
-To keep the selection in personal configuration, merge the chosen file's single `insert` patch into `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` (normally `~/.dsh/config.yaml`). Do not copy over an existing file: it may already contain unrelated personal patches.
+To keep the selection across runs, merge the chosen file's single `insert` patch into a user patch layer — `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml` for one profile, or `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` for every profile on the machine. Do not copy over an existing file: it may already contain unrelated user patches.
 
 ## Provider setup
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ To keep the selection in personal configuration, merge the chosen file's single
 
 ```sh
 npm install --global memorix@1.3.0
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 Memorix works in local heuristic mode without an LLM or embedding service. Configure optional providers in Memorix's own `~/.memorix/config.toml` or project `memorix.toml`. The example keeps Memorix's Git-project identity from the DSH working directory and uses Memorix's own `~/.memorix/data` default. Set `MEMORIX_DATA_DIR` before starting DSH to override it.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Memorix works in local heuristic mode without an LLM or embedding service. Confi
 
 ```sh
 npm install --global @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory@2026.7.4
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 This reference server stores a local knowledge graph and exposes entity, relation, observation, read, search, and open tools. It needs no model or embedding service. The example stores its JSONL at `$HOME/.dsh-mcp-reference-memory.jsonl` instead of the installed npm package directory. Set `MEMORY_FILE_PATH` before starting DSH to override it.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Search is case-insensitive substring matching over entity names, types, and obse
 
 ```sh
 go install github.com/Gentleman-Programming/engram/cmd/engram@v1.20.0
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/engram.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/engram.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 Engram owns storage and project selection: it uses `~/.engram` by default, detects the Git project from the DSH working directory, and accepts `ENGRAM_DATA_DIR` or `ENGRAM_PROJECT` as ambient overrides.
diff --git a/examples/mcp-memory/README.zh.md b/examples/mcp-memory/README.zh.md
index ea27dc1a5b..44ace680cd 100644
--- a/examples/mcp-memory/README.zh.md
+++ b/examples/mcp-memory/README.zh.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ stdio 桥接器在启动子进程前会主动移除环境中名称类似凭据
 将一份 overlay 传给 DSH：
 
 ```sh
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
-请将文件名替换为 `mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml` 或 `engram.cordis.yml`。该路径可以指向磁盘任意位置的一份复制文件。交付组合不包含任何记忆服务器，因此不传 `--config` 就会让这三项全部保持关闭。
+请将文件名替换为 `mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml` 或 `engram.cordis.yml`。该路径可以指向磁盘任意位置的一份复制文件。交付组合不包含任何记忆服务器，因此不传 `--patch` 就会让这三项全部保持关闭。
 
 如果本地没有仓库 checkout，可直接下载所选 overlay：
 
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ mkdir -p "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}"
 curl --fail --location \
   --output "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml" \
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/master/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml
-dsh --config "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 若要选择另外任一配置，请将 URL 中的 `memorix.cordis.yml` 替换为对应文件名。运行下载的 overlay 前，请先审阅其内容：Cordis 配置可以包含可执行的 `!!js` 表达式。
 
-如果要把所选配置保存在个人配置中，请将对应文件中的单个 `insert` patch 合并到 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`（通常是 `~/.dsh/config.yaml`）。不要覆盖已有文件，其中可能已经包含无关的个人 patch。
+如果要跨次运行保留所选配置，请将对应文件中的单个 `insert` patch 合并到用户 patch 层：只对一个 profile 生效则写入 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`，对本机所有 profile 生效则写入 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`。不要覆盖已有文件，其中可能已经包含无关的用户 patch。
 
 ## 提供方设置
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dsh --config "${DSH_HOME:-$HOME/.dsh}/memory.cordis.yml"
 
 ```sh
 npm install --global memorix@1.3.0
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/memorix.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 Memorix 无需 LLM（大语言模型）或 embedding 服务，即可在本地启发式模式下运行。请在 Memorix 自己的 `~/.memorix/config.toml` 或项目 `memorix.toml` 中配置可选提供方。该示例沿用 DSH 工作目录中的 Git 项目标识，并使用 Memorix 自身的默认目录 `~/.memorix/data`。若要覆盖该目录，请在启动 DSH 前设置 `MEMORIX_DATA_DIR`。
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Memorix 无需 LLM（大语言模型）或 embedding 服务，即可在本地启
 
 ```sh
 npm install --global @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory@2026.7.4
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 该参考服务器存储本地知识图谱，并公开实体、关系、观察、读取、搜索和打开工具。它不需要模型或 embedding 服务。该示例将 JSONL 存储在 `$HOME/.dsh-mcp-reference-memory.jsonl`，而不是已安装的 npm 包目录中。若要覆盖该路径，请在启动 DSH 前设置 `MEMORY_FILE_PATH`。
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/mcp-reference-memory.cordis.yml"
 
 ```sh
 go install github.com/Gentleman-Programming/engram/cmd/engram@v1.20.0
-dsh --config "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/engram.cordis.yml"
+dsh web --patch "$PWD/examples/mcp-memory/engram.cordis.yml"
 ```
 
 Engram 负责存储和项目选择：它默认使用 `~/.engram`，从 DSH 工作目录检测 Git 项目，并接受 `ENGRAM_DATA_DIR` 或 `ENGRAM_PROJECT` 作为环境覆盖项。
diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index 3975d5573b..ba947fccdb 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-code-runtime-worker": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local": "workspace:*",
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-acp": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-dsh-sdk": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:*",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml b/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
index ff857643f4..27d905676e 100644
--- a/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
+++ b/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 # Opt-in Web composition for inspecting the self-referential Cordis tools.
 # Temporary Plugin code can reach every injected live capability; treat this
 # deployment like shell access, not as a security boundary.
-# This file is an OVERLAY over the shipped web composition (`base.cordis.yml` +
-# `web.cordis.yml`), not a tree: `dsh web --config` applies it as one more
-# sibling patch list at the same include level, so these patches reach base and
-# overlay rows alike. A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config`.
+# This file is a PATCH OVERLAY over the web profile (dsh-base + dsh-web-app
+# bundle layers), not a tree: `dsh web --patch` applies it as one more sibling
+# patch list at the same include level, so these patches reach every bundle
+# row. A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config`.
 
-# AppCLIEntry normally injects the assembly-owned dist path before `dsh web`
-# boots; pinning the port here keeps this demo off the default 3080.
+# Pinning the port here keeps this demo off the default 3080.
 - id: webserver
   config:
     host: 127.0.0.1
     port: 3081
-    # Plain concatenation, not URL.pathname: a cwd with spaces
-    # percent-encodes through the URL round-trip and the encoded
-    # path never resolves.
-    distIndex: !!js "process.cwd() + '/apps/web/dist/index.html'"
 
 - insert:
     - id: tool-cordis
diff --git a/knip.json b/knip.json
index dfb8058d7c..9b72396f1a 100644
--- a/knip.json
+++ b/knip.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/cli-mock-llm.ts",
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/semantic-checkpoint-agent.ts",
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-inheritance-agent.ts",
+        "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-resume-agent.ts",
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/goal-domain/seed-goal.ts",
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/time-context-driver.ts",
         "headless-agent/tests/fixtures/time-context-mock-llm.ts",
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@
         "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/partial-landlock-sandbox.ts",
         "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-durability-failure.ts",
         "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent-settlement-marker.ts",
+        "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/workspace-context-compaction.ts",
         "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-acp/mock-delegating-llm.ts",
         "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-acp/driver.ts",
+        "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/fixture.ts",
+        "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/driver.ts",
+        "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/fixture.ts",
+        "acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/driver.ts",
         "jsonrpc-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk/driver.ts",
         "jsonrpc-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk/child-mock-llm.ts",
         "jsonrpc-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk/mock-delegating-llm.ts",
@@ -553,6 +559,29 @@
         "tests/**/*.ts"
       ]
     },
+    "packages/subagent/subagent-codex": {
+      "entry": [
+        "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.e2e.ts"
+      ],
+      "project": [
+        "src/**/*.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.ts"
+      ],
+      "ignoreDependencies": [
+        "@openai/codex"
+      ]
+    },
+    "packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code": {
+      "entry": [
+        "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.e2e.ts"
+      ],
+      "project": [
+        "src/**/*.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.ts"
+      ]
+    },
     "packages/fs/tool-fs": {
       "entry": [
         "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
@@ -597,6 +626,22 @@
         "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme"
       ]
     },
+    "packages/client/ui-settings": {
+      "entry": [
+        "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.spec.tsx"
+      ],
+      "project": [
+        "src/**/*.ts",
+        "src/**/*.tsx",
+        "tests/**/*.ts",
+        "tests/**/*.tsx"
+      ],
+      "ignoreDependencies": [
+        "@types/react-dom",
+        "react-dom"
+      ]
+    },
     "apps/web": {
       "entry": [
         "tests/**/*.e2e.ts",
@@ -659,6 +704,17 @@
         "src/**/*.ts",
         "tests/**/*.ts"
       ]
+    },
+    "packages/bundle/base": {
+      "ignoreDependencies": [
+        "@deepseek-ai/.+",
+        "@cordisjs/.+"
+      ]
+    },
+    "packages/bundle/web-app": {
+      "ignoreDependencies": [
+        "@deepseek-ai/.+"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/README.i18n.yaml
index 88bcc06368..e721814e79 100644
--- a/packages/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/README.md
-README.md: 4832fffbc8963b8a7b1f8332e691083195bf94bc
-README.zh.md: 076b4f877070fcf0ee6b98d2310d1121cbbe63d6
+README.md: dec4d71ca2d323fe05f918dd3bf4709cfa01878e
+README.zh.md: 9596dfe8bf8d2d6144ffe7820886342707dd3009
diff --git a/packages/README.md b/packages/README.md
index 4832fffbc8..dec4d71ca2 100644
--- a/packages/README.md
+++ b/packages/README.md
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Packages live at `packages/<group>/<pkg>/`; groups are containers, while names r
 | [`spill/`](spill/README.md) | Spill capability family: storage seam, local impl, tool-result spill policy | Product — stable surface |
 | [`todo/`](todo/README.md) | The model-facing `todo_write` tool | Product — stable surface |
 | [`plan/`](plan/README.md) | Plan collaboration state with a direct entry command and reviewed exit | Product — stable surface |
-| [`timeout/`](timeout/README.md) | Tool-call timeout policy: the `tools/execute` deadline enforcer | Product — stable surface |
-| [`guard/`](guard/README.md) | Loop-hygiene guards: advisory repeat-call reminders | Product — stable surface |
-| [`cordis/`](cordis/README.md) | Cordis runtime integration: self-inspection/model-written temporary Plugins and restricted repository Plugin loading | Product — stable surface |
+| [`timeout/`](timeout/README.md) | Tool-call `tools/execute` deadline enforcement | Product — stable surface |
+| [`guard/`](guard/README.md) | Loop-hygiene advisory repeat-call reminders | Product — stable surface |
+| [`bundle/`](bundle/README.md) | Installable `dsh --profile` patch layers | Product — stable surface |
+| [`cordis/`](cordis/README.md) | Cordis runtime integration: self-inspection, temporary Plugins, restricted repository Plugin loading | Product — stable surface |
 | [`hooks/`](hooks/README.md) | Hook bridges + the shared Claude Code / Codex wire-protocol library | Product — stable surface |
 | [`session-persistence/`](session-persistence/README.md) | Persistence seam + JSONL/SQLite backends | Product — stable surface |
 | [`session-projection/`](session-projection/README.md) | Projection seam: domain fold units serve whole values | Product — stable surface |
diff --git a/packages/README.zh.md b/packages/README.zh.md
index 076b4f8770..9596dfe8bf 100644
--- a/packages/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/README.zh.md
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 | [`spill/`](spill/README.md) | 溢出能力系列：存储 seam、本地实现、工具结果溢出策略 | 产品：稳定表面 |
 | [`todo/`](todo/README.md) | 面向模型的 `todo_write` 工具 | 产品：稳定表面 |
 | [`plan/`](plan/README.md) | Plan 协作状态，提供直接进入命令与经评审的退出 | 产品：稳定表面 |
-| [`timeout/`](timeout/README.md) | 工具调用超时策略：`tools/execute` 截止时间强制执行器 | 产品：稳定表面 |
-| [`guard/`](guard/README.md) | 循环卫生守卫：建议性重复调用提醒 | 产品：稳定表面 |
-| [`cordis/`](cordis/README.md) | Cordis 运行时集成：自检／模型编写的临时 Plugin，以及受限 repository Plugin 加载 | 产品：稳定表面 |
+| [`timeout/`](timeout/README.md) | 工具调用 `tools/execute` 截止时间强制执行 | 产品：稳定表面 |
+| [`guard/`](guard/README.md) | 循环卫生建议性重复调用提醒 | 产品：稳定表面 |
+| [`bundle/`](bundle/README.md) | 可安装的 `dsh --profile` 补丁层 | 产品：稳定表面 |
+| [`cordis/`](cordis/README.md) | Cordis 运行时集成：自检、临时 Plugin、受限 repository Plugin 加载 | 产品：稳定表面 |
 | [`hooks/`](hooks/README.md) | 钩子桥接 + 共享 Claude Code／Codex 协议格式库 | 产品：稳定表面 |
 | [`session-persistence/`](session-persistence/README.md) | 持久化 seam + JSONL/SQLite 后端 | 产品：稳定表面 |
 | [`session-projection/`](session-projection/README.md) | 投影 seam：领域折叠单元供给全量值 | 产品：稳定表面 |
diff --git a/packages/acp/acp/src/index.ts b/packages/acp/acp/src/index.ts
index a794c52901..50549d7ab0 100644
--- a/packages/acp/acp/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/acp/acp/src/index.ts
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: AcpConfig): void {
     }
   })
 
-  ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', (agent, { message, turn }) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', ({ agent, message, turn }) => {
     const record = ownedRecord(agent)
     const inflight = record?.inflight
     if (inflight !== undefined && inflight.messageId === message.id) inflight.turn = turn
   })
 
-  ctx.on('agent/error', (agent, turn, _step, error) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/error', ({ agent, turn, error }) => {
     const record = ownedRecord(agent)
     const inflight = record?.inflight
     if (record === undefined || inflight === undefined || inflight.turn === turn) return
diff --git a/packages/acp/acp/tests/turns.spec.ts b/packages/acp/acp/tests/turns.spec.ts
index 329aff6d96..f2cffb4010 100644
--- a/packages/acp/acp/tests/turns.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/acp/acp/tests/turns.spec.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('ACP prompt lifecycle', () => {
     const sessionId = await newSession(harness)
     const agent = harness.ctx.agents.get(SessionId(sessionId))!
     let injected = false
-    harness.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (subject, { message }) => {
+    harness.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent: subject, message }) => {
       if (subject === agent && message.source.kind === 'user' && !injected) {
         injected = true
         agent.inject(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'context' }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' } }))
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ describe('ACP prompt lifecycle', () => {
     harness = await makeBridgeHarness({ script: [errorResponse('transient boom'), textResponse('recovered')] })
     // A recovery policy: schedule one retry for the failed request.
     let retried = false
-    harness.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (_subject) => {
+    harness.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async () => {
       if (!retried) {
         retried = true
         return { kind: 'retry' }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ describe('ACP prompt lifecycle', () => {
   it('cancels a prompt removed before its turn claims it', async () => {
     harness = await makeBridgeHarness({ script: [] })
     const sessionId = await newSession(harness)
-    const dispose = harness.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent, { message }) => {
+    const dispose = harness.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent, message }) => {
       if (message.source.kind === 'user') agent.inbox.remove(message.id)
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.i18n.yaml
index 4d0214386f..a33f59641e 100644
--- a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bash/bash-local/README.md
-README.md: bb87ad6fe021e3144cef4adced3d798bf3d94d67
-README.zh.md: d2f8c9091072bbf3d75909f6826432601001ab88
+README.md: cb40cb8fa40d95d5b4589b7c804f450a2bf38c8e
+README.zh.md: bd4f73babdb47ff92e87e20eb7d60657ed515ec4
diff --git a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.md b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.md
index bb87ad6fe0..cb40cb8fa4 100644
--- a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.md
+++ b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The package root exports the default and named `LocalBashExecutor` plugin plus i
 ## Behavior
 
 - **Spawn per call, no shell state** — every call is a fresh non-login `bash -c` with no rc files.
-- **Configured budgets over managed groups** — `resolve()` fills `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes` from config, and every spawn hands the service explicit byte caps, spill cap, and `graceMs`. Process-group kills, post-exit pipe draining, tail retention, and bounded spill files are [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) mechanics. A foreground `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` can raise stdout's capture budget for one trusted caller; stderr and background runs still use `maxOutputBytes`.
+- **Configured budgets over managed groups** — `resolve()` fills `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes` from config, and every spawn hands the service explicit byte caps, spill cap, and `graceMs`. The grace must be positive, finite, and no greater than [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md), so Node can represent it with one timer. Process-group kills, post-exit pipe draining, tail retention, and bounded spill files are [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) mechanics. A foreground `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` can raise stdout's capture budget for one trusted caller; stderr and background runs still use `maxOutputBytes`.
 - **Timeout and cancel classification** — `run()` fuses its config-clamped timeout with the caller's signal through one deadline; only the executor's own timeout reports `timedOut`, an upstream cancel reports `aborted`, and a self-signaled command reports neither ([timeout-library Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-06-timeout-deadline-library.md)).
 - **Model-friendly terminal env** — `NO_COLOR=1 TERM=dumb PAGER=cat GIT_PAGER=cat` prevents pagers and ANSI color from garbling results. These values merge as ordinary env under the service's credential scrub and `DSH_*` channel rules; an explicit caller entry still wins. See the [stdin/env Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-30-bash-stdin-env-trusted-plugin-surface.md) and [managed environment Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-10-agent-session-identity-and-log-location.md).
 - **Background processes** — `start()` returns a live `BashProcess` handle immediately with no timeout, and `readOutput()` merges offset-based stdout/stderr reads into one consuming delta, placing stderr under a `[stderr]` marker when present. A running process belongs to the subprocess service, survives executor reloads, and is killed and joined on service disposal. Task ids, ownership, polling, and notices belong to the generic [`ctx.tasks` runtime](../../tasks/tasks/README.md), which the tool layer registers the handle with.
diff --git a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.zh.md b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.zh.md
index d2f8c90910..bd4f73babd 100644
--- a/packages/bash/bash-local/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/bash/bash-local/README.zh.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ## 行为
 
 - **每次调用都 spawn，不保留 shell 状态**：每次调用都启动新的非登录 `bash -c`，且不读取 rc 文件。
-- **在受管进程组之上应用配置预算**：`resolve()` 从配置补全 `workdir`／`timeoutMs`／`stdoutMaxBytes`，每次 spawn 都向服务传入显式的字节上限、spill 上限与 `graceMs`。进程组终止、退出后管道排空、尾部保留与有界 spill 文件是 [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) 的机制。前台 `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` 可为某个受信任调用方提高单次 stdout 捕获预算；stderr 和后台运行仍使用 `maxOutputBytes`。
+- **在受管进程组之上应用配置预算**：`resolve()` 从配置补全 `workdir`／`timeoutMs`／`stdoutMaxBytes`，每次 spawn 都向服务传入显式的字节上限、spill 上限与 `graceMs`。该宽限期须为正有限值，且不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)，这样 Node 就能用一个定时器表示它。进程组终止、退出后管道排空、尾部保留与有界 spill 文件是 [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) 的机制。前台 `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` 可为某个受信任调用方提高单次 stdout 捕获预算；stderr 和后台运行仍使用 `maxOutputBytes`。
 - **超时与取消分类**：`run()` 通过同一个 deadline 把经配置钳位的超时与调用方的信号融合；只有执行器自身的超时报告 `timedOut`，上游取消报告 `aborted`，自身因信号终止的命令两者皆不报告（见[超时库 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-06-timeout-deadline-library.md)）。
 - **适合模型的终端环境**：`NO_COLOR=1 TERM=dumb PAGER=cat GIT_PAGER=cat` 防止分页器与 ANSI 颜色破坏结果。这些值作为普通 env 合并，遵循服务的凭据清除与 `DSH_*` 通道规则；调用方的显式条目依旧优先。详见 [stdin/env Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-30-bash-stdin-env-trusted-plugin-surface.md) 与 [受管环境 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-10-agent-session-identity-and-log-location.md)。
 - **后台进程**：`start()` 会立即返回活动的 `BashProcess` 句柄且不应用超时；`readOutput()` 把基于偏移量的 stdout/stderr 读取合并为一条消费式增量，并在存在 stderr 时将其置于 `[stderr]` 标记下。运行中的进程属于 subprocess 服务，可在执行器重载后存活，并在服务 dispose 时被终止且等待退出。task id、所有权、轮询和通知属于通用 [`ctx.tasks` 运行时](../../tasks/tasks/README.md)，工具层会在其中注册该句柄。
diff --git a/packages/bash/bash-local/src/index.ts b/packages/bash/bash-local/src/index.ts
index 4ed49be02a..ccb5a32aa8 100644
--- a/packages/bash/bash-local/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bash/bash-local/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import z from 'schemastery'
 import { BashExecutor } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 import type { BashExecRequest, BashExecSpec, BashProcess, BashProcessRead, BashRunResult, CollectedOutput } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 import type { SubprocessCollect, SubprocessHandle, SubprocessOutputReader, SubprocessSpawnSpec } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
-import { clampTimeout, deadline, timeoutOf } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import { clampTimeout, deadline, MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS, timeoutOf } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 
 /**
  * Model-friendly environment overrides: disable colors, pagers, and
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface Config {
   maxOutputBytes?: number
   /** Per-stream spill-file cap; larger streams retain only their in-memory tail. */
   maxSpillBytes?: number
-  /** Grace period for kill escalation and for inherited pipes after shell exit. */
+  /** Grace period for kill escalation and inherited pipes; at most `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
 }
 
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ export class LocalBashExecutor extends BashExecutor {
     assertPositiveFinite('maxOutputBytes', this.config.maxOutputBytes)
     assertPositiveFinite('maxSpillBytes', this.config.maxSpillBytes)
     assertPositiveFinite('graceMs', this.config.graceMs)
+    if (this.config.graceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+      throw new Error(`bash-local: graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/bash/bash-local/tests/executor.spec.ts b/packages/bash/bash-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
index 1395b48958..af5566086f 100644
--- a/packages/bash/bash-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bash/bash-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { Context } from 'cordis'
 import { LocalBashExecutor } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-local'
 import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import type { BashProcess } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 
 const spillDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-bash-exec-spec-'))
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ describe('LocalBashExecutor.run', () => {
     await expect(setup({ maxOutputBytes: -1 })).rejects.toThrow(/maxOutputBytes/)
     await expect(setup({ maxSpillBytes: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(/maxSpillBytes/)
     await expect(setup({ graceMs: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(/graceMs/)
+    await expect(setup({ graceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1 }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(`graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
 
     const { bash } = await setup()
     expect(() => bash.resolve({ command: 'true', timeoutMs: Number.NaN })).toThrow(/request\.timeoutMs/)
diff --git a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.i18n.yaml
index ef6a984d07..9a0690b5c8 100644
--- a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.md
-README.md: 2914c46ab91dd9555dab04551e52321f6eac05bf
-README.zh.md: ce9696b276a2e60acf116d7124cd5cd256d7ebde
+README.md: 3e38ea3830cb651a80eaee744a42f68891767358
+README.zh.md: 8d32ce865d299bac37704e3e8730a7faa63ee108
diff --git a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.md b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.md
index 2914c46ab9..3e38ea3830 100644
--- a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.md
+++ b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The Windows counterpart of `dsh-bash-local`, deliberately mirroring its semantic
 - **Spawn per call, no shell state** — every call is a fresh non-interactive `pwsh -Command` (deterministic; no profile files). The `-NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive` flags disable startup banners, profile loading, and prompts that would garble tool output.
 - **UTF-8 output pinned** — every command runs with `[Console]::OutputEncoding` and `$OutputEncoding` set to UTF-8 first, so the Windows PowerShell 5.1 fallback (or any host whose console code page is not UTF-8) cannot garble non-ASCII output: the subprocess collector decodes bytes as UTF-8. Input encoding is left at the host default; pwsh 7 defaults to UTF-8 and is unaffected.
 - **Executable resolution** — `resolvePwshPath` prefers an explicit `pwshPath`, then on Windows probes PowerShell 7's install location, every PATH entry (Microsoft Store installs; surrounding quotes stripped), and Windows PowerShell 5.1 as a legacy last resort, checking `existsSync` on each; elsewhere it falls back to a bare `pwsh` resolved through PATH. Resolution is a pure function of `(configured, env, platform)` and happens once at construction.
-- **Configured budgets over managed groups** — `resolve()` fills `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes` from config, and every spawn hands the service explicit byte caps, spill cap, and `graceMs`. Tree termination (taskkill on Windows, process-group signals on POSIX), the post-exit pipe-drain grace, tail-keep truncation, and bounded spill files are [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) mechanics. A foreground `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` can raise stdout's capture budget for one trusted caller; stderr and background runs still use `maxOutputBytes`.
+- **Configured budgets over managed groups** — `resolve()` fills `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes` from config, and every spawn hands the service explicit byte caps, spill cap, and `graceMs`. The grace must be positive, finite, and no greater than [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md), so Node can represent it with one timer. Tree termination (taskkill on Windows, process-group signals on POSIX), the post-exit pipe-drain grace, tail-keep truncation, and bounded spill files are [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) mechanics. A foreground `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` can raise stdout's capture budget for one trusted caller; stderr and background runs still use `maxOutputBytes`.
 - **Timeout and cancel classification** — `run()` fuses its config-clamped timeout with the caller's signal through one deadline; only the executor's own timeout reports `timedOut`, an upstream cancel reports `aborted`, and a self-terminated command reports neither ([timeout-library Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-06-timeout-deadline-library.md)). Windows reports forced termination as exit 1 without a signal, so signal-stamped facts (`signal`, `killed` status) are POSIX-only there; the timeout/abort classification is platform-independent.
 - **Model-friendly terminal env** — `NO_COLOR=1 PAGER=cat GIT_PAGER=cat` (no `TERM=dumb`: that is a POSIX concept; `NO_COLOR` is honored by modern PowerShell renderers) merged as ordinary env under the service's credential scrub and `DSH_*` channel rules; an explicit caller entry still wins.
 - **Background processes** — `start()` returns a live `BashProcess` handle immediately, no timeout applies, and the handle's `readOutput()` merges the service's offset-based stdout/stderr reads into one marked-section delta with a consuming cursor. A still-running process belongs to the subprocess service, so it survives executor reloads and dies (killed and joined) with the service's disposal. Everything task-shaped (ids, ownership, polling, notices) lives in the generic [`ctx.tasks` runtime](../../tasks/tasks/README.md), which the tool layer registers the handle with — this executor never sees a session or a registry.
diff --git a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.zh.md b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.zh.md
index ce9696b276..8d32ce865d 100644
--- a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/README.zh.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 - **每次调用新建进程，无 shell 状态**——每次调用都是全新的非交互 `pwsh -Command`（确定性；不加载 profile 文件）。`-NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive` 关闭启动横幅、profile 加载与会干扰工具输出的提示符。
 - **UTF-8 输出固定**——每条命令都先以 UTF-8 设置 `[Console]::OutputEncoding` 与 `$OutputEncoding`，因此 Windows PowerShell 5.1 兜底（或任何控制台代码页非 UTF-8 的主机）不会破坏非 ASCII 输出：subprocess collector 以 UTF-8 解码字节。输入编码保持宿主默认；pwsh 7 默认为 UTF-8，不受影响。
 - **可执行文件解析**——`resolvePwshPath` 优先显式 `pwshPath`，然后在 Windows 上依次探测 PowerShell 7 安装位置、每个 PATH 条目（Microsoft Store 安装；剥离两端引号）以及作为遗留兜底的 Windows PowerShell 5.1，逐一检查 `existsSync`；其他平台回退为通过 PATH 解析的裸 `pwsh`。解析是 `(configured, env, platform)` 的纯函数，在构造时执行一次。
-- **受管进程组之上的配置预算**——`resolve()` 从配置填充 `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes`，每次 spawn 都向服务提供显式字节上限、spill 上限与 `graceMs`。进程树终止（Windows 用 taskkill，POSIX 用进程组信号）、退出后管道排空宽限、保尾截断与有界 spill 文件是 [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) 的机制。前台 `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` 可为单个受信调用方提高 stdout 捕获预算；stderr 与后台运行仍使用 `maxOutputBytes`。
+- **受管进程组之上的配置预算**——`resolve()` 从配置填充 `workdir`/`timeoutMs`/`stdoutMaxBytes`，每次 spawn 都向服务提供显式字节上限、spill 上限与 `graceMs`。该宽限期须为正有限值，且不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)，这样 Node 就能用一个定时器表示它。进程树终止（Windows 用 taskkill，POSIX 用进程组信号）、退出后管道排空宽限、保尾截断与有界 spill 文件是 [`dsh-subprocess-local`](../../subprocess/subprocess-local/README.md) 的机制。前台 `BashExecRequest.stdoutMaxBytes` 可为单个受信调用方提高 stdout 捕获预算；stderr 与后台运行仍使用 `maxOutputBytes`。
 - **超时与取消分类**——`run()` 通过一个 deadline 融合配置夹取的超时与调用方信号；只有执行器自身超时报告 `timedOut`，上游取消报告 `aborted`，自我终止的命令两者都不报告（见 [timeout 库 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-06-timeout-deadline-library.md)）。Windows 将强制终止报告为退出码 1 且无信号，因此基于信号的实情（`signal`、`killed` 状态）在那里仅限 POSIX；超时/取消分类与平台无关。
 - **面向模型的终端环境**——`NO_COLOR=1 PAGER=cat GIT_PAGER=cat`（没有 `TERM=dumb`：那是 POSIX 概念；现代 PowerShell 渲染器遵循 `NO_COLOR`），作为普通 env 在服务的凭据清理与 `DSH_*` 通道规则之下合并；显式调用方条目仍然优先。
 - **后台进程**——`start()` 立即返回存活的 `BashProcess` 句柄，不设超时；句柄的 `readOutput()` 把服务基于偏移的 stdout/stderr 读取合并为带标记分段的增量与消费游标。仍在运行的进程属于 subprocess 服务，因此它跨执行器重载存活，并随服务销毁（被终止并 join）。一切任务形状的职责（id、所有权、轮询、通知）都在通用 [`ctx.tasks` 运行时](../../tasks/tasks/README.md) 中，由工具层把句柄注册进去——本执行器从不接触会话或注册表。
diff --git a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/src/index.ts b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/src/index.ts
index 316d2c8651..20ecffd969 100644
--- a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/src/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import z from 'schemastery'
 import { BashExecutor } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 import type { BashExecRequest, BashExecSpec, BashProcess, BashProcessRead, BashRunResult, CollectedOutput } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 import type { SubprocessCollect, SubprocessHandle, SubprocessOutputReader, SubprocessSpawnSpec } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
-import { clampTimeout, deadline, timeoutOf } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import { clampTimeout, deadline, MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS, timeoutOf } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import { resolvePwshPath } from './resolve.ts'
 
 /* jscpd:ignore-start -- deliberate call-for-call mirror of dsh-bash-local (Agent Note: pwsh-tool-and-executor). */
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export interface Config {
   maxOutputBytes?: number
   /** Per-stream spill-file cap; larger streams retain only their in-memory tail. */
   maxSpillBytes?: number
-  /** Grace period for kill escalation and for inherited pipes after shell exit. */
+  /** Grace period for kill escalation and inherited pipes; at most `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
   /**
    * Explicit pwsh executable. When omitted, well-known Windows install
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ export class PwshLocalExecutor extends BashExecutor {
     assertPositiveFinite('maxOutputBytes', this.config.maxOutputBytes)
     assertPositiveFinite('maxSpillBytes', this.config.maxSpillBytes)
     assertPositiveFinite('graceMs', this.config.graceMs)
+    if (this.config.graceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+      throw new Error(`pwsh-local: graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+    }
     this.pwshPath = resolvePwshPath(this.config.pwshPath)
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/tests/executor.spec.ts b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
index 4552f2eeec..c7da16c44c 100644
--- a/packages/bash/pwsh-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bash/pwsh-local/tests/executor.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { PwshLocalExecutor, ENCODING_PREAMBLE, candidatePwshPaths, resolvePwshPa
 import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
 import SubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
 import type { SubprocessHandle, SubprocessOutputReader, SubprocessSpawnSpec } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import type { BashProcess } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash'
 
 const spillDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-pwsh-exec-spec-'))
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ describe.skipIf(!hasPwsh)('PwshLocalExecutor.run', () => {
     await expect(setup({ maxOutputBytes: -1 })).rejects.toThrow(/maxOutputBytes/)
     await expect(setup({ maxSpillBytes: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(/maxSpillBytes/)
     await expect(setup({ graceMs: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(/graceMs/)
+    await expect(setup({ graceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1 }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(`graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
 
     const { bash } = await setup()
     expect(() => bash.resolve({ command: 'Write-Output ok', timeoutMs: Number.NaN })).toThrow(/request\.timeoutMs/)
diff --git a/packages/bash/tool-bash/tests/integration.spec.ts b/packages/bash/tool-bash/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 788c086ba6..69c641a06d 100644
--- a/packages/bash/tool-bash/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bash/tool-bash/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/bundle/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bundle/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27e50409cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bundle/README.md
+README.md: 4759170435a80e85731446cef21d24fff2abed66
+README.zh.md: 1ef610a1b7b3c591c9a900e04f2d8096b0b086b9
diff --git a/packages/bundle/README.md b/packages/bundle/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4759170435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# bundle/ — profile plugin bundles
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+Profile bundles: npm packages whose manifest declares `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }`, making them installable patch layers for `dsh --profile` compositions ([profile contract](../ui/app-boot/README.md#profiles)). A bundle's substance is its patch list; some also ship runtime glue plugins their patch mounts.
+
+| Package | Role | ctx key |
+|---|---|---|
+| [`base/`](base/README.md) | The shared dsh core every profile applies first | — (patch only) |
+| [`web-app/`](web-app/README.md) | Browser surface: web patch layer + runtime glue plugin | mounts rows |
+| [`headless/`](headless/README.md) | One-shot task mode over base + web-app | mounts `headless-runner` |
+
+In-box bundles resolve from the dsh installation; out-of-tree bundles install into a profile through `dsh plugin --profile <name> add <package>`.
diff --git a/packages/bundle/README.zh.md b/packages/bundle/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ef610a1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# bundle/ — profile 插件组合包
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+Profile 组合包：在 manifest（元数据清单）中声明 `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }` 的 npm 包，因此可作为 patch 层安装进 `dsh --profile` 组合（[profile 契约](../ui/app-boot/README.md#profiles)）。组合包的实体是它的 patch 列表；有些组合包还附带由其 patch 挂载的运行时粘合插件。
+
+| 包 | 职责 | ctx key |
+|---|---|---|
+| [`base/`](base/README.md) | 每个 profile 最先应用的共享 dsh 核心 | —（仅 patch） |
+| [`web-app/`](web-app/README.md) | 浏览器表层：web patch 层 + 运行时粘合插件 | 挂载多条配置行 |
+| [`headless/`](headless/README.md) | 叠加在 base + web-app 之上的一次性任务模式 | 挂载 `headless-runner` |
+
+内置组合包从 dsh 安装目录解析；树外（out-of-tree）组合包通过 `dsh plugin --profile <name> add <package>` 安装进 profile。
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bundle/base/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ae7df0bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bundle/base/README.md
+README.md: 301d397d4c87687b382665cf63af47ab5e3f85be
+README.zh.md: f007bc817b6cbad84725fe8abe72549cf67d8cd7
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/README.md b/packages/bundle/base/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..301d397d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+The shared dsh core as a profile bundle: [`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) inserts every base plugin row — model adapters, tools, persistence, policy, settings/credentials, repository Plugins, telemetry — over the empty profile root, as the first layer of every profile's `dsh.profile.bundles` list. Later bundle layers (e.g. [`dsh-web-app`](../web-app/README.md)) and the user's profile `cordis.patch.yml` override these rows by id; a patch replaces a row's whole `config`, so mode-specific values live in mode bundles, not here. The package has no runtime API; the profile composer resolves the patch through the `dsh.bundle.patch` manifest field, never through code.
+
+The row set and its rationale are documented inline in the patch file; the [generated composition graph](../../../apps/cli/composition.md) renders it.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+Indirectly, through the inserted rows: this bundle selects the shipped persona-less prompt base, tool set, and DeepSeek adapter that mode bundles specialize, and contributes no model-visible text of its own.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+None directly; each inserted row's package owns its effect.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **A patch replaces whole row configs** — profile overrides must restate every field a row keeps; there is no deep-merge layer.
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/README.zh.md b/packages/bundle/base/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f007bc817b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+以 profile 组合包形式交付的共享 dsh 核心：[`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) 在空的 profile 根之上插入全部基础插件行——模型适配器、工具、持久化、策略、settings／credentials、repository 插件、遥测——作为每个 profile 的 `dsh.profile.bundles` 列表中的第一层。后续的组合包层（例如 [`dsh-web-app`](../web-app/README.md)）和用户 profile 的 `cordis.patch.yml` 按 id 覆盖这些行；patch 会替换目标行的整个 `config`，因此模式专属的值放在各模式组合包中，而不是这里。该包没有运行时 API；profile 组合器通过 manifest（元数据清单）的 `dsh.bundle.patch` 字段解析 patch，绝不通过代码。
+
+行集合及其设计依据以行内注释写在 patch 文件里；[生成的组合图](../../../apps/cli/composition.md)负责渲染它。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+通过插入的行间接产生影响：该组合包选定了随发行版交付的无 persona 提示词基座、工具集合与 DeepSeek 适配器，供各模式组合包进一步特化；它自身不贡献任何模型可见文本。
+
+#### KV Cache 影响
+
+无直接影响；每条插入行的影响归其所属的包负责。
+
+## 已知限制与延期工作
+
+- **patch 会替换整行 `config`**：profile 覆盖必须重述该行需要保留的每个字段；不存在深度合并层。
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml b/packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c09c7da39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+# The dsh-base bundle patch: the shared core of every dsh profile, applied as
+# ONE insert over the empty profile root. Later bundle patches and the user's
+# profile cordis.patch.yml address these rows by id, with the last write
+# winning per row.
+#
+# A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config` rather than merging into
+# it, so a row whose value differs by mode does NOT live here: it belongs to
+# each mode bundle, keeping any single row down to one bundle layer plus the
+# user's. Mode-specific rows appear below only with shared plugin identity and
+# neutral defaults; each mode bundle restates its complete configuration.
+#
+# Row order carries no load semantics (activation is service-availability
+# driven); the grouping is for readers.
+
+- insert:
+    - id: timer
+      name: '@cordisjs/plugin-timer'
+
+    - id: hmr
+      name: '@cordisjs/plugin-hmr'
+      config:
+        root: ['.']
+
+    # The profile's cordis.patch.yml replaces this row's config to select exact GitHub
+    # repository Plugin generations. The app registers the DSH-owned runtime even
+    # when the list is empty so a later personal-config edit can load
+    # transactionally; one-shot headless runs consume the startup value only.
+    - id: repository-plugins
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repository-plugin'
+
+    - id: llm
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+
+    - id: session
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+
+    - id: session-title
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title'
+      config:
+        fallbackMaxWords: 5
+        fallbackMaxBytes: 40
+        maxTitleBytes: 80
+
+    - id: session-title-llm
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm'
+      config:
+        targetWords: 5
+        targetCjkCharacters: 10
+        maxInputBytes: 4096
+        maxOutputTokens: 64
+        timeoutMs: 60000
+
+    - id: user-interaction
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-interaction'
+
+    - id: agent
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+
+    - id: tasks
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local'
+
+    - id: llm-retry
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry'
+
+    # User-settings document (`$DSH_HOME/settings.yaml`, hot-reloaded): a
+    # `llm-deepseek:` or `llm-pi-ai:` section there overrides the adapter entries
+    # below without a restart, and is what the web Models page writes.
+    - id: settings
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local'
+
+    # Credential store: the live process environment over `$DSH_HOME/.env`
+    # (owner-only file, hot-reloaded). Adapters resolve their key references
+    # through it at each request, so no key is inlined in this file. The web
+    # Models page's key inputs write it through `credentials.set`; nothing hoists
+    # the document into the process environment, which would make every stored key
+    # read as an unrotatable ambient override.
+    - id: credentials
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local'
+
+    # The pi-ai multi-provider twin, mounted dormant: zero routes (and no extra
+    # models in the picker) until a `llm-pi-ai:` settings section supplies provider
+    # profiles — then those routes register live, keys resolving per request
+    # through their apiKeyEnv references, and drop again when the section empties.
+    # Supplying those profiles is exactly what the web Models page does. Which
+    # adapters exist is composition; which providers run is the user's settings
+    # document.
+    - id: llm-pi-ai
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
+
+    - id: session-persistence-jsonl
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
+      config:
+        root: !!js dshHomePath('sessions')
+
+    # Raw configs can supply a process-local path or disable this shared session
+    # capability. The neutral default is process-local and opens only when used.
+    - id: session-query-sqlite
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite'
+      config:
+        path: ':memory:'
+        openAt: first-search
+
+    # Session telemetry, on for every dsh mode: mirrors every session-log
+    # event (assistant/chunk projected to first-of-step) plus ops markers onto
+    # OTLP/HTTP log records, streaming on the batch processor's cadence
+    # (10s/batch here) — not at exit; a crash loses at most the last unexported
+    # interval. No telemetry/record redaction rule is mounted yet, so exports
+    # are the raw captured copy; the deployment stance, env seams, and
+    # follow-ups are pinned in the web-telemetry-default-mount Agent Note.
+    # DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL overrides the production endpoint, and a non-empty
+    # DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED — any value, including '0'/'false' — opts the
+    # process out (the launchers patch the row disabled; config cannot disable
+    # a row). Exports carry the harness home's anonymous user id ($DSH_HOME/.userid,
+    # random UUID; delete the file to reset the identity) as the Resource's
+    # user.id. The exporter/processor values normally bound the shutdown drain
+    # to ~1s against an unreachable collector: exporter.timeoutMillis is both
+    # the per-attempt socket timeout and the retry deadline (1s effectively
+    # disables the SDK's 5-try backoff), while maxExportBatchSize == maxQueueSize
+    # (both explicit) makes the drain a single batch. The SDK awaits
+    # exporter.forceFlush() outside exportTimeoutMillis, so the backend's 3s
+    # shutdownTimeoutMillis is the load-bearing outer bound when a transport
+    # promise never settles. Every CLI exit path drains it by disposing the root
+    # on SIGINT/SIGTERM.
+    - id: telemetry-otel
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel'
+      config:
+        shutdownTimeoutMillis: 3000
+        exporter:
+          url: !!js process.env.DSH_TELEMETRY_OTLP_URL ?? 'https://harness-telemetry.deepseeksvc.com/v1/logs'
+          compression: gzip
+          timeoutMillis: 1000
+        processor:
+          scheduledDelayMillis: 10000
+          maxQueueSize: 2048
+          maxExportBatchSize: 2048
+          exportTimeoutMillis: 1500
+
+    - id: subprocess
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+
+    # Every shipped CLI mode starts with the same file-effect boundary.
+    # The environment remains an explicit deployment override; otherwise fresh
+    # sessions pin workspace-write + ask through the permission service below.
+    - id: sandbox
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-local'
+
+    - id: sandbox-policy
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-policy'
+      config:
+        mode: !!js process.env.DSH_PERMISSION_MODE ?? 'workspace-write'
+        workspaceRoot: !!js process.cwd()
+
+    - id: bash-sandbox
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-sandbox'
+      config:
+        timeoutMs: 60000
+
+    - id: approval
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-approval'
+      config:
+        policy: !!js "(process.env.DSH_PERMISSION_MODE ?? 'workspace-write') === 'danger-full-access' ? 'never' : 'ask'"
+
+    - id: permission
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission'
+      config:
+        presets:
+          read-only:
+            sandbox: read-only
+            approval: ask
+          workspace-write:
+            sandbox: workspace-write
+            approval: ask
+          danger-full-access:
+            sandbox: danger-full-access
+            approval: never
+
+    - id: bash-env
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env'
+
+    - id: tool-bash
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash'
+
+    - id: tool-tasks
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks'
+
+    - id: fs-policy
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy'
+
+    - id: tool-fs
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs'
+
+    - id: tool-fs-search
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search'
+      config:
+        sampleOverCapGlobResults: false
+
+    - id: workspace-context
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context'
+      config:
+        maxBytes: 65536
+
+    - id: skill
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill'
+
+    - id: skill-local
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill-local'
+
+    - id: tool-skill
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill'
+
+    - id: commands
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands'
+
+    - id: goal
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal'
+
+    - id: goal-session
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal-session'
+
+    - id: command-goal
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal'
+
+    - id: plan-mode
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode'
+      config:
+        section: |
+              You are in plan mode. Stay in plan mode until exit_plan_mode succeeds or the user switches the session mode. Imperative language to implement changes means plan the implementation, not execute it. A user's conversational agreement — including an answer confirming something you asked — approves nothing and does not end plan mode; fold the confirmed decision into the plan and submit it through exit_plan_mode.
+
+              Explore first. Use non-mutating reads, searches, static analysis, and checks to ground the plan in the actual repository. Do not edit or write files, change configuration, run formatters or code generation that rewrites tracked files, commit, or otherwise carry out the plan. Prefer existing functions and patterns over new machinery.
+
+              The tool catalog stays the same across modes for request-cache stability. These plan-mode rules override any later tool description or guidance that suggests using mutation tools; those tools remain listed only to keep the request shape stable. Do not use todo_write to track this planning phase: it tracks implementation after an approved plan, while the plan itself belongs in exit_plan_mode.
+
+              Resolve discoverable facts by inspection. Use ask_user_question only for user-owned choices or material ambiguity that inspection cannot answer. Do not ask the user where code lives or how current behavior works when you can find out.
+
+              Make the plan decision-complete: state the goal and success criteria; group implementation changes by subsystem; identify public API, schema, and data-flow changes; cover edge cases, failure modes, tests, acceptance criteria, and explicit assumptions. Keep it concise enough to review but detailed enough that another engineer can implement it without making design decisions.
+
+              When ready, call exit_plan_mode with the complete plan markdown, starting with a # title. Make exit_plan_mode the only and final tool call in that assistant response: it presents the plan for approval, and implementation begins only in a later step after approval. Do not paste the final plan as a plain reply or ask "should I proceed?" through prose or ask_user_question. If review rejects it, incorporate the feedback and present again. If the review channel is unavailable or aborted, stay in plan mode and ask the user to switch modes manually; do not proceed with implementation.
+
+    - id: token-meter
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter'
+
+    - id: compact-basic
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic'
+
+    # Human `/compact`: one useful reduction below the automatic threshold. Backend
+    # independent, so it follows whichever compaction service this leaf mounts.
+    - id: command-compact
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-compact'
+
+    - id: subagent
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+
+    - id: subagent-spawn
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn'
+      config:
+        providerName: spawn
+
+    - id: subagent-fork
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork'
+      config:
+        providerName: fork
+
+    # Continuable background children are selected per delegation tool. The
+    # separately loaded follow-up tool registers the one global `send_message`.
+    - id: tool-subagent-control
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control'
+
+    - id: tool-subagent-list-agents
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control/list-agents'
+
+    - id: tool-subagent
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+      config:
+        provider: spawn
+        toolName: subagent
+        backgroundMode: continuable
+
+    - id: tool-subagent-fork
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+      config:
+        provider: fork
+        toolName: subagent_fork
+        backgroundMode: continuable
+
+    # Optional direct-child return channel; absent from roots and one-shot agents.
+    - id: tool-subagent-report
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-report'
+
+    - id: workflow-workerthread
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread'
+      config:
+        provider: spawn
+
+    - id: tool-workflow
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow'
+
+    - id: timeout-policy
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy'
+
+    - id: spill-local
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local'
+
+    - id: spill-policy
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy'
+      config:
+        maxInlineBytes: 50000
+
+    # Durability checkpoints before each model request and top-level dispatch.
+    - id: session-checkpoint-policy
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-checkpoint-policy'
+
+    # Compacts oversized tool results before the broader conversation compactor
+    # runs, preserving the model-visible result within the configured budget.
+    - id: tool-result-prune
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune'
+      config:
+        thresholdChars: 8192
+        headChars: 4096
+        tailChars: 1024
+
+    - id: tool-todo
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo'
+
+    # Persisted same-session goals reach the model and the slash menu here; the
+    # domain, driver, and `/goal` command are above.
+    - id: tool-goal
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal'
+
+    # Fresh-agent Ralph iteration over a build-time-fixed script.
+    - id: tool-ralph
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph'
+      config:
+        subagentProvider: spawn
+        maxRounds: 64
+
+    - id: tool-str-replace-editor
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor'
+      config:
+        maxOutputChars: 16000
+
+    # Consecutive-repeat reminders on the tool chain.
+    - id: repeat-tool-guard
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard'
+      config:
+        thresholds: [3, 5, 8]
+        argumentsPreviewChars: 500
+
+    # Every mode enables the stable web_search model surface. DeepSeek search
+    # resolves the same DEEPSEEK_API_KEY credential the Models page manages for
+    # chat, at each search; its Messages endpoint is separate from the
+    # chat-completions endpoint, so it takes its own base-URL override. Fetch stays
+    # disabled and no fetch provider is mounted: that provider defers SSRF
+    # protection and the model would choose the request target. Search is a full
+    # auxiliary model request with server-side retrieval, so this shipped DeepSeek
+    # route gets 60s while the provider-neutral tool default remains 30s.
+    - id: web
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web'
+      config:
+        searchProvider: deepseek-official
+
+    - id: web-search-deepseek
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-deepseek'
+      config:
+        apiKeyEnv: DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
+        baseURL: !!js process.env.DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_BASE_URL
+
+    - id: tool-web
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web'
+      config:
+        fetch: false
+        searchTimeoutMs: 60000
+
+    # ── rows every mode mounts, whose values each overlay may state ──────────────
+
+    # The tool registry. Presentation mode is a deployment choice; omitting it here
+    # keeps the schema default (native).
+    - id: tools
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
+
+    # The deployment persona is a deployment choice; plan-mode and tool plugins own
+    # their own prompt sections.
+    - id: system-prompt
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
+      config:
+        persona: ''
+
+    # Agents created at startup. The base stays empty; raw overlays may create
+    # agents, while Web creates sessions on client request.
+    - id: agent-loop
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'
+      config:
+        agents: []
+
+    # The sandboxed filesystem provider. `cwd` defaults to `process.cwd()`; an
+    # overlay can pin another workspace.
+    - id: fs-sandbox
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox'
+
+    # The native DeepSeek adapter. No key or endpoint is inlined: both resolve per
+    # request from the `llm-deepseek:` settings section over this entry, with the
+    # key coming from the credential store below. Thinking defaults are a deployment
+    # choice.
+    - id: llm-deepseek
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek'
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/package.json b/packages/bundle/base/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95e169cabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-base",
+  "description": "The shared dsh core as a profile bundle: every profile's first patch layer, inserting the base plugin rows over the empty profile root",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./cordis.patch.yml": "./cordis.patch.yml",
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "cordis.patch.yml",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "dsh": {
+    "bundle": {
+      "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml"
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@cordisjs/plugin-hmr": "workspace:*",
+    "@cordisjs/plugin-timer": "workspace:*",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-sandbox": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-compact": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal-session": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-repository-plugin": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-policy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-checkpoint-policy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-report": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-approval": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-interaction": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-deepseek": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context": "workspace:^"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/src/index.ts b/packages/bundle/base/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca7d8f9526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * @deepseek-ai/dsh-base — the shared dsh core as a profile bundle. The
+ * package's substance is `cordis.patch.yml`, declared by the `dsh.bundle.patch`
+ * manifest field and resolved by the profile composer through that field;
+ * this module carries no runtime API.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-base
+ */
+
+export {}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/src/invariant.ts b/packages/bundle/base/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65365fb193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-base/invariant
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'base-bundle-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can register. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+// No runtime invariant: the package is a static patch-list carrier (a YAML
+// document of loader rows owned by other packages); it mounts no service,
+// emits no events, and owns no mutable relation to check. Each inserted row's
+// own package carries that row's invariants.
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - Cordis context carrying the invariant service.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer after setup succeeds.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/tests/base.spec.ts b/packages/bundle/base/tests/base.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24ee2a1ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/tests/base.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * The bundle's substance is its patch file: the `dsh.bundle.patch` manifest
+ * field must name a real, parseable patch list.
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import { entryListSchema } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+
+describe('dsh-base bundle', () => {
+  it('declares a parseable patch list through the dsh.bundle.patch manifest field', () => {
+    const root = fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url))
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as { dsh?: { bundle?: { patch?: string } } }
+    expect(manifest.dsh?.bundle?.patch).toBe('./cordis.patch.yml')
+    const parsed = yaml.load(readFileSync(resolve(root, manifest.dsh!.bundle!.patch!), 'utf8'), { schema: entryListSchema })
+    expect(Array.isArray(parsed)).toBe(true)
+    // The base layer is one insert list over the empty profile root.
+    const rows = (parsed as { insert?: { id?: string }[] }[]).flatMap(patch => patch.insert ?? [])
+    expect(rows.length).toBeGreaterThan(50)
+    expect(rows.some(row => row.id === 'agent-loop')).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/bundle/base/tsconfig.json b/packages/bundle/base/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1c893a8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/base/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bundle/headless/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08e4a5a5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bundle/headless/README.md
+README.md: d08fb08e2aca3c4e5ccd733b37fc415d492974ca
+README.zh.md: 99a64ef04c4fd8fb0c6a979d3f09f1bd98b434a0
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/README.md b/packages/bundle/headless/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d08fb08e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+The dsh one-shot bundle. [`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) rides over [`dsh-base`](../base/README.md) + [`dsh-web-app`](../web-app/README.md): it moves the webserver to an OS-assigned port (parallel runs never collide), silences the URL line, and inserts this package's `headless-runner` plugin (config `{task}`). The runner drives one task turn through the in-process API carrier (`InProcessApiClient` over `toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy)`, so the full wire chain — serialization, zod, SSE framing — really runs), aggregates the turn's final assistant text, writes it to stdout, and requests exit (completed → 0, else 1) through the launcher-provided `ctx.headlessIo` seam. The Web composition stays mounted, so the running session is observable in a browser at the stderr-announced URL. The launcher patches the task text in (`dsh --profile headless "task"`), and fails loud when a task is given to a profile without this row.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+None, as the runner submits the task as an ordinary user message over the shared composition; prompts and tools belong to the base/web bundles.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+None; the runner adds nothing to the request prefix.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **One turn only** — the runner anchors on the first message-triggered turn and exits at its end; queued follow-ups and multi-turn tasks are out of scope.
+- **`ctx.headlessIo` is launcher-owned** — booting the headless profile outside the `dsh` launcher fails loud at activation until the host provides the seam.
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/README.zh.md b/packages/bundle/headless/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99a64ef04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+dsh 一次性任务组合包。[`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) 叠加在 [`dsh-base`](../base/README.md) + [`dsh-web-app`](../web-app/README.md) 之上：把 webserver 移到 OS 分配的端口（并行运行绝不冲突），关闭 URL 行输出，并插入本包的 `headless-runner` 插件（配置为 `{task}`）。runner 通过进程内 API 载体（架在 `toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy)` 之上的 `InProcessApiClient`，因此序列化、zod、SSE（Server-Sent Events）帧封装这整条 wire 链路都会真实运行）驱动一个任务轮次，聚合该轮次最终的 assistant 文本，写到 stdout，再经启动器提供的 `ctx.headlessIo` seam 请求退出（完成 → 0，否则 1）。Web 组合保持挂载，因此运行中的会话可在浏览器中通过 stderr 公告的 URL 观察。启动器把任务文本 patch 进来（`dsh --profile headless "task"`）；如果向没有这一行的 profile 传入任务，则大声失败。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+无。runner 把任务作为普通用户消息经共享组合提交；提示词与工具归 base／web 组合包所有。
+
+#### KV Cache 影响
+
+无；runner 不向请求前缀添加任何内容。
+
+## 已知限制与延期工作
+
+- **只运行一个轮次**：runner 锚定第一个由消息触发的轮次，并在其结束时退出；排队的后续消息与多轮任务不在范围内。
+- **`ctx.headlessIo` 由启动器持有**：在 `dsh` 启动器之外启动 headless profile 会在激活时大声失败，直到宿主提供该 seam。
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/cordis.patch.yml b/packages/bundle/headless/cordis.patch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5801a20863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/cordis.patch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# The dsh-headless bundle patch: one-shot task mode over dsh-base +
+# dsh-web-app. The web composition stays mounted (the session is observable
+# in a browser while it runs); this layer silences the URL line and the
+# GUI-orientation surface context (this user is not in the GUI), moves the
+# webserver to an OS-assigned port so parallel headless runs never collide,
+# and mounts the one-shot runner. The launcher patches the runner's `task`.
+
+- id: webserver
+  config:
+    host: 127.0.0.1
+    port: 0
+
+- id: web-runtime
+  config:
+    mode: production
+    printUrl: false
+    surfaceContext: false
+
+- insert:
+    - id: headless-runner
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/package.json b/packages/bundle/headless/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b28423168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless",
+  "description": "The dsh one-shot bundle: a patch layer over dsh-base + dsh-web-app plus the runner plugin driving one task turn through the in-process API carrier",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./cordis.patch.yml": "./cordis.patch.yml",
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "cordis.patch.yml",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "dsh": {
+    "bundle": {
+      "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml"
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "schemastery": "^3.18.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@cordisjs/plugin-loader": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/src/index.ts b/packages/bundle/headless/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..572f11b487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+/**
+ * @deepseek-ai/dsh-headless — the one-shot headless bundle: the bundle patch
+ * (`cordis.patch.yml`) rides over dsh-base + dsh-web-app (the headless
+ * session is web-observable while it runs — same composition), and this
+ * runner plugin drives one task through the in-process API carrier
+ * (InProcessApiClient over toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy), so the full wire
+ * chain — serialization, zod, SSE framing — really runs), prints the final
+ * assistant text at agent quiescence, and exits (completed → 0, else 1). The
+ * task text arrives as launcher-patched config
+ * (`dsh --profile headless "task"`).
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-headless
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import z from 'schemastery'
+import { InProcessApiClient, toFetchHandler } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy'
+// Empty type imports carry the httpServer and agent/status Context merges used below.
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+// Empty type import carries the loader Context merge for the settlement await.
+import type {} from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import type { MuxFrame } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy/api'
+import type { RpcRequest, RpcResponse } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy/api/rpc'
+import type { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+
+/** Stable Cordis plugin name. */
+export const name = 'headless-runner'
+
+/** Services required before the one-shot turn can start. */
+export const inject = ['apiProxy', 'httpServer']
+
+/** Plugin config: the task, patched in by the launcher. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** The prompt text for the single turn. */
+  task: string
+}
+
+export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
+  task: z.string().required(),
+})
+
+/** Outcome of one headless run: aggregated final text plus the last turn-end reason kind. */
+interface TurnOutcome {
+  text: string
+  reason: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * The process-facing effects of one run, injectable for tests: output
+ * streams and the exit request (the launcher wires it to its bounded
+ * shutdown controller).
+ */
+export interface HeadlessIo {
+  stdout: { write(chunk: string): unknown }
+  stderr: { write(chunk: string): unknown }
+  /** Request process exit with `code` after the tree disposes. */
+  exit(code: number): void
+}
+
+/** Host seam: the launcher provides the exit wiring before the tree mounts. */
+declare module 'cordis' {
+  interface Context {
+    /** Process-facing effects for the one-shot headless runner. */
+    headlessIo?: HeadlessIo
+  }
+}
+
+/** Unwrap an RpcResponse or fail loud: business errors print and exit 1. */
+async function unwrap<T>(response: RpcResponse<T>, io: HeadlessIo): Promise<T> {
+  if (response.result.ok) return response.result.value
+  const { code, message } = response.result.error
+  io.stderr.write(`dsh: ${code}: ${message}\n`)
+  io.exit(1)
+  // Exit is asynchronous (bounded tree disposal); park this turn forever so
+  // no further request rides a session that is already being torn down.
+  return new Promise<never>(() => {})
+}
+
+/**
+ * Consume mux frames until the agent reaches idle, per the one-shot CLI
+ * idle-to-idle contract: the stream opens immediately before the prompt, and
+ * its first observed turn/start begins the task. Text is the last committed
+ * assistant message of the whole interval (steering or injected work may run
+ * further turns before quiescence), and the outcome reason is the final
+ * turn/end's kind. Idleness is signalled out of band by the caller's
+ * `agent/status` subscription; the stream itself carries no status frame.
+ * @param frames - the mux stream opened before the prompt.
+ * @param sessionId - the headless session.
+ * @param idle - resolves when the agent reaches quiescence.
+ * @param io - process-facing effects for stream diagnostics.
+ * @returns the aggregated outcome.
+ */
+async function consumeUntilIdle(
+  frames: AsyncIterable<RpcRequest<MuxFrame>>,
+  sessionId: SessionId,
+  idle: Promise<void>,
+  io: HeadlessIo,
+): Promise<TurnOutcome> {
+  let started = false
+  let text = ''
+  let reason: string = 'error'
+  void (async () => {
+    try {
+      for await (const frame of frames) {
+        const payload = frame.payload
+        if (payload.type === 'stream/error') return
+        if (payload.type !== 'session/event' || payload.sessionId !== sessionId) continue
+        const event = payload.event
+        if (event.type === 'turn/start') {
+          started = true
+          continue
+        }
+        if (!started) continue
+        if (event.type === 'assistant/message') {
+          const joined = event.data.message.content.filter(block => block.type === 'text').map(block => block.text).join('')
+          if (joined !== '') text = joined
+        }
+        if (event.type === 'turn/end') reason = event.data.reason.kind
+      }
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+      io.stderr.write(`dsh: event stream failed: ${String(error)}\n`)
+    }
+  })()
+  await idle
+  return { text, reason }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run one headless task to quiescence and request exit (completed → 0, else 1).
+ * @param ctx - plugin context carrying apiProxy, httpServer, and the launcher's headlessIo.
+ * @param config - validated {@link Config}.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
+  const io = ctx.headlessIo
+  if (io === undefined) {
+    throw new Error('headless-runner: the launcher must provide ctx.headlessIo before the tree mounts')
+  }
+  // Fire-and-forget by design: the run outlives plugin activation, and every
+  // failure path inside ends in io.exit, not a rejection.
+  void (async () => {
+    // The Loader mounts sibling rows concurrently and this plugin's inject
+    // gate covers only apiProxy/httpServer; prompting before the agent loop,
+    // adapters, and tools settle would fail the turn on a half-mounted tree.
+    // The old launcher ran strictly after settled boot — preserve that.
+    // A tree disposed mid-settlement (early SIGTERM) has nothing to run.
+    await ctx.get('loader')?.await()
+    if (ctx.get('httpServer') === undefined) return
+    // The headless session is web-observable while it runs (same composition).
+    io.stderr.write(`dsh: observing at http://127.0.0.1:${String(ctx.httpServer.port)}\n`)
+    const api = new InProcessApiClient(toFetchHandler(ctx.apiProxy))
+    const created = await unwrap(await api.sessions.create({}), io)
+    // Open the stream before prompting so no frame is lost. The quiescence
+    // anchor below is an in-process ctx subscription, so a remote-carrier
+    // port of this runner must replace it with a wire-visible idle signal.
+    const abort = new AbortController()
+    const frames = api.events.mux({}, abort.signal)
+    const idle = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
+        if (agent.id === created.sessionId && status === 'idle') resolve()
+      })
+    })
+    const done = consumeUntilIdle(frames, created.sessionId, idle, io)
+    await unwrap(await api.sessions.prompt({
+      sessionId: created.sessionId,
+      mode: 'queue',
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: config.task }],
+    }), io)
+    const outcome = await done
+    io.stdout.write(outcome.text + '\n')
+    abort.abort()
+    io.exit(outcome.reason === 'completed' ? 0 : 1)
+  })()
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/src/invariant.ts b/packages/bundle/headless/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91e4925aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for `@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-headless/invariant
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'headless-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can register. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+/**
+ * No runtime invariant: the runner is a one-shot driver over the API carrier
+ * whose observable contract (final text on stdout, exit code by turn-end
+ * reason) is process-level and owned by the launcher e2e; it registers
+ * nothing and holds no mutable relation to audit inside the tree.
+ */
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - Cordis context carrying the invariant service.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer after setup succeeds.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/tests/headless.spec.ts b/packages/bundle/headless/tests/headless.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ff96619ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/tests/headless.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+/**
+ * One-shot runner behavior over a scripted in-process API: idle-to-idle
+ * aggregation (last text of the whole interval), exit-code mapping by the
+ * final turn-end reason, stream-error and RPC-error paths, and the
+ * launcher-owned `ctx.headlessIo` requirement.
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import { apply, Config, type HeadlessIo } from '../src/index.ts'
+
+interface ScriptedEvent { type: string; seq?: number; time?: number; sessionId?: string; data: Record<string, unknown> }
+
+let nextSeq = 0
+/** Stamp the envelope fields the wire schema requires. */
+function stamped(event: ScriptedEvent): ScriptedEvent {
+  nextSeq += 1
+  return { seq: nextSeq, time: nextSeq, ...event }
+}
+
+interface RpcShapedRequest { rpcId: string }
+
+/** Build a fake apiProxy (echoing rpcIds like the real gateway) whose mux stream replays `events` for the created session. */
+function scriptedApi(events: ScriptedEvent[], options: { promptFails?: boolean } = {}): unknown {
+  return {
+    sessions: {
+      create: (request: RpcShapedRequest) =>
+        Promise.resolve({ rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { sessionId: 'S1' } } }),
+      prompt: (request: RpcShapedRequest) => Promise.resolve(options.promptFails === true
+        // A code from the closed wire union: the carrier schema rejects invented codes.
+        ? { rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: false, error: { code: 'agent-busy', message: 'agent is busy', details: { reason: 'test' } } } }
+        : { rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { accepted: true } } }),
+    },
+    events: {
+      mux: async function* () {
+        for (const event of events) {
+          if (event.type === 'stream/error') {
+            yield { rpcId: 'e', payload: { type: 'stream/error', error: { code: 'cancelled', message: 'stream broke', details: {} } } }
+            continue
+          }
+          const { sessionId = 'S1', ...rest } = event
+          yield { rpcId: 'e', payload: { type: 'session/event', sessionId, event: stamped(rest) } }
+        }
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mount the runner against a scripted API, emit the idle transition after the
+ * scripted frames drain, and wait for its exit request.
+ */
+async function run(events: ScriptedEvent[], options: { promptFails?: boolean } = {}): Promise<{ code: number; out: string; err: string }> {
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  let out = ''
+  let err = ''
+  const exited = new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
+    const io: HeadlessIo = {
+      stdout: { write: (chunk: string) => { out += chunk; return true } },
+      stderr: { write: (chunk: string) => { err += chunk; return true } },
+      exit: resolve,
+    }
+    ctx.provide('headlessIo', io)
+  })
+  ctx.provide('apiProxy', scriptedApi(events, options) as never)
+  ctx.provide('httpServer', { port: 12345 } as never)
+  apply(ctx, { task: 'do the thing' })
+  // Quiescence is out of band: give the scripted stream a beat to drain, then
+  // flip the agent idle exactly as the loop would. Foreign agents and
+  // non-idle transitions must not settle the run.
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+  ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent: { id: 'OTHER' } as Agent, status: 'idle' })
+  ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent: { id: 'S1' } as Agent, status: 'running' })
+  ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent: { id: 'S1' } as Agent, status: 'idle' })
+  const code = await exited
+  await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  return { code, out, err }
+}
+
+const startupTurn: ScriptedEvent = { type: 'turn/start', data: { turn: 0, trigger: { kind: 'startup' } } }
+const messageTurn: ScriptedEvent = { type: 'turn/start', data: { turn: 1, trigger: { kind: 'message' } } }
+const text = (turn: number, value: string): ScriptedEvent => ({
+  type: 'assistant/message',
+  data: { turn, message: { content: [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } },
+})
+const end = (turn: number, reason: string): ScriptedEvent => ({ type: 'turn/end', data: { turn, reason: { kind: reason } } })
+
+describe('headless runner', () => {
+  it('aggregates to quiescence: last text wins across turns, final turn-end reason maps to exit 0', async () => {
+    const { code, out, err } = await run([
+      // Frames before the first turn/start are outside the task interval.
+      { type: 'assistant/message', data: { turn: 0, message: { content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'pre-task noise' }] } } },
+      startupTurn,
+      // Off-session, non-text, and text-empty frames never affect the aggregate.
+      { type: 'assistant/message', sessionId: 'OTHER', data: { turn: 1, message: { content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'other session' }] } } },
+      { type: 'assistant/message', data: { turn: 1, message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_call', text: 'ignored' }] } } },
+      text(0, 'draft'),
+      end(0, 'completed'),
+      messageTurn,
+      text(1, 'final answer'),
+      end(1, 'completed'),
+    ])
+    expect(code).toBe(0)
+    expect(out).toBe('final answer\n')
+    expect(err).toContain('observing at http://127.0.0.1:12345')
+  })
+
+  it('exits 1 when the final turn ends for any other reason', async () => {
+    const { code } = await run([messageTurn, end(1, 'aborted')])
+    expect(code).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('exits 1 when no turn ever starts (idle without work)', async () => {
+    const { code, out } = await run([])
+    expect(code).toBe(1)
+    expect(out).toBe('\n')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the error outcome after a stream error ends the frame consumer early', async () => {
+    const { code } = await run([messageTurn, { type: 'stream/error', data: {} }, end(1, 'completed')])
+    // The consumer stopped at the stream error; the completed turn-end after
+    // it is never observed, so the reason stays 'error'.
+    expect(code).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('prints an RPC business error and exits 1 without waiting for idle', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    let err = ''
+    const exited = new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
+      ctx.provide('headlessIo', {
+        stdout: { write: () => true },
+        stderr: { write: (chunk: string) => { err += chunk; return true } },
+        exit: resolve,
+      } satisfies HeadlessIo)
+    })
+    ctx.provide('apiProxy', scriptedApi([messageTurn, end(1, 'completed')], { promptFails: true }) as never)
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', { port: 1 } as never)
+    apply(ctx, { task: 't' })
+    expect(await exited).toBe(1)
+    expect(err).toContain('agent-busy')
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('reports the stream-failed diagnostic when the event channel dies, still settling at idle', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    let err = ''
+    const exited = new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
+      ctx.provide('headlessIo', {
+        stdout: { write: () => true },
+        stderr: { write: (chunk: string) => { err += chunk; return true } },
+        exit: resolve,
+      } satisfies HeadlessIo)
+    })
+    ctx.provide('apiProxy', {
+      sessions: {
+        create: (request: RpcShapedRequest) =>
+          Promise.resolve({ rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { sessionId: 'S1' } } }),
+        prompt: (request: RpcShapedRequest) =>
+          Promise.resolve({ rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { accepted: true } } }),
+      },
+      events: {
+        // Synchronous throw: the SSE response never forms, so the client-side
+        // iterable rejects — the runner's own catch path, not a carrier frame.
+        mux: () => { throw new Error('channel exploded') },
+      },
+    } as never)
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', { port: 1 } as never)
+    apply(ctx, { task: 't' })
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+    ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent: { id: 'S1' } as Agent, status: 'idle' })
+    expect(await exited).toBe(1)
+    expect(err).toContain('event stream failed')
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('waits for Loader settlement and abandons the run when the tree died during it', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    let err = ''
+    let exited = false
+    ctx.provide('headlessIo', {
+      stdout: { write: () => true },
+      stderr: { write: (chunk: string) => { err += chunk; return true } },
+      exit: () => { exited = true },
+    } satisfies HeadlessIo)
+    ctx.provide('apiProxy', scriptedApi([]) as never)
+    // The webserver is provided by a child fiber whose disposal (early
+    // SIGTERM during the boot window) removes the service; settlement
+    // resolves only afterwards, and the runner must abandon rather than
+    // crash on the torn-down port read.
+    const webserverFiber = ctx.plugin((childCtx: Context) => {
+      childCtx.provide('httpServer', { port: 1 } as never)
+    })
+    await webserverFiber
+    let release: () => void
+    const settlement = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve })
+    ctx.provide('loader', { await: () => settlement } as never)
+    apply(ctx, { task: 't' })
+    await webserverFiber.dispose()
+    release!()
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+    expect(err).toBe('')
+    expect(exited).toBe(false)
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('fails loud without the launcher-owned headlessIo seam', () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    ctx.provide('apiProxy', scriptedApi([]) as never)
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', { port: 1 } as never)
+    expect(() => { apply(ctx, { task: 't' }) }).toThrow('must provide ctx.headlessIo')
+  })
+
+  it('validates config: the task is required', () => {
+    expect(() => new Config({ } as never)).toThrow()
+    expect(new Config({ task: 'x' })).toEqual({ task: 'x' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/bundle/headless/tsconfig.json b/packages/bundle/headless/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7894985500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/headless/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/loader"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/schemastery"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../host/apiproxy"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../host/webserver"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/agent"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/session"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdf871b6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/bundle/web-app/README.md
+README.md: a835497982e41c29c5dbc287c43b0515a61f77c9
+README.zh.md: 00d8636e848a7927792dfc8ad3a460015c9e7fef
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/README.md b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a835497982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+The dsh browser-surface bundle. [`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) rides over [`dsh-base`](../base/README.md): it sets the coding persona, inserts the Web host rows (webserver, API gateway, workspace, projection, storage) and the browser plugin roster, and mounts this package's own `web-runtime` glue plugin (config `{mode, printUrl, surfaceContext, lanAddresses}`). That plugin owns what used to be launcher code: it resolves the built frontend dist through `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend`'s exports (workspace knowledge of this bundle, never user config), mounts the [`frontend-static`](../../host/frontend-static/README.md) fallback owner over it, registers the web-surface prompt section and the bash-visible `DSH_WEB_URL`/`DSH_WEB_MODE` runtime variables when `surfaceContext` is true, and prints the `dsh web:` URL line when `printUrl` is true. The `dsh web` launcher alias patches `mode`/`lanAddresses` and the flag family over these rows; [`dsh-headless`](../headless/README.md) layers on top, silences the URL line, and disables the surface context.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+### Web-surface prompt section and bash runtime variables
+
+#### What the model sees
+
+When `surfaceContext` is true, the `app:web-surface` global section (order −98) orients the model to the GUI: the canonical local URL, the "this page" referent, the HMR/rebuild update contract for the active mode, and the instruction not to start replacement servers. `DSH_WEB_URL` and `DSH_WEB_MODE` additionally appear in the managed bash environment with their descriptions, resolved per invocation from the live server. When it is false, neither the section nor the variables are registered.
+
+#### Token effect
+
+One prompt paragraph per session plus two managed-environment variable lines; constant per process.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+The prompt section sits near the system prompt's head and is stable for the life of the process (port and mode are boot facts), so it does not invalidate the cache across turns.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **The frontend dist must be built** — `require.resolve` of the dist fails loud at activation with a build hint; there is no source-serving fallback.
+- **`lanAddresses` is a boot-time snapshot** — interface changes after boot are not re-advertised; the printed LAN URL always matches the configured trust fence.
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/README.zh.md b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00d8636e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+dsh 浏览器表层组合包。[`cordis.patch.yml`](cordis.patch.yml) 叠加在 [`dsh-base`](../base/README.md) 之上：设置 coding persona，插入 Web 宿主行（webserver、API 网关、workspace、投影、存储）与浏览器插件名录，并挂载本包自己的 `web-runtime` 粘合插件（配置为 `{mode, printUrl, surfaceContext, lanAddresses}`）。该插件接管了原先属于启动器的代码：它通过 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend` 的 exports 解析已构建的前端 dist（这是本组合包的 workspace 知识，绝不是用户配置），在其上挂载 [`frontend-static`](../../host/frontend-static/README.md) 回退席位所有者，在 `surfaceContext` 为 true 时注册 web 表层提示词段落和 bash 可见的 `DSH_WEB_URL`／`DSH_WEB_MODE` 运行时变量，并在 `printUrl` 为 true 时打印 `dsh web:` URL 行。`dsh web` 启动器别名把 `mode`／`lanAddresses` 与相应 flag 家族 patch 到这些行上；[`dsh-headless`](../headless/README.md) 再叠加一层，关闭 URL 行并禁用表层上下文。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+### Web 表层提示词段落与 bash 运行时变量
+
+#### 模型看到的内容
+
+当 `surfaceContext` 为 true 时，全局段落 `app:web-surface`（顺序 −98）向模型说明 GUI：规范的本地 URL、「this page」指代什么、当前模式下 HMR（热模块替换）／重建的更新契约，以及不要启动替代服务器的指令。`DSH_WEB_URL` 与 `DSH_WEB_MODE` 还会连同各自描述出现在受管 bash 环境中，每次调用时从运行中的服务器解析。当它为 false 时，该提示词段和这些变量都不会注册。
+
+#### Token 影响
+
+每个会话一段提示词，外加两行受管环境变量；每个进程内保持恒定。
+
+#### KV Cache 影响
+
+该提示词段落位于系统提示词靠前位置，且在进程整个生命周期内稳定（端口与模式是启动期事实），因此不会使跨轮次缓存失效。
+
+## 已知限制与延期工作
+
+- **前端 dist 必须已构建**：对 dist 的 `require.resolve` 在激活时大声失败并给出构建提示；没有从源码直接服务的回退路径。
+- **`lanAddresses` 是启动期快照**：启动后的网卡变化不会重新公告；打印的 LAN URL 始终与配置的信任栅栏一致。
diff --git a/apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml b/packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml
similarity index 81%
rename from apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml
rename to packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml
index daf597916e..a0f53b787f 100644
--- a/apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-# `dsh web` — the browser surface, as a patch list over `base.cordis.yml`.
-# The launcher includes the base and applies this file, then any `--config`
-# overlay, then AppCLIEntry's profile-json and CLI-flag patches, as sibling patch
-# lists at ONE include level: patches never cross an include boundary, so
-# stacking overlays as nested includes would silently stop reaching base rows.
+# The dsh-web-app bundle patch: the browser surface over the dsh-base layer.
+# Applied after dsh-base's insert; rows here override base rows by id, with
+# the profile's own cordis.patch.yml and any --patch overlays still to come.
 #
-# A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config`, so each row below restates
-# every key it owns. `--dev` appends the dsh-client-hmr row in code
-# (AppCLIEntry).
+# A patch replaces the targeted row's whole `config`, so each row below
+# restates every key it owns. The `dsh web` launcher alias turns --host/--port/
+# --dev/--workspace-root/--trusted-host into further patches over these rows
+# (`--dev` inserts the dsh-client-hmr row).
 
 # ── surface-specific values the base deliberately omits ─────────────────────
 
@@ -91,15 +90,29 @@
 
     # ── layer 2: transport/service ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    # Plain route-registration carrier. distIndex is an assembly fact, not user
-    # config — AppCLIEntry resolves the frontend dist and patches it in; host and
-    # port arrive as CLI-flag patches over these defaults.
+    # Plain route-registration carrier; host and port arrive as `dsh web`
+    # flag patches over these defaults. The dist is served by the web-runtime
+    # row below through the fallback seat.
     - id: webserver
       name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
       config:
         host: 127.0.0.1
         port: 3080
 
+    # Web glue owned by this bundle: resolves the built frontend dist (an
+    # assembly fact of dsh-web-app, never user config), mounts the
+    # frontend-static fallback owner, registers the web-surface prompt
+    # section and bash runtime variables, and prints the URL line. `dsh web`
+    # patches mode/lanAddresses over these defaults; complete-prompt overlays
+    # set surfaceContext false to suppress every model- and shell-visible Web
+    # runtime contribution.
+    - id: web-runtime
+      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app'
+      config:
+        mode: production
+        printUrl: true
+        surfaceContext: true
+
     # ── browser plugin roster (dshClient rows; node halves are layer-2 hosts) ──
 
     # Dual-face: node half scans this very tree for dshClient rows, composes
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/package.json b/packages/bundle/web-app/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b812b9943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app",
+  "description": "The dsh browser-surface bundle: the web patch layer over dsh-base plus the runtime glue plugin (frontend dist serving, web-surface prompt, bash runtime variables, URL line)",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./cordis.patch.yml": "./cordis.patch.yml",
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "cordis.patch.yml",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "dsh": {
+    "bundle": {
+      "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml"
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-hmr": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-modules": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-command": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-goal": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-layout": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-model": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-models": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-permission": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-plan": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-question": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings-general": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-sidebar": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-skill": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slash": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-trajectory": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-workspace": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-code-runtime-worker": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-auto": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-browse": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-native": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection-cache": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-domain": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-json": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace": "workspace:^",
+    "schemastery": "^3.18.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "workspace:^",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/src/index.ts b/packages/bundle/web-app/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b817642be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/**
+ * @deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app — the browser-surface bundle's runtime glue plugin
+ * plus the bundle patch (`cordis.patch.yml`, declared by the `dsh.bundle.patch`
+ * manifest field). The plugin owns what used to be launcher code: it resolves
+ * the built frontend dist (workspace knowledge of this bundle, never user
+ * config), mounts the `frontend-static` fallback owner over it, registers the
+ * web-surface prompt section and the bash-visible web runtime variables, and
+ * prints the URL line when configured to. Flag-derived values (`mode`,
+ * `lanAddresses`, `printUrl`) arrive as launcher patches over this row.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app
+ */
+
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import z from 'schemastery'
+import * as FrontendStatic from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static'
+import type {} from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env'
+
+/** Stable Cordis plugin name. */
+export const name = 'web-app'
+
+/** Services required before the web runtime can mount. */
+export const inject = ['httpServer']
+
+/** Web runtime mode: production, or development when the client-plugin HMR receiver is active. */
+export type WebMode = 'production' | 'development'
+
+/** Plugin config: the surface facts the launcher patches over this bundle's defaults. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** Whether this process mounted the client-plugin HMR receiver (`dsh web --dev`). */
+  mode: WebMode
+  /** Print the URL line on activation; a headless layer over this bundle turns it off. */
+  printUrl: boolean
+  /**
+   * Register the model-visible surface context (the `app:web-surface` prompt
+   * section and the `DSH_WEB_URL`/`DSH_WEB_MODE` bash variables). A one-shot
+   * layer turns it off: its user is not interacting through the GUI, so the
+   * orientation text would be false.
+   */
+  surfaceContext: boolean
+  /**
+   * LAN IPv4 addresses sampled once by the launcher when the effective bind
+   * is all-interfaces — the exact snapshot the /api trust fence was
+   * configured with, so the printed LAN URL can never name an address the
+   * fence rejects. Empty on a loopback bind.
+   */
+  lanAddresses: string[]
+}
+
+export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
+  mode: z.union([z.const('production'), z.const('development')]).default('production'),
+  printUrl: z.boolean().default(true),
+  surfaceContext: z.boolean().default(true),
+  lanAddresses: z.array(String).default([]),
+})
+
+/** Environment variable naming the canonical local URL of this Web GUI. */
+const DSH_WEB_URL = 'DSH_WEB_URL' as const
+/** Environment variable naming the Web runtime mode. */
+const DSH_WEB_MODE = 'DSH_WEB_MODE' as const
+
+// Display-only mirror of the webserver schema's loopback host: the address the
+// local URL always prints. Not a source of truth — the schema is.
+const LOOPBACK_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
+
+/** Model-visible orientation and acceptance boundary for sessions created through `dsh web`. */
+function webSurfacePrompt(webUrl: string, mode: WebMode): string {
+  const updateContract = mode === 'development'
+    ? 'This Web process was launched with `dsh web --dev`, so its client-plugin HMR receiver is active. '
+      + 'No-refresh updates occur only when `pnpm run dev:web` is also running from this same checkout to rebuild client-plugin bundles; verify that watcher before promising automatic updates. '
+      + 'Client-plugin changes then reload automatically, while apps/web shell and other plain-package changes still require a rebuild and page refresh. '
+    : 'This Web process was launched without `--dev`, so HMR is inactive: rebuild the affected Web artifacts and verify this existing URL after a page refresh. '
+      + 'If the user wants no-refresh client-plugin updates, explain that this GUI must be restarted with `dsh web --dev` and `pnpm run dev:web` must also run from this same checkout; do not present either command alone as sufficient. '
+  return `You are interacting with the user through the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI at ${webUrl}. `
+    + 'When the user refers to "this page", "this GUI", or "this app" without naming another target, they mean this GUI. '
+    + 'The browser provides no implicit DOM, route, or screenshot context. '
+    + updateContract
+    + 'Starting another server does not update this GUI. '
+    + 'The apps/web Vite entry builds the shell but is not a standalone application because only dsh web injects window.__DSH_BOOT__. '
+    + 'Do not start a replacement server unless the user asks; if one is needed, use a managed background task and verify its exact URL.'
+}
+
+/** Resolve the canonical loopback URL from the active Web server. */
+function localWebUrl(ctx: Context): string {
+  const port = ctx.get('httpServer')?.port
+  if (port === undefined) throw new Error('web-app: httpServer service missing while resolving Web runtime')
+  return `http://${LOOPBACK_HOST}:${String(port)}`
+}
+
+/** Dist location is workspace knowledge of this bundle: resolved through the frontend package exports, not configured. */
+function resolveDistIndex(): string {
+  const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+  try {
+    return require.resolve('@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend/dist/index.html')
+  } catch {
+    /* v8 ignore next 2 -- reachable only on a checkout without a built dist; the test tree builds it */
+    throw new Error('web-app: frontend dist not built; run pnpm run build from the repository root first')
+  }
+}
+
+/** Test seam: hosts with no built frontend dist substitute the resolver; production never touches this. */
+export const internals: { resolveDistIndex: () => string } = { resolveDistIndex }
+
+/**
+ * Mount the Web runtime: dist serving, surface prompt, bash runtime
+ * variables, and the URL line.
+ * @param ctx - plugin context carrying the httpServer service.
+ * @param config - validated {@link Config}.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
+  ctx.plugin(FrontendStatic, { distIndex: internals.resolveDistIndex() })
+  if (config.surfaceContext) {
+    ctx.inject(['systemPrompt'], (promptCtx) => {
+      promptCtx.systemPrompt.section({
+        name: 'app:web-surface',
+        order: -98,
+        text: () => webSurfacePrompt(localWebUrl(promptCtx), config.mode),
+      })
+    })
+    ctx.inject(['bashEnv'], (runtimeCtx) => {
+      runtimeCtx.bashEnv.register({
+        name: 'web-runtime',
+        variables: {
+          [DSH_WEB_URL]: { description: 'Canonical local URL of the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI serving this session.' },
+          [DSH_WEB_MODE]: { description: 'Web runtime mode: production, or development when the client-plugin HMR receiver is active.' },
+        },
+        resolve: () => ({ [DSH_WEB_URL]: localWebUrl(runtimeCtx), [DSH_WEB_MODE]: config.mode }),
+      })
+    })
+  }
+  if (config.printUrl) {
+    // The URL line is a readiness signal: supervisors (and the keyless CLI
+    // smoke) RPC as soon as they observe it, so it must not print while
+    // sibling rows (the /api route owner) are still mounting. Await Loader
+    // settlement first; a hand-built tree without a Loader prints at once.
+    const printUrl = (): void => {
+      // The launcher's boot-time LAN snapshot, not a fresh sample: the printed
+      // LAN URL must name an address the /api trust fence was configured with.
+      const lanCandidate = config.lanAddresses[0]
+      const port = ctx.httpServer.port
+      console.log(`dsh web: ${localWebUrl(ctx)}${lanCandidate === undefined ? '' : ` (LAN: http://${lanCandidate}:${String(port)})`}`)
+    }
+    const loader = ctx.get('loader')
+    if (loader === undefined) printUrl()
+    else {
+      void loader.await().then(() => {
+        // The tree can be disposed while settlement was in flight (early
+        // SIGTERM); a URL line for a dead server would only mislead, and
+        // reading the torn-down port would turn a clean shutdown into a crash.
+        if (ctx.get('httpServer') !== undefined) printUrl()
+      })
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/src/invariant.ts b/packages/bundle/web-app/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a91d7cf7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for `@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app/invariant
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'web-app-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can register. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+/**
+ * No runtime invariant: every contribution (frontend-static child plugin,
+ * prompt section, bashEnv registration) is registry-disposed with the fiber,
+ * and each owning registry's package carries that relation's invariant; the
+ * package holds no mutable state of its own to audit.
+ */
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - Cordis context carrying the invariant service.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer after setup succeeds.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/tests/web-app.spec.ts b/packages/bundle/web-app/tests/web-app.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4e300b08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/tests/web-app.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/**
+ * Web runtime glue behavior: dist resolution through the bundle's own seam,
+ * the frontend-static child claiming the fallback seat, the web-surface
+ * prompt section and bash runtime variables, and URL-line printing with the
+ * launcher's LAN snapshot.
+ */
+
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import SystemPrompt from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
+import type { HttpServerService } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
+import { apply, Config, internals } from '../src/index.ts'
+
+let dist: string | undefined
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  internals.resolveDistIndex = originalResolve
+  if (dist !== undefined) rmSync(dist, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  dist = undefined
+})
+
+const originalResolve = internals.resolveDistIndex
+
+/** Stage a dist fixture and point the bundle's resolver at it. */
+function stageDist(): string {
+  dist = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-web-app-'))
+  mkdirSync(join(dist, 'dist'))
+  const index = join(dist, 'dist', 'index.html')
+  writeFileSync(index, '<head></head><body>shell</body>')
+  internals.resolveDistIndex = () => index
+  return index
+}
+
+/** A fake httpServer capturing the fallback seat and index taps. */
+function fakeHttpServer(): { server: HttpServerService; seat: () => unknown } {
+  let fallback: unknown
+  const server = {
+    port: 4567,
+    registerFallback: (handler: unknown) => {
+      fallback = handler
+      return () => { fallback = undefined }
+    },
+    applyIndexTaps: (html: string) => html,
+  } as unknown as HttpServerService
+  return { server, seat: () => fallback }
+}
+
+interface BashContribution {
+  name: string
+  variables: Record<string, { description: string }>
+  resolve: () => Record<string, string>
+}
+
+describe('web-app runtime glue', () => {
+  it('mounts dist serving, prompt section, bash variables, and prints the URL with the LAN snapshot', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    const { server, seat } = fakeHttpServer()
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', server)
+    const contributions: BashContribution[] = []
+    ctx.provide('bashEnv', {
+      register: (contribution: BashContribution) => {
+        contributions.push(contribution)
+        return () => {}
+      },
+    } as never)
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    apply(ctx, new Config({ mode: 'development', printUrl: true, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: ['192.168.1.5'] }))
+    await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt, { persona: '' })
+    // Settle the injected registrations.
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+
+    expect(seat()).toBeDefined() // frontend-static claimed the fallback
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dsh web: http://127.0.0.1:4567 (LAN: http://192.168.1.5:4567)')
+    const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()
+    const section = assembly.sections.find(entry => entry.name === 'app:web-surface')
+    expect(section?.text).toContain('http://127.0.0.1:4567')
+    expect(section?.text).toContain('--dev')
+    const webRuntime = contributions.find(contribution => contribution.name === 'web-runtime')
+    expect(webRuntime?.resolve()).toEqual({ DSH_WEB_URL: 'http://127.0.0.1:4567', DSH_WEB_MODE: 'development' })
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('stays quiet in production mode with printUrl off and reports the production update contract', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', fakeHttpServer().server)
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    apply(ctx, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: false, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt, { persona: '' })
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()
+    expect(assembly.sections.find(entry => entry.name === 'app:web-surface')?.text)
+      .toContain('without `--dev`')
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('skips the surface context when disabled (the one-shot layer): no prompt section, no bash variables', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', fakeHttpServer().server)
+    const contributions: BashContribution[] = []
+    ctx.provide('bashEnv', {
+      register: (contribution: BashContribution) => {
+        contributions.push(contribution)
+        return () => {}
+      },
+    } as never)
+    apply(ctx, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: false, surfaceContext: false, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt, { persona: '' })
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()
+    expect(assembly.sections.some(entry => entry.name === 'app:web-surface')).toBe(false)
+    expect(contributions).toEqual([])
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('prints the loopback-only URL line when no LAN snapshot exists', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', fakeHttpServer().server)
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    apply(ctx, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: true, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dsh web: http://127.0.0.1:4567')
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('defers the URL line until Loader settlement and drops it when the server is gone', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    // Settlement path: the line waits for loader.await() so supervisors can
+    // RPC immediately after observing it.
+    const settled = new Context()
+    settled.provide('httpServer', fakeHttpServer().server)
+    let release: () => void
+    const settlement = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve })
+    settled.provide('loader', { await: () => settlement } as never)
+    const log = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    apply(settled, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: true, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    release!()
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dsh web: http://127.0.0.1:4567')
+    await settled.fiber.dispose()
+
+    // Torn-down path: settlement resolves after the webserver is gone — no
+    // line, no crash.
+    log.mockClear()
+    const torn = new Context()
+    const child = torn.plugin((childCtx: Context) => {
+      childCtx.provide('httpServer', fakeHttpServer().server)
+    })
+    await child
+    let releaseTorn: () => void
+    const tornSettlement = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releaseTorn = resolve })
+    torn.provide('loader', { await: () => tornSettlement } as never)
+    apply(torn, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: true, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await child.dispose() // the httpServer service goes away
+    releaseTorn!()
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(log).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await torn.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('fails loud when the prompt section resolves against a portless webserver', async () => {
+    stageDist()
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    // A webserver whose bound port is gone (torn down mid-request): the
+    // section must throw, never render a URL with an undefined port.
+    const { server } = fakeHttpServer()
+    Object.defineProperty(server, 'port', { get: () => undefined })
+    ctx.provide('httpServer', server)
+    apply(ctx, new Config({ mode: 'production', printUrl: false, surfaceContext: true, lanAddresses: [] }))
+    await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt, { persona: '' })
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    await expect(ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).rejects.toThrow('httpServer service missing')
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('resolves the real built frontend dist through the package exports, failing loud unbuilt', () => {
+    // The production resolver (not the test seam). A built checkout resolves
+    // the frontend package's index.html; a dist-less one (the CI coverage
+    // lane runs before any build) must fail with the build hint, never a
+    // silent fallback.
+    try {
+      expect(originalResolve()).toMatch(/dist[/\\]index\.html$/)
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect((error as Error).message).toContain('frontend dist not built')
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/bundle/web-app/tsconfig.json b/packages/bundle/web-app/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6aadb534cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundle/web-app/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/schemastery"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../host/frontend-static"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../host/webserver"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/system-prompt"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../bash/bash-env"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/AGENTS.md b/packages/client/AGENTS.md
index 46e0b9d252..df7374d7c7 100644
--- a/packages/client/AGENTS.md
+++ b/packages/client/AGENTS.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ If `test:gui` is red on code you did not touch, neither silently fix nor ignore
 Bringing up a new `packages/client/<name>` plugin package (ui-workspace is the latest walked example; ui-sidebar/ui-question are good skeletons to copy):
 
 1. **Package skeleton**: `package.json` (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-<name>`, exports `.`/`./invariant`/`./client`/`./src/*`/`./package.json`, `dshClient` manifest, `files` list), `tsconfig.json` (extends `tsconfig.base.client.json`, one `references` entry per workspace dependency plus `support/invariants`), `tsdown.config.ts` (`clientBundle(id, ['lib/types/index.js', 'lib/types/invariant.js'])`), `src/index.ts` (empty node-half apply), `src/invariant.ts` (companion with a real reason), `src/css-modules.d.ts` when using CSS Modules, `README.md` with the Model Experience section.
-2. **Three registration surfaces, all required** (missing any one fails at a different, later point): the `tsconfig.client.json` aggregate `references` entry; a `dshClient` row in `apps/cli/config/web.cordis.yml`; an `apps/cli/package.json` dependency (Loader resolves each config-tree package against the composing app's URL — a row whose package is not an `apps/cli` dependency fails to import). `pnpm-workspace.yaml` already globs `packages/*/*`.
+2. **Three registration surfaces, all required** (missing any one fails at a different, later point): the `tsconfig.client.json` aggregate `references` entry; a `dshClient` row in `packages/bundle/web-app/cordis.patch.yml`; a `packages/bundle/web-app/package.json` dependency (profile boots resolve bare row names through the healed `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` fallback, which mirrors the app's and each bundle's declared dependencies — a row whose package no manifest declares fails to import). `pnpm-workspace.yaml` already globs `packages/*/*`.
 3. **dshClient manifest semantics**: `platform: 'web'` always; `immediately: true` only for stage-one-prefetch infrastructure rows. `inject` lists package-name dependency edges — they are **informational only** (preflight display, HMR diffing); they do not sequence entry activation or apply order. Activation order is cordis fiber inject waiting on *services*, nothing else.
 4. **Registering into another package's slot**: apply order is unconstrained, and a business service is not a declaration barrier. Use `ctx.slots.inject(name, () => ctx.slots.register(...))`; it waits on the actual declaration, removes the contribution when that declaration collapses, reruns after redeclaration, and leaves with the caller's plugin fiber. Return a generator yielding each registration when several contributions must install and roll back atomically. A bare `slots.register` into an undeclared slot remains an error; keep service edges only for services the contribution actually reads.
 5. Rebuild the bundle (`pnpm --filter <pkg> bundle`) before probing a live `dsh web` server — the registry serves `lib/client.js`, not sources.
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/api.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/api.ts
index 16ff76667c..6f29b2dda0 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/api.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type {
   ModelReasoningEffort, ModelTarget, QueueAction, QueuedInboxItem, SessionModels,
   GoalsApi, GoalRef,
   SettingsApi, SettingsNamespaceView, SettingsPathOpView, SettingsSecretView,
-  CredentialsApi, CredentialView, ConfigurableProviderView, LlmApi,
+  CredentialsApi, CredentialView, ConfigurableProviderView, DiscoveredModelView, LlmApi,
   SubagentsApi, SubagentAddress, SubagentCatalog, SubagentListEntry, SubagentPromptReceipt,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy/api'
 export type { ToolCallView, ToolResultView } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools/presentation'
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
index be81b54b17..20af221f2d 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
@@ -2502,6 +2502,12 @@ export function createFixtureApi(options: FixtureOptions = {}): ApiProxy {
         ],
       }),
       models: request => ok(request, { groups: fixtureModelGroups(), failures: [] }),
+      // The fixture endpoint is imaginary, so the interrogation answers the
+      // catalog it already serves — enough for a surface to exercise adopting
+      // candidates without a reachable provider.
+      discoverModels: request => ok(request, {
+        models: fixtureModelGroups().flatMap(group => group.models.map(model => ({ id: model.id, name: model.name }))),
+      }),
     },
     respond(message: ClientResponse): Promise<RpcReceipt> {
       // Same routing discipline as the host: rpcId first, then the payload's
@@ -2619,6 +2625,7 @@ export class FixtureApiClient extends AbstractApiClient {
       case 'credentials.unset': return this.api.credentials.unset(request)
       case 'llm.providers': return this.api.llm.providers(request)
       case 'llm.models': return this.api.llm.models(request)
+      case 'llm.discoverModels': return this.api.llm.discoverModels(request, signal)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
index daa4fb4036..67b47b06c6 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export type {
   IApiClient, SessionId, SessionEvent, ContentBlock, StreamChunk,
   GoalsApi, GoalRef,
   SettingsApi, SettingsNamespaceView, SettingsPathOpView, SettingsSecretView,
-  CredentialsApi, CredentialView, ConfigurableProviderView, LlmApi,
+  CredentialsApi, CredentialView, ConfigurableProviderView, DiscoveredModelView, LlmApi,
 } from './api.ts'
 export {
   RpcId,
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/index.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/index.ts
index 888675e965..2e27a78d70 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/index.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ export const Config: z<ConnectionConfig> = z.object({
  * reconnaissance no anonymous caller should have. `trustedHosts` is a
  * DNS-rebinding fence, explicitly not authentication, so the whole
  * configuration plane stays loopback-same-origin until a real authentication
- * layer exists. The model catalog (`llm.providers`, `llm.models`) is
- * deliberately NOT here: it carries provider ids, display names, and model
- * lists — no endpoints, keys, or key state — and a LAN client's model picker
- * legitimately needs it.
+ * layer exists. `llm.discoverModels` belongs to that plane on both counts: it
+ * carries a draft credential, and it makes the HOST issue a GET to a URL the
+ * caller chose and reports back the status or the parsed body — an anonymous
+ * LAN caller would have a probe for whatever the host can reach and the
+ * browser cannot.
+ *
+ * The model catalog (`llm.providers`, `llm.models`) is deliberately NOT here:
+ * it carries provider ids, display names, and model lists — no endpoints,
+ * keys, or key state — and a LAN client's model picker legitimately needs it.
  */
 const PRIVILEGED_METHODS = new Set([
   'host.pickDirectory',
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ const PRIVILEGED_METHODS = new Set([
   'credentials.describe',
   'credentials.set',
   'credentials.unset',
+  'llm.discoverModels',
 ])
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.ts
index 6c7acbf9f7..e5eb42695d 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
   readonly llm: IApiClient['llm'] = {
     providers: payload => this.record('llm.providers', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ providers: [] }))),
     models: payload => this.record('llm.models', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ groups: [], failures: [] }))),
+    discoverModels: payload => this.record('llm.discoverModels', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [] }))),
   }
 
   /** When true, streams never fire onOpen (misbehaving-carrier material for the handshake timeout guard). */
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/node-half.spec.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/node-half.spec.ts
index d3ac13716e..3015881d2f 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/tests/node-half.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/node-half.spec.ts
@@ -129,13 +129,15 @@ describe('connection node half', () => {
   it('pins privileged methods to loopback even for a declared trusted authority', async () => {
     const { routes, dispose } = await mounted({ trustedHosts: ['harness.example'] })
     // The privileged set: native dialogs plus the whole settings/credential
-    // configuration plane, reads included. The same declared authority reaches
+    // configuration plane, reads included, plus the one method that makes the
+    // host fetch a caller-chosen URL. The same declared authority reaches
     // ordinary reads (carrier-level 404 from the empty proxy proves the fence
     // passed), but each privileged method stays loopback-only and 403s.
     for (const method of [
       'host.pickDirectory', 'host.openPath',
       'settings.describe', 'settings.openDocument', 'settings.update', 'settings.replace', 'settings.mutate',
       'credentials.describe', 'credentials.set', 'credentials.unset',
+      'llm.discoverModels',
     ]) {
       const denied = fakeResponse()
       await routes[0]!.handler(
@@ -221,6 +223,9 @@ describe('connection node half over a real HTTP server', () => {
         'settings.describe', 'settings.openDocument', 'settings.update', 'settings.replace', 'settings.mutate',
         'credentials.describe', 'credentials.set', 'credentials.unset',
         'host.pickDirectory', 'host.openPath',
+        // Carries a draft credential and turns the host into a fetcher for a
+        // URL the caller picked: an anonymous LAN caller must not reach it.
+        'llm.discoverModels',
       ]) {
         expect([method, await call(port, method, 'harness.example')]).toEqual([method, 403])
       }
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/lineage.ts b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/lineage.ts
index 115370488f..69094f2964 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/lineage.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/lineage.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export interface SessionListEntry {
   projectionValues?: Readonly<Partial<SessionProjectionMap>>
   /** User interaction currently blocking this session, derived from live mux frames. */
   pendingInteraction?: PendingInteractionStatus
+  /** Finished running while not selected and not yet opened — the sidebar's green "done" reminder (clears on select or the next run). */
+  completed: boolean
   /** Lineage indent depth: root = 0; the UI just multiplies by the indent width. */
   depth: number
 }
@@ -39,11 +41,13 @@ export interface SessionListEntry {
  * hydrated list from mutable timestamps.
  * @param summaries - the host's session.list items.
  * @param pendingInteractions - current manager-owned interaction status by session.
+ * @param completed - sessions with a pending completion reminder (manager-owned live fact; absent = false).
  * @returns display rows in render order.
  */
 export function flattenLineage(
   summaries: readonly TitledSessionSummary[],
   pendingInteractions?: ReadonlyMap<SessionId, PendingInteractionStatus>,
+  completed?: ReadonlySet<SessionId>,
 ): SessionListEntry[] {
   const byId = new Map<SessionId, TitledSessionSummary>()
   for (const s of summaries) byId.set(s.sessionId, s)
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ export function flattenLineage(
     out.push({
       ...s,
       ...(pendingInteraction === undefined ? {} : { pendingInteraction }),
+      completed: completed?.has(s.sessionId) ?? false,
       depth,
     })
     const kids = children.get(s.sessionId)
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/manager.ts b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/manager.ts
index c9961592ba..64199c4812 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/manager.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ export class SessionManager {
    *  sessions never instantiated. Cleared per connection generation — the reopen replay re-adds
    *  still-pending requests — and on session-removed. */
   private readonly pendingInteractions = new Map<SessionId, Map<string, PendingInteractionStatus>>()
+  /**
+   * Sessions that finished running while not selected — the sidebar's green
+   * "done" reminder (manager-owned, survives connection generations; cleared
+   * on select and session-removed, re-armed by the next completion).
+   */
+  private readonly completedNotifications = new Set<SessionId>()
+  /** Last-observed running bits per session; the true→false edge here arms {@link completedNotifications}. */
+  private readonly prevRunning = new Map<SessionId, boolean>()
   /** Per-session projection value stores, retained independently of instance arrival (the
    *  title-snapshot precedent, generalized): push frames land here whether or not the Session
    *  is instantiated (list rows read the 'title' key), and an instantiated Session adopts the
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ export class SessionManager {
         : this.catalogs.get(address.parentSessionId)?.parentAvailable ?? false,
     )
     this.selected = sessionId
+    // Looking at the session consumes its completion reminder (dot clears).
+    this.completedNotifications.delete(sessionId)
     void this.refreshSubagents(sessionId)
     this.notifier.notifyNow()
   }
@@ -192,6 +202,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
     this.addresses.set(address.childSessionId, address)
     this.sessions.get(address.childSessionId)?.configureSubagent(address, catalog?.parentAvailable ?? false)
     this.selected = address.childSessionId
+    this.completedNotifications.delete(address.childSessionId)
     void this.refreshSubagents(address.childSessionId)
     this.notifier.notifyNow()
   }
@@ -414,13 +425,28 @@ export class SessionManager {
       try {
         const { result } = await this.api.sessions.list({})
         if (result.ok) {
-          let summaries = this.listPhase === 'pending'
+          const baseline = this.listPhase === 'pending'
             ? result.value.items
             : mergeOrderedBaseline(established, result.value.items, summary => summary.sessionId)
-          for (const mutation of mutations) summaries = applyMutation(summaries, mutation)
+          // Seed first observations from the pull-time baseline BEFORE replaying
+          // in-flight mutations, then reconcile the reminders after EVERY
+          // replayed mutation: an edge that happens entirely between mutations
+          // (baseline idle → running → idle) must still arm, which a single
+          // sync on the folded result would collapse away.
+          for (const s of baseline) {
+            if (!this.prevRunning.has(s.sessionId)) this.prevRunning.set(s.sessionId, s.running)
+          }
+          let summaries = baseline
+          for (const mutation of mutations) {
+            summaries = applyMutation(summaries, mutation)
+            this.summaries = summaries
+            this.syncCompletedNotifications()
+          }
           this.summaries = summaries
           this.listState = 'idle'
           this.listPhase = 'ready'
+          // Covers the empty-mutations pull (a plain baseline carries no edge).
+          this.syncCompletedNotifications()
           // Push running/blank bits down to instantiated Sessions (the list is the authoritative summary source).
           for (const s of this.summaries) {
             const session = this.sessions.get(s.sessionId)
@@ -566,6 +592,8 @@ export class SessionManager {
   private recordMutation(mutation: SessionListMutation): void {
     this.listMutations?.push(mutation)
     this.summaries = applyMutation(this.summaries, mutation)
+    // Eager edge reconciliation — a snapshot-build-time pass would miss consecutive status frames.
+    this.syncCompletedNotifications()
     this.notifier.markDirty()
   }
 
@@ -893,6 +921,38 @@ export class SessionManager {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Reconcile completion reminders against the latest summaries, eagerly after
+   * every mutation and pull (a snapshot-build-time pass would collapse
+   * consecutive status frames into one observation). A running→idle edge of a
+   * non-selected session arms its reminder; running disarms it; removal drops
+   * it. First observation only records the running bit — sessions already
+   * idle at load get no reminder.
+   */
+  private syncCompletedNotifications(): void {
+    const seen = new Set<SessionId>()
+    for (const s of this.summaries) {
+      seen.add(s.sessionId)
+      const prev = this.prevRunning.get(s.sessionId)
+      if (prev === undefined) {
+        this.prevRunning.set(s.sessionId, s.running)
+        continue
+      }
+      if (prev && !s.running) {
+        if (s.sessionId !== this.selected) this.completedNotifications.add(s.sessionId)
+      } else if (s.running) {
+        this.completedNotifications.delete(s.sessionId)
+      }
+      this.prevRunning.set(s.sessionId, s.running)
+    }
+    for (const id of this.prevRunning.keys()) {
+      if (!seen.has(id)) this.prevRunning.delete(id)
+    }
+    for (const id of this.completedNotifications) {
+      if (!seen.has(id)) this.completedNotifications.delete(id)
+    }
+  }
+
   private buildListSnapshot(): SessionListSnapshot {
     const merged: TitledSessionSummary[] = this.summaries.map((summary) => {
       // List rows read the generic 'title' projection key (host-computed unit
@@ -914,7 +974,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
       const status = statuses.find(candidate => candidate !== 'approval') ?? statuses[0]
       if (status !== undefined) pendingInteractions.set(sessionId, status)
     }
-    const fresh = flattenLineage(merged, pendingInteractions)
+    const fresh = flattenLineage(merged, pendingInteractions, this.completedNotifications)
     const items = fresh.map((entry) => {
       const prev = this.entryCache.get(entry.sessionId)
       if (
@@ -924,6 +984,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
         && prev.origin === entry.origin && prev.title === entry.title && prev.depth === entry.depth
         && prev.pendingInteraction === entry.pendingInteraction
         && prev.projectionValues === entry.projectionValues
+        && prev.completed === entry.completed
       ) return prev
       this.entryCache.set(entry.sessionId, entry)
       return entry
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/service.ts b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/service.ts
index 9399f594d3..b1b271e702 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/service.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/service.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export interface SessionSummary {
   running: boolean
   /** User interaction currently blocking this session (sidebar amber-dot state). */
   pendingInteraction?: PendingInteractionStatus
+  /** Finished while not selected and not yet opened — the sidebar's green "done" reminder. Absent = false. */
+  completed?: boolean
   /**
    * Empty-log bit (host summary derivation mirror). New Session reuses a blank
    * one targeting the same workspace. Filtering stays with the consumer: the
@@ -614,6 +616,7 @@ export class SessionsService implements ISessions {
         id: entry.sessionId,
         displayTitle: displayTitleOf(entry.title, entry.cwd, entry.sessionId),
         running: entry.running,
+        ...(entry.completed ? { completed: true } : {}),
         blank: entry.blank,
         updatedAt: entry.updatedAt,
         ...(entry.pendingInteraction === undefined
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/tests/fake-api.ts b/packages/client/runtime/tests/fake-api.ts
index 888a630de1..e50574d102 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/tests/fake-api.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/tests/fake-api.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
   readonly llm: IApiClient['llm'] = {
     providers: payload => this.record('llm.providers', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ providers: [] }))),
     models: payload => this.record('llm.models', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ groups: [], failures: [] }))),
+    discoverModels: payload => this.record('llm.discoverModels', payload, Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [] }))),
   }
 
   /** When true, streams never fire onOpen (misbehaving-carrier material for the handshake timeout guard). */
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/tests/lineage.spec.ts b/packages/client/runtime/tests/lineage.spec.ts
index c616c19462..7d3c948f3e 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/tests/lineage.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/tests/lineage.spec.ts
@@ -52,4 +52,11 @@ describe('flattenLineage', () => {
       warnSpy.mockRestore()
     }
   })
+
+  it('projects the completion-reminder set into rows (absent = false)', () => {
+    const out = flattenLineage([s('a', 10), s('b', 20)], undefined, new Set(['b' as SessionId]))
+    expect(out.find(e => e.sessionId === 'a')?.completed).toBe(false)
+    expect(out.find(e => e.sessionId === 'b')?.completed).toBe(true)
+    expect(flattenLineage([s('a', 10)])[0]?.completed).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/client/runtime/tests/manager.spec.ts b/packages/client/runtime/tests/manager.spec.ts
index 909a293b3e..e203e49dd9 100644
--- a/packages/client/runtime/tests/manager.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/runtime/tests/manager.spec.ts
@@ -985,3 +985,128 @@ describe('pending-interaction list status', () => {
     expect(session.getSnapshot().pending).toEqual([])
   })
 })
+
+describe('completed reminder', () => {
+  const status = (rpcId: string, sessionId: SessionId, running: boolean) => ({
+    rpcId: rpcId as never,
+    payload: { type: 'host/session-status' as const, sessionId, running },
+  })
+  const added = (rpcId: string, sessionId: SessionId) => ({
+    rpcId: rpcId as never,
+    payload: { type: 'host/session-added' as const, sessionId, blank: false },
+  })
+  const entry = (manager: SessionManager, sessionId: SessionId) =>
+    manager.getListSnapshot().items.find(item => item.sessionId === sessionId)
+
+  it('arms on a running→idle flip of a non-selected session and clears on select', () => {
+    const manager = new SessionManager(new FakeApiClient())
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h1', S1))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h2', S2))
+    manager.select(S1)
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s1', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s2', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+    // Opening the session consumes the reminder.
+    manager.select(S2)
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('never arms for the session being watched and re-arms after a switch-away re-run', () => {
+    const manager = new SessionManager(new FakeApiClient())
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h1', S1))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h2', S2))
+    manager.select(S2)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s1', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s2', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false) // watched to completion: no reminder
+    // Switch away; a fresh run completing again arms the reminder.
+    manager.select(S1)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s3', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s4', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('a re-run disarms the reminder while running and re-arms on its completion', () => {
+    const manager = new SessionManager(new FakeApiClient())
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h1', S1))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h2', S2))
+    manager.select(S1)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s1', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s2', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+    // The user starts a new run without opening the session: running wins.
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s3', S2, true))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s4', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('session-removed drops the reminder and a re-add starts clean', () => {
+    const manager = new SessionManager(new FakeApiClient())
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h1', S1))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h2', S2))
+    manager.select(S1)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s1', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s2', S2, false))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope({ rpcId: 'rm' as never, payload: { type: 'host/session-removed', sessionId: S2 } })
+    expect(manager.getListSnapshot().items.find(item => item.sessionId === S2)).toBeUndefined()
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(added('h3', S2))
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('a list refresh carrying the running→idle transition arms the reminder', async () => {
+    const api = new FakeApiClient()
+    api.onList = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 200, running: true })] as never[] }))
+    const manager = new SessionManager(api)
+    await manager.refreshList()
+    manager.select(S1)
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+    api.onList = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 200, running: false })] as never[] }))
+    await manager.refreshList()
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('never arms for sessions already idle at first observation', async () => {
+    const api = new FakeApiClient()
+    api.onList = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 200 })] as never[] }))
+    const manager = new SessionManager(api)
+    await manager.refreshList()
+    manager.select(S1)
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+    api.onList = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 201 })] as never[] }))
+    await manager.refreshList()
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('arms a completion that happened during an in-flight first pull (baseline running, replayed idle)', async () => {
+    const api = new FakeApiClient()
+    const gate = deferred<Awaited<ReturnType<FakeApiClient['onList']>>>()
+    api.onList = () => gate.promise
+    const manager = new SessionManager(api)
+    const refresh = manager.refreshList()
+    // The session finishes while the first pull is still in flight; the pull
+    // response recorded it as running at pull time.
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s-mid', S2, false))
+    gate.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 200, running: true })] as never[] }))
+    await refresh
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('arms when a session ran and completed entirely between in-flight mutations (baseline idle)', async () => {
+    const api = new FakeApiClient()
+    const gate = deferred<Awaited<ReturnType<FakeApiClient['onList']>>>()
+    api.onList = () => gate.promise
+    const manager = new SessionManager(api)
+    const refresh = manager.refreshList()
+    // The unknown session starts and finishes while the first pull is in
+    // flight; the pull-time baseline recorded it idle, so the running→idle
+    // edge lives entirely inside the replayed mutations.
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s-start', S2, true))
+    manager.handleHostEnvelope(status('s-finish', S2, false))
+    gate.resolve(ok({ items: [summary(S1), summary(S2, { updatedAt: 200 })] as never[] }))
+    await refresh
+    expect(entry(manager, S2)?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-command/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/client/ui-command/README.i18n.yaml
index e8bce8520f..4d8ace8955 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-command/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/client/ui-command/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-command/README.md
-README.md: a19bfe7135acc5408448dc73d04813ed4104dd48
-README.zh.md: 79d903b916728c1200ab1311055f2be190008787
+README.md: bc7386c8fca3b5c623473328bee6322fa7295277
+README.zh.md: 478ee4ccee4558c70075baa45ab34ac6e3d71617
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-command/README.md b/packages/client/ui-command/README.md
index a19bfe7135..bc7386c8fc 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-command/README.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-command/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Client command surface (`ctx.command`): the session-keyed command-directory cach
 
 `CommandDirectory` (`src/client/directory.ts`) is the one wire-derived cache, keyed by session. Ordinary sessions fetch through `command.list({sessionId})`, and the source's scope-birth `warm` hook prewarms the session's entry. Catalog-addressed continuable children resolve an empty command directory locally: `command.list` is Agent-bound, so prewarming it would activate a child merely to view persisted history. Entries are soft-invalidated by the `commands/changed` typed event (old snapshot serves while the repull flies), hard-invalidated by `connection/reset`, epoch-guarded so a superseded pull can never overwrite a newer one. `matchSpace` answers synchronously from this cache only; `matchEnter` strong-waits it on the SubmitAttempt signal and rejects on warmup failure — a `/` line is never silently downgraded to a plain prompt.
 
+Menu queries fuzzy-match ordered, case-insensitive subsequences of command names. Prefixes rank first; separator boundaries, adjacent characters, and shorter gaps rank the remaining matches, with directory and contribution order breaking ties. This affects discovery only: space and Enter still require an exact command name. Rationale: [Web slash-command fuzzy discovery](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md).
+
 `PopupSelectController` (`src/client/popup.ts`) is the headless shell state: `PopupSelectView` self-registers into `conversation.input.overlay` (the SlotMap key is ui-conversation's; this package pulls the declaration in with a type-only import — no runtime edge). The shell is a transient layer holding focus while open; token-segment consumption after onSelect runs both branches through `consumeTokenSegment` (menu-path span CAS, enter-path bare-token equality) against the draft face the wiring layer binds via `bindDraft`.
 
 The `/client` export surface is the plugin body (`apply`/`inject`), `CommandService`, the directory and popup classes with their state types, and the frozen contract types; the shell component itself is internal to the overlay registration.
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-command/README.zh.md b/packages/client/ui-command/README.zh.md
index 79d903b916..478ee4ccee 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-command/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-command/README.zh.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 `CommandDirectory`（`src/client/directory.ts`）是唯一的 wire 派生缓存，以会话为 key。普通会话通过 `command.list({sessionId})` 拉取，source 的 scope 出生 `warm` 钩子会预热该会话的缓存项。由目录寻址的可继续子代理会在客户端解析为空命令目录：`command.list` 绑定 Agent，若预热它，就会仅因查看持久化历史而激活子代理。缓存项由 `commands/changed` 类型化事件软失效（重拉在途期间旧快照继续服务），由 `connection/reset` 硬失效，并以 epoch 把关，被取代的旧拉取永远无法覆盖更新的结果。`matchSpace` 只凭该缓存同步应答；`matchEnter` 在 SubmitAttempt 信号上强等缓存，预热失败即拒绝——`/` 开头的一行绝不会被静默降级为普通提示词。
 
+菜单查询会按顺序且不区分大小写地模糊匹配命令名的子序列。前缀排名最高；其余匹配项按分隔符边界优先、相邻字符优先、间隔越短越优先的规则排序，若仍同分，则以目录顺序和 contribution 顺序打破平局。此行为只影响命令发现：space 和 Enter 仍要求命令名精确匹配。原理：[Web 斜杠命令模糊发现](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-08-04-web-slash-command-fuzzy-discovery.md)。
+
 `PopupSelectController`（`src/client/popup.ts`）是无头的壳状态：`PopupSelectView` 自行注册进 `conversation.input.overlay`（SlotMap key 归 ui-conversation 所有；本包只以 type-only 导入引入该声明——没有运行时依赖边）。壳是打开期间持有焦点的瞬态层；onSelect 之后的 token 片段消费在两条分支上都经 `consumeTokenSegment` 执行（菜单路径做 span CAS，回车路径做裸 token 相等比较），作用于接线层经 `bindDraft` 绑定的草稿表层。
 
 `/client` 导出表层是插件主体（`apply`／`inject`）、`CommandService`、目录类和 popup 类及其状态类型，以及冻结的契约类型；壳组件本身是 overlay 注册的内部实现。
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-command/src/client/service.ts b/packages/client/ui-command/src/client/service.ts
index 9784c56ced..33b42f6b51 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-command/src/client/service.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-command/src/client/service.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
  * CommandService (`ctx.command`): the '/' command source over the
  * session-keyed directory, the client-contribution registry, and the
  * per-session popupSelect controllers. Candidate synthesis merges the host
- * catalog with contributions by availability, then query/position filtering;
- * a host/contribution name collision fails loud. Every execute addresses the
- * session's agent by sessionId — sessions are always agent-backed.
+ * catalog with contributions by availability, then fuzzy query/position
+ * filtering; a host/contribution name collision fails loud. Every execute
+ * addresses the session's agent by sessionId — sessions are always
+ * agent-backed.
  */
 import { Service } from 'cordis'
 import type { Context } from 'cordis'
@@ -27,6 +28,69 @@ interface LiveState {
   readonly popups: Map<SessionId, PopupSelectController<ClientSessionContext>>
 }
 
+/** One fuzzy match with its stable source position. */
+interface RankedCandidate {
+  readonly candidate: SlashCandidate
+  readonly index: number
+  readonly prefix: boolean
+  readonly score: number
+}
+
+/** Extra weight for command-name starts and separator boundaries. */
+function boundaryBonus(name: string, index: number): number {
+  return index === 0 || name.charAt(index - 1) === '-' || name.charAt(index - 1) === '_' ? 8 : 0
+}
+
+/**
+ * Score the strongest ordered-subsequence alignment in O(name × query).
+ * Boundary and adjacent matches earn weight; skipped and leading characters
+ * cost weight.
+ */
+function fuzzyScore(name: string, query: string): number | undefined {
+  if (query === '') return 0
+  if (query.length > name.length) return undefined
+  const noMatch = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+  let previous = Array<number>(name.length).fill(noMatch)
+  for (let index = 0; index < name.length; index++) {
+    if (name.charAt(index) === query.charAt(0)) previous[index] = 1 + boundaryBonus(name, index) - index
+  }
+  for (let queryIndex = 1; queryIndex < query.length; queryIndex++) {
+    const current = Array<number>(name.length).fill(noMatch)
+    let bestGapped = noMatch
+    for (let index = 0; index < name.length; index++) {
+      const gappedIndex = index - 2
+      if (gappedIndex >= 0) {
+        const prior = previous[gappedIndex] ?? noMatch
+        if (prior !== noMatch) bestGapped = Math.max(bestGapped, prior + gappedIndex)
+      }
+      if (name.charAt(index) !== query.charAt(queryIndex)) continue
+      const bonus = 1 + boundaryBonus(name, index)
+      const adjacent = index > 0 ? previous[index - 1] ?? noMatch : noMatch
+      if (adjacent !== noMatch) current[index] = adjacent + bonus + 4
+      if (bestGapped !== noMatch) current[index] = Math.max(current[index] ?? noMatch, bestGapped + bonus + 1 - index)
+    }
+    previous = current
+  }
+  let best = noMatch
+  for (const score of previous) best = Math.max(best, score)
+  return best === noMatch ? undefined : best
+}
+
+/** Case-insensitive fuzzy filtering with stable ordering for equal matches. */
+function fuzzyCandidates(candidates: readonly SlashCandidate[], rawQuery: string): readonly SlashCandidate[] {
+  const query = rawQuery.toLowerCase()
+  if (query === '') return candidates
+  const ranked: RankedCandidate[] = []
+  candidates.forEach((candidate, index) => {
+    const name = candidate.name.toLowerCase()
+    const score = fuzzyScore(name, query)
+    if (score !== undefined) ranked.push({ candidate, index, prefix: name.startsWith(query), score })
+  })
+  ranked.sort((left, right) =>
+    Number(right.prefix) - Number(left.prefix) || right.score - left.score || left.index - right.index)
+  return ranked.map(match => match.candidate)
+}
+
 /** Command surface: session-keyed directory + '/' source + contribution registry + per-session popups. */
 export class CommandService extends Service implements CommandServiceContract {
   static inject = ['slash', 'sessions', 'connection']
@@ -147,7 +211,7 @@ export class CommandService extends Service implements CommandServiceContract {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Menu candidates: host catalog + contribution availability, then query/position filtering. */
+  /** Menu candidates: host catalog + contribution availability, then position filtering and fuzzy name ranking. */
   private async candidates(session: ClientSessionContext, req: CandidateRequest): Promise<readonly SlashCandidate[]> {
     const list = await this.directory.ensureReady(session.sessionId, req.signal)
     const rows: SlashCandidate[] = []
@@ -163,9 +227,10 @@ export class CommandService extends Service implements CommandServiceContract {
       }
       rows.push({ name: contribution.name, description: contribution.description })
     }
-    return rows
-      .filter(c => c.name.startsWith(req.query))
-      .filter(c => req.position === 'leading' || c.hint === undefined)
+    return fuzzyCandidates(
+      rows.filter(c => req.position === 'leading' || c.hint === undefined),
+      req.query,
+    )
   }
 
   /** Decision table, menu column: contribution/decorated-host → popup; host input → claim; host bare → detached execute. */
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-command/tests/service.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-command/tests/service.spec.ts
index 08fda13a6f..bd6d72c916 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-command/tests/service.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-command/tests/service.spec.ts
@@ -164,13 +164,33 @@ describe('candidates', () => {
     expect(b.listCalls).toEqual([])
   })
 
-  it('pulls the session catalog; prefix filter and hint mapping apply', async () => {
+  it('pulls the session catalog; fuzzy filter and hint mapping apply', async () => {
     const { source, listCalls } = await bench()
     const list = await source.candidates(proj('s1'), req('g'))
     expect(listCalls).toEqual([{ sessionId: sid('s1') }])
     expect(list).toEqual([{ name: 'goal', description: 'leadingInput kind', hint: 'goal text' }])
   })
 
+  it('matches case-insensitive subsequences and ranks prefixes, boundaries, adjacency, gaps, then source order', async () => {
+    const commands: CommandDescriptor[] = [
+      { name: 'q-xylophone', description: '' },
+      { name: 'qx-long', description: '' },
+      { name: 'fabulous', description: '' },
+      { name: 'foo-bar', description: '' },
+      { name: 'zuv', description: '' },
+      { name: 'zu1v', description: '' },
+      { name: 'yu1v', description: '' },
+      { name: 'zu12v', description: '' },
+    ]
+    const { source } = await bench({ commands: () => Promise.resolve({ commands }) })
+    const names = async (query: string) => (await source.candidates(proj('s1'), req(query))).map(c => c.name)
+    await expect(names('QX')).resolves.toEqual(['qx-long', 'q-xylophone'])
+    await expect(names('fb')).resolves.toEqual(['foo-bar', 'fabulous'])
+    await expect(names('uv')).resolves.toEqual(['zuv', 'zu1v', 'yu1v', 'zu12v'])
+    await expect(names('zzz')).resolves.toEqual([])
+    await expect(names('query-longer-than-every-name')).resolves.toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it('catalogs are per session: another session pulls its own key', async () => {
     const { source, listCalls } = await bench()
     const names = (await source.candidates(proj('s2'), req(''))).map(c => c.name)
@@ -195,10 +215,10 @@ describe('candidates', () => {
     expect(s2Names).not.toContain('theme')
   })
 
-  it('contribution rows ride the same query prefix filter', async () => {
+  it('contribution rows ride the same fuzzy query filter', async () => {
     const { command, source } = await bench()
     command.register(themeContribution())
-    const names = (await source.candidates(proj('s1'), req('th'))).map(c => c.name)
+    const names = (await source.candidates(proj('s1'), req('tm'))).map(c => c.name)
     expect(names).toEqual(['theme'])
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.i18n.yaml
index 0df2b4b4df..be53206dde 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-conversation/README.md
-README.md: 7bd0d551fc41967326dd9860f5c31a99ea3c254a
-README.zh.md: d339f6423d9a9f77c02d86ad0b8e57bd0baba52b
+README.md: bbd115eac0eb914914dc11e504639633c801abdd
+README.zh.md: 843b49e311fbf1a9157413c42a0ef3e9828284bc
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.md b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.md
index 7bd0d551fc..bbd115eac0 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Conversation domain: skeleton (header/tabs/composer/empty state), chat view (gro
 
 Compaction renders as one collapsed row at the checkpoint's flow position without replacing the transcript above it. The disclosure renders the checkpoint's `compact/summary` provenance; when that event is outside the loaded window, the row remains visible but non-expandable. The framed checkpoint payload is model-facing and never renders.
 
-The resident conversation shell survives no-session and session transitions. Without a current session it renders a disabled input bar; its root-scoped `conversation.hero.workspace` slot hosts the Workspace picker. Selecting a Workspace connects or reuses its Host-owned blank session and opens that session without replacing the shell. Blank sessions render the same composer body as active sessions, while the InputHub carries drafts across Workspace switches and mirrors them into the session store. In the active phase the session header shows only the current session title and view tabs as ordinary column chrome; fork lineage remains session data and is not projected into the header. Beneath it a scrollport (`data-conversation-scroll`) holds the flowing views and the sticky composer stack (stats dock + input docks + bar). That scrollport reserves its scrollbar gutter unconditionally, and a view opting into a composer overlay leaves it a scroll container, so the input card keeps one horizontal position whether or not the transcript scrolls and whichever view tab is shown ([decision](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-04-composer-tab-gutter-reservation.md)). Wheel over the textarea chains: the capped draft scrolls locally until its edge, then forwards to that host.
+The resident conversation shell survives no-session and session transitions. Without a current session it renders a disabled input bar; its root-scoped `conversation.hero.workspace` slot hosts the Workspace picker. Selecting a Workspace connects or reuses its Host-owned blank session and opens that session without replacing the shell. The root always owns the same scrollport and Hero/composer subtree; separate strict-session header and body outlets fill their regions when the first Session arrives, so the Workspace picker, scroll body, composer seat, and textarea retain their React and DOM identity. Blank sessions render the same composer body as active sessions, while the InputHub carries drafts across Workspace switches and mirrors them into the session store. In the active phase the session header shows only the current session title and view tabs as ordinary column chrome; fork lineage remains session data and is not projected into the header. Beneath it the scrollport (`data-conversation-scroll`) holds the flowing views and the sticky composer stack (stats dock + input docks + bar). That scrollport reserves its scrollbar gutter unconditionally, and a view opting into a composer overlay leaves it a scroll container, so the input card keeps one horizontal position whether or not the transcript scrolls and whichever view tab is shown ([decision](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-04-composer-tab-gutter-reservation.md)). Wheel over the textarea chains: the capped draft scrolls locally until its edge, then forwards to that host.
 
-The view ring is a slot: the conversation registration declares the session-scoped `'conversation.view'` list in its `children` table, ConversationRoot renders the active entry through its renderSlot share (`only: <active id>`), and view tabs project from registration options (`id`/`order`/`label`). The chat view is this package's own entry; plugins such as ui-trajectory contribute tabs through `ctx.slots.register`, and each view owns its chrome.
+The view ring is a slot: the strict session-body registration declares the session-scoped `'conversation.view'` list in its `children` table, that body renders the active entry through its renderSlot share (`only: <active id>`), and view tabs project from registration options (`id`/`order`/`label`). The chat view is this package's own entry; plugins such as ui-trajectory contribute tabs through `ctx.slots.register`, and each view owns its chrome.
 
 Approvals take over the composer through the chain this package declares: `ApprovalPanel` registers as a selector-routed `'conversation.composer'` entry (the ui-question pattern) and occupies the composer in place of the InputBar while an approval wait is pending (amber strip, justification headline, paired command line from the running call's args, one-shot refuse/allow). The `PendingApproval` domain face in `contract/slots.ts` owns the wire encoding — the `ApprovalResponsePayload` value with the audit correlation — over the runtime's `PendingWait` carrier; the broadcast `approval/resolved` frame settles the wait and restores the composer. The runtime manager projects every approval or question wait through `SessionSummary.pendingInteraction`, including sessions never instantiated; `ui-workspace` owns its sidebar presentation. Pending waits leave the message flow entirely: questions (ui-question) and approvals (ApprovalPanel) both answer through the composer takeover, so no display-only placeholder card remains. The composer's bottom-row Access seat mounts `PermissionSelect`, fed by the host-computed `permissions` projection through the standard-kit `useProjection` (key absence hides the chip); the chip opens a Menu-primitive dropdown whose kebab-case preset names render as title-case labels. Safe preset picks submit `/permission <preset>` immediately through the bar's injected `command` callback, while `danger-full-access` is presented as `Full access` and first opens an in-page Modal risk confirmation. The enabling action stays disabled until the user checks the acknowledgement; cancel, Escape, close, and mask click submit nothing.
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.zh.md b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.zh.md
index d339f6423d..843b49e311 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/README.zh.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 压缩（compaction）在检查点自身的消息流位置渲染为一行折叠标记，不替换其上方的 transcript（文本记录）。展开内容来自检查点溯源的 `compact/summary`；该事件位于已加载窗口之外时，标记仍然可见但不可展开。面向模型的带框检查点载荷绝不渲染。
 
-常驻会话壳会跨无会话与会话状态切换而保留。没有当前会话时，它会渲染禁用输入栏；其根作用域的 `conversation.hero.workspace` slot 承载 Workspace 选择器。选择 Workspace 会连接或复用由 Host 拥有的空白会话，并在不替换会话壳的情况下打开该会话。空白会话与活跃会话渲染相同的输入区主体；InputHub 则在 Workspace 切换间携带草稿，并将草稿镜像到会话 store。活跃阶段，会话标题栏作为普通列 chrome，仅显示当前会话标题和视图标签；fork 谱系仍保留为会话数据，不投影到标题栏。其下滚动容器（`data-conversation-scroll`）承载流动排版的各视图与 sticky 编辑器栈（统计 dock＋输入区 dock＋输入栏）。该滚动容器无条件预留自己的滚动条槽，选用编辑器 overlay 的视图也仍把它保留为滚动容器，因此无论对话记录是否滚动、无论展示哪个视图标签，输入卡片都保持同一个横向位置（[决策](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-04-composer-tab-gutter-reservation.md)）。textarea 上的滚轮会链式处理：限高草稿先在本地滚动，到达边缘后再转交给该宿主。
+常驻会话壳会跨无会话与会话状态切换而保留。没有当前会话时，它会渲染禁用输入栏；其根作用域的 `conversation.hero.workspace` slot 承载 Workspace 选择器。选择 Workspace 会连接或复用由 Host 拥有的空白会话，并在不替换会话壳的情况下打开该会话。根组件始终拥有同一个滚动容器与 Hero／编辑器子树；首个会话到达时，彼此独立的严格会话页头和主体 outlet 只填入各自区域，因此 Workspace 选择器、滚动主体、编辑器 seat 与 textarea 都保留原有 React 和 DOM identity。空白会话与活跃会话渲染相同的输入区主体；InputHub 则在 Workspace 切换间携带草稿，并将草稿镜像到会话 store。活跃阶段，会话标题栏作为普通列 chrome，仅显示当前会话标题和视图标签；fork 谱系仍保留为会话数据，不投影到标题栏。其下滚动容器（`data-conversation-scroll`）承载流动排版的各视图与 sticky 编辑器栈（统计 dock＋输入区 dock＋输入栏）。该滚动容器无条件预留自己的滚动条槽，选用编辑器 overlay 的视图也仍把它保留为滚动容器，因此无论对话记录是否滚动、无论展示哪个视图标签，输入卡片都保持同一个横向位置（[决策](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-08-04-composer-tab-gutter-reservation.md)）。textarea 上的滚轮会链式处理：限高草稿先在本地滚动，到达边缘后再转交给该宿主。
 
-视图环是一个 slot：会话注册在 `children` 表中声明 Session scope 的 `'conversation.view'` 列表，ConversationRoot 通过 renderSlot share 渲染活跃配置项（`only: <active id>`），视图标签页则从注册选项（`id`／`order`／`label`）投影而来。聊天视图是该包自身的配置项；ui-trajectory 等插件通过 `ctx.slots.register` 贡献标签页，每个视图负责自己的 chrome。
+视图环是一个 slot：严格会话主体注册在 `children` 表中声明 Session scope 的 `'conversation.view'` 列表，并通过自身的 renderSlot share 渲染活跃配置项（`only: <active id>`）；视图标签页则从注册选项（`id`／`order`／`label`）投影而来。聊天视图是该包自身的配置项；ui-trajectory 等插件通过 `ctx.slots.register` 贡献标签页，每个视图负责自己的 chrome。
 
 会话页头会在标题旁声明并渲染 Session scope 的 `'conversation.session.header.actions'` 列表，使功能插件无需进入骨架即可贡献控件。编辑器链的 currency 包含当前对话 `session`；ui-subagent 会选取 one-shot 或 parent 不可用的已寻址会话，并按原因显示只读文案，而普通 InputBar 会让所有已寻址 child 仅保留 Send，因为继续执行服务不公开逐 Activation 取消操作，`session.cancel` 也会绕过其所有权。
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/apply.ts b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/apply.ts
index b796ce84fc..6bc9068cfc 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/apply.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/apply.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale/client'
 import type { ViewTab } from './contract/views.ts'
 import type {
   ApprovalWait, ChatScrollPosition, ChatViewInjected, ComposerBarInjected, ComposerChainProps, ConversationInjected,
-  ConversationSessionInjected, DetailsInjected,
+  ConversationSessionHeaderInjected, ConversationSessionInjected, DetailsInjected,
 } from './contract/slots.ts'
 import type { InputNotice } from './input/contract.ts'
 import { resolveToolPath } from './contract/tool-call-model.ts'
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { askQuestionToolview } from './toolviews/ask-question-row.tsx'
 import { todoDockEntry } from './skeleton/TodoPanel.tsx'
 import { queueDockEntry } from './queue/QueueDock.tsx'
 import { ConversationRoot } from './skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx'
-import { ConversationSession } from './skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
+import { ConversationSession, ConversationSessionHeader } from './skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
 import { DetailsPanel } from './skeleton/DetailsPanel.tsx'
 import { en, NS, zh, type ConversationKey } from './locales.ts'
 
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
     }
     return tabs
   }
+  const views = {
+    list: viewTabs,
+    subscribe: (fn: () => void) => slots.subscribe('conversation.view', fn),
+    version: () => slots.getVersion('conversation.view'),
+  }
 
   // The per-session input machine registry (InputService face; published as
   // ctx.conversation.input by the service below sharing this one instance).
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
     locale: NS,
     children: {
       'conversation.session': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
+      'conversation.session.header': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
       'conversation.composer': { kind: 'chain', scope: 'session' },
       'conversation.composer.bar': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session-maybe' },
       'conversation.input.overlay': { kind: 'list', scope: 'session' },
@@ -176,27 +182,36 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
     }),
   }, ConversationRoot)
 
-  // The strict session subtree owns only per-session store and view content;
-  // the resident parent keeps Hero and composer layout identity stable.
+  // The strict session body fills the resident scrollport without owning it;
+  // the Hero/composer path therefore stays fixed while the first blank
+  // session appears after a Workspace pick.
   slots.register({
     name: 'conversation.session',
-    locale: NS,
     children: {
       'conversation.view': { kind: 'list', scope: 'session' },
-      'conversation.session.header.actions': { kind: 'list', scope: 'session' },
     },
     store: chatStore,
     inject: (sessionId: SessionId, _actions: BoundActions<typeof chatStore>): ConversationSessionInjected => ({
-      views: {
-        list: viewTabs,
-        subscribe: fn => slots.subscribe('conversation.view', fn),
-        version: () => slots.getVersion('conversation.view'),
-      },
+      views,
       bindDraftMirror: write => inputHub.shell(sessionId).bindMirror(write),
-      open: (id) => { sessions.open(id) },
     }),
   }, ConversationSession)
 
+  // Header chrome sits above the resident scrollport but shares the same
+  // per-session chat store (active view) as its body and view entries.
+  slots.register({
+    name: 'conversation.session.header',
+    locale: NS,
+    children: {
+      'conversation.session.header.actions': { kind: 'list', scope: 'session' },
+    },
+    store: chatStore,
+    inject: (): ConversationSessionHeaderInjected => ({
+      views,
+      open: (id) => { sessions.open(id) },
+    }),
+  }, ConversationSessionHeader)
+
   // The default composer body: its own single slot inside the composer
   // chain's fallback (decision 20). Public machine surface arrives via the
   // provide channel above; the keyboard command face and the stop/retry
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/contract/slots.ts b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/contract/slots.ts
index 6abfb592f5..a84b4a3bf0 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/contract/slots.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/contract/slots.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,20 @@ import type { CallId, SelectionTarget, ViewTab } from './views.ts'
 declare module '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots' {
   interface SlotMap {
     /**
-     * Strict-session content inside the resident conversation shell. This
-     * subtree owns the per-session chat store, header, and view ring and is
-     * remounted when the current session id changes.
+     * Strict-session body inside the resident conversation scrollport. It
+     * owns the per-session draft mirror and active view ring.
      */
-    'conversation.session': { kind: 'single'; scope: 'session'; owner: ConversationSessionOwnerProps }
+    'conversation.session': { kind: 'single'; scope: 'session' }
+    /** Strict-session header above the resident conversation scrollport. */
+    'conversation.session.header': { kind: 'single'; scope: 'session' }
     /** Session-header actions contributed by feature plugins. */
     'conversation.session.header.actions': { kind: 'list'; scope: 'session'; owner: ConversationHeaderActionOwnerProps }
     /**
      * The conversation view ring: one list entry per view tab (chat here;
      * trajectory/waterfall from ui-trajectory), rendered one-at-a-time by
-     * ConversationRoot via `only: <active id>`. Declared by this package's
-     * 'conversation' entry (declaring is claiming). Session scope: views read
-     * the conversation snapshot through the standard kit.
+     * the session body via `only: <active id>`. Declared by this package's
+     * body entry (declaring is claiming). Session scope: views read the
+     * conversation snapshot through the standard kit.
      */
     'conversation.view': { kind: 'list'; scope: 'session'; owner: ConvViewOwnerProps }
     /**
@@ -122,22 +123,6 @@ declare module '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots' {
   }
 }
 
-/** Owner share of the strict session content seat. */
-export interface ConversationSessionOwnerProps {
-  /**
-   * Wrap the view ring in the transcript scrollport that also hosts the
-   * sticky composer seat (whole `'conversation.composer'` chain output).
-   * Supplied for every real session (hero/settling/active) so the composer
-   * keeps one tree seat across the blank → active flip; the header stays
-   * outside that wrapper as ordinary column chrome (`flex: none`), while
-   * active CSS sticks the seat to the bottom of the same scrollport so wheel
-   * over the footer scrolls the flow.
-   * @param view - the session view-ring content (null while blank chrome is hidden).
-   * @returns the scrollport containing `view` and the sticky composer seat.
-   */
-  wrapActiveBody?: (view: ReactNode) => ReactNode
-}
-
 /** Header actions derive their state from the standard session/global kit. */
 export interface ConversationHeaderActionOwnerProps {}
 
@@ -228,7 +213,7 @@ export type CommandRowProps = PropsRuntime<'conversation.chat.commandview'>
  */
 export type ConvViewProps = PropsRuntime<'conversation.view'>
 
-/** The shared chat store handle type (apply constructs one; the conversation, details, and chat-view registrations all declare it). */
+/** The shared chat store handle type declared by the Session header/body, details, and chat-view registrations. */
 export type ChatStore = ReturnType<typeof createChatStore>
 
 /** Business callbacks injected into the conversation slot. */
@@ -240,7 +225,7 @@ export interface ConversationInjected {
   selectWorkspace: (workspaceId: WorkspaceId) => Promise<void>
 }
 
-/** Business callbacks injected into the strict session content seat. */
+/** Business callbacks injected into the strict Session body seat. */
 export interface ConversationSessionInjected {
   /** Views projected from the `conversation.view` slot ledger. */
   views: {
@@ -250,6 +235,16 @@ export interface ConversationSessionInjected {
   }
   /** Bind the input machine's draft persistence mirror to the session store. */
   bindDraftMirror: (write: (text: string) => void) => () => void
+}
+
+/** Business callbacks injected into the strict session header seat. */
+export interface ConversationSessionHeaderInjected {
+  /** Views projected from the `conversation.view` slot ledger. */
+  views: {
+    list: () => readonly ViewTab[]
+    subscribe: (fn: () => void) => () => void
+    version: () => number
+  }
   /** Select a real Session through the runtime navigation owner. */
   open: (sessionId: SessionId) => void
 }
@@ -354,7 +349,8 @@ export interface ComposerChainProps {
  */
 export type ConversationSlotProps =
   PropsRuntime<'conversation'> & PropsRenderSlots<
-    | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.composer' | 'conversation.composer.bar'
+    | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.session.header'
+    | 'conversation.composer' | 'conversation.composer.bar'
     | 'conversation.input.overlay'
     | 'conversation.input.dock' | 'conversation.composer.dock'
     | 'conversation.input.left' | 'conversation.input.right'
@@ -363,12 +359,19 @@ export type ConversationSlotProps =
   & ConversationInjected
   & PropsLocale<'conversation'>
 
-/** Full strict-session content props: per-session store, view ring, callbacks, and the locale seat. */
+/** Full strict-session body props: per-session store, view ring, and draft mirror. */
 export type ConversationSessionSlotProps =
   PropsRuntime<'conversation.session'>
-  & PropsRenderSlots<'conversation.view' | 'conversation.session.header.actions'>
+  & PropsRenderSlots<'conversation.view'>
   & PropsStore<ChatStore>
   & ConversationSessionInjected
+
+/** Full strict-session header props: shared store, tabs/actions render shares, navigation, and locale. */
+export type ConversationSessionHeaderSlotProps =
+  PropsRuntime<'conversation.session.header'>
+  & PropsRenderSlots<'conversation.session.header.actions'>
+  & PropsStore<ChatStore>
+  & ConversationSessionHeaderInjected
   & PropsLocale<'conversation'>
 
 /** The pending approval carrier the owner dispatches into the composer chain. */
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/index.ts b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/index.ts
index d04f2473e1..ac5f6574c8 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export type { ConversationKey } from './locales.ts'
 export type {
   ChatStore, ChatViewInjected, ChatViewSlotProps, CommandRowOwnerProps, CommandRowProps, ComposerBarInjected,
   ComposerChainProps, ConversationInjected,
-  ConversationSessionInjected, ConversationSlotProps, ConvViewOwnerProps, ConvViewProps, DetailsInjected, DetailsSlotProps,
+  ConversationSessionHeaderInjected, ConversationSessionInjected, ConversationSlotProps,
+  ConvViewOwnerProps, ConvViewProps, DetailsInjected, DetailsSlotProps,
   EmptyWorkspaceOwnerProps, ToolRowOwnerProps, ToolRowProps,
 } from './contract/slots.ts'
 // Export discipline: packages/client/AGENTS.md.
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.module.css b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.module.css
index b1c5f51451..4c9d2f8627 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.module.css
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.module.css
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--dsw-alias-border-l2);
 }
 
-/* Blank hero/settling: keep the header node mounted (stable Session tree for
-   the wrapActiveBody composer) without taking column space. */
+/* Blank hero/settling: keep the strict Session header mounted without taking
+   column space; the root-owned scrollport and composer remain below it. */
 .headerHidden {
   display: none;
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx
index dce9416831..bc5f7bdc01 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // chain, AND the composer bar (session-maybe slot) stay mounted across
 // no-session/session transitions — the bar renders inert via owner props.
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import type { WorkspaceId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 import type { ConversationSlotProps, InputZone } from '../contract/slots.ts'
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ export function ConversationRoot({
 
   // Publishes the seat's live height as --dsh-composer-height on the scroll
   // body so floating controls (ChatView back-to-bottom) clear the composer as
-  // it grows. Callback ref, not an effect: the seat remounts when the tree
-  // moves between the no-session and session paths. Stable identity so React
-  // reattaches only on those remounts, not on every render.
+  // it grows. Callback ref, not an effect; stable identity prevents observer
+  // churn while the first blank session fills the resident body outlet.
   const seatObserver = useRef<ResizeObserver | null>(null)
   const seatResizeRef = useCallback((seat: HTMLDivElement | null): void => {
     seatObserver.current?.disconnect()
@@ -167,28 +166,13 @@ export function ConversationRoot({
     </div>
   )
 
-  // Header stays column chrome above this scrollport; the sticky composer
-  // seat lives inside it with the transcript. Always wrap while a session
-  // exists (hero/settling/active) so the composer keeps one tree seat across
-  // the blank → active flip — relocating it only in active remounted the textarea.
-  const wrapActiveBody = (view: ReactNode): ReactNode => (
-    <div className={css.scrollBody} data-conversation-scroll="">
-      {view}
-      {composerSeat}
-    </div>
-  )
-
   return (
     <div className={css.root} data-phase={phase}>
-      {/* Mounted for every real session, hero included: ConversationSession
-          keeps a chrome-hidden shell while blank and owns the draft-
-          persistence mirror bind — unmounting it in the hero would lose
-          pre-first-send text on a refresh or scope rebuild. */}
-      {sessionId !== undefined && renderSlot(
-        'conversation.session',
-        { wrapActiveBody },
-      )}
-      {sessionId === undefined ? wrapActiveBody(null) : null}
+      {renderSlot('conversation.session.header', {})}
+      <div className={css.scrollBody} data-conversation-scroll="">
+        {renderSlot('conversation.session', {})}
+        {composerSeat}
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx
index d6a597e54f..35bdab481b 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-/** Strict per-session conversation content: header, view ring, and chat store bindings. */
+/** Strict per-session header/body content inserted into the resident conversation layout. */
 
-import { useEffect, useSyncExternalStore, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import type { SessionId, SessionListState, SessionSummary } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
-import type { ConversationSessionSlotProps } from '../contract/slots.ts'
+import type {
+  ConversationSessionHeaderSlotProps, ConversationSessionSlotProps,
+} from '../contract/slots.ts'
 import css from './ConversationRoot.module.css'
 
-/** Full props composed from the strict session slot contract. */
+/** Full props composed from the strict session body contract. */
 export type ConversationSessionProps = ConversationSessionSlotProps
 
+/** Full props composed from the strict session header contract. */
+export type ConversationSessionHeaderProps = ConversationSessionHeaderSlotProps
+
 interface Breadcrumb {
   readonly id: SessionId
   readonly displayTitle: string
@@ -38,10 +43,15 @@ function equalBreadcrumbs(left: readonly Breadcrumb[], right: readonly Breadcrum
     })
 }
 
-export function ConversationSession({
-  sessionId, useSession, useSessions, useInput, inputActions, useStore, actions,
-  renderSlot, views, bindDraftMirror, open, wrapActiveBody, t,
-}: ConversationSessionProps) {
+/**
+ * Renders Session header chrome above the resident conversation scrollport.
+ * @param props - Strict Session store, view ledger, navigation, render, and locale shares.
+ * @returns the hidden blank-session header or visible title and tabs.
+ */
+export function ConversationSessionHeader({
+  sessionId, useSession, useSessions, useStore, actions,
+  renderSlot, views, open, t,
+}: ConversationSessionHeaderProps) {
   useSyncExternalStore(views.subscribe, views.version)
   const tabs = views.list()
   const activeId = useStore(s => s.view) ?? 'chat'
@@ -49,6 +59,77 @@ export function ConversationSession({
   const ancestry = useSessions(s => deriveAncestry(s, sessionId), equalBreadcrumbs)
   const composerPhase = useSession(s => s.composerPhase)
   const blank = useSession(s => s.blank)
+  const hideChrome = blank && composerPhase === 'blank'
+
+  return (
+    <header
+      className={clsx(css.header, hideChrome && css.headerHidden)}
+      aria-hidden={hideChrome || undefined}
+    >
+      {!hideChrome && (
+        <>
+          <div className={css.titleRow}>
+            <nav className={css.crumbs} aria-label={t('session.hierarchy')}>
+              {ancestry.map((summary, index) => {
+                const last = index === ancestry.length - 1
+                return (
+                  <span key={summary.id} className={css.crumbSeg}>
+                    {index > 0 && <span className={css.crumbSep}>/</span>}
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      className={clsx(css.crumb, last && css.crumbCurrent)}
+                      disabled={last}
+                      onClick={() => { open(summary.id) }}
+                    >
+                      {summary.displayTitle}
+                    </button>
+                  </span>
+                )
+              })}
+              {ancestry.length === 0 && <span className={css.crumbCurrent}>{sessionId}</span>}
+            </nav>
+            <div className={css.headerActions}>
+              {renderSlot('conversation.session.header.actions', {})}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          {tabs.length > 1 && (
+            <div className={css.tabs} role="tablist">
+              {tabs.map(viewTab => (
+                <button
+                  key={viewTab.id}
+                  type="button"
+                  role="tab"
+                  aria-selected={viewTab.id === active?.id}
+                  className={clsx(css.tab, viewTab.id === active?.id && css.tabActive)}
+                  onClick={() => { actions.setView(viewTab.id) }}
+                >
+                  {viewTab.label}
+                </button>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </>
+      )}
+    </header>
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders the active Session view inside the resident scrollport and keeps
+ * the input draft mirrored while blank Hero chrome is visible.
+ * @param props - Strict Session input/store, view ledger, and render shares.
+ * @returns the active view area, or null while the Session remains blank.
+ */
+export function ConversationSession({
+  useSession, useInput, inputActions, useStore, actions,
+  renderSlot, views, bindDraftMirror,
+}: ConversationSessionProps) {
+  useSyncExternalStore(views.subscribe, views.version)
+  const tabs = views.list()
+  const activeId = useStore(s => s.view) ?? 'chat'
+  const active = tabs.find(view => view.id === activeId) ?? tabs[0]
+  const composerPhase = useSession(s => s.composerPhase)
+  const blank = useSession(s => s.blank)
   const inputState = useInput(s => s)
   const storedDraft = useStore(s => s.draft)
   // `?? null`: persisted snapshots from before the inspect field rehydrate without it.
@@ -62,13 +143,8 @@ export function ConversationSession({
     // the machine mirror, not this seed effect.
   }, [inputActions])
 
-  // Blank hero/settling: keep the same header + body tree shape so a
-  // wrapActiveBody-hosted composer keeps its DOM identity across the first
-  // send (hero → active). Chrome is hidden; the draft-persistence mirror
-  // still runs because this component stays mounted.
-  const hideChrome = blank && composerPhase === 'blank'
-
-  const view: ReactNode = hideChrome ? null : (
+  if (blank && composerPhase === 'blank') return null
+  return (
     <div className={css.viewArea}>
       {active !== undefined && renderSlot('conversation.view', {
         inspect,
@@ -76,59 +152,4 @@ export function ConversationSession({
       }, { only: active.id })}
     </div>
   )
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <header
-        className={clsx(css.header, hideChrome && css.headerHidden)}
-        aria-hidden={hideChrome || undefined}
-      >
-        {!hideChrome && (
-          <>
-            <div className={css.titleRow}>
-              <nav className={css.crumbs} aria-label={t('session.hierarchy')}>
-                {ancestry.map((summary, index) => {
-                  const last = index === ancestry.length - 1
-                  return (
-                    <span key={summary.id} className={css.crumbSeg}>
-                      {index > 0 && <span className={css.crumbSep}>/</span>}
-                      <button
-                        type="button"
-                        className={clsx(css.crumb, last && css.crumbCurrent)}
-                        disabled={last}
-                        onClick={() => { open(summary.id) }}
-                      >
-                        {summary.displayTitle}
-                      </button>
-                    </span>
-                  )
-                })}
-                {ancestry.length === 0 && <span className={css.crumbCurrent}>{sessionId}</span>}
-              </nav>
-              <div className={css.headerActions}>
-                {renderSlot('conversation.session.header.actions', {})}
-              </div>
-            </div>
-            {tabs.length > 1 && (
-              <div className={css.tabs} role="tablist">
-                {tabs.map(viewTab => (
-                  <button
-                    key={viewTab.id}
-                    type="button"
-                    role="tab"
-                    aria-selected={viewTab.id === active?.id}
-                    className={clsx(css.tab, viewTab.id === active?.id && css.tabActive)}
-                    onClick={() => { actions.setView(viewTab.id) }}
-                  >
-                    {viewTab.label}
-                  </button>
-                ))}
-              </div>
-            )}
-          </>
-        )}
-      </header>
-      {wrapActiveBody !== undefined ? wrapActiveBody(view) : view}
-    </>
-  )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/EmptyHero.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/EmptyHero.tsx
index 4b491e1f7f..62ebdd93b4 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/EmptyHero.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/EmptyHero.tsx
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ export function HeroShell({ t, children }: HeroShellProps) {
           <span className={css.previewBadge}>{t('hero.preview')}</span>
         </div>
         <div className={css.body}>
-          {/* The resident composer (ConversationRoot wrapActiveBody seat; the
-              workspace row rides the stack above the card) is CSS-centered in
-              the session scroll body during hero — see
+          {/* The resident composer (ConversationRoot's root-owned scrollport;
+              the workspace row rides the stack above the card) is CSS-centered
+              in that scroll body during hero — see
               ConversationRoot.module.css [data-phase='hero']. */}
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/apply-inject.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/apply-inject.spec.tsx
index cfbb0fdcbe..49682fea52 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/apply-inject.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/apply-inject.spec.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import { LocaleService } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale/client'
 import type { ISession, SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 import { apply, inject } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/client'
 import type {
-  ChatViewInjected, ComposerBarInjected, ConversationInjected, ConversationSessionInjected, DetailsInjected,
+  ChatViewInjected, ComposerBarInjected, ConversationInjected, ConversationSessionHeaderInjected,
+  ConversationSessionInjected, DetailsInjected,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/client'
 import type { createChatStore } from '../src/client/stores.ts'
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ async function bench() {
   // The host face (store resolution) exists only inside the installed
   // renderer, so materialize it the way the shell does.
   runtime.renderRoot()
-  const entryOf = (key: 'conversation' | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.composer.bar' | 'conversation.view' | 'details') =>
+  const entryOf = (key: 'conversation' | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.session.header' | 'conversation.composer.bar' | 'conversation.view' | 'details') =>
     runtime.slots.entries(key)[0]!
   /** Resolve store instance + call the inject the way the outlet would. */
   const conversationSurface = (id: SessionId) => {
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ async function bench() {
       id, instance.actions)
     return { instance, injected }
   }
+  const conversationHeaderSurface = (id: SessionId) => {
+    const entry = entryOf('conversation.session.header')
+    const instance = runtime.storeOf('conversation.session.header', id) as ChatInstance
+    const injected = (entry.inject as unknown as (sessionId: SessionId, actions: ChatActions) => ConversationSessionHeaderInjected)(
+      id, instance.actions)
+    return { instance, injected }
+  }
   const residentSurface = (id: SessionId | undefined) => {
     const entry = entryOf('conversation')
     return (entry.inject as unknown as (sessionId: SessionId | undefined) => ConversationInjected)(id)
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ async function bench() {
   }
   return {
     runtime, feature, slots: runtime.slots, entryOf,
-    conversationSurface, residentSurface, composerSurface, chatViewSurface, inputSurface,
+    conversationSurface, conversationHeaderSurface, residentSurface, composerSurface, chatViewSurface, inputSurface,
     sessionFake, layoutFake,
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/assembly-surfaces.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/assembly-surfaces.spec.tsx
index 3a1a968bea..16163065eb 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/assembly-surfaces.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/assembly-surfaces.spec.tsx
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
  */
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { useState } from 'react'
 import { LocaleService } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale/client'
 import type { ISession, SessionId, TodoItem, ToolResultNode } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 import type { PropsRenderSlots } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
 import { SlotTestRuntime, usePinnedBrowserLanguages } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-test-runtime'
-import { apply, inject } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/client'
+import { apply, inject, type EmptyWorkspaceOwnerProps } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/client'
 
 // The service reads its initial locale from the browser; these specs assert
 // the shipped Chinese copy, so they state the browser they assume.
@@ -83,6 +84,16 @@ const LAYOUT_CHILDREN = {
   'details': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
 } as const
 
+/** Stateful occupant proving the root-scoped Hero workspace outlet is not rebuilt. */
+function WorkspaceProbe({ open }: EmptyWorkspaceOwnerProps) {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
+  return (
+    <button data-testid="workspace-probe" onClick={() => { setCount(value => value + 1) }}>
+      {String(open)}:{count}
+    </button>
+  )
+}
+
 async function bench(nodes: ToolResultNode[], opts?: { blank?: boolean }) {
   const runtime = await SlotTestRuntime.create()
   runtime.provide('layout', { openDetails: vi.fn(), closeDetails: vi.fn() })
@@ -188,6 +199,49 @@ describe('resident composer', () => {
     await runtime.dispose()
   })
 
+  it('keeps the complete Hero tree mounted when the first Workspace session appears', async () => {
+    const runtime = await SlotTestRuntime.create()
+    runtime.provide('layout', { openDetails: vi.fn(), closeDetails: vi.fn() })
+    const locale = new LocaleService(runtime.ctx)
+    runtime.provide('locale', locale)
+    runtime.slots.installLocale(locale)
+    await runtime.workspaces.update((draft) => {
+      draft.items = [{ workspaceId: 'w1', title: 'Proj', path: '/proj', sessionIds: [SID] }] as never
+    })
+    await runtime.root.declare(LAYOUT_CHILDREN, AppRoot)
+    await runtime.mount({ inject: [...inject], apply })
+    runtime.slots.register({ name: 'conversation.hero.workspace' }, WorkspaceProbe)
+    const view = runtime.renderRoot()
+
+    const root = view.container.querySelector('[data-phase="hero"]')!
+    const scrollBody = view.container.querySelector('[data-conversation-scroll]')!
+    const composerSeat = view.container.querySelector('[data-composer-seat]')!
+    const textarea = view.container.querySelector('textarea')!
+    const workspaceChip = view.getByRole('button', { name: '选择工作区' })
+    const workspaceProbe = view.getByTestId('workspace-probe')
+    expect(textarea.disabled).toBe(true)
+
+    fireEvent.click(workspaceChip)
+    fireEvent.click(workspaceProbe)
+    expect(workspaceProbe.textContent).toBe('true:1')
+
+    await runtime.sessions.add({
+      id: SID,
+      summary: { title: 'S', displayTitle: 'S', cwd: '/proj', blank: true },
+      snapshot: { blank: true, composerPhase: 'blank' },
+    })
+
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('[data-phase="hero"]')).toBe(root)
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('[data-conversation-scroll]')).toBe(scrollBody)
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('[data-composer-seat]')).toBe(composerSeat)
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('textarea')).toBe(textarea)
+    expect(view.getByRole('button', { name: '选择工作区' })).toBe(workspaceChip)
+    expect(view.getByTestId('workspace-probe')).toBe(workspaceProbe)
+    expect(workspaceProbe.textContent).toBe('true:1')
+    expect(textarea.disabled).toBe(false)
+    await runtime.dispose()
+  })
+
 
   it('the textarea survives the blank→active conversion as the same DOM node', async () => {
     const runtime = await bench([], { blank: true })
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/chat-apply.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/chat-apply.spec.tsx
index 1415d4edb0..df8fff6719 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/chat-apply.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/chat-apply.spec.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function bench() {
 }
 
 /** First stored entry for a key (inject/store live directly on StoredEntry). */
-function renderEntryOf(slots: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof bench>>['slots'], key: 'conversation' | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.view' | 'details') {
+function renderEntryOf(slots: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof bench>>['slots'], key: 'conversation' | 'conversation.session' | 'conversation.session.header' | 'conversation.view' | 'details') {
   return slots.entries(key)[0] as undefined | { inject?: unknown; store?: unknown }
 }
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ describe('apply wiring', () => {
     const b = await bench()
     const conversation = renderEntryOf(b.slots, 'conversation')
     const conversationSession = renderEntryOf(b.slots, 'conversation.session')
+    const conversationHeader = renderEntryOf(b.slots, 'conversation.session.header')
     const chatView = renderEntryOf(b.slots, 'conversation.view')
     const details = renderEntryOf(b.slots, 'details')
     expect(conversation?.inject).toBeTypeOf('function')
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ describe('apply wiring', () => {
     // The shared handle: one apply-built store value on ALL session entries
     // (the session-maybe 'conversation' shell carries no store by design).
     expect(conversationSession?.store).toBeDefined()
+    expect(conversationHeader?.store).toBe(conversationSession?.store)
     expect(details?.store).toBe(conversationSession?.store)
     expect(chatView?.store).toBe(conversationSession?.store)
     // The hero workspace picker hole rides the conversation entry's children
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/selection-survival.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/selection-survival.spec.tsx
index 4559618a8a..07e9ad0c79 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/selection-survival.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/selection-survival.spec.tsx
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ type ChatInstance = ReturnType<ReturnType<typeof createChatStore>['create']>
 async function bench() {
   const runtime = await SlotTestRuntime.create()
   const chat = createChatStore()
-  // The apply.ts shape: one shared handle across both strict-session slot
-  // registrations ('conversation.session'/'details'); the session-maybe
-  // 'conversation' shell carries no store by design. The slots must first
-  // exist in the ledger — the test root declares them (the AppFrame role).
+  // The apply.ts shape: one shared handle across the strict Session header,
+  // body, and details registrations; the session-maybe 'conversation' shell
+  // carries no store by design. The slots must first exist in the ledger.
   await runtime.root.declare({
     'conversation': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session-maybe' },
     'conversation.session': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
+    'conversation.session.header': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
     'details': { kind: 'single', scope: 'session' },
   }, (_p: { renderSlot?: unknown }) => null)
   runtime.slots.register({ name: 'conversation.session', store: chat }, () => null)
+  runtime.slots.register({ name: 'conversation.session.header', store: chat }, () => null)
   runtime.slots.register({ name: 'details', store: chat }, () => null)
   runtime.renderRoot() // materializes the host face storeOf resolves through
   return { runtime, chat }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/skeleton.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/skeleton.spec.tsx
index 858cbe5b7b..1cf97bb61a 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/skeleton.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-conversation/tests/skeleton.spec.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { createChatStore } from '../src/client/stores.ts'
 import { SessionInputShell } from '../src/client/input/facade.ts'
 import { en, zh } from '../src/client/locales.ts'
 import { ConversationRoot } from '../src/client/skeleton/ConversationRoot.tsx'
-import { ConversationSession } from '../src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
+import { ConversationSession, ConversationSessionHeader } from '../src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
 import { HeroShell } from '../src/client/skeleton/EmptyHero.tsx'
 import { InputBar } from '../src/client/skeleton/InputBar.tsx'
 import type { InputBarProps } from '../src/client/skeleton/InputBar.tsx'
@@ -122,6 +122,33 @@ function mount(
   const renderSlot = ((key: string, owner: object, opts?: { only?: string }) => {
     slotCalls.push(key)
     if (key === 'conversation.hero.workspace') { pickerOwner = owner; return null }
+    if (key === 'conversation.session.header') {
+      return (
+        <ConversationSessionHeader
+          sessionId={SID}
+          SessionProvider={({ children }) => children(SID)}
+          useSession={useSession}
+          useSessions={props.useSessions}
+          useWorkspaces={props.useWorkspaces}
+          useProjection={(() => undefined)}
+          useInput={useInput}
+          inputActions={inputActions}
+          useStore={bindSnapshotSelector(chat)}
+          actions={chat.actions}
+          renderSlot={renderSlot as never}
+          views={{
+            list: () => [
+              { id: 'chat', label: 'Chat' },
+              { id: 'trajectory', label: 'Trajectory' },
+            ],
+            subscribe: () => () => {},
+            version: () => 1,
+          }}
+          open={open}
+          t={t}
+        />
+      )
+    }
     if (key === 'conversation.session') {
       return (
         <ConversationSession
@@ -145,9 +172,6 @@ function mount(
             version: () => 1,
           }}
           bindDraftMirror={write => wiring.bindMirror(write)}
-          open={open}
-          t={t}
-          {...owner}
         />
       )
     }
@@ -340,7 +364,7 @@ describe('ConversationRoot resident composer', () => {
     const before = b.view.getByRole('textbox')
     fireEvent.change(before, { target: { value: 'kept across flip' } })
     // First message landed: content exists, phase leaves blank. Composer
-    // already sat in the Session scrollport during hero, so the textarea
+    // already sat in the resident scrollport during hero, so the textarea
     // node and InputHub draft both survive.
     b.session.set(conversationSnapshot({ composerPhase: 'active', blank: false }))
     b.rerender()
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/client/ui-models/README.i18n.yaml
index 2e4cf00248..ae296a91aa 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-models/README.md
-README.md: c578ecfc9163245e8666cb6d2d327efdaccccf89
-README.zh.md: 40da5b52f681071cb5b833866270db7b37fb0957
+README.md: b55914197e472edec8a8b6d4d3e02036d1697728
+README.zh.md: ca93c3d5a2a85fffb22707f8389f1e979468e2ec
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/README.md b/packages/client/ui-models/README.md
index c578ecfc91..b55914197e 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/README.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/README.md
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
 Models settings plugin: the provider configuration page and official-DeepSeek conditional onboarding step. It joins three wire domains into one shared snapshot — `llm.providers` (the configurable-provider directory with each route's live/dormant state), `settings.describe` (serialized schemas, layered redacted values, secret slots), and `credentials.describe` (value-free configured/source/writable badges) — and renders provider rows with one editor card at a time, without presenting route liveness as provider status.
 
-Rows are the *configured* providers (their profile resolves in the owning namespace); a whole-section provider whose key is not configured anywhere (the first-run DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup card instead of a row, and the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-directory provider select — a bare-mounted `llm-pi-ai` offers its whole installed catalog before any route exists. The editor is a hand-written card per adapter family: the primary field is a single **API key** input — the page never asks for an environment-variable name; a typed key stores **write-only** through `credentials.set` under the profile's reference, deriving `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` when the profile has none, and the pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv`, so `settings.yaml` never carries a key value. The collapsed 自定义设置 fold carries the curated extras — `baseURL` for both families (the deepseek placeholder shows the public endpoint), `reasoningEffort` (deepseek) or `reasoning` (pi-ai), and the direct DeepSeek adapter's advisory model catalog. Each DeepSeek row edits `id`, optional display `name`, and optional `contextWindow`; existing fields outside that curated set survive edits, while every other profile field stays owned by `settings.yaml`. A row is deletable only when the user layer alone carries it (removal restores the composition base), and a localized confirmation dialog must complete before the page submits that destructive unset.
+Rows are the *configured* providers (their profile resolves in the owning namespace); a whole-section provider whose key is not configured anywhere (the first-run DeepSeek posture) renders as its open setup card instead of a row, and the add flow is a card carrying the dormant-directory provider select — a bare-mounted `llm-pi-ai` offers its whole installed catalog before any route exists. The pi-ai card additionally edits that route's **model list** and can ask the provider what it serves. The editor is a hand-written card per adapter family: the primary field is a single **API key** input — the page never asks for an environment-variable name; a typed key stores **write-only** through `credentials.set` under the profile's reference, deriving `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` when the profile has none, and the pi-ai profile records that derivation as `apiKeyEnv`, so `settings.yaml` never carries a key value. The collapsed 自定义设置 fold carries the curated extras — `baseURL` for both families (the deepseek placeholder shows the public endpoint), `reasoningEffort` (deepseek) or `reasoning` (pi-ai), and the direct DeepSeek adapter's advisory model catalog. Each DeepSeek row edits `id`, optional display `name`, and optional `contextWindow`; existing fields outside that curated set survive edits, while every other profile field stays owned by `settings.yaml`. A row is deletable only when the user layer alone carries it (removal restores the composition base), and a localized confirmation dialog must complete before the page submits that destructive unset.
 
 The DeepSeek step projects `deepseek-official` readiness from that same joined snapshot after earlier onboarding pages complete. It recognizes the official adapter through its `llm-deepseek` configurable-provider declaration, so an undeclared live route with the same provider id is not treated as repairable configuration. A configured literal `apiKey` secret sidecar or configured credential reference completes the step without rendering, including a read-only launch-environment credential. Only a mounted, active adapter with a missing writable reference shows the page that opens Settings on Models, whose existing setup card exclusively owns key input and `credentials.set`; the step never holds a secret. An absent adapter, inactive route, failed join, read-only deployment, or unusable settings or credential capability completes the step without rendering so onboarding cannot block the product; Models remains the diagnostic surface.
 
 Every edit lands as `settings.mutate` path ops against the stored section — a set per changed field, an unset per cleared one, and a single unset for a deleted provider row. The page only ever holds the REDACTED descriptor, so it names the fields it can see rather than rebuilding a section: a stored literal secret it never received is mentioned by no op and survives. DeepSeek's `models` is one replace-by-value array: the editor shows inherited effective rows until the first model edit materializes the complete array in the user layer, while reset unsets that override. A row carries the model id and display name; its context window and output cap sit behind the row's own disclosure, the same shape the pi-ai provider form uses. Either capacity is typed as a count with an optional decimal `K` or `M` suffix (`256K`, `1M`; `1M` is 1000K) and stored as the plain count, spelled back in the shortest form that round-trips. Empty ids, duplicate ids, empty explicit names, and unreadable, non-positive, or fractional capacities fail before any write. Each write carries the `revision` the card opened at, so a concurrent write from another tab or an external `settings.yaml` edit is refused as `settings-conflict` and the card asks the user to reopen instead of replaying its stale snapshot. The page refetches on the pushed invalidations (`settings/changed`, `credentials/changed`, `models/changed`, and `connection/reset`) once it has loaded, so an external `settings.yaml` edit, a second tab, or a settings-born route converges without polling.
 
+## Model list and endpoint interrogation
+
+A pi-ai profile's `models` list is edited on the card: one row per model showing its id and display name, with the context window and output cap behind a per-row disclosure and two label-free actions — expand and delete — on the right. An empty list means "serve this route's built-in catalog", so a row is only ever added deliberately; clearing a capacity drops it rather than storing a value the schema would reject, and the adapter's route-level fallbacks size whatever configuration leaves out — an empty capacity shows those fallbacks' magnitude as its placeholder, a hint rather than a mirror, since the field counts `K` as 1000 and a deployment may override them. A capacity that is not a positive integer is simply not stored.
+
+**Fetch available models** asks `llm.discoverModels` about the endpoint the form **currently shows**, including a base URL edited but not yet saved and a key typed but not yet stored, so adding a provider is one pass instead of save-then-return. The reply opens a picker rather than being written: candidates already configured start unchecked, so adopting a selection never overwrites a capacity the user corrected. A provider that cannot be interrogated is a detour, not a dead end — the adapter's own message appears beside the rows, which stay editable by hand.
+
+**Add a custom provider** declares a route pi-ai does not ship. It is its own card rather than the editor with extra fields, because the route id is being chosen here and the settings address does not exist until it is: one `settings.mutate` sets the whole profile at `providers.<route>`, and the key travels separately through `credentials.set` under the same `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` derivation an existing provider uses. What a hand-declared route cannot default gates the create button — a unique **Provider ID**, an endpoint, a protocol, and at least one uniquely-identified model — so the failure names the field while the user is still looking at it. Capacities do not gate it: the adapter's fallbacks size a model the endpoint described by id alone, which is what most listings return. The protocol choices are read out of the namespace's own schema rather than a wire field or a constant, so they cannot drift from the ones the adapter accepts.
+
 ## Model Experience
 
 None, as the section renders a browser configuration UI; nothing here reaches a model request.
@@ -22,4 +30,6 @@ None; this package neither assembles nor sends a provider request.
 
 - **Only the API key and curated fold fields are editable on the card** — the hand-written editor traded schema-generic field coverage for the mockup layout ([Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-30-web-config-plane.md)). DeepSeek exposes `baseURL`, `reasoningEffort`, and model `id`/`name`/`contextWindow`/`maxTokens`; pi-ai exposes `baseURL` and `reasoning`. Retry policy, timeouts, DeepSeek model descriptions, and other advanced fields remain in `settings.yaml`; existing model fields the editor does not show are preserved. A profile schema without the conventional fields renders the hint alone, and the two curated layouts key on the `llm-deepseek`/`llm-pi-ai` namespaces by name.
 - **Deleting a row leaves its stored key in `.env`** — removal unsets the settings profile but deliberately does not unset the derived credential; re-adding the provider finds the key already configured. An explicit key-removal control is deferred.
+- **Only pi-ai routes can be hand-declared** — the custom-provider card writes into `llm-pi-ai`, the one namespace whose profiles describe a whole provider. A `llm-deepseek` route is a composition fact, not something this page can create.
+- **Interrogation covers OpenAI-compatible endpoints** — the adapter reads only that listing shape, so a gateway speaking another protocol reports that it cannot be asked and its models are entered by hand.
 - **Undeclared live routes render nowhere** — a route registered without a configurable-provider declaration has no settings address; it stays visible in pickers but not on this page's rows.
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/README.zh.md b/packages/client/ui-models/README.zh.md
index 40da5b52f6..ca93c3d5a2 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/README.zh.md
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
 
 模型设置插件：提供方配置页和按条件显示的 DeepSeek 官方首次使用引导步骤。它把三个协议领域汇聚为一个共享快照：`llm.providers`（可配置提供方目录，含每条路由的存活／休眠状态）、`settings.describe`（序列化 schema、分层脱敏值、secret 槽位）与 `credentials.describe`（不含值的 configured/source/writable 徽标）；页面据此渲染提供方行，一次只展开一张编辑卡片，且不把路由存活状态呈现为提供方状态。
 
-行是*已配置*的提供方（其 profile 在所属 namespace 中解析得出）；密钥未在任何地方配置的整分节提供方（DeepSeek 的首次运行姿态）会渲染为其展开的设置卡片而非一行，「新增」流程则是一张承载休眠目录提供方选择框的卡片——裸挂载的 `llm-pi-ai` 在任何路由存在之前就能提供其完整的已安装 catalog。编辑器是每个适配器家族各一张的手写卡片：主字段是单独一个 **API 密钥**输入框——页面从不询问环境变量名；键入的密钥经 `credentials.set` 以**只写**方式存入 profile 的引用之下，profile 没有引用时便派生 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY`，pi-ai profile 会把这次派生记录为 `apiKeyEnv`，因此 `settings.yaml` 从不携带密钥值。收起的「自定义设置」折叠区承载精选的额外字段——两个家族都有 `baseURL`（deepseek 的占位符显示公共端点），另有 `reasoningEffort`（deepseek）或 `reasoning`（pi-ai），以及直接 DeepSeek 适配器的建议性模型目录。每条 DeepSeek 模型行可编辑 `id`、可选的显示名称 `name` 与可选的 `contextWindow`；精选集合以外的现有字段会在编辑后保留，其余每个 profile 字段仍归 `settings.yaml` 所有。只有当某行仅由用户层承载时它才可删除（删除会还原组合 base），而且必须先在本地化对话框中确认，页面才会提交这次破坏性的 unset。
+行是*已配置*的提供方（其 profile 在所属 namespace 中解析得出）；密钥未在任何地方配置的整分节提供方（DeepSeek 的首次运行姿态）会渲染为其展开的设置卡片而非一行，「新增」流程则是一张承载休眠目录提供方选择框的卡片——裸挂载的 `llm-pi-ai` 在任何路由存在之前就能提供其完整的已安装 catalog。pi-ai 卡片还会编辑该路由的**模型列表**，并可以询问提供方它服务什么。编辑器是每个适配器家族各一张的手写卡片：主字段是单独一个 **API 密钥**输入框——页面从不询问环境变量名；键入的密钥经 `credentials.set` 以**只写**方式存入 profile 的引用之下，profile 没有引用时便派生 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY`，pi-ai profile 会把这次派生记录为 `apiKeyEnv`，因此 `settings.yaml` 从不携带密钥值。收起的「自定义设置」折叠区承载精选的额外字段——两个家族都有 `baseURL`（deepseek 的占位符显示公共端点），另有 `reasoningEffort`（deepseek）或 `reasoning`（pi-ai），以及直接 DeepSeek 适配器的建议性模型目录。每条 DeepSeek 模型行可编辑 `id`、可选的显示名称 `name` 与可选的 `contextWindow`；精选集合以外的现有字段会在编辑后保留，其余每个 profile 字段仍归 `settings.yaml` 所有。只有当某行仅由用户层承载时它才可删除（删除会还原组合 base），而且必须先在本地化对话框中确认，页面才会提交这次破坏性的 unset。
 
 前序首次使用引导页面完成后，DeepSeek 步骤会从同一个联接快照得出 `deepseek-official` 的就绪状态。它通过 `llm-deepseek` 的可配置提供方声明识别官方适配器，因此同 id 但未声明的存活路由不属于可修复配置。若 `apiKey` 字面量对应的 secret 槽位标记为已设置，或凭据引用已配置，该步骤会直接完成而不渲染，其中包括来自启动环境且只读的凭据。只有已挂载且活跃、引用可写但尚未配置的适配器才会显示前往「设置」Models 分区的页面；密钥输入和 `credentials.set` 仅由该分区已有的设置卡片负责，该步骤绝不持有 secret。适配器缺失、路由不活跃、联接失败、部署只读或设置／凭据能力不可用时，该步骤均不渲染并直接完成，以免首次使用引导阻塞产品；Models 页仍是诊断界面。
 
 每一次编辑都以 `settings.mutate` 的路径 op 落到已存分节上——每个变更字段一条 set、每个清空字段一条 unset、删除提供方行则是单独一条 unset。页面自始至终只持有**脱敏后**的 descriptor，因此它点名自己看得见的字段，而不是重建分节：一个它从未收到过的已存字面机密不会被任何 op 提及，也就得以留存。DeepSeek 的 `models` 是一个按值整体替换的数组：编辑器会显示继承而来的生效模型行，直到第一次模型编辑将完整数组具化到用户层；重置则会取消该覆盖。每个模型行承载模型 ID 与显示名称，其上下文窗口与最大输出 token 数则收在该行自己的折叠区里，与 pi-ai 提供方表单采用的形态相同。两项容量都按数值键入，可带十进制的 `K` 或 `M` 后缀（`256K`、`1M`；`1M` 即 1000K），存储为纯数值，回显时写成能够往返的最短形式。空 ID、重复 ID、显式填写的空名称，以及无法读取、非正数或非整数的容量都会在写入前失败。每次写入都携带该卡片打开时的 `revision`，因此来自另一个标签页或对 `settings.yaml` 的外部编辑所产生的并发写入会以 `settings-conflict` 被拒绝，卡片会请用户重新打开，而不是把自己的陈旧快照重放上去。页面加载完成后会在推送的失效事件（`settings/changed`、`credentials/changed`、`models/changed` 与 `connection/reset`）上重拉，因此外部的 `settings.yaml` 编辑、第二个标签页或 settings 新生的路由都无需轮询即可收敛。
 
+## 模型列表与端点询问
+
+pi-ai profile 的 `models` 列表就在卡片上编辑：一行一个模型，行上显示 id 与显示名称，上下文窗口与输出上限收在该行的展开区内，右侧是两个无文字的操作——展开与删除。空列表意味着「使用该路由的内置 catalog」，因此每一行都只会被刻意添加；清空容量会丢弃它，而不是存入一个 schema 会拒绝的值，配置留空的部分由适配器的路由级回退值定尺寸——留空的容量以这些回退值的量级作为占位符，那只是提示而非镜像：该字段按 1000 计 `K`，且部署可以覆盖这些回退值。不是正整数的容量根本不会被存下。
+
+**获取可用模型**会针对表单**当前显示**的端点调用 `llm.discoverModels`，包括已修改但尚未保存的 API 地址和已键入但尚未存储的密钥，因此新增一个提供方是一趟走完，而不是「先保存再回来」。回复会打开一个选择框而不是直接写入：已配置过的候选默认不勾选，因此采纳一次选择绝不会覆盖用户已更正的容量。无法被询问的提供方只是绕路而非死路——适配器自己的消息会显示在各行旁边，而这些行仍可手工编辑。
+
+**添加自定义提供方**用来声明 pi-ai 未提供的路由。它是独立的一张卡片而非在编辑器上加字段，因为路由 id 正是在这里被*选定*的，而在选定之前 settings 地址并不存在：一次 `settings.mutate` 在 `providers.<route>` 上设置整个 profile，密钥则经 `credentials.set` 单独传递，使用与既有提供方相同的 `<ROUTE>_API_KEY` 派生。手工声明的路由无法默认的东西会门控创建按钮——唯一的 **Provider ID**、端点、协议，以及至少一个由唯一标识的模型——因此失败会在用户仍看着该字段时点名它。容量不参与门控：端点只按 id 描述的模型（这正是多数列表返回的形态）由适配器的回退值定尺寸。协议选项读自该 namespace 自己的 schema，而非某个协议字段或常量，因此它们不会与适配器实际接受的集合发生漂移。
+
 ## 模型体验
 
 无。该分区渲染浏览器配置 UI；这里没有任何内容进入模型请求。
@@ -22,4 +30,6 @@
 
 - **卡片上可编辑的只有 API 密钥与精选折叠区字段**：手写编辑器用 schema 通用的字段覆盖面换来了设计稿上的布局（[Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-30-web-config-plane.md)）。DeepSeek 公开 `baseURL`、`reasoningEffort` 与模型的 `id`/`name`/`contextWindow`/`maxTokens`；pi-ai 公开 `baseURL` 与 `reasoning`。重试策略、超时、DeepSeek 模型说明及其他进阶字段仍留在 `settings.yaml` 中；编辑器未展示的现有模型字段会予以保留。不带这些约定字段的 profile schema 只渲染该提示，两套精选布局则以 `llm-deepseek`/`llm-pi-ai` 这两个 namespace 的名字为键。
 - **删除一行会把它已存储的密钥留在 `.env` 里**：删除取消设置的是 settings profile，却刻意不清除那条派生凭据；重新添加该提供方时会发现密钥已配置。显式的密钥移除控件暂缓。
+- **只有 pi-ai 路由可以手工声明**：自定义提供方卡片写入 `llm-pi-ai`——唯一一个其 profile 描述整个提供方的 namespace。`llm-deepseek` 路由是组合面的事实，不是本页能创建的东西。
+- **询问只覆盖 OpenAI 兼容端点**：适配器只读这一种列表形状，因此讲其他协议的网关会报告自己无法被询问，其模型需手工填写。
 - **未声明的存活路由无处渲染**：未附带可配置提供方声明即注册的路由没有 settings 地址；它在各选择器中仍然可见，但不会出现在本页的行里。
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/CustomProviderCard.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/CustomProviderCard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4c655472a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/CustomProviderCard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+/**
+ * The card that declares a provider pi-ai does not ship — an OpenAI-compatible
+ * gateway, a self-hosted server, or a provider newer than the installed
+ * catalog.
+ *
+ * This is a create, not an edit, which is why it is its own card rather than
+ * the provider editor with extra fields: the route id is being *chosen* here,
+ * and the settings address does not exist until it is. One `settings.mutate`
+ * sets the whole profile at `providers.<route>`; the key travels separately
+ * through `credentials.set` under the reference the profile records, exactly as
+ * an existing provider's key does.
+ *
+ * The three fields a hand-declared route cannot default — endpoint, protocol,
+ * and at least one model — are required here rather than at load, so the
+ * failure names the field while the user is still looking at it.
+ */
+
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import type { IApiClient } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
+import { EditorFooter } from './EditorFooter.tsx'
+import { validateDeepSeekModels } from './DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
+import { ModelListEditor } from './ModelListEditor.tsx'
+import type { ModelDraft } from './ModelListEditor.tsx'
+import { deriveKeyRef, messageOf } from './store.ts'
+import type { en } from './locales.ts'
+import styles from './ModelsSection.module.css'
+
+/** The settings namespace a hand-declared provider is written into. */
+const NS = 'llm-pi-ai'
+
+/** A route id usable as a settings key and as the stem of a credential name. */
+const ROUTE_PATTERN = /^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/
+
+/** Props of {@link CustomProviderCard}. */
+export interface CustomProviderCardProps {
+  /** Route ids already declared, so the card refuses to shadow one. */
+  taken: readonly string[]
+  /** Wire protocols the adapter can serve, in the order it reports them. */
+  protocols: readonly string[]
+  /**
+   * Revision of the `llm-pi-ai` user section this card opened at, sent with
+   * the create so a route another tab declared meanwhile is a refusal rather
+   * than a silent overwrite of its whole profile.
+   */
+  revision: number
+  /** Wire faces for the write and for interrogating the endpoint. */
+  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials' | 'llm'>
+  /** Section copy. */
+  t: (key: keyof typeof en) => string
+  /** Disable writes (read-only settings provider). */
+  readOnly: boolean
+  /** Close the card; `changed` reports whether a provider was created. */
+  onClose: (changed: boolean) => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render the custom-provider creation card.
+ * @param props - existing routes, protocol choices, wire faces, and copy.
+ * @returns the creation card.
+ */
+export function CustomProviderCard(props: CustomProviderCardProps): ReactNode {
+  const { taken, protocols, api, t } = props
+  // Captured at mount, like the editor's: the write must be judged against the
+  // section this card was drafted over, not whatever it grew into meanwhile.
+  const [openedAt] = useState(() => props.revision)
+  const [route, setRoute] = useState('')
+  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState('')
+  const [baseURL, setBaseURL] = useState('')
+  const [protocol, setProtocol] = useState(protocols[0] ?? '')
+  const [keyDraft, setKeyDraft] = useState('')
+  const [models, setModels] = useState<readonly ModelDraft[]>([])
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [failure, setFailure] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const disabled = props.readOnly || busy
+
+  const routeInvalid = route.length > 0 && !ROUTE_PATTERN.test(route)
+  const routeTaken = taken.includes(route)
+  // Rows are checked by the same per-row validator the editor cards use, so a
+  // bad row is named by its position here too. Capacities have route-level
+  // fallbacks; what a route cannot default is at least one model.
+  const modelFailure = validateDeepSeekModels(models)
+  const ready = route.length > 0 && !routeInvalid && !routeTaken
+    && baseURL.length > 0 && models.length > 0 && modelFailure === undefined
+  // The one blocked gate worth a line under the form. The route id is omitted
+  // because its own field already explains itself, and a satisfied card says
+  // nothing at all rather than printing an empty paragraph.
+  const hint = failure !== undefined || ready
+    ? undefined
+    : baseURL.length === 0
+      ? t('customNeedsBaseUrl')
+      : modelFailure !== undefined
+        ? `${t('model')} ${String(modelFailure.index + 1)}: ${t(modelFailure.key)}`
+        : t('customNeedsModels')
+
+  /** Perform the create, returning a failure message or undefined. */
+  const createOnce = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+    const keyRef = deriveKeyRef(route)
+    const profile = {
+      ...displayName.length === 0 ? {} : { displayName },
+      apiKeyEnv: keyRef,
+      api: protocol,
+      baseURL,
+      models: models.map(model => ({ ...model })),
+    }
+    const response = await api.settings.mutate({
+      ns: NS,
+      ops: [{ op: 'set', path: ['providers', route], value: profile }],
+      // `taken` is a snapshot too, so the id check alone cannot see a route
+      // declared after this card opened; the revision makes that race a
+      // `settings-conflict` instead of a write over the other profile.
+      expectedRevision: openedAt,
+    })
+    if (!response.result.ok) return response.result.error.message
+    if (keyDraft.length > 0) {
+      const stored = await api.credentials.set({ ref: keyRef, value: keyDraft })
+      // The profile landed; saying the key did not is the only honest report,
+      // and the row is now editable so the key can be entered again there.
+      if (!stored.result.ok) return stored.result.error.message
+    }
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const create = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    setBusy(true)
+    setFailure(undefined)
+    try {
+      const outcome = await createOnce()
+      if (outcome !== undefined) {
+        setFailure(outcome)
+        return
+      }
+      props.onClose(true)
+    } catch (error) {
+      // A transport failure rejects rather than answering; without this the
+      // card would stay busy with nothing shown.
+      setFailure(messageOf(error))
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles['editor']}>
+      <div className={styles['editorHeader']}>
+        <span className={styles['editorTitle']}>{t('customTitle')}</span>
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles['field']}>
+        <span className={styles['fieldLabel']}>{t('customRoute')}</span>
+        <input
+          className={styles['input']}
+          type="text"
+          value={route}
+          placeholder="acme-gateway"
+          aria-label={t('customRoute')}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(event) => { setRoute(event.target.value) }}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <p className={styles['advancedHint']}>
+        {routeInvalid ? t('customRouteInvalid') : routeTaken ? t('customRouteTaken') : t('customRouteHint')}
+      </p>
+      <div className={styles['field']}>
+        <span className={styles['fieldLabel']}>{t('customDisplayName')}</span>
+        <input
+          className={styles['input']}
+          type="text"
+          value={displayName}
+          placeholder={route.length === 0 ? t('customDisplayName') : route}
+          aria-label={t('customDisplayName')}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(event) => { setDisplayName(event.target.value) }}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles['field']}>
+        <span className={styles['fieldLabel']}>{t('baseUrl')}</span>
+        <input
+          className={styles['input']}
+          type="text"
+          value={baseURL}
+          placeholder="https://gateway.example/v1"
+          aria-label={t('baseUrl')}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(event) => { setBaseURL(event.target.value) }}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles['field']}>
+        <span className={styles['fieldLabel']}>{t('customApi')}</span>
+        <select
+          className={styles['input']}
+          value={protocol}
+          aria-label={t('customApi')}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(event) => { setProtocol(event.target.value) }}
+        >
+          {protocols.map(choice => <option key={choice} value={choice}>{choice}</option>)}
+        </select>
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles['field']}>
+        <span className={styles['fieldLabel']}>{t('keyInput')}</span>
+        <input
+          className={styles['input']}
+          type="password"
+          autoComplete="off"
+          value={keyDraft}
+          placeholder={t('keyPlaceholder')}
+          aria-label={t('keyInput')}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(event) => { setKeyDraft(event.target.value) }}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <ModelListEditor
+        models={models}
+        onChange={setModels}
+        probe={{
+          settingsNs: NS,
+          baseURL,
+          api: protocol,
+          ...keyDraft.length === 0 ? {} : { apiKey: keyDraft },
+        }}
+        api={api}
+        t={t}
+        disabled={disabled}
+      />
+      {failure !== undefined ? <p className={styles['error']}>{failure}</p> : null}
+      {/* Only the gates with something to say render; the route-id gate has its
+          own field-level hint, so its blocked state would print an empty line. */}
+      {hint === undefined ? null : <p className={styles['advancedHint']}>{hint}</p>}
+      <EditorFooter
+        t={t}
+        busy={busy}
+        submitDisabled={disabled || !ready}
+        submitLabel="create"
+        submitBusyLabel="creating"
+        onCancel={() => { props.onClose(false) }}
+        onSubmit={() => { void create() }}
+      />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/DeepSeekOnboardingDialog.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/DeepSeekOnboardingDialog.tsx
index 7ee67484bc..c8668c3700 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/DeepSeekOnboardingDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/DeepSeekOnboardingDialog.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import type { PropsRuntime } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
-import { BrandWordmark, Button } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
+import { BrandWordmark, Button, OnboardingSurface } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { SnapshotSelectorHook } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
 import type { ModelsSettingsState, ModelsSettingsStore } from './store.ts'
 import { deepSeekReadiness } from './store.ts'
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export function DeepSeekOnboardingDialog(props: DeepSeekOnboardingDialogProps):
     openSection('models')
   }
 
+  // Null covers the still-deciding and nothing-to-do states alike: the
+  // takeover chrome below is part of THIS render, so declining paints and
+  // blocks nothing while the shared join is in flight.
   switch (readiness.kind) {
     case 'loading':
     case 'adapter-absent':
@@ -80,25 +83,27 @@ export function DeepSeekOnboardingDialog(props: DeepSeekOnboardingDialogProps):
   }
 
   return (
-    <section className={styles['page']} role="region" aria-labelledby="deepseek-onboarding-title">
-      <div className={styles['brand']} aria-hidden="true"><BrandWordmark size={24} /></div>
-      <h2
-        ref={titleRef}
-        id="deepseek-onboarding-title"
-        className={styles['title']}
-        tabIndex={-1}
-      >
-        {t('onboardingTitle')}
-      </h2>
-      <p className={styles['description']}>{t('onboardingDescription')}</p>
-      <div className={styles['actions']}>
-        <Button variant="ghost" className={styles['later']} onClick={complete}>
-          {t('onboardingLater')}
-        </Button>
-        <Button variant="primary" className={styles['primary']} onClick={openModels}>
-          {t('onboardingGoToSettings')}
-        </Button>
-      </div>
-    </section>
+    <OnboardingSurface>
+      <section className={styles['page']} role="region" aria-labelledby="deepseek-onboarding-title">
+        <div className={styles['brand']} aria-hidden="true"><BrandWordmark size={24} /></div>
+        <h2
+          ref={titleRef}
+          id="deepseek-onboarding-title"
+          className={styles['title']}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+        >
+          {t('onboardingTitle')}
+        </h2>
+        <p className={styles['description']}>{t('onboardingDescription')}</p>
+        <div className={styles['actions']}>
+          <Button variant="ghost" className={styles['later']} onClick={complete}>
+            {t('onboardingLater')}
+          </Button>
+          <Button variant="primary" className={styles['primary']} onClick={openModels}>
+            {t('onboardingGoToSettings')}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    </OnboardingSurface>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/EditorFooter.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/EditorFooter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c46e84fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/EditorFooter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * The action row every provider card ends with: dismiss on the left, commit on
+ * the right.
+ *
+ * The two cards commit different things — one creates a route, one edits an
+ * existing profile — but the row itself carries no such knowledge. It renders
+ * what it is handed, so the cards keep sole ownership of when a commit is
+ * allowed and what the in-flight wording is.
+ *
+ * Cancel refuses input only while a commit is in flight, never because the card
+ * is disabled: a card the deployment cannot write to must still be dismissable.
+ *
+ * @module dsh-client-ui-models/client/EditorFooter
+ */
+
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import type { en } from './locales.ts'
+import styles from './ModelsSection.module.css'
+
+/** Props of {@link EditorFooter}. */
+export interface EditorFooterProps {
+  /** Localizer for the row's own labels. */
+  t: (key: keyof typeof en) => string
+  /** Whether a commit is in flight; holds Cancel and swaps the commit label. */
+  busy: boolean
+  /** Whether the commit is refused, as judged by the owning card. */
+  submitDisabled: boolean
+  /** Commit label while idle. */
+  submitLabel: keyof typeof en
+  /** Commit label while a commit is in flight. */
+  submitBusyLabel: keyof typeof en
+  /** Dismiss the card without committing. */
+  onCancel: () => void
+  /** Run the card's commit. */
+  onSubmit: () => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render one provider card's action row.
+ * @param props - the labels, commit gating, and handlers the owning card supplies.
+ * @returns the cancel/commit row.
+ */
+export function EditorFooter(props: EditorFooterProps): ReactNode {
+  const { t } = props
+  return (
+    <div className={styles['editorActions']}>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={styles['secondaryButton']}
+        disabled={props.busy}
+        onClick={props.onCancel}
+      >
+        {t('cancel')}
+      </button>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={styles['primaryButton']}
+        disabled={props.submitDisabled}
+        onClick={props.onSubmit}
+      >
+        {props.busy ? t(props.submitBusyLabel) : t(props.submitLabel)}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelListEditor.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelListEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e60c8c24ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelListEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+/**
+ * The model list of one pi-ai provider profile, plus the action that asks the
+ * provider what it serves.
+ *
+ * The list is the profile's `models` array as the card holds it: an empty list
+ * means "serve this route's built-in catalog", and any entry replaces that
+ * catalog, so a row is only ever added deliberately. Fetching asks the endpoint
+ * **the form currently shows** — including a key typed but not yet saved — so
+ * adding a provider is one pass instead of save-then-return; the reply is
+ * candidates the user picks from, never configuration written behind them.
+ *
+ * A provider that cannot be interrogated (an unreachable endpoint, a protocol
+ * with no readable listing) is not a dead end: the failure is shown next to the
+ * rows the user can still fill in by hand.
+ */
+
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import type { DiscoveredModelView, IApiClient } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
+import { Button, Modal } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
+import { formatCapacity, parseCapacity } from './DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
+import type { DeepSeekModelDraft } from './DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
+import { messageOf } from './store.ts'
+import type { en } from './locales.ts'
+import styles from './ModelsSection.module.css'
+
+/**
+ * One configured model row. Structurally open, exactly like the DeepSeek
+ * catalog editor's rows: a profile field this card does not edit — one a future
+ * schema adds, or one hand-written in `settings.yaml` — has to survive being
+ * edited here rather than being dropped by a rebuild.
+ */
+export type ModelDraft = DeepSeekModelDraft
+
+/** A row's text field, or the empty string when unset or not a string. */
+function textOf(model: ModelDraft, key: string): string {
+  const value = model[key]
+  return typeof value === 'string' ? value : ''
+}
+
+/** A row's numeric field, or `undefined` when unset or not a number. */
+function numberOf(model: ModelDraft, key: string): number | undefined {
+  const value = model[key]
+  return typeof value === 'number' ? value : undefined
+}
+
+/** What an interrogation needs, taken from the live form. */
+export interface ProbeTarget {
+  /** Settings namespace whose adapter family answers. */
+  settingsNs: string
+  /**
+   * Route being edited, when the card edits one. An adapter that already
+   * describes it answers from its own registry, so such a card can ask without
+   * an endpoint at all.
+   */
+  provider?: string
+  /** Endpoint as the form currently shows it. */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** Wire protocol the form names, when it names one. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Key typed into the form and not yet stored, when there is one. */
+  apiKey?: string
+}
+
+/** Props of {@link ModelListEditor}. */
+export interface ModelListEditorProps {
+  /** The rows as currently drafted. */
+  models: readonly ModelDraft[]
+  /** Whether the user layer currently owns the whole array; absent on a create. */
+  overridden?: boolean
+  /** Replace the drafted rows. */
+  onChange: (models: ModelDraft[]) => void
+  /** Remove the user-owned array and return to inheritance; absent on a create. */
+  onReset?: () => void
+  /** Endpoint facts for the fetch action. */
+  probe: ProbeTarget
+  /** Wire face the fetch action calls. */
+  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'llm'>
+  /** Section copy. */
+  t: (key: keyof typeof en) => string
+  /** Disable every control (read-only deployment or a pending write). */
+  disabled: boolean
+}
+
+/** Disclosure chevron; rotates to point down while its row is open. */
+function IconChevron({ open }: { open: boolean }): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden
+      style={{ transform: open ? 'rotate(90deg)' : undefined, transition: 'transform 120ms ease' }}
+    >
+      <path d="M6 3.5L10.5 8L6 12.5" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
+/** Removal glyph for one model row. */
+function IconTrash(): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden>
+      <path
+        d="M2.5 4h11M6.5 4V2.5h3V4M4 4l.7 9a1 1 0 001 .9h4.6a1 1 0 001-.9L12 4M6.5 6.8v4.4M9.5 6.8v4.4"
+        stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.3" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"
+      />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
+/** The two token counts edited as K/M-suffixed text behind a row's disclosure. */
+type CapacityField = 'contextWindow' | 'maxTokens'
+
+/**
+ * What an empty capacity field is worth, shown as its placeholder so a row left
+ * blank does not read as a model with no capacity at all.
+ *
+ * The magnitudes are the adapter's own route-level fallbacks (`llm-pi-ai`'s
+ * `defaultContextWindow` and `defaultMaxTokens`), spelled the way a person
+ * would say them. They are a hint, not a mirror: this page counts `K` as 1000,
+ * so typing `256K` stores 256000 while leaving the field blank keeps the
+ * adapter's 262144. A deployment that overrides those defaults is not
+ * reflected here — nothing on this page can read them.
+ */
+const CAPACITY_HINT: Readonly<Record<CapacityField, string>> = {
+  contextWindow: '256K',
+  maxTokens: '32K',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Spell a stored count for a field that may be unset. The spelling itself is
+ * {@link formatCapacity}, shared with the DeepSeek catalog editor so both
+ * surfaces read and write one K/M vocabulary.
+ * @param value - stored capacity, or `undefined` for an unset field.
+ * @returns the field text, empty when unset.
+ */
+function capacitySpelling(value: number | undefined): string {
+  return value === undefined ? '' : formatCapacity(value)
+}
+
+/** Adopt a candidate, keeping whatever capacities the provider disclosed. */
+function adopt(candidate: DiscoveredModelView): ModelDraft {
+  return {
+    id: candidate.id,
+    ...candidate.name === undefined ? {} : { name: candidate.name },
+    ...candidate.contextWindow === undefined ? {} : { contextWindow: candidate.contextWindow },
+    ...candidate.maxTokens === undefined ? {} : { maxTokens: candidate.maxTokens },
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render the model list with its fetch action.
+ * @param props - the drafted rows, probe target, wire face, and copy.
+ * @returns the model-list editor.
+ */
+export function ModelListEditor(props: ModelListEditorProps): ReactNode {
+  const { models, onChange, probe, api, t, disabled } = props
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [failure, setFailure] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [candidates, setCandidates] = useState<readonly DiscoveredModelView[] | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [picked, setPicked] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(new Set())
+  // Rows carry an id and a name; capacities are the exception, so they stay
+  // folded until asked for rather than crowding every row with four inputs.
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState<ReadonlySet<number>>(new Set())
+  // Capacities are edited as text, so a field's keystrokes are held here rather
+  // than re-derived from the parsed count on every change — that would rewrite
+  // `1000` to `1K` mid-word. Unreadable text is kept past blur so the refusal
+  // names a row the user can still see, which is why this is one entry PER
+  // FIELD: a single buffer would be displaced by editing any other field, and
+  // the abandoned one would render its stored NaN as the literal `NaN`.
+  const [editing, setEditing] = useState<ReadonlyMap<string, string>>(new Map())
+
+  /** Buffer key for one capacity field; the row half moves when rows do. */
+  const bufferKey = (index: number, field: CapacityField): string => `${String(index)}:${field}`
+
+  const editCapacity = (index: number, field: CapacityField, text: string): void => {
+    setEditing(current => new Map(current).set(bufferKey(index, field), text))
+    patch(index, { [field]: parseCapacity(text) })
+  }
+
+  /** What a capacity field shows: the buffer while typing, else the stored count. */
+  const capacityText = (model: ModelDraft, index: number, field: CapacityField): string =>
+    editing.get(bufferKey(index, field)) ?? capacitySpelling(numberOf(model, field))
+
+  /** Drop one row's entries and shift the rows after it down, in one pass. */
+  const reindexOnRemove = (
+    current: ReadonlyMap<string, string>,
+    index: number,
+  ): Map<string, string> => {
+    const next = new Map<string, string>()
+    for (const [key, value] of current) {
+      const at = Number(key.slice(0, key.indexOf(':')))
+      if (at === index) continue
+      // Only the row number moves; the field half of the key is untouched.
+      next.set(at > index ? key.replace(/^\d+/, String(at - 1)) : key, value)
+    }
+    return next
+  }
+
+  const toggleExpanded = (index: number): void => {
+    setExpanded((current) => {
+      const next = new Set(current)
+      if (!next.delete(index)) next.add(index)
+      return next
+    })
+  }
+
+  const patch = (index: number, next: Record<string, string | number | undefined>): void => {
+    onChange(models.map((model, at) => {
+      if (at !== index) return model
+      // Rebuilt rather than spread over: an emptied optional field has to leave
+      // the profile, not be stored as a value its schema would reject.
+      // Spread first so a field this card does not edit survives; an emptied
+      // optional field is then dropped rather than stored as a value its
+      // schema would reject.
+      const cleared = new Set(
+        Object.entries(next).filter(([, value]) => value === undefined || value === '').map(([key]) => key),
+      )
+      return Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries({ ...model, ...next }).filter(([key]) => !cleared.has(key)),
+      )
+    }))
+  }
+
+  const fetchModels = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    setBusy(true)
+    setFailure(undefined)
+    try {
+      const response = await api.llm.discoverModels({
+        settingsNs: probe.settingsNs,
+        ...probe.provider === undefined ? {} : { provider: probe.provider },
+        ...probe.baseURL === undefined || probe.baseURL.length === 0 ? {} : { baseURL: probe.baseURL },
+        ...probe.api === undefined ? {} : { api: probe.api },
+        ...probe.apiKey === undefined ? {} : { apiKey: probe.apiKey },
+      })
+      if (!response.result.ok) {
+        setFailure(response.result.error.message)
+        return
+      }
+      const found = response.result.value.models
+      if (found.length === 0) {
+        setFailure(t('fetchEmpty'))
+        return
+      }
+      // Everything already configured starts unchecked, so adopting a
+      // selection never silently rewrites a capacity the user corrected.
+      const known = new Set(models.map(model => textOf(model, 'id')))
+      setCandidates(found)
+      setPicked(new Set(found.filter(model => !known.has(model.id)).map(model => model.id)))
+    } catch (error) {
+      // The transport rejected rather than answering; without this the button
+      // would stay busy with nothing shown.
+      setFailure(messageOf(error))
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const closePicker = (): void => {
+    setCandidates(undefined)
+    setPicked(new Set())
+  }
+
+  const adoptPicked = (): void => {
+    /* v8 ignore next -- the dialog only renders with candidates loaded */
+    if (candidates === undefined) return
+    const byId = new Map(models.map(model => [textOf(model, 'id'), model]))
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      if (!picked.has(candidate.id)) continue
+      // A row the user already tuned wins over the provider's own numbers.
+      // Keyed by id, so a half-typed row whose id is still empty is not a
+      // match and the candidate joins as its own row — correct, since a row
+      // without an id is not yet a model and the create/apply gates refuse it.
+      byId.set(candidate.id, byId.get(candidate.id) ?? adopt(candidate))
+    }
+    onChange([...byId.values()])
+    closePicker()
+  }
+
+  const toggle = (id: string): void => {
+    setPicked((current) => {
+      const next = new Set(current)
+      if (!next.delete(id)) next.add(id)
+      return next
+    })
+  }
+
+  // A route the adapter already describes answers without an endpoint; only a
+  // draft with neither has nothing to ask about.
+  const askable = probe.provider !== undefined || (probe.baseURL !== undefined && probe.baseURL.length > 0)
+  return (
+    <section className={styles['modelCatalog']} aria-label={t('models')}>
+      <div className={styles['modelListHead']}>
+        <div className={styles['modelCatalogHeading']}>
+          <span className={styles['modelCatalogTitle']}>{t('models')}</span>
+          {props.overridden === undefined
+            ? null
+            : (
+              <span className={styles['modelCatalogMeta']}>
+                {props.overridden ? t('modelsCustomized') : t('modelsInherited')}
+              </span>
+            )}
+        </div>
+        {props.overridden === true && props.onReset !== undefined
+          ? (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={styles['linkButton']}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              onClick={props.onReset}
+            >
+              {t('resetModels')}
+            </button>
+          )
+          : null}
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className={styles['linkButton']}
+          disabled={disabled || busy || !askable}
+          title={askable ? undefined : t('fetchNeedsBaseUrl')}
+          onClick={() => { void fetchModels() }}
+        >
+          {busy ? t('fetching') : t('fetchModels')}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      {models.length === 0 ? <p className={styles['modelEmpty']}>{t('modelsEmpty')}</p> : null}
+      {models.map((model, index) => (
+        <div key={index} className={styles['modelEntry']}>
+          <div className={styles['modelRow']}>
+            <input
+              className={styles['input']}
+              type="text"
+              value={textOf(model, 'id')}
+              placeholder={t('modelId')}
+              aria-label={`${t('modelId')} ${index + 1}`}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              onChange={(event) => { patch(index, { id: event.target.value }) }}
+            />
+            <input
+              className={styles['input']}
+              type="text"
+              value={textOf(model, 'name')}
+              placeholder={t('modelName')}
+              aria-label={`${t('modelName')} ${index + 1}`}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              onChange={(event) => { patch(index, { name: event.target.value === '' ? undefined : event.target.value }) }}
+            />
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={styles['iconButton']}
+              aria-label={`${t('modelAdvanced')} ${index + 1}`}
+              aria-expanded={expanded.has(index)}
+              title={t('modelAdvanced')}
+              onClick={() => { toggleExpanded(index) }}
+            >
+              <IconChevron open={expanded.has(index)} />
+            </button>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={`${styles['iconButton']} ${styles['iconButtonDanger']}`}
+              aria-label={`${t('removeModel')} ${index + 1}`}
+              title={t('removeModel')}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              onClick={() => {
+                onChange(models.filter((_model, at) => at !== index))
+                // Both stores are keyed by position, so every row after this
+                // one shifts down and would otherwise inherit its neighbour's
+                // state — a different row's capacities popping open, or its
+                // half-typed text appearing in another row's field.
+                setExpanded((current) => {
+                  const next = new Set<number>()
+                  for (const at of current) {
+                    if (at < index) next.add(at)
+                    else if (at > index) next.add(at - 1)
+                  }
+                  return next
+                })
+                setEditing(current => reindexOnRemove(current, index))
+              }}
+            >
+              <IconTrash />
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          {expanded.has(index)
+            ? (
+              <div className={styles['modelAdvanced']}>
+                <label className={styles['modelField']}>
+                  <span className={styles['modelFieldLabel']}>{t('modelContextWindow')}</span>
+                  <input
+                    className={styles['input']}
+                    type="text"
+                    inputMode="numeric"
+                    value={capacityText(model, index, 'contextWindow')}
+                    placeholder={CAPACITY_HINT.contextWindow}
+                    aria-label={`${t('modelContextWindow')} ${index + 1}`}
+                    disabled={disabled}
+                    onChange={(event) => { editCapacity(index, 'contextWindow', event.target.value) }}
+                  />
+                </label>
+                <label className={styles['modelField']}>
+                  <span className={styles['modelFieldLabel']}>{t('modelMaxTokens')}</span>
+                  <input
+                    className={styles['input']}
+                    type="text"
+                    inputMode="numeric"
+                    value={capacityText(model, index, 'maxTokens')}
+                    placeholder={CAPACITY_HINT.maxTokens}
+                    aria-label={`${t('modelMaxTokens')} ${index + 1}`}
+                    disabled={disabled}
+                    onChange={(event) => { editCapacity(index, 'maxTokens', event.target.value) }}
+                  />
+                </label>
+              </div>
+            )
+            : null}
+        </div>
+      ))}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={styles['addModelButton']}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        onClick={() => { onChange([...models, { id: '' }]) }}
+      >
+        {t('addModel')}
+      </button>
+      {failure !== undefined ? <p className={styles['error']}>{failure}</p> : null}
+      <Modal
+        open={candidates !== undefined}
+        onClose={closePicker}
+        title={t('fetchTitle')}
+        closeLabel={t('close')}
+        description={t('fetchDescription')}
+        className={styles['fetchDialog'] as string}
+        footer={(
+          <>
+            <Button variant="outline" onClick={closePicker}>{t('cancel')}</Button>
+            <Button variant="outline" onClick={adoptPicked}>{t('fetchAdopt')}</Button>
+          </>
+        )}
+      >
+        <ul className={styles['candidateList']}>
+          {(candidates ?? []).map(candidate => (
+            <li key={candidate.id} className={styles['candidate']}>
+              <label className={styles['candidateLabel']}>
+                <input
+                  type="checkbox"
+                  checked={picked.has(candidate.id)}
+                  onChange={() => { toggle(candidate.id) }}
+                />
+                {/* The id alone: it is the string adoption writes, and the
+                    capacities the endpoint reported are adopted with it and
+                    editable in the row that appears. */}
+                <span className={styles['candidateId']}>{candidate.id}</span>
+              </label>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      </Modal>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.module.css b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.module.css
index 6b87dbefe3..a4d4d04121 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.module.css
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.module.css
@@ -264,11 +264,26 @@
   gap: 12px;
 }
 
+/* The two ways to gain a provider, as equal siblings spanning the same width
+   as the rows above. Wraps rather than shrinking below a legible label. */
+.addActions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+
 .addButton {
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
+  /* Overrides the shared button base above: these two are not pills sitting in
+     a footer but the last slot of the provider list, so they split the row
+     evenly and repeat the row cards' corner. Dashed, like every other "nothing
+     here yet" affordance on this page, to read as a place rather than a
+     command. */
+  flex: 1 1 0;
+  min-width: 180px;
   gap: 6px;
-  align-self: flex-start;
+  height: 44px;
+  border: 1px dashed var(--dsw-alias-border-l3);
+  border-radius: 12px;
 }
 
 .addCard,
@@ -572,3 +587,44 @@ select.input {
     transition: none;
   }
 }
+
+.fetchDialog {
+  max-width: 520px;
+
+  /* The candidate list scrolls inside this dialog, an elevated surface, so the
+     scrollbar indirection is rebound here rather than on the scrolling child:
+     the elevation choice belongs with the surface and inherits down (see
+     ui-theme styles/scrollbar.css for the contract). */
+  --dsh-scrollbar-thumb: var(--dsw-alias-scrollbar-bg-l2);
+  --dsh-scrollbar-thumb-hover: var(--dsw-alias-scrollbar-hover-l2);
+}
+
+.candidateList {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+  max-height: 320px;
+  margin: 0;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  padding: 0;
+  list-style: none;
+}
+
+.candidate {
+  border-radius: 6px;
+}
+
+.candidateLabel {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.candidateId {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  font-family: var(--ds-font-family-code);
+  font-size: 13px;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
index b170df1fa0..a69d11dd6c 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ModelsSection.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import type { IApiClient } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
 import { Button, IconPlusOutline16, Modal } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { SnapshotSelectorHook } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
-import { messageOf } from './store.ts'
+import { CustomProviderCard } from './CustomProviderCard.tsx'
+import { messageOf, protocolChoices } from './store.ts'
 import type { ModelsSettingsState, ModelsSettingsStore, ProviderRow } from './store.ts'
 import { ProviderEditor } from './ProviderEditor.tsx'
 import type { en } from './locales.ts'
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export interface ModelsSectionInjected {
   /** uSES subscription hook bound to the store. */
   useSnapshot: SnapshotSelectorHook<ModelsSettingsState>
   /** Wire faces the editor writes through. */
-  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials'>
+  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials' | 'llm'>
   /** Section copy. */
   t: (key: keyof typeof en) => string
 }
@@ -118,10 +119,12 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
   const [adding, setAdding] = useState(false)
   const [deleteTarget, setDeleteTarget] = useState<EditorTarget | undefined>(undefined)
   const [deleting, setDeleting] = useState(false)
+  const [declaring, setDeclaring] = useState(false)
 
   const closeEditor = (changed: boolean): void => {
     setEditing(undefined)
     setAdding(false)
+    setDeclaring(false)
     if (changed) void controller.load()
   }
 
@@ -163,6 +166,10 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
   const addable = state.rows.filter(row => !row.configured && row.entry.settingsNs !== '')
   const addTarget = adding ? editing : undefined
   const addNamespace = addTarget === undefined ? undefined : state.namespaces.get(addTarget.settingsNs)
+  // Hand-declared routes live in the pi-ai namespace, which is also the only
+  // one whose schema names the protocols one may speak; without it mounted
+  // there is nothing to declare and the entry point stays disabled.
+  const protocols = protocolChoices(state.namespaces.get('llm-pi-ai'))
 
   return (
     <div className={styles['section']}>
@@ -202,7 +209,14 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
                   <button
                     type="button"
                     className={styles['secondaryButton']}
-                    onClick={() => { setAdding(false); setEditing(open ? undefined : target) }}
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      // One card at a time: leaving `declaring` set would show
+                      // the create card beside this editor, and closing either
+                      // one discards the other's draft.
+                      setDeclaring(false)
+                      setAdding(false)
+                      setEditing(open ? undefined : target)
+                    }}
                   >
                     {t('edit')}
                   </button>
@@ -274,24 +288,55 @@ function Loaded({ injected }: { injected: ModelsSectionInjected }): ReactNode {
               />
             </div>
           )
-          : (
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              className={styles['addButton']}
-              disabled={addable.length === 0 || !state.writable}
-              onClick={() => {
-                const first = addable[0]
-                /* v8 ignore next -- the button is disabled while nothing is addable */
-                if (first === undefined) return
-                setAdding(true)
-                setEditing(targetOf(first))
-              }}
-            >
-              {/* Same glyph as the composer's attach button. */}
-              <IconPlusOutline16 size={14} />
-              {t('add')}
-            </button>
-          )}
+          : declaring
+            ? (
+              <div className={styles['addCard']}>
+                <CustomProviderCard
+                  taken={state.rows.map(row => row.entry.provider)}
+                  protocols={protocols}
+                  /* v8 ignore next -- the card only opens from a button disabled without this namespace */
+                  revision={state.namespaces.get('llm-pi-ai')?.revision ?? 0}
+                  api={api}
+                  t={t}
+                  readOnly={!state.writable}
+                  onClose={closeEditor}
+                />
+              </div>
+            )
+            : (
+              // One row for the two ways to gain a provider: adopt one the
+              // adapter already knows, or declare one it does not. Side by side
+              // and equal-width so they read as siblings and line up with the
+              // rows above, rather than two pills of different lengths.
+              <div className={styles['addActions']}>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className={styles['addButton']}
+                  disabled={addable.length === 0 || !state.writable}
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    const first = addable[0]
+                    /* v8 ignore next -- the button is disabled while nothing is addable */
+                    if (first === undefined) return
+                    setDeclaring(false)
+                    setAdding(true)
+                    setEditing(targetOf(first))
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {/* Same glyph as the composer's attach button. */}
+                  <IconPlusOutline16 size={14} />
+                  {t('add')}
+                </button>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className={styles['addButton']}
+                  disabled={protocols.length === 0 || !state.writable}
+                  onClick={() => { setAdding(false); setEditing(undefined); setDeclaring(true) }}
+                >
+                  <IconPlusOutline16 size={14} />
+                  {t('customAdd')}
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            )}
       </div>
       <Modal
         open={deleteTarget !== undefined}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
index 0f89f329c0..f48572cc58 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/ProviderEditor.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
 import {
   DeepSeekModelsEditor, modelDrafts, validateDeepSeekModels,
 } from './DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
+import { EditorFooter } from './EditorFooter.tsx'
+import { ModelListEditor } from './ModelListEditor.tsx'
 import { deriveKeyRef, messageOf } from './store.ts'
 import type { en } from './locales.ts'
 import styles from './ModelsSection.module.css'
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ export interface ProviderEditorProps {
   namespace: SettingsNamespaceView
   /** Path from the section root to this provider's profile. */
   settingsPath: readonly string[]
-  /** Wire faces for writes. */
-  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials'>
+  /** Wire faces for writes and for interrogating a provider endpoint. */
+  api: Pick<IApiClient, 'settings' | 'credentials' | 'llm'>
   /** Section copy. */
   t: (key: keyof typeof en) => string
   /** Disable writes (read-only settings provider). */
@@ -167,6 +169,22 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
     setDraft(current => next === undefined ? deletePath(current, [key]) : setPath(current, [key], next))
   }
 
+  // The model list is validated by the same per-row checker for both families,
+  // so a bad row is named by its position rather than by a blanket message.
+  const modelFailure = validateDeepSeekModels(getPath(draft, ['models']))
+  // What the form currently shows, which is what an interrogation must ask:
+  // an edited-but-unsaved endpoint, and a key typed but not yet stored.
+  const probeApi = stringAt(draft, 'api') ?? stringAt(fallback, 'api')
+  const probeBaseURL = stringAt(draft, 'baseURL') ?? stringAt(fallback, 'baseURL')
+  const probe = {
+    settingsNs: namespace.ns,
+    // Naming the route lets an adapter that already describes it answer from
+    // its own registry — better metadata, no network call, no endpoint needed.
+    provider: props.provider,
+    ...probeBaseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseURL: probeBaseURL },
+    ...probeApi === undefined ? {} : { api: probeApi },
+    ...keyDraft.length === 0 ? {} : { apiKey: keyDraft },
+  }
   /**
    * The write for this card, or a failure message. Every edit travels as
    * path ops against the STORED section: the draft comes from the redacted
@@ -183,10 +201,15 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
       && stringAt(fallback, 'apiKeyEnv') === undefined
       ? setPath(draft, ['apiKeyEnv'], keyRef)
       : draft
-    if (layout === 'deepseek') {
-      const modelFailure = validateDeepSeekModels(getPath(next, ['models']))
-      if (modelFailure !== undefined) {
-        return `${t('model')} ${String(modelFailure.index + 1)}: ${t(modelFailure.key)}`
+    {
+      // The same checker gates the submit button, so a card cannot reach this
+      // with a bad row; it stays because the schema check below would refuse
+      // the write with a message naming a path instead of the row, and because
+      // nothing but this function decides what is written.
+      const failure = validateDeepSeekModels(getPath(next, ['models']))
+      /* v8 ignore next 3 -- unreachable from the card: the same failure disables submit */
+      if (failure !== undefined) {
+        return `${t('model')} ${String(failure.index + 1)}: ${t(failure.key)}`
       }
     }
     /* v8 ignore next -- apply is only reachable from the rendered card, which required a resolved node */
@@ -263,6 +286,17 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
     const models = modelDrafts(modelsOverridden ? customModels : inheritedModels())
     const defaultContextWindow = getPath(fallback, ['defaultContextWindow'])
     const defaultMaxTokens = getPath(fallback, ['maxTokens'])
+    /** What both family editors take: the rows, whose layer owns them, and the two writes. */
+    const catalogProps = {
+      models,
+      overridden: modelsOverridden,
+      t,
+      disabled,
+      onChange: (next: Record<string, unknown>[]) => {
+        setDraft(current => setPath(current, ['models'], next))
+      },
+      onReset: () => { setDraft(current => deletePath(current, ['models'])) },
+    }
     return (
       <>
         <div className={styles['field']}>
@@ -316,22 +350,20 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
                 ))}
               </select>
             </div>
+            {/* Both families edit the same rows through the same contract; only
+                the extras differ — DeepSeek's inherited capacities, pi-ai's
+                endpoint interrogation. */}
             {family === 'deepseek'
               ? (
                 <DeepSeekModelsEditor
-                  models={models}
-                  overridden={modelsOverridden}
+                  {...catalogProps}
                   defaultContextWindow={typeof defaultContextWindow === 'number'
                     ? defaultContextWindow
                     : undefined}
                   defaultMaxTokens={typeof defaultMaxTokens === 'number' ? defaultMaxTokens : undefined}
-                  t={t}
-                  disabled={disabled}
-                  onChange={(next) => { setDraft(current => setPath(current, ['models'], next)) }}
-                  onReset={() => { setDraft(current => deletePath(current, ['models'])) }}
                 />
               )
-              : null}
+              : <ModelListEditor {...catalogProps} probe={probe} api={api} />}
           </div>
         </details>
       </>
@@ -354,24 +386,22 @@ export function ProviderEditor(props: ProviderEditorProps): ReactNode {
         ? <p className={styles['advancedHint']}>{`${t('advancedHint')} (${namespace.ns})`}</p>
         : curatedFields(layout)}
       {failure !== undefined ? <p className={styles['error']}>{failure}</p> : null}
-      <div className={styles['editorActions']}>
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          className={styles['secondaryButton']}
-          disabled={busy}
-          onClick={() => { props.onClose(false) }}
-        >
-          {t('cancel')}
-        </button>
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          className={styles['primaryButton']}
-          disabled={disabled || layout === 'unknown'}
-          onClick={() => { void apply() }}
-        >
-          {busy ? t('applying') : t('apply')}
-        </button>
-      </div>
+      {modelFailure === undefined
+        ? null
+        : (
+          <p className={styles['advancedHint']}>
+            {`${t('model')} ${String(modelFailure.index + 1)}: ${t(modelFailure.key)}`}
+          </p>
+        )}
+      <EditorFooter
+        t={t}
+        busy={busy}
+        submitDisabled={disabled || layout === 'unknown' || modelFailure !== undefined}
+        submitLabel="apply"
+        submitBusyLabel="applying"
+        onCancel={() => { props.onClose(false) }}
+        onSubmit={() => { void apply() }}
+      />
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/locales.ts b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/locales.ts
index bb1254e46b..19463d98fa 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/locales.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/locales.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,29 @@ export const en = {
   modelContextInvalid: 'Context window must be a positive count, like 131072, 256K, or 1M.',
   modelMaxTokensInvalid: 'Max output tokens must be a positive count, like 8192, 64K, or 1M.',
   advancedHint: 'Other fields live in settings.yaml; edit that section directly.',
+  modelCapacityInvalid: 'A capacity must be a number, optionally suffixed K or M.',
+  modelDuplicate: 'Each model ID may appear once.',
+  modelContextWindow: 'Context window',
+  modelMaxTokens: 'Max output tokens',
+  fetchModels: 'Fetch available models',
+  fetching: 'Asking the provider\u2026',
+  fetchNeedsBaseUrl: 'Enter the base URL first, then fetch.',
+  fetchEmpty: 'The provider listed no models. Add them by hand.',
+  fetchTitle: 'Choose models to add',
+  fetchDescription: 'These are the models this provider has available. Choose the ones to add.',
+  fetchAdopt: 'Add selected',
+  customAdd: 'Add a custom provider',
+  customTitle: 'Custom provider',
+  customRoute: 'Provider ID',
+  customRouteHint: 'Lowercase identifier that uniquely names this provider in requests and as its credential name.',
+  customRouteInvalid: 'Use lowercase letters, digits, and dashes.',
+  customRouteTaken: 'A provider already uses this ID.',
+  customDisplayName: 'Display name',
+  customApi: 'API protocol',
+  customNeedsBaseUrl: 'A custom provider needs a base URL.',
+  customNeedsModels: 'A custom provider needs at least one model.',
+  create: 'Create provider',
+  creating: 'Creating\u2026',
   onboardingTitle: 'Add an API key to get started',
   onboardingDescription: 'Configure the official DeepSeek provider to start building.',
   onboardingGoToSettings: 'Go to settings',
@@ -113,6 +136,29 @@ export const zh: typeof en = {
   modelContextInvalid: '上下文窗口必须是正数，例如 131072、256K 或 1M。',
   modelMaxTokensInvalid: '最大输出 token 数必须是正数，例如 8192、64K 或 1M。',
   advancedHint: '其余字段在 settings.yaml 中，请直接编辑对应段。',
+  modelCapacityInvalid: '容量需为数字，可加 K 或 M 后缀。',
+  modelDuplicate: '每个模型 ID 只能出现一次。',
+  modelContextWindow: '上下文窗口',
+  modelMaxTokens: '最大输出 token',
+  fetchModels: '获取可用模型',
+  fetching: '正在询问提供方\u2026',
+  fetchNeedsBaseUrl: '请先填写 API 地址，再获取。',
+  fetchEmpty: '该提供方没有列出任何模型，请手动添加。',
+  fetchTitle: '选择要添加的模型',
+  fetchDescription: '以下是模型提供方的可用模型，勾选要添加的模型。',
+  fetchAdopt: '添加所选',
+  customAdd: '添加自定义提供方',
+  customTitle: '自定义提供方',
+  customRoute: 'Provider ID',
+  customRouteHint: '小写标识，在请求中唯一标识该提供方，并用于派生凭据名。',
+  customRouteInvalid: '只能使用小写字母、数字和短横线。',
+  customRouteTaken: '已有提供方使用了这个 ID。',
+  customDisplayName: '显示名称',
+  customApi: 'API 协议',
+  customNeedsBaseUrl: '自定义提供方需要填写 API 地址。',
+  customNeedsModels: '自定义提供方至少需要一个模型。',
+  create: '创建提供方',
+  creating: '创建中\u2026',
   onboardingTitle: '添加一个 API Key 开始使用',
   onboardingDescription: '配置 DeepSeek 官方模型，即可开始使用。',
   onboardingGoToSettings: '前往配置',
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/store.ts b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/store.ts
index 282f21fe75..c26efeb350 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/store.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/src/client/store.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ import type {
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
 import type { SnapshotStore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 import { createSnapshotStore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
-import { getPath, hasPath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-schema-form'
+import { getPath, hasPath, nodeAtPath, rehydrateSchema } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-schema-form'
+
+/**
+ * Any route key walks a dict schema to the same profile node, so the lookup
+ * names one that cannot collide with a configured route.
+ */
+const PROBE_ROUTE = '\u0000probe'
 
 /** One provider row the page renders. */
 export interface ProviderRow {
@@ -66,6 +72,22 @@ export function deriveKeyRef(provider: string): string {
   return `${provider.toUpperCase().replace(/[^A-Z0-9]+/g, '_')}_API_KEY`
 }
 
+/**
+ * The wire protocols a hand-declared route may name, read out of the owning
+ * namespace's own schema. This stays a schema read rather than a wire field so
+ * the choices the page offers cannot drift from the ones the adapter accepts:
+ * both come from the same `Config`.
+ * @param namespace - the namespace view whose schema declares the profile shape.
+ * @returns the protocol identifiers, or an empty list when the schema has none.
+ */
+export function protocolChoices(namespace: SettingsNamespaceView | undefined): string[] {
+  if (namespace === undefined) return []
+  const node = nodeAtPath(rehydrateSchema(namespace.schema), ['providers', PROBE_ROUTE, 'api'])
+  const list = (node as { type?: string; list?: readonly { value?: unknown }[] } | undefined)
+  if (list?.type !== 'union' || list.list === undefined) return []
+  return list.list.map(entry => entry.value).filter((value): value is string => typeof value === 'string')
+}
+
 /** The credential reference a resolved profile names (its `apiKeyEnv` field). */
 function apiKeyEnvOf(namespace: SettingsNamespaceView | undefined, path: readonly string[]): string | undefined {
   if (namespace === undefined) return undefined
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99e85b0d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/tests/provider-form.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,865 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/** Model-list editing, endpoint interrogation, and hand-declared provider creation. */
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import Schema from 'schemastery'
+import { bindSnapshotSelector } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
+import type { RpcResponse, SettingsNamespaceView } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
+import { ModelsSection } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
+import type { ModelsSectionInjected } from '../src/client/ModelsSection.tsx'
+import { CustomProviderCard } from '../src/client/CustomProviderCard.tsx'
+import { formatCapacity, parseCapacity } from '../src/client/DeepSeekModelsEditor.tsx'
+import { ModelsSettingsStore, protocolChoices } from '../src/client/store.ts'
+import { en } from '../src/client/locales.ts'
+
+afterEach(cleanup)
+
+const t: ModelsSectionInjected['t'] = key => en[key]
+
+const PROTOCOLS = ['openai-completions', 'openai-responses', 'anthropic-messages']
+
+/** The pi-ai profile shape as the host serializes it, including the layer-1 fields. */
+const PiAiConfig = Schema.object({
+  providers: Schema.dict(Schema.object({
+    apiKey: Schema.string().role('secret'),
+    apiKeyEnv: Schema.string().role('credential-ref'),
+    displayName: Schema.string(),
+    api: Schema.union(PROTOCOLS),
+    baseURL: Schema.string(),
+    models: Schema.array(Schema.object({
+      id: Schema.string().required(),
+      name: Schema.string(),
+      contextWindow: Schema.number(),
+      maxTokens: Schema.number(),
+    })),
+    reasoning: Schema.union(['off', 'high']),
+  })),
+})
+
+let nextRpc = 0
+function ok<T>(value: T): RpcResponse<T> {
+  return { rpcId: `r-${nextRpc++}` as never, result: { ok: true, value } }
+}
+function fail<T>(message: string, code: string): RpcResponse<T> {
+  return { rpcId: `r-${nextRpc++}` as never, result: { ok: false, error: { code, message, details: {} } as never } }
+}
+
+function piAiNamespace(
+  providers: Record<string, unknown>,
+  userProviders: Record<string, unknown> = providers,
+): SettingsNamespaceView {
+  return {
+    ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
+    schema: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(PiAiConfig.toJSON())) as unknown,
+    // `value` is the effective section; `user` is only the layer this page
+    // writes. They differ whenever a composition `base` supplies something.
+    value: { providers },
+    base: {},
+    user: { providers: userProviders },
+    applies: 'live',
+    secrets: [],
+    revision: 3,
+  }
+}
+
+function scriptedFace(options: {
+  providers?: Record<string, unknown>
+  /** User layer, when it differs from the effective section. */
+  userProviders?: Record<string, unknown>
+  discover?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  mutate?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  set?: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+} = {}) {
+  const providers = options.providers ?? {
+    openai: { apiKeyEnv: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1' },
+  }
+  const namespace = piAiNamespace(providers, options.userProviders ?? providers)
+  const discover = options.discover ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [] })))
+  const mutate = options.mutate ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok(namespace)))
+  const set = options.set ?? vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({})))
+  const face = {
+    llm: {
+      providers: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({
+        providers: Object.keys(providers).map(provider => ({
+          provider,
+          displayName: provider,
+          settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+          settingsPath: ['providers', provider],
+          active: true,
+        })),
+      }))),
+      models: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ groups: [], failures: [] }))),
+      discoverModels: discover,
+    },
+    settings: {
+      describe: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ writable: true, namespaces: [namespace] }))),
+      update: vi.fn(),
+      replace: vi.fn(),
+      mutate,
+    },
+    credentials: {
+      describe: vi.fn((payload: { refs: string[] }) => Promise.resolve(ok({
+        credentials: Object.fromEntries(payload.refs.map(ref => [ref, { configured: false, writable: true }])),
+      }))),
+      set,
+      unset: vi.fn(),
+    },
+  }
+  return { face, discover, mutate, set, namespace }
+}
+
+type WireFace = ConstructorParameters<typeof ModelsSettingsStore>[0]
+
+/** The settings write one card produced, as the scripted face recorded it. */
+interface MutateCall {
+  ns: string
+  expectedRevision?: number
+  ops: { op: string; path: string[]; value?: unknown }[]
+}
+
+/** The first interrogation payload; fails the case when nothing was asked. */
+function firstProbe(discover: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>): unknown {
+  const call = (discover.mock.calls as unknown as [unknown][])[0]?.[0]
+  if (call === undefined) throw new Error('no interrogation was recorded')
+  return call
+}
+
+/** The first recorded settings write; fails the case when nothing was written. */
+function firstMutate(mutate: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>): MutateCall {
+  const call = mutate.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as MutateCall | undefined
+  if (call === undefined) throw new Error('no settings write was recorded')
+  return call
+}
+
+async function mountSection(options: Parameters<typeof scriptedFace>[0] = {}) {
+  const scripted = scriptedFace(options)
+  const controller = new ModelsSettingsStore(scripted.face as unknown as WireFace)
+  await controller.load()
+  const injected: ModelsSectionInjected = {
+    controller,
+    useSnapshot: bindSnapshotSelector(controller.store),
+    api: scripted.face as never,
+    t,
+  }
+  render(<ModelsSection {...injected} />)
+  return scripted
+}
+
+/** Open the editor of one configured row and expand its customized fold. */
+function openEditor(provider: string): void {
+  const row = screen.getByText(provider).closest('li')
+  if (row === null) throw new Error(`no row for ${provider}`)
+  fireEvent.click(within_(row, en.edit))
+  const summary = document.querySelector('summary')
+  if (summary === null) throw new Error('no customized fold')
+  fireEvent.click(summary)
+}
+
+/** Open one model row's advanced fold, where the capacities live. */
+function expandModel(index: number): void {
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelAdvanced} ${index}`))
+}
+
+/** The button carrying `label`, typed so its disabled/title state is readable. */
+function buttonNamed(label: string): HTMLButtonElement {
+  const found = screen.getByText(label)
+  if (!(found instanceof HTMLButtonElement)) throw new Error(`"${label}" is not a button`)
+  return found
+}
+
+/** Click the button with `label` inside `scope`. */
+function within_(scope: HTMLElement, label: string): HTMLElement {
+  const found = [...scope.querySelectorAll('button')].find(button => button.textContent === label)
+  if (found === undefined) throw new Error(`no "${label}" button`)
+  return found
+}
+
+describe('protocolChoices', () => {
+  it('reads the protocols out of the namespace schema and nothing else', async () => {
+    const { namespace } = scriptedFace()
+    expect(protocolChoices(namespace)).toEqual(PROTOCOLS)
+    expect(protocolChoices(undefined)).toEqual([])
+    const plain = { ...namespace, schema: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(Schema.object({}).toJSON())) as unknown }
+    expect(protocolChoices(plain)).toEqual([])
+    await Promise.resolve()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('model list editing', () => {
+  it('adds, edits, and removes rows without storing emptied optional fields', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection()
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'acme-large' } })
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`), { target: { value: '65536' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelName} 1`), { target: { value: 'Acme' } })
+    // Clearing an optional field must drop it rather than store an empty value.
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelName} 1`), { target: { value: '' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate)).toMatchObject({
+      ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      expectedRevision: 3,
+      ops: [{ op: 'set', path: ['providers', 'openai', 'models'], value: [{ id: 'acme-large', contextWindow: 65_536 }] }],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('names a duplicate model id in the edit flow too', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', models: [{ id: 'dup' }] } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 2`), { target: { value: 'dup' } })
+
+    // The create card refuses this in place; an edited route must not have to
+    // learn it from the host's refusal instead.
+    expect(screen.getByText(`${en.model} 2: ${en.modelIdDuplicate}`)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.apply).disabled).toBe(true)
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('reads K and M suffixes and keeps the text the user typed', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection()
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`), { target: { value: '1M' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`), { target: { value: '32K' } })
+
+    // The field keeps the spelling rather than snapping to the expansion, and
+    // a plain count is not rewritten into a suffix mid-word either.
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`).value).toBe('1M')
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`), { target: { value: '1000' } })
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`).value).toBe('1000')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    // What lands in settings is always a plain token count.
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value)
+      .toEqual([{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1_000_000, maxTokens: 1000 }])
+  })
+
+  it('refuses to apply while a capacity is unreadable', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection()
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`), { target: { value: 'abc' } })
+
+    // Silently dropping it would store a route sized differently from what the
+    // field shows, so the text stays put and the write is refused instead.
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`).value).toBe('abc')
+    expect(screen.getByText(`${en.model} 1: ${en.modelMaxTokensInvalid}`)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.apply).disabled).toBe(true)
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('spells a stored capacity back the way it is typed', async () => {
+    await mountSection({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'kept', contextWindow: 1_000_000, maxTokens: 256_000 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+    expandModel(1)
+
+    // Opening a row reads the stored counts, which are plain integers; showing
+    // them as such would make an already-configured route look unlike one the
+    // user just typed, and re-applying would rewrite the field it read.
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`).value).toBe('1M')
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 1`).value).toBe('256K')
+  })
+
+  it('edits one row of several and lets a cleared capacity leave the profile', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', models: [{ id: 'first' }, { id: 'second' }] } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    expandModel(2)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelMaxTokens} 2`), { target: { value: '2048' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelName} 2`), { target: { value: 'Second' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 2`), { target: { value: '4096' } })
+    // Clearing it back to empty must drop the field, not store a zero.
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 2`), { target: { value: '' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value).toEqual([
+      { id: 'first' },
+      { id: 'second', name: 'Second', maxTokens: 2048 },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('shows the adapter defaults as inherited until an edit takes them over', async () => {
+    await mountSection({ providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1' } } })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // The user layer names no models, so the list belongs to the adapter and
+    // says so; taking it over is an explicit act, not a side effect of opening.
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.modelsInherited)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.queryByText(en.resetModels)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+
+  it('keeps expansion on the row it belongs to after an earlier one is removed', async () => {
+    await mountSection({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'first' }, { id: 'second' }, { id: 'third' }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // Expansion is keyed by position, so removing an earlier row shifts the
+    // rest down; without reindexing, row 3 would inherit row 2's open state.
+    expandModel(2)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.removeModel} 1`))
+
+    // 'second' now sits at position 1 and keeps its capacities open; 'third'
+    // moved to position 2 and stays folded.
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelId} 1`).value).toBe('second')
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 2`)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('leaves an earlier row expanded and forgets the removed row\u2019s own state', async () => {
+    await mountSection({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'first' }, { id: 'second' }, { id: 'third' }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // A row before the removal keeps its own position and stays open.
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.removeModel} 2`))
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelId} 1`).value).toBe('first')
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).not.toBeNull()
+
+    // Removing the expanded row itself drops that state rather than handing it
+    // to whichever row slides into the position.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.removeModel} 1`))
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelId} 1`).value).toBe('third')
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('separates emptying the list from restoring the adapter defaults', async () => {
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', models: [{ id: 'kept' }] } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // An empty override is a route that serves no models — a different intent
+    // from handing the catalog back, which is what the reset affordance does.
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.modelsCustomized)).toBeTruthy()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.resetModels))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops)
+      .toContainEqual({ op: 'unset', path: ['providers', 'openai', 'models'] })
+  })
+
+})
+
+describe('capacity spellings', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['', undefined],
+    ['65536', 65_536],
+    ['256K', 256_000],
+    ['1m', 1_000_000],
+    // A decimal multiple is exact in intent but not in binary floating point,
+    // so an integral result snaps back instead of landing a few ULPs high.
+    ['2.3M', 2_300_000],
+    // Not an integral count: kept as written rather than silently rounded.
+    ['1.0005K', 1000.5],
+  ])('reads %j as %j', (text, expected) => {
+    expect(parseCapacity(text)).toBe(expected)
+  })
+
+  it.each(['abc', '12x', '1 000', '-5', ''])('refuses %j rather than guessing', (text) => {
+    const parsed = parseCapacity(text)
+    expect(parsed === undefined || Number.isNaN(parsed)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    [1_000_000, '1M'],
+    [256_000, '256K'],
+    [65_536, '65536'],
+    // Never a spelling that would not survive being read back.
+    [0, '0'],
+    [1.5, '1.5'],
+  ])('spells %j as %j', (value, expected) => {
+    expect(formatCapacity(value)).toBe(expected)
+  })
+
+  it('round-trips every spelling it produces', () => {
+    for (const value of [1_000_000, 256_000, 65_536, 4096, 1000]) {
+      expect(parseCapacity(formatCapacity(value))).toBe(value)
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('endpoint interrogation', () => {
+  it('asks the endpoint the form shows, with a key that is not yet stored', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [{ id: 'acme-large', contextWindow: 65_536 }] })))
+    await mountSection({ discover })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.keyInput), { target: { value: 'typed-not-saved' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://edited.example/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(discover).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstProbe(discover)).toEqual({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      // The route is named, so an adapter that already describes it answers
+      // from its own registry rather than the endpoint.
+      provider: 'openai',
+      baseURL: 'https://edited.example/v1',
+      apiKey: 'typed-not-saved',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('carries the protocol the profile already names', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [] })))
+    await mountSection({
+      discover,
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', api: 'openai-responses' } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(discover).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstProbe(discover)).toEqual({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      provider: 'openai',
+      baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1',
+      api: 'openai-responses',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('adopts only the picked candidates, keeping a row the user already tuned', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({
+      models: [{ id: 'kept', contextWindow: 999 }, { id: 'fresh', contextWindow: 4096, name: 'Fresh' }],
+    })))
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({
+      discover,
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', models: [{ id: 'kept', contextWindow: 111 }] } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+    await screen.findByText(en.fetchTitle)
+    // The already-configured row starts unchecked; the new one starts checked.
+    const boxes = [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="checkbox"]')]
+    expect(boxes.map(box => box.checked)).toEqual([false, true])
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchAdopt))
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value).toEqual([
+      { id: 'kept', contextWindow: 111 },
+      { id: 'fresh', contextWindow: 4096, name: 'Fresh' },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the rows editable when the provider cannot be interrogated', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(
+      fail('https://proxy.example/v1/models answered 401; check the API key', 'model-discovery-failed'),
+    ))
+    await mountSection({ discover })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+
+    await screen.findByText(/answered 401; check the API key/)
+    // The failure is a detour, not a dead end: hand-entry is still offered.
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel })).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('reports an empty listing and a rejected transport', async () => {
+    const empty = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [] })))
+    await mountSection({ discover: empty })
+    openEditor('openai')
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+    await screen.findByText(en.fetchEmpty)
+    cleanup()
+
+    const rejected = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error('carrier down')))
+    await mountSection({ discover: rejected })
+    openEditor('openai')
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+    await screen.findByText('carrier down')
+  })
+
+  it('can be asked for a configured route even with no endpoint', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [{ id: 'from-registry' }] })))
+    await mountSection({ discover, providers: { openai: {} } })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // A route the adapter already describes needs no endpoint at all.
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.fetchModels).disabled).toBe(false)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(discover).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    expect(firstProbe(discover)).toEqual({ settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai', provider: 'openai' })
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the create card asking only once it has an endpoint', () => {
+    // A provider being declared has no route yet, so the endpoint is the only
+    // thing an interrogation could go on.
+    const scripted = scriptedFace()
+    render(
+      <CustomProviderCard
+        taken={[]} protocols={PROTOCOLS} revision={7} api={scripted.face as never}
+        t={t} readOnly={false} onClose={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    )
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.fetchModels).disabled).toBe(true)
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.fetchModels).title).toBe(en.fetchNeedsBaseUrl)
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.fetchModels).disabled).toBe(false)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+
+    // A provider being declared names no route, so only the endpoint travels.
+    expect(firstProbe(scripted.discover)).toEqual({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://acme.test/v1',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('folds a row\u2019s capacities away until they are asked for', async () => {
+    await mountSection({
+      providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1', models: [{ id: 'only' }] } },
+    })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    // The row shows what identifies a model; capacities are the exception.
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).toBeNull()
+    expandModel(1)
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).toBeTruthy()
+    expandModel(1)
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('closes the picker without adopting anything on cancel', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({ models: [{ id: 'fresh' }] })))
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({ discover })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+    const dialog = await screen.findByRole('dialog')
+    // The editor card carries a Cancel of its own; this one is the dialog's.
+    fireEvent.click(within_(dialog, en.cancel))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByText(en.fetchTitle)).toBeNull() })
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('toggles a candidate off and back on before adopting', async () => {
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(ok({
+      models: [{ id: 'a' }, { id: 'b', maxTokens: 2048 }],
+    })))
+    const { mutate } = await mountSection({ discover })
+    openEditor('openai')
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchModels))
+    await screen.findByText(en.fetchTitle)
+    const boxes = [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="checkbox"]')]
+    const first = boxes[0] as HTMLInputElement
+    fireEvent.click(first)
+    fireEvent.click(first)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.fetchAdopt))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.apply))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(mutate).toHaveBeenCalled() })
+    // A disclosed output cap rides along with the candidate that has one.
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value).toEqual([{ id: 'a' }, { id: 'b', maxTokens: 2048 }])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('hand-declared providers', () => {
+  function mountCard(overrides: Partial<Parameters<typeof CustomProviderCard>[0]> = {}) {
+    const scripted = scriptedFace()
+    const onClose = vi.fn()
+    render(
+      <CustomProviderCard
+        taken={['openai']}
+        protocols={PROTOCOLS}
+        revision={7}
+        api={scripted.face as never}
+        t={t}
+        readOnly={false}
+        onClose={onClose}
+        {...overrides}
+      />,
+    )
+    return { ...scripted, onClose }
+  }
+
+  it('writes the whole profile and the key under the derived reference', async () => {
+    const { mutate, set, onClose } = mountCard()
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme-gateway' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customDisplayName), { target: { value: 'Acme Gateway' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.keyInput), { target: { value: 'gw-key' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'acme-large' } })
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`), { target: { value: '65536' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true) })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate)).toEqual({
+      ns: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      ops: [{
+        op: 'set',
+        path: ['providers', 'acme-gateway'],
+        value: {
+          displayName: 'Acme Gateway',
+          apiKeyEnv: 'ACME_GATEWAY_API_KEY',
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'acme-large', contextWindow: 65_536 }],
+        },
+      }],
+      // The section this card was drafted over: a route another tab declared
+      // meanwhile makes this a conflict rather than an overwrite.
+      expectedRevision: 7,
+    })
+    expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ref: 'ACME_GATEWAY_API_KEY', value: 'gw-key' })
+  })
+
+  it('names the blocked gate under the form, and nothing once it is satisfied', () => {
+    mountCard()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+
+    // Endpoint first: the gate names the one thing standing in the way.
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customNeedsBaseUrl)).toBeTruthy()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customNeedsModels)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    // Satisfied: the shared line disappears rather than rendering empty.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'acme-large' } })
+    expect(screen.queryByText(en.customNeedsBaseUrl)).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByText(en.customNeedsModels)).toBeNull()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses to create while a capacity is unreadable', () => {
+    mountCard()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'acme-large' } })
+    expandModel(1)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`), { target: { value: '64 KiB' } })
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(`${en.model} 1: ${en.modelContextInvalid}`)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps each half-typed capacity with its own row across a removal', () => {
+    mountCard()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    for (const [at, id] of [[1, 'first'], [2, 'second'], [3, 'third']] as const) {
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+      fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} ${String(at)}`), { target: { value: id } })
+      expandModel(at)
+      // Deliberately mid-word: the buffer exists so text like this survives.
+      fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelContextWindow} ${String(at)}`),
+        { target: { value: `${String(at)}.` } })
+    }
+
+    // Removing the middle row: the one before keeps its position and text, the
+    // one after moves down carrying its own, and the removed row's text goes.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.removeModel} 2`))
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelId} 1`).value).toBe('first')
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelContextWindow} 1`).value).toBe('1.')
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelId} 2`).value).toBe('third')
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(`${en.modelContextWindow} 2`).value).toBe('3.')
+  })
+
+  it('refuses two models sharing one id', () => {
+    mountCard()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'same' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 2`), { target: { value: 'same' } })
+
+    // The adapter refuses a duplicate outright, so the form must not offer to
+    // write one.
+    expect(screen.getByText(`${en.model} 2: ${en.modelIdDuplicate}`)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 2`), { target: { value: 'other' } })
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('creates a model with no capacities, which the route\u2019s fallbacks size', async () => {
+    const { mutate, onClose } = mountCard()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'bare' } })
+
+    // A listing that discloses nothing but ids is enough to create a working
+    // provider; the adapter sizes what configuration leaves out.
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(false)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true) })
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value).toMatchObject({ models: [{ id: 'bare' }] })
+  })
+
+  it('refuses to create until the route, endpoint, and a model are usable', () => {
+    mountCard()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'Acme Gateway' } })
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customRouteInvalid)).toBeTruthy()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'openai' } })
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customRouteTaken)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customNeedsBaseUrl)).toBeTruthy()
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customNeedsModels)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+
+    // A model row with no id is not a model.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('surfaces a refused write and a rejected transport without closing', async () => {
+    const refused = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(fail('read-only settings', 'settings-rejected')))
+    const { onClose } = mountCard({ api: { ...scriptedFace({ mutate: refused }).face } as never })
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await screen.findByText('read-only settings')
+    expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('surfaces a rejected transport during create', async () => {
+    const rejecting = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error('carrier down')))
+    const { onClose } = mountCard({ api: { ...scriptedFace({ mutate: rejecting }).face } as never })
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await screen.findByText('carrier down')
+    expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('reports a stored profile whose key write was refused', async () => {
+    const set = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(fail('credential is read-only', 'credential-rejected')))
+    const { onClose } = mountCard({ api: { ...scriptedFace({ set }).face } as never })
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.keyInput), { target: { value: 'k' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await screen.findByText('credential is read-only')
+    expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('creates with the chosen protocol and no display name', async () => {
+    const { mutate, onClose } = mountCard()
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customRoute), { target: { value: 'acme' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.baseUrl), { target: { value: 'https://acme.test/v1' } })
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(en.customApi), { target: { value: 'anthropic-messages' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.addModel }))
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(`${en.modelId} 1`), { target: { value: 'm' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.create))
+
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true) })
+    // No display name configured means none stored; the route id is the name.
+    expect(firstMutate(mutate).ops[0]?.value).toEqual({
+      apiKeyEnv: 'ACME_API_KEY',
+      api: 'anthropic-messages',
+      baseURL: 'https://acme.test/v1',
+      models: [{ id: 'm' }],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('offers no protocol when the namespace declares none', () => {
+    mountCard({ protocols: [] })
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLSelectElement>(en.customApi).value).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('closes without writing on cancel, and honors a read-only deployment', () => {
+    const { onClose, mutate } = mountCard()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.cancel))
+    expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false)
+    expect(mutate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    cleanup()
+
+    mountCard({ readOnly: true })
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText<HTMLInputElement>(en.customRoute).disabled).toBe(true)
+    expect(buttonNamed(en.create).disabled).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('closes the create card when an existing row is opened for editing', async () => {
+    await mountSection({ providers: { openai: { baseURL: 'https://proxy.example/v1' } } })
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.customAdd }))
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customTitle)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    // Two cards at once would each be closable by the other: whichever one is
+    // dismissed clears the shared state and discards the other's draft.
+    openEditor('openai')
+    expect(screen.queryByText(en.customTitle)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('reaches the card from the section and returns to the button on cancel', async () => {
+    await mountSection()
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.customAdd }))
+    expect(screen.getByText(en.customTitle)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(en.cancel))
+    await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByText(en.customTitle)).toBeNull() })
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: en.customAdd })).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-models/tests/styles.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-models/tests/styles.spec.ts
index 879d9812a2..e13cd2baf5 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-models/tests/styles.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-models/tests/styles.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+/**
+ * Models section stylesheet contract, asserted against the CSS text on disk.
+ *
+ * The section paints in both themes, and a `--dsw-*` name the theme does not
+ * declare fails silently: the browser takes the `var()` fallback, so the sheet
+ * still renders and only the dark theme looks wrong. Checking the names against
+ * the sheet that declares them is what turns that into a test failure.
+ */
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
 const css = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('../src/client/ModelsSection.module.css', import.meta.url)), 'utf8')
-const tokens = readFileSync(
-  fileURLToPath(new URL('../../ui-theme/src/styles/design-platform.css', import.meta.url)),
-  'utf8',
-)
+// The theme package maps `./styles/*` to `./src/styles/*`, so the declarations
+// stay on the source plane rather than needing a build.
+// Every theme sheet, not just the platform tokens: font and scrollbar
+// variables are declared in siblings, and a gate reading one file would call
+// their names undeclared.
+const tokens = readdirSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('../../ui-theme/src/styles/', import.meta.url)))
+  .filter(name => name.endsWith('.css'))
+  .map(name => readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL(`../../ui-theme/src/styles/${name}`, import.meta.url)), 'utf8'))
+  .join('\n')
 
 /** The declarations of one top-level rule, by selector. */
 function block(selector: string): string {
@@ -21,12 +34,24 @@ describe('ModelsSection theme styles', () => {
     // resolves to whatever literal sits in its fallback slot, which is how this
     // section stayed light under the dark theme before. Undeclared names have
     // no fallback at all and inherit, so both spellings must fail here.
-    const named = [...css.matchAll(/var\((--dsw-[a-z0-9-]+)/g)].map(match => match[1])
+    // Every theme-variable prefix the sheets actually use, not just `--dsw-`:
+    // a `--dsh-` name reads as a plausible sibling and would otherwise slip
+    // past this gate into a fallback literal.
+    const named = [...css.matchAll(/var\((--(?:dsw|dsh|ds)-[a-z0-9-]+)/g)].map(match => match[1])
     const undeclared = [...new Set(named)].filter(name => !tokens.includes(`  ${String(name)}:`))
     expect(undeclared).toEqual([])
     expect(css).not.toMatch(/var\(--(?:surface|text-|border|accent-strong)/)
   })
 
+  it('closes every block, so no rule is swallowed by the one above it', () => {
+    // A missing `}` on an `@media` block is not a parse error: every rule after
+    // it silently becomes conditional, and the whole fetch dialog once painted
+    // unstyled for anyone whose system does not ask for reduced motion. Nothing
+    // downstream reports this — the sheet loads and the classes still attach.
+    const bare = css.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '')
+    expect((bare.match(/\}/g) ?? []).length).toBe((bare.match(/\{/g) ?? []).length)
+  })
+
   it('separates the row card from the editor it expands into', () => {
     // `bg-layer-3` and `bg-module-platform` both resolve to neutral-bluish-800
     // under the dark theme, so filling the row with either erases the nested
@@ -35,4 +60,10 @@ describe('ModelsSection theme styles', () => {
     expect(block('.rowCard')).toContain('border: 1px solid var(--dsw-alias-border-l2)')
     expect(block('.rowCard')).not.toMatch(/\bbackground\s*:/)
   })
+
+  it('never falls back to a literal colour', () => {
+    // A token that resolves is never the problem; an undeclared one takes this
+    // branch, and a literal here is a single colour for both themes.
+    expect(css).not.toMatch(/var\(--dsw-[a-z0-9-]+\s*,\s*(?:#|rgb|rgba|hsl|hsla)/)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.i18n.yaml
index 7429447091..47cebf796f 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-primitives/README.md
-README.md: 385730c94831d2fd4af83f9eca0f55941551c796
-README.zh.md: b8a75dbffc6549f6294dfda5988c67d6569386c9
+README.md: 7571cb48424b650a1aaa5222b33a3ee14faa69b4
+README.zh.md: fa0c3f24023ec8c1eb77553bfe191801b6698687
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.md b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.md
index 385730c948..7571cb4842 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-Pure React atoms (zero cordis): StateDot, ic_ds_* icons, Button/Pill/Menu/Modal/Input, the markdown family (MessageText/MarkdownText/JsonBlock), the read-only JsonTree inspector, the `useAnchoredMaxHeight` hook that clamps a bottom-anchored overlay to the viewport space above its anchor (re-measured on resize, scroll, and a caller-supplied dependency), TerminalBlock, DiffBlock, ReadBlock, SearchBlock, and WebBlock. Contract: api-contracts v3 §8.
+Pure React atoms (zero cordis): StateDot, ic_ds_* icons, Button/Pill/Menu/Modal/Input, the OnboardingSurface first-run takeover (body-portaled mask + opaque stage that holds `#root` inert for exactly its own lifetime), the markdown family (MessageText/MarkdownText/JsonBlock), the read-only JsonTree inspector, the `useAnchoredMaxHeight` hook that clamps a bottom-anchored overlay to the viewport space above its anchor (re-measured on resize, scroll, and a caller-supplied dependency), TerminalBlock, DiffBlock, ReadBlock, SearchBlock, and WebBlock. Contract: api-contracts v3 §8.
 
 ## Hover cards
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.zh.md b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.zh.md
index b8a75dbffc..fa0c3f2402 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/README.zh.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-纯 React 原子组件（零 cordis）：StateDot、ic_ds_* 图标、Button/Pill/Menu/Modal/Input、markdown 家族（MessageText/MarkdownText/JsonBlock）、只读 JsonTree 检查器、`useAnchoredMaxHeight` hook（把底部锚定的浮层高度收敛到锚点上方的视口空间，并在 resize、scroll 与调用方提供的依赖变化时重新测量）、TerminalBlock、DiffBlock、ReadBlock、SearchBlock，以及 WebBlock。契约：api-contracts v3 §8。
+纯 React 原子组件（零 cordis）：StateDot、ic_ds_* 图标、Button/Pill/Menu/Modal/Input、OnboardingSurface 首次使用接管层（portal 到 body 的遮罩加不透明展示层，在自身生命周期内保持 `#root` 为 `inert`）、markdown 家族（MessageText/MarkdownText/JsonBlock）、只读 JsonTree 检查器、`useAnchoredMaxHeight` hook（把底部锚定的浮层高度收敛到锚点上方的视口空间，并在 resize、scroll 与调用方提供的依赖变化时重新测量）、TerminalBlock、DiffBlock、ReadBlock、SearchBlock，以及 WebBlock。契约：api-contracts v3 §8。
 
 ## 悬浮卡片
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.module.css b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e019061c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* First-run stage: keep the product top bar visible, then let onboarding own
+   the complete workspace instead of presenting another settings modal. */
+.onboardingOverlay {
+  position: fixed;
+  inset: 0;
+  z-index: 1100;
+}
+
+/* Mask */
+.onboardingMask {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0px;
+  right: 0px;
+  top: 80px;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
+  /* Mask-blur */
+  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+}
+
+.onboardingStage {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 1;
+  inset: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  background: var(--dsw-alias-bg-layer-1);
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.tsx b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbb6cbc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/OnboardingSurface.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// OnboardingSurface: the full-viewport first-run takeover an onboarding step
+// wraps its visible content in. The overlay portals to this document's body
+// (the Modal precedent: ancestor stacking contexts cannot leave sticky page
+// controls above the mask), and the surface holds `#root` inert for exactly
+// its own lifetime — a step that renders null paints nothing and blocks
+// nothing, so "should onboarding show right now" stays a plain render
+// decision inside the step component.
+
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
+import css from './OnboardingSurface.module.css'
+
+/**
+ * Render the onboarding takeover chrome (mask + opaque stage) around one
+ * step's content and keep the application root inert while mounted.
+ * @param props.children - the step's page content, centered on the stage.
+ * @returns the body-portaled overlay tree.
+ */
+export function OnboardingSurface({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const appRoot = document.getElementById('root')
+    if (appRoot === null) return
+    appRoot.inert = true
+    return () => { appRoot.inert = false }
+  }, [])
+
+  return createPortal((
+    <div className={css.onboardingOverlay} role="presentation">
+      <div className={css.onboardingMask} aria-hidden="true" />
+      <div className={css.onboardingStage}>{children}</div>
+    </div>
+  ), document.body)
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/index.ts b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/index.ts
index feecb95d3e..fe0235c496 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type { MenuEntry, MenuItem, MenuSeparator, MenuLabel } from './Menu.tsx'
 export { useAnchoredMaxHeight } from './useAnchoredMaxHeight.ts'
 export { HoverCard } from './HoverCard.tsx'
 export { Modal } from './Modal.tsx'
+export { OnboardingSurface } from './OnboardingSurface.tsx'
 export { RiskConfirmation } from './RiskConfirmation.tsx'
 export type { RiskConfirmationProps } from './RiskConfirmation.tsx'
 export { ConnectionBanner } from './ConnectionBanner.tsx'
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-primitives/tests/onboarding-surface.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-primitives/tests/onboarding-surface.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73604c9644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/ui-primitives/tests/onboarding-surface.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { OnboardingSurface } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
+
+let appRoot: HTMLDivElement
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  appRoot = document.createElement('div')
+  appRoot.id = 'root'
+  document.body.appendChild(appRoot)
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup()
+  appRoot.remove()
+})
+
+describe('OnboardingSurface', () => {
+  it('portals the overlay chrome to document.body around its content', () => {
+    const view = render(<OnboardingSurface><p>step content</p></OnboardingSurface>)
+    // Portaled: the overlay is a body child, not inside the render container.
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('[class*="onboardingOverlay"]')).toBeNull()
+    const overlay = document.body.querySelector('[class*="onboardingOverlay"]')
+    expect(overlay).not.toBeNull()
+    // The onboarding e2e pins the mask by class substring; the stage carries
+    // the content.
+    expect(overlay!.querySelector('[class*="onboardingMask"]')).not.toBeNull()
+    const stage = overlay!.querySelector('[class*="onboardingStage"]')
+    expect(stage).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(stage!.textContent).toBe('step content')
+  })
+
+  it('holds #root inert for exactly its own lifetime', () => {
+    const view = render(<OnboardingSurface>x</OnboardingSurface>)
+    expect(appRoot.inert).toBe(true)
+    view.unmount()
+    expect(appRoot.inert).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('renders without an #root element (compositions that mount elsewhere)', () => {
+    appRoot.remove()
+    const view = render(<OnboardingSurface>x</OnboardingSurface>)
+    expect(document.body.querySelector('[class*="onboardingStage"]')!.textContent).toBe('x')
+    view.unmount()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings-general/src/client/WelcomeNotice.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings-general/src/client/WelcomeNotice.tsx
index c25b1bf3aa..34187073a1 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings-general/src/client/WelcomeNotice.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings-general/src/client/WelcomeNotice.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import type { PropsLocale, PropsRuntime } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
-import { BrandWordmark, Button } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
+import { BrandWordmark, Button, OnboardingSurface } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { SnapshotSelectorHook } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-web-react'
 import type { WelcomeNoticeState, WelcomeNoticeStore } from './welcome-store.ts'
 import css from './WelcomeNotice.module.css'
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ export function WelcomeNotice(props: WelcomeNoticeProps): ReactNode {
     if (state.status === 'ready' && !state.acknowledged) titleRef.current?.focus()
   }, [state.acknowledged, state.status])
 
+  // Null while the acknowledgement fact is still loading (or already given):
+  // the takeover chrome below is part of THIS render, so deciding not to
+  // show paints and blocks nothing.
   if (state.status === 'idle' || state.status === 'loading' || state.acknowledged) return null
 
   const acknowledge = async (): Promise<void> => {
@@ -62,25 +65,27 @@ export function WelcomeNotice(props: WelcomeNoticeProps): ReactNode {
   }
 
   return (
-    <section className={css.page} role="region" aria-labelledby="welcome-notice-title">
-      <div className={css.brand} aria-hidden="true"><BrandWordmark size={24} /></div>
-      <h2 ref={titleRef} id="welcome-notice-title" className={css.title} tabIndex={-1}>{t('welcome.title')}</h2>
-      <p className={css.opening}>{t('welcome.paragraph.0')}</p>
-      <blockquote className={css.reflection}>{t('welcome.paragraph.1')}</blockquote>
-      <p className={css.feedback}>
-        {emphasizedFeedback(t('welcome.paragraph.2'), t('welcome.feedbackEmphasis'))}
-      </p>
-      {state.error === null ? null : <p className={css.error} role="alert">{t('welcome.error')}</p>}
-      <div className={css.footer}>
-        <Button
-          variant="primary"
-          className={css.primary}
-          disabled={state.status === 'saving'}
-          onClick={() => { void acknowledge() }}
-        >
-          {t('welcome.continue')}
-        </Button>
-      </div>
-    </section>
+    <OnboardingSurface>
+      <section className={css.page} role="region" aria-labelledby="welcome-notice-title">
+        <div className={css.brand} aria-hidden="true"><BrandWordmark size={24} /></div>
+        <h2 ref={titleRef} id="welcome-notice-title" className={css.title} tabIndex={-1}>{t('welcome.title')}</h2>
+        <p className={css.opening}>{t('welcome.paragraph.0')}</p>
+        <blockquote className={css.reflection}>{t('welcome.paragraph.1')}</blockquote>
+        <p className={css.feedback}>
+          {emphasizedFeedback(t('welcome.paragraph.2'), t('welcome.feedbackEmphasis'))}
+        </p>
+        {state.error === null ? null : <p className={css.error} role="alert">{t('welcome.error')}</p>}
+        <div className={css.footer}>
+          <Button
+            variant="primary"
+            className={css.primary}
+            disabled={state.status === 'saving'}
+            onClick={() => { void acknowledge() }}
+          >
+            {t('welcome.continue')}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    </OnboardingSurface>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.i18n.yaml
index 989fb18e64..5871fb996f 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/client/ui-settings/README.md
-README.md: de78d599b7833179339ceeb680fbd665b056bd83
-README.zh.md: 8ae3bdf34f59ca03e4796c354df739aa9fe29bd9
+README.md: 785f0417f00ec8eb1f8c9273b4d81f8ca5ca1810
+README.zh.md: 8e7bd7325b78416345985ee25a56a5eb8b382478
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.md b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.md
index de78d599b7..785f0417f0 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
 Settings shell plugin: a pure composition face. It occupies `sidebar.settings` with the trigger chrome and modal settings panel, and declares the slots registrants fill: `settings.trigger` / `settings.header` / `settings.close` (chrome content), `settings.action` (ordered content-header actions), `settings.section` (one page per feature), and `settings.onboarding` (ordered feature-owned pages in a full-viewport stage). The shell ships no copy of its own — all text arrives from registrants (ui-settings-general owns chrome, General, and the product notice; features own their actions, sections, rows, and conditional onboarding pages). Nav labels may be locale-following thunks, so the nav projection resolves them through `resolveSlotLabel` and re-renders on the section ledger bump or the locale revision (an optional `ctx.get('locale')` read; no hard locale dependency).
 
-The shell projects the onboarding ledger into ascending order and mounts exactly one page at a time in a body-level stage while marking the underlying app root inert. The active registrant receives its id, `complete()`, and an `openSection(id)` callback; completing or skipping transfers ownership to the next entry. Registrants own durable completion, capability readiness, copy, and mutations, so independently registered flows cannot stack and the shell does not become a second configuration fact source.
+The shell projects the onboarding ledger into ascending order and mounts exactly one page at a time; the takeover chrome (body-level stage, mask, app-root `inert`) belongs to the step itself through ui-primitives' `OnboardingSurface`, so a mounted step still resolving its private facts renders null and neither paints nor blocks anything — the shell shows no empty stage while a step decides. The active registrant receives its id, `complete()`, and an `openSection(id)` callback; completing or skipping transfers ownership to the next entry. Registrants own durable completion, capability readiness, copy, mutations, and the surface wrap, so independently registered flows cannot stack and the shell does not become a second configuration fact source.
 
 ## Model Experience
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.zh.md b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.zh.md
index 8ae3bdf34f..8e7bd7325b 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/README.zh.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 设置外壳插件：一个纯组合表层。它以触发控件和模态设置面板占用 `sidebar.settings`，并声明由注册方填充的 slot：`settings.trigger`／`settings.header`／`settings.close`（界面框架内容）、`settings.action`（内容标题栏中的有序操作）、`settings.section`（每项功能一页）和 `settings.onboarding`（由各功能持有、显示在全视口展示层中的有序页面）。外壳不自带文案：所有文本都来自注册方（ui-settings-general 拥有界面框架、「通用」分区和产品声明；各功能拥有各自的操作、分区、行和条件式首次使用引导页面）。导航 label 可以是跟随语言的 thunk，因此导航投影经 `resolveSlotLabel` 解析，并在分区账本更新或 locale revision 变化时重新渲染（`ctx.get('locale')` 可选读取，无硬 locale 依赖）。
 
-外壳将首次使用引导记录按升序投影，在 body 层级的展示层中每次只挂载一个页面，同时将下层应用根节点标记为 `inert`。当前注册方会收到该条目的 id、`complete()` 和 `openSection(id)` 回调；完成或跳过当前页面后，所有权转交给下一项。持久化完成状态、能力就绪状态、文案和变更操作均由注册方持有，因此独立注册的流程无法堆叠，外壳也不会成为第二个配置事实来源。
+外壳将首次使用引导记录按升序投影，每次只挂载一个页面；接管界面框架（body 层级的展示层、遮罩、应用根节点 `inert`）经 ui-primitives 的 `OnboardingSurface` 由步骤自身持有，因此已挂载但仍在判定私有事实的步骤渲染 null 时不绘制也不阻塞任何内容——步骤判定期间外壳不会露出空白展示层。当前注册方会收到该条目的 id、`complete()` 和 `openSection(id)` 回调；完成或跳过当前页面后，所有权转交给下一项。持久化完成状态、能力就绪状态、文案、变更操作以及页面的外层包裹均由注册方持有，因此独立注册的流程无法堆叠，外壳也不会成为第二个配置事实来源。
 
 ## 模型体验
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.module.css b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.module.css
index 72c188e019..e70558081a 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.module.css
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.module.css
@@ -219,33 +219,3 @@
   clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
-
-/* First-run stage: keep the product top bar visible, then let onboarding own
-   the complete workspace instead of presenting another settings modal. */
-.onboardingOverlay {
-  position: fixed;
-  inset: 0;
-  z-index: 1100;
-}
-
-/* Mask */
-.onboardingMask {
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 0px;
-  right: 0px;
-  top: 80px;
-  bottom: 0px;
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
-  /* Mask-blur */
-  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
-}
-
-.onboardingStage {
-  position: absolute;
-  z-index: 1;
-  inset: 0;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: center;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  background: var(--dsw-alias-bg-layer-1);
-}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.tsx
index 45055753ac..d6b2e8ef5a 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/SettingsRoot.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
  * aria-labelledby the title node; close: visually-hidden slot text). Modal
  * open state and the active section id are component-local viewing state;
  * the onboarding coordinator mounts exactly one ordered registrant while the
- * sessions-derived empty-Hero fact is active.
+ * sessions-derived empty-Hero fact is active — the takeover chrome
+ * (OnboardingSurface) belongs to the step, so a mounted-but-deciding step
+ * paints nothing here.
  */
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import { IconCloseOutline16, IconDataOutline16, IconSettingsOutline16 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { SettingsRootComponentProps, SettingsSectionRow } from './contract/slots.ts'
@@ -134,14 +135,6 @@ export function SettingsRoot(props: SettingsRootComponentProps) {
     })
   }, [])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (onboardingStep === undefined) return
-    const appRoot = document.getElementById('root')
-    if (appRoot === null) return
-    appRoot.inert = true
-    return () => { appRoot.inert = false }
-  }, [onboardingStep])
-
   return (
     <>
       <button
@@ -162,18 +155,15 @@ export function SettingsRoot(props: SettingsRootComponentProps) {
           onClose={close}
         />
       )}
-      {onboardingStep !== undefined && createPortal((
-        <div className={css.onboardingOverlay} role="presentation">
-          <div className={css.onboardingMask} aria-hidden="true" />
-          <div className={css.onboardingStage}>
-            {renderSlot('settings.onboarding', {
-              stepId: onboardingStep.id,
-              complete: () => { completeOnboardingStep(onboardingStep.id) },
-              openSection,
-            }, { only: onboardingStep.id })}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      ), document.body)}
+      {/* The takeover chrome (OnboardingSurface: mask, opaque stage, `#root`
+          inert) lives inside the step component, wrapped around its visible
+          content — a step still deciding (private facts loading) renders
+          null, so nothing paints or blocks while it decides. */}
+      {onboardingStep !== undefined && renderSlot('settings.onboarding', {
+        stepId: onboardingStep.id,
+        complete: () => { completeOnboardingStep(onboardingStep.id) },
+        openSection,
+      }, { only: onboardingStep.id })}
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/contract/slots.ts b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/contract/slots.ts
index e585fa5b6f..8516ce8860 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/contract/slots.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/src/client/contract/slots.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ declare module '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots' {
      * Root-scoped onboarding steps contributed by settings features. The
      * shell mounts one ordered step at a time; the active registrant either
      * completes itself or keeps ownership until the user completes its sole
-     * path. Registrants own readiness, copy, and dialog behavior.
+     * path. Registrants own readiness, copy, dialog behavior, AND the
+     * takeover chrome: a step wraps its visible content in the
+     * OnboardingSurface primitive (mask, opaque stage, `#root` inert) and
+     * renders null while its private facts are still loading — the shell
+     * paints no chrome of its own, so a mounted-but-deciding step shows and
+     * blocks nothing (the reload white-flash fix; a bare unwrapped step
+     * would render without mask or stage).
      */
     'settings.onboarding': { kind: 'list'; scope: 'root'; owner: SettingsOnboardingOwnerProps }
   }
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx
index 900c66d381..40b4dc29c2 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-settings/tests/settings-root.spec.tsx
@@ -204,14 +204,19 @@ describe('SettingsPanel navigation', () => {
     expect(inactive).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 
-  it('makes the underlying application inert while onboarding owns the viewport', () => {
+  it('paints no takeover chrome of its own around the mounted step', () => {
+    // The chrome (mask, opaque stage, #root inert) belongs to the step via
+    // the OnboardingSurface primitive — a mounted-but-deciding step that
+    // renders null must show and block nothing (the reload white-flash fix;
+    // onboarding-surface.spec.tsx pins the primitive's half).
     const appRoot = document.createElement('div')
     appRoot.id = 'root'
     document.body.append(appRoot)
     const { view } = mount()
-    expect(appRoot.inert).toBe(true)
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('[class*="onboarding"]')).toBeNull()
+    expect(document.body.querySelector('[class*="onboarding"]')).toBeNull()
+    expect(appRoot.inert).not.toBe(true)
     view.unmount()
-    expect(appRoot.inert).toBe(false)
     appRoot.remove()
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-trajectory/tests/views.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-trajectory/tests/views.spec.tsx
index 548f51aceb..56a9ee90cf 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-trajectory/tests/views.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-trajectory/tests/views.spec.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import type {
   SessionHistorySnapshot, SessionId, SessionListState, WorkspaceListState,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 import type { ConvViewProps, ViewTab } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/client'
-import { ConversationSession, type ConversationSessionProps } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
+import {
+  ConversationSession, ConversationSessionHeader,
+  type ConversationSessionHeaderProps, type ConversationSessionProps,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/src/client/skeleton/ConversationSession.tsx'
 import { createChatStore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/src/client/stores.ts'
 import { zh as conversationZh } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation/src/client/locales.ts'
 import { apply, inject } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-trajectory/client'
@@ -35,12 +38,9 @@ import { createTrajectoryDurationStore } from '../src/client/duration-store.ts'
 import { deriveTrajectoryTimeline } from '../src/client/timeline.ts'
 
 const SID = 's1' as SessionId
-
-// Stub of the conversation package's standard locale seat (this spec mounts
-// its ConversationSession chrome); answers from the zh dictionary and falls
-// back to the key like the real chain.
-const tConversation: ConversationSessionProps['t'] =
+const tConversation: ConversationSessionHeaderProps['t'] =
   key => (conversationZh as Record<string, string>)[key] ?? key
+
 afterEach(cleanup)
 // The chat store persists under its declared key; clear so one case's active
 // view cannot rehydrate into the next.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function tabsOf(slots: SlotsService): ViewTab[] {
     .map(e => ({ id: e.options.id!, label: resolveSlotLabel(e.options.label) ?? e.options.id! }))
 }
 
-/** Mount the strict session content over the ring ledger with an outlet-faithful renderSlot. */
+/** Mount the strict Session header/body over the ring ledger with outlet-faithful render shares. */
 function mount(slots: SlotsService, nodes: ConversationSnapshot['nodes'] = NODES) {
   const sessionSnapshot = createSnapshotStore({
     running: false, removed: false, promptError: null, nodes,
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ function mount(slots: SlotsService, nodes: ConversationSnapshot['nodes'] = NODES
   })
   const useSession = bindSnapshotSelector(sessionSnapshot) as unknown as UseSession<ConversationSnapshot>
   const chat = createChatStore().create()
+  const views = {
+    list: () => tabsOf(slots),
+    subscribe: (fn: () => void) => slots.subscribe('conversation.view', fn),
+    version: () => slots.getVersion('conversation.view'),
+  }
+  const useInput = bindSnapshotSelector(createSnapshotStore({ draft: '', draftRev: 0, phase: 'plain', queue: [] })) as never
+  const inputActions = { setDraft: vi.fn(), submit: vi.fn() }
   // Minimal outlet twin: resolve the ring entry by the `only` filter and
   // render it with the session standard kit (what SlotOutlet does for a
   // list-kind session slot, minus machinery).
@@ -222,27 +229,39 @@ function mount(slots: SlotsService, nodes: ConversationSnapshot['nodes'] = NODES
     )
   }) as unknown as ConversationSessionProps['renderSlot']
   return render(
-    <ConversationSession
-      sessionId={SID}
-      t={tConversation}
-      SessionProvider={({ children }) => children(SID)}
-      useSession={useSession}
-      useSessions={emptySessions()}
-      useWorkspaces={emptyWorkspaces()}
-      useProjection={(() => undefined)}
-      useStore={bindSnapshotSelector(chat)}
-      actions={chat.actions}
-      renderSlot={renderSlot}
-      views={{
-        list: () => tabsOf(slots),
-        subscribe: (fn: () => void) => slots.subscribe('conversation.view', fn),
-        version: () => slots.getVersion('conversation.view'),
-      }}
-      useInput={bindSnapshotSelector(createSnapshotStore({ draft: '', draftRev: 0, phase: 'plain', queue: [] })) as never}
-      inputActions={{ setDraft: vi.fn(), submit: vi.fn() }}
-      bindDraftMirror={() => () => {}}
-      open={vi.fn()}
-    />,
+    <>
+      <ConversationSessionHeader
+        sessionId={SID}
+        SessionProvider={({ children }) => children(SID)}
+        useSession={useSession}
+        useSessions={emptySessions()}
+        useWorkspaces={emptyWorkspaces()}
+        useProjection={(() => undefined)}
+        useStore={bindSnapshotSelector(chat)}
+        actions={chat.actions}
+        renderSlot={() => null}
+        views={views}
+        useInput={useInput}
+        inputActions={inputActions}
+        open={vi.fn()}
+        t={tConversation}
+      />
+      <ConversationSession
+        sessionId={SID}
+        SessionProvider={({ children }) => children(SID)}
+        useSession={useSession}
+        useSessions={emptySessions()}
+        useWorkspaces={emptyWorkspaces()}
+        useProjection={(() => undefined)}
+        useStore={bindSnapshotSelector(chat)}
+        actions={chat.actions}
+        renderSlot={renderSlot}
+        views={views}
+        useInput={useInput}
+        inputActions={inputActions}
+        bindDraftMirror={() => () => {}}
+      />
+    </>,
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/locales.ts b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/locales.ts
index b9e06a6ae2..d9c70de729 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/locales.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/locales.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const zh = {
   'status.waitingApproval': '等待审批',
   'status.planReview': '计划待审',
   'status.waitingAnswer': '等待回答',
+  'status.completed': '已完成',
   'hover.created': '创建于 {time}',
   'hover.copied': '已复制',
   'date.ymd': '{y}年{m}月{d}日',
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ export const en = {
   'status.waitingApproval': 'Waiting for approval',
   'status.planReview': 'Plan awaiting review',
   'status.waitingAnswer': 'Waiting for answer',
+  'status.completed': 'Completed',
   'hover.created': 'Created {time}',
   'hover.copied': 'Copied',
   'date.ymd': '{y}-{m}-{d}',
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/rows/Rows.tsx b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/rows/Rows.tsx
index 836325076b..fb64a0be42 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/rows/Rows.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/rows/Rows.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function assertNever(value: never): never {
 
 /** Session status presentation; pending user interaction outranks the running state. */
 function sessionStatus(
-  node: Pick<SessionNode, 'pendingInteraction' | 'running'>,
+  node: Pick<SessionNode, 'pendingInteraction' | 'running' | 'completed'>,
   t: RowTranslate,
 ): { state: StateDotState; label: string } {
   switch (node.pendingInteraction) {
@@ -185,10 +185,11 @@ function sessionStatus(
     default: return assertNever(node.pendingInteraction)
   }
   if (node.running) return { state: 'ongoing', label: t('status.running') }
+  if (node.completed) return { state: 'done', label: t('status.completed') }
   return { state: 'done', label: t('status.idle') }
 }
 
-/** Hover-card body: full title, relative time, and interaction/running/idle status. */
+/** Hover-card body: full title, relative time, and interaction/running/completed/idle status. */
 function SessionHoverContent({ node, now, t }: { node: SessionNode; now: number; t: RowTranslate }) {
   const status = sessionStatus(node, t)
   return (
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ export function SearchResultItem({ result, currentId, onOpen, t }: {
     >
       <span className={css.searchResultHeading}>
         <span className={css.slot}>
-          {status.state !== 'done' && (
+          {(status.state !== 'done' || result.completed) && (
             <>
               <StateDot state={status.state} />
               <span className={css.visuallyHidden}>{status.label}</span>
@@ -351,8 +352,11 @@ export function SessionNodeItem({ node, currentId, now, onOpen, onRename, onFork
           drag.drop(rowHalf(e))
         }}
     >
+      {/* Pending interactions and running outrank the idle state; a
+          finished-but-unviewed session shows the green done reminder dot
+          (cleared by opening the session). */}
       <span className={css.slot}>
-        {status.state !== 'done' && (
+        {(status.state !== 'done' || row.completed) && (
           <>
             <StateDot state={status.state} />
             <span className={css.visuallyHidden}>{status.label}</span>
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/tree.ts b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/tree.ts
index 1a9f42504c..90153211ea 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/tree.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-workspace/src/client/tree.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export interface SessionNode {
   /** The runtime Session list reports an interaction awaiting this user. */
   pendingInteraction?: PendingInteractionStatus
   running: boolean
+  /** Finished running while not selected and not yet opened (the green "done" reminder dot). */
+  completed: boolean
   updatedAt: number
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ export interface SearchResultNode {
   /** The runtime Session list reports an interaction awaiting this user. */
   pendingInteraction?: PendingInteractionStatus
   running: boolean
+  /** Finished running while not selected and not yet opened (the green "done" reminder dot). */
+  completed: boolean
   snippet?: string
 }
 
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ function sessionNode(s: SessionSummary): SessionNode {
     title: sessionTitle(s),
     blank: s.blank,
     running: s.running,
+    completed: s.completed === true,
     updatedAt: s.updatedAt,
     ...(s.pendingInteraction === undefined ? {} : { pendingInteraction: s.pendingInteraction }),
   }
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ export function deriveSearchResults(
         ...(summary.pendingInteraction === undefined
           ? {}
           : { pendingInteraction: summary.pendingInteraction }),
+        completed: summary.completed === true,
         ...match === undefined ? {} : { snippet: match.snippet },
       }
     }),
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/rows.spec.tsx b/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/rows.spec.tsx
index 1f5387cf43..1c8fd1f703 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/rows.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/rows.spec.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
       title: 'Result title',
       workspace: 'Workspace context',
       running: true,
+      completed: false,
       snippet: 'matching message excerpt',
     }
     render(<SearchResultItem result={result} currentId={result.id} onOpen={onOpen} t={t} />)
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
   ] as const)('shows %s ahead of running in search results', (pendingInteraction, label) => {
     const result: SearchResultNode = {
       id: sid(pendingInteraction), title: 'Needs input', workspace: 'Project',
-      pendingInteraction, running: true,
+      pendingInteraction, running: true, completed: false,
     }
     render(<SearchResultItem result={result} currentId={undefined} onOpen={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
     const row = screen.getByRole('treeitem')
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
 
   it('renders and opens a selected running Session row', () => {
     const node: SessionNode = {
-      id: sid('session'), title: 'Session', blank: false, running: true, updatedAt: 0,
+      id: sid('session'), title: 'Session', blank: false, running: true, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
     }
     const onOpen = vi.fn()
     render(
@@ -130,6 +131,38 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     expect(onOpen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.id)
   })
 
+  it('shows the green done dot only on a finished, unviewed session (running wins the slot)', () => {
+    const renderRow = (over: Partial<SessionNode>) => render(
+      <SessionNodeItem
+        node={{ id: sid('s1'), title: 'One', blank: false, running: false, completed: false, updatedAt: 0, ...over }}
+        currentId={undefined} now={0} onOpen={vi.fn()}
+        onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t}
+      />,
+    )
+    const stateDot = (view: ReturnType<typeof renderRow>) =>
+      view.container.querySelector('[data-state]')
+    // No completion reminder, not running: no state dot at all.
+    const plain = renderRow({})
+    expect(stateDot(plain)).toBeNull()
+    plain.unmount()
+    // Completed while unviewed: the green done dot.
+    const done = renderRow({ completed: true })
+    expect(done.container.querySelector('[data-state="done"]')).not.toBeNull()
+    done.unmount()
+    // Running wins the slot: the animated ongoing dot, no done dot.
+    const running = renderRow({ completed: true, running: true })
+    expect(running.container.querySelector('[data-state="ongoing"]')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(running.container.querySelector('[data-state="done"]')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('shows the green done dot on a finished search result row', () => {
+    render(<SearchResultItem
+      result={{ id: sid('result'), title: 'Done', workspace: 'Workspace', running: false, completed: true }}
+      currentId={undefined} onOpen={vi.fn()} t={t}
+    />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('treeitem').querySelector('[data-state="done"]')).not.toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('workspace row menu opens on the ellipsis, renames, and shows the danger delete row', () => {
     const onRename = vi.fn()
     const onDelete = vi.fn()
@@ -198,7 +231,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     try {
       const node: SessionNode = {
-        id: sid('s-blank'), title: 'ignored', blank: true, running: false, updatedAt: 0,
+        id: sid('s-blank'), title: 'ignored', blank: true, running: false, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
       }
       render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={node.id} now={0} onOpen={vi.fn()}
         onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
@@ -224,7 +257,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     const onFork = vi.fn()
     const onArchive = vi.fn()
     const node: SessionNode = {
-      id: sid('s1'), title: 'One', blank: false, running: false, updatedAt: 0,
+      id: sid('s1'), title: 'One', blank: false, running: false, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
     }
     render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={undefined} now={0} onOpen={onOpen}
       onRename={onRename} onFork={onFork} onArchive={onArchive} t={t} />)
@@ -257,7 +290,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     try {
       const node: SessionNode = {
-        id: sid('s1'), title: 'Hovered', blank: false, running: true, updatedAt: 0,
+        id: sid('s1'), title: 'Hovered', blank: false, running: true, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
       }
       render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={undefined} now={60_000} onOpen={vi.fn()}
         onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
@@ -288,7 +321,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     try {
       const node: SessionNode = {
         id: sid(pendingInteraction), title: 'Needs input', blank: false,
-        pendingInteraction, running: true, updatedAt: 0,
+        pendingInteraction, running: true, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
       }
       const view = render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={undefined} now={0} onOpen={vi.fn()}
         onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
@@ -314,7 +347,7 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     try {
       const node: SessionNode = {
-        id: sid('s1'), title: 'Quiet', blank: false, running: false, updatedAt: 0,
+        id: sid('s1'), title: 'Quiet', blank: false, running: false, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
       }
       render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={undefined} now={0} onOpen={vi.fn()}
         onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
@@ -327,9 +360,26 @@ describe('workspace browser rows', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('completed hover card shows the Completed status line', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const node: SessionNode = {
+        id: sid('s1'), title: 'Done', blank: false, running: false, completed: true, updatedAt: 0,
+      }
+      render(<SessionNodeItem node={node} currentId={undefined} now={0} onOpen={vi.fn()}
+        onRename={vi.fn()} onFork={vi.fn()} onArchive={vi.fn()} t={t} />)
+      fireEvent.pointerEnter(screen.getByRole('treeitem').parentElement as HTMLElement)
+      act(() => { vi.advanceTimersByTime(500) })
+      // Row's visually-hidden reminder label plus the hover card's status line.
+      expect(screen.getAllByText('已完成')).toHaveLength(2)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('draggable row wires start/end and gates hover/drop on an active same-group drag', () => {
     const node: SessionNode = {
-      id: sid('s1'), title: 'Drag me', blank: false, running: false, updatedAt: 0,
+      id: sid('s1'), title: 'Drag me', blank: false, running: false, completed: false, updatedAt: 0,
     }
     const inactive = dragProps()
     const { rerender } = render(
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/tree.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/tree.spec.ts
index a15fffa3d8..fed1c03eec 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/tree.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-workspace/tests/tree.spec.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ describe('deriveGroups', () => {
     expect(strayGroups.map(group => group.key)).toEqual(['first'])
   })
 
+  it('projects the completion reminder into session and search rows (absent = false)', () => {
+    const done = { ...summary('done', 3), completed: true }
+    const plain = summary('plain', 2)
+    const sessions = list(done, plain)
+    const groups = deriveGroups(
+      sessions, [workspace('first', ['done', 'plain'])], noArchive, view(['first']),
+    )
+    const doneNode = groups[0]!.sessions.find(session => session.id === done.id)!
+    const plainNode = groups[0]!.sessions.find(session => session.id === plain.id)!
+    expect(doneNode.completed).toBe(true)
+    expect(plainNode.completed).toBe(false)
+    expect(deriveFlat(sessions, noArchive).find(node => node.id === done.id)!.completed).toBe(true)
+    const search = deriveSearchResults(sessions, [workspace('first', ['done', 'plain'])], 'done', noArchive, { items: [], hasMore: false }, 10)
+    expect(search.items[0]?.completed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('hides subagent-origin sessions without hiding ordinary forks', () => {
     const parent = summary('parent', 1)
     const fork = { ...summary('fork', 2), parentId: parent.id }
@@ -259,6 +275,7 @@ describe('deriveSearchResults', () => {
           workspace: 'Alpha',
           running: false,
           pendingInteraction: 'plan-review',
+          completed: false,
           snippet: 'title session body excerpt',
         },
         {
@@ -266,12 +283,14 @@ describe('deriveSearchResults', () => {
           title: 'Ordinary title',
           workspace: 'Needle Workspace',
           running: false,
+          completed: false,
         },
         {
           id: contentHit.id,
           title: 'content-hit',
           workspace: 'c',
           running: false,
+          completed: false,
           snippet: 'body needle excerpt',
         },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/compact/compact-basic/src/index.ts b/packages/compact/compact-basic/src/index.ts
index 0bf76975ba..211ac8a920 100644
--- a/packages/compact/compact-basic/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compact/compact-basic/src/index.ts
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ export class BasicCompactService extends CompactService {
     }
 
     ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-      agent: Agent,
-      _messages,
-      { signal },
+      { agent, signal },
       next,
     ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
       if (!signal.aborted) {
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ export class BasicCompactService extends CompactService {
       return next()
     })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
       if (status === 'idle') this.overflowRetries.delete(agent)
     })
 
@@ -178,12 +176,9 @@ export class BasicCompactService extends CompactService {
     })
 
     ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (
-      agent,
-      context,
-      signal,
+      { agent, failure, signal },
       next,
     ) => {
-      const { failure } = context
       if (failure.code !== CONTEXT_WINDOW_EXCEEDED_CODE || signal.aborted) return next()
       this.overflowAgents.set(agent.session, agent)
       const target = routedTarget(agent.session)
diff --git a/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-basic.spec.ts b/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-basic.spec.ts
index fddbaceb80..a8efad741b 100644
--- a/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-basic.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-basic.spec.ts
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ describe('default one-shot summarizer', () => {
 describe('automatic listener and loader composition', () => {
   function preStep(ctx: Context, owner: Agent, signal = SIGNAL) {
     return agentEvents(ctx, owner).waterfall(
-      'agent/pre-step', [], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+      'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
       () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
     )
   }
@@ -1388,8 +1388,7 @@ describe('automatic listener and loader composition', () => {
     const turn = owner.session.events.findLast(event => event.type === 'turn/start')?.data.turn ?? 1
     return agentEvents(ctx, owner).waterfall(
       'agent/request-error',
-      { turn, step: 1, provider: 'test', failure, retryPolicy: undefined },
-      signal,
+      { turn, step: 1, provider: 'test', failure, retryPolicy: undefined, signal },
       next,
     ).then(action => action?.kind === 'retry')
   }
diff --git a/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-loop-repro.spec.ts b/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-loop-repro.spec.ts
index 132135bd48..471207aa97 100644
--- a/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-loop-repro.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compact/compact-basic/tests/compact-loop-repro.spec.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ async function harness(toolSteps: number): Promise<{ ctx: Context; compact: Repr
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function overflowHistorySeed(): SessionEvent[] {
 describe('CBR-001: a real-loop checkpoint is a valid boundary on both sides', () => {
   it('uses the model actually routed by agent/request for post-step pressure', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await harness(8)
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => ({
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => ({
       ...await next(), provider: 'mock', model: 'mock',
     }))
     try {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe('context-overflow recovery across the real loop and compact-basic', ()
       await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, { agents: [] })
       await ctx.plugin(TokenMeterService)
       ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], adapter)
-      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => ({
+      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => ({
         ...await next(), provider: 'mock', model: 'mock',
       }))
       await ctx.plugin(BasicCompactService, {
diff --git a/packages/context/time-context/src/index.ts b/packages/context/time-context/src/index.ts
index 4cc9e5de9c..5e95beb2b2 100644
--- a/packages/context/time-context/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/context/time-context/src/index.ts
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   const resolvedTimeZone = formatter.resolvedOptions().timeZone
 
   ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-    agent: Agent,
-    _messages,
-    { turn, step, signal },
+    { agent, turn, step, signal },
     next,
   ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     const decision = await next()
diff --git a/packages/context/time-context/tests/time-context.spec.ts b/packages/context/time-context/tests/time-context.spec.ts
index 94228bbc9f..a0ffb9e619 100644
--- a/packages/context/time-context/tests/time-context.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/context/time-context/tests/time-context.spec.ts
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ async function fire(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [],
-    { turn, step, signal },
+    { messages: [], turn, step, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ describe('real agent-loop request history', () => {
   ] as const)('does not commit a preparation reading when a downstream pre-step listener %s', async (mode) => {
     const adapter = new ScriptedAdapter([textResponse('unused')])
     const ctx = await loopHarness(adapter)
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (mode === 'throws') throw new Error('later pre-step failure')
       subject.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       return next()
diff --git a/packages/context/tmux-context/src/index.ts b/packages/context/tmux-context/src/index.ts
index ff9243416e..e79ad89b6b 100644
--- a/packages/context/tmux-context/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/context/tmux-context/src/index.ts
@@ -216,9 +216,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   validateRefreshInterval(refreshIntervalMs)
 
   ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-    agent: Agent,
-    _messages,
-    { turn, step, signal },
+    { agent, turn, step, signal },
     next,
   ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     const decision = await next()
diff --git a/packages/context/tmux-context/tests/tmux-context.spec.ts b/packages/context/tmux-context/tests/tmux-context.spec.ts
index d7e4a0a7fb..12bc37b9ce 100644
--- a/packages/context/tmux-context/tests/tmux-context.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/context/tmux-context/tests/tmux-context.spec.ts
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ async function fire(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [],
-    { turn, step, signal },
+    { messages: [], turn, step, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.i18n.yaml
index bd8c55d78c..753836e528 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/context/workspace-context/README.md
-README.md: 7add269c7a1b38e9624cf6d0368151661bc72a6b
-README.zh.md: 3456c5c36275e8e521b312b1b0b7e1dd102ca23c
+README.md: 82aee27a8fbd6a1ab0f0860226b081e28ba72e6e
+README.zh.md: 9d983f95f4e018cb8fe983d9862cf5f31f83c5f2
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.md b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.md
index 7add269c7a..82aee27a8f 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.md
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Per-session workspace instruction loading for `AGENTS.md`-compatible files. The
 
 ## Lifecycle
 
-The first eligible `agent/pre-step` of each live session composes the baseline. When the downstream decision enters a nonempty first-step batch, the plugin folds the baseline into that final batch right after the claimed prompt, so the direct prompt and the durable baseline enter step 1 and reach the first request together. A rejected or empty first-step decision leaves the baseline in the agent's `next-step` inbox for a later wakeup. The loader reads `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md` followed by, in each directory from the project root to `agent.session.header.cwd`, every existing base candidate and then every existing local-overlay candidate. Within one directory, candidates whose content is byte-identical after trimming leading and trailing whitespace collapse to the earliest candidate in configured order, so a `CLAUDE.md` that merely duplicates its sibling `AGENTS.md` is rendered once. If a previously queued workspace context is still pending, the plugin removes and replaces that exact inbox item instead of accumulating duplicates.
+The first eligible `agent/pre-step` of each live session composes the baseline. When the downstream decision enters a nonempty first-step batch, the plugin folds the baseline into that final batch right after the claimed prompt, so the direct prompt and the durable baseline enter step 1 and reach the first request together. A rejected or empty first-step decision leaves the baseline in the agent's `next-step` inbox for a later wakeup. The loader reads `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md` followed by, in each directory from the project root to `agent.session.header.cwd`, every existing base candidate and then every existing local-overlay candidate. Within one directory, candidates whose content is byte-identical after trimming leading and trailing whitespace collapse to the earliest candidate in configured order, so a `CLAUDE.md` that merely duplicates its sibling `AGENTS.md` is rendered once. If a previously queued workspace context is still pending, the plugin removes and replaces that exact inbox item instead of accumulating duplicates. A resumed session retains one compatible visible baseline and appends only current-file transitions; a changed discovery, precedence, project-root, or budget identity instead folds one explicitly superseding complete baseline into the entering batch.
 
 The plugin also listens on `tools/post-execute` for successful first-party `read`, `write`, and `edit` calls. Each touch checks newly reached descendant scopes and every previously loaded scope. Each configured candidate name is an independent scope in its directory: a newly present file is attached through the result's `additionalContexts`; a changed file appends a replacement; a file that disappears or becomes a per-directory duplicate of an earlier candidate appends a removal notice. Native calls and Code Mode sub-dispatches share this path: `run_code` defers each nested context until its outer result, so the loop still appends updates after tool-call/result adjacency is complete. This follows structured filesystem activity rather than shell `cd`, because each local bash call starts a fresh shell and parsing arbitrary shell syntax would be unreliable.
 
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ The plugin owns the complete `<system-reminder>` framing, and every injected `us
 
 ## State And Refresh
 
-Model-visible text contains no hidden state markers. Each baseline or dynamic context event instead carries a typed `workspace-instructions` source with a list of `{ action, scope, path, digest? }` changes; the complete startup or resume baseline also carries `baseline: true`. A matching durable `user/message` confirms a queued baseline and its candidate versions. An entering pre-step folds newly composed context into its final batch immediately after the claimed messages and removes the pending inbox copy; rejection keeps the current context queued. If a listener rewrites away a claimed workspace message without entering its replacement, a later boundary recomposes the current context. On every relevant tool touch, the plugin reconstructs loaded state from its visible session events and overlays a short in-memory pending window for context present on the immutable top-level `tools/result` but not yet appended by the loop. If the owning `step/end` arrives before a matching dynamic context reaches the log, the plugin clears that pending transition and its version fast path so the next successful touch can load it again. Nested Code Mode results stage pending changes under the outer execution token for same-run duplicate suppression; the outer result rolls that state back and recommits only contexts that survived outer policy.
+Model-visible text contains no hidden state markers. Each baseline or dynamic context event instead carries a typed `workspace-instructions` source with a list of `{ action, scope, path, digest? }` changes; a complete baseline also carries `baseline: true` and a `baselineIdentity` derived from normalized discovery, precedence, project-root, and budget configuration. A matching durable `user/message` confirms a queued baseline and its candidate versions. An entering pre-step folds newly composed context into its final batch immediately after the claimed messages and removes the pending inbox copy; rejection keeps the current context queued. If a listener rewrites away a claimed workspace message without entering its replacement, a later boundary recomposes the current context. On every relevant tool touch, the plugin reconstructs loaded state from its visible session events and overlays a short in-memory pending window for context present on the immutable top-level `tools/result` but not yet appended by the loop. If the owning `step/end` arrives before a matching dynamic context reaches the log, the plugin clears that pending transition and its version fast path so the next successful touch can load it again. Nested Code Mode results stage pending changes under the outer execution token for same-run duplicate suppression; the outer result rolls that state back and recommits only contexts that survived outer policy.
 
 An unchanged path and SHA-1 content digest is not injected again. A per-session, per-scope provider cache stores only `{ path, version, digest, trimmedDigest }`: when the provider's opaque `FsVersion` and the effective visible state both match, reconciliation skips the content read; a changed version triggers a bounded read and SHA-1 confirmation before any model-visible update. The `trimmedDigest` — SHA-1 over the whitespace-trimmed content — is the per-directory duplicate key, so an unchanged file can still be removed when an earlier candidate converges on its content. Resume works because SHA-1 state is persisted in the typed source, while an empty in-memory version cache merely causes one confirming read. Compaction re-arms a scope after its context event leaves the visible surface even when the cached version is unchanged. A removal is a tombstone, so a later candidate reappearance is loaded again. Only model-visible changes actually rendered within the byte budget enter the source, pending state, and version cache; an omitted change remains eligible for a later touch, while a same-digest version refresh updates only the provider cache.
 
-The initial baseline event itself is not rewritten. Its typed changes remain authoritative only while that event is in the visible session surface; the next successful filesystem touch re-adds an unchanged baseline scope after compaction, or appends its replacement or removal. The in-memory scope marker and provider-version cache only select and accelerate probes. A hot plugin remount retains a baseline only when its typed event remains visible, while rebuilding current scope and version tracking; otherwise it queues a current baseline. A resumed loop always recomposes the current baseline and also reconciles still-visible dynamic scopes at its first pre-step; an entering first request records that context in the same step. There is no file watcher, so an on-disk change becomes visible at the next successful `read`, `write`, or `edit` touch, or when a resumed loop prepares its baseline.
+The initial baseline event itself is not rewritten. Its typed changes remain authoritative only while that event is in the visible session surface. When compaction shadows the event, the next entering pre-step composes the current baseline and records it in the same request; a successful filesystem touch can instead re-add an unchanged baseline scope or append its replacement or removal. The in-memory scope marker and provider-version cache only select and accelerate probes. At the first pre-step after resume or hot remount, a compatible visible baseline is retained and compared with the files retained by the current complete rendering. Unchanged and budget-omitted files append nothing; offline additions, edits, removals, and files leaving the retained budget set append `set`, `replace`, or `remove` transitions. An incompatible visible baseline is superseded by one complete current baseline, including an explicit empty baseline when no candidate remains. There is no file watcher, so an on-disk change becomes visible at the next successful `read`, `write`, or `edit` touch, when a resumed session reconciles its baseline, or when an entering pre-step restores a shadowed baseline.
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Instruction content is read through `streamText()` under `maxSourceBytes`, even
 
 #### What the model sees
 
-At the first request of each loop instance, the model receives one durable user-role message containing the bounded user-global and project instruction chain in broad-to-specific order.
+At the first request, derived history contains one durable user-role message with the bounded user-global and project instruction chain in broad-to-specific order. Resume reuses that message when its visible baseline is compatible.
 
 ##### Baseline instruction template
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The rendered baseline is appended once and remains in derived history until comp
 
 #### KV Cache effect
 
-Append-only after the existing reusable prefix. A new or resumed instance may append a recomposed baseline, so instruction, precedence, cwd, candidate, or byte-budget changes affect cache reuse from that history position.
+Append-only after the existing reusable prefix. Resume preserves reuse when the visible baseline identity is compatible; an incompatible identity appends a complete replacement, so discovery, precedence, project-root, or budget changes affect reuse only from that history position.
 
 ### Newly discovered scope context
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Append-only; newly visible content follows the reusable request prefix and does
 ## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
 
 - **Discovery follows structured fs tools, not shell navigation** — a `bash` command that changes directories does not trigger nested instruction discovery because shell syntax and per-call shell state are not a reliable filesystem seam.
-- **Refresh is touch-driven** — there is no watcher; external edits become visible on the next successful first-party `read`, `write`, or `edit`, or when a resumed loop prepares its baseline.
+- **Refresh is touch-driven** — there is no watcher; external edits become visible on the next successful first-party `read`, `write`, or `edit`, when resume reconciles a visible baseline, or when an entering pre-step restores a shadowed baseline.
 - **Candidate semantics stay intentionally small** — lowercase names, `.claude/rules/`, and `@path` imports are not interpreted; project scopes load `AGENTS.local.md`/`CLAUDE.local.md` overlays by default, but the user-global `$DSH_HOME` scope has no local overlay and other custom names require explicit candidate configuration.
 - **Per-directory dedup is content-based** — sibling candidates collapse only when byte-identical after trimming leading and trailing whitespace; a `CLAUDE.md` that symlinks its sibling `AGENTS.md` resolves to the same content and collapses like any duplicate, while a distinct real copy that has drifted from `AGENTS.md` loads in full alongside it.
 - **Symlinked instruction files are followed across the trust boundary** — a candidate whose final component is a symlink is resolved and its target loaded, so a cloned repository can surface off-tree file content as lower-authority workspace guidance (it never overrides system, developer, or direct user instructions). Confine `ctx.fs` with the filesystem policy gate or an OS sandbox when loading untrusted repositories.
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.zh.md b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.zh.md
index 3456c5c362..9d983f95f4 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/README.zh.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## 生命周期
 
-每个实时会话第一次符合条件的 `agent/pre-step` 会组合基线。当下游决策让非空的第一步批次进入时，插件会将基线折入最终批次、紧随已领取的直接提示词之后，使直接提示词与持久基线一同进入步骤 1，并共同抵达第一次请求。reject 或空的第一步决策会将基线留在 agent 的 `next-step` inbox，等待后续唤醒。loader 先读取 `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md`，随后针对项目根目录到 `agent.session.header.cwd` 的每个目录，先读取每个现有基础候选文件，再读取每个现有本地 overlay 候选文件。同一目录中，如果候选文件在去除首尾空白后字节完全一致，就会按已配置顺序折叠到最早候选文件，因此 `CLAUDE.md` 若只是复制同级 `AGENTS.md`，只会渲染一次。若之前排队的 workspace 上下文仍在等待，插件会删除并替换该确切 inbox 条目，而不会不断累积副本。
+每个实时会话第一次符合条件的 `agent/pre-step` 会组合基线。当下游决策让非空的第一步批次进入时，插件会将基线折入最终批次、紧随已领取的直接提示词之后，使直接提示词与持久基线一同进入步骤 1，并共同抵达第一次请求。reject 或空的第一步决策会将基线留在 agent 的 `next-step` inbox，等待后续唤醒。loader 先读取 `$DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md`，随后针对项目根目录到 `agent.session.header.cwd` 的每个目录，先读取每个现有基础候选文件，再读取每个现有本地 overlay 候选文件。同一目录中，如果候选文件在去除首尾空白后字节完全一致，就会按已配置顺序折叠到最早候选文件，因此 `CLAUDE.md` 若只是复制同级 `AGENTS.md`，只会渲染一次。若之前排队的 workspace 上下文仍在等待，插件会删除并替换该确切 inbox 条目，而不会不断累积副本。恢复后的会话会保留一条兼容的可见基线，并只追加当前文件的转换；如果发现、优先级、项目根目录或预算标识发生变化，则会将一条明确取代旧基线的完整基线折入进入步骤的批次。
 
 该插件还会监听 `tools/post-execute` 中成功的第一方 `read`、`write` 和 `edit` 调用。每次 touch 都会检查新达到的后代 scope 以及之前加载的每个 scope。每个已配置候选名称都是所在目录中的独立 scope：新出现的文件通过结果的 `additionalContexts` 附加；已改变文件追加替换；文件消失或成为同一目录中较早候选文件的重复项时，追加移除通知。原生调用与 Code Mode 子分派共享该路径：`run_code` 将每个嵌套上下文延迟到外层结果，因此 loop 仍会在工具调用／结果相邻关系完成后追加更新。这种发现跟随结构化文件系统活动，而不是 shell `cd`，因为每次本地 bash 调用都启动新 shell，解析任意 shell 语法也不可靠。
 
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ These instructions apply to work under `packages/app`. Use them as guidance when
 
 ## 状态与刷新
 
-模型可见文本不含隐藏状态标记。每个基线或动态上下文事件改为携带带类型的 `workspace-instructions` 来源，其中包含 `{ action, scope, path, digest? }` 变更列表；完整的启动或恢复基线还会携带 `baseline: true`。匹配的持久 `user/message` 会确认已排队基线及其候选版本。进入步骤的 pre-step 会把新组合的上下文折入最终批次，位置紧随已领取的消息，并移除 inbox 中仍待处理的副本；reject 则让当前上下文继续排队。若监听器改写掉已领取的 workspace 消息，又没有让替代消息进入，后续边界会重新组合当前上下文。每次相关工具 touch 时，插件会从可见会话事件重建已加载状态，并叠加一个短暂内存 pending 窗口，用于不可变顶层 `tools/result` 上存在但 loop 尚未追加的上下文。如果所属 `step/end` 在匹配的动态上下文进入日志之前到达，插件会清除该 pending 转换及其版本快速路径，使下一次成功 touch 可以重新加载。嵌套 Code Mode 结果会在外层执行 token 下暂存 pending 变更，用于抑制同次运行中的重复项；外层结果会回滚该状态，再只重新提交经过外层策略的上下文。
+模型可见文本不含隐藏状态标记。每个基线或动态上下文事件改为携带带类型的 `workspace-instructions` 来源，其中包含 `{ action, scope, path, digest? }` 变更列表；完整基线还会携带 `baseline: true`，以及从规范化的发现、优先级、项目根目录和预算配置派生的 `baselineIdentity`。匹配的持久 `user/message` 会确认已排队基线及其候选版本。进入步骤的 pre-step 会把新组合的上下文折入最终批次，位置紧随已领取的消息，并移除 inbox 中仍待处理的副本；reject 则让当前上下文继续排队。若监听器改写掉已领取的 workspace 消息，又没有让替代消息进入，后续边界会重新组合当前上下文。每次相关工具 touch 时，插件会从可见会话事件重建已加载状态，并叠加一个短暂内存 pending 窗口，用于不可变顶层 `tools/result` 上存在但 loop 尚未追加的上下文。如果所属 `step/end` 在匹配的动态上下文进入日志之前到达，插件会清除该 pending 转换及其版本快速路径，使下一次成功 touch 可以重新加载。嵌套 Code Mode 结果会在外层执行 token 下暂存 pending 变更，用于抑制同次运行中的重复项；外层结果会回滚该状态，再只重新提交经过外层策略的上下文。
 
 路径与 SHA-1 内容 digest 都未变时，不会重复注入。每会话、每 scope 提供方 cache 只存储 `{ path, version, digest, trimmedDigest }`：当提供方的不透明 `FsVersion` 与有效可见状态都匹配时，对账会跳过内容读取；版本改变会在任何模型可见更新之前触发有界读取与 SHA-1 确认。`trimmedDigest` 是针对去除空白后内容的 SHA-1，也是每目录重复 key，因此较早候选文件与某个未更改文件的内容收敛后，后者仍可被移除。恢复可行，因为 SHA-1 状态持久化在带类型的来源中，而空的内存版本 cache 只会导致一次确认读取。压缩（compaction）会在 scope 的上下文事件离开可见表层后重新启用它，即使缓存版本未变。移除是 tombstone，因此候选文件之后重新出现时会重新加载。只有在字节预算内实际渲染的模型可见变更才会进入来源、pending 状态和版本 cache；已省略变更仍可在后续 touch 处理，而相同 digest 的版本刷新只更新提供方 cache。
 
-初始基线事件自身不会被改写。其带类型的变更仅在该事件仍位于可见会话表层时才是权威状态；下一次成功的文件系统 touch 会在压缩后重新添加未变的基线 scope，或追加其替换或移除。内存中的 scope 标记和提供方版本 cache 只负责选择探测对象并加速探测。插件热重挂只有在其带类型的事件仍然可见时才保留基线，同时会重建当前 scope 与版本跟踪状态；否则会排队当前基线。恢复的 loop 始终在第一次 pre-step 重新组合当前基线，并对账仍可见的动态 scope；首次请求若进入步骤，就会在同一步骤记录该上下文。没有文件 watcher，因此磁盘变更会在下一次成功 `read`、`write` 或 `edit` touch 时可见，也会在恢复 loop 准备基线时可见。
+初始基线事件自身不会被改写。其带类型的变更仅在该事件仍位于可见会话表层时才是权威状态。当压缩遮蔽该事件时，下一次进入步骤的 pre-step 会组合当前基线，并在同一请求中记录它；也可以改由一次成功的文件系统 touch 重新添加未变的基线 scope，或追加其替换或移除。内存中的 scope 标记和提供方版本 cache 只负责选择探测对象并加速探测。恢复或插件热重挂后的第一次 pre-step 会保留兼容的可见基线，并将它与当前完整渲染所保留的文件进行比较。未变化和被预算省略的文件不追加任何内容；agent 离线期间新增、编辑、移除或不再属于预算保留集的文件会追加 `set`、`replace` 或 `remove` 转换。不兼容的可见基线会被一条完整的当前基线取代；如果没有候选文件，这条当前基线会是显式空基线。没有文件 watcher，因此磁盘变更会在下一次成功 `read`、`write` 或 `edit` touch 时可见，也会在恢复后的会话对账其基线时，或进入步骤的 pre-step 恢复被遮蔽的基线时可见。
 
 ## 配置
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export interface Config {
 
 #### 模型看到的内容
 
-在每个 loop 实例的第一个请求中，模型会收到一条持久 user 角色消息，其中按从宽泛到具体的顺序包含有界用户全局指令与项目指令链。
+第一次请求的派生历史中包含一条持久 user 角色消息，其中按从宽泛到具体的顺序包含有界用户全局指令与项目指令链。可见基线兼容时，恢复会复用该消息。
 
 ##### 基线指令模板
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Instructions from: AGENTS.md
 
 #### KV Cache 影响
 
-仅追加，位于现有可复用前缀之后。新建或恢复的实例可能追加重新组合的基线，因此指令、优先级、cwd、候选文件或字节预算变更会从该历史位置起影响缓存复用。
+仅追加，位于现有可复用前缀之后。可见基线标识兼容时，恢复会保持复用；不兼容的标识会追加一条完整的替代基线，因此发现、优先级、项目根目录或预算变更只会从该历史位置起影响复用。
 
 ### 新发现的 scope 上下文
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ The previously loaded instructions from this file no longer apply.
 ## 已知限制与暂缓事项
 
 - **发现跟随结构化 fs 工具，而非 shell 导航**：更改目录的 `bash` 命令不会触发嵌套指令发现，因为 shell 语法与每次调用 shell 状态不是可靠的文件系统 seam。
-- **刷新由 touch 驱动**：没有 watcher；外部编辑会在下一次成功的第一方 `read`、`write` 或 `edit` 时可见，也会在恢复 loop 准备基线时可见。
+- **刷新由 touch 驱动**：没有 watcher；外部编辑会在下一次成功的第一方 `read`、`write` 或 `edit` 时、恢复过程对账可见基线时，或进入步骤的 pre-step 恢复被遮蔽的基线时可见。
 - **候选语义有意保持简单**：不解释小写名称、`.claude/rules/` 与 `@path` import；项目 scope 默认加载 `AGENTS.local.md`／`CLAUDE.local.md` overlay，但用户全局 `$DSH_HOME` scope 没有本地 overlay，其他自定义名称需要显式候选配置。
 - **每目录去重基于内容**：只有在去除首尾空白后字节完全一致时，才折叠同级候选文件。`CLAUDE.md` 若 symlink 到同级 `AGENTS.md`，会解析为相同内容，并像任何重复项一样折叠；从 `AGENTS.md` 漂移的独立实体副本则会与它一起完整加载。
 - **Symlink 指令文件会跨越信任边界跟随**：最终组件是 symlink 的候选文件会被解析并加载其目标，因此克隆仓库可以将树外文件内容呈现为较低优先级的工作区指引（它绝不会覆盖 system、developer 或用户直接下达的指令）。加载不受信任仓库时，请用文件系统策略门禁或 OS 沙箱限制 `ctx.fs`。
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts
index 56c048976c..c1a1fad1e6 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context/config
  */
 
+import { relative } from 'node:path'
 import z from 'schemastery'
 import { resolveDshHome } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
 
@@ -58,6 +59,28 @@ export interface ResolvedConfig extends ResolvedDiscoveryConfig {
   maxSourceBytes: number
 }
 
+/**
+ * Identify the discovery, precedence, and budget semantics of one baseline.
+ * @param config - normalized plugin configuration.
+ * @param cwd - absolute session working directory.
+ * @param projectRoot - project root selected for the current baseline.
+ * @returns stable serialized identity for compatibility checks on resume.
+ */
+export function workspaceBaselineIdentity(
+  config: ResolvedConfig,
+  cwd: string,
+  projectRoot: string,
+): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    projectRoot: relative(cwd, projectRoot),
+    projectRootMarkers: config.projectRootMarkers,
+    maxBytes: config.maxBytes,
+    maxSourceBytes: config.maxSourceBytes,
+    instructionFileCandidates: config.instructionFileCandidates,
+    localInstructionFileCandidates: config.localInstructionFileCandidates,
+  })
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve defaults, the harness home, and valid same-directory candidates.
  * @param config - user-facing plugin configuration.
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/files.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/files.ts
index 3e6a3d5de8..6c8bfed533 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/files.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/files.ts
@@ -46,17 +46,22 @@ interface DiscoverOptions {
   projectRootMarkers?: string[]
   instructionFileCandidates?: string[]
   localInstructionFileCandidates?: string[]
+  projectRoot?: string
   signal?: AbortSignal
 }
 
 interface LoadOptions extends DiscoverOptions {
   maxBytes: number
   maxSourceBytes?: number
+  replacePreviousBaseline?: boolean
 }
 
-/** Rendered baseline plus the files that survived byte budgeting. */
+/** Rendered baseline plus the successfully read and byte-budget-retained files. */
 export interface RenderedInstructionSet {
   rendered: RenderedWorkspaceContext
+  /** Successfully read candidates before content deduplication and byte budgeting. */
+  observed: LoadedInstructionFile[]
+  /** Candidates retained by content deduplication and byte budgeting. */
   included: LoadedInstructionFile[]
 }
 
@@ -286,7 +291,8 @@ async function discoverInstructionFiles(
   }
 
   const cwd = resolve(options.cwd)
-  const projectRoot = await findProjectRoot(cwd, config.projectRootMarkers, fileSystem, options.signal)
+  const projectRoot = options.projectRoot
+    ?? await findProjectRoot(cwd, config.projectRootMarkers, fileSystem, options.signal)
   for (const dir of ancestorChain(projectRoot, cwd)) {
     for (const candidates of [config.instructionFileCandidates, config.localInstructionFileCandidates]) {
       for (const file of await allExistingInstructionFiles(dir, projectRoot, candidates, fileSystem, options.signal)) {
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ export async function loadBaselineInstructions(
  * Load a baseline together with the files retained after rendering.
  * @param options - discovery, source-size, byte-budget, and cancellation configuration.
  * @param fileSystem - optional provider used instead of host filesystem reads.
- * @returns rendered context and retained files, or undefined when empty or disabled.
+ * @returns rendered context and retained files, an explicit empty replacement set, or undefined when empty or disabled.
  */
 export async function loadBaselineInstructionSet(
   options: LoadOptions,
@@ -412,10 +418,29 @@ export async function loadBaselineInstructionSet(
     }
   }
   const deduped = dedupInstructionFilesByDirectory(loaded)
-  if (deduped.length === 0) return undefined
-  const rendered = renderWorkspaceContext(deduped, { maxBytes: config.maxBytes })
+  if (deduped.length === 0) {
+    if (options.replacePreviousBaseline !== true) return undefined
+    return {
+      rendered: renderWorkspaceContext([], {
+        maxBytes: config.maxBytes,
+        replacePreviousBaseline: true,
+      }),
+      observed: [],
+      included: [],
+    }
+  }
+  const rendered = renderWorkspaceContext(deduped, {
+    maxBytes: config.maxBytes,
+    ...options.replacePreviousBaseline === undefined
+      ? {}
+      : { replacePreviousBaseline: options.replacePreviousBaseline },
+  })
   const omitted = new Set(rendered.omitted.map(file => file.absolutePath))
-  return { rendered, included: deduped.filter(file => !omitted.has(file.absolutePath)) }
+  return {
+    rendered,
+    observed: loaded,
+    included: deduped.filter(file => !omitted.has(file.absolutePath)),
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/index.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/index.ts
index efa9bdf771..ac1f2b638e 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/index.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import type { Context } from 'cordis'
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from 'node:util'
 import type { Agent, PreStepDecision } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
 import { createUserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
-import type { UserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+import type { Session, UserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 import type { ToolExecution, ToolExecutionResult } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
-import { Config, resolveConfig, type ResolvedConfig } from './config.ts'
-import { loadBaselineInstructionSet } from './files.ts'
+import { Config, resolveConfig, workspaceBaselineIdentity, type ResolvedConfig } from './config.ts'
+import { findProjectRoot, loadBaselineInstructionSet } from './files.ts'
 import {
   applyInstructionVersionUpdates,
   baselineInstructionState,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   reconcileInstructionContext,
   workspaceContextMessage,
   type InstructionVersionCache,
+  type WorkspaceInstructionSource,
 } from './state.ts'
 import type { WorkspaceInstructionChange } from './render.ts'
 
@@ -39,13 +40,22 @@ export type {
 export { renderWorkspaceContext } from './render.ts'
 export type { RenderedWorkspaceContext, TruncatedInstruction } from './render.ts'
 
-function hasVisibleBaseline(agent: Agent): boolean {
-  return agent.session.surface.nodes.some((seq) => {
+function visibleBaselineSource(
+  agent: Agent,
+  authorityMessages: readonly UserMessage[],
+): WorkspaceInstructionSource | undefined {
+  for (const message of authorityMessages.toReversed()) {
+    if (message.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions' && message.source.baseline === true) {
+      return message.source
+    }
+  }
+  for (const seq of agent.session.surface.nodes.toReversed()) {
     const event = agent.session.events[seq]
-    return event?.type === 'user/message'
+    if (event?.type === 'user/message'
       && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
-      && event.data.source.baseline === true
-  })
+      && event.data.source.baseline === true) return event.data.source
+  }
+  return undefined
 }
 
 function isWorkspaceContext(message: UserMessage): boolean {
@@ -70,6 +80,10 @@ function filePathFromExecution(exec: ToolExecution): string | undefined {
 export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   const resolved: ResolvedConfig = resolveConfig(config)
   const instructionVersions: InstructionVersionCache = new WeakMap()
+  const baselinePreparations = new WeakMap<Session, {
+    identity: string
+    excludedScopes: ReadonlySet<string>
+  }>()
   const projectionLifecycle = new AbortController()
   ctx.effect(
     () => () => {
@@ -99,11 +113,20 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
     const changes: WorkspaceInstructionChange[] = []
     let desiredBaseline = false
     const authorityMessages = [...claimed]
-    const baselinePresent = hasVisibleBaseline(agent) || claimed.some(message =>
-      message.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions' && message.source.baseline === true)
-    if (!baselinePresent) {
-      /* v8 ignore next -- normal agents carry an absolute session cwd. */
-      const cwd = agent.session.header.cwd ?? process.cwd()
+    /* v8 ignore next -- normal agents carry an absolute session cwd. */
+    const cwd = agent.session.header.cwd ?? process.cwd()
+    const projectRoot = await findProjectRoot(cwd, resolved.projectRootMarkers, fileSystem, signal)
+    const identity = workspaceBaselineIdentity(resolved, cwd, projectRoot)
+    const visibleBaseline = visibleBaselineSource(agent, authorityMessages)
+    const baselinePresent = visibleBaseline !== undefined
+    const keepVisibleBaseline = visibleBaseline?.baselineIdentity === identity
+    const prepared = baselinePreparations.get(agent.session)
+    let excludedBaselineScopes = keepVisibleBaseline && prepared?.identity === identity
+      ? prepared.excludedScopes
+      : undefined
+    let nextPreparation: { identity: string; excludedScopes: ReadonlySet<string> } | undefined
+    if (!baselinePresent || !keepVisibleBaseline || excludedBaselineScopes === undefined) {
+      const replacePreviousBaseline = baselinePresent && !keepVisibleBaseline
       const instructions = await loadBaselineInstructionSet({
         cwd,
         dshHome: resolved.dshHome,
@@ -112,18 +135,45 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
         maxSourceBytes: resolved.maxSourceBytes,
         instructionFileCandidates: resolved.instructionFileCandidates,
         localInstructionFileCandidates: resolved.localInstructionFileCandidates,
+        projectRoot,
+        replacePreviousBaseline,
         signal,
       }, fileSystem)
       const baseline = baselineInstructionState(instructions?.included ?? [])
+      const observedBaseline = baselineInstructionState(instructions?.observed ?? [])
+      const excludedScopes = new Set(observedBaseline.changes.keys())
+      for (const scope of baseline.changes.keys()) excludedScopes.delete(scope)
+      excludedBaselineScopes = excludedScopes
+      nextPreparation = { identity, excludedScopes }
       let versionStates = instructionVersions.get(agent.session)
       if (versionStates === undefined && baseline.versions.size > 0) {
         versionStates = new Map()
         instructionVersions.set(agent.session, versionStates)
       }
       for (const [scope, state] of baseline.versions) versionStates?.set(scope, state)
-      if (instructions !== undefined && instructions.rendered.text.length > 0) {
-        content.push(...workspaceContextMessage(instructions.rendered.text).content)
-        changes.push(...baseline.changes.values())
+      if (!keepVisibleBaseline && instructions !== undefined && instructions.rendered.text.length > 0) {
+        const baselineContent = workspaceContextMessage(instructions.rendered.text).content
+        content.push(...baselineContent)
+        const replacementScopes = new Set(baseline.changes.keys())
+        const replacementRemovals = replacePreviousBaseline
+          ? visibleBaseline.changes.flatMap(change => (
+            change.action === 'remove' || replacementScopes.has(change.scope)
+              ? []
+              : [{ action: 'remove' as const, scope: change.scope, path: change.path }]
+          ))
+          : []
+        const baselineChanges = [...replacementRemovals, ...baseline.changes.values()]
+        changes.push(...baselineChanges)
+        authorityMessages.push(createUserMessage({
+          content: baselineContent,
+          source: {
+            kind: 'workspace-instructions',
+            form: 'instructions',
+            baseline: true,
+            baselineIdentity: identity,
+            changes: baselineChanges,
+          },
+        }))
         desiredBaseline = true
       }
     }
@@ -132,7 +182,15 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
       resolved,
       instructionVersions,
       fileSystem,
-      { authorityMessages, scopeMessages: pending, includeBaselineScopes: baselinePresent, touchedPaths, signal },
+      {
+        authorityMessages,
+        scopeMessages: pending,
+        includeBaselineScopes: keepVisibleBaseline,
+        ...keepVisibleBaseline ? { excludedBaselineScopes } : {},
+        touchedPaths,
+        projectRoot,
+        signal,
+      },
     )
     if (update !== undefined) {
       content.push(...update.context.content)
@@ -142,6 +200,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
       }
       applyInstructionVersionUpdates(agent.session, update.versionUpdates, instructionVersions)
     }
+    if (nextPreparation !== undefined) baselinePreparations.set(agent.session, nextPreparation)
     if (content.length === 0) return undefined
     return createUserMessage({
       content,
@@ -149,6 +208,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
         kind: 'workspace-instructions',
         form: 'instructions',
         ...desiredBaseline ? { baseline: true } : {},
+        ...desiredBaseline ? { baselineIdentity: identity } : {},
         changes,
       },
     })
@@ -213,9 +273,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   }
 
   ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-    agent: Agent,
-    messages,
-    { step, signal },
+    { agent, messages, step, signal },
     next,
   ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     const decision = await next()
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/render.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/render.ts
index 9ab311e942..7b61f3b8fd 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/render.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/render.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ const SYSTEM_REMINDER_CLOSE = '</system-reminder>'
 const WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO = 'The following workspace instructions may be relevant to your work. '
   + 'Use them as guidance when applicable. More specific instructions take precedence over broader ones. '
   + 'They do not override system, developer, or direct user instructions.'
+const REPLACEMENT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO = 'This complete workspace instruction baseline replaces all earlier workspace instruction baselines. '
+  + WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO
+const EMPTY_REPLACEMENT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO = 'This complete workspace instruction baseline replaces all earlier workspace instruction baselines. '
+  + 'No workspace instructions are currently active.'
 const COMPACT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO = 'Workspace instructions were omitted or truncated to fit the configured byte budget.'
 
 /** Byte-accounting record for one truncated instruction file. */
@@ -294,12 +298,20 @@ function renderInstructionContext(
 /**
  * Render the baseline instruction chain with deterministic precedence budgeting.
  * @param files - loaded files ordered from broadest to most specific.
- * @param options - required rendering byte budget.
+ * @param options - rendering byte budget and whether this baseline supersedes a visible predecessor.
  * @returns bounded baseline prompt text and budget diagnostics.
  */
 export function renderWorkspaceContext(
   files: LoadedInstructionFile[],
-  options: { maxBytes: number },
+  options: { maxBytes: number; replacePreviousBaseline?: boolean },
 ): RenderedWorkspaceContext {
-  return renderInstructionContext(files, options.maxBytes, BASELINE_RENDER_STYLE)
+  const style = options.replacePreviousBaseline === true
+    ? {
+      ...BASELINE_RENDER_STYLE,
+      intro: files.length === 0
+        ? EMPTY_REPLACEMENT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO
+        : REPLACEMENT_WORKSPACE_CONTEXT_INTRO,
+    }
+    : BASELINE_RENDER_STYLE
+  return renderInstructionContext(files, options.maxBytes, style)
 }
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/state.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/state.ts
index d0176eef8f..f302e48363 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/src/state.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/src/state.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export interface WorkspaceInstructionSource {
   form: 'instructions'
   /** Marks the complete startup/resume baseline rather than a later delta. */
   baseline?: true
+  /** Discovery, precedence, and budget identity used to validate a resumed baseline. */
+  baselineIdentity?: string
   changes: WorkspaceInstructionChange[]
 }
 
@@ -251,6 +253,8 @@ export async function reconcileInstructionContext(
     scopeMessages: readonly UserMessage[]
     touchedPaths: readonly string[]
     includeBaselineScopes: boolean
+    excludedBaselineScopes?: ReadonlySet<string>
+    projectRoot?: string
     signal?: AbortSignal
   },
 ): Promise<ReconciledInstructionContext | undefined> {
@@ -260,7 +264,8 @@ export async function reconcileInstructionContext(
   const cwd = session.header.cwd ?? process.cwd()
   // TODO(frozen-project-root): retain the baseline root for the loop instance;
   // recomputing it after marker edits reinterprets the existing relative scope keys.
-  const projectRoot = await findProjectRoot(cwd, resolved.projectRootMarkers, fileSystem, options.signal)
+  const projectRoot = options.projectRoot
+    ?? await findProjectRoot(cwd, resolved.projectRootMarkers, fileSystem, options.signal)
   const scopes = new Set<string>()
   const baselineScopes = new Set<string>()
   const addDirScopes = (target: Set<string>, directory: string): void => {
@@ -324,11 +329,23 @@ export async function reconcileInstructionContext(
     else directoryScopes.push(scope)
   }
   for (const [directory, directoryScopes] of scopesByDirectory) {
+    const probedScopes: string[] = []
+    for (const scope of directoryScopes) {
+      if (options.excludedBaselineScopes !== undefined
+        && baselineScopes.has(scope)
+        && options.excludedBaselineScopes.has(scope)) {
+        const previous = effective.get(scope)
+        if (previous === undefined || previous.action === 'remove') versions.delete(scope)
+        else pushRemoval(scope, previous.path)
+      } else {
+        probedScopes.push(scope)
+      }
+    }
     const itemStart = items.length
     const versionUpdateStart = versionUpdates.length
     const addedAbsolutePaths: string[] = []
-    const priorVersions = new Map(directoryScopes.map(scope => [scope, versions.get(scope)]))
-    for (const scope of directoryScopes) {
+    const priorVersions = new Map(probedScopes.map(scope => [scope, versions.get(scope)]))
+    for (const scope of probedScopes) {
       const previous = effective.get(scope)
       const probe = await probeScopeInstruction(scope, projectRoot, resolved, fileSystem, options.signal)
       if (probe.kind === 'unavailable') {
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.e2e.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.e2e.ts
index 6a8095da0e..c1151428e2 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.e2e.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async function harness(): Promise<{ ctx: Context; agent: Agent }> {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.spec.ts b/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.spec.ts
index ae5889b241..20bb993447 100644
--- a/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/context/workspace-context/tests/workspace-context.spec.ts
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ async function workspaceContextOf(agent: Agent): Promise<UserMessage> {
 
 async function syncWorkspaceContext(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-    'agent/pre-step', [],
-    { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: testToolSignal },
+    'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: testToolSignal },
     async () => ({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
 }
@@ -245,15 +244,13 @@ async function composeBaselinePrefix(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<Messag
   const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1000)
   await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [],
-    { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
   const claimed = agent.inbox.claim('next-step', 1)
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    claimed,
-    { turn: 1, step: 2, signal },
+    { messages: claimed, turn: 1, step: 2, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: claimed }),
   )
   const entered = decision.kind === 'enter' ? decision.messages : []
@@ -958,6 +955,267 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('retains one visible baseline across repeated session resumes', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    try {
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'repo rule')
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(ctx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
+      const original = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, original)
+
+      const firstResume = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, firstResume)
+      const secondResume = stubAgent(root, [...firstResume.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, secondResume)
+
+      expect(baselineEvents(firstResume)).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(baselineEvents(secondResume)).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(secondResume.session.events.filter(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions')).toHaveLength(1)
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('preserves a visible baseline when its source is unavailable during resume', async () => {
+    const root = join(await tempRepo(), 'virtual-repo')
+    const home = join(await tempRepo(), 'virtual-home')
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await ctx.plugin(RecordingFileSystem)
+      const fs = ctx.fs as RecordingFileSystem
+      fs.entries.set(join(root, '.git'), { type: 'directory' })
+      fs.entries.set(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), { type: 'file', content: 'repo rule' })
+      await ctx.plugin(workspaceContext, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
+      const original = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, original)
+
+      fs.throwOnStat.add(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'))
+      const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, resumed)
+
+      expect(baselineEvents(resumed)).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(resumed.session.events.filter(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions')).toHaveLength(1)
+    } finally {
+      await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(dirname(root), { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(dirname(home), { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not promote an unchanged budget-omitted baseline file during resume', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    try {
+      const cwd = join(root, 'pkg')
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'root '.repeat(200))
+      await write(join(cwd, 'AGENTS.md'), 'package rule')
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(ctx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 700 })
+      const original = stubAgent(cwd)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, original)
+
+      const firstResume = stubAgent(cwd, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, firstResume)
+      const secondResume = stubAgent(cwd, [...firstResume.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, secondResume)
+
+      expect(baselineEvents(secondResume)).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(secondResume.session.events.filter(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions')).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(blocksText(secondResume.session.deriveMessages()[0]?.content)).toContain('omitted AGENTS.md')
+      expect(blocksText(secondResume.session.deriveMessages()[0]?.content)).not.toContain('root root')
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('removes a previously visible baseline file that leaves the retained budget set', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    try {
+      const cwd = join(root, 'pkg')
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await mkdir(cwd, { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'root '.repeat(200))
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(ctx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 700 })
+      const original = stubAgent(cwd)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, original)
+
+      await write(join(cwd, 'AGENTS.md'), 'package rule')
+      const resumed = stubAgent(cwd, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, resumed)
+
+      expect(baselineEvents(resumed)).toHaveLength(1)
+      const update = resumed.session.events.findLast(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        && event.data.source.baseline !== true)
+      expect(update?.type === 'user/message' && update.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        ? update.data.source.changes
+        : undefined).toMatchObject([
+        { action: 'remove', scope: sk('.', 'AGENTS.md'), path: 'AGENTS.md' },
+        { action: 'set', scope: sk('pkg', 'AGENTS.md'), path: join('pkg', 'AGENTS.md') },
+      ])
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('recomposes the baseline when candidate precedence changes between resumes', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    const originalCtx = new Context()
+    const resumedCtx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'agents rule')
+      await write(join(root, 'CLAUDE.md'), 'claude rule')
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(originalCtx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
+      const original = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(originalCtx, original)
+
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(resumedCtx, {
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['CLAUDE.md', 'AGENTS.md'],
+      })
+      const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(resumedCtx, resumed)
+
+      const baselines = baselineEvents(resumed)
+      expect(baselines).toHaveLength(2)
+      const replacement = baselines.at(-1)
+      const replacementText = replacement?.type === 'user/message'
+        ? blocksText(replacement.data.content)
+        : ''
+      expect(replacementText).toContain('replaces all earlier workspace instruction baselines')
+      expect(replacementText.indexOf('Instructions from: CLAUDE.md'))
+        .toBeLessThan(replacementText.indexOf('Instructions from: AGENTS.md'))
+      const baselineIdentities = baselines.flatMap(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+        && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        && typeof event.data.source.baselineIdentity === 'string'
+        ? [event.data.source.baselineIdentity]
+        : [])
+      expect(new Set(baselineIdentities).size).toBe(2)
+
+      const repeated = stubAgent(root, [...resumed.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(resumedCtx, repeated)
+      expect(baselineEvents(repeated)).toHaveLength(2)
+    } finally {
+      await originalCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await resumedCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('tombstones candidates removed across successive baseline configurations', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    const agentsCtx = new Context()
+    const claudeCtx = new Context()
+    const restoredCtx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'agents rule')
+      await write(join(root, 'CLAUDE.md'), 'claude rule')
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(agentsCtx, {
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['AGENTS.md'],
+      })
+      const original = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(agentsCtx, original)
+
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(claudeCtx, {
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['CLAUDE.md'],
+      })
+      const claudeResume = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(claudeCtx, claudeResume)
+      const claudeBaseline = baselineEvents(claudeResume).at(-1)
+      expect(claudeBaseline?.type === 'user/message' && claudeBaseline.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        ? claudeBaseline.data.source.changes
+        : undefined).toMatchObject([
+        { action: 'remove', scope: sk('.', 'AGENTS.md'), path: 'AGENTS.md' },
+        { action: 'set', scope: sk('.', 'CLAUDE.md'), path: 'CLAUDE.md' },
+      ])
+
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(restoredCtx, {
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['AGENTS.md'],
+      })
+      const restored = stubAgent(root, [...claudeResume.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(restoredCtx, restored)
+      const restoredBaseline = baselineEvents(restored).at(-1)
+      expect(restoredBaseline?.type === 'user/message' && restoredBaseline.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        ? restoredBaseline.data.source.changes
+        : undefined).toMatchObject([
+        { action: 'remove', scope: sk('.', 'CLAUDE.md'), path: 'CLAUDE.md' },
+        { action: 'set', scope: sk('.', 'AGENTS.md'), path: 'AGENTS.md' },
+      ])
+    } finally {
+      await agentsCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await claudeCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await restoredCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('supersedes an incompatible visible baseline when no current candidate exists', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    const originalCtx = new Context()
+    const resumedCtx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'agents rule')
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(originalCtx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
+      const original = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(originalCtx, original)
+
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(resumedCtx, {
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['POLICY.md'],
+      })
+      const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(resumedCtx, resumed)
+
+      const baselines = baselineEvents(resumed)
+      expect(baselines).toHaveLength(2)
+      const replacement = baselines.at(-1)
+      expect(replacement?.type === 'user/message' ? blocksText(replacement.data.content) : '')
+        .toContain('No workspace instructions are currently active.')
+      expect(replacement?.type === 'user/message' && replacement.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions'
+        ? replacement.data.source.changes
+        : undefined).toMatchObject([
+        { action: 'remove', scope: sk('.', 'AGENTS.md'), path: 'AGENTS.md' },
+      ])
+
+      const repeated = stubAgent(root, [...resumed.session.events])
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(resumedCtx, repeated)
+      expect(baselineEvents(repeated)).toHaveLength(2)
+    } finally {
+      await originalCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await resumedCtx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
   it('reuses an inserted but unadmitted baseline after session recovery and plugin reload', async () => {
     const root = await tempRepo()
     const home = await tempRepo()
@@ -969,8 +1227,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       const original = stubAgent(root)
       await agentEvents(ctx, original).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
       )
       const inserted = original.inbox.nextStep[0]
@@ -979,12 +1236,11 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       await fiber.dispose()
       await ctx.plugin(workspaceContext, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
       const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
-      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
       const claimed = resumed.inbox.claim('next-step', 1)
       const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, resumed).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        claimed,
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: claimed, turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: claimed }),
       )
       if (decision.kind !== 'enter') throw new Error('recovered baseline was rejected')
@@ -1016,8 +1272,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       const original = stubAgent(root)
       await agentEvents(ctx, original).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
       )
       const stale = original.inbox.nextStep[0]
@@ -1027,12 +1282,11 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       await fiber.dispose()
       await ctx.plugin(workspaceContext, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
       const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
-      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
       const staleClaim = resumed.inbox.claim('next-step', 1)
       const staleDecision = await agentEvents(ctx, resumed).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        staleClaim,
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: staleClaim, turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: staleClaim }),
       )
 
@@ -1071,8 +1325,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       const original = stubAgent(root)
       await agentEvents(originalCtx, original).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
       )
       const stale = original.inbox.nextStep[0]
@@ -1082,12 +1335,11 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       if (provideFs) await resumedCtx.plugin(LocalFileSystem, { cwd: '/' })
       await resumedCtx.plugin(workspaceContext, { dshHome: home, maxBytes })
       const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
-      agentEvents(resumedCtx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+      agentEvents(resumedCtx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
       const claimed = resumed.inbox.claim('next-step', 1)
       const decision = await agentEvents(resumedCtx, resumed).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        claimed,
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: claimed, turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: claimed }),
       )
 
@@ -1191,8 +1443,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
 
       const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [prompt],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: [prompt], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve(downstream),
       )
 
@@ -1249,8 +1500,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
 
       const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
         () => Promise.resolve(downstream),
       )
 
@@ -1334,7 +1584,50 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('recomposes the baseline from current files when a resumed session edited it offline', async () => {
+  it('folds a compacted baseline into the next entering pre-step before another filesystem touch', async () => {
+    const root = await tempRepo()
+    const home = await tempRepo()
+    try {
+      await mkdir(join(root, '.git'), { recursive: true })
+      await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'first post-compaction request rule')
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      await mountWorkspaceContext(ctx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
+      const agent = stubAgent(root)
+      await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, agent)
+      const baseline = baselineEvents(agent)[0]
+      expect(baseline).toBeDefined()
+
+      agent.session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'compacted summary' }],
+        source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'compact' },
+      }), {
+        surfaceOp: { op: 'replace', start: baseline!.seq, end: baseline!.seq },
+        sourceEventSeqs: [baseline!.seq],
+      })
+      const prompt = createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'continue after compaction' }],
+        source: { kind: 'user' },
+      })
+
+      const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
+        'agent/pre-step',
+        { messages: [prompt], turn: 2, step: 1, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000) },
+        () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [prompt] }),
+      )
+
+      if (decision.kind !== 'enter') throw new Error('post-compaction request was rejected')
+      expect(decision.messages).toHaveLength(2)
+      expect(decision.messages[0]).toBe(prompt)
+      expect(decision.messages[1]?.source).toMatchObject({ kind: 'workspace-instructions', baseline: true })
+      expect(blocksText(decision.messages[1]?.content)).toContain('first post-compaction request rule')
+      expect(agent.inbox.nextStep).toEqual([])
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('appends a replacement transition when a resumed session edited its baseline offline', async () => {
     const root = await tempRepo()
     const home = await tempRepo()
     try {
@@ -1345,24 +1638,22 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       const original = stubAgent(root)
       await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, original)
 
-      // Offline edit to the baseline file, then resume on a fresh session whose
-      // seeded log already carries the original baseline. A resumed session is
-      // registered after this mount's apply(), so the remount guard never seeds
-      // it: its first step re-composes a fresh baseline from current files,
-      // reflecting the offline edit before the first resumed request. The old
-      // baseline stays in history unmutated (note: resume without mutating an
-      // earlier history event).
+      // The first resumed pre-step retains the compatible visible baseline and
+      // appends only the offline file transition needed to reach current state.
       await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'new root rule after offline edit')
       const resumed = stubAgent(root, [...original.session.events])
 
       // Resume announces its lifecycle start before the first step.
-      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+      agentEvents(ctx, resumed).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
       await composeBaselinePrefix(ctx, resumed)
 
       const baselines = baselineEvents(resumed)
       expect(baselines).toHaveLength(1)
       const latest = resumed.session.events.findLast(event =>
         event.type === 'user/message' && event.data.source.kind === 'workspace-instructions')
+      expect(latest?.type === 'user/message' ? latest.data.source : undefined).toMatchObject({
+        changes: [{ action: 'replace', scope: sk('.', 'AGENTS.md'), path: 'AGENTS.md' }],
+      })
       expect(latest?.type === 'user/message' && blocksText(latest.data.content))
         .toContain('new root rule after offline edit')
       const original0 = baselines[0]
@@ -1404,7 +1695,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       await write(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), 'repo rule')
       const ctx = new Context()
       await mountWorkspaceContext(ctx, { dshHome: home, maxBytes: 65536 })
-      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_payload, next) => {
         const decision = await next()
         if (decision.kind === 'reject') return decision
         return {
@@ -1678,8 +1969,7 @@ describe('workspace context request injection', () => {
       const reason = new Error('cancel prefix')
       const pending = agentEvents(ctx, stubAgent(root)).waterfall(
         'agent/pre-step',
-        [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: controller.signal },
+        { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: controller.signal },
         () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
       )
 
@@ -2768,6 +3058,80 @@ describe('dynamic nested workspace context injection', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('ignores an unavailable scope whose visible state is already removed', async () => {
+    const root = join(await tempRepo(), 'virtual-repo')
+    const home = join(await tempRepo(), 'virtual-home')
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await ctx.plugin(RecordingFileSystem)
+      const fs = ctx.fs as RecordingFileSystem
+      fs.entries.set(join(root, '.git'), { type: 'directory' })
+      fs.throwOnStat.add(join(root, 'pkg/AGENTS.md'))
+      const agent = stubAgent(root)
+      agent.session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'removed nested instructions' }],
+        source: {
+          kind: 'workspace-instructions',
+          form: 'instructions',
+          changes: [{ action: 'remove', scope: sk('pkg', 'AGENTS.md'), path: join('pkg', 'AGENTS.md') }],
+        },
+      }), { surfaceOp: 'append' })
+      const resolved = resolveConfig({
+        dshHome: home,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['AGENTS.md'],
+        localInstructionFileCandidates: [],
+      })
+
+      const result = await reconcileInstructionContext(agent, resolved, new WeakMap(), fs, {
+        authorityMessages: [],
+        scopeMessages: [],
+        touchedPaths: [],
+        includeBaselineScopes: false,
+        signal: testToolSignal,
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+    } finally {
+      await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(dirname(root), { recursive: true, force: true })
+      await rm(dirname(home), { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('loads one transition when user-global and project scopes resolve to the same file', async () => {
+    const root = join(await tempRepo(), 'virtual-repo')
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    try {
+      await ctx.plugin(RecordingFileSystem)
+      const fs = ctx.fs as RecordingFileSystem
+      fs.entries.set(join(root, '.git'), { type: 'directory' })
+      fs.entries.set(join(root, 'AGENTS.md'), { type: 'file', content: 'shared rule' })
+      const agent = stubAgent(root)
+      const resolved = resolveConfig({
+        dshHome: root,
+        maxBytes: 65536,
+        instructionFileCandidates: ['AGENTS.md'],
+        localInstructionFileCandidates: [],
+      })
+
+      const result = await reconcileInstructionContext(agent, resolved, new WeakMap(), fs, {
+        authorityMessages: [],
+        scopeMessages: [],
+        touchedPaths: [],
+        includeBaselineScopes: true,
+        signal: testToolSignal,
+      })
+
+      expect(result?.context.source).toMatchObject({
+        changes: [{ action: 'set', scope: sk(USER_GLOBAL_DIRECTORY, USER_GLOBAL_FILE) }],
+      })
+    } finally {
+      await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+      await rm(dirname(root), { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
   it('removes a previously rendered sibling once its content becomes a duplicate of an earlier candidate', async () => {
     const root = await tempRepo()
     const home = await tempRepo()
@@ -3868,8 +4232,7 @@ describe('workspace context inbox synchronization', () => {
       controller.abort(new Error('abort pre-step reconciliation'))
 
       await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-        'agent/pre-step', [],
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: controller.signal },
+        'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal: controller.signal },
         async () => ({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
       )).rejects.toThrow('abort pre-step reconciliation')
 
@@ -3979,8 +4342,7 @@ describe('workspace context inbox synchronization', () => {
       const downstream = { kind: 'enter' as const, messages: claimed }
 
       const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-        'agent/pre-step', claimed,
-        { turn: 1, step: 1, signal: testToolSignal },
+        'agent/pre-step', { messages: claimed, turn: 1, step: 1, signal: testToolSignal },
         async () => downstream,
       )
 
diff --git a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.i18n.yaml
index ea7a1305b3..daf43fa018 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md
-README.md: 2555876734ddcab7b0bc0f25780010bef0c97a01
-README.zh.md: 41341f7d7ed92ac071dde274a0328784bc2888d4
+README.md: 33cd763d7dbe21b72f9e604b7b2e313081cf656f
+README.zh.md: 903dfbe601cc76acb0c1e87453dc03ef0321409b
diff --git a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md
index 2555876734..33cd763d7d 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md
+++ b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Place an ordinary package in the repository's `.dsh-plugin` directory:
 
 ## Standalone app configuration
 
-The shipped `dsh` base used by raw-config, Web, and headless modes contains an empty `repository-plugins` row. A Web or headless user enables exact GitHub generations by replacing that row's config in `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` (default `~/.dsh/config.yaml`); a raw-config deployment patches the same row in its explicit overlay:
+The shipped `dsh-base` bundle every profile starts from contains an empty `repository-plugins` row. A user enables exact GitHub generations by replacing that row's config in a user patch layer — `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`, or the home-level `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml` shared by every profile; a `--patch` overlay patches the same row for one run:
 
 ```yaml
 - id: repository-plugins
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The shipped `dsh` base used by raw-config, Web, and headless modes contains an e
 
 Each source must use `github:owner/repository#<ref>`. Omitting `&path:` selects `/.dsh-plugin`; an explicit path is absolute within the repository and must end in `.dsh-plugin`. A commit ref gives the clearest immutable identity, while tags and branches remain accepted exact config values. `cacheDir` may override the default `$DSH_HOME/cache/repository-plugins` cache root.
 
-Web watches `config.yaml` through Cordis HMR. A valid source-list change installs and swaps the complete repository Plugin generation; a failed fetch, prepare, import, or Plugin application keeps the last good tree and broadcasts `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, error)`. Headless reads the file only at startup, and raw-config mode reads only its explicit overlay. An identical source string permanently reuses its prepared cache entry, so selecting changed code requires a ref, path, or other source-config change. App integration rationale: [config-only repository Plugins Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-config-only-repository-plugins.md).
+Long-lived surfaces watch both `cordis.patch.yml` layers through Cordis HMR. A valid source-list change installs and swaps the complete repository Plugin generation; a failed fetch, prepare, import, or Plugin application keeps the last good tree and broadcasts `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, error)`. One-shot runs read the layers only at startup, and a `--patch` overlay is never watched. An identical source string permanently reuses its prepared cache entry, so selecting changed code requires a ref, path, or other source-config change. App integration rationale: [config-only repository Plugins Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-config-only-repository-plugins.md).
 
 ## Preparation
 
diff --git a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.zh.md b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.zh.md
index 41341f7d7e..903dfbe601 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/cordis/repository-plugin/README.zh.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 ## 独立应用配置
 
-随附 `dsh` 中供原始配置、Web 与无头模式使用的基础配置包含一个空 `repository-plugins` 配置项。Web 或无头用户可在 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`（默认 `~/.dsh/config.yaml`）中替换该配置项的配置，以启用精确指定的 GitHub generation；原始配置部署则在显式 overlay 中 patch 同一配置项：
+每个 profile 都以之为起点的随附 `dsh-base` 组合包包含一个空 `repository-plugins` 配置项。用户可在用户 patch 层中替换该配置项的配置来启用精确指定的 GitHub generation：写入 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`，或写入各 profile 共享的 home 级 `$DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml`；`--patch` overlay 则只为单次运行 patch 同一配置项：
 
 ```yaml
 - id: repository-plugins
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 每个源都必须采用 `github:owner/repository#<ref>`。省略 `&path:` 时选择 `/.dsh-plugin`；显式路径是仓库内的绝对路径，并且必须以 `.dsh-plugin` 结尾。commit ref 提供最清晰的不可变身份；tag 和 branch 仍可作为精确配置值使用。`cacheDir` 可覆盖默认缓存根 `$DSH_HOME/cache/repository-plugins`。
 
-Web 通过 Cordis HMR（热模块替换）监视 `config.yaml`。有效的源列表变更会安装并替换整套 repository Plugin generation；拉取、准备、导入或插件应用失败时，最后一个可用树保持运行，并广播 `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, error)`。无头模式只在启动时读取该文件，原始配置模式只读取其显式 overlay。相同的源字符串会永久复用其已准备缓存条目，因此必须改变 ref、路径或其他源配置，才能选择发生变化的代码。应用集成依据见[仅凭配置接入 repository Plugin 的 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-config-only-repository-plugins.md)。
+长期运行的 surface 通过 Cordis HMR（热模块替换）监视两个 `cordis.patch.yml` 层。有效的源列表变更会安装并替换整套 repository Plugin generation；拉取、准备、导入或插件应用失败时，最后一个可用树保持运行，并广播 `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, error)`。一次性运行只在启动时读取这些层，`--patch` overlay 则从不被监视。相同的源字符串会永久复用其已准备缓存条目，因此必须改变 ref、路径或其他源配置，才能选择发生变化的代码。应用集成依据见[仅凭配置接入 repository Plugin 的 Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-30-config-only-repository-plugins.md)。
 
 ## 准备阶段
 
diff --git a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
index d41da6ac9d..9f520a012d 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
@@ -396,9 +396,17 @@ export const SERVICE_API: readonly ServiceApiEntry[] = [
         signature: 'registerUpgrade(route: WebUpgradeRoute): () => void',
         jsDoc: '/**\n * Register an exact-path HTTP upgrade route. Duplicate paths throw because\n * one socket can have only one protocol owner.\n * @param route - pathname and handler owning negotiation plus socket use.\n * @returns the disposer removing the route.\n */',
       },
+      {
+        signature: 'registerFallback(handler: WebRoute[\'handler\']): () => void',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Claim the fallback seat: the handler answering every request no named\n * route matches (the SPA dist server in the shipped Web composition). One\n * owner only — a second registration throws, because two fallbacks cannot\n * compose.\n * @param handler - owns the full response lifecycle of unmatched requests.\n * @returns the disposer releasing the seat.\n */',
+      },
       {
         signature: 'tapIndex(transform: (html: string) => string): () => void',
-        jsDoc: '/**\n * Register an index.html transform, applied to every index response in\n * registration order.\n * @param transform - pure html-to-html function.\n * @returns the disposer removing the transform.\n */',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Register an index.html transform, applied by the fallback owner to every\n * index response ({@link applyIndexTaps}) in registration order.\n * @param transform - pure html-to-html function.\n * @returns the disposer removing the transform.\n */',
+      },
+      {
+        signature: 'applyIndexTaps(html: string): string',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Run an index.html body through the registered taps in registration order\n * — called by the fallback owner on every index response it renders.\n * @param html - the raw index.html body.\n * @returns the transformed body.\n */',
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -425,13 +433,21 @@ export const SERVICE_API: readonly ServiceApiEntry[] = [
         jsDoc: '/**\n * Describe provider routes with a registered adapter.\n * @returns detached provider metadata in registration order.\n */',
       },
       {
-        signature: 'registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () => void',
-        jsDoc: '/**\n * Declare provider routes an adapter plugin can activate through\n * configuration. Registration is all-or-nothing: an empty list, invalid\n * entry, or a provider already declared by any registration throws\n * `LlmError` without registering the rest. Disposed with the fiber.\n * @param entries - every configurable provider this plugin owns.\n * @returns the disposer that withdraws all of them.\n */',
+        signature: 'registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): DirectoryRegistrationHandle',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Declare provider routes an adapter plugin can activate through\n * configuration. Registration is all-or-nothing: an empty list, invalid\n * entry, or a provider already declared by any registration throws\n * `LlmError` without registering the rest. Disposed with the fiber.\n * @param entries - every configurable provider this plugin owns.\n * @returns a handle that withdraws all of them, and can atomically replace them.\n */',
       },
       {
         signature: 'listConfigurableProviders(): LlmConfigurableProvider[]',
         jsDoc: '/**\n * List every declared configurable provider, registered or dormant.\n * @returns detached directory entries in declaration order.\n */',
       },
+      {
+        signature: 'registerModelDiscovery( settingsNs: string, discover: (request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest) => Promise<readonly LlmDiscoveredModel[]>, ): () => void',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Offer to interrogate provider endpoints on behalf of the settings\n * namespace this plugin owns. The namespace is the key because that is what\n * a configuration surface already holds from the configurable-provider\n * directory, and because a provider being *added* has no route to name yet.\n * Disposed with the fiber.\n * @param settingsNs - the namespace whose profiles this discovery serves.\n * @param discover - interrogates one endpoint; must honor `request.signal`.\n * @returns the disposer that withdraws the offer.\n */',
+      },
+      {
+        signature: 'async discoverModels( settingsNs: string, request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest, ): Promise<LlmDiscoveredModel[]>',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Interrogate one provider endpoint for the models it advertises. The\n * request describes a draft, not a stored route, so nothing here reads or\n * writes settings or credentials — the caller owns both, and the reply is\n * candidate metadata a surface may offer for adoption.\n * @param settingsNs - namespace whose registered discovery serves this draft.\n * @param request - the endpoint, protocol, and one-shot credential to use.\n * @returns the advertised models, deduplicated in endpoint order.\n */',
+      },
       {
         signature: 'providerRetryPolicy(provider: string): ResolvedRetryPolicy',
         jsDoc: '/**\n * Resolve the retry policy captured when one provider route was registered.\n * @param provider - registered provider route to inspect.\n * @returns the provider-owned policy, with normal defaults already resolved.\n */',
@@ -1217,92 +1233,92 @@ export const EVENT_API: readonly EventApiEntry[] = [
   {
     name: 'agent-loop/config-start-failed',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent-loop/config-start-failed\'(sessionId: SessionId, error: unknown): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * A declarative agent entry failed before it could publish a live agent.\n * Consumers that buffer work for the configured identity use this\n * transient signal to reject that work instead of waiting forever. Normal\n * factory teardown suppresses failures from the cancelled startup attempt.\n * @param sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.\n * @param error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent-loop/config-start-failed\'(payload: { sessionId: SessionId; error: unknown }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * A declarative agent entry failed before it could publish a live agent.\n * Consumers that buffer work for the configured identity use this\n * transient signal to reject that work instead of waiting forever. Normal\n * factory teardown suppresses failures from the cancelled startup attempt.\n * @param payload.sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.\n * @param payload.error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'A declarative agent entry failed before it could publish a live agent.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/created',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/created\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * A fully configured agent and live session were published. Setup is\n * composition-only; `agent/session-start` is the first startup-driving seam.\n * Synchronous listener failure vetoes publication, while returned-promise\n * rejection is reported. Detach requested during dispatch waits until every\n * creation listener has observed the stable entry.\n * @param agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/created\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * A fully configured agent and live session were published. Setup is\n * composition-only; `agent/session-start` is the first startup-driving seam.\n * Synchronous listener failure vetoes publication, while returned-promise\n * rejection is reported. Detach requested during dispatch waits until every\n * creation listener has observed the stable entry.\n * @param payload.agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'A fully configured agent and live session were published.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/disposed',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/disposed\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence\n * and scoped-registration unwind, but before session detachment. Custom\n * registry users own their driver-ordering contract.\n * @param agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/disposed\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence\n * and scoped-registration unwind, but before session detachment. Custom\n * registry users own their driver-ordering contract.\n * @param payload.agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence and scoped-registration unwind, but before session detachment.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/error',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/error\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, error: unknown): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * A step or turn errored. The machine reports a failure here even when\n * the error has no in-turn position for a durable record.\n * @param agent - the agent whose turn errored.\n * @param turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.\n * @param step - the step at which the failure surfaced.\n * @param error - the failure, verbatim.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/error\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; error: unknown }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * A step or turn errored. The machine reports a failure here even when\n * the error has no in-turn position for a durable record.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn errored.\n * @param payload.turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.\n * @param payload.step - the step at which the failure surfaced.\n * @param payload.error - the failure, verbatim.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'A step or turn errored.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/inbox/claimed',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/inbox/claimed\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message left the inbox inside its open turn. If the proposed step\n * is rejected, the claimed message ends here: it is neither discarded nor\n * re-emitted as a user/message, and the turn closes without a step.\n * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param event - the claimed message and owning turn.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/inbox/claimed\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message left the inbox inside its open turn. If the proposed step\n * is rejected, the claimed message ends here: it is neither discarded nor\n * re-emitted as a user/message, and the turn closes without a step.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param payload.message - the claimed message.\n * @param payload.turn - the owning turn.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'One message left the inbox inside its open turn.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/inbox/discarded',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/inbox/discarded\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message was discarded from the live inbox.\n * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param event - the discarded message.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/inbox/discarded\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message was discarded from the live inbox.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param payload.message - the discarded message.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'One message was discarded from the live inbox.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/inbox/inserted',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/inbox/inserted\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message entered the live inbox.\n * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param event - the inserted message.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/inbox/inserted\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * One message entered the live inbox.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.\n * @param payload.message - the inserted message.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'One message entered the live inbox.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/pre-step',
     mode: 'waterfall',
-    signature: '\'agent/pre-step\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, messages: UserMessage[], context: PreStepContext, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it. Calling\n * `next()` preserves the current messages.\n * @param agent - the agent proposing the step.\n * @param messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.\n * @param context - proposed turn and step coordinates plus cancellation.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/pre-step\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; messages: UserMessage[]; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it. Calling\n * `next()` preserves the current messages.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent proposing the step.\n * @param payload.messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.\n * @param payload.turn - the turn that will own the step.\n * @param payload.step - the step proposed by the loop.\n * @param payload.signal - the current turn\'s cancellation signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n */',
     summary: 'Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/request',
     mode: 'waterfall',
-    signature: '\'agent/request\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * Replace the frozen call configuration. `await next()` yields the config\n * the machine would use (agent options on the first request, the logged\n * header afterwards); return a replacement to switch. Model-visible\n * content must use logged channels; this seam cannot mutate messages.\n * @param agent - the agent making the model call.\n * @param turn - the open turn number.\n * @param step - the step whose request this is.\n * @param signal - the current turn\'s explicit abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n*/',
+    signature: '\'agent/request\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * Replace the frozen call configuration. `await next()` yields the config\n * the machine would use (agent options on the first request, the logged\n * header afterwards); return a replacement to switch. Model-visible\n * content must use logged channels; this seam cannot mutate messages.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent making the model call.\n * @param payload.turn - the open turn number.\n * @param payload.step - the step whose request this is.\n * @param payload.signal - the current turn\'s explicit abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n*/',
     summary: 'Replace the frozen call configuration.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/request-error',
     mode: 'waterfall',
-    signature: '\'agent/request-error\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, context: RequestFailureContext, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * Handle one failed model-request attempt before the loop retries or closes\n * its step. A listener returns `{ kind: \'retry\' }` without calling `next()`\n * when it owns recovery, or calls `next()` to delegate. The default\n * `undefined` leaves the failure terminal.\n * @param agent - the agent whose request failed.\n * @param context - request coordinates, provider, normalized failure, and serving policy.\n * @param signal - the turn abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/request-error\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; provider: string; failure: LlmFailure; retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * Handle one failed model-request attempt before the loop retries or closes\n * its step. A listener returns `{ kind: \'retry\' }` without calling `next()`\n * when it owns recovery, or calls `next()` to delegate. The default\n * `undefined` leaves the failure terminal.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose request failed.\n * @param payload.turn - the turn containing the failed request.\n * @param payload.step - the step containing the failed request attempt.\n * @param payload.provider - the provider selected for the failed request.\n * @param payload.failure - serializable facts normalized at the final adapter boundary.\n * @param payload.retryPolicy - the policy of the adapter registration that served the failed request.\n * @param payload.signal - the turn abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode waterfall\n */',
     summary: 'Handle one failed model-request attempt before the loop retries or closes its step.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/session-start',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/session-start\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, source: SessionStartSource): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * The session lifecycle began, once before the first turn. Use\n * `agent.inject()` to seed model-facing context. This is a notification, not\n * a veto; disposal requested by a lifecycle owner is rechecked before the\n * driver starts.\n * @param agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.\n * @param source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/session-start\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; source: SessionStartSource }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * The session lifecycle began, once before the first turn. Use\n * `agent.inject()` to seed model-facing context. This is a notification, not\n * a veto; disposal requested by a lifecycle owner is rechecked before the\n * driver starts.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.\n * @param payload.source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'The session lifecycle began, once before the first turn.',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/status',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'agent/status\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, status: AgentStatus): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`). A waking delivery enters\n * `running` synchronously after reserving cancellation; `idle` means no\n * driver remains scheduled or active.\n * @param agent - the agent whose status flipped.\n * @param status - the status just entered (the transition\'s destination).\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/status\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; status: AgentStatus }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`). A waking delivery enters\n * `running` synchronously after reserving cancellation; `idle` means no\n * driver remains scheduled or active.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose status flipped.\n * @param payload.status - the status just entered (the transition\'s destination).\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`).',
   },
   {
     name: 'agent/turn-stopping',
     mode: 'serial',
-    signature: '\'agent/turn-stopping\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> | void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * The turn is about to close: the model owes no response (no live tool\n * calls, no fresh steering). Awaited before the boundary commits — a\n * listener that objects steers (`agent.steer(...)`) and the machine\n * re-reads its inbox: fresh steering runs another step, none closes the\n * turn. Data decides, so listener order cannot change the outcome. The\n * inverse control (stop a tool loop early) is data too: a tool result\n * carrying `concludesTurn` ends the turn at its step. The conclusion\n * never short-circuits already-submitted next-step work: same-step\n * `additionalContexts` or racing steering still runs, and the turn\n * closes only when that inbox drains.\n * @param agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.\n * @param turn - the turn about to close.\n * @param signal - the current turn\'s explicit abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode serial\n */',
+    signature: '\'agent/turn-stopping\'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; signal: AbortSignal }): Promise<void> | void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * The turn is about to close: the model owes no response (no live tool\n * calls, no fresh steering). Awaited before the boundary commits — a\n * listener that objects steers (`agent.steer(...)`) and the machine\n * re-reads its inbox: fresh steering runs another step, none closes the\n * turn. Data decides, so listener order cannot change the outcome. The\n * inverse control (stop a tool loop early) is data too: a tool result\n * carrying `concludesTurn` ends the turn at its step. The conclusion\n * never short-circuits already-submitted next-step work: same-step\n * `additionalContexts` or racing steering still runs, and the turn\n * closes only when that inbox drains.\n * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.\n * @param payload.turn - the turn about to close.\n * @param payload.signal - the current turn\'s explicit abort signal.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @mode serial\n */',
     summary: 'The turn is about to close: the model owes no response (no live tool calls, no fresh steering).',
   },
   {
@@ -1357,8 +1373,8 @@ export const EVENT_API: readonly EventApiEntry[] = [
   {
     name: 'goal/changed',
     mode: 'emit',
-    signature: '\'goal/changed\'(this: import(\'@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope\').Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, change: GoalChanged): void',
-    jsDoc: '/**\n * Goal mutation accepted by one live agent. The matching `goal/change`\n * session event has already committed. Listener failures are contained.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @param agent - agent whose session owns the goal.\n * @param change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.\n * @mode emit\n */',
+    signature: '\'goal/changed\'(this: import(\'@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope\').Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; change: GoalChanged }): void',
+    jsDoc: '/**\n * Goal mutation accepted by one live agent. The matching `goal/change`\n * session event has already committed. Listener failures are contained.\n * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.\n * @param payload.agent - agent whose session owns the goal.\n * @param payload.change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.\n * @mode emit\n */',
     summary: 'Goal mutation accepted by one live agent.',
   },
   {
@@ -1877,6 +1893,10 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
     name: 'DirectoryPickerNativeCapability',
     declaration: 'export interface DirectoryPickerNativeCapability {\n    kind: \'native\';\n    pick(signal: AbortSignal): Promise<string | null>;\n}',
   },
+  {
+    name: 'DirectoryRegistrationHandle',
+    declaration: 'export interface DirectoryRegistrationHandle {\n    (): void;\n    replace(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): void;\n}',
+  },
   {
     name: 'Domain',
     declaration: 'export interface Domain<S extends DomainSpec> {\n    readonly name: string;\n    readonly global: DomainGlobalHandleOf<S>;\n    table<N extends keyof S[\'tables\'] & string>(name: N): KvTable<TableKeyOf<S, N>, TableValueOf<S, N>>;\n    close(): Promise<void>;\n}',
@@ -2081,6 +2101,10 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
     name: 'LlmConfigurableProvider',
     declaration: 'export interface LlmConfigurableProvider {\n    provider: string;\n    displayName: string;\n    settingsNs: string;\n    settingsPath: readonly string[];\n}',
   },
+  {
+    name: 'LlmDiscoveredModel',
+    declaration: 'export interface LlmDiscoveredModel {\n    id: string;\n    name?: string;\n    contextWindow?: number;\n    maxTokens?: number;\n}',
+  },
   {
     name: 'LlmFailure',
     declaration: 'export interface LlmFailure {\n    readonly message: string;\n    readonly code: string;\n    readonly status?: number;\n    readonly providerRetryAfterMs?: number;\n    readonly requestId?: ProviderRequestId;\n}',
@@ -2089,6 +2113,10 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
     name: 'LlmModelContext',
     declaration: 'export interface LlmModelContext {\n    contextWindow: number;\n}',
   },
+  {
+    name: 'LlmModelDiscoveryRequest',
+    declaration: 'export interface LlmModelDiscoveryRequest {\n    provider?: string;\n    baseURL?: string;\n    api?: string;\n    apiKey?: string;\n    signal?: AbortSignal;\n}',
+  },
   {
     name: 'LlmModelInfo',
     declaration: 'export interface LlmModelInfo {\n    provider: string;\n    id: string;\n    name: string;\n    description?: string;\n}',
@@ -2635,7 +2663,7 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'SettingsRegisterOptions',
-    declaration: 'export interface SettingsRegisterOptions<T> {\n    base?: Partial<T>;\n    applies?: SettingsApplies;\n}',
+    declaration: 'export interface SettingsRegisterOptions<T> {\n    base?: Partial<T>;\n    applies?: SettingsApplies;\n    validate?: (value: T) => void;\n}',
   },
   {
     name: 'SettingsScope',
@@ -2791,7 +2819,7 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'SubprocessSpawnSpec',
-    declaration: 'export interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {\n    argv: readonly string[];\n    cwd: string;\n    stdio: SubprocessStdio;\n    graceMs: number;\n    signal?: AbortSignal | undefined;\n    env?: Record<string, string> | undefined;\n}',
+    declaration: 'export interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {\n    argv: readonly string[];\n    cwd: string;\n    stdio: SubprocessStdio;\n    graceMs: number;\n    signal?: AbortSignal | undefined;\n    env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined;\n}',
   },
   {
     name: 'SubprocessStdinMode',
diff --git a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/tests/integration.spec.ts b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 01a748a284..488ab996b3 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter): Promise<Context> {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/src/agent.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/src/agent.ts
index 2b97dad3a4..cfac8262c2 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/src/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/src/agent.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 import type {
   Agent,
   AgentCancelCause,
+  AgentEventDispatch,
   AgentOptions,
   AgentStatus,
   CancelOptions,
   InboxTarget,
+  PreStepDecision,
   RequestErrorAction,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-import { Inbox, agentCarrier, agentEvents, assembleContextFor, emitAgentEvent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import { Inbox, agentEvents, assembleContextFor } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
 import type { GenerateOptions, LlmCallConfig, Message, PreparedLlmCall } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import {
   BlockAssembler,
@@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
   readonly scope: Scope
   readonly ctx: Context
 
+  /** Fused dispatcher, built once in the constructor so hot-path dispatches never allocate. */
+  private readonly dispatch: AgentEventDispatch
+
   /** Whether this loop instance has appended its initial/resume request anchor. */
   private requestHeaderLogged = false
   private readonly runtimeContext: RuntimeContextProjection
@@ -78,10 +83,11 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
     public readonly options: AgentOptions,
     public readonly session: Session,
   ) {
+    this.dispatch = agentEvents(loopCtx, this)
     this.inbox = new Inbox(session, {
-      inserted: (message) => { emitAgentEvent(loopCtx, this, 'agent/inbox/inserted', { message }) },
-      discarded: (message) => { emitAgentEvent(loopCtx, this, 'agent/inbox/discarded', { message }) },
-      claimed: (message, turn) => { emitAgentEvent(loopCtx, this, 'agent/inbox/claimed', { message, turn }) },
+      inserted: (message) => { this.dispatch.emit('agent/inbox/inserted', { message }) },
+      discarded: (message) => { this.dispatch.emit('agent/inbox/discarded', { message }) },
+      claimed: (message, turn) => { this.dispatch.emit('agent/inbox/claimed', { message, turn }) },
     })
     const lastTurn = session.events.findLast(event => event.type === 'turn/start')?.data.turn ?? 0
     this.phase = { kind: 'idle', lastTurn }
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
     this.phase = next
     const status = this.status
     if (status !== previousStatus) {
-      emitAgentEvent(this.loopCtx, this, 'agent/status', status)
+      this.dispatch.emit('agent/status', { status })
     }
   }
 
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
   private throwError(error: unknown): never {
     const turn = this.phase.kind === 'running' ? this.phase.turn : this.phase.lastTurn
     const step = this.phase.kind === 'running' ? this.phase.step : 0
-    emitAgentEvent(this.loopCtx, this, 'agent/error', turn, step, error)
+    this.dispatch.emit('agent/error', { turn, step, error })
     throw error
   }
 
@@ -204,9 +210,9 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
     signal.throwIfAborted()
     const sections = renderContextSections(assembly)
     const context = this.runtimeContext.project(joinContextSections(sections), sections)
-    const decision = await agentEvents(this.loopCtx, this).waterfall(
-      'agent/pre-step', claimed, { ...position, signal },
-      () => Promise.resolve({
+    const decision = await this.dispatch.waterfall(
+      'agent/pre-step', { messages: claimed, ...position, signal },
+      (): Promise<PreStepDecision> => Promise.resolve<PreStepDecision>({
         kind: 'enter',
         messages: context === undefined ? claimed : [...claimed, context],
       }),
@@ -266,7 +272,7 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
         }
         signal.throwIfAborted()
         if (turnEnds && this.inbox.nextStep.length === 0) {
-          await this.loopCtx.serial(agentCarrier(this), 'agent/turn-stopping', this, turn, signal)
+          await this.dispatch.serial('agent/turn-stopping', { turn, signal })
           signal.throwIfAborted()
         }
         if (turnEnds && this.inbox.nextStep.length === 0) break
@@ -323,14 +329,15 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
       signal.throwIfAborted()
       const finish = assembler.finish
       if (finish.kind === 'error' || finish.kind === 'aborted') {
-        const action = await this.loopCtx.waterfall(
-          agentCarrier(this), 'agent/request-error', this, {
+        const action = await this.dispatch.waterfall(
+          'agent/request-error', {
             turn,
             step,
             provider: request.provider,
             failure: finish.failure,
             retryPolicy: preparedCall?.retryPolicy,
-          }, signal,
+            signal,
+          },
           () => Promise.resolve<RequestErrorAction>(undefined),
         )
         signal.throwIfAborted()
@@ -405,8 +412,8 @@ export class ReactLoopAgent implements Agent {
           ...maxTokens === undefined ? {} : { maxTokens },
         },
     ))
-    const proposedConfig = await this.loopCtx.waterfall(
-      agentCarrier(this), 'agent/request', this, turn, step, signal,
+    const proposedConfig = await this.dispatch.waterfall(
+      'agent/request', { turn, step, signal },
       () => Promise.resolve(seedConfig),
     )
     signal.throwIfAborted()
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts
index 3f77973d92..a589f3c131 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ declare module 'cordis' {
      * Consumers that buffer work for the configured identity use this
      * transient signal to reject that work instead of waiting forever. Normal
      * factory teardown suppresses failures from the cancelled startup attempt.
-     * @param sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.
-     * @param error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.
+     * @param payload.sessionId - exact shared agent/session identity that failed startup.
+     * @param payload.error - persistence, setup, or publication failure.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent-loop/config-start-failed'(sessionId: SessionId, error: unknown): void
+    'agent-loop/config-start-failed'(payload: { sessionId: SessionId; error: unknown }): void
   }
 }
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export class AgentLoop extends Service implements AgentFactory {
   ): void {
     if (!this.ownership.isActive()) return
     this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-driven ${action} of "${sessionId}" failed: ${errorChain(error)}`)
-    const args: unknown[] = ['agent-loop/config-start-failed', sessionId, error]
+    const args: unknown[] = ['agent-loop/config-start-failed', { sessionId, error }]
     for (const callback of this.ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)) {
       try {
         const returned: unknown = callback(...args)
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ export class AgentLoop extends Service implements AgentFactory {
         released.resolve()
       }
     }
-    const disposeAgentListener = ownerCtx.on('agent/disposed', checkReleased)
+    const disposeAgentListener = ownerCtx.on('agent/disposed', () => { checkReleased() })
     const disposeSessionListener = ownerCtx.on('session/disposed', checkReleased)
     try {
       checkReleased()
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ export class AgentLoop extends Service implements AgentFactory {
           // A synchronous announce/session-start listener may have started
           // teardown; the machine is already live (delivery works from the
           // session-start seam), so only the liveness recheck is owed.
-          emitAgentEvent(loopCtx, agent, 'agent/session-start', source)
+          emitAgentEvent(loopCtx, agent, 'agent/session-start', { source })
           assertLive()
           return { agent, dispose }
         },
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent-initiator.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent-initiator.spec.ts
index bbc3e548e2..5af6e70fe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent-initiator.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent-initiator.spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: LlmAdapter): Promise<Harness> {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -164,18 +164,18 @@ describe('AgentLoop initiator scope', () => {
       if (context.agent === agent) capture(context.signal)
       return next()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, _message, { signal }, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject, signal }, next) => {
       if (subject === agent) {
         expect(ctx.agents.requireInitiator()).toBe(agent)
         preStepSignals.push(signal)
       }
       return next()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (subject, _turn, _step, signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ agent: subject, signal }, next) => {
       if (subject === agent) capture(signal)
       return next()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject, _turn, signal) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject, signal }) => {
       if (subject === agent) capture(signal)
     })
     ctx.tools.register(defineContentToolFixture({
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent.spec.ts
index 1692f19291..7ac8a0dd64 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/agent.spec.ts
@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@ describe('Agent', () => {
     ctx.on('session/event', (session, event) => {
       if (session === agent.session && event.type === 'turn/start') lifecycle.push('turn/start')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (subject, event) => {
-      if (subject === agent) inserted.push(event)
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent: subject, message }) => {
+      if (subject === agent) inserted.push({ message })
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', (subject, event) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', ({ agent: subject, message, turn }) => {
       if (subject === agent) {
         lifecycle.push('agent/inbox/claimed')
-        claimed.push(event)
+        claimed.push({ message, turn })
       }
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', (subject, event) => {
-      if (subject === agent) discarded.push(event)
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', ({ agent: subject, message }) => {
+      if (subject === agent) discarded.push({ message })
     })
     const context = createUserMessage({
       content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'discard me' }],
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('Agent', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok')]))
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     const statuses: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status)
     })
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('Agent', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok')]))
     const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (_subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ status }) => {
       throw new Error(`bad ${status} listener`)
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/cancel.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/cancel.spec.ts
index 87f2d0991d..5c0deed621 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/cancel.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/cancel.spec.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function send(agent: Agent, text: string) {
 /** Resolve on the agent's next idle transition (event-based, not status poll). */
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') { dispose(); resolve() }
     })
   })
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
 
     const running = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     let disposalDone: Promise<void> | undefined
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'running') return
       disposalDone = handle.dispose()
       running.resolve(undefined)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
 
     const replacementRegistered = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     let replacementObservation: Promise<{ status: string; requests: number; turns: number }> | undefined
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'idle' || replacementObservation !== undefined) return
       send(agent, 'cancelled replacement')
       replacementObservation = agent.whenIdle().then(() => ({
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
 
     const replacementRegistered = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     let replacementIdle: Promise<void> | undefined
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'idle' || replacementIdle !== undefined) return
       send(agent, 'cancelled replacement')
       agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
     })
 
     let cancelled = false
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject }) => {
       if (subject === agent && !cancelled) {
         cancelled = true
         agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
     // durable turn-start commit and must drop the reserved work.
     let streamed = false
     ctx.on('session/event', (_s, event) => { if (event.type === 'assistant/chunk') streamed = true })
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'running') agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
     })
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let replaced = false
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'running' || replaced) return
       replaced = true
       agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
 
     switch (stage) {
       case 'pre-step':
-        ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, _message, { signal }, next) => {
+        ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject, signal }, next) => {
           if (subject === agent) await blockUntilAbort(signal)
           return next()
         })
@@ -679,13 +679,13 @@ describe('Agent.cancel()', () => {
         })
         break
       case 'request':
-        ctx.on('agent/request', async (subject, _turn, _step, signal, next) => {
+        ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ agent: subject, signal }, next) => {
           if (subject === agent) await blockUntilAbort(signal)
           return next()
         })
         break
       case 'stopping':
-        ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async (subject, _turn, signal) => {
+        ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async ({ agent: subject, signal }) => {
           if (subject === agent) await blockUntilAbort(signal)
         })
         break
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/config-session-id.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/config-session-id.spec.ts
index c0be39e41b..74608e5f1a 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/config-session-id.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/config-session-id.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ afterEach(async () => { for (const d of dirs.splice(0)) await rm(d, { recursive:
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') { dispose(); resolve() }
     })
   })
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('config-driven session id', () => {
     await cleanupStarted.promise
     expect(first.status).toBe('idle')
     const failures: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_id, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
     const secondLoop = await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, config)
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
     expect(ctx.agents.get(sessionId)).toBe(first)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ describe('config-driven session id', () => {
     const failures: { sessionId: SessionId; error: unknown }[] = []
     ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', () => { throw listenerFailure })
     ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', () => Promise.reject(asyncListenerFailure) as never)
-    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (sessionId, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ sessionId, error }) => {
       failures.push({ sessionId, error })
     })
     vi.spyOn(ctx.sessionPersistence, 'list').mockRejectedValue(failure)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ describe('config-driven session id', () => {
     // Deliberately violate the normal Error-only rejection rule to exercise the unknown boundary.
     // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/prefer-promise-reject-errors
     ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', () => Promise.reject(unrenderable) as never)
-    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_sessionId, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
     vi.spyOn(ctx.sessionPersistence, 'list').mockRejectedValue(unrenderable)
     const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ describe('config-driven session id', () => {
       const released = vi.fn()
       const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
       const failures: unknown[] = []
-      ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_sessionId, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+      ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
 
       const loop = await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, {
         agents: [{ id: 'main', sessionId: SessionId('config-exact-dispose'), model: 'mock' }],
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ describe('startup reporting after factory teardown', () => {
     gate.promise.catch(() => undefined)
     vi.spyOn(ctx.sessionPersistence, 'list').mockReturnValue(gate.promise)
     const failures: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_id, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
     const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
 
     const loop = await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, {
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/contract-regressions.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/contract-regressions.spec.ts
index ad3a3ef507..b6540d9912 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/contract-regressions.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/contract-regressions.spec.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter) {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('abort during tool execution ends the turn', () => {
     const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('must not run')])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a-empty-batch'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject !== agent) return next()
       return Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [] })
     })
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ describe('abort during tool execution ends the turn', () => {
 
     send(agent, 'leave an unmatched historical call')
     await waitForIdle(ctx, agent)
-    const disposeInjection = ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, _messages, { turn }, next) => {
+    const disposeInjection = ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject, turn }, next) => {
       const decision = await next()
       if (subject === agent && turn === 2 && decision.kind === 'enter') {
         disposeInjection()
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ describe('disposal leaves the two-state status contract balanced', () => {
 
     const statuses: string[] = []
     const reasons: TurnEndReason[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (_agent, status) => void statuses.push(status))
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ status }) => void statuses.push(status))
     ctx.on('session/event', (_s, event) => { if (event.type === 'turn/end') reasons.push(event.data.reason) })
 
     send(agent, 'go')
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ describe('disposal leaves the two-state status contract balanced', () => {
       agent = inner.agentLoop.create(SessionId('scoped'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     }, { inject: ['agentLoop'] }))
 
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (_agent, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ status }) => {
       if (status === 'idle') throw new Error('broken status listener')
     })
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ describe('adapter registration, routing, and accepted-input ownership', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), {}) // no model — router plugin decides
 
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       return { ...await next(), provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' }
     })
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ describe('turn numbering continues across seeded sessions', () => {
     ctx2.on('session/event', (_s, event) => { if (event.type === 'turn/start') turns.push(event.data.turn) })
     forked.followup(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'continue' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-      ctx2.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+      ctx2.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
         if (subject === forked && status === 'idle') resolve()
       })
     })
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ describe('a finish-error stream chunk ends the turn as error, not completed', ()
 
     const reasons: TurnEndReason[] = []
     const errors: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, turn, step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ turn, step, error }) => {
       expect({ turn, step }).toEqual({ turn: 1, step: 1 })
       errors.push(error)
     })
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       if (event.type === 'step/start' && !threw) { threw = true; throw new Error('boom step-start') }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -893,14 +893,14 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
     }, { inject: ['agentLoop'] }))
 
     let threw = false
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_payload, next) => {
       if (threw) return next()
       threw = true
       void fiber.dispose()
       throw new Error('boom pre-step during disposal')
     })
     const errorEmits: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errorEmits.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       if (!threw && event.type === 'turn/start') { threw = true; throw new Error('boom turn/start append') }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       if (event.type === 'step/end' && !threw) { threw = true; throw new Error('boom step-end') }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ describe('turn and step boundary recovery', () => {
       if (!threw && event.type === 'step/end') { threw = true; throw new Error('boom step/end listener') }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ describe('disposal and cancellation during pre-step assembly', () => {
     await mountInvariants(ctx)
     ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], adapter)
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_payload, next) => {
       await blocker
       return next()
     })
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ describe('disposal and cancellation during pre-step assembly', () => {
     await mountInvariants(ctx)
     ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], adapter)
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_payload, next) => {
       await blocker
       return next()
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/coverage-edges.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/coverage-edges.spec.ts
index 273ef022fd..617c305071 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/coverage-edges.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/coverage-edges.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter) {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('thrown-value propagation', () => {
     })
 
     const errors: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => void errors.push(error))
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => void errors.push(error))
 
     send(agent, 'fails before turn start')
     send(agent, 'survives as the next item')
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('thrown-value propagation', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let threwOnce = false
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       if (!threwOnce) {
         threwOnce = true
         throw { code: 500 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('durable error rendering', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let threwOnce = false
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       if (!threwOnce) {
         threwOnce = true
         throw new LlmError('server overloaded', 'RATE_LIMIT')
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ describe('request-error action edges', () => {
     ])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('retry-after-cancel'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent: subject }) => {
       subject.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       return { kind: 'retry' }
     })
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ describe('request-error action edges', () => {
     ])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('retry-raced'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (subject, _context, signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent: subject, signal }, next) => {
       await next()
       subject.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       expect(signal.aborted).toBe(true)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ describe('persistent step-close rejection', () => {
       if (event.type === 'step/end') throw new Error('step close permanently rejected')
     })
     const statuses: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => { if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status) })
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => { if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status) })
 
     send(agent, 'go')
     await agent.whenIdle()
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe('turn close failure containment', () => {
       }
     })
     const errors: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => { errors.push(error) })
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => { errors.push(error) })
 
     send(agent, 'go')
     await agent.whenIdle()
@@ -484,11 +484,11 @@ describe('driver bookkeeping edges', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('reject-next-step'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     let proposals = 0
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_payload, next) => {
       proposals += 1
       return proposals === 2 ? { kind: 'reject' } : next()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject }) => {
       subject.inject(createUserMessage({
         content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'do not enter the next step' }],
         source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' },
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/interception.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/interception.spec.ts
index 86a3d664c5..a26f463b0d 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/interception.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/interception.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter) {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     const seen: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next) => {
       seen.push(messages[0]!.content.map(b => (b.type === 'text' ? b.text : '')).join(''))
       return next()
     })
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     }))
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('prompt-coordinates'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     const seen: Array<{ turn: number; step: number; messages: number }> = []
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, context, next) => {
-      seen.push({ turn: context.turn, step: context.step, messages: messages.length })
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages, turn, step }, next) => {
+      seen.push({ turn, step, messages: messages.length })
       return next()
     })
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const entered = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     const decision = Promise.withResolvers<PreStepDecision>()
     const observed: UserMessage[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, messages) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject, messages }) => {
       if (subject !== agent) return { kind: 'enter', messages }
       const message = messages[0]!
       expect(Object.isFrozen(message)).toBe(true)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages): Promise<PreStepDecision> =>
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }): Promise<PreStepDecision> =>
       ({
         kind: 'enter',
         messages: [{ ...messages[0]!, content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'REWRITTEN' }] }],
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages): Promise<PreStepDecision> =>
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }): Promise<PreStepDecision> =>
       ({
         kind: 'enter',
         messages: [...messages, createUserMessage({
@@ -211,15 +211,15 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
       provider: 'mock',
       model: 'mock',
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject }) => {
       subject.inject(createUserMessage({
         content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'pending context' }],
         source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' },
       }))
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_subject, _messages, context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ step }, next) => {
       const decision = await next()
-      return context.step === 1 || decision.kind === 'reject'
+      return step === 1 || decision.kind === 'reject'
         ? decision
         : { kind: 'enter', messages: [] }
     })
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const decision = Promise.withResolvers<PreStepDecision>()
     let claimed: UserMessage[] = []
     let firstProposal = true
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }) => {
       if (!firstProposal) return { kind: 'enter', messages }
       firstProposal = false
       claimed = messages
@@ -372,14 +372,14 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
       provider: 'mock',
       model: 'mock',
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next) => {
       const decision = await next()
       return messages.some(message =>
         message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'blocked prompt'))
         ? { kind: 'reject' as const }
         : decision
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject, messages }, next) => {
       if (messages.some(message =>
         message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'blocked prompt'))) {
         subject.inject(createUserMessage({
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
       const text = messages.flatMap(message => message.content)
         .map(b => (b.type === 'text' ? b.text : '')).join('')
       return text === 'secret'
@@ -519,17 +519,17 @@ describe('agent/pre-step', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let threw = false
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }) => {
       if (!threw) { threw = true; throw new Error('prompt hook broke') }
       return { kind: 'enter' as const, messages }
     })
     const errors: Error[] = []
     const reasons: TurnEndReason[] = []
     const statuses: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => { if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status) })
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => { if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status) })
     ctx.on('session/event', (session, event) => {
       if (session === agent.session && event.type === 'turn/end') reasons.push(event.data.reason)
     })
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ describe('agent/session-start', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
 
     const sources: SessionStartSource[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (_agent, source) => void sources.push(source))
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ source }) => void sources.push(source))
 
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     // fires synchronously at create, before any turn
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe('agent/session-start', () => {
     const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok')])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
 
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       agent.inject(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'session preamble' }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' } }))
     })
 
@@ -724,11 +724,11 @@ describe('worked example: a native hook plugin is just a cordis plugin on the se
     name: 'native-guard',
     apply(ctx: Context) {
       // 1. SessionStart: seed a standing instruction.
-      ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent, source) => {
+      ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent, source }) => {
         agent.inject(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: `policy active (started: ${source})` }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'native-guard' } }))
       })
       // 2. PreStep: reject a forbidden prompt, annotate the rest.
-      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
         const text = messages.flatMap(message => message.content)
           .map(b => (b.type === 'text' ? b.text : '')).join('')
         if (text.includes('rm -rf')) {
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/loop.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/loop.spec.ts
index 94e39a08a2..c8d048ca47 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/loop.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/loop.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter, persona = '') {
 /** Wait for the agent's next transition to idle after a waking send. */
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok after rescue')])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter, 'In {{cwd}}.')
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
       assembly.variables['model'] = 'mock'
       return next()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       return { ...config, provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' }
     })
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('failed-steering'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     let fail = true
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject !== agent || !fail) return next()
       fail = false
       subject.steer(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'pending steering' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
 
     let steps = 0
     ctx.on('session/event', (_session, event) => { if (event.type === 'step/end') steps++ })
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject }) => {
       if (steps < 3) {
         subject.steer(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'continue' }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'loop-test' } }))
       }
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       // The seed is frozen — config is not a mutable per-call knob; a switch
       // is proposed by returning a replacement, and the loop logs it.
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     const fires: { turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (subject, _messages, { turn, step, signal }, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent: subject, turn, step, signal }, next) => {
       if (subject === agent) fires.push({ turn, step, signal })
       return next()
     })
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let boundaryOpen = true
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject === agent) boundaryOpen = subject.session.events.at(-1)?.type === 'step/start'
       return next()
     })
@@ -855,13 +855,13 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let throwOnce = true
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_payload, next) => {
       if (throwOnce) { throwOnce = false; throw new Error('boom in pre-step') }
       return next()
     })
 
     const errors: Error[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_a, _t, _s, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error)
     })
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     ctx.on('session/event', (_session, event) => { if (event.type === 'step/end') steps++ })
     // Force exactly one continuation (step 1 → step 2), then defer to default
     // (step 2 is a plain stop with no tool calls → stops).
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', ({ agent: subject }) => {
       if (steps < 2) {
         subject.steer(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'continue after truncation' }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'max-tokens-test' } }))
       }
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
 
     const errors: unknown[] = []
     const reasons: TurnEndReason[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (_agent, _turn, _step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ error }) => {
       errors.push(error)
     })
     ctx.on('session/event', (_s, event) => { if (event.type === 'turn/end') reasons.push(event.data.reason) })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/properties.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/properties.spec.ts
index c5dec8c142..0add31bd1f 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/properties.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/properties.spec.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async function harness() {
 /** Resolve on the agent's next transition to idle (event-based, not polled). */
 function nextIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function nextIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
  * the seen list plus a disposer for the listener (per the registry convention). */
 function recordStatus(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): { seen: string[]; dispose: () => void } {
   const seen: string[] = []
-  const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+  const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
     if (subject === agent) seen.push(status)
   })
   return { seen, dispose }
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-cache.e2e.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-cache.e2e.ts
index 287badfc15..0c7c65e483 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-cache.e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-cache.e2e.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function loopHarness(): Promise<Context> {
 
 function waitForIdle(context: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = context.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = context.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-error.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-error.spec.ts
index 96b6bfc045..d143bd79ae 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-error.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-error.spec.ts
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ describe('agent/request-error', () => {
       retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined
     }[] = []
     const statuses: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent) statuses.push(status)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (subject, context) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent: subject, turn, step, failure, retryPolicy }) => {
       expect(subject).toBe(agent)
-      seen.push(context)
+      seen.push({ turn, step, failure, retryPolicy })
       return { kind: 'retry' }
     })
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('agent/request-error', () => {
     const adapter = new MockAdapter([fail('busy', 'RATE_LIMIT'), textResponse('unused')])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('request-error-cancel'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (subject) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent: subject }) => {
       subject.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       return { kind: 'retry' }
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-reconstruction.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-reconstruction.spec.ts
index 565bb73f63..62a7ae5e71 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-reconstruction.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/request-reconstruction.spec.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async function harnessRoutes(
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
     const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('one'), textResponse('two')], reasoning)
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('effort'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ turn }, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       return turn === 2 ? { ...config, reasoningEffort: ReasoningEffortId('max') } : config
     })
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
       provider: 'deepseek',
       model: 'deepseek-model',
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ turn }, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       return turn === 2
         ? { ...config, provider: 'other', model: 'other-model' }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
       model: 'deepseek-model',
       maxTokens: 4_096,
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async ({ turn }, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       return turn === 2
         ? { ...config, provider: 'other', model: 'other-model' }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     let injected = false
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       if (!injected) {
         injected = true
         agent.inject(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: '[late context]' }], source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' } }))
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => {
       const config = await next()
       // next() resolves the SAME frozen seed — in-place shaping after
       // delegation is unrepresentable, so a "mutate what next() returned"
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe('request stability across the loop', () => {
     send(agent, 'go')
     await waitForIdle(ctx, agent)
     ctx.systemPrompt.section({ name: 'extra', order: 2, text: 'now with guidance' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => ({
+    ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => ({
       ...await next(), temperature: 0.5, maxTokens: 99, stop: ['<END>'],
     }))
     send(agent, 'again')
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ describe('request/context capacity records', () => {
 
     send(agent, 'first')
     await waitForIdle(ctx, agent)
-    ctx.on('agent/request', (subject, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => subject === agent
+    ctx.on('agent/request', ({ agent: subject }, next) => subject === agent
       ? Promise.resolve({ provider: 'mock', model: 'large' })
       : next())
     send(agent, 'second')
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ describe('request/context capacity records', () => {
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('capacity-clear'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'known' })
     let model = 'known'
-    ctx.on('agent/request', (subject, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => subject === agent
+    ctx.on('agent/request', ({ agent: subject }, next) => subject === agent
       ? Promise.resolve({ provider: 'mock', model })
       : next())
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/resume.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/resume.spec.ts
index 62f9e9059e..964ef82aa6 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/resume.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/resume.spec.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function preparationFromSnapshot(
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') { dispose(); resolve() }
     })
   })
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ describe('the session-persistence Agent Note: AgentLoop factory create/resume',
     const adapter1 = new MockAdapter([textResponse('a')])
     const { ctx: ctx1, root } = await persistentHarness(adapter1)
     const sources1: string[] = []
-    ctx1.on('agent/session-start', (_agent, source) => void sources1.push(source))
+    ctx1.on('agent/session-start', ({ source }) => void sources1.push(source))
     const a1 = (await ctx1.agents.create({ sessionId: SessionId('start-sess') })).agent
     expect(sources1).toEqual(['startup'])
     a1.followup(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'q' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ describe('the session-persistence Agent Note: AgentLoop factory create/resume',
     await ctx2.plugin(SessionPersistenceJsonl, { root })
     ctx2.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], adapter2)
     const sources2: string[] = []
-    ctx2.on('agent/session-start', (_agent, source) => void sources2.push(source))
+    ctx2.on('agent/session-start', ({ source }) => void sources2.push(source))
     await ctx2.agents.resume({ resumeSessionId: SessionId('start-sess') })
     expect(sources2).toEqual(['resume'])
     await ctx2.fiber.dispose()
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ describe('the session-persistence Agent Note: AgentLoop factory create/resume',
       expect(ctx.agents.get(sessionId)?.session).toBe(session)
       order.push('session/created')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => {
       expect(agent.status).toBe('idle')
       order.push('agent/created')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       expect(() => { agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' }) }).not.toThrow()
       order.push('agent/session-start')
     })
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ describe('configured-start failure edges', () => {
     configured.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], new MockAdapter([]))
     configured.sessionPersistence.prepare = (id, signal) => ctx.sessionPersistence.prepare(id, signal)
     const configFailures: unknown[] = []
-    configured.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_id, error) => { configFailures.push(error) })
+    configured.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { configFailures.push(error) })
     const configWarnings: string[] = []
     const configWarn = configured.logger.warn.bind(configured.logger)
     configured.logger.warn = ((...args: unknown[]) => {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ describe('configured-start failure edges', () => {
       return gate.promise
     }
     const failures: unknown[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_id, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
 
     const configured = new Context()
     await configured.plugin(LlmService)
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ describe('configured-start failure edges', () => {
     await configured.plugin(SessionPersistenceJsonl, { root })
     configured.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], new MockAdapter([]))
     configured.sessionPersistence.prepare = (id, signal) => ctx.sessionPersistence.prepare(id, signal)
-    configured.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_id, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    configured.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', ({ error }) => { failures.push(error) })
     const loop = await configured.plugin(AgentLoop, {
       agents: [{ id: 'main', resumeSessionId: sessionId, provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' }],
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/scope-lifecycle.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/scope-lifecycle.spec.ts
index a618a130cf..3f3e0a43d8 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/scope-lifecycle.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/scope-lifecycle.spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok'
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const b = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('b'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
 
     const heard: string[] = []
-    a.ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => void heard.push(`a-sees:${subject.id}:${status}`))
+    a.ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => void heard.push(`a-sees:${subject.id}:${status}`))
     a.ctx.on('session/event', (_s, event) => {
       if (event.type === 'user/message') heard.push('a-sees:user-message')
     })
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
   it('runs setup in the guaranteed slot: scoped world complete before session-start and the first assembly', async () => {
     const ctx = await harness()
     const order: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       order.push('session-start')
       // The scoped section is already registered by the time session-start fires.
       void ctx.systemPrompt.assemble(assembleContextFor(agent)).then((assembly) => {
@@ -673,19 +673,19 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     ctx.on('session/created', (session) => {
       if (session.id === SessionId('agent-created-barrier-s')) lifecycle.push('session-created')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id !== SessionId('agent-created-barrier-s')) return
       lifecycle.push('agent-created:dispose')
       disposeCurrentLifecycle(ownerCtx)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id !== SessionId('agent-created-barrier-s')) return
       expect(ctx.agents.get(agent.id)).toBe(agent)
       expect(ctx.sessions.get(agent.session.id)).toBe(agent.session)
       agent.ctx.effect(() => () => { lifecycle.push('scope-disposed') })
       lifecycle.push('agent-created:observer')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id === SessionId('agent-created-barrier-s')) lifecycle.push('agent-disposed')
     })
     ctx.on('session/disposed', (session) => {
@@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const starts: string[] = []
     let ownerCtx!: Context
     let creating!: ReturnType<typeof ctx.agents.create>
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', agent => void starts.push(agent.id))
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => void starts.push(agent.id))
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id === SessionId('listener-dispose-s')) disposeCurrentLifecycle(ownerCtx)
     })
 
@@ -749,15 +749,15 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const statuses: string[] = []
     let scopeDisposed = false
     let observerSawLive = false
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
       if (agent.id === SessionId('session-start-dispose-s')) statuses.push(status)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id !== SessionId('session-start-dispose-s')) return
       announced = agent
       disposeCurrentLifecycle(ownerCtx)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.id !== SessionId('session-start-dispose-s')) return
       expect(ctx.agents.get(agent.id)).toBe(agent)
       expect(ctx.sessions.get(agent.session.id)).toBe(agent.session)
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const ctx = await harness()
     let boom = true
     const disposed: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', agent => void disposed.push(agent.id))
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => void disposed.push(agent.id))
     ctx.on('session/created', () => {
       if (boom) { boom = false; throw new Error('boom created') }
     })
@@ -861,11 +861,11 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const lifecycle: string[] = []
     ctx.on('session/created', (session) => { lifecycle.push(`session-created:${session.id}`) })
     ctx.on('session/disposed', (session) => { lifecycle.push(`session-disposed:${session.id}`) })
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => {
       lifecycle.push(`agent-created:${agent.id}`)
       throw new Error('agent observer failed')
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (agent) => { lifecycle.push(`agent-disposed:${agent.id}`) })
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => { lifecycle.push(`agent-disposed:${agent.id}`) })
 
     await expect(ctx.agents.create({
       sessionId: SessionId('partial-session'),
@@ -911,10 +911,10 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a1'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     const other = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('a2'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
     const heard: string[] = []
-    agent.ctx.on('agent/error', (subject: Agent, turn: number) => void heard.push(`${subject.id}:${turn}`))
+    agent.ctx.on('agent/error', ({ agent: subject, turn }) => void heard.push(`${subject.id}:${turn}`))
 
-    agentEvents(ctx, other).emit('agent/error', 1, 0, new Error('not for a1'))
-    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/error', 2, 0, new Error('for a1'))
+    agentEvents(ctx, other).emit('agent/error', { turn: 1, step: 0, error: new Error('not for a1') })
+    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/error', { turn: 2, step: 0, error: new Error('for a1') })
     expect(heard).toEqual(['a1:2'])
   })
 
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ describe('agent scope lifecycle', () => {
     })
     const agent = handle.agent
     let reentered = false
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'idle' || reentered) return
       reentered = true
       agent.followup(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'reentrant' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-calls.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-calls.spec.ts
index f3548cca52..89b2e300bd 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-calls.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-calls.spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter, maxParallelToolCalls?: number) {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') { dispose(); resolve() }
     })
   })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-order.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-order.spec.ts
index 8aec38004f..9fa321697a 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-order.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/tool-order.spec.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter, toolOrder?: SystemPromptConfig['too
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/core/agent/README.i18n.yaml
index 4cfc5328e8..5c03669baf 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/core/agent/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/core/agent/README.md
-README.md: c3d6e6c24480894b6059417c1ab89db7aa0d7fa2
-README.zh.md: 16ee8f5e6c483555839b0c3ab174e2e2356b1359
+README.md: 2a69ab380eaad3929e27039582807037969eba64
+README.zh.md: 176f3f75cf0f6e3309b2f5d34afb4d562105608e
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/README.md b/packages/core/agent/README.md
index c3d6e6c244..2a69ab380e 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/README.md
+++ b/packages/core/agent/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Agent *creation* is provided by the plugin implementing `AgentFactory` (`dsh-age
 
 The lifecycle edges have two important local caveats. `agent/created` runs after scoped setup and after both session and agent registry entries exist. Setup is trusted composition-only code; the immediately following non-vetoing `agent/session-start` notification is the first supported startup injection point. `agent/disposed` always means the exact agent has left the registry. AgentLoop emits it after its driver is quiescent, while ordered teardown may still be detaching the session and unwinding the scope; custom agents registered directly own any stronger driver-ordering contract themselves.
 
-Most interception points are cooperative waterfalls. `agent/pre-step` receives the exclusive claimed `UserMessage[]` plus a `PreStepContext` containing the proposed `turn`, `step`, and cancellation `signal`; its batch may be empty when tools already require another request. Other turn-scoped asynchronous seams receive their explicit `AbortSignal` positionally. Listeners may cooperate with a signal but must not retain it as authority over another turn. `agent/request-error` is the failed-model-request recovery waterfall: it receives request coordinates, normalized failure facts, the serving registration's retry policy when available, and the signal. A listener returns `{ kind: 'retry' }` without calling `next()` when it owns recovery. `agent/turn-stopping` runs before an otherwise completed turn closes. The [explicit-cancellation decision](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md) owns signal lifetime; the [agent-scope runtime-design Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-12-agent-scope-runtime-design.md#three-execution-boundaries-are-deliberately-one-way) owns scoped dispatch and terminal settlement.
+Most interception points are cooperative waterfalls. `agent/pre-step` receives a payload carrying the subject `agent`, the exclusive claimed `UserMessage[]`, and the proposed `turn`, `step`, and cancellation `signal`; its batch may be empty when tools already require another request. Agent-scoped turn seams carry their explicit `AbortSignal` in the payload; the remaining turn-scoped seams receive it through their request value. Listeners may cooperate with a signal but must not retain it as authority over another turn. `agent/request-error` is the failed-model-request recovery waterfall: it receives request coordinates, normalized failure facts, the serving registration's retry policy when available, and the signal. A listener returns `{ kind: 'retry' }` without calling `next()` when it owns recovery. `agent/turn-stopping` runs before an otherwise completed turn closes. The [explicit-cancellation decision](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md) owns signal lifetime; the [agent-scope runtime-design Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-12-agent-scope-runtime-design.md#three-execution-boundaries-are-deliberately-one-way) owns scoped dispatch and terminal settlement.
 
 `PreStepDecision` is either `{ kind: 'reject' }` or `{ kind: 'enter', messages }`. The enter branch is the complete identified, frozen batch for the proposed step. A listener that wraps downstream entry preserves that batch unless it intentionally replaces it; additions follow the waterfall's natural return order. Claiming already removed the offered messages from the inbox, so rejection does not retain them. Messages inserted after the claim remain pending for a later boundary.
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/README.zh.md b/packages/core/agent/README.zh.md
index 16ee8f5e6c..176f3f75cf 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/core/agent/README.zh.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Agent *创建* 由实现 `AgentFactory` 的插件（`dsh-agent-loop`）提供，
 
 生命周期边有两个重要的本地注意事项。`agent/created` 在作用域 setup 之后、会话与 agent 注册表条目都存在之后运行。Setup 是受信任、仅用于组合的代码；紧随其后且不可 veto 的 `agent/session-start` 通知是第一个受支持的启动注入点。`agent/disposed` 始终表示确切 agent 已离开注册表。AgentLoop 在其驱动器完全停稳后发出该事件，而有序 teardown 此时可能仍在分离会话并撤销作用域；直接注册的自定义 agent 自行拥有任何更强的驱动器顺序契约。
 
-大多数拦截点都是协作式 waterfall（瀑布式事件）。`agent/pre-step` 接收独占的已领取 `UserMessage[]`，以及包含拟进入 `turn`、`step` 与取消 `signal` 的 `PreStepContext`；当工具已经要求继续请求时，该批次可以为空。其他轮次作用域异步 seam 仍按位置接收显式 `AbortSignal`。监听器可以配合信号，但不得将它保留为控制另一轮次的权限。`agent/request-error` 是失败模型请求的恢复 waterfall：它接收请求坐标、规范化失败事实、可用时提供服务的注册项重试策略以及信号。拥有恢复权的监听器返回 `{ kind: 'retry' }` 且不调用 `next()`。`agent/turn-stopping` 在本可完成的轮次关闭前运行。信号生命周期由[显式取消决策](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md)拥有；作用域分发与终止结算由 [agent 作用域 runtime 设计 Agent Note（agent 决策记录）](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-12-agent-scope-runtime-design.md#three-execution-boundaries-are-deliberately-one-way)拥有。
+大多数拦截点都是协作式 waterfall（瀑布式事件）。`agent/pre-step` 接收一个 payload，携带主体 `agent`、独占的已领取 `UserMessage[]` 以及拟进入的 `turn`、`step` 与取消 `signal`；当工具已经要求继续请求时，该批次可以为空。agent 作用域轮次 seam 在 payload 中携带显式 `AbortSignal`；其余轮次作用域 seam 通过其请求值接收它。监听器可以配合信号，但不得将它保留为控制另一轮次的权限。`agent/request-error` 是失败模型请求的恢复 waterfall：它接收请求坐标、规范化失败事实、可用时提供服务的注册项重试策略以及信号。拥有恢复权的监听器返回 `{ kind: 'retry' }` 且不调用 `next()`。`agent/turn-stopping` 在本可完成的轮次关闭前运行。信号生命周期由[显式取消决策](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-16-explicit-turn-cancellation.md)拥有；作用域分发与终止结算由 [agent 作用域 runtime 设计 Agent Note（agent 决策记录）](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-12-agent-scope-runtime-design.md#three-execution-boundaries-are-deliberately-one-way)拥有。
 
 `PreStepDecision` 要么是 `{ kind: 'reject' }`，要么是 `{ kind: 'enter', messages }`。enter 分支是拟进入步骤的完整、带标识且冻结的批次。包装下游 enter 的监听器会保留该批次，除非有意替换它；新增消息遵循 waterfall 的自然返回顺序。领取操作已经把候选消息从 inbox 删除，因此 reject 不会保留它们；领取后插入的消息仍等待后续边界。
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/dispatch.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/dispatch.ts
index b28586b6b8..cf07f24ecf 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/dispatch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/dispatch.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * Agent-scoped dispatch and prompt assembly helpers. Ordinary events use the
- * fused dispatcher so subject and scope key cannot diverge; registry lifecycle
- * code instead captures one stable carrier for both edges.
+ * Agent-scoped dispatch and prompt assembly helpers. The fused dispatcher
+ * {@link agentEvents} couples the agent subject to its scope carrier, so the
+ * scope key and the payload's `agent` cannot diverge; repeat dispatchers (the
+ * loop driver) build it once in the agent's constructor and reuse it.
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-agent/dispatch
  */
 
@@ -17,25 +18,38 @@ type Params<F> = F extends (...args: infer P) => unknown ? P : never
 type Return<F> = F extends (...args: never[]) => infer R ? R : never
 
 /**
- * The event names whose subject is an agent: handler parameters start with an
- * `Agent` AND the handler declares a `Scoped<Agent>` `this` (the scope-carrier
- * contract). The `this` check keeps accidental first-parameter-happens-to-be-
- * an-Agent events (or zero-arg events, whose parameter tuple would satisfy a
- * bare rest-tuple check via callability) out of the fused-dispatch surface.
+ * The event names whose subject is an agent: the handler's first parameter is
+ * a payload object carrying the `agent` subject AND the handler declares a
+ * `Scoped<Agent>` `this` (the scope-carrier contract). The `this` check keeps
+ * accidental payload-happens-to-carry-an-Agent events (or zero-arg events,
+ * whose parameter tuple would satisfy a bare rest-tuple check via callability)
+ * out of the fused-dispatch surface.
  */
 export type AgentSubjectEvent = {
   [K in keyof Events]: Events[K] extends (this: Scoped<Agent>, ...args: infer P) => unknown
-    ? P extends [Agent, ...unknown[]] ? K : never
+    ? P extends [infer Payload, ...unknown[]]
+      ? Payload extends { agent: Agent } ? K : never
+      : never
     : never
 }[keyof Events]
 
-/** The event arguments AFTER the injected agent subject. */
-type Tail<K extends AgentSubjectEvent> = Params<Events[K]> extends [Agent, ...infer R] ? R : never
+/** The full payload object of one agent-subject event. */
+type PayloadOf<K extends AgentSubjectEvent> = Params<Events[K]> extends [infer Payload, ...unknown[]] ? Payload : never
+
+/** The event arguments AFTER the payload: the waterfall `next` when present. */
+type Tail<K extends AgentSubjectEvent> = Params<Events[K]> extends [unknown, ...infer R] ? R : never
+
+/**
+ * The payload as emit-side callers pass it: the full payload minus the agent
+ * field, which the fused dispatcher injects so subject and scope key cannot
+ * diverge.
+ */
+type PayloadRest<K extends AgentSubjectEvent> = Omit<PayloadOf<K> & object, 'agent'>
 
 /**
  * The fused dispatcher {@link agentEvents} returns: each method dispatches the
  * named agent-subject event with the agent's scope carrier as `thisArg` and
- * the agent itself injected as the first event argument.
+ * the agent itself injected into the payload.
  */
 export interface AgentEventDispatch {
   /**
@@ -44,30 +58,36 @@ export interface AgentEventDispatch {
    * contained per listener, so a notification cannot veto lifecycle progress
    * or starve a later observer.
    * @param name - the agent-subject event to emit.
-   * @param rest - the event's arguments after the injected agent.
+   * @param payload - the event's payload fields; `agent` is injected.
    */
-  emit<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, ...rest: Tail<K>): void
+  emit<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, payload: PayloadRest<K>): void
   /**
    * Awaited in-order dispatch (Cordis `serial`) in the agent's scope.
    * @param name - the agent-subject event to dispatch.
-   * @param rest - the event's arguments after the injected agent.
+   * @param payload - the event's payload fields; `agent` is injected.
    * @returns the serial chain's result (the first bail value, if any).
    */
-  serial<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, ...rest: Tail<K>): Promise<Awaited<Return<Events[K]>>>
+  serial<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, payload: PayloadRest<K>): Promise<Awaited<Return<Events[K]>>>
   /**
    * Around-middleware dispatch (Cordis `waterfall`) in the agent's scope. The
    * declared event parameters already end with the `next` callback, so `rest`
-   * is exactly the event's arguments after the injected agent — the final
-   * element being the innermost `next` (the default the listener chain wraps).
+   * is exactly the event's arguments after the payload — the final element
+   * being the innermost `next` (the default the listener chain wraps).
    * @param name - the agent-subject event to dispatch.
-   * @param rest - the event's arguments after the injected agent.
+   * @param payload - the event's payload fields; `agent` is injected.
+   * @param rest - the event's arguments after the payload (the `next` callback).
    * @returns the waterfall's composed result.
    */
-  waterfall<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, ...rest: Tail<K>): Return<Events[K]>
+  waterfall<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(name: K, payload: PayloadRest<K>, ...rest: Tail<K>): Return<Events[K]>
 }
 
 /**
- * Return the fused scope carrier for one agent subject.
+ * Build the fused scope carrier for one agent subject.
+ *
+ * The carrier is a stateless routing object. {@link agentEvents} accepts an
+ * existing carrier, so callers that dispatch repeatedly for the same agent
+ * (the loop driver) build it once in the agent's constructor and reuse it,
+ * keeping hot-path dispatches allocation-free.
  * @param agent - the subject agent and scope key.
  * @returns the carrier passed as the event dispatcher `this` value.
  */
@@ -79,22 +99,30 @@ export function agentCarrier(agent: Agent): Scoped<Agent> {
  * Build a dispatcher that couples the agent subject to its scope carrier.
  * @param ctx - the context to dispatch through (any context of the app).
  * @param agent - the subject agent; also the scope-carrier key.
+ * @param carrier - the scope carrier to dispatch through; defaults to
+ * {@link agentCarrier} for the agent. Pass a constructor-built carrier to
+ * avoid rebuilding it for every dispatch.
  * @returns the fused dispatcher.
  */
-export function agentEvents(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): AgentEventDispatch {
-  const carrier = agentCarrier(agent)
+export function agentEvents(ctx: Context, agent: Agent, carrier: Scoped<Agent> = agentCarrier(agent)): AgentEventDispatch {
   // The ordinary dispatch methods forward through Cordis' variadic mixins. The
-  // fused (carrier, name, agent, ...rest) tuple is provably a valid argument
+  // fused (carrier, name, payload, ...rest) tuple is provably a valid argument
   // list for the matching thisArg overload, but TypeScript cannot relate the
   // generic Tail<K> spread back to that overload's conditional parameter
   // tuple — hence one contained, shape-preserving cast per method.
+  const fused = <K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(payload: PayloadRest<K>): PayloadOf<K> =>
+    // The dispatcher owns the subject injection; callers pass PayloadRest, so
+    // the fused record is exactly the declared payload. The spread comes
+    // first, so a structurally acceptable payload that happens to carry an
+    // `agent` field can never override the injected subject.
+    ({ ...payload, agent } as PayloadOf<K>)
   return {
-    emit(name, ...rest) {
+    emit(name, payload) {
       // Cordis emit invokes callbacks through Array.map: one synchronous throw
       // starves later listeners, and returned promises are discarded. Agent
       // notifications are non-vetoing, so resolve the same filtered callback
       // set ourselves and contain both failure modes independently.
-      const args: unknown[] = [carrier, name, agent, ...rest]
+      const args: unknown[] = [carrier, name, fused(payload)]
       const callbacks = ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)
       for (const callback of callbacks) {
         try {
@@ -107,15 +135,15 @@ export function agentEvents(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): AgentEventDispatch {
         }
       }
     },
-    async serial(name, ...rest) {
+    async serial(name, payload) {
       // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/unbound-method -- the events mixin accessor returns a pre-bound function
       const serial = ctx.serial as (thisArg: Scoped<Agent>, name: string, ...args: unknown[]) => Promise<never>
-      return await serial(carrier, name, agent, ...rest)
+      return await serial(carrier, name, fused(payload))
     },
-    waterfall(name, ...rest) {
+    waterfall(name, payload, ...rest) {
       // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/unbound-method -- the events mixin accessor returns a pre-bound function
       const waterfall = ctx.waterfall as (thisArg: Scoped<Agent>, name: string, ...args: unknown[]) => never
-      return waterfall(carrier, name, agent, ...rest)
+      return waterfall(carrier, name, fused(payload), ...rest)
     },
   }
 }
@@ -125,15 +153,15 @@ export function agentEvents(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): AgentEventDispatch {
  * @param ctx - the context to dispatch through.
  * @param agent - the subject agent and scope key.
  * @param name - the agent-subject event to emit.
- * @param rest - the event arguments after the injected agent.
+ * @param payload - the event's payload fields; `agent` is injected.
  */
 export function emitAgentEvent<K extends AgentSubjectEvent>(
   ctx: Context,
   agent: Agent,
   name: K,
-  ...rest: Tail<K>
+  payload: PayloadRest<K>,
 ): void {
-  agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit(name, ...rest)
+  agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit(name, payload)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/index.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/index.ts
index 0a16a2bf53..55cb94d8f9 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/index.ts
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ export class AgentRegistry extends Service {
 
   /** Emit the paired disposal edge through the entry's stable carrier. */
   private emitDisposed(entry: AgentEntry): void {
-    const args: unknown[] = [entry.carrier, 'agent/disposed', entry.agent]
+    const args: unknown[] = [entry.carrier, 'agent/disposed', { agent: entry.agent }]
     for (const callback of this.ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)) {
       try {
         const returned: unknown = callback(...args)
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ export class AgentRegistry extends Service {
     // lifecycle edge; detach still pairs a partially delivered first edge.
     entry.announcing = true
     entry.announced = true
-    const args: unknown[] = [entry.carrier, 'agent/created', entry.agent]
+    const args: unknown[] = [entry.carrier, 'agent/created', { agent: entry.agent }]
     try {
       for (const callback of this.ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)) {
         // A synchronous creation failure vetoes publication and rolls back.
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/invariant.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/invariant.ts
index f2d9a69539..a561e862cb 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/invariant.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/invariant.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const inject = ['invariants']
 /** Install the agent contribution into its child registration fiber. */
 const install: InvariantInstaller = (ctx, fail) => {
   const lastStatus = new WeakMap<Agent, AgentStatus>()
-  ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
     const previous = lastStatus.get(agent)
     if (previous === status) {
       fail(`agent/status repeated ${status} (no-op transition)`)
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/llm-target.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/llm-target.ts
index 7b5d1a4df6..e23ea9d750 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/llm-target.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/llm-target.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function installAgentLlmTarget(agentCtx: Context, target: AgentLlmTargetR
   })
   const disposeRequest = agentCtx.on(
     'agent/request',
-    async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next): Promise<LlmCallConfig> => {
+    async (_payload, next): Promise<LlmCallConfig> => {
       const resolved = await next()
       const selected = target.assembled
       if (selected === undefined) return resolved
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts b/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
index e634762494..fae9267347 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/src/types.ts
@@ -48,35 +48,11 @@ export interface CancelOptions {
  */
 export type AgentStatus = 'idle' | 'running'
 
-/** Coordinates and cancellation for a proposed step. */
-export interface PreStepContext {
-  /** Turn that will own the step. */
-  readonly turn: number
-  /** Step proposed by the loop. */
-  readonly step: number
-  /** Current turn cancellation signal. */
-  readonly signal: AbortSignal
-}
-
 /** Whether and with which messages the loop enters a proposed step. */
 export type PreStepDecision =
   | { kind: 'reject' }
   | { kind: 'enter'; messages: UserMessage[] }
 
-/** One failed model-request attempt presented to recovery listeners. */
-export interface RequestFailureContext {
-  /** Turn containing the failed request. */
-  readonly turn: number
-  /** Step containing the failed request attempt. */
-  readonly step: number
-  /** Provider selected for the failed request. */
-  readonly provider: string
-  /** Serializable facts normalized at the final adapter boundary. */
-  readonly failure: LlmFailure
-  /** Policy of the adapter registration that served the failed request. */
-  readonly retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined
-}
-
 /** Action returned by a listener that owns model-request recovery. */
 export type RequestErrorAction = { kind: 'retry' } | undefined
 
@@ -171,105 +147,112 @@ declare module 'cordis' {
      * Synchronous listener failure vetoes publication, while returned-promise
      * rejection is reported. Detach requested during dispatch waits until every
      * creation listener has observed the stable entry.
-     * @param agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.
+     * @param payload.agent - the newly registered agent with its live session and completed setup.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/created'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void
+    'agent/created'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void
     /**
      * An agent left the registry; AgentLoop emits this after driver quiescence
      * and scoped-registration unwind, but before session detachment. Custom
      * registry users own their driver-ordering contract.
-     * @param agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.
+     * @param payload.agent - the exact agent removed from the registry.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/disposed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent): void
+    'agent/disposed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent }): void
     /**
      * Agent status changed (`idle` ⇄ `running`). A waking delivery enters
      * `running` synchronously after reserving cancellation; `idle` means no
      * driver remains scheduled or active.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose status flipped.
-     * @param status - the status just entered (the transition's destination).
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose status flipped.
+     * @param payload.status - the status just entered (the transition's destination).
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/status'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, status: AgentStatus): void
+    'agent/status'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; status: AgentStatus }): void
     /**
      * One message entered the live inbox.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
-     * @param event - the inserted message.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+     * @param payload.message - the inserted message.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/inbox/inserted'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void
+    'agent/inbox/inserted'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void
     /**
      * One message left the inbox inside its open turn. If the proposed step
      * is rejected, the claimed message ends here: it is neither discarded nor
      * re-emitted as a user/message, and the turn closes without a step.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
-     * @param event - the claimed message and owning turn.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+     * @param payload.message - the claimed message.
+     * @param payload.turn - the owning turn.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/inbox/claimed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void
+    'agent/inbox/claimed'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage; turn: number }): void
     /**
      * One message was discarded from the live inbox.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
-     * @param event - the discarded message.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose inbox changed.
+     * @param payload.message - the discarded message.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/inbox/discarded'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, event: { message: UserMessage }): void
+    'agent/inbox/discarded'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; message: UserMessage }): void
     // ---- session lifecycle (emit) ----
     /**
      * The session lifecycle began, once before the first turn. Use
      * `agent.inject()` to seed model-facing context. This is a notification, not
      * a veto; disposal requested by a lifecycle owner is rechecked before the
      * driver starts.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.
-     * @param source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose session lifecycle began.
+     * @param payload.source - why the session started (fresh startup, resume, …).
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/session-start'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, source: SessionStartSource): void
+    'agent/session-start'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; source: SessionStartSource }): void
 
     // ---- the machine's extension seams ----
     /**
      * Reject a proposed step or replace the messages that enter it. Calling
      * `next()` preserves the current messages.
-     * @param agent - the agent proposing the step.
-     * @param messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.
-     * @param context - proposed turn and step coordinates plus cancellation.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent proposing the step.
+     * @param payload.messages - messages removed from the inbox for this step.
+     * @param payload.turn - the turn that will own the step.
+     * @param payload.step - the step proposed by the loop.
+     * @param payload.signal - the current turn's cancellation signal.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode waterfall
      */
-    'agent/pre-step'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, messages: UserMessage[], context: PreStepContext, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>
+    'agent/pre-step'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; messages: UserMessage[]; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<PreStepDecision>): Promise<PreStepDecision>
     /**
      * Replace the frozen call configuration. `await next()` yields the config
      * the machine would use (agent options on the first request, the logged
      * header afterwards); return a replacement to switch. Model-visible
      * content must use logged channels; this seam cannot mutate messages.
-     * @param agent - the agent making the model call.
-     * @param turn - the open turn number.
-     * @param step - the step whose request this is.
-     * @param signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent making the model call.
+     * @param payload.turn - the open turn number.
+     * @param payload.step - the step whose request this is.
+     * @param payload.signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode waterfall
     */
-    'agent/request'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>
+    'agent/request'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<LlmCallConfig>): Promise<LlmCallConfig>
     /**
      * Handle one failed model-request attempt before the loop retries or closes
      * its step. A listener returns `{ kind: 'retry' }` without calling `next()`
      * when it owns recovery, or calls `next()` to delegate. The default
      * `undefined` leaves the failure terminal.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose request failed.
-     * @param context - request coordinates, provider, normalized failure, and serving policy.
-     * @param signal - the turn abort signal.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose request failed.
+     * @param payload.turn - the turn containing the failed request.
+     * @param payload.step - the step containing the failed request attempt.
+     * @param payload.provider - the provider selected for the failed request.
+     * @param payload.failure - serializable facts normalized at the final adapter boundary.
+     * @param payload.retryPolicy - the policy of the adapter registration that served the failed request.
+     * @param payload.signal - the turn abort signal.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode waterfall
      */
-    'agent/request-error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, context: RequestFailureContext, signal: AbortSignal, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>
+    'agent/request-error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; provider: string; failure: LlmFailure; retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined; signal: AbortSignal }, next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>): Promise<RequestErrorAction>
     /**
      * The turn is about to close: the model owes no response (no live tool
      * calls, no fresh steering). Awaited before the boundary commits — a
@@ -281,25 +264,25 @@ declare module 'cordis' {
      * never short-circuits already-submitted next-step work: same-step
      * `additionalContexts` or racing steering still runs, and the turn
      * closes only when that inbox drains.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.
-     * @param turn - the turn about to close.
-     * @param signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn is at its stop boundary.
+     * @param payload.turn - the turn about to close.
+     * @param payload.signal - the current turn's explicit abort signal.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode serial
      */
-    'agent/turn-stopping'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> | void
+    'agent/turn-stopping'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; signal: AbortSignal }): Promise<void> | void
     // ---- error notifications (emit) ----
     /**
      * A step or turn errored. The machine reports a failure here even when
      * the error has no in-turn position for a durable record.
-     * @param agent - the agent whose turn errored.
-     * @param turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.
-     * @param step - the step at which the failure surfaced.
-     * @param error - the failure, verbatim.
+     * @param payload.agent - the agent whose turn errored.
+     * @param payload.turn - the turn in which the failure surfaced.
+     * @param payload.step - the step at which the failure surfaced.
+     * @param payload.error - the failure, verbatim.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'agent/error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number, error: unknown): void
+    'agent/error'(this: Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; turn: number; step: number; error: unknown }): void
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/tests/agent.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent/tests/agent.spec.ts
index 313850faa4..e80d575aeb 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/tests/agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/tests/agent.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   Agent,
   AgentCancelCause,
   AgentFactory,
+  AgentStatus,
   CreateAgentOptions,
   ResumeAgentOptions,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
@@ -145,8 +146,8 @@ describe('AgentRegistry', () => {
     const ctx = new Context()
     await ctx.plugin(AgentRegistry)
     const lifecycle: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/created', agent => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', agent => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
 
     const agent = stubAgent('a1')
     const dispose = ctx.agents.register(agent)
@@ -195,9 +196,9 @@ describe('AgentRegistry', () => {
     const ctx = new Context()
     await ctx.plugin(AgentRegistry)
     const lifecycle: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/created', agent => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
     ctx.on('agent/created', () => { throw new Error('creation veto') })
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', agent => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
 
     expect(() => ctx.agents.register(stubAgent('vetoed'))).toThrow('creation veto')
     expect(ctx.agents.get(SessionId('vetoed'))).toBeUndefined()
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ describe('AgentRegistry', () => {
     ctx.on('agent/created', () => Promise.reject(new Error('created async')) as never)
     ctx.on('agent/disposed', () => { throw new Error('disposed sync') })
     ctx.on('agent/disposed', () => Promise.reject(new Error('disposed async')) as never)
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', agent => void heard.push(agent.id))
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => void heard.push(agent.id))
 
     const dispose = ctx.agents.register(stubAgent('contained'))
     await Promise.resolve()
@@ -232,8 +233,8 @@ describe('AgentRegistry', () => {
     const ctx = new Context()
     await ctx.plugin(AgentRegistry)
     const lifecycle: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/created', agent => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', agent => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`created:${agent.id}`))
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => void lifecycle.push(`disposed:${agent.id}`))
 
     const first = stubAgent('split')
     const detachFirst = ctx.agents.enter(first, undefined)
@@ -280,9 +281,9 @@ describe('agentEvents()', () => {
     const agent = stubAgent('event')
     ctx.on('agent/status', () => { throw new Error('sync listener') })
     ctx.on('agent/status', () => Promise.reject(new Error('async listener')) as never)
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (_agent, status) => void heard.push(status))
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ status }) => void heard.push(status))
 
-    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/status', 'running')
+    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/status', { status: 'running' })
     await Promise.resolve()
     expect(heard).toEqual(['running'])
     expect(warnings).toEqual([
@@ -296,15 +297,30 @@ describe('agentEvents()', () => {
     const agent = stubAgent('serial-event')
     const signal = new AbortController().signal
     const heard: Array<{ agent: Agent; turn: number; signal: AbortSignal }> = []
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async (subject, turn, receivedSignal) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async ({ agent: subject, turn, signal: receivedSignal }) => {
       await Promise.resolve()
       heard.push({ agent: subject, turn, signal: receivedSignal })
     })
 
-    await agentEvents(ctx, agent).serial('agent/turn-stopping', 3, signal)
+    await agentEvents(ctx, agent).serial('agent/turn-stopping', { turn: 3, signal })
 
     expect(heard).toEqual([{ agent, turn: 3, signal }])
   })
+
+  it('injects the fused subject even when the payload carries a conflicting agent field', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    const agent = stubAgent('fused-subject')
+    const other = stubAgent('payload-agent')
+    const heard: Agent[] = []
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject }) => void heard.push(subject))
+    // A structurally acceptable payload may carry an extra `agent` field; the
+    // dispatcher's injected subject must win over it.
+    const payload: { status: AgentStatus; agent: Agent } = { status: 'running', agent: other }
+
+    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/status', payload)
+
+    expect(heard).toEqual([agent])
+  })
 })
 
 describe('explicit cancellation contract', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/tests/invariant.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent/tests/invariant.spec.ts
index 158376a3d7..458a10714d 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/tests/invariant.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/tests/invariant.spec.ts
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ describe('agent status invariants', () => {
     const ctx = await setup()
     const agent = mockAgent('a1')
     expect(() => {
-      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', agent, 'idle')
-      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', agent, 'running')
-      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', agent, 'idle')
+      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', { agent, status: 'idle' })
+      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', { agent, status: 'running' })
+      ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', { agent, status: 'idle' })
     }).not.toThrow()
   })
 
   it('rejects a no-op transition', async () => {
     const ctx = await setup()
     const agent = mockAgent('a3')
-    ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', agent, 'running')
-    expect(() => { ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', agent, 'running') })
+    ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', { agent, status: 'running' })
+    expect(() => { ctx.emit(scopeTarget(agent, agent), 'agent/status', { agent, status: 'running' }) })
       .toThrow(/no-op transition/)
   })
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('agent status invariants', () => {
     const ctx = await setup()
     const a = mockAgent('a5')
     const b = mockAgent('b5')
-    ctx.emit(scopeTarget(a, a), 'agent/status', a, 'running')
-    expect(() => { ctx.emit(scopeTarget(b, b), 'agent/status', b, 'running') }).not.toThrow()
+    ctx.emit(scopeTarget(a, a), 'agent/status', { agent: a, status: 'running' })
+    expect(() => { ctx.emit(scopeTarget(b, b), 'agent/status', { agent: b, status: 'running' }) }).not.toThrow()
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/agent/tests/llm-target.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent/tests/llm-target.spec.ts
index d3ec2f96bd..991a69ea32 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent/tests/llm-target.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent/tests/llm-target.spec.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('installAgentLlmTarget()', () => {
 
     expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).variables).toEqual({})
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 0, signal, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 0, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
     )).resolves.toBe(seed)
 
     target.current = {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('installAgentLlmTarget()', () => {
     expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).variables).toMatchObject({ provider: 'alpha', model: 'a1' })
     target.current = { provider: 'beta', model: 'b1' }
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 0, signal, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 0, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
     )).resolves.toEqual({
       provider: 'alpha',
       model: 'a1',
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ describe('installAgentLlmTarget()', () => {
       temperature: 0.2,
     }
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 1, signal, () => Promise.resolve(inherited),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 1, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(inherited),
     )).resolves.toEqual({ provider: 'beta', model: 'b1', temperature: 0.2 })
 
     dispose()
     expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).variables).toEqual({})
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 2, 0, signal, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 2, step: 0, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
     )).resolves.toBe(seed)
     await ctx.fiber.dispose()
   })
diff --git a/packages/core/scope/src/scoped-events.generated.ts b/packages/core/scope/src/scoped-events.generated.ts
index e544c47987..672914c5c3 100644
--- a/packages/core/scope/src/scoped-events.generated.ts
+++ b/packages/core/scope/src/scoped-events.generated.ts
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@
 type ScopedSubjectResolver = (args: readonly unknown[]) => unknown
 
 const scopedSubjectResolvers: Readonly<Record<string, ScopedSubjectResolver | null>> = Object.freeze({
-  'agent/created': args => args[0],
-  'agent/disposed': args => args[0],
-  'agent/error': args => args[0],
-  'agent/inbox/claimed': args => args[0],
-  'agent/inbox/discarded': args => args[0],
-  'agent/inbox/inserted': args => args[0],
-  'agent/pre-step': args => args[0],
-  'agent/request': args => args[0],
-  'agent/request-error': args => args[0],
-  'agent/session-start': args => args[0],
-  'agent/status': args => args[0],
-  'agent/turn-stopping': args => args[0],
+  'agent/created': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/disposed': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/error': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/inbox/claimed': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/inbox/discarded': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/inbox/inserted': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/pre-step': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/request': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/request-error': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/session-start': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/status': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
+  'agent/turn-stopping': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
   'approval/request': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
-  'goal/changed': args => args[0],
+  'goal/changed': args => (args[0] as Record<string, unknown>)['agent'],
   'session/created': null,
   'session/disposed': null,
   'session/event': null,
diff --git a/packages/core/scope/tests/invariant.spec.ts b/packages/core/scope/tests/invariant.spec.ts
index d647344537..8744bb9aa7 100644
--- a/packages/core/scope/tests/invariant.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/scope/tests/invariant.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('scoped-dispatch invariants', () => {
     const ctx = await setup()
     expect(() => { emit(ctx, undefined, 'ordinary/event', []) }).not.toThrow()
     const agent = { id: 'a1' }
-    expect(() => { emit(ctx, undefined, 'agent/error', [agent, 1, 0, new Error('x')]) })
+    expect(() => { emit(ctx, undefined, 'agent/error', [{ agent, turn: 1, step: 0, error: new Error('x') }]) })
       .toThrow(/dispatched without a scope carrier/)
   })
 
@@ -45,34 +45,34 @@ describe('scoped-dispatch invariants', () => {
       source: { kind: 'user' },
     })
     const agentRows = {
-      'agent/created': [agent],
-      'agent/disposed': [agent],
-      'agent/status': [agent, 'idle'],
-      'agent/inbox/inserted': [agent, { message }],
-      'agent/inbox/claimed': [agent, { message, turn: 1 }],
-      'agent/inbox/discarded': [agent, { message }],
-      'agent/session-start': [agent, 'startup'],
-      'agent/pre-step': [agent, [message], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal }, () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [message] })],
-      'agent/request': [agent, 1, 1, signal, () => Promise.resolve(config)],
+      'agent/created': [{ agent }],
+      'agent/disposed': [{ agent }],
+      'agent/status': [{ agent, status: 'idle' }],
+      'agent/inbox/inserted': [{ agent, message }],
+      'agent/inbox/claimed': [{ agent, message, turn: 1 }],
+      'agent/inbox/discarded': [{ agent, message }],
+      'agent/session-start': [{ agent, source: 'startup' }],
+      'agent/pre-step': [{ agent, messages: [message], turn: 1, step: 1, signal }, () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [message] })],
+      'agent/request': [{ agent, turn: 1, step: 1, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(config)],
       'agent/request-error': [
-        agent,
         {
+          agent,
           turn: 1,
           step: 1,
           provider: 'p',
           failure: { message: 'request', code: 'UNKNOWN' },
           retryPolicy: undefined,
+          signal,
         },
-        signal,
         () => Promise.resolve(undefined),
       ],
-      'agent/turn-stopping': [agent, 1, signal],
-      'agent/error': [agent, 1, 0, new Error('x')],
+      'agent/turn-stopping': [{ agent, turn: 1, signal }],
+      'agent/error': [{ agent, turn: 1, step: 0, error: new Error('x') }],
     } satisfies { [K in AgentEventName]: EventArgs<K> }
     const rows: Array<[string, unknown[]]> = [
       ...Object.entries(agentRows),
       ['approval/request', [{ agent, toolName: 'echo' }, () => Promise.resolve('unavailable')]],
-      ['goal/changed', [agent, { operation: 'create', ref: { id: 'goal-a', revision: 1 } }]],
+      ['goal/changed', [{ agent, change: { operation: 'create', ref: { id: 'goal-a', revision: 1 } } }]],
       ['system-prompt/assemble', [[], { scope: agent }]],
       ['tools/code-dispatch-log', [{ exec: { callId: 'c', name: 't', arguments: {} }, agent, subCallId: 'c:code:1', name: 't', isError: false, content: [] }, () => Promise.resolve([])]],
       ['tools/execute', [{ callId: 'c', name: 't', arguments: {}, agent }, () => Promise.resolve({ content: [], isError: false })]],
diff --git a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.i18n.yaml
index 6575a13867..9087d22f51 100644
--- a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.md
-README.md: 02b883958faf8b695a3a2abf2df77790cc2fca86
-README.zh.md: a279336f59ca9525ebeb918dd23fb0b7682443d5
+README.md: 7d541d42efc942310e9a4066a9edadedb608ef0b
+README.zh.md: 6a3d697551c8607bbab59a81c84eb725bf6191eb
diff --git a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.md b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.md
index 02b883958f..7d541d42ef 100644
--- a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.md
+++ b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ External edits publish `credentials/updated` per changed reference after the sna
 
 ## Security boundary
 
-The document is `0600` under a `0700` directory, which stops other OS users — **not** the model. Tool processes (bash, the filesystem tools) run as the same user, and the shipped `workspace-write` file policy confines mutations rather than reads, so they can read this file exactly like any other file the user owns; no sandbox mode singles it out. What the harness does hold to is narrower: it never hands the model a resolved path to the document, and never loads it into the process environment (see [app-boot's Personal config](../../ui/app-boot/README.md#personal-config)), so reaching the value takes a deliberate read of a path the agent was not given.
+The document is `0600` under a `0700` directory, which stops other OS users — **not** the model. Tool processes (bash, the filesystem tools) run as the same user, and the shipped `workspace-write` file policy confines mutations rather than reads, so they can read this file exactly like any other file the user owns; no sandbox mode singles it out. What the harness does hold to is narrower: it never hands the model a resolved path to the document, and never loads it into the process environment (see [app-boot's Harness-home layers](../../ui/app-boot/README.md#profiles)), so reaching the value takes a deliberate read of a path the agent was not given.
 
 That is discretion, not a boundary. A deployment that must keep provider keys away from its own agent cannot get there with file permissions; an OS-keychain provider — a store the model's processes cannot read at all — is the deferred answer and belongs beside this provider as a sibling package.
 
diff --git a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.zh.md b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.zh.md
index a279336f59..6a3d697551 100644
--- a/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/credentials/credentials-local/README.zh.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dotenv 格式，用 `dotenv` 解析；写回用物理行级编辑器，保留一
 
 ## 安全边界
 
-文档在 `0700` 目录下以 `0600` 权限存放，这挡得住其他 OS 用户，**挡不住**模型。工具进程（bash、文件系统工具）以同一用户身份运行，而已交付的 `workspace-write` 文件策略限制的是修改而非读取，因此它们读这个文件与读该用户拥有的任何其他文件毫无二致；也没有任何沙箱模式会把它单独挑出来。harness 真正守住的更窄：它绝不把该文档的解析后路径交给模型，也绝不把它载入进程环境（见 [app-boot 的个人配置](../../ui/app-boot/README.md#personal-config)），因此要拿到这个值，需要刻意去读一条并未交给 agent（智能体）的路径。
+文档在 `0700` 目录下以 `0600` 权限存放，这挡得住其他 OS 用户，**挡不住**模型。工具进程（bash、文件系统工具）以同一用户身份运行，而已交付的 `workspace-write` 文件策略限制的是修改而非读取，因此它们读这个文件与读该用户拥有的任何其他文件毫无二致；也没有任何沙箱模式会把它单独挑出来。harness 真正守住的更窄：它绝不把该文档的解析后路径交给模型，也绝不把它载入进程环境（见 [app-boot 的 Harness home 各层](../../ui/app-boot/README.md#profiles)），因此要拿到这个值，需要刻意去读一条并未交给 agent（智能体）的路径。
 
 这是审慎，不是边界。必须让提供方密钥远离自身 agent 的部署无法靠文件权限做到；OS 钥匙串提供方——一个模型的进程根本读不到的存储——才是延后的答案，它应当作为平级包与本提供方并列。
 
diff --git a/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts b/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
index 1a8938534f..9c60bee081 100644
--- a/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function composePrefix(ctx: Context): Promise<Message[]> {
   const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId(`acp-demo-prefix-${randomUUID()}`), {}, { cwd: '/tmp' })
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-    'agent/pre-step', [], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
diff --git a/packages/examples/agent-spine-demo/tests/agent-core.spec.ts b/packages/examples/agent-spine-demo/tests/agent-core.spec.ts
index a524fe0630..87fd17c36b 100644
--- a/packages/examples/agent-spine-demo/tests/agent-core.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/agent-spine-demo/tests/agent-core.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function composePrefix(ctx: Context, cwd: string): Promise<Message[]> {
   const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('agent-spine-prefix'), {}, { cwd })
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-    'agent/pre-step', [], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
diff --git a/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli-demo.spec.ts b/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli-demo.spec.ts
index 933466b2e3..574e18c583 100644
--- a/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli-demo.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli-demo.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function composePrefix(ctx: Context): Promise<Message[]> {
   const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId(`cli-demo-prefix-${randomUUID()}`), {}, { cwd: '/tmp' })
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-    'agent/pre-step', [], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
diff --git a/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli.spec.ts b/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli.spec.ts
index 39afe0a24e..9fd87aaf52 100644
--- a/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/cli-demo/tests/cli.spec.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ describe('runOneShot and executeCli', () => {
       if (session === agent.session && event.type === 'assistant/message'
         && event.data.turn === 1) startupStarted()
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async (subject, turn) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async ({ agent: subject, turn }) => {
       if (subject === agent && turn === 1) await releaseStartup.promise
     })
     agent.followup(createUserMessage({
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ describe('runOneShot and executeCli', () => {
     }
 
     let replacementQueued = false
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject !== agent || status !== 'idle' || replacementQueued) return
       replacementQueued = true
       agent.followup(createUserMessage({
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.i18n.yaml
index 276db5f47c..fbe6453292 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.md
-README.md: 78ffa069e56da5fc987913acf761eb5c6ae15b1a
-README.zh.md: b7bb08f94682b0c85baf33ad9045320e3306bbb2
+README.md: 32fa61e3bb09b2166499003953a5631a93baf73b
+README.zh.md: bf2eac320bf3dc0811ec8e3747487b4f3ce634b7
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.md b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.md
index 78ffa069e5..32fa61e3bb 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.md
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The binary ships with the package on every supported platform (macOS/Linux/Windo
 | `grepMaxLineBytes` | `2000` | Byte cap per matched-line preview; the cut preserves UTF-8 boundaries and is marked `(line truncated)`. |
 | `rawOutputMaxBytes` | `20000000` | Max complete raw `rg` stdout a search will parse (matches Claude Code's ripgrep raw buffer); larger raw output fails with `SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW`. |
 | `timeoutMs` | `30000` | Cooperative tool-call budget attached to both tool definitions, enforced by `@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy` through `exec.signal`; the subprocess seam's terminate escalation is the hard kill. |
-| `graceMs` | `3000` | Terminate-escalation grace period the subprocess seam grants past `timeoutMs` before the search fails as `SEARCH_ABORTED`. |
+| `graceMs` | `3000` | Positive terminate-escalation grace the subprocess seam grants past `timeoutMs` before the search fails as `SEARCH_ABORTED`; it cannot exceed [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md). |
 | `stderrMaxBytes` | `65536` | Diagnostic-tail budget for `rg` stderr, captured through the subprocess seam's collect disposition; a lossy read keeps only the tail (marked `[stderr truncated]`). |
 
 ## Tools
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.zh.md b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.zh.md
index b7bb08f946..bf2eac320b 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/README.zh.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ await ctx.plugin(LocalSpillStore)                           // @deepseek-ai/dsh-
 | `grepMaxLineBytes` | `2000` | 每条匹配行预览的字节上限；截断会保留 UTF-8 边界，并标记为 `(line truncated)`。 |
 | `rawOutputMaxBytes` | `20000000` | 搜索将解析的完整原始 `rg` stdout 上限（与 Claude Code 的 ripgrep 原始 buffer 相同）；更大的原始输出以 `SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW` 失败。 |
 | `timeoutMs` | `30000` | 附加到两个工具定义上的协作式工具调用预算，由 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy` 通过 `exec.signal` 强制执行；subprocess seam 的终止升级提供硬终止。 |
-| `graceMs` | `3000` | subprocess seam 在 `timeoutMs` 之外授予的终止升级宽限期；超过后搜索以 `SEARCH_ABORTED` 失败。 |
+| `graceMs` | `3000` | subprocess seam 在 `timeoutMs` 之外授予的终止升级宽限期须为正值；超过后搜索以 `SEARCH_ABORTED` 失败；该宽限期不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)。 |
 | `stderrMaxBytes` | `65536` | `rg` stderr 的诊断尾部预算，经 subprocess seam 的 collect 形态捕获；lossy 读取只保留尾部（标记 `[stderr truncated]`）。 |
 
 ## 工具
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/package.json b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/package.json
index 9e5b8c0374..c0fb5d49d3 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/package.json
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools": "^0.0.1",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.6"
   },
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools": "workspace:^",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.6"
   }
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts
index 7f8e43cb73..cf0a8db066 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import type { Context } from 'cordis'
 import z from 'schemastery'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import { GLOB_MAX_RESULTS, applyGlobTool } from './glob.ts'
 import { GREP_MAX_LINE_BYTES, GREP_MAX_MATCHES, applyGrepTool } from './grep.ts'
 import { RAW_OUTPUT_MAX_BYTES, SEARCH_GRACE_MS, SEARCH_META_MAX_BYTES, SEARCH_STDERR_MAX_BYTES, SEARCH_TIMEOUT_MS } from './search-core.ts'
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export interface Config {
   searchMetaMaxBytes?: number
   /** Max complete raw `rg` stdout bytes a search will parse; larger raw output fails with `SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW`. */
   rawOutputMaxBytes?: number
-  /** Terminate-escalation grace period (ms) for one search process, handed to the subprocess seam. */
+  /** Terminate-escalation grace (ms), handed to the subprocess seam and bounded by `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   graceMs?: number
   /** Max bytes retained for one search's stderr tail; the excerpt is embedded in `SEARCH_*` error messages, never shown on success. */
   stderrMaxBytes?: number
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ export async function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): Promise<void> {
   assertPositiveInteger('searchMetaMaxBytes', resolved.searchMetaMaxBytes)
   assertPositiveInteger('rawOutputMaxBytes', resolved.rawOutputMaxBytes)
   assertPositiveInteger('graceMs', resolved.graceMs)
+  if (resolved.graceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+    throw new Error(`tool-fs-search: graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+  }
   assertPositiveInteger('stderrMaxBytes', resolved.stderrMaxBytes)
   assertPositiveInteger('timeoutMs', resolved.timeoutMs)
   applyGlobTool(ctx, {
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tests/tools.spec.ts b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tests/tools.spec.ts
index 9a8fa991ff..e9ae5588ee 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tests/tools.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tests/tools.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import SystemPrompt, { renderPrompt } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
 import ToolRegistry, { TOOL_ABORTED_BEFORE_DISPATCH, type ToolExecution, type ToolExecutionToken } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
 import { SubprocessService } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
 import type { SubprocessCollectedOutputs, SubprocessHandle, SubprocessOutcome, SubprocessOutputRead, SubprocessOutputReader, SubprocessSpawnSpec } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import { rgPath } from '@vscode/ripgrep'
 import { SpillLocator, SpillStore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill'
 import type { SaveTextSpill, SpillRef } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill'
@@ -309,6 +310,17 @@ describe('config validation', () => {
     await ctx.plugin(FakeSubprocess)
     await expect(ctx.plugin(ToolFsSearch, { ...DEFAULT_CONFIG, ...config })).rejects.toThrow(new RegExp(`tool-fs-search: ${name} must be a positive integer`))
   })
+
+  it('rejects a grace beyond the Node timer range at load', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
+    await ctx.plugin(ToolRegistry)
+    await ctx.plugin(FakeSubprocess)
+    await expect(ctx.plugin(ToolFsSearch, {
+      ...DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+      graceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(`tool-fs-search: graceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('command construction (plain argv)', () => {
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tsconfig.json b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tsconfig.json
index ad0c703117..76644e4523 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs-search/tsconfig.json
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../spill/spill"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../util/timeout"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../support/invariants"
     }
diff --git a/packages/fs/tool-fs/tests/harness.ts b/packages/fs/tool-fs/tests/harness.ts
index eff2588ec2..0d700e61b6 100644
--- a/packages/fs/tool-fs/tests/harness.ts
+++ b/packages/fs/tool-fs/tests/harness.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export async function fsHarness(fsCwd: string, persona = ''): Promise<Context> {
 
 export function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/goal/goal-session/src/index.ts b/packages/goal/goal-session/src/index.ts
index b81d1cb599..5c92f048d8 100644
--- a/packages/goal/goal-session/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/goal-session/src/index.ts
@@ -243,20 +243,20 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   // One composite effect keeps the step fence installed until this
   // plugin's own scheduling tasks settle.
   ctx.effect(function* () {
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ agent }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       disarm(state)
     })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (agent) => { stateFor(agent) })
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (agent) => { states.delete(agent) })
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent }) => { stateFor(agent) })
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => { states.delete(agent) })
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       state.attempt = undefined
       state.competingQueued = false
       state.needsCheckpoint = false
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       if (status === 'idle') {
         state.competingQueued = false
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
         requestDrive(state)
       }
     })
-    ctx.on('goal/changed', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('goal/changed', ({ agent }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       state.needsCheckpoint = true
       requestDrive(state)
     })
 
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent, { message }) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent, message }) => {
       if (!agent.inbox.nextTurn.some(candidate => candidate.id === message.id)) return
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       const attempt = state.attempt
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
       state.competingQueued = true
       if (attempt?.phase === 'queued') attempt.stale = true
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', (agent, { message }) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', ({ agent, message }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       const attempt = state.attempt
       if (attempt !== undefined && sameQueued(message.content, message.source, attempt)) {
         attempt.phase = 'claimed'
       }
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', (agent, { message }) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', ({ agent, message }) => {
       const state = stateFor(agent)
       const attempt = state.attempt
       if (attempt !== undefined && sameQueued(message.content, message.source, attempt)) {
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
       && source.round === goal.roundsStarted + 1
     }
 
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, { signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages, signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
       const submitted = messages.find((message): message is UserMessage & { source: GoalMessageSource } =>
         isGoalRoundSource(message.source))
       if (submitted === undefined) return next()
diff --git a/packages/goal/goal-session/tests/goal-session.spec.ts b/packages/goal/goal-session/tests/goal-session.spec.ts
index d9fd63c940..2d14abf158 100644
--- a/packages/goal/goal-session/tests/goal-session.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/goal-session/tests/goal-session.spec.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function onInboxMessage(
   agent: Agent,
   listener: (message: UserMessage) => void,
 ): () => void {
-  return ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (subject, { message }) => {
+  return ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent: subject, message }) => {
     if (subject === agent) listener(message)
   })
 }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function onClaimedMessage(
   agent: Agent,
   listener: (message: UserMessage) => void,
 ): () => void {
-  return ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', (subject, { message }) => {
+  return ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', ({ agent: subject, message }) => {
     if (subject === agent) listener(message)
   })
 }
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
 
   it('maps a downstream step rejection to blocked without entering the round', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal'
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ messages }, next) => messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal'
       ? Promise.resolve({ kind: 'reject' as const })
       : next())
     test.ctx.goals.create(test.agent, { objective: 'respect policy' })
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
 
   it('does not reserve again when a stopped-goal observer queues cancel-scoped work', async () => {
     const test = await harness([textResponse('human follow-up')])
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal'
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ messages }, next) => messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal'
       ? Promise.resolve({ kind: 'reject' as const })
       : next())
-    test.ctx.on('goal/changed', (agent, change) => {
+    test.ctx.on('goal/changed', ({ agent, change }) => {
       if (change.operation === 'block') agent.followup(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'inspect the blocker' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
     })
     test.ctx.goals.create(test.agent, { objective: 'stop and inspect' })
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('rechecks revision after downstream prompt hooks before admitting', async () => {
     const test = await harness([textResponse('new revision')])
     let edited = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && !edited) {
         edited = true
         const current = test.ctx.goals.get(agent)
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
 
   it('does not block a goal that downstream paused before rejecting its prompt', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, _context, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       if (!messages.some(message => message.source.kind === 'goal' && message.source.round > 0)) {
         return next()
       }
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
       test.agent.inbox.prepend('next-step', roundZeroContext)
     })
     let edited = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, _context, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       const decision = await next()
       if (!messages.some(message => message.source.kind === 'goal' && message.source.round > 0) || edited) return decision
       edited = true
@@ -513,8 +513,10 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     const test = await harness([])
     test.ctx.on('session/flush', () => Promise.reject(new Error('clear checkpoint failed')))
     agentEvents(test.ctx, test.agent).emit('goal/changed', {
-      operation: 'clear',
-      ref: { id: GoalId('cleared-goal'), revision: 2 },
+      change: {
+        operation: 'clear',
+        ref: { id: GoalId('cleared-goal'), revision: 2 },
+      },
     })
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { setImmediate(resolve) })
 
@@ -529,7 +531,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     ])
     // The llm-retry shape: schedule one retry for the failed goal-round request.
     let retried = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (_subject) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (_payload) => {
       if (!retried) {
         retried = true
         return { kind: 'retry' }
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     // attempt through cancel-requested) and THEN throws: the catch finds no
     // matching reservation and must not reschedule a paused goal.
     let fired = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && !fired) {
         fired = true
         agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     // Registered after goal-session's own listener: the throw propagates back
     // through goal-session's next() await, dropping the whole step proposal.
     let threw = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && !threw) {
         threw = true
         throw new Error('downstream pre-step hook exploded')
@@ -598,7 +600,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
       textResponse('goal round ran'),
     ])
     let retried = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (_subject) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (_payload) => {
       if (!retried) {
         retried = true
         return { kind: 'retry' }
@@ -721,7 +723,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('fails a post-hook read closed before the prompt can enter history', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
     let armed = true
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && armed) {
         armed = false
         vi.spyOn(test.ctx.goals, 'get').mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -809,7 +811,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('rejects the step when downstream cancellation clears the reservation', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
     let cancelled = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && !cancelled) {
         cancelled = true
         agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -864,7 +866,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('resets process-local scheduling state at a session-start edge', async () => {
     const test = await harness([textResponse('after explicit resume')])
     const created = test.ctx.goals.create(test.agent, { objective: 'restart safely', maxGoalRounds: 1 })
-    agentEvents(test.ctx, test.agent).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+    agentEvents(test.ctx, test.agent).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
     await Promise.resolve()
 
     expect(test.ctx.goals.get(test.agent)).toMatchObject({ activation: 'disarmed', roundsStarted: 0 })
@@ -898,7 +900,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     const test = await harness([textResponse('round one')])
     test.ctx.on('session/event', (session, event) => {
       if (session === test.agent.session && event.type === 'turn/end') {
-        agentEvents(test.ctx, test.agent).emit('agent/error', event.data.turn, 1, new Error('post-turn flush failed'))
+        agentEvents(test.ctx, test.agent).emit('agent/error', { turn: event.data.turn, step: 1, error: new Error('post-turn flush failed') })
       }
     })
     test.ctx.goals.create(test.agent, { objective: 'stop when durability is lost', maxGoalRounds: 8 })
@@ -923,7 +925,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
     await handle.dispose()
     const warn = vi.spyOn(test.ctx.logger, 'warn')
 
-    agentEvents(test.ctx, handle.agent).emit('agent/error', closed.data.turn, 1, new Error('late flush failure'))
+    agentEvents(test.ctx, handle.agent).emit('agent/error', { turn: closed.data.turn, step: 1, error: new Error('late flush failure') })
 
     expect(test.ctx.agents.get(handle.agent.id)).toBeUndefined()
     expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('goal-session'))
@@ -959,7 +961,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
 
   it('waits for work queued by a pause observer before considering the next round', async () => {
     const test = await harness(['hang', textResponse('inspection answer')])
-    test.ctx.on('goal/changed', (agent, change) => {
+    test.ctx.on('goal/changed', ({ agent, change }) => {
       if (agent === test.agent && change.operation === 'pause') {
         agent.followup(createUserMessage({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'inspect the pause' }], source: { kind: 'user' } }))
       }
@@ -982,7 +984,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('does not re-block a goal the downstream veto already saw cancelled', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
     let vetoed = false
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent, messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && !vetoed) {
         vetoed = true
         agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
@@ -1007,7 +1009,7 @@ describe('same-session goal driving', () => {
   it('awaits a claimed reservation stuck in pre-step during teardown without cancelling', async () => {
     const test = await harness([])
     let release: (() => void) | undefined
-    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages, _signal, next) => {
+    test.ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }, next) => {
       if (messages[0]?.source.kind === 'goal' && release === undefined) {
         await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve })
       }
diff --git a/packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts b/packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts
index 377ba402e2..fec44de2f3 100644
--- a/packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ declare module 'cordis' {
      * Goal mutation accepted by one live agent. The matching `goal/change`
      * session event has already committed. Listener failures are contained.
      * Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): agent-scoped listeners receive only that agent.
-     * @param agent - agent whose session owns the goal.
-     * @param change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.
+     * @param payload.agent - agent whose session owns the goal.
+     * @param payload.change - fresh current projection or clear tombstone.
      * @mode emit
      */
-    'goal/changed'(this: import('@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope').Scoped<Agent>, agent: Agent, change: GoalChanged): void
+    'goal/changed'(this: import('@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope').Scoped<Agent>, payload: { agent: Agent; change: GoalChanged }): void
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts b/packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts
index f6a4a99fc6..1cd3c6074a 100644
--- a/packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export class GoalService extends Service {
     this.resolved = {
       defaultMaxGoalRounds: resolveMaxGoalRounds(config.defaultMaxGoalRounds ?? 256),
     }
-    ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent }) => {
       this.cache(agent.session).activation = 'disarmed'
     })
     // The `goal` projection unit: last-wins fold of goal/change whole values
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ export class GoalService extends Service {
       ref: { ...ref },
       ...goal === undefined ? {} : { goal },
     }
-    agentEvents(this.ctx, agent).emit('goal/changed', notification)
+    agentEvents(this.ctx, agent).emit('goal/changed', { change: notification })
   }
 
   /** Build a detached current view. */
diff --git a/packages/goal/goal/tests/goal.spec.ts b/packages/goal/goal/tests/goal.spec.ts
index 58661481cf..38eea7cf61 100644
--- a/packages/goal/goal/tests/goal.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/goal/tests/goal.spec.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('GoalService creation and replay', () => {
     vi.setSystemTime(1_700_000_000_000)
     const { ctx, agent, session } = await harness({ defaultMaxGoalRounds: 17 })
     const seen: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('goal/changed', (_subject, change) => { seen.push(change.operation) })
+    ctx.on('goal/changed', ({ change }) => { seen.push(change.operation) })
 
     const goal = ctx.goals.create(agent, { objective: '  finish the feature  ' })
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('GoalService creation and replay', () => {
     const { ctx, agent, session } = await harness()
     let goal = ctx.goals.create(agent, { objective: 'stay stopped after resume' })
     expect(goal.activation).toBe('armed')
-    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+    agentEvents(ctx, agent).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
     expect(ctx.goals.get(agent)?.activation).toBe('disarmed')
     goal = ctx.goals.resume(agent, goal)
     expect(goal).toMatchObject({ phase: 'active', activation: 'armed', revision: 2 })
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('GoalService creation and replay', () => {
 
     await fiber.dispose()
     expect(ctx.get('goals')).toBeUndefined()
-    agentEvents(ctx, stub.agent).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+    agentEvents(ctx, stub.agent).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
     expect(first.get(stub.agent)).toMatchObject({ id: goal.id, activation: 'armed' })
 
     await ctx.plugin(GoalService)
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ describe('GoalService mutations', () => {
     const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
     const seen: string[] = []
     ctx.on('goal/changed', () => { throw new Error('broken observer') })
-    ctx.on('goal/changed', (_subject, change) => { seen.push(change.operation) })
+    ctx.on('goal/changed', ({ change }) => { seen.push(change.operation) })
     expect(ctx.goals.create(agent, { objective: 'notify' }).phase).toBe('active')
     expect(seen).toEqual(['create'])
     expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('broken observer'))
diff --git a/packages/goal/tool-goal/tests/tool-goal.spec.ts b/packages/goal/tool-goal/tests/tool-goal.spec.ts
index c9e3ade8fe..d8bc950019 100644
--- a/packages/goal/tool-goal/tests/tool-goal.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/goal/tool-goal/tests/tool-goal.spec.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ describe('goal tool state transitions', () => {
     let turn = openTurn(root, { kind: 'user' })
     const created = ctx.goals.create(root.agent, { objective: 'continue later' })
     closeTurn(root, turn)
-    agentEvents(ctx, root.agent).emit('agent/session-start', 'resume')
+    agentEvents(ctx, root.agent).emit('agent/session-start', { source: 'resume' })
     expect(ctx.goals.get(root.agent)?.activation).toBe('disarmed')
     turn = openTurn(root, { kind: 'user' }, '继续')
     const resumed = await execute(ctx, 'update_goal', {
diff --git a/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/src/index.ts b/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/src/index.ts
index f07d59e417..464dd318da 100644
--- a/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/src/index.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   // A user interjection changes the context; repetition across it is not a
   // loop. Pure reset hook: always delegates (attaching nothing, vetoing
   // nothing).
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', (agent, messages, _context, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', ({ agent, messages }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     if (messages.some(message => message.source.kind === 'user')) chains.delete(agent)
     return next()
   })
diff --git a/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/tests/repeat-tool-guard.spec.ts b/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/tests/repeat-tool-guard.spec.ts
index d6858f6d1a..40382218d8 100644
--- a/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/tests/repeat-tool-guard.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/guard/repeat-tool-guard/tests/repeat-tool-guard.spec.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async function harness(config: Config = {}): Promise<Context> {
 }
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => { const d = ctx.on('agent/status', (s, st) => { if (s === agent && st === 'idle') { d(); resolve() } }) })
+  return new Promise((resolve) => { const d = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: s, status: st }) => { if (s === agent && st === 'idle') { d(); resolve() } }) })
 }
 
 /** Every injected-context user message in the agent's log, flattened to joined text + source for terse assertions. */
diff --git a/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/src/index.ts b/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/src/index.ts
index 344c42e94f..77b3a2711b 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/src/index.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   // SessionStart injects context when its detached hook resolves; a slow hook
   // may miss the first request.
   // TODO(session-start-gating): add a startup gate before promising first-turn delivery.
-  ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent, source) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent, source }) => {
     detached.track(runPoint('SessionStart', source, sessionStartPayload(ctx, agent, source), { agent, signal: detached.signal })
       .then((merged) => {
         const context = contextFrom(merged)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
 
   // --- UserPromptSubmit → PreStepDecision. The prompt text is the payload; no
   // matcher subject (CC ignores matchers for this event). ---
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, { turn, signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages, turn, signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     if (messages.length === 0) return next()
     const content = messages.flatMap(message => message.content)
     const merged = await runPoint('UserPromptSubmit', '', promptPayload(ctx, agent, content), { agent, turn, signal })
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   // A blocking Stop hook steers at the stopping boundary, which makes the
   // machine observe pending input and run another step.
   // TODO(stop-loop-guard): cap consecutive forced continuations; hooks must self-limit meanwhile.
-  ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async (agent, turn, signal): Promise<void> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async ({ agent, turn, signal }): Promise<void> => {
     const merged = await runPoint('Stop', '', stopPayload(ctx, agent), { agent, turn, signal })
     if (merged.decision === 'deny') {
       // A blocking Stop hook forces continuation.
diff --git a/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/tests/coverage-cases.ts b/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/tests/coverage-cases.ts
index f69d876d11..b7ea693583 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/tests/coverage-cases.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/hooks-claude/tests/coverage-cases.ts
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ export function defineCoverageCases(group: CoverageGroup): void {
       const path = hooks(d, { UserPromptSubmit: [{ hooks: [{ type: 'command', command: s }] }] })
       const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok')])
       const ctx = await harness(path, adapter)
-      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages) => ({
+      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }) => ({
         kind: 'enter' as const,
         messages: [{
           ...messages[0]!,
diff --git a/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/src/index.ts b/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/src/index.ts
index e96c1a555a..304deef63c 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/src/index.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   // SessionStart injects plain stdout when its detached hook resolves; a slow
   // hook may miss the first request.
   // TODO(session-start-gating): add a startup gate before promising first-turn delivery.
-  ctx.on('agent/session-start', (agent, source) => {
+  ctx.on('agent/session-start', ({ agent, source }) => {
     detached.track(runPoint('SessionStart', source, { ...base(ctx, agent, 'SessionStart', model), source }, { agent, plainStdoutAsContext: true, signal: detached.signal })
       .then((merged) => {
         const context = contextFrom(merged)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   })
 
   // UserPromptSubmit → PreStepDecision. Codex supports reject, not rewrite or ask.
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, messages, { turn, signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent, messages, turn, signal }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     if (messages.length === 0) return next()
     const payload = {
       ...base(ctx, agent, 'UserPromptSubmit', model),
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   // TODO(stop-loop-guard): Codex supplies `stop_hook_active` so a Stop hook can
   // avoid continuing the same turn indefinitely. It is always false here, so an
   // unconditionally blocking hook force-continues every step until it self-limits.
-  ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async (agent, turn, signal): Promise<void> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/turn-stopping', async ({ agent, turn, signal }): Promise<void> => {
     const merged = await runPoint('Stop', '', { ...turnBase(ctx, agent, 'Stop', model), stop_hook_active: false, last_assistant_message: null }, { agent, turn, signal })
     /* jscpd:ignore-end */
     if (merged.decision === 'deny') {
diff --git a/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/tests/coverage-cases.ts b/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/tests/coverage-cases.ts
index 664f3cb2b4..942feaaa05 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/tests/coverage-cases.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/hooks-codex/tests/coverage-cases.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function defineCoverageCases(groups: CoverageGroup | readonly CoverageGro
       hooks(d, { UserPromptSubmit: [{ hooks: [{ type: 'command', command: sh(d, 'c.sh', '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho \'{"hookSpecificOutput":{"hookEventName":"UserPromptSubmit","additionalContext":"from-bridge"}}\'\n') }] }] })
       const adapter = new MockAdapter([textResponse('ok')])
       const ctx = await harness(join(d, 'hooks.json'), adapter)
-      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, messages) => ({
+      ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ messages }) => ({
         kind: 'enter' as const,
         messages: [{
           ...messages[0]!,
diff --git a/packages/host/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/host/README.i18n.yaml
index 178db5dcef..1aaacd7ecb 100644
--- a/packages/host/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/host/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/host/README.md
-README.md: 7cd331f113eeec6c0a56f0ebc60554d9647aee75
-README.zh.md: 07b0e1569e17b9f0465a43f77fa2dbddcb1bae91
+README.md: 269a27f51c842f13bc11c175916b7be22db72bd2
+README.zh.md: 559bf785eb45d59a30f676b98c14143c69d57edd
diff --git a/packages/host/README.md b/packages/host/README.md
index 7cd331f113..269a27f51c 100644
--- a/packages/host/README.md
+++ b/packages/host/README.md
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-The host side of the dsh web GUI: the API gateway every client shape shares, and the plain HTTP server it rides on. The browser side lives in [`client/`](../client/README.md); the composed application is [`apps/cli`](../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml) serving [`apps/web`](../../apps/web/). All **product** packages.
+The host side of the dsh web GUI: the API gateway every client shape shares, and the plain HTTP server it rides on. The browser side lives in [`client/`](../client/README.md); the composed application is [`apps/cli`](../../apps/cli/README.md) booting the [`dsh-base` bundle](../bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) serving [`apps/web`](../../apps/web/). All **product** packages.
 
 | Package | Role | ctx key |
 |---|---|---|
 | [`apiproxy/`](apiproxy/README.md) | Shared host API gateway and wire contract | `ctx.apiProxy` |
 | [`webserver/`](webserver/README.md) | HTTP route carrier | `ctx.httpServer` |
+| [`frontend-static/`](frontend-static/README.md) | SPA dist server on the webserver fallback seat | consumes `ctx.httpServer` |
 | [`directory-picker/`](directory-picker/README.md) | Workspace-directory picking seam | `ctx.directoryPicker` |
 | [`directory-picker-native/`](directory-picker-native/README.md) | Native directory-picker backend and browser interaction | registers `ctx.directoryPicker` |
 | [`directory-picker-browse/`](directory-picker-browse/README.md) | In-app directory-browser backend and interaction | registers `ctx.directoryPicker` |
diff --git a/packages/host/README.zh.md b/packages/host/README.zh.md
index 07b0e1569e..559bf785eb 100644
--- a/packages/host/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/host/README.zh.md
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-dsh Web GUI 的宿主侧：所有客户端形态共享的 API 网关，以及承载它的普通 HTTP 服务器。浏览器侧位于 [`client/`](../client/README.md)；组合应用是 [`apps/cli`](../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml)，由它提供 [`apps/web`](../../apps/web/)。这些全是**产品**包。
+dsh Web GUI 的宿主侧：所有客户端形态共享的 API 网关，以及承载它的普通 HTTP 服务器。浏览器侧位于 [`client/`](../client/README.md)；组合应用是 [`apps/cli`](../../apps/cli/README.md)，它启动 [`dsh-base` 组合包](../bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml) 来提供 [`apps/web`](../../apps/web/)。这些全是**产品**包。
 
 | 包 | 职责 | ctx key |
 |---|---|---|
 | [`apiproxy/`](apiproxy/README.md) | 共享宿主 API 网关和协议契约 | `ctx.apiProxy` |
 | [`webserver/`](webserver/README.md) | HTTP 路由载体 | `ctx.httpServer` |
+| [`frontend-static/`](frontend-static/README.md) | 占据 webserver 回退席位的 SPA dist 服务器 | 消费 `ctx.httpServer` |
 | [`directory-picker/`](directory-picker/README.md) | workspace 目录选择 seam | `ctx.directoryPicker` |
 | [`directory-picker-native/`](directory-picker-native/README.md) | 原生目录选择器后端和浏览器交互 | 注册 `ctx.directoryPicker` |
 | [`directory-picker-browse/`](directory-picker-browse/README.md) | 应用内目录浏览器后端和交互 | 注册 `ctx.directoryPicker` |
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.i18n.yaml
index f76e6ec43c..38c79f4617 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/host/apiproxy/README.md
-README.md: aea11a0665f1dd4493da8bd09e0fbb974f93afce
-README.zh.md: 36b89a50b09385fa1681a25a19c2e1bea1a2bff9
+README.md: 0963476a767801b465a6ead24feb0ecc9988b5f5
+README.zh.md: e3634c5f92f3a3723eb3c14e39223d9d9550c6f9
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.md b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.md
index aea11a0665..0963476a76 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.md
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-The API gateway every client shape shares: the TS contract (`src/api/`, zero Node dependencies, importable from the browser), the fetch carrier pair (`src/fetch/`: `toFetchHandler` on the host side, `AbstractApiClient` plus platform subclasses on the client side), and the host-side implementation (`src/api-proxy.ts`: `createApiProxy` plus the default-exported `ApiProxyService` gateway plugin — config `{provider, model, workspaceRoot?}`, provides `ctx.apiProxy`). Transport-agnostic by design: this package registers no routes; carriers such as HTTP wrap `ctx.apiProxy` themselves. The shipped core composition lives in [`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml).
+The API gateway every client shape shares: the TS contract (`src/api/`, zero Node dependencies, importable from the browser), the fetch carrier pair (`src/fetch/`: `toFetchHandler` on the host side, `AbstractApiClient` plus platform subclasses on the client side), and the host-side implementation (`src/api-proxy.ts`: `createApiProxy` plus the default-exported `ApiProxyService` gateway plugin — config `{provider, model, workspaceRoot?}`, provides `ctx.apiProxy`). Transport-agnostic by design: this package registers no routes; carriers such as HTTP wrap `ctx.apiProxy` themselves. The shipped core composition lives in [`packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml`](../../bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml).
 
 ## Contract layer (`/api`)
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Directory picking delegates to the composed `ctx.directoryPicker` backend ([the
 
 The `command.*` and `skill.*` domains expose the host command registry and skill catalog to clients. Every method addresses one session's agent by `sessionId` (a served session always has an Agent; `command.*` resumes cold sessions through the same path as `session.*`, while `skill.list` resolves the project root from the session header without touching the Agent registry). `skill.list` serves the browser's user-selected model-reference path, so it returns only skills that are both model-invocable and user-invocable; this domain has no direct skill-loading RPC. `command.execute` runs a slash-command line host-side with pure admission semantics: the response reports whether the line resolved to a handler plus the minted lifecycle `commandId` when it did (correlating the acknowledgment with the flow node), while the outcome rides the durably logged `command/run`/`command/done` lifecycle pair broadcast on the mux stream. Command handlers may legitimately outlast the 30-second transport health deadline, so `command.execute` carries only caller/connection cancellation; that signal cancels the running handler. `host/commands-changed` is the catalog invalidation frame: clients refetch `command.list` instead of diffing.
 
-The `settings.*`, `credentials.*`, and `llm.*` domains are the configuration-page wire. The settings domain serves the namespaces addressed by registered configurable providers (`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`) plus a small explicit allowlist — the Web preference `permission` and the product-owned `ui-onboarding`; adding a Settings registration alone never makes it remotely readable or writable. Any other namespace answers `settings-not-exposed` — the same answer an unregistered namespace gets, so no caller can enumerate the registry by probing. `settings.describe` returns each exposed namespace's serialized schemastery schema, redacted layered values (resolved/`base`/`user` — a field's presence in `user` marks it user-overridden), the `secrets` slot list, the section's `revision`, and the boolean `hasDocument` capability flag. The browser receives no Host path: pathless `settings.openDocument` asks the provider to materialize its document and then hands the Host-resolved result to the native opener, so no browser payload can select an arbitrary filesystem target. `settings.update`/`settings.replace` write the user layer; `settings.mutate` applies path ops (`set`/`unset`) against the section as stored, which is the removal path for a client holding the redacted view — rebuilding a section from it and replacing wholesale would delete the secrets the wire never returned. Any write may carry `expectedRevision`; a stale one answers `settings-conflict` with both revisions rather than overwriting the writer that landed first, and every other seam refusal folds into `settings-rejected`. Secret-role values never ride any response in any layer; a secret crosses the wire in exactly one direction — inside an `update`/`mutate` payload or `credentials.set`. `credentials.describe` returns value-free views (`configured`/`source`/`writable`), and `credentials.set`/`credentials.unset` map a shadowed-reference refusal onto `credential-rejected`. `llm.providers` merges the configurable-provider directory with live routes (dormant entries carry `active: false`; undeclared live routes append with no settings address) and `llm.models` is the session-independent catalog. Three invalidation frames keep every surface converged without polling: `host/settings-changed {ns}` (`settings/document-updated` passthrough, so a raw change whose resolved value is unchanged still reaches clients), `host/credentials-changed {ref}` (reference names only, never values), and `host/models-changed` — fired by `llm/adapters-updated` and by a change to a configurable-provider namespace, whose settings carry that provider's catalog and endpoint; a `permission` or `ui-onboarding` change emits only its settings invalidation. The browser carrier restricts the whole configuration plane, reads and native actions included (`settings.describe`/`openDocument`/`update`/`replace`/`mutate`, `credentials.describe`/`set`/`unset`), to loopback same-origin requests — the `host.pickDirectory` privileged set. A composition without a settings or credential provider answers those domains with an actionable `internal` error naming the missing plugin.
+The `settings.*`, `credentials.*`, and `llm.*` domains are the configuration-page wire. The settings domain serves the namespaces addressed by registered configurable providers (`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`) plus a small explicit allowlist — the Web preference `permission` and the product-owned `ui-onboarding`; adding a Settings registration alone never makes it remotely readable or writable. Any other namespace answers `settings-not-exposed` — the same answer an unregistered namespace gets, so no caller can enumerate the registry by probing. `settings.describe` returns each exposed namespace's serialized schemastery schema, redacted layered values (resolved/`base`/`user` — a field's presence in `user` marks it user-overridden), the `secrets` slot list, the section's `revision`, and the boolean `hasDocument` capability flag. The browser receives no Host path: pathless `settings.openDocument` asks the provider to materialize its document and then hands the Host-resolved result to the native opener, so no browser payload can select an arbitrary filesystem target. `settings.update`/`settings.replace` write the user layer; `settings.mutate` applies path ops (`set`/`unset`) against the section as stored, which is the removal path for a client holding the redacted view — rebuilding a section from it and replacing wholesale would delete the secrets the wire never returned. Any write may carry `expectedRevision`; a stale one answers `settings-conflict` with both revisions rather than overwriting the writer that landed first, and every other seam refusal folds into `settings-rejected`. Secret-role values never ride any response in any layer; a secret crosses the wire in exactly one direction — inside an `update`/`mutate` payload or `credentials.set`. `credentials.describe` returns value-free views (`configured`/`source`/`writable`), and `credentials.set`/`credentials.unset` map a shadowed-reference refusal onto `credential-rejected`. `llm.providers` merges the configurable-provider directory with live routes (dormant entries carry `active: false`; undeclared live routes append with no settings address) and `llm.models` is the session-independent catalog. `llm.discoverModels` interrogates a provider endpoint the page is still drafting: `settingsNs` selects the adapter family that knows how to read the listing, and the endpoint, protocol, and key come from the form rather than from storage. It writes nothing — the reply is candidates, and only a later `settings.mutate` decides what a route serves — so its `apiKey` is the third payload on which a secret may ride, alongside `settings.update`/`mutate` and `credentials.set`. The host never stores or returns it; like the other two it does ride the client's outgoing envelope, which `subscribeEnvelopes()` observers can see, and redacting that tap is a configuration-plane-wide change rather than this method's to make alone. Every refusal (an unserved namespace, a protocol with no readable listing, an unreachable endpoint, a rejected credential) folds into `model-discovery-failed`, whose message is the adapter's own text and whose details name the endpoint asked but never the credential offered. Three invalidation frames keep every surface converged without polling: `host/settings-changed {ns}` (`settings/document-updated` passthrough, so a raw change whose resolved value is unchanged still reaches clients), `host/credentials-changed {ref}` (reference names only, never values), and `host/models-changed` — fired by `llm/adapters-updated` and by a change to a configurable-provider namespace, whose settings carry that provider's catalog and endpoint; a `permission` or `ui-onboarding` change emits only its settings invalidation. The browser carrier restricts the whole configuration plane, reads and native actions included (`settings.describe`/`openDocument`/`update`/`replace`/`mutate`, `credentials.describe`/`set`/`unset`), to loopback same-origin requests — the `host.pickDirectory` privileged set. A composition without a settings or credential provider answers those domains with an actionable `internal` error naming the missing plugin.
 
 ## Carrier layer (`/client` + root)
 
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.zh.md b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.zh.md
index 36b89a50b0..e3634c5f92 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/README.zh.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-所有客户端形态共用的 API 网关：TS 契约（`src/api/`，不依赖 Node，可从浏览器导入）、fetch 载体对（`src/fetch/`：宿主侧的 `toFetchHandler`，以及客户端侧的 `AbstractApiClient` 与平台子类）和宿主侧实现（`src/api-proxy.ts`：`createApiProxy` 加上默认导出的 `ApiProxyService` 网关插件，其配置为 `{provider, model, workspaceRoot?}`，提供 `ctx.apiProxy`）。该包在设计上与传输方式无关，不注册任何路由；HTTP 等载体自行包装 `ctx.apiProxy`。已发布的核心组合位于 [`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`](../../../apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml)。
+所有客户端形态共用的 API 网关：TS 契约（`src/api/`，不依赖 Node，可从浏览器导入）、fetch 载体对（`src/fetch/`：宿主侧的 `toFetchHandler`，以及客户端侧的 `AbstractApiClient` 与平台子类）和宿主侧实现（`src/api-proxy.ts`：`createApiProxy` 加上默认导出的 `ApiProxyService` 网关插件，其配置为 `{provider, model, workspaceRoot?}`，提供 `ctx.apiProxy`）。该包在设计上与传输方式无关，不注册任何路由；HTTP 等载体自行包装 `ctx.apiProxy`。已发布的核心组合位于 [`packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml`](../../bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml)。
 
 ## 契约层（`/api`）
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Workspace 列表与 Session 列表是相互独立的重连基线。`workspace.cr
 
 `command.*` 与 `skill.*` 领域向客户端暴露宿主命令注册表和技能目录。每个方法都通过 `sessionId` 寻址一个会话的 Agent（被服务的会话必有 Agent；`command.*` 经由与 `session.*` 相同的路径恢复冷会话，而 `skill.list` 从会话头解析项目根目录，不触碰 Agent 注册表）。`skill.list` 服务于浏览器中由用户选择的模型引用路径，因此仅返回模型和用户均可调用的 skill；该领域没有直接加载 skill 的 RPC。`command.execute` 在宿主侧运行一条斜杠命令行，语义为纯准入：响应报告该行是否解析到处理器，并在解析到时回带铸造的生命周期 `commandId`（将本次确认与流节点关联）；结局经由持久落账并在 mux 流广播的 `command/run`/`command/done` 生命周期事件对承载。命令处理器运行超过 30 秒的传输健康时限仍属正常，因此 `command.execute` 仅携带调用方／连接取消信号；该信号可取消正在运行的处理器。`host/commands-changed` 是目录失效帧：客户端重新拉取 `command.list` 而不是做差分。
 
-`settings.*`、`credentials.*` 与 `llm.*` 领域是配置页协议。settings 领域服务于已注册可配置提供方所指向的 namespace（`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`），并额外服务于一份小型、显式的 allowlist——Web 偏好 `permission` 与产品持有的 `ui-onboarding`；仅新增一项 Settings 注册，绝不会使其可被远程读取或写入。其他任何 namespace 都只会得到 `settings-not-exposed`——未注册的 namespace 得到的是同一个答复，因此没有调用方能靠逐个探测把注册表枚举出来。`settings.describe` 为每个已暴露 namespace 提供其序列化 schemastery schema、脱敏后的分层值（resolved/`base`/`user`——字段出现在 `user` 中即标记其被用户覆盖）、`secrets` 槽位列表、该分节的 `revision`，以及布尔型 `hasDocument` 能力标志。浏览器不会收到 Host 路径：无路径参数的 `settings.openDocument` 会请求提供方准备文档，再把由 Host 解析出的结果交给原生打开器，因此任何浏览器载荷都无法选择任意文件系统目标。`settings.update`/`settings.replace` 写入用户层；`settings.mutate` 则在已存分节上施加路径 op（`set`/`unset`），这是持有脱敏视图的客户端的删除路径——据此重建分节再整体替换，会删掉协议从未回传过的那些机密。任何写入都可携带 `expectedRevision`；陈旧的期望值会以 `settings-conflict` 连同两个 revision 作答，而不是覆盖先落地的那个写方，其余每种 seam 拒绝则折叠为 `settings-rejected`。secret 角色的值绝不在任何一层搭乘任何响应；secret 只沿一个方向跨越协议——在 `update`/`mutate` 载荷或 `credentials.set` 之内。`credentials.describe` 返回不含值的视图（`configured`/`source`/`writable`），`credentials.set`/`credentials.unset` 则把被遮蔽引用的拒绝映射为 `credential-rejected`。`llm.providers` 把可配置提供方目录与存活路由合并（休眠条目携带 `active: false`；未声明的存活路由追加在后，不带 settings 地址），`llm.models` 则是与会话无关的目录。三个失效帧让每个面无需轮询即保持收敛：`host/settings-changed {ns}`（`settings/document-updated` 透传，因此解析值未变的原始变更同样能到达客户端）、`host/credentials-changed {ref}`（只带引用名，绝不带值），以及 `host/models-changed`——它由 `llm/adapters-updated` 和可配置提供方 namespace 的变更触发，因为该提供方的设置正承载着它的目录与端点；`permission` 或 `ui-onboarding` 变更只会发出自身的 settings 失效通知。浏览器载体把整个配置面（含读取与原生操作：`settings.describe`/`openDocument`/`update`/`replace`/`mutate` 与 `credentials.describe`/`set`/`unset`）限制为仅接受来自回环地址的同源请求——即 `host.pickDirectory` 所在的特权集合。未装 settings 或凭据 provider 的组合会以指名缺失插件、包含解决建议的 `internal` 错误应答这些领域。
+`settings.*`、`credentials.*` 与 `llm.*` 领域是配置页协议。settings 领域服务于已注册可配置提供方所指向的 namespace（`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`），并额外服务于一份小型、显式的 allowlist——Web 偏好 `permission` 与产品持有的 `ui-onboarding`；仅新增一项 Settings 注册，绝不会使其可被远程读取或写入。其他任何 namespace 都只会得到 `settings-not-exposed`——未注册的 namespace 得到的是同一个答复，因此没有调用方能靠逐个探测把注册表枚举出来。`settings.describe` 为每个已暴露 namespace 提供其序列化 schemastery schema、脱敏后的分层值（resolved/`base`/`user`——字段出现在 `user` 中即标记其被用户覆盖）、`secrets` 槽位列表、该分节的 `revision`，以及布尔型 `hasDocument` 能力标志。浏览器不会收到 Host 路径：无路径参数的 `settings.openDocument` 会请求提供方准备文档，再把由 Host 解析出的结果交给原生打开器，因此任何浏览器载荷都无法选择任意文件系统目标。`settings.update`/`settings.replace` 写入用户层；`settings.mutate` 则在已存分节上施加路径 op（`set`/`unset`），这是持有脱敏视图的客户端的删除路径——据此重建分节再整体替换，会删掉协议从未回传过的那些机密。任何写入都可携带 `expectedRevision`；陈旧的期望值会以 `settings-conflict` 连同两个 revision 作答，而不是覆盖先落地的那个写方，其余每种 seam 拒绝则折叠为 `settings-rejected`。secret 角色的值绝不在任何一层搭乘任何响应；secret 只沿一个方向跨越协议——在 `update`/`mutate` 载荷或 `credentials.set` 之内。`credentials.describe` 返回不含值的视图（`configured`/`source`/`writable`），`credentials.set`/`credentials.unset` 则把被遮蔽引用的拒绝映射为 `credential-rejected`。`llm.providers` 把可配置提供方目录与存活路由合并（休眠条目携带 `active: false`；未声明的存活路由追加在后，不带 settings 地址），`llm.models` 则是与会话无关的目录。`llm.discoverModels` 询问页面尚在起草的提供方端点：`settingsNs` 选出懂得读取该列表的适配器家族，端点、协议与密钥则来自表单而非存储。它什么都不写——回复是候选，只有随后的 `settings.mutate` 才决定路由服务什么——因此其 `apiKey` 是 secret 可以搭乘的第三个、也是最后一个载荷（另两个是 `settings.update`/`mutate` 与 `credentials.set`），且绝不被存储或回显。host 从不存储或回传它；与另两者一样，它确实会搭乘客户端的出站信封，`subscribeEnvelopes()` 的观察者能看到——为该 tap 做脱敏是整个配置面的改动，而非本方法一家的事。每一种拒绝（无人服务的 namespace、没有可读列表的协议、不可达端点、被拒凭据）都折叠为 `model-discovery-failed`，其消息是适配器自己的文本，details 点名被询问的端点，绝不点名所提供的凭据。三个失效帧让每个面无需轮询即保持收敛：`host/settings-changed {ns}`（`settings/document-updated` 透传，因此解析值未变的原始变更同样能到达客户端）、`host/credentials-changed {ref}`（只带引用名，绝不带值），以及 `host/models-changed`——它由 `llm/adapters-updated` 和可配置提供方 namespace 的变更触发，因为该提供方的设置正承载着它的目录与端点；`permission` 或 `ui-onboarding` 变更只会发出自身的 settings 失效通知。浏览器载体把整个配置面（含读取与原生操作：`settings.describe`/`openDocument`/`update`/`replace`/`mutate` 与 `credentials.describe`/`set`/`unset`）限制为仅接受来自回环地址的同源请求——即 `host.pickDirectory` 所在的特权集合。未装 settings 或凭据 provider 的组合会以指名缺失插件、包含解决建议的 `internal` 错误应答这些领域。
 
 ## 载体层（`/client` + 根路径）
 
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts
index 838e4f3a92..f528b2297e 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts
@@ -2506,6 +2506,30 @@ export function createApiProxy(ctx: Context, defaults: ApiProxyDefaults): ApiPro
       async models(request) {
         return ok(request, await buildModelCatalog(ctx))
       },
+
+      async discoverModels(request, signal) {
+        const { settingsNs, provider, baseURL, api, apiKey } = request.payload
+        try {
+          const models = await ctx.llm.discoverModels(settingsNs, {
+            ...provider === undefined ? {} : { provider },
+            ...baseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseURL },
+            ...api === undefined ? {} : { api },
+            ...apiKey === undefined ? {} : { apiKey },
+            ...signal === undefined ? {} : { signal },
+          })
+          return ok(request, { models })
+        } catch (error: unknown) {
+          // Every failure here is the user's next move, not a transport fault:
+          // a wrong endpoint, a rejected key, or a protocol with no listing all
+          // end at the same place — fill the models in by hand. The details
+          // repeat only what the caller already sent, never the credential.
+          return err(request, {
+            code: 'model-discovery-failed',
+            message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+            details: { settingsNs, ...baseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseURL } },
+          })
+        }
+      },
     },
 
     events: {
@@ -2595,10 +2619,10 @@ export function createApiProxy(ctx: Context, defaults: ApiProxyDefaults): ApiPro
           ctx.on('session/disposed', (session: Session) => {
             queue.push(frame({ type: 'host/session-removed', sessionId: session.id }))
           }),
-          ctx.on('agent/status', (agent: Agent, status: AgentStatus) => {
+          ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }: { agent: Agent; status: AgentStatus }) => {
             queue.push(frame({ type: 'host/session-status', sessionId: agent.id, running: status === 'running' }))
           }),
-          ctx.on('agent/error', (agent: Agent, _turn: number, _step: number, error: unknown) => {
+          ctx.on('agent/error', ({ agent, error }: { agent: Agent; error: unknown }) => {
             queue.push(frame({ type: 'host/agent-error', sessionId: agent.id, message: errorChain(error) }))
           }),
           ctx.on('domain/changed', (change) => {
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/index.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/index.ts
index 2292ae2ffb..4f10d92853 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/index.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export type { EventsApi, MuxFrame, HostFrame, QueuedInboxItem, ToolCallView, Too
 export type { GoalsApi, GoalId, GoalRef } from './goals.ts'
 export type { SettingsApi, SettingsNamespaceView, SettingsPathOpView, SettingsSecretView } from './settings.ts'
 export type { CredentialsApi, CredentialView } from './credentials.ts'
-export type { ConfigurableProviderView, LlmApi } from './llm.ts'
+export type { ConfigurableProviderView, DiscoveredModelView, LlmApi } from './llm.ts'
 export type { ApprovalResponsePayload } from './approvals.ts'
 export type { QuestionResponsePayload } from './questions.ts'
 
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.schema.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.schema.ts
index 4d86302c9f..6ded8c32ac 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.schema.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import type { RequestPayload, ResponseValue } from './rpc-map.ts'
 import type { Wire } from './rpc.schema.ts'
-import type { ConfigurableProviderView } from './llm.ts'
+import type { ConfigurableProviderView, DiscoveredModelView } from './llm.ts'
 import { modelCatalogFailureSchema, modelProviderGroupSchema } from './sessions.schema.ts'
 
 /** ConfigurableProviderView row of llm.providers. */
@@ -34,3 +34,30 @@ export const llmModelsValueSchema = z.object({
   groups: z.array(modelProviderGroupSchema),
   failures: z.array(modelCatalogFailureSchema),
 }) satisfies z.ZodType<Wire<ResponseValue<'llm.models'>>>
+
+/** DiscoveredModelView row of llm.discoverModels. */
+export const discoveredModelViewSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().min(1),
+  name: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  contextWindow: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
+  maxTokens: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
+}) satisfies z.ZodType<Wire<DiscoveredModelView>>
+
+/** llm.discoverModels request payload. */
+export const llmDiscoverModelsRequestSchema = z.object({
+  settingsNs: z.string().min(1),
+  provider: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  baseURL: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  api: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  // Write-only at the host: used for this one interrogation, never stored and
+  // never returned. It does ride the client's outgoing envelope like every
+  // other secret-bearing payload (`credentials.set`, `settings.update`), which
+  // `subscribeEnvelopes()` observers can see — redacting that tap is a
+  // configuration-plane-wide change, not this method's to make alone.
+  apiKey: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+}) satisfies z.ZodType<Wire<RequestPayload<'llm.discoverModels'>>>
+
+/** llm.discoverModels response value. */
+export const llmDiscoverModelsValueSchema = z.object({
+  models: z.array(discoveredModelViewSchema),
+}) satisfies z.ZodType<Wire<ResponseValue<'llm.discoverModels'>>>
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.ts
index a62319fd62..edd85a52b2 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/llm.ts
@@ -40,4 +40,43 @@ export interface LlmApi {
    * failures ride `failures` without failing the sound groups.
    */
   models(request: RpcRequest<{}>): Promise<RpcResponse<{ groups: ModelProviderGroup[]; failures: ModelCatalogFailure[] }>>
+
+  /**
+   * Interrogate a provider endpoint the configuration surface is still
+   * drafting, and return the models it advertises for the user to adopt.
+   *
+   * The payload is the draft, not a stored route: `settingsNs` selects the
+   * adapter family that answers, and the rest comes from the form. `provider`
+   * names the route being edited when there is one — an adapter that already
+   * describes that route answers from its own registry, with better metadata
+   * and no network call, and needs no endpoint. A route it does not describe is
+   * asked over the wire, which is what `baseURL`, `api`, and `apiKey` are for.
+   *
+   * Nothing is written — the reply is candidates, and only a later
+   * `settings.mutate` decides what a route serves. `apiKey` is accepted here
+   * but never stored or returned; a provider whose key is already stored omits
+   * it and the endpoint answers unauthenticated or refuses.
+   */
+  discoverModels(
+    request: RpcRequest<{
+      settingsNs: string
+      provider?: string
+      baseURL?: string
+      api?: string
+      apiKey?: string
+    }>,
+    signal?: AbortSignal,
+  ): Promise<RpcResponse<{ models: DiscoveredModelView[] }>>
+}
+
+/** Wire view of one model an interrogated endpoint advertises. */
+export interface DiscoveredModelView {
+  /** Model id the endpoint accepts. */
+  id: string
+  /** Human-readable name when the endpoint supplies one. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context, when disclosed. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /** Maximum output tokens, when disclosed. */
+  maxTokens?: number
 }
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc-map.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc-map.ts
index 0378f885e1..9a8750c722 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc-map.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc-map.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export interface RpcMethodMap {
   'credentials.unset': CredentialsApi['unset']
   'llm.providers': LlmApi['providers']
   'llm.models': LlmApi['models']
+  'llm.discoverModels': LlmApi['discoverModels']
 }
 
 /** Business request payload of method K (reaches through the RpcRequest narrow form to payload). */
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.schema.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.schema.ts
index 4424b5527c..2733c6e940 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.schema.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export const rpcErrorSchema: z.ZodType<RpcError> = z.discriminatedUnion('code',
   z.object({ code: z.literal('settings-not-exposed'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ ns: z.string() }) }),
   z.object({ code: z.literal('settings-conflict'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ ns: z.string(), expected: z.number(), actual: z.number() }) }),
   z.object({ code: z.literal('credential-rejected'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ ref: z.string() }) }),
+  z.object({ code: z.literal('model-discovery-failed'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ settingsNs: z.string(), baseURL: z.string().optional() }) }),
   z.object({ code: z.literal('title-invalid'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ sessionId: z.string() }) }),
   z.object({ code: z.literal('fork-unavailable'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ sessionId: z.string() }) }),
   z.object({ code: z.literal('subagent-parent-unavailable'), message: z.string(), details: z.object({ parentSessionId: z.string() }) }),
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.ts
index 3b92edc661..54bbb5a8cc 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/rpc.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ export interface RpcErrorDetailsMap {
   'settings-conflict': { ns: string; expected: number; actual: number }
   /** A credential write was refused (read-only shadowing layer or storage failure); the message is the seam's own text. */
   'credential-rejected': { ref: string }
+  /**
+   * Interrogating a draft provider endpoint did not produce a model listing:
+   * no adapter family serves the namespace, the protocol has no listing this
+   * build can read, or the endpoint was unreachable, refused the credential,
+   * or answered with something else. The message is the adapter's own text —
+   * it is what the form shows before falling back to hand-entry — and the
+   * details name the endpoint asked, never the credential offered.
+   */
+  'model-discovery-failed': { settingsNs: string; baseURL?: string }
   'title-invalid': { sessionId: SessionId }
   'fork-unavailable': { sessionId: SessionId }
   'subagent-parent-unavailable': { parentSessionId: SessionId }
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/client.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/client.ts
index 0aa630b328..0f54d76dbc 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/client.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/client.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import {
 import {
   credentialsDescribeValueSchema, credentialsSetValueSchema, credentialsUnsetValueSchema,
 } from '../api/credentials.schema.ts'
-import { llmModelsValueSchema, llmProvidersValueSchema } from '../api/llm.schema.ts'
+import { llmDiscoverModelsValueSchema, llmModelsValueSchema, llmProvidersValueSchema } from '../api/llm.schema.ts'
 import {
   subagentHistoryValueSchema,
   subagentListValueSchema,
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export interface IApiClient {
   llm: {
     providers(payload: RequestPayload<'llm.providers'>, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<RpcResponse<ResponseValue<'llm.providers'>>>
     models(payload: RequestPayload<'llm.models'>, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<RpcResponse<ResponseValue<'llm.models'>>>
+    discoverModels(payload: RequestPayload<'llm.discoverModels'>, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<RpcResponse<ResponseValue<'llm.discoverModels'>>>
   }
   /** client-response passthrough (rpcId is a backfill of the server-request's id — never minted here). */
   respond(message: ClientResponse, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<RpcReceipt>
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ const UNARY_VALUE_SCHEMAS: { [K in keyof RpcMethodMap]: z.ZodType<Wire<ResponseV
   'credentials.unset': credentialsUnsetValueSchema,
   'llm.providers': llmProvidersValueSchema,
   'llm.models': llmModelsValueSchema,
+  'llm.discoverModels': llmDiscoverModelsValueSchema,
 }
 
 /** Default timeout for bounded unary calls (rpc-compare 2026-07-19: a hung host must not leave callers pending forever). */
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractApiClient implements IApiClient {
   readonly llm: IApiClient['llm'] = {
     providers: (payload, signal) => this.callUnary('llm.providers', payload, signal),
     models: (payload, signal) => this.callUnary('llm.models', payload, signal),
+    discoverModels: (payload, signal) => this.callUnary('llm.discoverModels', payload, signal),
   }
 
   readonly events: IApiClient['events'] = {
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/handler.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/handler.ts
index 8feffc63b6..d41b51ad6d 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/fetch/handler.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
 import {
   credentialsDescribeRequestSchema, credentialsSetRequestSchema, credentialsUnsetRequestSchema,
 } from '../api/credentials.schema.ts'
-import { llmModelsRequestSchema, llmProvidersRequestSchema } from '../api/llm.schema.ts'
+import { llmDiscoverModelsRequestSchema, llmModelsRequestSchema, llmProvidersRequestSchema } from '../api/llm.schema.ts'
 import {
   subagentHistoryRequestSchema,
   subagentListRequestSchema,
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ const UNARY_ROUTES: UnaryRoutes = {
   'credentials.unset': { schema: credentialsUnsetRequestSchema, invoke: (api, r) => api.credentials.unset(r) },
   'llm.providers': { schema: llmProvidersRequestSchema, invoke: (api, r) => api.llm.providers(r) },
   'llm.models': { schema: llmModelsRequestSchema, invoke: (api, r) => api.llm.models(r) },
+  'llm.discoverModels': { schema: llmDiscoverModelsRequestSchema, invoke: (api, r, signal) => api.llm.discoverModels(r, signal) },
 }
 
 /** Route lookup that narrows an arbitrary path segment to a map key (single cast point for the string→key refinement). */
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts
index ca79ae367d..54235c0218 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-config.spec.ts
@@ -523,11 +523,16 @@ describe('llm domain', () => {
     ])
     ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['deepseek-official'], new CatalogAdapter('DeepSeek', ['deepseek-v4-flash']))
     ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['undeclared'], new CatalogAdapter('Undeclared', ['u-1']))
+    // Only one namespace can answer an interrogation, so the flag follows the
+    // entry's namespace rather than being assumed for every row.
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', () => Promise.resolve([]))
     const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
     const value = expectOk(await api.llm.providers(request({})))
     expect(value.providers).toEqual([
       { provider: 'deepseek-official', displayName: 'DeepSeek', settingsNs: 'llm-deepseek', settingsPath: [], active: true },
       { provider: 'openai', displayName: 'openai', settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai', settingsPath: ['providers', 'openai'], active: false },
+      // An undeclared live route has no settings address, so nothing can be
+      // interrogated on its behalf either.
       { provider: 'undeclared', displayName: 'Undeclared', settingsNs: '', settingsPath: [], active: true },
     ])
   })
@@ -560,3 +565,108 @@ describe('llm domain', () => {
     expect(frames).toEqual([{ type: 'host/models-changed' }, { type: 'host/models-changed' }])
   })
 })
+
+describe('llm.discoverModels', () => {
+  it('carries a draft to its namespace and returns candidates without storing anything', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    const seen: unknown[] = []
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', (probe) => {
+      seen.push({ baseURL: probe.baseURL, api: probe.api, apiKey: probe.apiKey })
+      return Promise.resolve([
+        { id: 'acme-large', name: 'Acme Large', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 },
+        { id: 'acme-small' },
+      ])
+    })
+    const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
+
+    const value = expectOk(await api.llm.discoverModels(request({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      apiKey: 'probe-key',
+    })))
+
+    expect(value.models).toEqual([
+      { id: 'acme-large', name: 'Acme Large', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 },
+      { id: 'acme-small' },
+    ])
+    expect(seen).toEqual([{
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      apiKey: 'probe-key',
+    }])
+    // Interrogating a draft is a read: no namespace gained a section, and no
+    // credential reference was written.
+    expect(expectOk(await api.settings.describe(request({}))).namespaces.map(view => view.ns))
+      .not.toContain('llm-pi-ai')
+  })
+
+  it('carries the route being edited so an adapter can answer from its own registry', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    let probe: unknown
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', (request_) => {
+      probe = request_
+      return Promise.resolve([{ id: 'from-registry', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 }])
+    })
+    const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
+
+    const value = expectOk(await api.llm.discoverModels(request({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      provider: 'deepseek',
+    })))
+
+    // No endpoint at all: a route the adapter already describes needs none.
+    expect(probe).toEqual({ provider: 'deepseek' })
+    expect(value.models).toEqual([{ id: 'from-registry', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 }])
+  })
+
+  it('omits a credential and protocol the draft does not name', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    let probe: unknown
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', (request_) => {
+      probe = request_
+      return Promise.resolve([])
+    })
+    const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
+
+    expectOk(await api.llm.discoverModels(request({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+    })))
+
+    // Absent fields stay absent rather than crossing as explicit undefined:
+    // the adapter distinguishes "no protocol named" from "protocol undefined".
+    expect(probe).toEqual({ baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1' })
+  })
+
+  it('reports a failed interrogation as the form\'s next move, naming no credential', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', () =>
+      Promise.reject(new Error('https://gateway.acme.example/v1/models answered 401; check the API key')))
+    const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
+
+    const error = expectErr(await api.llm.discoverModels(request({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+      apiKey: 'wrong',
+    })))
+
+    expect(error.code).toBe('model-discovery-failed')
+    expect(error.message).toContain('answered 401; check the API key')
+    expect(error.details).toEqual({ settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai', baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1' })
+    expect(JSON.stringify(error)).not.toContain('wrong')
+  })
+
+  it('reports a namespace no adapter family serves', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    const api = createApiProxy(ctx, DEFAULTS)
+
+    const error = expectErr(await api.llm.discoverModels(request({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-deepseek',
+      baseURL: 'https://api.deepseek.com',
+    })))
+
+    expect(error.code).toBe('model-discovery-failed')
+    expect(error.message).toContain('no model discovery is registered')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-fork.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-fork.spec.ts
index 9f6ef65e2f..83955f2d8b 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-fork.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-fork.spec.ts
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ describe('sessions.fork', () => {
     })
     const fallback: LlmCallConfig = { provider: 'default-provider', model: 'default-model' }
     await expect(agentEvents(child.ctx, child).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 0, new AbortController().signal, () => Promise.resolve(fallback),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 0, signal: new AbortController().signal }, () => Promise.resolve(fallback),
     )).resolves.toMatchObject({
       provider: 'inherited-provider',
       model: 'inherited-model',
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-models.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-models.spec.ts
index 2a4754f144..c2dfdae7a7 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-models.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/api-proxy-models.spec.ts
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ describe('Web session model selection', () => {
       reasoningEffort: 'max',
     })
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 0, signal, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 0, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
     )).resolves.toMatchObject({ provider: 'deepseek-official', model: 'deepseek-chat' })
 
     expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).variables)
       .toMatchObject({ provider: 'deepseek-official', model: 'private-preview' })
     await expect(agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/request', 1, 1, signal, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
+      'agent/request', { turn: 1, step: 1, signal }, () => Promise.resolve(seed),
     )).resolves.toMatchObject({
       provider: 'deepseek-official',
       model: 'private-preview',
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/client-handler.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/client-handler.spec.ts
index ded1e433b1..490e0ad7f1 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/client-handler.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/client-handler.spec.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ function scriptedApi(overrides: {
     llm: {
       providers: r => ok(r, { providers: [] }),
       models: r => ok(r, { groups: [], failures: [] }),
+      discoverModels: err,
       ...overrides.llm,
     },
     events: { mux: () => empty<MuxFrame>(), host: () => empty<HostFrame>(), ...overrides.events },
@@ -694,6 +695,7 @@ describe('config unary surface', () => {
       llm: {
         providers: record('llm.providers', r => ok(r, { providers: [providerRow] })),
         models: record('llm.models', r => ok(r, { groups: [group], failures: [] })),
+        discoverModels: record('llm.discoverModels', r => ok(r, { models: [{ id: 'acme-large', contextWindow: 65536 }] })),
       },
     })
     const c = client(api)
@@ -719,16 +721,31 @@ describe('config unary surface', () => {
     expect(providers.result).toEqual({ ok: true, value: { providers: [providerRow] } })
     const models = await c.llm.models({})
     expect(models.result).toEqual({ ok: true, value: { groups: [group], failures: [] } })
+    const discovered = await c.llm.discoverModels({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      apiKey: 'probe-key',
+    })
+    expect(discovered.result).toEqual({ ok: true, value: { models: [{ id: 'acme-large', contextWindow: 65536 }] } })
 
     expect(seen.map(call => call.method)).toEqual([
       'settings.describe', 'settings.openDocument', 'settings.update', 'settings.replace', 'settings.mutate',
       'credentials.describe', 'credentials.set', 'credentials.unset',
-      'llm.providers', 'llm.models',
+      'llm.providers', 'llm.models', 'llm.discoverModels',
     ])
     expect(seen[2]?.payload).toEqual({ ns: 'llm-deepseek', patch: { baseURL: 'https://next' } })
     expect(seen[4]?.payload)
       .toEqual({ ns: 'llm-deepseek', ops: [{ op: 'unset', path: ['baseURL'] }], expectedRevision: 0 })
     expect(seen[6]?.payload).toEqual({ ref: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', value: 'sk-x' })
+    // The draft crosses whole, credential included: the host needs it for this
+    // one interrogation and stores none of it.
+    expect(seen[10]?.payload).toEqual({
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      baseURL: 'https://gateway.acme.example/v1',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      apiKey: 'probe-key',
+    })
   })
 
   it('rejects an invalid credential reference name at the carrier boundary', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/fetch-carrier.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/fetch-carrier.spec.ts
index 7d41b41612..bcccfdd52e 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/fetch-carrier.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/fetch-carrier.spec.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ function fakeApi(overrides: Partial<{ muxFrames: MuxFrame[]; hostFrames: HostFra
       async models(request) {
         return { rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { groups: [], failures: [] } } }
       },
+      async discoverModels(request) {
+        return { rpcId: request.rpcId, result: { ok: true, value: { models: [] } } }
+      },
     },
     events: {
       mux: (_request, signal) => stream(muxFrames, signal),
diff --git a/packages/host/directory-picker-auto/tests/loader-composition.spec.ts b/packages/host/directory-picker-auto/tests/loader-composition.spec.ts
index 9d0b8c7de8..7922592d01 100644
--- a/packages/host/directory-picker-auto/tests/loader-composition.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/directory-picker-auto/tests/loader-composition.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * joining the backend's own teardown before the disposer settles.
  */
 
-import { chmodSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { chmodSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
@@ -43,21 +43,15 @@ afterEach(async () => {
   fakeBin = undefined
 })
 
-/** Write a dist fixture and a two-row cordis.yml (webserver + chooser), then boot it through the real Loader. */
+/** Write a two-row cordis.yml (webserver + chooser), then boot it through the real Loader. */
 async function loadComposition(bindHost: '127.0.0.1' | '0.0.0.0'): Promise<{ ctx: Context; configPath: string }> {
   root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-directory-picker-auto-'))
-  const dist = join(root, 'dist')
-  mkdirSync(dist)
-  const distIndex = join(dist, 'index.html')
-  await writeFile(distIndex, '<head></head><body>shell</body>')
   const configPath = join(root, 'cordis.yml')
   await writeFile(configPath, [
     "- name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'",
     '  config:',
     `    host: '${bindHost}'`,
     '    port: 0',
-    '    portConflict: increment',
-    `    distIndex: '${distIndex}'`,
     `- name: '${AUTO}'`,
     '',
   ].join('\n'))
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d337775e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/host/frontend-static/README.md
+README.md: c3a831abb1060b59e1802d38d5407a29d24e3bb3
+README.zh.md: d4dc71763280a3c88c73de50f63f2615570c7182
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/README.md b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a831abb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static`
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+SPA dist server for the Web shell: a function plugin (config `{distIndex}`) that claims the [webserver](../webserver/README.md)'s single fallback seat and serves the built frontend directory with the shell's locked semantics — traversal outside the dist root is 403, any miss falls back to `index.html` with HTTP 200 (SPA routing), unknown extensions ship as `application/octet-stream`, and non-GET/HEAD without a matching named route is 405. Every index response runs through the webserver's registered index taps (`applyIndexTaps`), which is how the boot manifest reaches the page. `distIndex` is an assembly fact of the composing application: [`dsh-web-app`](../../bundle/web-app/README.md) resolves it through the frontend package's exports and mounts this plugin; a deployment never hardcodes it.
+
+The fallback seat is single-owner (a second claim throws) and effect-scoped: disposing the plugin's fiber releases the seat, after which the unclaimed webserver answers 404.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+None, as the package serves browser assets; nothing here reaches a model request.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+None; this package neither assembles nor sends a provider request.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **The starter MIME table is minimal** — extensions beyond the vite-emitted set fall back to `application/octet-stream`; extend the table when an asset class actually ships.
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/README.zh.md b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4dc717632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static`
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+Web 壳的 SPA dist 服务器：一个函数插件（配置为 `{distIndex}`），占据 [webserver](../webserver/README.md) 的唯一回退席位，并按壳层锁定的语义服务已构建的前端目录——越出 dist 根目录的遍历返回 403，任何未命中项都以 HTTP 200 回退到 `index.html`（SPA 路由），未知扩展名按 `application/octet-stream` 提供，GET／HEAD 之外的方法在没有匹配的具名 route 时返回 405。每个 index 响应都会经过 webserver 已注册的 index 转换（`applyIndexTaps`），启动 manifest（元数据清单）就是经这条路径送达页面的。`distIndex` 是组合应用的组装事实：[`dsh-web-app`](../../bundle/web-app/README.md) 通过前端包的 exports 解析它并挂载本插件；部署绝不硬编码它。
+
+回退席位只有单一所有者（第二次占据会抛错），并受 effect 作用域约束：dispose（资源释放）插件的 fiber 会释放席位，此后无人占据的 webserver 回答 404。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+无。该包只服务浏览器资产；其中没有任何内容会进入模型请求。
+
+#### KV Cache 影响
+
+无；该包既不组装也不发送提供方请求。
+
+## 已知限制与延期工作
+
+- **初始 MIME 表很精简**：vite 输出集合以外的扩展名会回退到 `application/octet-stream`；实际发布新的资产类别时再扩展该表。
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/package.json b/packages/host/frontend-static/package.json
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static",
+  "description": "SPA dist server for the Web shell: owns the webserver fallback seat, serving the built frontend with index-tap injection, traversal rejection, and SPA index fallback",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "schemastery": "^3.18.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@cordisjs/plugin-loader": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/src/index.ts b/packages/host/frontend-static/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d5032c2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ * @deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static — SPA dist server over the webserver
+ * fallback seat: serves the built frontend directory with the semantics the
+ * Web shell locked at step1 — traversal outside the dist root is 403, any
+ * miss falls back to index.html with HTTP 200 (SPA routing), unknown
+ * extensions ship as octet-stream, non-GET/HEAD is 405. Every index response
+ * runs through the webserver's registered index taps (boot-manifest
+ * injection). The dist location is workspace knowledge of the composing
+ * application, so `distIndex` is typically supplied through a `!!js`
+ * expression, never hardcoded by a deployment.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static
+ */
+
+import type { ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { dirname, extname, join, normalize, resolve, sep } from 'node:path'
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import z from 'schemastery'
+import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
+
+/** Stable Cordis plugin name. */
+export const name = 'frontend-static'
+
+/** Service required before the fallback seat can be claimed. */
+export const inject = ['httpServer']
+
+/** Plugin config: the dist anchor. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** Absolute path of index.html inside the dist root. */
+  distIndex: string
+}
+
+export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
+  distIndex: z.string().required(),
+})
+
+const MIME: Record<string, string> = {
+  '.html': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+  '.js': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
+  '.css': 'text/css; charset=utf-8',
+  '.svg': 'image/svg+xml',
+  '.json': 'application/json',
+  '.map': 'application/json',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serve one GET/HEAD static request from the dist root.
+ * @param pathname - decoded URL pathname of the request.
+ * @param res - the node:http response to write.
+ * @param distRoot - absolute dist root directory (resolved by the caller).
+ * @param distIndex - absolute path of index.html inside distRoot.
+ * @param renderIndex - produces the index.html body (index-tap injection) for
+ * `/` and every SPA fallback.
+ */
+export async function serveStatic(
+  pathname: string, res: ServerResponse, distRoot: string, distIndex: string,
+  renderIndex: () => Promise<string>,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const target = resolve(normalize(join(distRoot, pathname)))
+  // Traversal rejection: the target must be distRoot itself (`/`) or stay under
+  // it. `sep`, not '/': resolve() emits backslash paths on Windows, where a '/'
+  // suffix would reject every legitimate subpath as traversal.
+  if (target !== distRoot && !target.startsWith(distRoot + sep)) {
+    res.writeHead(403)
+    res.end()
+    return
+  }
+  const serveIndex = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const body = await renderIndex()
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': MIME['.html'] })
+    res.end(body)
+  }
+  if (target === distRoot || target === distIndex) {
+    await serveIndex()
+    return
+  }
+  try {
+    const body = await readFile(target)
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': MIME[extname(target)] ?? 'application/octet-stream' })
+    res.end(body)
+  } catch {
+    // Miss (ENOENT/EISDIR) falls back to index.html with 200 (SPA routing).
+    await serveIndex()
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Claim the webserver fallback seat and serve the dist.
+ * @param ctx - plugin context carrying the httpServer service.
+ * @param config - validated {@link Config}.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
+  const distIndex = config.distIndex
+  const distRoot = dirname(distIndex)
+  const renderIndex = async (): Promise<string> =>
+    ctx.httpServer.applyIndexTaps(await readFile(distIndex, 'utf8'))
+  ctx.effect(() => ctx.httpServer.registerFallback(async (req, res) => {
+    // Non-GET/HEAD without a matching named route is 405 (fallback-only
+    // semantics: named routes own their method handling).
+    if (req.method !== 'GET' && req.method !== 'HEAD') {
+      res.writeHead(405)
+      res.end()
+      return
+    }
+    /* v8 ignore next -- node:http always sets url on server requests */
+    const rawPath = new URL(req.url ?? '/', 'http://x').pathname
+    await serveStatic(decodeURIComponent(rawPath), res, distRoot, distIndex, renderIndex)
+  }), 'frontend-static: fallback seat')
+}
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/src/invariant.ts b/packages/host/frontend-static/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..551daccbc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for `@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static/invariant
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'frontend-static-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can register. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+/**
+ * No runtime invariant: the only owned relation is the single fallback seat,
+ * which cannot be probed from the teardown stream — `internal/plugin` fires
+ * before the disposing fiber's effects run, so the legitimate owner still
+ * holds the seat at notification time and any claim probe would
+ * false-positive on every correct disposal (unlike the webserver companion,
+ * whose reserved-path probes never collide with a live registration). The
+ * seat's register/release symmetry is covered by the package's
+ * real-composition HMR-safety test instead.
+ */
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - Cordis context carrying the invariant service.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer after setup succeeds.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/tests/frontend-static.spec.ts b/packages/host/frontend-static/tests/frontend-static.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e35e54bb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/tests/frontend-static.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * REAL-composition coverage: a test-only cordis.yml booted through the
+ * vendored Loader mounts the webserver and frontend-static rows, and every
+ * assertion observes the served HTTP surface — asset serving, MIME fallback,
+ * SPA index fallback with index taps, traversal rejection, 405 on non-GET/
+ * HEAD, and seat release on fiber disposal (HMR safety).
+ */
+
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import Loader from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import Include from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+import HttpServer from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'
+import * as FrontendStatic from '../src/index.ts'
+
+let root: string | undefined
+let context: Context | undefined
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await context?.fiber.dispose()
+  context = undefined
+  if (root !== undefined) await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  root = undefined
+})
+
+/** Write a dist fixture and a two-row cordis.yml, then boot it through the real Loader. */
+async function loadComposition(): Promise<Context> {
+  root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-frontend-static-'))
+  const dist = join(root, 'dist')
+  await mkdir(dist)
+  const distIndex = join(dist, 'index.html')
+  await writeFile(distIndex, '<head></head><body>shell</body>')
+  await writeFile(join(dist, 'app.js'), 'export {}')
+  await writeFile(join(dist, 'blob.bin'), 'BLOB')
+  const configPath = join(root, 'cordis.yml')
+  await writeFile(configPath, [
+    "- name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'",
+    '  config:',
+    "    host: '127.0.0.1'",
+    '    port: 0',
+    '- id: frontend',
+    "  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static'",
+    '  config:',
+    `    distIndex: '${distIndex}'`,
+    '',
+  ].join('\n'))
+
+  context = new Context()
+  context.baseUrl = pathToFileURL(root).href + '/'
+  await context.plugin(Loader)
+  context.loader.builtins.include = Include
+  const modules = new Map<string, unknown>([
+    ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver', HttpServer],
+    ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static', FrontendStatic],
+  ])
+  context.loader.internal = {
+    version: 'v2',
+    async import(specifier: string) {
+      if (!modules.has(specifier)) throw new Error(`unexpected Loader import: ${specifier}`)
+      return modules.get(specifier)
+    },
+  } as unknown as NonNullable<typeof context.loader.internal>
+  await context.loader.create({
+    name: 'cordis:include',
+    config: { path: pathToFileURL(configPath).href },
+  })
+  await context.loader.await()
+  return context
+}
+
+/** GET (by default) one path against the running server; returns status, content-type, and a body prefix. */
+async function request(port: number, path: string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<{ status: number; type: string | null; body: string }> {
+  const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${String(port)}${path}`, init)
+  return {
+    status: response.status,
+    type: response.headers.get('content-type'),
+    body: (await response.text()).slice(0, 80),
+  }
+}
+
+describe('real Loader composition', () => {
+  it('serves the dist with SPA fallback, taps, traversal rejection, and method gating', { timeout: 60_000 }, async () => {
+    const loaded = await loadComposition()
+    const unloaded = [...loaded.loader.entries()]
+      .filter(entry => entry.fiber === undefined && !entry.disabled)
+      .map(entry => entry.options.name)
+    expect(unloaded).toEqual([])
+    const server = loaded.httpServer
+    const port = server.port
+
+    // Real asset with its MIME type; a live rebuild is served on the next read.
+    expect(await request(port, '/app.js')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, type: 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8', body: 'export {}' })
+    await writeFile(join(root!, 'dist', 'app.js'), 'export const rebuilt = true')
+    expect(await request(port, '/app.js')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'export const rebuilt = true' })
+
+    // Unknown extension ships as octet-stream.
+    expect(await request(port, '/blob.bin')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, type: 'application/octet-stream', body: 'BLOB' })
+
+    // `/`, the index path, and any miss all render index.html (SPA routing)
+    // through the registered index taps.
+    const untap = server.tapIndex(html => html.replace('<head>', '<head><script>window.__T__=1</script>'))
+    for (const path of ['/', '/index.html', '/no/such/route']) {
+      const got = await request(port, path)
+      expect(got.status).toBe(200)
+      expect(got.body).toContain('__T__')
+      expect(got.body).toContain('shell')
+    }
+    untap()
+    expect((await request(port, '/')).body).not.toContain('__T__')
+
+    // Traversal outside the dist root is 403; non-GET/HEAD is 405.
+    expect((await request(port, '/..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd')).status).toBe(403)
+    expect((await request(port, '/nowhere', { method: 'POST' })).status).toBe(405)
+
+    // HMR safety: disposing the frontend row releases the fallback seat (the
+    // unclaimed webserver answers 404) and the seat is claimable again.
+    const frontendEntry = [...loaded.loader.entries()].find(e => e.options.id === 'frontend')
+    expect(frontendEntry).toBeDefined()
+    await frontendEntry!.fiber?.dispose()
+    expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).status).toBe(404)
+    expect(() => server.registerFallback(() => {})).not.toThrow()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/host/frontend-static/tsconfig.json b/packages/host/frontend-static/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bda9b5bb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/host/frontend-static/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/loader"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/schemastery"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../webserver"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/host/webserver/README.i18n.yaml
index 8b53e55af5..56fd0e7694 100644
--- a/packages/host/webserver/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/host/webserver/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/host/webserver/README.md
-README.md: 196f350d87c5322cd3e9cda6e40587d35acd08c4
-README.zh.md: 0ae0470eab0aae2f6b539404621c611d95827977
+README.md: b6dccf2f81c9e2f0b9f53264eafe724edb560f07
+README.zh.md: dbfe420013ed67c48e47048341f020864aeef16a
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/README.md b/packages/host/webserver/README.md
index 196f350d87..b6dccf2f81 100644
--- a/packages/host/webserver/README.md
+++ b/packages/host/webserver/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-Web HTTP and upgrade-route registration plugin (default-exported `HttpServerService`, config `{host, port, distIndex}`): a `node:http` server that listens on activation and provides `ctx.httpServer`. `register(route)` adds a named `exact`/`prefix` HTTP route; `registerUpgrade(route)` adds an upgrade route for an exact pathname. A duplicate path within either table throws because route patterns are a composition-level contract and a collision is a misconfiguration; both methods return a disposer that removes the registration. `tapIndex(transform)` adds an index.html transform applied in registration order, `port` reads the listening port (the OS-assigned value when `port` is 0), and `host` reads the configured bind host (composition-time facts other plugins adapt to, e.g. the directory-picker chooser). HTTP match order is fixed: exact over the whole table, then longest prefix, then the static dist fallback with the locked semantics: traversal outside the dist root is 403, any miss falls back to `index.html` with HTTP 200 (SPA routing), unknown extensions ship as octet-stream, and non-GET/HEAD is 405. Upgrades match exactly and unmatched connections are closed; registration order carries no request-facing semantics.
+Web HTTP and upgrade-route registration plugin (default-exported `HttpServerService`, config `{host, port}`): a `node:http` server that listens on activation and provides `ctx.httpServer`. `register(route)` adds a named `exact`/`prefix` HTTP route; `registerUpgrade(route)` adds an upgrade route for an exact pathname. A duplicate path within either table throws because route patterns are a composition-level contract and a collision is a misconfiguration; both methods return a disposer that removes the registration. `registerFallback(handler)` claims the single fallback seat answering everything no named route matches — one owner only (a second claim throws; the SPA dist server [`dsh-frontend-static`](../frontend-static/README.md) is the shipped owner), 404 while unclaimed. `tapIndex(transform)` adds an index.html transform, and `applyIndexTaps(html)` runs a body through the registered transforms in order — the fallback owner calls it on every index response. `port` reads the listening port (the OS-assigned value when `port` is 0), and `host` reads the configured bind host (composition-time facts other plugins adapt to, e.g. the directory-picker chooser). HTTP match order is fixed: exact over the whole table, then longest prefix, then the fallback seat. Upgrades match exactly and unmatched connections are closed; registration order carries no request-facing semantics.
 
-The package knows no harness concepts: the `/api` HTTP bridge and downlink WebSockets are routes owned by the connection plugin, while plugin bundles and the HMR event stream are routes owned by the modules/hmr plugins. The upgrade handler owns the protocol handshake and connection contents; the webserver only delivers the raw socket and request. `host` accepts only `127.0.0.1` (default posture) and `0.0.0.0` (deliberate network exposure); `distIndex` is an assembly fact the composing app resolves and injects, never self-resolved (dist location is workspace knowledge of the app). Web (browser) shape only — Electron loads dist over `file://` and carries fetch over an IPC bridge, not this server. This package never prints; the URL line belongs to the shell.
+The package knows no harness concepts and serves no files: the `/api` HTTP bridge and downlink WebSockets are routes owned by the connection plugin, plugin bundles and the HMR event stream are routes owned by the modules/hmr plugins, and dist serving belongs to the fallback owner. The upgrade handler owns the protocol handshake and connection contents; the webserver only delivers the raw socket and request. `host` accepts only `127.0.0.1` (default posture) and `0.0.0.0` (deliberate network exposure). Web (browser) shape only — Electron loads dist over `file://` and carries fetch over an IPC bridge, not this server. This package never prints; the URL line belongs to the shell.
 
-A listen failure (EADDRINUSE…) throws out of activation and rejects Loader composition with the bind diagnostic; the failed candidate fiber is disposed. An HTTP request whose handling throws (a malformed %-escape hitting `decodeURIComponent`, a client dropping mid-body) is answered 400 — or the socket destroyed when headers are already out — and logged as a warning; it never exits the process. An upgrade-handler exception or upgraded-socket transport error is logged as a warning and destroys its socket. Disposal starts `close()` and `closeAllConnections()`, destroys every tracked upgraded socket, and returns only after the HTTP server and those sockets have closed.
+A listen failure (EADDRINUSE…) throws out of activation and rejects Loader composition with the bind diagnostic; the failed candidate fiber is disposed. An HTTP request whose handling throws (a fallback owner's `decodeURIComponent` on a malformed %-escape, a client dropping mid-body) is answered 400 — or the socket destroyed when headers are already out — and logged as a warning; it never exits the process. An upgrade-handler exception or upgraded-socket transport error is logged as a warning and destroys its socket. Disposal starts `close()` and `closeAllConnections()`, destroys every tracked upgraded socket, and returns only after the HTTP server and those sockets have closed.
 
 In development, the client-plugin registry synchronously captures each built bundle's stat baseline before it returns, then polls those baselines and re-hashes changed content. Each rescan stages its candidate table, graph, and watch map before publishing them, so a baseline failure preserves the prior graph. An immediate rebuild therefore cannot disappear into an asynchronously established watch baseline; a rename window marks the path dirty, retains the last successful baseline, and forces a re-hash when the bundle reappears even with identical metadata.
 
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ None; this package neither assembles nor sends a provider request.
 ## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
 
 - **No TLS, auth, or origin policy** — binding a non-loopback address exposes the server to that network; deployment hardening (or fronting it with a real reverse proxy) is deliberately out of scope for the dev-facing v1.
-- **The starter MIME table is minimal** — extensions beyond the vite-emitted set fall back to `application/octet-stream`; extend the table when an asset class actually ships.
 - **Socket options are fixed** — config selects the bind host and port, while backlog and other socket settings remain internal until a deployment needs them.
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/README.zh.md b/packages/host/webserver/README.zh.md
index 0ae0470eab..dbfe420013 100644
--- a/packages/host/webserver/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/host/webserver/README.zh.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-Web HTTP 与 upgrade route 注册插件（默认导出 `HttpServerService`，配置为 `{host, port, distIndex}`）：一个在激活时开始监听的 `node:http` 服务器，提供 `ctx.httpServer`。`register(route)` 添加具名的 `exact`／`prefix` HTTP route；`registerUpgrade(route)` 添加精确 pathname 的 upgrade route；同一张表内的重复路径会抛错，因为 route 模式是组合层契约，冲突即配置错误；两者返回的 disposer 都会移除注册。`tapIndex(transform)` 添加按注册顺序应用的 index.html 转换，`port` 读取正在监听的端口（当 `port` 为 0 时读取 OS 分配的值），`host` 读取配置的绑定宿主（这些是其他插件据以自适应的组合期事实，例如 directory-picker 选择器）。HTTP 匹配顺序固定不变：先在整张表中匹配精确 route，再匹配最长前缀，最后回退到静态 dist，并遵循固定语义：越出 dist 根目录的遍历返回 403，任何未命中项都以 HTTP 200 回退到 `index.html`（SPA 路由），未知扩展名按 octet-stream 提供，GET／HEAD 之外的方法返回 405。upgrade 只做精确匹配，未命中连接直接关闭；注册顺序不承载任何面向请求的语义。
+Web HTTP 与 upgrade route 注册插件（默认导出 `HttpServerService`，配置为 `{host, port}`）：一个在激活时开始监听的 `node:http` 服务器，提供 `ctx.httpServer`。`register(route)` 添加具名的 `exact`／`prefix` HTTP route；`registerUpgrade(route)` 添加精确 pathname 的 upgrade route；同一张表内的重复路径会抛错，因为 route 模式是组合层契约，冲突即配置错误；两者返回的 disposer 都会移除注册。`registerFallback(handler)` 认领唯一的回退席位，应答所有未被具名 route 命中的请求：只允许一个持有者（第二次认领会抛错；随附的持有者是 SPA dist 服务器 [`dsh-frontend-static`](../frontend-static/README.md)），席位未被认领时返回 404。`tapIndex(transform)` 添加一个 index.html 转换，`applyIndexTaps(html)` 按注册顺序对一段响应体运行已注册的转换：fallback 持有者在每次 index 响应时调用它。`port` 读取正在监听的端口（当 `port` 为 0 时读取 OS 分配的值），`host` 读取配置的绑定宿主（这些是其他插件据以自适应的组合期事实，例如 directory-picker 选择器）。HTTP 匹配顺序固定不变：先在整张表中匹配精确 route，再匹配最长前缀，最后交给回退席位。upgrade 只做精确匹配，未命中连接直接关闭；注册顺序不承载任何面向请求的语义。
 
-该包不了解任何 harness 概念：`/api` HTTP 桥接与下行 WebSocket 是 connection 插件的 route，插件 bundle 与 HMR（热模块替换）事件流则是 modules／hmr 插件的 route。upgrade handler 拥有协议握手与连接内容；webserver 只交付原始 socket 与 request。`host` 只接受 `127.0.0.1`（默认姿态）和 `0.0.0.0`（有意向网络开放）；`distIndex` 是由组合应用解析并注入的组装事实，绝不会自行解析，因为 dist 位置属于应用的工作区知识。该服务器只服务 Web（浏览器）形态；Electron 通过 `file://` 加载 dist，并经 IPC 桥接承载 fetch，而不使用本服务器。该包从不打印内容；URL 行属于 shell。
+该包不了解任何 harness 概念，也不提供任何文件服务：`/api` HTTP 桥接与下行 WebSocket 是 connection 插件的 route，插件 bundle 与 HMR（热模块替换）事件流是 modules／hmr 插件的 route，dist 服务则属于 fallback 持有者。upgrade handler 拥有协议握手与连接内容；webserver 只交付原始 socket 与 request。`host` 只接受 `127.0.0.1`（默认姿态）和 `0.0.0.0`（有意向网络开放）。该服务器只服务 Web（浏览器）形态；Electron 通过 `file://` 加载 dist，并经 IPC 桥接承载 fetch，而不使用本服务器。该包从不打印内容；URL 行属于 shell。
 
-监听失败（EADDRINUSE……）会从激活过程抛出，以 bind 诊断使 Loader 组合 reject；失败的候选 fiber 会被 dispose（资源释放）。处理 HTTP 请求时抛错（例如格式错误的百分号转义传入 `decodeURIComponent`，或客户端在请求体传输中途断开）时，服务器会响应 400；若响应头已经发出，则销毁 socket，并记录 warning，但绝不会退出进程。upgrade handler 抛错或升级 socket 出现传输错误时，会记录 warning 并销毁对应 socket。资源释放会启动 `close()` 与 `closeAllConnections()`，销毁所有受跟踪的升级 socket，并仅在 HTTP server 与这些 socket 均已关闭后返回。
+监听失败（EADDRINUSE……）会从激活过程抛出，以 bind 诊断使 Loader 组合 reject；失败的候选 fiber 会被 dispose（资源释放）。处理 HTTP 请求时抛错（例如 fallback 持有者的 `decodeURIComponent` 收到格式错误的百分号转义，或客户端在请求体传输中途断开）时，服务器会响应 400；若响应头已经发出，则销毁 socket，并记录 warning，但绝不会退出进程。upgrade handler 抛错或升级 socket 出现传输错误时，会记录 warning 并销毁对应 socket。资源释放会启动 `close()` 与 `closeAllConnections()`，销毁所有受跟踪的升级 socket，并仅在 HTTP server 与这些 socket 均已关闭后返回。
 
 在开发环境中，客户端插件注册表会在返回前同步捕获每个已构建 bundle 的 stat 基线，随后轮询这些基线，并在内容变化后重新计算哈希。每次重新扫描都会先暂存候选表、图和监听 map，再统一发布，因此基线失败会保留先前的图。这样，即时重建不会消失在异步建立的监听基线中；重命名窗口会把路径标记为脏，保留最近一次成功基线，并在 bundle 重新出现时强制重新计算哈希，即使其元数据完全相同也不例外。
 
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ Web HTTP 与 upgrade route 注册插件（默认导出 `HttpServerService`，配
 ## 已知限制与延期工作
 
 - **不提供 TLS、认证或来源策略**：绑定非回环地址会向对应网络公开服务器；面向部署的加固措施（或在前方放置真正的反向代理）有意不纳入面向开发环境的 v1。
-- **初始 MIME 表很精简**：Vite 输出集合以外的扩展名会回退到 `application/octet-stream`；实际发布新的资产类别时再扩展该表。
 - **Socket 选项固定不变**：配置只选择绑定宿主与端口；在具体部署产生需求前，backlog 和其他 socket 设置仍保持内部实现。
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts b/packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts
index 6b46b8704d..a536f9e1f5 100644
--- a/packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/host/webserver/src/index.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 /**
  * @deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver — Web route-registration plugin: a node:http
  * server plus the `httpServer` service (HTTP and upgrade route registries,
- * index transform taps, and static dist fallback). Knows no harness concepts;
- * feature plugins own every registered protocol. Web shape only — Electron
- * loads dist over file:// and carries fetch over an IPC bridge. This package
- * never prints: the URL line belongs to the shell.
+ * index transform taps, and the single fallback seat for everything no route
+ * claims). Knows no harness concepts and serves no files; the composing
+ * application's frontend plugin owns dist serving through the fallback seam.
+ * Web shape only — Electron loads dist over file:// and carries fetch over an
+ * IPC bridge. This package never prints: the URL line belongs to the shell.
  */
 
 import { createServer } from 'node:http'
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse, Server } from 'node:http'
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net'
 import type { Duplex } from 'node:stream'
-import { dirname } from 'node:path'
 import { Context, Service } from 'cordis'
 import z from 'schemastery'
-import { serveStatic } from './static.ts'
 
 declare module 'cordis' {
   interface Context {
@@ -43,28 +41,26 @@ export interface WebUpgradeRoute {
   handler: (req: IncomingMessage, socket: Duplex, head: Buffer) => void | Promise<void>
 }
 
-/** Gateway config: listen address plus the static dist anchor (injected by the composing app, never self-resolved). */
+/** Gateway config: the listen address. */
 export interface Config {
   /** Listen host; the two supported values are loopback and all-interfaces. */
   host: '127.0.0.1' | '0.0.0.0'
   /** Listen port; zero requests an OS-assigned port. */
   port: number
-  /** Absolute path of index.html inside the static root (dist location is workspace knowledge of the app). */
-  distIndex: string
 }
 
 /**
  * The web-shape HTTP carrier service. Activation listens immediately (route
  * registration order carries no request-facing semantics: named routes are
- * composed to be disjoint, and the static dist fallback answers anything not
- * yet claimed during the boot window). A listen failure throws out of init —
- * a FAILED fiber the boot's fail-loud sweep reports.
+ * composed to be disjoint, and the fallback seat answers anything not yet
+ * claimed during the boot window — 404 until its owner registers). A listen
+ * failure throws out of init — a FAILED fiber the boot's fail-loud sweep
+ * reports.
  */
 export class HttpServerService extends Service {
   static Config: z<Config> = z.object({
     host: z.union([z.const('127.0.0.1'), z.const('0.0.0.0')]).required(),
     port: z.natural().max(65535).required(),
-    distIndex: z.string().required(),
   })
 
   private readonly exact = new Map<string, WebRoute>()
@@ -72,15 +68,12 @@ export class HttpServerService extends Service {
   private readonly upgrades = new Map<string, WebUpgradeRoute>()
   private readonly upgradedSockets = new Set<Duplex>()
   private readonly indexTaps: ((html: string) => string)[] = []
-  private readonly distRoot: string
-  private readonly distIndex: string
+  private fallback: WebRoute['handler'] | undefined
   private server!: Server
   private listenedPort!: number
 
   constructor(ctx: Context, private config: Config) {
     super(ctx, 'httpServer')
-    this.distIndex = config.distIndex
-    this.distRoot = dirname(config.distIndex)
   }
 
   /** The listening port (the OS-assigned value when config.port is 0). */
@@ -123,8 +116,24 @@ export class HttpServerService extends Service {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Register an index.html transform, applied to every index response in
-   * registration order.
+   * Claim the fallback seat: the handler answering every request no named
+   * route matches (the SPA dist server in the shipped Web composition). One
+   * owner only — a second registration throws, because two fallbacks cannot
+   * compose.
+   * @param handler - owns the full response lifecycle of unmatched requests.
+   * @returns the disposer releasing the seat.
+   */
+  registerFallback(handler: WebRoute['handler']): () => void {
+    if (this.fallback !== undefined) {
+      throw new Error('webserver: fallback already registered')
+    }
+    this.fallback = handler
+    return () => { this.fallback = undefined }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register an index.html transform, applied by the fallback owner to every
+   * index response ({@link applyIndexTaps}) in registration order.
    * @param transform - pure html-to-html function.
    * @returns the disposer removing the transform.
    */
@@ -147,14 +156,13 @@ export class HttpServerService extends Service {
         await route.handler(req, res)
         return
       }
-      // Static fallback keeps the pre-plugin semantics: non-GET/HEAD is 405,
-      // traversal 403, miss falls back to index.html 200 (SPA routing).
-      if (req.method !== 'GET' && req.method !== 'HEAD') {
-        res.writeHead(405)
+      const fallback = this.fallback
+      if (fallback === undefined) {
+        res.writeHead(404)
         res.end()
         return
       }
-      await serveStatic(decodeURIComponent(rawPath), res, this.distRoot, this.distIndex, () => this.renderIndex())
+      await fallback(req, res)
     }
     // Last-resort guard: handle() rejecting would otherwise be an unhandled
     // rejection killing the process on one malformed request (bad %-escape,
@@ -243,11 +251,16 @@ export class HttpServerService extends Service {
     return best
   }
 
-  /** Index body: dist index.html through the registered taps in order. */
-  private async renderIndex(): Promise<string> {
-    let html = await readFile(this.distIndex, 'utf8')
-    for (const transform of this.indexTaps) html = transform(html)
-    return html
+  /**
+   * Run an index.html body through the registered taps in registration order
+   * — called by the fallback owner on every index response it renders.
+   * @param html - the raw index.html body.
+   * @returns the transformed body.
+   */
+  applyIndexTaps(html: string): string {
+    let out = html
+    for (const transform of this.indexTaps) out = transform(out)
+    return out
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/src/static.ts b/packages/host/webserver/src/static.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a672f4e5c2..0000000000
--- a/packages/host/webserver/src/static.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Static file serving for the web shell: the starter MIME table and the
- * request handler with the semantics locked by the step1 acceptance list —
- * traversal outside the dist root is 403, any miss falls back to index.html
- * with HTTP 200 (SPA routing), unknown extensions ship as octet-stream.
- */
-
-import type { ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
-import { extname, join, normalize, resolve, sep } from 'node:path'
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
-
-const MIME: Record<string, string> = {
-  '.html': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
-  '.js': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
-  '.css': 'text/css; charset=utf-8',
-  '.svg': 'image/svg+xml',
-  '.json': 'application/json',
-  '.map': 'application/json',
-}
-
-/**
- * Serve one GET/HEAD static request from the dist root.
- * @param pathname - decoded URL pathname of the request.
- * @param res - the node:http response to write.
- * @param distRoot - absolute dist root directory (resolved by the caller).
- * @param distIndex - absolute path of index.html inside distRoot.
- * @param renderIndex - when set, produces the index.html body (boot-manifest
- * injection) for `/` and every SPA fallback; undefined serves the file verbatim.
- */
-export async function serveStatic(
-  pathname: string, res: ServerResponse, distRoot: string, distIndex: string,
-  renderIndex?: () => Promise<string>,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const target = resolve(normalize(join(distRoot, pathname)))
-  // Traversal rejection: the target must be distRoot itself (`/`) or stay under
-  // it. `sep`, not '/': resolve() emits backslash paths on Windows, where a '/'
-  // suffix would reject every legitimate subpath as traversal.
-  if (target !== distRoot && !target.startsWith(distRoot + sep)) {
-    res.writeHead(403)
-    res.end()
-    return
-  }
-  const serveIndex = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const body = renderIndex === undefined ? await readFile(distIndex) : await renderIndex()
-    res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': MIME['.html'] })
-    res.end(body)
-  }
-  if (target === distRoot || target === distIndex) {
-    await serveIndex()
-    return
-  }
-  try {
-    const body = await readFile(target)
-    res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': MIME[extname(target)] ?? 'application/octet-stream' })
-    res.end(body)
-  } catch {
-    // Miss (ENOENT/EISDIR) falls back to index.html with 200 (SPA routing).
-    await serveIndex()
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/host/webserver/tests/webserver.spec.ts b/packages/host/webserver/tests/webserver.spec.ts
index 19a252d53a..d91284c87b 100644
--- a/packages/host/webserver/tests/webserver.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/webserver/tests/webserver.spec.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
  * REAL-composition coverage: a test-only cordis.yml booted through the
  * vendored Loader mounts the webserver row, and every assertion observes the
  * user-visible HTTP surface of the running server (routing precedence, index
- * taps, static-fallback semantics, per-request error containment, teardown).
+ * taps, fallback-seat semantics, per-request error containment, teardown).
  */
 
 import { mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
-import { mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { once } from 'node:events'
 import { connect } from 'node:net'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
@@ -28,21 +27,15 @@ afterEach(async () => {
   root = undefined
 })
 
-/** Write a dist fixture and a cordis.yml with one webserver row, then boot it through the real Loader. */
+/** Write a cordis.yml with one webserver row, then boot it through the real Loader. */
 async function loadComposition(port = 0): Promise<Context> {
   root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-webserver-loader-'))
-  const dist = join(root, 'dist')
-  await mkdir(dist)
-  const distIndex = join(dist, 'index.html')
-  await writeFile(distIndex, '<head></head><body>shell</body>')
-  await writeFile(join(dist, 'app.js'), 'export {}')
   const configPath = join(root, 'cordis.yml')
   await writeFile(configPath, [
     "- name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver'",
     '  config:',
     "    host: '127.0.0.1'",
     `    port: ${String(port)}`,
-    `    distIndex: '${distIndex}'`,
     '',
   ].join('\n'))
 
@@ -96,7 +89,7 @@ describe('real Loader composition', () => {
   // Real-Loader composition resolves workspace packages through tsx at test
   // time; first resolution after the host/client program split is slow enough
   // to trip the default 5s budget on cold caches.
-  it('serves registered routes, index taps, and the static fallback semantics', { timeout: 60_000 }, async () => {
+  it('serves registered routes, index taps, and the fallback-seat semantics', { timeout: 60_000 }, async () => {
     const loaded = await loadComposition()
     const unloaded = [...loaded.loader.entries()]
       .filter(entry => entry.fiber === undefined && !entry.disabled)
@@ -120,21 +113,24 @@ describe('real Loader composition', () => {
     expect(await request(port, '/api')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'API' })
     expect(await request(port, '/api/anything', { method: 'POST' })).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'API' })
 
-    // Index taps apply in registration order on `/` and on the SPA fallback;
-    // the disposer removes the transform.
+    // Fallback seat: 404 while unclaimed; the owner answers everything no
+    // named route matches; index taps are the owner's to apply; the seat
+    // admits exactly one owner and the disposer releases it.
+    expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).status).toBe(404)
     const untap = server.tapIndex(html => html.replace('<head>', '<head><script>window.__T__=1</script>'))
-    expect((await request(port, '/')).body).toContain('__T__')
+    expect(server.applyIndexTaps('<head></head>')).toContain('__T__')
+    const releaseFallback = server.registerFallback((req, res) => {
+      // Decode like a real static server would — a malformed %-escape throws
+      // here, probing the webserver's per-request error containment.
+      decodeURIComponent(new URL(req.url ?? '/', 'http://x').pathname)
+      res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'text/html' })
+      res.end(server.applyIndexTaps('<head></head><body>shell</body>'))
+    })
+    expect(() => server.registerFallback(() => {})).toThrow(/fallback already registered/)
     expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).body).toContain('__T__')
     untap()
-    expect((await request(port, '/')).body).not.toContain('__T__')
-
-    // Static fallback semantics: real asset served, traversal 403, non-GET/
-    // HEAD without a matching route 405.
-    expect(await request(port, '/app.js')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'export {}' })
-    await writeFile(join(root!, 'dist', 'app.js'), 'export const rebuilt = true')
-    expect(await request(port, '/app.js')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'export const rebuilt = true' })
-    expect((await request(port, '/..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd')).status).toBe(403)
-    expect((await request(port, '/nowhere', { method: 'POST' })).status).toBe(405)
+    expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).body).not.toContain('__T__')
+    expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).body).toContain('shell')
 
     // Per-request error containment: a malformed %-escape answers 400 and the
     // server keeps serving afterwards (no process-level failure path).
@@ -148,9 +144,14 @@ describe('real Loader composition', () => {
     const disposeOnce = server.register({ kind: 'exact', path: '/once', handler: (_req, res) => { res.writeHead(200); res.end('ONCE') } })
     expect(await request(port, '/once')).toMatchObject({ status: 200, body: 'ONCE' })
     disposeOnce()
-    expect((await request(port, '/once')).body).toContain('shell') // back to the SPA fallback
+    expect((await request(port, '/once')).body).toContain('shell') // back to the fallback owner
     expect(() => server.register({ kind: 'exact', path: '/once', handler: () => {} })).not.toThrow()
 
+    // Releasing the seat restores the unclaimed 404 and registrability.
+    releaseFallback()
+    expect((await request(port, '/no/such/route')).status).toBe(404)
+    expect(() => server.registerFallback(() => {})).not.toThrow()
+
     // Upgrade routes match exact pathnames, reject duplicate ownership, and
     // become registrable again after disposal. The accepted socket stays open
     // so the teardown assertion also covers upgraded-connection ownership.
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.i18n.yaml
index 7e616b5cd1..b4e9cffabb 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.md
-README.md: 75b2136315aed758f18f7fe82afcd4903f4a7b98
-README.zh.md: ea67250549f1d23d48455fd185283b00183dd538
+README.md: af0e952dd8dbd9767b98229ee6b87262007d6738
+README.zh.md: f8a19999f08aa8a6963874d57bf74370797b951c
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.md b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.md
index 75b2136315..af0e952dd8 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.md
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.md
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
 English | [中文](README.zh.md)
 
-Generic multi-provider adapter for the harness LLM seam backed by [`@earendil-works/pi-ai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@earendil-works/pi-ai). One plugin instance owns a dict of provider profiles keyed by route; every request selects a profile with `GenerateOptions.provider` and resolves `GenerateOptions.model` dynamically from pi-ai's installed catalog.
+Generic multi-provider adapter for the harness LLM seam backed by [`@earendil-works/pi-ai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@earendil-works/pi-ai). One plugin instance owns a dict of provider profiles keyed by route; every request selects a profile with `GenerateOptions.provider` and resolves `GenerateOptions.model` against that route's configured catalog. A route naming an installed pi-ai provider inherits its endpoint, wire protocol, and model catalog as defaults and overrides them field by field; a route pi-ai does not ship is declared outright, so an OpenAI-compatible gateway, a self-hosted server, or a provider newer than the installed catalog is configuration rather than a code change.
 
-The package root exposes the Cordis plugin contract and `PiAiAdapter`; profile resolution, model construction, replay conversion, and stream conversion remain package-internal.
+The package root exposes the Cordis plugin contract, `PiAiAdapter`, and `supportedProtocols()`; profile resolution, catalog materialization, provider construction, replay conversion, and stream conversion remain package-internal.
 
 ## Config
 
-Configure credentials and deployment-specific transport settings per provider, keyed by the provider route itself. Prefer `apiKeyEnv` — a credential *reference* resolved per request — over a literal `apiKey`, so no secret enters this file. Omitting **both** is what delegates authentication to pi-ai's provider-native ambient discovery; a configured reference that resolves to nothing fails the request with `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` instead, because falling through would authenticate with whatever unrelated key the environment happens to hold. `baseURL` overrides only the endpoint of the selected catalog model, preserving its API family and compatibility metadata, so private proxies such as `https://proxy.example.com:8443` remain supported.
+Configure credentials, the model catalog, and deployment-specific transport settings per provider, keyed by the provider route itself. Prefer `apiKeyEnv` — a credential *reference* resolved per request — over a literal `apiKey`, so no secret enters this file. Omitting **both** is what leaves the route unauthenticated, which for an installed catalog route means pi-ai's provider-native ambient discovery; a configured reference that resolves to nothing fails the request with `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` instead, because falling through would authenticate with whatever unrelated key the environment happens to hold. One credential serves every model on its route.
 
 ```yaml
 - id: llm
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
   config:
     providers:
+      # Catalog route: endpoint, protocol, and models all come from pi-ai.
       openai:
         apiKeyEnv: OPENAI_API_KEY
         baseURL: https://proxy.example.com:8443
@@ -26,34 +27,77 @@ Configure credentials and deployment-specific transport settings per provider, k
             initialDelayMs: 500
             maxDelayMs: 10000
             jitterRatio: 0.1
+      # Catalog route with its catalog narrowed to one model and that model's
+      # capacity corrected; every unset field still comes from the catalog.
       anthropic:
         apiKeyEnv: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
         streamIdleTimeoutMs: 300000
-      openrouter:
-        apiKeyEnv: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
-        headers:
-          X-Deployment: production
+        models:
+          - id: claude-sonnet-4-5
+            contextWindow: 200000
+      # Hand-declared route: pi-ai ships nothing under this key, so the profile
+      # supplies the whole provider.
+      acme-gateway:
+        displayName: Acme Gateway
+        apiKeyEnv: ACME_GATEWAY_API_KEY
+        api: openai-completions
+        baseURL: https://gateway.acme.example/v1
+        models:
+          - id: acme-large
+            name: Acme Large
+            contextWindow: 65536
+            maxTokens: 4096
 ```
 
-Each dict key must exist in pi-ai's installed catalog; the dict shape makes duplicates unrepresentable, and the pre-release array shape (with per-profile `provider` fields) fails load with migration directions. `providers` may also be empty or omitted entirely: the adapter then mounts **dormant** — zero routes, no extra catalog entries — and registers routes the moment the `llm-pi-ai:` settings section supplies profiles, dropping them again when it empties. Dormant or not, the plugin declares every installed catalog provider in the configurable-provider directory (`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`, settings path `providers.<provider>`), so configuration surfaces can offer the full catalog before any route exists. Which adapters exist is composition; which providers run can be entirely the user's settings document. Registration with `ctx.llm` is atomic: a collision with any provider route already owned by another adapter fails plugin loading without registering the remaining routes. Model ids are not lifecycle config; an unknown model fails before any provider request with `LlmError('UNKNOWN_MODEL')`.
+The dict shape makes duplicate routes unrepresentable, and the pre-release array shape (with per-profile `provider` fields) fails load with migration directions. `providers` may also be empty or omitted entirely: the adapter then mounts **dormant** — zero routes, no extra catalog entries — and registers routes the moment the `llm-pi-ai:` settings section supplies profiles, dropping them again when it empties. Dormant or not, the plugin declares every installed catalog provider in the configurable-provider directory (`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`, settings path `providers.<provider>`), joined with every route the current profiles declare, so configuration surfaces can offer the full catalog before any route exists and can still address a hand-declared one. Which adapters exist is composition; which providers run can be entirely the user's settings document. Registration with `ctx.llm` is atomic: a collision with any provider route already owned by another adapter fails plugin loading without registering the remaining routes. Model ids are not lifecycle config; a model the route does not configure fails before any provider request with `LlmError('UNKNOWN_MODEL')`.
+
+## Catalog resolution
+
+A profile's `models` list *replaces* the route's installed catalog rather than extending it; omitting it (or leaving it empty) serves that catalog unchanged. Each entry defaults its unset fields from the installed model of the same `id`, so narrowing a catalog route to two models, correcting one capacity, or adding a model newer than the installed catalog are all one-line edits. Only the fields the harness consumes are configurable — `id`, `name`, `contextWindow`, and `maxTokens`. Pricing and input modalities have no harness consumer and ride the installed entry or are absent. Reasoning is not per-model configurable at all: a bare capability flag would make pi-ai advertise effort levels with no `thinkingLevelMap` to spell them, and no listing endpoint reports a model's reasoning protocol, so reasoning rides the installed catalog entry or is absent.
+
+A model neither the entry nor the installed catalog sizes takes the route's `defaultContextWindow` (262,144) and `defaultMaxTokens` (32,768), so a listing that discloses nothing but ids still yields a serviceable route. Both fallbacks are guesses by construction, which is why they are route fields a deployment whose gateway serves smaller models corrects once rather than constants buried in the adapter; the fallback sizes the model and never becomes a per-request cap.
+
+Resolution still fails loud, naming the offending route and model, when a route cannot be served at all: a route the catalog does not ship needs `api`, `baseURL`, and a non-empty `models` list of uniquely-identified models. That resolution runs inside the section schema, so an unserviceable profile is refused **where it is written** — `settings.mutate` answers `settings-rejected` naming the route and model — rather than being stored and then quietly disabling every route in the namespace. The settings seam keeps a namespace's last good value for an already-stored section that fails, so this cannot strand a deployment. `api` accepts the protocols in `supportedProtocols()` and is only needed when the catalog cannot supply one: a model absent from the catalog inherits the protocol its shipped siblings agree on, so adding a model to a single-protocol catalog route restates nothing.
+
+`baseURL` sets the endpoint of every model on the route, so private proxies such as `https://proxy.example.com:8443` remain supported; a catalog route that omits it keeps each catalog model's own endpoint. Naming `api` on a catalog route repoints the whole route at that protocol, which is how a deployment moves a provider between, say, Responses and Chat Completions.
+
+`supportedProtocols()` is deliberately narrower than pi-ai's full streaming API set: it holds only the protocols a profile can *completely* describe with a key, an endpoint, and headers. Bedrock signs with SigV4 over AWS credentials and a region, Vertex needs a project, a location, and application-default credentials, Azure needs provider environment plus an api-version, and Codex authenticates through OAuth — offering those would hand back a route that cannot authenticate. Catalog routes still reach them through their own provider; only an explicit override is refused.
 
 ## Dynamic configuration (settings + credentials)
 
 The adapter reads its profiles through a thunk **once per operation** instead of freezing them at construction. The plugin registers the `llm-pi-ai` namespace on the optional `ctx.settings` seam with this same `Config` schema and its `cordis.yml` entry as the composition `base`, and because `providers` is a dict, the base and the user's `llm-pi-ai:` settings section merge **per provider**: a user can add a route, override one field of a composition route, or point a route at another proxy, all effective on the next request with no restart. Without a mounted settings service the entry config alone drives the adapter, unchanged.
 
-Credentials resolve per stream call: a non-empty literal `apiKey` wins, then `apiKeyEnv` through the optional `ctx.credentials` seam (`$DSH_HOME/.env` under the live environment; exactly that variable without a mounted seam). A profile naming no credential at all — and only that case — defers to pi-ai's ambient discovery. The route set and each route's captured retry policy are the registration-level facts: when either changes, the plugin replaces its registration atomically (same adapter instance, candidate set validated first), so a route another adapter already owns leaves the previous routes serving and reverting to a working configuration re-applies. Provider key order never counts as a change. A live settings snapshot naming an unknown provider (or failing any other resolver bound) keeps the last good profiles and logs the failure; the entry config itself still fails plugin load.
+Credentials resolve per stream call: a non-empty literal `apiKey` wins, then `apiKeyEnv` through the optional `ctx.credentials` seam (`$DSH_HOME/.env` under the live environment; exactly that variable without a mounted seam). A profile naming no credential at all — and only that case — defers to pi-ai's ambient discovery. The route set and each route's captured retry policy are the registration-level facts: when either changes, the plugin replaces its registration atomically (same adapter instance, candidate set validated first), so a route another adapter already owns leaves the previous routes serving and reverting to a working configuration re-applies. Provider key order never counts as a change. A section this adapter could not serve is refused where it is written — the registered `validate` resolves the whole profile set, so `ctx.settings.mutate` rejects with the resolver's own error (the wire surface reports it as `settings-rejected`) and nothing is stored. A stored section that becomes unserviceable some other way — an external edit of `settings.yaml` — keeps the namespace's last good value at the settings seam and warns. The entry config itself still fails plugin load, and a route the llm registry refuses (one another adapter family already owns) is logged while the previously registered routes keep serving.
 
-The adapter exposes each configured provider's installed pi-ai models through `ctx.llm.listModels(provider)`. This is provider-neutral selector metadata derived from `getModels(provider)`; request-time resolution still performs the authoritative catalog lookup, so discovery does not create a second model registry. `ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider, model)` performs that exact descriptor lookup once and returns its identity, context window, and selectable thinking levels, keeping authoritative metadata on the route-owning adapter rather than its consumers.
+The adapter exposes each configured route's models through `ctx.llm.listModels(provider)`. This is provider-neutral selector metadata read from the same pi-ai `Models` collection the request path uses, so discovery does not create a second model registry. `ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider, model)` performs that exact descriptor lookup once and returns its identity, context window, configured output cap, and selectable thinking levels, keeping authoritative metadata on the route-owning adapter rather than its consumers. A model's **configured** `maxTokens` becomes the seam's `defaultMaxTokens`, so a request that names no output cap carries the one the deployment chose; a value inherited from the installed catalog is the model's output *capability* and never becomes a request default on its own.
 
-The `reasoning.efforts` list is pi-ai's ordered `getSupportedThinkingLevels(model)` result without filtering or normalization, including `off` and the model-specific availability of `xhigh` or `max`. The Harness exposes each canonical pi-ai level as an opaque ID; provider/model wire spellings remain inside pi-ai's `thinkingLevelMap`. A non-reasoning model therefore exposes pi-ai's `off` choice. The profile `reasoning` value, including `off`, is the deployment default when configured; omitting it preserves the provider default. Per-request `GenerateOptions.reasoningEffort` takes precedence, and any explicit value absent from the exact model capability fails with `UNSUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORT` before network I/O instead of being clamped. pi-ai's common stream options represent `off` by omitting `reasoning`.
+A model that carries reasoning metadata exposes pi-ai's ordered `getSupportedThinkingLevels(model)` result without filtering or normalization, including `off` and the model-specific availability of `xhigh` or `max`. The Harness exposes each canonical pi-ai level as an opaque ID; provider/model wire spellings remain inside pi-ai's `thinkingLevelMap`.
 
-Supported profile fields are `apiKey`, `apiKeyEnv`, `baseURL`, `headers`, `reasoning`, `thinkingBudgets`, `cacheRetention`, `transport`, `timeoutMs`, `websocketConnectTimeoutMs`, `streamIdleTimeoutMs`, and `retryPolicy`. Each profile's optional retry policy is captured with that provider route; omission uses bounded normal defaults. The stream-idle interval is a positive finite Node timer delay, defaults to five minutes, and covers only an outstanding provider read, not consumer think time. Harness app attribution wins a conflicting configured header name.
+A model **without** that metadata — every hand-declared one, and a catalog model pi-ai marks as non-reasoning — exposes no `reasoning` at all. pi-ai reports such a model as supporting the single level `off`, but `off` is translated to *omitting* the reasoning option, which is byte-for-byte the request that naming no effort already produces: selecting it could not disable anything, so a provider whose own default is to think would keep thinking with `off` shown as selected. Reporting the capability as unavailable leaves a surface offering the provider's default and nothing that misrepresents it. The profile `reasoning` value, including `off`, is the deployment default when configured; omitting it preserves the provider default. Per-request `GenerateOptions.reasoningEffort` takes precedence, and any explicit value absent from the exact model capability fails with `UNSUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORT` before network I/O instead of being clamped. pi-ai's common stream options represent `off` by omitting `reasoning`.
+
+Supported profile fields are `apiKey`, `apiKeyEnv`, `displayName`, `api`, `baseURL`, `models`, `defaultContextWindow`, `defaultMaxTokens`, `headers`, `reasoning`, `thinkingBudgets`, `cacheRetention`, `transport`, `timeoutMs`, `websocketConnectTimeoutMs`, `streamIdleTimeoutMs`, and `retryPolicy`. Each profile's optional retry policy is captured with that provider route; omission uses bounded normal defaults. The stream-idle interval is a positive finite Node timer delay, defaults to five minutes, and covers only an outstanding provider read, not consumer think time. Harness app attribution wins a conflicting configured header name.
 
 The adapter forces pi-ai's SDK `maxRetries` to zero so one `stream()` call makes one provider request. The removed profile fields `maxRetries` and `maxRetryDelayMs` fail load instead of silently multiplying or hiding the separately composed agent-level retry budget. Idle expiry aborts the SDK's stable request signal and surfaces `TIMEOUT`; an earlier caller abort remains `ABORTED`.
 
+## Endpoint interrogation
+
+The plugin offers `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', …)`, which answers "which models can this provider serve?" for a route a configuration surface is editing or drafting. It is deliberately *not* a catalog refresh: nothing is stored, and the reply is candidates the surface offers for adoption. `settings.yaml` remains the only thing that decides what a route serves.
+
+A request naming a route the **installed catalog ships is answered from that catalog**, with no network call: pi-ai's registry is the authoritative list for its own providers, and it carries the context windows and output caps a listing endpoint would not disclose. Such a route needs no `baseURL` at all. Only a route the catalog does not describe — a gateway, a self-hosted server — is interrogated over the wire, and one that names no endpoint is told to set one or enter its models by hand.
+
+A draft carries the credential the user typed, if any; a route that already stored one shows a configuration surface only a redacted descriptor, so the interrogation supplies that route's own credential — resolved exactly as a request to it would, `apiKey` then `apiKeyEnv` — rather than going out unauthenticated and reporting the endpoint's 401 as a wrong key. A typed key wins, being the one under test. Resolution happens only on the path that reaches the network, so a catalog route answers without touching credentials at all.
+
+Interrogation reads `openai-completions` and `openai-responses`, whose `GET /models` shape with bearer auth is the one a gateway, a self-hosted server, and the official endpoints all agree on. Azure is excluded despite its OpenAI lineage — it authenticates with an `api-key` header and requires an `api-version` query — and Codex uses OAuth; every other protocol answers `DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED` so the surface falls back to hand-entry instead of an authentication failure being reported as a provider with no models. The `baseURL` is treated as a prefix rather than a URL to resolve against, so a deployment path such as `https://gateway.example/openai/v1` keeps its segments.
+
+Most listings disclose an id and nothing else; `context_window`/`context_length` and `max_output_tokens`/`max_tokens` are read when a gateway supplies them, entries without a usable id are skipped rather than failing the whole listing, and everything else the adopting surface still owes. The reply is read under a four-megabyte ceiling enforced on the bytes actually received — the endpoint is a URL the user typed, so a declared length is checked first but never trusted as the bound. An unreachable endpoint, a refused credential, a non-JSON body, and a body with no `data` array all fail with `DISCOVERY_FAILED` and a message naming the endpoint and, for a 401 or 403 alone, the credential. Cancellation during the body read surfaces as `ABORTED`, like a cancellation before the request went out.
+
 ## Provider/model routing and replay
 
-The selected pi-ai catalog descriptor supplies the protocol implementation. This includes native API differences such as OpenAI models whose descriptor uses the Responses API rather than Chat Completions; the harness adapter does not hardcode endpoint selection by model name.
+Each resolution produces one **immutable** snapshot — the profiles plus a `createModels()` collection holding the `Provider` each route built — and every operation captures a whole snapshot before its first `await`. A configuration change builds a *new* collection rather than mutating the one in use: `Models.streamSimple()` resolves its provider lazily, when the stream is first consumed, which is after the credential await, so a mutated collection would let a request that started under one configuration finish under another or fail on a provider that no longer exists. This is what makes the seam's per-step call freeze (`llm.prepareCall()`) hold end to end — switching models mid-reply takes effect on the next step, never inside the one in flight. Requests reach their provider through `Models.streamSimple()`. A catalog route that keeps its catalog protocol **reuses** the installed provider with its model list replaced, because that provider owns API implementations this package cannot reconstruct — Bedrock loads its Smithy module through a separate entry point — so rebuilding it from parts would silently narrow which providers work. Every other route is built by `createProvider()` over the protocol table behind `supportedProtocols()`, whose entries are the same factories pi-ai's own provider factories use.
+
+Credentials never enter that collection. The harness resolves a route's key through its own seam before the request reaches pi-ai and passes it as the request's `apiKey` option, which pi-ai treats as the highest-priority auth override; `Models` therefore holds no credential store, and the harness keeps its fail-loud reference semantics. A route naming no credential resolves as configured-but-keyless and leaves the requirement to the protocol, which is where it actually lives.
+
+The selected model descriptor supplies the protocol implementation. This includes native API differences such as OpenAI models whose descriptor uses the Responses API rather than Chat Completions; the harness adapter does not hardcode endpoint selection by model name.
 
 Successful assistant responses store a versioned, lossless-JSON replay state beside their durable provider/model provenance. At request time, `LlmService` passes replay state only when the historical provider route and target provider route are currently owned by this same `PiAiAdapter` instance. The adapter validates the state and restores pi-ai response ids and provider signatures even when the target provider or model changes; pi-ai then decides which metadata its target API can reuse. History without replay state is translated as foreign provider-neutral content and never impersonates a native pi-ai response.
 
@@ -109,7 +153,9 @@ Recorded response content appends to the next request and does not invalidate it
 
 - **Settings can add or override routes, not remove composition routes** — the user layer merges over the composition `base`, so deleting a `cordis.yml`-provided provider is a composition change; `replace` on the namespace only resets the user layer.
 - **`headers` can carry a credential the redactor never sees** — the profile's `headers` dict is plain strings, so `Authorization` or `api-key` set there is returned verbatim by a redacted `describe()` and rendered by any configuration UI. Store credentials as `apiKeyEnv` references; making the dict write-only is deferred with the rest of the [wire-boundary work](../llm/README.md#known-limitations-and-deferred-work).
-- **Catalog membership is required** — custom model ids that are absent from the installed pi-ai catalog fail with `UNKNOWN_MODEL`, even when a provider profile supplies a custom endpoint.
+- **A route's catalog never refreshes itself** — the catalog is whatever `settings.yaml` says, so a model list is only as current as its last edit. Nothing here queries a provider for the models it serves; a route gains a model when someone writes one.
+- **One wire protocol per route** — `api` applies to the whole route, so a mixed-protocol catalog route (an OpenAI-style catalog spanning Responses and Chat Completions) cannot host a model of the other protocol, and adding a model such a route does not describe requires naming `api` and moving every model onto it. Splitting the provider across two route keys is the workaround.
+- **An unauthenticated route depends on its protocol** — naming no credential resolves the route as configured-but-keyless, but pi-ai's OpenAI-compatible implementation still requires an API key or an `Authorization` header, so a keyless local server needs a placeholder `apiKey` or an `Authorization` entry in `headers`.
 - **`GenerateOptions.stop` is unsupported** — pi-ai's common stream options cannot guarantee stop-sequence behavior across providers, so the adapter rejects the field.
 - **In-history `system` messages use pi-ai's common context conversion** — provider-specific placement follows pi-ai rather than a harness-owned wire override.
 - **Provider HTTP status is unavailable** — pi-ai error events do not expose a stable HTTP status across providers; failures expose only stable harness error codes.
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--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/README.zh.md
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
 [English](README.md) | 中文
 
-基于 [`@earendil-works/pi-ai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@earendil-works/pi-ai) 的 harness LLM（大语言模型）seam 通用多提供方适配器。一个插件实例拥有一份以路由为键的提供方 profile 字典；每个请求使用 `GenerateOptions.provider` 选择 profile，并从 pi-ai 已安装 catalog 中动态解析 `GenerateOptions.model`。
+基于 [`@earendil-works/pi-ai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@earendil-works/pi-ai) 的 harness LLM（大语言模型）seam 通用多提供方适配器。一个插件实例拥有一份以路由为键的提供方 profile 字典；每个请求使用 `GenerateOptions.provider` 选择 profile，并针对该路由已配置的 catalog 解析 `GenerateOptions.model`。点名了已安装 pi-ai 提供方的路由会继承其端点、协议格式与模型 catalog 作为默认值，并逐字段覆盖；pi-ai 未提供的路由则整体声明出来，因此接入 OpenAI 兼容网关、自建服务，或比已安装 catalog 更新的提供方，都属于配置而非改代码。
 
-包根入口导出 Cordis 插件契约与 `PiAiAdapter`；profile 解析、模型构造、回放转换和流转换保留在包内部。
+包（package）根入口导出 Cordis 插件契约、`PiAiAdapter` 与 `supportedProtocols()`；profile 解析、catalog 物化、提供方构造、回放转换和流转换保留在包内部。
 
 ## 配置
 
-按提供方配置凭据与部署特定传输设置，并以提供方路由本身为键。优先使用 `apiKeyEnv`——按请求解析的凭据*引用*——而非字面 `apiKey`，让机密不进入该文件。**两者**都省略，才会把认证委托给 pi-ai 的提供方原生环境发现；已配置却解析不出任何值的引用则相反，会让请求以 `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` 失败，因为放行下去就会用环境里恰好持有的某个无关密钥完成认证。`baseURL` 只会覆盖所选 catalog 模型的端点，保留其 API 家族与兼容性元数据，因此仍支持 `https://proxy.example.com:8443` 等私有 proxy。
+按提供方配置凭据、模型 catalog 与部署特定传输设置，并以提供方路由本身为键。优先使用 `apiKeyEnv`——按请求解析的凭据*引用*——而非字面 `apiKey`，让机密不进入该文件。**两者**都省略，才会让该路由处于未认证状态；对已安装 catalog 路由而言，这意味着交给 pi-ai 的提供方原生环境发现。已配置却解析不出任何值的引用则相反，会让请求以 `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` 失败，因为放行下去就会用环境里恰好持有的某个无关密钥完成认证。一条凭据服务该路由下的全部模型。
 
 ```yaml
 - id: llm
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
   config:
     providers:
+      # Catalog route: endpoint, protocol, and models all come from pi-ai.
       openai:
         apiKeyEnv: OPENAI_API_KEY
         baseURL: https://proxy.example.com:8443
@@ -26,34 +27,77 @@
             initialDelayMs: 500
             maxDelayMs: 10000
             jitterRatio: 0.1
+      # Catalog route with its catalog narrowed to one model and that model's
+      # capacity corrected; every unset field still comes from the catalog.
       anthropic:
         apiKeyEnv: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
         streamIdleTimeoutMs: 300000
-      openrouter:
-        apiKeyEnv: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
-        headers:
-          X-Deployment: production
+        models:
+          - id: claude-sonnet-4-5
+            contextWindow: 200000
+      # Hand-declared route: pi-ai ships nothing under this key, so the profile
+      # supplies the whole provider.
+      acme-gateway:
+        displayName: Acme Gateway
+        apiKeyEnv: ACME_GATEWAY_API_KEY
+        api: openai-completions
+        baseURL: https://gateway.acme.example/v1
+        models:
+          - id: acme-large
+            name: Acme Large
+            contextWindow: 65536
+            maxTokens: 4096
 ```
 
-每个字典键都必须存在于 pi-ai 已安装 catalog 中；字典形状使重复项无法表示，发布前的数组形状（每个 profile 携带 `provider` 字段）会加载失败并给出迁移指引。`providers` 也可以为空或整体省略：适配器将以**休眠**姿态挂载——零路由、模型选择器不多一条——一旦 `llm-pi-ai:` settings 分节提供了 profile 就即时注册路由，分节清空时随之撤销。无论是否休眠，插件都会在可配置提供方目录（`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`，settings 路径 `providers.<provider>`）中声明每个已安装 catalog 提供方，因此配置界面可以在任何路由存在之前就提供完整 catalog。哪些适配器存在归组合面；哪些提供方在运行可以完全交给用户的设置文档。向 `ctx.llm` 注册具有原子性：如果与另一适配器已拥有的任何提供方路由冲突，插件会加载失败，不注册剩余路由。模型 id 不是生命周期配置；未知模型会在发起任何提供方请求前以 `LlmError('UNKNOWN_MODEL')` 失败。
+字典形状使重复路由无法表示，发布前的数组形状（每个 profile 携带 `provider` 字段）会加载失败并给出迁移指引。`providers` 也可以为空或整体省略：适配器将以**休眠**姿态挂载——零路由、模型选择器不多一条——一旦 `llm-pi-ai:` settings 分节提供了 profile 就即时注册路由，分节清空时随之撤销。无论是否休眠，插件都会在可配置提供方目录（`ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()`，settings 路径 `providers.<provider>`）中声明每个已安装 catalog 提供方，并与当前 profile 声明的每条路由取并集，因此配置界面既能在任何路由存在之前就提供完整 catalog，也能寻址一条手工声明的路由。哪些适配器存在归组合面；哪些提供方在运行可以完全交给用户的设置文档。向 `ctx.llm` 注册具有原子性：如果与另一适配器已拥有的任何提供方路由冲突，插件会加载失败，不注册剩余路由。模型 id 不是生命周期配置；路由未配置的模型会在发起任何提供方请求前以 `LlmError('UNKNOWN_MODEL')` 失败。
+
+## Catalog 解析
+
+profile 的 `models` 列表是*替换*该路由已安装 catalog，而不是扩充它；省略它（或留空）则原样服务该 catalog。每个条目都会从同 `id` 的已安装模型继承自身未设置的字段，因此把 catalog 路由收窄到两个模型、更正某个容量，或加入一个比已安装 catalog 更新的模型，都是一行编辑。只有 harness 会消费的字段可配置——`id`、`name`、`contextWindow` 与 `maxTokens`。定价与输入模态没有 harness 消费方，因此沿用已安装条目或直接缺席。推理则完全不按模型配置：一个孤立的能力布尔量会让 pi-ai 公布出没有 `thinkingLevelMap` 可供拼写的档位，而且没有任何列表端点会报告模型的推理协议，因此推理沿用已安装 catalog 条目或直接缺席。
+
+条目与已安装 catalog 都没有给出尺寸的模型，会采用该路由的 `defaultContextWindow`（262,144）与 `defaultMaxTokens`（32,768），因此一份只公布 id 的列表同样能产出可服务的路由。两个回退值本质上都是猜测，这正是它们作为路由字段、供网关服务更小模型的部署一次性更正的原因，而不是埋在适配器里的常量；回退值只用于给模型定尺寸，绝不会变成每请求上限。
+
+路由完全无法服务时解析仍会失败得响亮，并点名出问题的路由与模型：catalog 未提供的路由需要 `api`、`baseURL`，以及一个由唯一标识的模型组成的非空 `models` 列表。该解析在分节 schema 内部运行，因此无法服务的 profile 会在**写入之处**被拒绝——`settings.mutate` 以 `settings-rejected` 点名路由与模型——而不是先存下来、再悄悄让该 namespace 下每条路由失效。对于已经存下的、在此失败的分节，settings seam 会保留该 namespace 上一份可用值，因此这不会把部署卡死。`api` 接受 `supportedProtocols()` 中的协议，且仅在 catalog 无法提供协议时才需要：catalog 中不存在的模型会继承其同门模型一致同意的协议，因此向单协议 catalog 路由添加模型无需重述任何内容。
+
+`baseURL` 设定该路由下每个模型的端点，因此仍支持 `https://proxy.example.com:8443` 等私有 proxy；省略它的 catalog 路由会保留每个 catalog 模型自己的端点。在 catalog 路由上点名 `api` 会把整条路由改指到该协议，这正是部署把某个提供方在 Responses 与 Chat Completions 之间迁移的方式。
+
+`supportedProtocols()` 刻意窄于 pi-ai 的完整流式 API 集合：它只保留 profile 能用密钥、端点与标头**完整描述**的那些协议。Bedrock 要用 AWS 凭据与 region 做 SigV4 签名，Vertex 需要 project、location 与应用默认凭据，Azure 需要提供方环境外加 api-version，Codex 走 OAuth——提供它们只会交回一个无法完成认证的路由。catalog 路由仍可经自己的 provider 抵达这些协议；被拒绝的只有显式覆盖。
 
 ## 动态配置（settings + credentials）
 
 适配器经由一个 thunk **每操作读取一次** profile，而非在构造期冻结。插件在可选的 `ctx.settings` seam 上用同一份 `Config` schema 注册 `llm-pi-ai` namespace，并以其 `cordis.yml` 条目为组合 `base`；由于 `providers` 是字典，base 与用户的 `llm-pi-ai:` settings 分节**按提供方**合并：用户可以新增路由、覆盖组合路由的单个字段，或把路由指向另一个 proxy，全部在下一次请求生效，无需重启。未挂载 settings 服务时，仅由 entry 配置驱动适配器，行为不变。
 
-凭据按每次 stream 调用解析：非空的字面 `apiKey` 优先，其次经可选的 `ctx.credentials` seam 解析 `apiKeyEnv`（活跃环境之下的 `$DSH_HOME/.env`；未挂载 seam 时恰好读取该环境变量）。只有完全没有点名任何凭据的 profile——仅限这一种情况——才交给 pi-ai 的环境发现。路由集合与每条路由捕获的重试策略是注册级事实：两者任一变化时，插件都会原子地替换自己的注册（同一适配器实例，候选集合先经校验），因此某条路由若已被另一适配器占有，先前的路由会继续服务，而改回可用配置时注册会重新生效。提供方键的顺序绝不算作变化。存活 settings 快照若点名未知提供方（或违反任何其他 resolver 约束），则保留最后可用 profile 并记录失败；entry 配置本身仍会使插件加载失败。
+凭据按每次 stream 调用解析：非空的字面 `apiKey` 优先，其次经可选的 `ctx.credentials` seam 解析 `apiKeyEnv`（活跃环境之下的 `$DSH_HOME/.env`；未挂载 seam 时恰好读取该环境变量）。只有完全没有点名任何凭据的 profile——仅限这一种情况——才交给 pi-ai 的环境发现。路由集合与每条路由捕获的重试策略是注册级事实：两者任一变化时，插件都会原子地替换自己的注册（同一适配器实例，候选集合先经校验），因此某条路由若已被另一适配器占有，先前的路由会继续服务，而改回可用配置时注册会重新生效。提供方键的顺序绝不算作变化。本适配器无法服务的分节会在写入处被拒——注册的 `validate` 会解析整份 profile 集合，因此 `ctx.settings.mutate` 以 resolver 自身的错误拒绝（协议面将其报为 `settings-rejected`），什么都不会存储。已存储分节若因其他途径变得不可服务——比如外部编辑了 `settings.yaml`——则由 settings seam 保留该 namespace 最后可用的值并告警。entry 配置本身仍会使插件加载失败；而 llm 注册表拒绝的路由（已被另一适配器族占有的那种）会被记录下来，先前注册的路由继续服务。
 
-适配器通过 `ctx.llm.listModels(provider)` 公开每个已配置提供方已安装的 pi-ai 模型。这是从 `getModels(provider)` 派生的提供方无关 selector 元数据；请求时解析仍会执行权威 catalog 查找，因此发现不会创建第二个模型注册表。`ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider, model)` 会执行一次精确 descriptor 查找，并返回其身份、上下文窗口和可选思考级别，让权威元数据保留在拥有路由的适配器上，而非消费方。
+适配器通过 `ctx.llm.listModels(provider)` 公开每条已配置路由的模型。这是从请求路径所用的同一个 pi-ai `Models` 集合读取的提供方无关 selector 元数据，因此发现不会创建第二个模型注册表。`ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider, model)` 会执行一次精确 descriptor 查找，并返回其身份、上下文窗口、已配置输出上限和可选思考级别，让权威元数据保留在拥有路由的适配器上，而非消费方。模型**已配置**的 `maxTokens` 会成为 seam 的 `defaultMaxTokens`，因此未点名输出上限的请求会携带部署选定的那一个；而从已安装 catalog 继承来的值是模型的输出**能力**，绝不会自行变成请求默认值。
 
-`reasoning.efforts` 列表是 pi-ai 有序的 `getSupportedThinkingLevels(model)` 结果，不经筛选或规范化，其中包括 `off`，以及模型对 `xhigh` 或 `max` 的特定支持。Harness 将每个规范 pi-ai 级别公开为不透明 ID；提供方／模型在协议格式中的表示仍保留在 pi-ai 的 `thinkingLevelMap` 中。因此，不具备推理（reasoning）能力的模型也会公开 pi-ai 的 `off` 选项。配置 profile 的 `reasoning` 值（包括 `off`）在存在时是部署默认值；省略它会保留提供方默认值。每次请求的 `GenerateOptions.reasoningEffort` 优先；任何未出现在确切模型能力中的显式值都会在网络 I/O 前以 `UNSUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORT` 失败，而不会被自动调整。pi-ai 的通用流选项通过省略 `reasoning` 表示 `off`。
+携带推理元数据的模型会公开 pi-ai 有序的 `getSupportedThinkingLevels(model)` 结果，不经筛选或规范化，其中包括 `off`，以及模型对 `xhigh` 或 `max` 的特定支持。Harness 将每个规范 pi-ai 级别公开为不透明 ID；提供方／模型在协议格式中的表示仍保留在 pi-ai 的 `thinkingLevelMap` 中。
 
-受支持的 profile 字段是 `apiKey`、`apiKeyEnv`、`baseURL`、`headers`、`reasoning`、`thinkingBudgets`、`cacheRetention`、`transport`、`timeoutMs`、`websocketConnectTimeoutMs`、`streamIdleTimeoutMs` 和 `retryPolicy`。每个 profile 的可选重试策略都会与该提供方路由一同捕获；省略时使用有界的常规默认值。流空闲间隔必须是正的有限 Node 定时器延迟，默认为五分钟，且只覆盖未完成提供方读取，不包括消费方思考时间。若已配置标头中有同名项，则以 Harness 应用归因为准。
+**没有**这份元数据的模型——每一个手工声明的模型，以及 pi-ai 标记为不具备推理能力的 catalog 模型——完全不公开 `reasoning`。pi-ai 会把这类模型报告为只支持 `off` 一档，但 `off` 会被翻译成*省略* reasoning 选项，而那与「不点名任何档位」产出的请求逐字节相同：选它关不掉任何东西，于是自身默认就在思考的提供方，会在界面显示 `off` 被选中的同时继续思考。把该能力报告为不可用，界面就只剩提供方默认这一项，不会再出现自相矛盾的控件。配置 profile 的 `reasoning` 值（包括 `off`）在存在时是部署默认值；省略它会保留提供方默认值。每次请求的 `GenerateOptions.reasoningEffort` 优先；任何未出现在确切模型能力中的显式值都会在网络 I/O 前以 `UNSUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORT` 失败，而不会被自动调整。pi-ai 的通用流选项通过省略 `reasoning` 表示 `off`。
+
+受支持的 profile 字段是 `apiKey`、`apiKeyEnv`、`displayName`、`api`、`baseURL`、`models`、`defaultContextWindow`、`defaultMaxTokens`、`headers`、`reasoning`、`thinkingBudgets`、`cacheRetention`、`transport`、`timeoutMs`、`websocketConnectTimeoutMs`、`streamIdleTimeoutMs` 和 `retryPolicy`。每个 profile 的可选重试策略都会与该提供方路由一同捕获；省略时使用有界的常规默认值。流空闲间隔必须是正的有限 Node 定时器延迟，默认为五分钟，且只覆盖未完成提供方读取，不包括消费方思考时间。若已配置标头中有同名项，则以 Harness 应用归因为准。
 
 适配器强制 pi-ai SDK `maxRetries` 为零，因此一次 `stream()` 调用只会发起一次提供方请求。已移除 profile 字段 `maxRetries` 和 `maxRetryDelayMs` 会使加载失败，而不是静默倍增或隐藏单独组合的 agent（智能体）级重试预算。空闲超时会 abort SDK 的稳定请求信号，并以 `TIMEOUT` 呈现；较早的调用方 abort 仍为 `ABORTED`。
 
+## 端点询问
+
+插件提供 `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-pi-ai', …)`，用来回答「这个提供方能服务哪些模型？」——针对配置界面正在编辑或起草的路由。它刻意**不是** catalog 刷新：什么都不存储，回复是界面供用户采纳的候选。`settings.yaml` 始终是唯一决定路由服务什么的东西。
+
+点名了**已安装 catalog 所提供路由**的请求，直接由该 catalog 作答，完全不联网：pi-ai 的注册表才是它自家提供方的权威列表，且携带列表端点不会公布的上下文窗口与输出上限。这类路由根本不需要 `baseURL`。只有 catalog 未描述的路由——网关、自建服务——才会经协议层询问；若它也没给端点，则会被告知去设置一个或手工填写模型。
+
+草稿携带的是用户当下键入的凭据（如果有）；已经存好凭据的路由，在配置界面上只呈现一个脱敏描述符，因此询问会自行取用该路由的凭据——解析方式与向它发请求时完全一致，先 `apiKey` 后 `apiKeyEnv`——而不是不带认证发出去、再把端点的 401 报成密钥不对。键入的密钥优先，因为那正是被测试的那一把。解析只发生在真正要联网的路径上，因此 catalog 路由作答时完全不会触碰凭据。
+
+询问只读 `openai-completions` 与 `openai-responses`，它们「`GET /models` + bearer 认证」的形状是网关、自建服务与官方端点三方一致认可的那一种。Azure 尽管出身 OpenAI 也被排除——它用 `api-key` 标头认证并要求 `api-version` 查询参数——Codex 则走 OAuth；其余协议一律以 `DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED` 回答，让界面回退到手工填写，而不是把认证失败报成一个没有模型的提供方。`baseURL` 按前缀而非待解析 URL 处理，因此 `https://gateway.example/openai/v1` 这类部署路径会保留其路径段。
+
+多数列表只公布 id；`context_window`/`context_length` 与 `max_output_tokens`/`max_tokens` 在网关提供时会被读取，没有可用 id 的条目会被跳过而不是让整份列表失败，其余仍由采纳方补齐。回复在四兆字节上限下读取，且上限落在实际收到的字节上——端点是用户自己填的 URL，因此会先看声明长度，但绝不把它当作边界。端点不可达、凭据被拒、响应非 JSON、以及响应没有 `data` 数组，都会以 `DISCOVERY_FAILED` 失败，消息点名端点；仅当 401 或 403 时才点名凭据。读取响应体期间被取消会呈现为 `ABORTED`，与请求发出之前被取消一致。
+
 ## 提供方／模型路由与回放
 
-所选 pi-ai catalog descriptor 提供协议实现。这包括原生 API 差异，例如 descriptor 使用 Responses API 而非 Chat Completions 的 OpenAI 模型；harness 适配器不会按模型名称硬编码端点选择。
+每次解析产出一份**不可变**快照——profiles 加上一个持有各路由所建 `Provider` 的 `createModels()` 集合——每个操作都在自己第一个 `await` 之前整体捕获一份快照。配置变化会构造**新**集合，而不是改动正在被使用的那个：`Models.streamSimple()` 是惰性的，它在流首次被消费时才解析 provider，而那已在 credential await 之后，因此改动共享集合会让一个在旧配置下开始的请求在新配置下结束，或者撞上一个已不存在的 provider。这正是 seam 的每步调用冻结（`llm.prepareCall()`）能贯通到底的原因——回复途中切换模型会在下一步生效，绝不会影响在途的那一步。请求经 `Models.streamSimple()` 抵达提供方。保持 catalog 协议不变的 catalog 路由会**复用**已安装提供方，只替换其模型列表，因为该提供方持有本包无法重建的 API 实现——Bedrock 经由独立入口加载其 Smithy 模块——从零件重建会静默收窄可用提供方的范围。其余路由都由 `createProvider()` 基于 `supportedProtocols()` 背后的协议表构造，表中条目正是 pi-ai 自己的提供方工厂所用的同一批 factory。
+
+凭据绝不进入该集合。harness 在请求抵达 pi-ai 之前经自身 seam 解析路由密钥，并作为请求的 `apiKey` 选项传入，而 pi-ai 将其视为优先级最高的 auth 覆盖；因此 `Models` 不持有任何凭据存储，harness 也保住了自己失败得响亮的引用语义。没有点名任何凭据的路由会解析为「已配置但无密钥」，把该要求留给协议——那才是它真正所在的位置。
+
+所选模型 descriptor 提供协议实现。这包括原生 API 差异，例如 descriptor 使用 Responses API 而非 Chat Completions 的 OpenAI 模型；harness 适配器不会按模型名称硬编码端点选择。
 
 成功的 assistant 响应会在自身持久提供方／模型溯源旁存储经版本化的无损 JSON 回放状态。请求时，`LlmService` 只有在历史提供方路由与目标提供方路由当前由同一个 `PiAiAdapter` 实例拥有时，才会传递回放状态。即使目标提供方或模型改变，适配器也会验证状态并恢复 pi-ai 响应 id 与提供方 signature；随后由 pi-ai 判定目标 API 可以复用哪些元数据。没有回放状态的历史会被转换为外来的、与提供方无关的内容，绝不伪装为原生 pi-ai 响应。
 
@@ -109,7 +153,9 @@ pi-ai 事件会变为 harness 推理、文本、工具调用、usage 与 finish
 
 - **settings 能新增或覆盖路由，但不能移除组合路由**：用户层合并在组合 `base` 之上，因此删除 `cordis.yml` 提供的提供方属于组合变更；对该 namespace 执行 `replace` 只会重置用户层。
 - **`headers` 可能承载一条脱敏器看不见的凭据**：profile 的 `headers` 是纯字符串字典，因此设在其中的 `Authorization` 或 `api-key` 会被脱敏后的 `describe()` 原样返回，并被任何配置 UI 渲染出来。请把凭据存为 `apiKeyEnv` 引用；把该字典整体改为只写与其余[协议边界工作](../llm/README.md#known-limitations-and-deferred-work)一并暂缓。
-- **必须属于 catalog**：已安装 pi-ai catalog 中不存在的自定义模型 id 会以 `UNKNOWN_MODEL` 失败，即使提供方 profile 配置了自定义端点。
+- **路由的 catalog 不会自我刷新**：catalog 就是 `settings.yaml` 所写的内容，因此模型列表的新鲜度只到最近一次编辑为止。这里没有任何环节会去问提供方它服务哪些模型；路由要多一个模型，得有人写进去。
+- **每条路由只有一种协议格式**：`api` 作用于整条路由，因此混合协议的 catalog 路由（跨 Responses 与 Chat Completions 的 OpenAI 式 catalog）无法承载另一种协议的模型，向这类路由添加它未描述的模型必须点名 `api` 并把全部模型一起迁过去。把该提供方拆成两个路由键是变通办法。
+- **未认证路由取决于其协议**：不点名凭据会让路由解析为「已配置但无密钥」，但 pi-ai 的 OpenAI 兼容实现仍要求 API key 或 `Authorization` 标头，因此无鉴权的本地服务需要一个占位 `apiKey`，或在 `headers` 中给出 `Authorization` 条目。
 - **不支持 `GenerateOptions.stop`**：pi-ai 的通用流选项无法保证所有提供方都支持 stop sequence，因此适配器会拒绝该字段。
 - **历史中的 `system` 消息使用 pi-ai 通用上下文转换**：提供方特定位置由 pi-ai 决定，而非由 harness 拥有的协议覆盖决定。
 - **无法获取提供方 HTTP 状态**：pi-ai 错误事件不会在所有提供方上公开稳定 HTTP 状态；失败只公开稳定 harness 错误 code。
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/adapter.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/adapter.ts
index 030592f74c..365c3901a5 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/adapter.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,33 @@
 /**
  * Generic pi-ai-backed implementation of the Harness LLM seam.
  *
+ * Each resolution produces one **immutable** snapshot — the profiles plus a
+ * `Models` collection holding the `Provider` each route built — and an
+ * operation captures a whole snapshot before its first `await`. A
+ * configuration change builds a *new* collection rather than mutating the one
+ * in use, because `Models.streamSimple()` is lazy: it resolves the provider
+ * when the stream is first consumed, which is after the credential await, so a
+ * mutated collection would let a request that started under one configuration
+ * finish under another — or fail with a provider that no longer exists. This is
+ * what makes the seam's per-step call freeze (`llm.prepareCall()`) hold all the
+ * way down: switching models mid-reply takes effect on the next step, never
+ * inside the one in flight.
+ *
+ * Credentials stay outside that collection. The harness resolves a route's key
+ * through its own seam and passes it as the request's `apiKey` option, which
+ * pi-ai treats as the highest-priority auth override — so `Models` never holds
+ * a credential store and the harness keeps its fail-loud reference semantics.
+ *
  * @module dsh-llm-pi-ai/adapter
  */
 
-import { streamSimple } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat'
-import { getBuiltinModels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
-import type { BuiltinProvider } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
-import { getSupportedThinkingLevels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import { createModels, getSupportedThinkingLevels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
 import type {
   Api,
   Model,
+  Models,
   ModelThinkingLevel,
+  MutableModels,
   SimpleStreamOptions,
   ThinkingLevel,
 } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
@@ -24,6 +40,7 @@ import {
 import type {
   GenerateOptions,
   LlmModelInfo,
+  LlmProviderInfo,
   LlmResolvedModelInfo,
   ReasoningEffortId as ReasoningEffortIdType,
   ResolvedRetryPolicy,
@@ -34,35 +51,29 @@ import type { ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile } from './config.ts'
 import { toPiContext } from './context.ts'
 import { toStreamChunks } from './stream.ts'
 
+/** One resolution's frozen view: the profiles and the collection built from them. */
+interface PiAiSnapshot {
+  /** The resolved profiles this collection was built from, used as its identity. */
+  profiles: ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile>
+  /** Providers for exactly those profiles; never mutated once published. */
+  models: Models
+}
+
 /** Constructor options for {@link PiAiAdapter}: the two resolution seams the plugin owns. */
 export interface PiAiAdapterOptions {
   /** Current validated profiles by provider route; called once per operation. */
   profiles: () => ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile>
   /**
    * Resolve the credential for one already-resolved profile; called once per
-   * stream call and frozen for that call. `undefined` defers to pi-ai's
-   * provider-native ambient discovery, which the plugin allows only for a
-   * profile naming no credential at all; a named reference that misses throws
-   * `LlmError` `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` rather than falling back.
+   * stream call and frozen for that call. `undefined` defers to the route's own
+   * pi-ai auth, which for an installed catalog route is its provider-native
+   * ambient discovery; the plugin allows that only for a profile naming no
+   * credential at all, because a named reference that misses throws `LlmError`
+   * `MISSING_CREDENTIAL` rather than falling back.
    */
   resolveApiKey: (provider: string, profile: ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile) => Promise<string | undefined>
 }
 
-/**
- * Resolve a catalog model dynamically and apply only the configured endpoint
- * override, preserving the catalog's API/capability/compatibility metadata.
- */
-function resolvePiModel(
-  profile: ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile,
-  modelId: string,
-): Model<Api> {
-  const model = getBuiltinModels(profile.provider as BuiltinProvider).find(candidate => candidate.id === modelId) as Model<Api> | undefined
-  if (model === undefined) {
-    throw new LlmError(`pi-ai provider "${profile.provider}" has no catalog model "${modelId}"`, 'UNKNOWN_MODEL')
-  }
-  return profile.baseURL === undefined ? model : { ...model, baseUrl: profile.baseURL }
-}
-
 /** Copy profile stream knobs into pi-ai's common option vocabulary. */
 function profileOptions(
   profile: ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile,
@@ -97,6 +108,39 @@ function resolveReasoningLevel(
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Selectable reasoning efforts for one model, or nothing at all.
+ *
+ * A model that carries no reasoning metadata — every hand-declared one, and
+ * every catalog model pi-ai marks as non-reasoning — is reported by pi-ai as
+ * supporting the single level `off`. Passing that through would offer a control
+ * that cannot do what it says: `off` is translated to *omitting* the reasoning
+ * option, which for such a model is byte-for-byte the same request as naming no
+ * effort — so a provider whose own default is to think would keep thinking with
+ * `off` selected. Omitting `reasoning` entirely is the seam's way of saying the
+ * capability is unavailable, which leaves the surface offering only the
+ * provider's default.
+ * @param model - the resolved model descriptor.
+ * @param defaultLevel - the profile's configured effort, already validated.
+ * @returns the `reasoning` field, or an empty object when none can be offered.
+ */
+function reasoningInfo(
+  model: Model<Api>,
+  defaultLevel: ModelThinkingLevel | undefined,
+): Pick<LlmResolvedModelInfo, 'reasoning'> | Record<string, never> {
+  if (!model.reasoning) return {}
+  const levels = getSupportedThinkingLevels(model)
+  return {
+    reasoning: {
+      efforts: levels.map(level => ({
+        id: ReasoningEffortId(level),
+        name: `${level.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${level.slice(1)}`,
+      })),
+      ...defaultLevel === undefined ? {} : { defaultEffort: ReasoningEffortId(defaultLevel) },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
 /** Merge deployment headers while removing case-insensitive attribution collisions. */
 function requestHeaders(headers: Readonly<Record<string, string>> | undefined): Record<string, string> {
   const attribution = attributionHeaders()
@@ -108,28 +152,72 @@ function requestHeaders(headers: Readonly<Record<string, string>> | undefined):
 }
 
 /**
- * pi-ai-backed multi-provider adapter. Model descriptors are resolved for each
- * request, so models need not be registered during the Cordis lifecycle.
+ * pi-ai-backed multi-provider adapter. Each operation reads the current
+ * profiles, so a configuration change reaches the next request without a
+ * restart; model descriptors come from the collection those profiles built.
  */
 export class PiAiAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
+  private snapshot: PiAiSnapshot | undefined
+
   constructor(private readonly config: PiAiAdapterOptions) {
     super()
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The snapshot for the current profiles. Resolution memoizes its result, so
+   * an unchanged configuration is recognized by identity; a changed one gets a
+   * brand-new collection, leaving any snapshot an operation already captured
+   * untouched for as long as that operation holds it.
+   */
+  private current(): PiAiSnapshot {
+    const profiles = this.config.profiles()
+    if (this.snapshot?.profiles === profiles) return this.snapshot
+    const models: MutableModels = createModels()
+    for (const profile of profiles.values()) models.setProvider(profile.piProvider)
+    this.snapshot = { profiles, models }
+    return this.snapshot
+  }
+
+  /** The profile for one route within one snapshot, or the not-owned failure. */
+  private profileOf(snapshot: PiAiSnapshot, provider: string): ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile {
+    const profile = snapshot.profiles.get(provider)
+    if (profile === undefined) {
+      throw new LlmError(`pi-ai adapter does not own provider "${provider}"`, 'NO_ADAPTER')
+    }
+    return profile
+  }
+
+  /** The configured descriptor for one exact route/model pair within one snapshot. */
+  private modelOf(snapshot: PiAiSnapshot, provider: string, model: string): Model<Api> {
+    this.profileOf(snapshot, provider)
+    const resolved = snapshot.models.getModel(provider, model)
+    if (resolved === undefined) {
+      throw new LlmError(`pi-ai provider "${provider}" has no configured model "${model}"`, 'UNKNOWN_MODEL')
+    }
+    return resolved
+  }
+
+  override providerInfo(provider: string): LlmProviderInfo {
+    // The configured name, not the route key: `displayName` exists so a
+    // deployment can label a route, and a label only the configuration surface
+    // reads would leave every selector showing the raw key.
+    return { id: provider, name: this.current().profiles.get(provider)?.displayName ?? provider }
+  }
+
   override providerRetryPolicy(provider: string): ResolvedRetryPolicy | undefined {
-    return this.config.profiles().get(provider)?.retryPolicy
+    return this.current().profiles.get(provider)?.retryPolicy
   }
 
   override listModels(provider: string): Promise<readonly LlmModelInfo[]> {
-    const profile = this.config.profiles().get(provider)
-    if (profile === undefined) {
-      return Promise.reject(new LlmError(`pi-ai adapter does not own provider "${provider}"`, 'NO_ADAPTER'))
-    }
-    return Promise.resolve(getBuiltinModels(profile.provider as BuiltinProvider).map(model => ({
-      provider,
-      id: model.id,
-      name: model.name,
-    })))
+    return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+      const snapshot = this.current()
+      this.profileOf(snapshot, provider)
+      return snapshot.models.getModels(provider).map(model => ({
+        provider,
+        id: model.id,
+        name: model.name,
+      }))
+    })
   }
 
   override resolveModel(
@@ -137,31 +225,21 @@ export class PiAiAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
     model: string,
     _signal?: AbortSignal,
   ): Promise<LlmResolvedModelInfo> {
-    const profile = this.config.profiles().get(provider)
-    if (profile === undefined) {
-      return Promise.reject(new LlmError(
-        `pi-ai adapter does not own provider "${provider}"`,
-        'NO_ADAPTER',
-      ))
-    }
     return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
-      const resolvedModel = resolvePiModel(profile, model)
-      const levels = getSupportedThinkingLevels(resolvedModel)
+      const snapshot = this.current()
+      const profile = this.profileOf(snapshot, provider)
+      const resolvedModel = this.modelOf(snapshot, provider, model)
       const defaultLevel = resolveReasoningLevel(resolvedModel, profile.reasoning)
+      // Only a cap the deployment configured is a request default; the
+      // catalog's `maxTokens` sizes the model and stops there.
+      const configuredMaxTokens = profile.configuredMaxTokens.get(model)
       return {
         provider,
         id: model,
         name: resolvedModel.name,
         context: { contextWindow: resolvedModel.contextWindow },
-        reasoning: {
-          efforts: levels.map(level => ({
-            id: ReasoningEffortId(level),
-            name: `${level.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${level.slice(1)}`,
-          })),
-          ...defaultLevel === undefined
-            ? {}
-            : { defaultEffort: ReasoningEffortId(defaultLevel) },
-        },
+        ...configuredMaxTokens === undefined ? {} : { defaultMaxTokens: configuredMaxTokens },
+        ...reasoningInfo(resolvedModel, defaultLevel),
       }
     })
   }
@@ -170,14 +248,14 @@ export class PiAiAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
     if (options.stop !== undefined) {
       throw new LlmError('llm-pi-ai does not support GenerateOptions.stop', 'UNSUPPORTED_OPTION')
     }
-    // One resolution per stream call: the profile snapshot and the credential
-    // freeze here and hold for this whole request, so an in-flight stream
-    // never observes a configuration change and the next call re-resolves.
-    const profile = this.config.profiles().get(options.provider)
-    if (profile === undefined) {
-      throw new LlmError(`pi-ai adapter does not own provider "${options.provider}"`, 'NO_ADAPTER')
-    }
-    const model = resolvePiModel(profile, options.model)
+    // One capture per stream call, taken before any await: the profile, the
+    // model descriptor, and the collection all come from the same immutable
+    // snapshot, and the credential freezes with them. A configuration change
+    // mid-request builds a separate snapshot, so this request finishes under
+    // the one it started with and the next call picks up the new one.
+    const snapshot = this.current()
+    const profile = this.profileOf(snapshot, options.provider)
+    const model = this.modelOf(snapshot, options.provider, options.model)
     const reasoning = resolveReasoningLevel(
       model,
       options.reasoningEffort ?? profile.reasoning,
@@ -192,7 +270,7 @@ export class PiAiAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
     using watchdog = idleWatchdog(upstream, streamIdleTimeoutMs, 'LLM_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT')
 
     try {
-      const events = streamSimple(model, toPiContext(options), {
+      const events = snapshot.models.streamSimple(model, toPiContext(options), {
         ...profileOptions(profile, reasoning, apiKey),
         ...options.temperature === undefined ? {} : { temperature: options.temperature },
         ...options.maxTokens === undefined ? {} : { maxTokens: options.maxTokens },
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/catalog.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/catalog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173b84dd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/catalog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/**
+ * Materialization of one provider route's model catalog. The installed pi-ai
+ * catalog supplies defaults keyed by model id, and a profile's own model
+ * entries override them field by field, so a route naming a catalog provider
+ * stays configuration-free while a route pi-ai has never heard of is fully
+ * describable from `settings.yaml`.
+ *
+ * Every pi-ai `Model` field the harness cannot default is required here rather
+ * than at request time: an unserviceable route fails while its configuration is
+ * being resolved, which is the earliest point that can name the offending key.
+ *
+ * @module dsh-llm-pi-ai/catalog
+ */
+
+import { builtinProviders, getBuiltinModels, getBuiltinProviders } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
+import type { BuiltinProvider } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
+import type { Api, Model, ModelCost, Provider } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+
+/**
+ * Pricing for a model the installed catalog does not describe. The harness
+ * never reads pi-ai's cost metadata — `replay.ts` zeroes it and no consumer
+ * reports spend — so this is the absence of a fact, not a configurable rate.
+ */
+const NO_COST: ModelCost = { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 }
+
+/**
+ * Input modalities for a model the installed catalog does not describe. The
+ * request converter keeps only text blocks, so text is the adapter's actual
+ * capability rather than a deployment choice.
+ */
+const TEXT_ONLY: Model<Api>['input'] = ['text']
+
+let providerIndex: Map<string, Provider> | undefined
+
+/**
+ * Installed catalog providers by id, constructed once. Each entry owns the API
+ * implementations for its own models, which is why a catalog route reuses this
+ * provider instead of being rebuilt from parts.
+ * @returns the catalog provider index.
+ */
+function catalogProviders(): Map<string, Provider> {
+  providerIndex ??= new Map(builtinProviders().map(provider => [provider.id, provider]))
+  return providerIndex
+}
+
+/**
+ * The installed catalog provider for one route, when pi-ai ships one.
+ * @param provider - provider route key.
+ * @returns the catalog provider, or `undefined` for a route pi-ai does not ship.
+ */
+export function catalogProvider(provider: string): Provider | undefined {
+  return catalogProviders().get(provider)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every provider route the installed pi-ai catalog ships.
+ * @returns the catalog provider ids.
+ */
+export function catalogProviderIds(): readonly string[] {
+  return getBuiltinProviders()
+}
+
+/**
+ * The installed catalog models for one route, indexed by model id.
+ * @param provider - provider route key.
+ * @returns catalog models by id; empty for a route pi-ai does not ship.
+ */
+export function catalogModels(provider: string): Map<string, Model<Api>> {
+  if (!catalogProviders().has(provider)) return new Map()
+  const models = getBuiltinModels(provider as BuiltinProvider) as Model<Api>[]
+  return new Map(models.map(model => [model.id, model]))
+}
+
+/** One configured model entry: an id plus the catalog fields it overrides. */
+export interface PiAiModelProfile {
+  /** Model id sent to the provider and accepted by {@link GenerateOptions.model}. */
+  id: string
+  /** Display name for selectors; defaults to the catalog name, then the id. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context in tokens. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /**
+   * Maximum output tokens. Configuring one also makes it this model's
+   * per-request default; a value inherited from the installed catalog, or the
+   * route's fallback, is the model's capability and never becomes a request
+   * default on its own.
+   */
+  maxTokens?: number
+}
+
+/** The route-level facts model materialization reads. */
+export interface RouteCatalogRequest {
+  /** Provider route key, stamped onto every materialized model. */
+  provider: string
+  /** Wire protocol override; absent defers to each catalog model's own API. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Endpoint override; absent defers to the catalog model, then the catalog provider. */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** Configured catalog; absent means the whole installed catalog for this route. */
+  models?: readonly PiAiModelProfile[]
+  /** Context capacity for a model neither the entry nor the catalog sizes. */
+  defaultContextWindow: number
+  /** Output capability for a model neither the entry nor the catalog sizes. */
+  defaultMaxTokens: number
+}
+
+/** Report a route the deployment cannot serve, naming the settings key at fault. */
+function invalid(provider: string, detail: string): never {
+  throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" ${detail}`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * The one wire protocol a catalog route's shipped models agree on. This is what
+ * lets a deployment add a model the installed catalog has not caught up with —
+ * a provider's newest release — without restating the protocol its siblings
+ * already use. A route whose shipped models disagree (an OpenAI-style catalog
+ * spanning Responses and Chat Completions) has no such answer, so a model it
+ * does not describe must name its protocol at the route.
+ */
+function sharedCatalogApi(defaults: ReadonlyMap<string, Model<Api>>): string | undefined {
+  const apis = new Set<string>()
+  for (const model of defaults.values()) apis.add(model.api)
+  return apis.size === 1 ? [...apis][0] : undefined
+}
+
+/** One route's materialized catalog, plus the request caps its profile chose. */
+export interface RouteCatalog {
+  /** The materialized models in configuration order. */
+  models: readonly Model<Api>[]
+  /**
+   * Per-request output caps this profile explicitly configured, by model id.
+   *
+   * Separate from `Model.maxTokens` because the two answer different
+   * questions: pi-ai requires `maxTokens` as the model's output *capability*,
+   * while the harness seam's `defaultMaxTokens` is a cap the deployment chose
+   * to send on requests that name none. Materializing a catalog capability as
+   * a request default would start capping every request at a number nobody
+   * picked, so only an explicit configuration lands here.
+   */
+  configuredMaxTokens: ReadonlyMap<string, number>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Materialize one route's catalog by merging the installed catalog defaults
+ * under the configured entries. A route with no configured `models` serves the
+ * installed catalog unchanged, which is what keeps an existing
+ * `providers: { deepseek: { apiKeyEnv: … } }` profile working untouched.
+ * @param request - the route-level catalog facts.
+ * @returns the materialized models and the explicitly configured request caps.
+ */
+export function resolveRouteModels(request: RouteCatalogRequest): RouteCatalog {
+  const { provider } = request
+  const defaults = catalogModels(provider)
+  const providerBaseUrl = catalogProvider(provider)?.baseUrl
+  // An absent `models` key and an empty one are the same request: the config
+  // schema materializes `[]` for the absent case, and an empty catalog could
+  // serve no request anyway, so both mean "serve the installed catalog".
+  const configured = request.models ?? []
+  const entries: readonly PiAiModelProfile[] = configured.length > 0
+    ? configured
+    : [...defaults.values()].map(model => ({ id: model.id }))
+  if (entries.length === 0) {
+    invalid(provider, 'resolves no models; the installed catalog does not describe this route, so its models'
+      + ' must be listed in configuration')
+  }
+  const routeApi = sharedCatalogApi(defaults)
+  const seen = new Set<string>()
+  const configuredMaxTokens = new Map<string, number>()
+  const models = entries.map((entry) => {
+    if (entry.id.length === 0) invalid(provider, 'has a model with an empty id')
+    if (seen.has(entry.id)) invalid(provider, `lists model "${entry.id}" more than once`)
+    seen.add(entry.id)
+    const base = defaults.get(entry.id)
+    const api = request.api ?? base?.api ?? routeApi
+    if (api === undefined) {
+      invalid(provider, `model "${entry.id}" needs an api; the installed catalog does not describe it, so set the`
+        + ' route\'s api to the wire protocol its endpoint speaks')
+    }
+    const baseUrl = request.baseURL ?? base?.baseUrl ?? providerBaseUrl
+    if (baseUrl === undefined) {
+      invalid(provider, `model "${entry.id}" needs a baseURL; the installed catalog does not describe this route`)
+    }
+    // Capacities fall back to the route's own defaults, so a model listing that
+    // discloses nothing but ids still yields a serviceable route. The fallback
+    // is a guess by construction, which is why it is a configurable route field
+    // rather than a constant buried here.
+    const contextWindow = entry.contextWindow ?? base?.contextWindow ?? request.defaultContextWindow
+    if (!Number.isInteger(contextWindow) || contextWindow <= 0) {
+      invalid(provider, `model "${entry.id}" contextWindow must be a positive integer`)
+    }
+    const maxTokens = entry.maxTokens ?? base?.maxTokens ?? request.defaultMaxTokens
+    if (!Number.isInteger(maxTokens) || maxTokens <= 0) {
+      invalid(provider, `model "${entry.id}" maxTokens must be a positive integer`)
+    }
+    // Only a value the profile named is a deployment choice; the catalog's is
+    // the model's capability and stays out of request defaults.
+    if (entry.maxTokens !== undefined) configuredMaxTokens.set(entry.id, entry.maxTokens)
+    return {
+      // The installed entry lays the floor, and the fields below override it.
+      // Enumerating instead would silently drop every `Model` field this
+      // package does not model — reasoning-level spellings, compatibility
+      // quirks, model headers, and whatever a pi-ai upgrade adds next. That is
+      // not hypothetical: `headers` reached this file only after an nvidia
+      // route lost it, and a rebuild keeps re-earning that bug on every
+      // upgrade.
+      ...base,
+      id: entry.id,
+      name: entry.name ?? base?.name ?? entry.id,
+      api,
+      provider,
+      baseUrl,
+      // Reasoning rides the installed entry or is absent: a bare boolean would
+      // make pi-ai advertise effort levels with no `thinkingLevelMap` to spell
+      // them, and no listing endpoint reports a model's reasoning protocol.
+      reasoning: base?.reasoning ?? false,
+      input: base?.input ?? TEXT_ONLY,
+      cost: base?.cost ?? NO_COST,
+      contextWindow,
+      maxTokens,
+    }
+  })
+  return { models, configuredMaxTokens }
+}
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts
index c635b1f13e..7473dbb7ae 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/config.ts
@@ -3,29 +3,73 @@
  * Profiles are a dict keyed by provider route, so the composition base and a
  * user-settings layer merge per provider and the route set is structural.
  *
+ * A route key is not required to name an installed pi-ai provider. When it does,
+ * that provider's endpoint, protocol, display name, and model catalog are the
+ * profile's defaults and the profile overrides them field by field; when it does
+ * not, the profile is the whole provider declaration. Resolution therefore ends
+ * in a built pi-ai `Provider` per route: everything a request needs is decided
+ * once, while the configuration key that made a route unserviceable can still be
+ * named in the failure.
+ *
  * @module dsh-llm-pi-ai/config
  */
 
-import { getBuiltinProviders } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
-import type { CacheRetention, ModelThinkingLevel, ThinkingBudgets, Transport } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import type { CacheRetention, ModelThinkingLevel, Provider, ThinkingBudgets, Transport } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
 import z from 'schemastery'
 import { credentialRef } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials'
 import type { CredentialRef } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials'
 import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import { resolveRetryPolicy, RetryPolicySchema } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import type { ResolvedRetryPolicy, RetryPolicyConfig } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { resolveRouteModels } from './catalog.ts'
+import type { PiAiModelProfile } from './catalog.ts'
+import { buildProvider, supportedProtocols } from './provider.ts'
 
 /** Default maximum idle interval while an adapter stream read is outstanding. */
 export const DEFAULT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 300_000
 
+/** Context capacity assumed for a model neither configuration nor the catalog sizes. */
+export const DEFAULT_CONTEXT_WINDOW = 262_144
+
+/** Output capability assumed for a model neither configuration nor the catalog sizes. */
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS = 32_768
+
+export type { PiAiModelProfile } from './catalog.ts'
+
 /** Configuration for one pi-ai provider route; the `providers` dict key IS the route. */
 export interface PiAiProviderProfile {
   /** Literal provider credential; prefer {@link apiKeyEnv}. With both absent pi-ai uses its provider-native ambient discovery. */
   apiKey?: string
   /** Credential reference (environment-variable name) resolved per request through `ctx.credentials`. */
   apiKeyEnv?: string
-  /** Override the selected catalog model's endpoint without changing its protocol metadata. */
+  /** Name shown by configuration surfaces; defaults to the route key. */
+  displayName?: string
+  /**
+   * Wire protocol every model on this route speaks. Omission keeps each
+   * installed catalog model's own protocol, which is why a catalog route needs
+   * no protocol at all; a route the catalog does not ship must name one.
+   */
+  api?: string
+  /** Endpoint for this route's models; defaults to the installed catalog's endpoint. */
   baseURL?: string
+  /**
+   * This route's model catalog. Omission serves the installed catalog for the
+   * route unchanged; an explicit list replaces it, each entry defaulting its
+   * unset fields from the installed model of the same id.
+   */
+  models?: PiAiModelProfile[]
+  /**
+   * Context capacity for a model this route lists that neither the entry nor
+   * the installed catalog sizes (default 262,144). A guess by construction, so
+   * a deployment whose gateway serves smaller models corrects it here.
+   */
+  defaultContextWindow?: number
+  /**
+   * Output capability for a model this route lists that neither the entry nor
+   * the installed catalog sizes (default 32,768). This sizes the model; it
+   * never becomes a per-request cap on its own.
+   */
+  defaultMaxTokens?: number
   /** Provider request headers; Harness attribution wins reserved names. */
   headers?: Record<string, string>
   /** Provider-neutral pi-ai reasoning level. */
@@ -47,15 +91,31 @@ export interface PiAiProviderProfile {
 }
 
 /** Validated profile with its route stamped and every adapter-owned default resolved. */
-export interface ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile extends Omit<PiAiProviderProfile, 'apiKeyEnv' | 'retryPolicy'> {
-  /** pi-ai provider catalog name and Harness route key (the configuration dict key). */
+export interface ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile
+  extends Omit<PiAiProviderProfile, 'apiKeyEnv' | 'retryPolicy' | 'models' | 'displayName'> {
+  /** Harness route key and the `Models` collection key (the configuration dict key). */
   provider: string
+  /** Resolved display name for selectors and configuration surfaces. */
+  displayName: string
   /** Validated credential reference, when one is configured. */
   apiKeyEnv?: CredentialRef
   /** Positive finite provider-idle interval after defaulting. */
   streamIdleTimeoutMs: number
   /** Immutable retry policy captured with this provider route. */
   retryPolicy: ResolvedRetryPolicy
+  /**
+   * The pi-ai provider this route registers, built from the resolved models.
+   * Construction happens here so an unserviceable protocol or an underspecified
+   * model fails with the rest of resolution, leaving the last good route set
+   * serving requests.
+   */
+  piProvider: Provider
+  /**
+   * Per-request output caps this profile explicitly configured, by model id.
+   * The seam materializes one only into a request that names no cap of its
+   * own, so a catalog capability must not appear here.
+   */
+  configuredMaxTokens: ReadonlyMap<string, number>
 }
 
 /** Plugin configuration: the provider routes this instance owns. */
@@ -75,10 +135,22 @@ const thinkingBudgets = z.object({
   high: z.number(),
 })
 
+const modelProfile: z<PiAiModelProfile> = z.object({
+  id: z.string().required(),
+  name: z.string(),
+  contextWindow: z.number().step(1).min(1),
+  maxTokens: z.number().step(1).min(1),
+})
+
 const profile = z.object({
   apiKey: z.string().role('secret'),
   apiKeyEnv: z.string().role('credential-ref'),
+  displayName: z.string(),
+  api: z.union(supportedProtocols()),
   baseURL: z.string(),
+  models: z.array(modelProfile),
+  defaultContextWindow: z.number().step(1).min(1).default(DEFAULT_CONTEXT_WINDOW),
+  defaultMaxTokens: z.number().step(1).min(1).default(DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS),
   headers: z.dict(z.string()),
   reasoning: z.union(['off', 'minimal', 'low', 'medium', 'high', 'xhigh', 'max']),
   thinkingBudgets,
@@ -96,10 +168,44 @@ export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
 })
 
 /**
- * Validate profiles against the installed pi-ai catalog and return a detached
- * route-keyed map suitable for per-request reads. This is the one explicit
- * resolve step, so an omitted dict resolves to the empty (dormant) route set
- * here rather than through a hidden fallback.
+ * Reject a section this adapter could not serve. Registered as the settings
+ * namespace's validator, so an unserviceable profile is refused where it is
+ * *written* — `settings.mutate` answers `settings-rejected` with the offending
+ * route and model named — instead of being stored and then quietly disabling
+ * every route in the namespace. It stays a validator rather than a schema
+ * transform because the schema is also the shape a configuration surface
+ * renders and the value an absent section resolves to; wrapping it would break
+ * both.
+ * @param config - the resolved section to check.
+ * @throws Error naming the route and model that cannot be served.
+ */
+export function assertServiceable(config: Config): void {
+  resolveProfiles(config.providers)
+}
+
+/** Reject a pre-release profile shape, naming the replacement. */
+function rejectRemovedFields(provider: string, source: PiAiProviderProfile): void {
+  const legacy = source as PiAiProviderProfile & {
+    provider?: unknown
+    maxRetries?: unknown
+    maxRetryDelayMs?: unknown
+  }
+  if ('provider' in legacy) {
+    throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" sets "provider", which moved to the providers dict key`)
+  }
+  if ('maxRetries' in legacy || 'maxRetryDelayMs' in legacy) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" sets maxRetries or maxRetryDelayMs, which were removed;`
+      + ' compose agent recovery with dsh-llm-retry',
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate profiles and return a detached route-keyed map suitable for
+ * per-request reads. This is the one explicit resolve step, so an omitted dict
+ * resolves to the empty (dormant) route set here rather than through a hidden
+ * fallback, and each route's models and pi-ai provider are materialized once.
  * @param providers - configured provider profiles keyed by route.
  * @returns validated profiles in configuration order.
  */
@@ -110,28 +216,19 @@ export function resolveProfiles(
     throw new Error('llm-pi-ai: providers is now a dict keyed by provider route, not an array of profiles')
   }
   const entries = Object.entries(providers ?? {})
-  const supported = new Set<string>(getBuiltinProviders())
   const resolved = new Map<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile>()
   for (const [provider, source] of entries) {
-    const legacy = source as PiAiProviderProfile & {
-      provider?: unknown
-      maxRetries?: unknown
-      maxRetryDelayMs?: unknown
-    }
-    if ('provider' in legacy) {
-      throw new Error('llm-pi-ai: the profile "provider" field moved to the providers dict key')
-    }
-    if ('maxRetries' in legacy || 'maxRetryDelayMs' in legacy) {
-      throw new Error('llm-pi-ai: maxRetries and maxRetryDelayMs were removed; compose agent recovery with dsh-llm-retry')
-    }
+    rejectRemovedFields(provider, source)
     if (provider.length === 0) throw new Error('llm-pi-ai: provider names must be non-empty')
-    if (!supported.has(provider)) throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: unknown pi-ai provider "${provider}"`)
     if (source.apiKey !== undefined && source.apiKey.trim().length === 0) {
       throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" has an empty apiKey; omit it to use ambient authentication`)
     }
     if (source.baseURL !== undefined && source.baseURL.length === 0) {
       throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" has an empty baseURL`)
     }
+    if (source.displayName !== undefined && source.displayName.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" has an empty displayName`)
+    }
     const streamIdleTimeoutMs = source.streamIdleTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS
     if (!Number.isFinite(streamIdleTimeoutMs)
       || streamIdleTimeoutMs <= 0
@@ -140,15 +237,37 @@ export function resolveProfiles(
         `llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" streamIdleTimeoutMs must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`,
       )
     }
-    const { apiKeyEnv, retryPolicy, ...rest } = source
+    // The route key, not the installed provider's own name: the directory has
+    // always shown route keys, and a catalog route must not silently rename
+    // itself on every configuration surface just because it gained a profile.
+    const displayName = source.displayName ?? provider
+    const catalog = resolveRouteModels({
+      provider,
+      ...source.api === undefined ? {} : { api: source.api },
+      ...source.baseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseURL: source.baseURL },
+      ...source.models === undefined ? {} : { models: source.models },
+      defaultContextWindow: source.defaultContextWindow ?? DEFAULT_CONTEXT_WINDOW,
+      defaultMaxTokens: source.defaultMaxTokens ?? DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
+    })
+    const { apiKeyEnv, retryPolicy, models: _models, displayName: _displayName, ...rest } = source
     resolved.set(provider, {
       ...rest,
       provider,
+      displayName,
       ...apiKeyEnv === undefined ? {} : { apiKeyEnv: credentialRef(apiKeyEnv) },
       streamIdleTimeoutMs,
       retryPolicy: resolveRetryPolicy(retryPolicy, `llm-pi-ai: provider "${provider}" retryPolicy`),
       ...rest.headers === undefined ? {} : { headers: { ...rest.headers } },
       ...rest.thinkingBudgets === undefined ? {} : { thinkingBudgets: { ...rest.thinkingBudgets } },
+      configuredMaxTokens: catalog.configuredMaxTokens,
+      piProvider: buildProvider({
+        provider,
+        displayName,
+        ...source.api === undefined ? {} : { api: source.api },
+        ...source.baseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseURL: source.baseURL },
+        models: catalog.models,
+        namesCredential: source.apiKey !== undefined || apiKeyEnv !== undefined,
+      }),
     })
   }
   return resolved
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/discovery.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/discovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bff2c9a7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/discovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/**
+ * Answering "which models can this provider serve?" for the configuration
+ * surface's "fetch available models" action.
+ *
+ * A route the installed pi-ai catalog ships is answered **from that catalog**,
+ * with no network call at all: pi-ai's registry is the authoritative list for
+ * its own providers, and it carries the capacities a listing endpoint would
+ * not disclose. Only a route the catalog does not describe — a gateway, a
+ * self-hosted server — is interrogated over the wire.
+ *
+ * Neither path is a catalog refresh. Nothing here is stored: the request
+ * carries a draft the user is still editing, and the reply is candidate
+ * metadata the surface offers for adoption. `settings.yaml` remains the only
+ * thing that decides what a route serves.
+ *
+ * Only OpenAI-compatible protocols are interrogated. Their listing is the one
+ * shape a gateway, a self-hosted server, and the official endpoints all agree
+ * on, which is the case this action exists for; every other protocol reports
+ * that it cannot be interrogated so the surface falls back to hand-entry
+ * rather than guessing a response shape.
+ *
+ * @module dsh-llm-pi-ai/discovery
+ */
+
+import { LlmError } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import type { LlmDiscoveredModel, LlmModelDiscoveryRequest } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { attributionHeaders } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { catalogModels } from './catalog.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Protocols whose model listing this module can read: the two that speak
+ * OpenAI's `GET /models` shape with bearer auth. Azure is absent despite its
+ * OpenAI lineage — it authenticates with an `api-key` header and requires an
+ * `api-version` query — and Codex authenticates through OAuth; guessing at
+ * either would report an authentication failure as a provider with no models.
+ * pi-ai's remaining protocols are absent for the same reason.
+ */
+const LISTABLE_PROTOCOLS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
+  'openai-completions',
+  'openai-responses',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Endpoint replies larger than this are refused. The endpoint is whatever URL
+ * the user typed, so the ceiling holds on the bytes actually read rather than
+ * on the length the server claims — the same two-stage shape `dsh-web-fetch`
+ * uses for its own caller-supplied URLs, except that a truncated model listing
+ * is not parseable, so overflow rejects instead of truncating.
+ */
+const MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+
+/** One entry of an OpenAI-compatible `GET /models` reply. */
+interface ListingEntry {
+  id?: unknown
+  /** Common gateway extensions; absent from the official listings. */
+  name?: unknown
+  display_name?: unknown
+  context_window?: unknown
+  context_length?: unknown
+  max_tokens?: unknown
+  max_output_tokens?: unknown
+}
+
+/** A positive integer field of a listing entry, or `undefined` when absent or unusable. */
+function capacity(...candidates: readonly unknown[]): number | undefined {
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    if (typeof candidate === 'number' && Number.isInteger(candidate) && candidate > 0) return candidate
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/** A non-empty string field of a listing entry, or `undefined`. */
+function label(...candidates: readonly unknown[]): string | undefined {
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    if (typeof candidate === 'string' && candidate.length > 0) return candidate
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Join the endpoint base with the listing path. The base is treated as a
+ * prefix rather than a URL to resolve against, so a deployment path such as
+ * `https://gateway.example/openai/v1` keeps its segments instead of losing
+ * them to `URL` resolution.
+ */
+function listingUrl(baseURL: string): string {
+  return `${baseURL.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/models`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read a reply body, refusing one that outgrows the ceiling. A declared length
+ * is checked first so an honest server is turned away without transferring
+ * anything; the accumulated total is what actually enforces the bound, because
+ * a server that under-declares (or streams) tells us nothing up front.
+ */
+async function readBounded(response: Response, url: string): Promise<string> {
+  const oversized = (): LlmError =>
+    new LlmError(`${url} answered with more than ${MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES} bytes`, 'DISCOVERY_FAILED')
+  const declared = Number(response.headers.get('content-length') ?? Number.NaN)
+  if (Number.isFinite(declared) && declared > MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES) {
+    await response.body?.cancel()
+    throw oversized()
+  }
+  /* v8 ignore next -- fetch always exposes a body stream on a 2xx Response; the null guard is defensive. */
+  if (response.body === null) return ''
+  const reader = response.body.getReader()
+  const chunks: Uint8Array[] = []
+  let total = 0
+  try {
+    for (;;) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+      if (done) break
+      total += value.byteLength
+      if (total > MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES) throw oversized()
+      chunks.push(value)
+    }
+  } finally {
+    /* v8 ignore next 4 -- cancel() after a completed or abandoned read settles without rejecting; unobserved best-effort cleanup. */
+    await reader.cancel().catch(() => {
+      // Cancel after a drained read, or after this function walked away from
+      // an oversized one, is cleanup; the reply is already decided either way.
+    })
+  }
+  const body = new Uint8Array(total)
+  let offset = 0
+  for (const chunk of chunks) {
+    body.set(chunk, offset)
+    offset += chunk.byteLength
+  }
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(body)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read one OpenAI-compatible listing reply. Entries without a usable id are
+ * skipped rather than failing the whole interrogation: a single malformed row
+ * should not deny the user the rest of a working endpoint's catalog.
+ */
+function readListing(body: unknown): LlmDiscoveredModel[] {
+  const data = (body as { data?: unknown } | null)?.data
+  if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
+    throw new LlmError(
+      'the endpoint\'s model listing has no "data" array; enter this provider\'s models by hand',
+      'DISCOVERY_FAILED',
+    )
+  }
+  const models: LlmDiscoveredModel[] = []
+  for (const raw of data) {
+    const entry = raw as ListingEntry | null
+    const id = label(entry?.id)
+    if (id === undefined) continue
+    const name = label(entry?.name, entry?.display_name)
+    const contextWindow = capacity(entry?.context_window, entry?.context_length)
+    const maxTokens = capacity(entry?.max_output_tokens, entry?.max_tokens)
+    models.push({
+      id,
+      ...name === undefined ? {} : { name },
+      ...contextWindow === undefined ? {} : { contextWindow },
+      ...maxTokens === undefined ? {} : { maxTokens },
+    })
+  }
+  return models
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interrogate one draft provider endpoint for the models it advertises.
+ * @param request - the endpoint, protocol, and one-shot credential to use.
+ * @param storedApiKey - the credential the named route already stored, asked
+ *   for only when the draft carries none and only on the path that reaches the
+ *   network. A configuration surface never holds a stored secret — it edits a
+ *   redacted descriptor — so without this an already-configured route would be
+ *   interrogated unauthenticated and answer 401.
+ * @returns the advertised models in endpoint order.
+ * @throws LlmError when the protocol has no readable listing, the endpoint
+ *   refuses or fails the request, or the reply is not a model listing.
+ */
+export async function discoverModels(
+  request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest,
+  storedApiKey?: () => Promise<string | undefined>,
+): Promise<readonly LlmDiscoveredModel[]> {
+  // A catalog route already has its answer, and a better one: the installed
+  // entries carry context windows and output caps no listing endpoint reports.
+  if (request.provider !== undefined) {
+    const installed = catalogModels(request.provider)
+    if (installed.size > 0) {
+      return [...installed.values()].map(model => ({
+        id: model.id,
+        name: model.name,
+        contextWindow: model.contextWindow,
+        maxTokens: model.maxTokens,
+      }))
+    }
+  }
+  if (request.baseURL === undefined || request.baseURL.length === 0) {
+    throw new LlmError(
+      `pi-ai ships no catalog for provider "${request.provider ?? ''}", so its models can only come from its`
+      + " endpoint; set a baseURL, or enter this provider's models by hand",
+      'DISCOVERY_FAILED',
+    )
+  }
+  // A draft that has not chosen a protocol yet is asked as OpenAI Chat
+  // Completions: it is the shape a gateway is overwhelmingly likely to speak,
+  // and the alternative — refusing until the field is filled — would withhold
+  // the action from the case it exists for. The cost is a misdirected message
+  // when the endpoint speaks something else (an Anthropic gateway answers 401,
+  // which reads as a credential problem), and hand-entry remains the way out.
+  const api = request.api ?? 'openai-completions'
+  if (!LISTABLE_PROTOCOLS.has(api)) {
+    throw new LlmError(
+      `pi-ai protocol "${api}" has no model listing this build can read; enter this provider's models by hand`,
+      'DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED',
+    )
+  }
+  const url = listingUrl(request.baseURL)
+  // A key typed into the form wins: it is the one the user is testing, and it
+  // may be the replacement for exactly the stored key that is failing. The
+  // stored one is only asked for here, past the catalog short-circuit and the
+  // protocol check, so a route answered from the registry costs no credential
+  // lookup — and no diagnostic about a credential it never needed.
+  const apiKey = request.apiKey ?? await storedApiKey?.()
+  let response: Response
+  try {
+    response = await fetch(url, {
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        accept: 'application/json',
+        ...apiKey === undefined ? {} : { authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` },
+        ...attributionHeaders(),
+      },
+      ...request.signal === undefined ? {} : { signal: request.signal },
+    })
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (request.signal?.aborted) {
+      throw new LlmError('model discovery aborted by caller', 'ABORTED', { cause: error })
+    }
+    throw new LlmError(`could not reach ${url}`, 'DISCOVERY_FAILED', { cause: error })
+  }
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new LlmError(
+      `${url} answered ${response.status}${response.status === 401 || response.status === 403 ? '; check the API key' : ''}`,
+      'DISCOVERY_FAILED',
+    )
+  }
+  let text: string
+  try {
+    text = await readBounded(response, url)
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    // Cancellation during the body read rejects with the abort reason, which
+    // may be any value; the caller gets the same coded failure it would have
+    // for a cancellation before the request went out.
+    if (request.signal?.aborted) {
+      throw new LlmError('model discovery aborted by caller', 'ABORTED', { cause: error })
+    }
+    throw error
+  }
+  let body: unknown
+  try {
+    body = JSON.parse(text)
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    throw new LlmError(`${url} did not answer with JSON`, 'DISCOVERY_FAILED', { cause: error })
+  }
+  return readListing(body)
+}
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/index.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/index.ts
index 91cb32a181..0d058e94ac 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * Generic pi-ai-backed LLM adapter plugin. One plugin instance owns a dict of
- * provider routes; requests select a profile by provider and resolve the
- * model dynamically from pi-ai's installed catalog. Profile facts resolve per
- * request over the optional `llm-pi-ai` user-settings section and the
- * optional credential seam, so a changed key, endpoint, or knob reaches the
- * next request without a restart; a changed *route set* (or a route's
+ * provider routes; a route naming an installed pi-ai provider inherits that
+ * provider's endpoint, protocol, and model catalog as defaults, and a route
+ * pi-ai does not ship is declared outright. Profile facts resolve per request
+ * over the optional `llm-pi-ai` user-settings section and the optional
+ * credential seam, so a changed key, endpoint, model, or knob reaches the next
+ * request without a restart; a changed *route set* (or a route's
  * registration-captured retry policy) re-registers the same adapter instance
  * in place.
  *
@@ -13,34 +14,49 @@
  *   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
  *   config:
  *     providers:
+ *       # Catalog route: everything but the credential comes from pi-ai.
  *       openai:
  *         apiKeyEnv: OPENAI_API_KEY
  *         retryPolicy:
  *           mode: normal
  *           maxRetries: 2
+ *       # Catalog route with the catalog narrowed and one capacity corrected.
  *       anthropic:
  *         apiKeyEnv: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
- *       openrouter:
- *         apiKeyEnv: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
- *         baseURL: https://proxy.example.com/v1
+ *         models:
+ *           - id: claude-sonnet-4-5
+ *             contextWindow: 200000
+ *       # Hand-declared route: pi-ai ships nothing under this key.
+ *       acme-gateway:
+ *         displayName: Acme Gateway
+ *         apiKeyEnv: ACME_GATEWAY_API_KEY
+ *         api: openai-completions
+ *         baseURL: https://gateway.acme.example/v1
+ *         models:
+ *           - id: acme-large
+ *             name: Acme Large
+ *             contextWindow: 65536
+ *             maxTokens: 4096
  * ```
  *
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai
  */
 
 import type { Context } from 'cordis'
-import { getBuiltinProviders } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
 import { LlmError } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
-import type { AdapterRegistrationHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import type { AdapterRegistrationHandle, DirectoryRegistrationHandle, LlmConfigurableProvider } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import { deepEqualJson, installSettingsSection, settingsNamespace } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings'
 import { PiAiAdapter } from './adapter.ts'
-import { Config, resolveProfiles } from './config.ts'
+import { catalogProviderIds } from './catalog.ts'
+import { assertServiceable, Config, resolveProfiles } from './config.ts'
 import type { ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile } from './config.ts'
+import { discoverModels } from './discovery.ts'
 
 export { PiAiAdapter } from './adapter.ts'
 export type { PiAiAdapterOptions } from './adapter.ts'
 export { Config } from './config.ts'
-export type { PiAiProviderProfile, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile } from './config.ts'
+export type { PiAiModelProfile, PiAiProviderProfile, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile } from './config.ts'
+export { supportedProtocols } from './provider.ts'
 
 export const name = 'llm-pi-ai'
 export const inject = ['llm']
@@ -54,33 +70,60 @@ const NS = settingsNamespace('llm-pi-ai')
  */
 function registrationFacts(profiles: ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile>): unknown {
   return [...profiles.entries()]
-    .map(([provider, profile]) => ({ provider, retryPolicy: profile.retryPolicy }))
+    // `displayName` rides along because the registry hands it to every selector
+    // through `providerInfo()`: a rename that did not re-register would leave
+    // the old label showing until some unrelated fact happened to change.
+    .map(([provider, profile]) => ({
+      provider,
+      displayName: profile.displayName,
+      retryPolicy: profile.retryPolicy,
+    }))
     .sort((left, right) => left.provider.localeCompare(right.provider))
 }
 
+/**
+ * The configurable-provider directory: every installed catalog route, plus
+ * every route the current profiles declare. A hand-declared route has no
+ * catalog entry, so without this union it would have no settings address and
+ * configuration surfaces could neither show nor edit it.
+ * @param profiles - the currently resolved provider profiles.
+ * @returns the directory entries in catalog order, declared routes last.
+ */
+function directoryEntries(
+  profiles: ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile>,
+): LlmConfigurableProvider[] {
+  const entries = new Map<string, LlmConfigurableProvider>()
+  const declare = (provider: string, displayName: string): void => {
+    entries.set(provider, { provider, displayName, settingsNs: NS, settingsPath: ['providers', provider] })
+  }
+  for (const provider of catalogProviderIds()) declare(provider, provider)
+  for (const [provider, profile] of profiles) declare(provider, profile.displayName)
+  return [...entries.values()]
+}
+
 /** Register one generic pi-ai adapter for all configured provider routes. */
 export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   let current: () => Config = () => config
   let lastRaw: Config | undefined
-  let lastGood: ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile> | undefined
+  let memoized: ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile> | undefined
+  /**
+   * The resolved profiles for the current configuration, memoized by the raw
+   * snapshot's identity — which is also what makes the adapter's own snapshot
+   * stable across operations that observe no change.
+   *
+   * No fallback for an unserviceable snapshot lives here: the section schema
+   * resolves the whole profile set, so a write that could not be served is
+   * refused where it is written, and the settings seam keeps a namespace's
+   * last good value for a stored section that fails. Anything reaching this
+   * point has already resolved once.
+   */
   const profiles = (): ReadonlyMap<string, ResolvedPiAiProviderProfile> => {
     const raw = current()
-    if (raw === lastRaw && lastGood !== undefined) return lastGood
-    try {
-      const next = resolveProfiles(raw.providers)
-      lastRaw = raw
-      lastGood = next
-      return next
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Static composition resolves before anything registers, so this branch
-      // only sees a live settings snapshot failing catalog or bound checks:
-      // keep serving the last good profiles and say so once per bad snapshot.
-      if (lastGood === undefined) throw error
-      lastRaw = raw
-      ctx.logger.error('llm-pi-ai: keeping the last good profiles after an invalid settings section')
-      ctx.logger.error(error)
-      return lastGood
-    }
+    if (raw === lastRaw && memoized !== undefined) return memoized
+    const next = resolveProfiles(raw.providers)
+    lastRaw = raw
+    memoized = next
+    return next
   }
   profiles()
 
@@ -114,13 +157,46 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   const adapter = new PiAiAdapter({ profiles, resolveApiKey })
   // The full installed catalog is configurable from the moment the plugin
   // mounts — dormant or not — so configuration surfaces can offer every
-  // pi-ai provider before any route exists.
-  ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(getBuiltinProviders().map(provider => ({
-    provider,
-    displayName: provider,
-    settingsNs: NS,
-    settingsPath: ['providers', provider],
-  })))
+  // pi-ai provider before any route exists. Hand-declared routes join it as
+  // profiles appear, and leave with them.
+  let directory: DirectoryRegistrationHandle | undefined
+  let directoryFacts: unknown
+  const ensureDirectory = (): void => {
+    const entries = directoryEntries(profiles())
+    if (deepEqualJson(entries, directoryFacts)) return
+    // Atomic replace, never dispose-then-register: a route another adapter
+    // family already declares (a profile keyed `deepseek-official`) would
+    // otherwise leave this plugin's whole directory withdrawn and the Models
+    // page empty. The candidate set is validated first, so a collision keeps
+    // the previous entries serving and only costs a diagnostic.
+    if (directory === undefined) {
+      directory = ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(entries)
+    } else {
+      directory.replace(entries)
+    }
+    directoryFacts = entries
+  }
+  ensureDirectory()
+  /**
+   * The credential a named route already resolves, for an interrogation whose
+   * draft carries none. A route being declared for the first time names no
+   * profile yet, and a profile that names no credential defers to pi-ai's own
+   * discovery, so both answer `undefined` and the endpoint is asked
+   * unauthenticated — the same posture a request to that route would take.
+   */
+  const storedApiKey = async (provider: string | undefined): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+    if (provider === undefined) return undefined
+    const profile = profiles().get(provider)
+    if (profile === undefined) return undefined
+    return resolveApiKey(provider, profile)
+  }
+  // Interrogating an endpoint is a configuration-time action over a draft, so
+  // it is offered for the whole namespace rather than per route: the provider
+  // a surface is adding does not exist yet. The draft is the whole request
+  // except the credential: a configuration surface edits a redacted descriptor
+  // and never holds a stored secret, so an already-configured route supplies
+  // its own here rather than being interrogated unauthenticated.
+  ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery(NS, request => discoverModels(request, () => storedApiKey(request.provider)))
   // Route effects bind to this apply fiber via the stable `ctx` reference,
   // even when a swap runs inside the scoped settings callback below. A bare
   // mount (zero routes) is the dormant posture: nothing registers until a
@@ -153,9 +229,37 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
   ensureRegistrationFacts()
 
   installSettingsSection(ctx, NS, Config, config, {
+    // Refuse an unserviceable section where it is written: without this a
+    // schema-valid profile the adapter cannot serve would be stored and then
+    // silently disable every route in this namespace.
+    validate: assertServiceable,
     setSource: (source) => {
       current = source
     },
-    onChange: ensureRegistrationFacts,
+    onChange: () => {
+      // Named here rather than left to the settings watcher: `assertServiceable`
+      // cannot see the llm registry, so a profile claiming a route another
+      // adapter family owns is stored successfully and only fails at this swap.
+      // Without its own diagnostic that refusal reaches the operator as a
+      // generic "settings: watcher failed", naming neither the route nor why it
+      // is not serving. The previous routes keep serving either way.
+      try {
+        ensureRegistrationFacts()
+      } catch (error) {
+        ctx.logger.error('llm-pi-ai: keeping the previously registered routes after a refused update')
+        ctx.logger.error(error)
+      }
+      // The directory follows the profiles the registry accepted, so a route
+      // that failed to register is not advertised as configurable. A refused
+      // directory swap is contained here for the same reason the registry's
+      // is: the previous entries keep serving, and `directoryFacts` stays put
+      // so returning to a working configuration re-applies.
+      try {
+        ensureDirectory()
+      } catch (error) {
+        ctx.logger.error('llm-pi-ai: keeping the previous configurable-provider directory after a refused update')
+        ctx.logger.error(error)
+      }
+    },
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/provider.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..893199d8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/src/provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/**
+ * Construction of the pi-ai `Provider` that one configured route registers into
+ * the adapter's `Models` collection.
+ *
+ * Two constructions, one decision: a route the installed catalog ships, whose
+ * profile does not override the wire protocol, **reuses that catalog provider**
+ * with its models replaced — the catalog provider owns API implementations this
+ * package cannot reconstruct (Bedrock loads its Smithy module through a
+ * separate entry point), so rebuilding it from parts would silently narrow
+ * which providers work. Every other route — one pi-ai has never heard of, or a
+ * catalog route pointed at a different protocol — is built by `createProvider`
+ * over the protocol table below.
+ *
+ * Credentials never reach this module's storage: the harness resolves a route's
+ * key through `ctx.credentials` before the request enters pi-ai and hands it
+ * over as a stream option, which `Models` presents to `resolve()` as the
+ * credential key.
+ *
+ * @module dsh-llm-pi-ai/provider
+ */
+
+import { createProvider } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import type { Api, ApiKeyAuth, Model, Provider, ProviderStreams } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import { anthropicMessagesApi } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/anthropic-messages.lazy'
+import { openAICompletionsApi } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/openai-completions.lazy'
+import { openAIResponsesApi } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/openai-responses.lazy'
+import { catalogProvider } from './catalog.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Wire protocols a configured route may name, mapped to pi-ai's lazily loaded
+ * implementations. Each entry is the factory that pi-ai's matching provider
+ * factory uses, so a hand-declared route reaches exactly the implementation a
+ * catalog route would.
+ *
+ * The table is deliberately narrow: the protocols a hand-declared route
+ * actually reaches for today, each completely describable with a key, an
+ * endpoint, and headers. Bedrock signs with SigV4 over AWS credentials and a
+ * region, Vertex needs a project, a location, and application-default
+ * credentials, Azure needs provider environment plus an api-version, and Codex
+ * authenticates through OAuth — none of which this configuration shape can
+ * express, so offering them would hand back a provider that cannot
+ * authenticate. The remainder are absent for want of a consumer rather than a
+ * blocker: each is one line here once a deployment needs it. Catalog routes
+ * still reach every protocol through their own provider; only an explicit
+ * override is refused.
+ */
+const PROTOCOLS: Readonly<Record<string, () => ProviderStreams>> = {
+  'openai-completions': openAICompletionsApi,
+  'openai-responses': openAIResponsesApi,
+  'anthropic-messages': anthropicMessagesApi,
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every wire protocol a configured route may name, most-reached first. The
+ * order is the table's and therefore stable; a configuration surface offering
+ * a choice presents the first as its default, which is why the protocol a
+ * hand-declared gateway most often speaks — and the one endpoint interrogation
+ * can read — leads.
+ * @returns the supported protocol identifiers.
+ */
+export function supportedProtocols(): readonly string[] {
+  return Object.keys(PROTOCOLS)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Api-key auth for a route the harness authenticates itself. `Models` calls
+ * this after the adapter has already resolved the route's credential, so a
+ * missing key here is not this layer's failure: a named-but-unresolvable
+ * reference has already failed the request with `MISSING_CREDENTIAL`, and a
+ * route naming no credential at all is deliberately unauthenticated. Reporting
+ * it as configured hands the decision to the protocol, which is where the
+ * requirement actually lives — pi-ai's OpenAI-compatible implementation, for
+ * one, still insists on a key or an `Authorization` header of its own.
+ * @param name - display name used as the resolution's status label.
+ * @returns the api-key auth for a harness-authenticated route.
+ */
+function harnessApiKeyAuth(name: string): ApiKeyAuth {
+  return {
+    name,
+    resolve: ({ credential }) => Promise.resolve({
+      auth: credential?.key === undefined ? {} : { apiKey: credential.key },
+      source: name,
+    }),
+  }
+}
+
+/** The resolved route facts provider construction reads. */
+export interface ProviderSpec {
+  /** Provider route key; also the `Models` collection key and each model's `provider`. */
+  provider: string
+  /** Display name for selectors and status labels. */
+  displayName: string
+  /** Wire protocol override; absent means each model keeps its catalog protocol. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Endpoint override already applied to {@link models}; kept for provider-level display. */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** The route's materialized models, in configuration order. */
+  models: readonly Model<Api>[]
+  /**
+   * Whether the profile names a credential — a literal key or a reference.
+   * Only that decides whether {@link routeAuth} adds the harness's own api-key
+   * method to a catalog provider that offers none; the key itself still arrives
+   * per request, never at construction.
+   */
+  namesCredential: boolean
+}
+
+/**
+ * The auth one route resolves its credential through.
+ *
+ * A catalog route keeps the installed provider's own auth, which is what
+ * preserves provider-native ambient discovery for a profile naming no
+ * credential. That holds even when the profile repoints the protocol: which
+ * environment a provider reads is a property of the provider, not of the wire
+ * format its models speak.
+ *
+ * The single addition covers a catalog provider that offers no api-key method
+ * at all. pi-ai resolves a request's `apiKey` override only when the provider
+ * declares one (`resolveProviderAuth` checks `provider.auth.apiKey` before
+ * honouring the override), so an OAuth-only provider — `openai-codex` is the
+ * one the installed catalog ships — would refuse a profile's explicit key with
+ * `Provider is not configured` before any request went out. Adding the harness
+ * method beside the provider's own restores that route. A keyless profile adds
+ * nothing and still reports the honest refusal, because this adapter resolves
+ * credentials through its own seam and holds no OAuth store to fall back on.
+ * @param spec - the resolved route facts.
+ * @param catalog - the installed catalog provider, when pi-ai ships one.
+ * @returns the auth to construct this route's provider with.
+ */
+function routeAuth(spec: ProviderSpec, catalog: Provider | undefined): Provider['auth'] {
+  if (catalog === undefined) return { apiKey: harnessApiKeyAuth(spec.displayName) }
+  if (catalog.auth.apiKey !== undefined || !spec.namesCredential) return catalog.auth
+  return { ...catalog.auth, apiKey: harnessApiKeyAuth(spec.displayName) }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reuse an installed catalog provider with this route's models and identity.
+ * Model dispatch stays with the catalog provider, so its API implementations,
+ * compatibility quirks, and ambient credential discovery are preserved exactly.
+ * Catalog-owned dynamic refresh is dropped: this route's catalog is the
+ * settings document, and a background refresh would contradict it.
+ */
+function reuseCatalogProvider(base: Provider, spec: ProviderSpec): Provider {
+  // Provider-level `baseUrl` is display metadata: pi-ai routes every request
+  // through `Model.baseUrl`, which model resolution has already overridden.
+  const baseUrl = spec.baseURL ?? base.baseUrl
+  return {
+    id: spec.provider,
+    name: spec.displayName,
+    ...baseUrl === undefined ? {} : { baseUrl },
+    auth: routeAuth(spec, base),
+    getModels: () => spec.models,
+    // Delegated rather than copied: the catalog provider stays the receiver, so
+    // an implementation holding state on itself keeps working.
+    stream: (model, context, options) => base.stream(model, context, options),
+    streamSimple: (model, context, options) => base.streamSimple(model, context, options),
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the pi-ai provider for one resolved route.
+ * @param spec - the resolved route facts.
+ * @returns the provider to register in the adapter's `Models` collection.
+ * @throws Error when the route names a wire protocol this build cannot serve.
+ */
+export function buildProvider(spec: ProviderSpec): Provider {
+  const catalog = catalogProvider(spec.provider)
+  // A catalog route keeping its catalog protocol reuses the catalog provider;
+  // an explicit protocol means the deployment is repointing the route at a
+  // different wire format, which only the protocol table can serve.
+  if (catalog !== undefined && spec.api === undefined) return reuseCatalogProvider(catalog, spec)
+
+  // Every model on this path carries the route's protocol: model resolution
+  // requires one for a route the catalog cannot default, and an explicit one
+  // replaces each catalog model's own. So the route has a single API.
+  const factory = spec.api === undefined ? undefined : PROTOCOLS[spec.api]
+  if (factory === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `llm-pi-ai: provider "${spec.provider}" names api "${spec.api}", which this build cannot serve;`
+      + ` supported protocols are ${supportedProtocols().join(', ')}`,
+    )
+  }
+  return createProvider({
+    id: spec.provider,
+    name: spec.displayName,
+    ...spec.baseURL === undefined ? {} : { baseUrl: spec.baseURL },
+    auth: routeAuth(spec, catalog),
+    models: spec.models,
+    api: factory(),
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/adapter.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/adapter.spec.ts
index 6f6e6c7ba6..a9c4335a92 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/adapter.spec.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,23 @@ describe('PiAiAdapter provider routing', () => {
     expect(result.message.content).toEqual([{ type: 'text', text: 'hello' }])
   })
 
+  it('names a route by its displayName, and by its own key once the profiles drop it', () => {
+    const adapter = adapterOf({ 'acme-gateway': {
+      apiKey: 'k',
+      displayName: 'Acme Gateway',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      baseURL: 'https://acme.test/v1',
+      models: [{ id: 'acme-large' }],
+    } })
+    expect(adapter.providerInfo('acme-gateway')).toEqual({ id: 'acme-gateway', name: 'Acme Gateway' })
+
+    // The registry and the profiles can disagree for a moment: a refused
+    // registration swap leaves the previous routes serving while resolution
+    // has already moved on, so a selector may ask about a route the current
+    // profiles no longer describe. It gets the key rather than nothing.
+    expect(adapter.providerInfo('departed')).toEqual({ id: 'departed', name: 'departed' })
+  })
+
   it('reports unsupported stop sequences rather than silently ignoring them', async () => {
     const server = await mockServer([])
     const ctx = await harness(server.url)
@@ -339,12 +356,11 @@ describe('provider profile lifecycle', () => {
       ReasoningEffortId('xhigh'),
       ReasoningEffortId('max'),
     ])
-    await expect(ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('openai', 'gpt-4.1'))
-      .resolves.toMatchObject({
-        reasoning: {
-          efforts: [{ id: ReasoningEffortId('off'), name: 'Off' }],
-        },
-      })
+    // A catalog model without reasoning is the same case as a hand-declared
+    // one: pi-ai reports the single level `off`, which translates to omitting
+    // the reasoning option — exactly what naming no effort already does. The
+    // capability is reported unavailable rather than offering that control.
+    expect((await ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('openai', 'gpt-4.1')).reasoning).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('uses a supported profile reasoning value as the model default and rejects an unsupported one', async () => {
@@ -406,12 +422,14 @@ describe('provider profile lifecycle', () => {
     expect(server.requests).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 
-  it('validates empty, unknown, legacy-shaped, and explicitly blank profiles', () => {
+  it('validates empty, underspecified, legacy-shaped, and explicitly blank profiles', () => {
     // Empty and omitted dicts are the dormant zero-route posture, not errors.
     expect(resolveProfiles({}).size).toBe(0)
     expect(resolveProfiles(undefined).size).toBe(0)
     expect(() => resolveProfiles({ '': {} })).toThrow(/non-empty/)
-    expect(() => resolveProfiles({ 'not-real': {} })).toThrow(/unknown/)
+    // A route the installed catalog does not ship is allowed, but it has no
+    // defaults to fall back on: it must describe its own models.
+    expect(() => resolveProfiles({ 'not-real': {} })).toThrow(/resolves no models/)
     // The pre-release array shape and its per-profile provider field fail
     // loud with migration directions instead of half-working.
     expect(() => resolveProfiles([{ provider: 'openai' }] as never)).toThrow(/dict keyed by provider/)
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/catalog.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/catalog.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49805b65b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/catalog.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,576 @@
+import { mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import LlmService, { createUserMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import type { StreamChunk } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import SettingsLocal from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local'
+import { settingsNamespace } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings'
+import * as LlmPiAi from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
+import { PiAiAdapter } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
+import { getBuiltinModels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
+import { createModels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import type { Api, Model, Provider } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai'
+import { resolveProfiles } from '../src/config.ts'
+import { buildProvider, supportedProtocols } from '../src/provider.ts'
+import { assemble } from './assemble.ts'
+import { closeMockServers, mockServer, textEvents } from './mock-server.ts'
+
+const homes: string[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await closeMockServers()
+  await Promise.all(homes.splice(0).map(dir => rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })))
+})
+
+/** A throwaway $DSH_HOME with an empty settings document. */
+async function home(): Promise<string> {
+  const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-pi-catalog-'))
+  homes.push(dir)
+  await writeFile(join(dir, 'settings.yaml'), '')
+  return dir
+}
+
+/** The dormant composition plus a real settings service, as the product mounts it. */
+async function bootWithSettings(dir: string, config: LlmPiAi.Config): Promise<Context> {
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+  await ctx.plugin(SettingsLocal, { path: join(dir, 'settings.yaml'), watch: false })
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, config)
+  return ctx
+}
+
+/** A complete hand-declared route: nothing about it exists in pi-ai's catalog. */
+function gateway(baseURL: string, overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}): LlmPiAi.Config {
+  return {
+    providers: {
+      'acme-gateway': {
+        apiKey: 'gw-key',
+        displayName: 'Acme Gateway',
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL,
+        models: [{ id: 'acme-large', name: 'Acme Large', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 }],
+        ...overrides,
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+async function harness(config: LlmPiAi.Config): Promise<Context> {
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, config)
+  return ctx
+}
+
+describe('hand-declared providers', () => {
+  it('serves a route pi-ai has never heard of from its own declaration', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    const ctx = await harness(gateway(`${server.url}/v1`))
+
+    const result = await assemble(ctx, {
+      provider: 'acme-gateway',
+      model: 'acme-large',
+      messages: [createUserMessage({
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'hi' }],
+        source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' },
+      })],
+    })
+
+    expect(result.message.content).toEqual([{ type: 'text', text: 'hello' }])
+    expect(result.finish).toEqual({ kind: 'stop' })
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/chat/completions'])
+    expect(server.headers[0]?.authorization).toBe('Bearer gw-key')
+  })
+
+  it('lists and resolves the declared models rather than a catalog', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const ctx = await harness(gateway(`${server.url}/v1`))
+
+    expect(await ctx.llm.listModels('acme-gateway')).toEqual([
+      { provider: 'acme-gateway', id: 'acme-large', name: 'Acme Large' },
+    ])
+    const info = await ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('acme-gateway', 'acme-large')
+    expect(info).toMatchObject({
+      provider: 'acme-gateway',
+      id: 'acme-large',
+      name: 'Acme Large',
+      context: { contextWindow: 65_536 },
+      defaultMaxTokens: 4096,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('offers no reasoning control it could not honour', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const ctx = await harness(gateway(`${server.url}/v1`))
+
+    // pi-ai reports a model with no reasoning metadata as supporting the single
+    // level `off`, but `off` is translated to *omitting* the reasoning option —
+    // byte-for-byte the same request as naming no effort — so a provider whose
+    // own default is to think would keep thinking with `off` selected. The
+    // capability is reported unavailable instead of offering that control.
+    expect((await ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('acme-gateway', 'acme-large')).reasoning).toBeUndefined()
+
+    // A catalog route is unaffected: its models carry the metadata that makes
+    // `off` actually disable thinking.
+    const withCatalog = await harness({ providers: { deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: server.url } } })
+    const [catalogModel] = getBuiltinModels('deepseek')
+    if (catalogModel === undefined) throw new Error('the installed catalog ships no deepseek model')
+    expect((await withCatalog.llm.resolveModelInfo('deepseek', catalogModel.id)).reasoning?.efforts.map(e => e.id))
+      .toContain('off')
+  })
+
+  it('joins the configurable-provider directory so a settings surface can reach it', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const ctx = await harness(gateway(`${server.url}/v1`))
+
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toContainEqual({
+      provider: 'acme-gateway',
+      displayName: 'Acme Gateway',
+      settingsNs: 'llm-pi-ai',
+      settingsPath: ['providers', 'acme-gateway'],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('sizes a model the catalog cannot describe from the route\u2019s own fallbacks', () => {
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({
+      'acme-gateway': {
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL: 'https://acme.test',
+        // A listing endpoint that discloses nothing but ids still yields a
+        // serviceable route.
+        models: [{ id: 'bare' }, { id: 'sized', contextWindow: 8192, maxTokens: 512 }],
+      },
+      'tuned-gateway': {
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL: 'https://tuned.test',
+        defaultContextWindow: 4096,
+        defaultMaxTokens: 256,
+        models: [{ id: 'bare' }],
+      },
+    })
+    const modelsOf = (route: string): readonly { id: string; contextWindow: number; maxTokens: number }[] =>
+      resolved.get(route)?.piProvider.getModels() ?? []
+
+    expect(modelsOf('acme-gateway')).toMatchObject([
+      { id: 'bare', contextWindow: 262_144, maxTokens: 32_768 },
+      { id: 'sized', contextWindow: 8192, maxTokens: 512 },
+    ])
+    // The fallback is a guess, so a deployment whose gateway serves smaller
+    // models corrects it once for the whole route.
+    expect(modelsOf('tuned-gateway')).toMatchObject([{ id: 'bare', contextWindow: 4096, maxTokens: 256 }])
+    // Only an explicitly configured cap is a request default; a fallback is
+    // the model's capability and stops there.
+    expect(resolved.get('acme-gateway')?.configuredMaxTokens.get('bare')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(resolved.get('acme-gateway')?.configuredMaxTokens.get('sized')).toBe(512)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a model the route cannot identify', () => {
+    const declare = (model: LlmPiAi.PiAiModelProfile): (() => unknown) =>
+      () => resolveProfiles({ 'acme-gateway': { api: 'openai-completions', baseURL: 'https://acme.test', models: [model] } })
+
+    expect(declare({ id: '' })).toThrow(/empty id/)
+    expect(() => resolveProfiles({
+      'acme-gateway': {
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL: 'https://acme.test',
+        models: [{ id: 'dup', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }, { id: 'dup', contextWindow: 2, maxTokens: 2 }],
+      },
+    })).toThrow(/more than once/)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a declaration that names no wire protocol or endpoint', () => {
+    expect(() => resolveProfiles({
+      'acme-gateway': { baseURL: 'https://acme.test', models: [{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }] },
+    })).toThrow(/needs an api/)
+    expect(() => resolveProfiles({
+      'acme-gateway': { api: 'openai-completions', models: [{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }] },
+    })).toThrow(/needs a baseURL/)
+  })
+
+  it.each(['bedrock-converse-stream', 'google-vertex', 'azure-openai-responses', 'openai-codex-responses'])(
+    'refuses %s, whose authentication a profile cannot express',
+    (api) => {
+      // These need SigV4 credentials and a region, a project plus ADC, provider
+      // environment and an api-version, or OAuth — none of which a key, an
+      // endpoint, and headers can carry, so a route naming one would be built
+      // unable to authenticate.
+      expect(supportedProtocols()).not.toContain(api)
+      expect(() => buildProvider({ provider: 'acme-gateway', displayName: 'Acme', api, models: [], namesCredential: true }))
+        .toThrow(/cannot serve; supported protocols are/)
+    },
+  )
+
+  it('rejects a protocol this build cannot serve, and a route that names none', () => {
+    const spec = { provider: 'acme-gateway', displayName: 'Acme Gateway', models: [], namesCredential: true }
+    expect(() => buildProvider({ ...spec, api: 'quantum-telepathy' }))
+      .toThrow(/cannot serve; supported protocols are/)
+    expect(() => buildProvider(spec)).toThrow(/cannot serve; supported protocols are/)
+  })
+
+  it('leaves an unauthenticated route to its protocol rather than inventing a credential', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    // Naming no credential is the deliberately unauthenticated posture — a
+    // named reference that resolved to nothing would have failed with
+    // MISSING_CREDENTIAL long before this point. The route resolves as
+    // configured and the protocol decides: pi-ai's OpenAI-compatible
+    // implementation wants a key or an Authorization header of its own, and
+    // says so instead of the harness guessing a placeholder.
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        'local-llm': {
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: `${server.url}/v1`,
+          models: [{ id: 'qwen3', contextWindow: 32_768, maxTokens: 2048 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const result = await assemble(ctx, { provider: 'local-llm', model: 'qwen3', messages: [] })
+    expect(result.finish).toMatchObject({
+      kind: 'error',
+      failure: { message: 'No API key for provider: local-llm' },
+    })
+    expect(server.requests).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('authenticates an unauthenticated route through a configured header', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        'local-llm': {
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: `${server.url}/v1`,
+          headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer local' },
+          models: [{ id: 'qwen3', contextWindow: 32_768, maxTokens: 2048 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const result = await assemble(ctx, { provider: 'local-llm', model: 'qwen3', messages: [] })
+    expect(result.finish).toEqual({ kind: 'stop' })
+    expect(server.headers[0]?.authorization).toBe('Bearer local')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a capacity that is not a positive integer', () => {
+    const declare = (model: LlmPiAi.PiAiModelProfile): (() => unknown) =>
+      () => resolveProfiles({ 'acme-gateway': { api: 'openai-completions', baseURL: 'https://acme.test', models: [model] } })
+
+    expect(declare({ id: 'm', contextWindow: 0, maxTokens: 1 })).toThrow(/contextWindow must be a positive integer/)
+    expect(declare({ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1.5, maxTokens: 1 })).toThrow(/contextWindow must be a positive integer/)
+    expect(declare({ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 0 })).toThrow(/maxTokens must be a positive integer/)
+    expect(declare({ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1.5 })).toThrow(/maxTokens must be a positive integer/)
+  })
+
+  it('names the route key when no displayName is configured', () => {
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({
+      'acme-gateway': {
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL: 'https://acme.test',
+        models: [{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }],
+      },
+    })
+    expect(resolved.get('acme-gateway')?.displayName).toBe('acme-gateway')
+    expect(() => resolveProfiles({ 'acme-gateway': { displayName: '' } })).toThrow(/empty displayName/)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('catalog routes with per-model configuration', () => {
+  it('serves the installed catalog untouched when the profile lists no models', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const ctx = await harness({ providers: { deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: server.url } } })
+
+    const listed = await ctx.llm.listModels('deepseek')
+    expect(listed.map(model => model.id).sort())
+      .toEqual(getBuiltinModels('deepseek').map(model => model.id).sort())
+  })
+
+  it('overrides one catalog model field and defaults the rest from the catalog', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const [catalogModel] = getBuiltinModels('deepseek')
+    if (catalogModel === undefined) throw new Error('the installed catalog ships no deepseek model')
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        deepseek: {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          baseURL: server.url,
+          models: [{ id: catalogModel.id, contextWindow: 4096 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const info = await ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('deepseek', catalogModel.id)
+    // The configured field wins and the name still comes from the catalog. The
+    // catalog's own output cap is the model's capability, not a cap anyone
+    // chose, so it must not arrive as the request default.
+    expect(info.context).toEqual({ contextWindow: 4096 })
+    expect(info.name).toBe(catalogModel.name)
+    expect(info.defaultMaxTokens).toBeUndefined()
+    // An explicit list replaces the catalog rather than adding to it.
+    expect((await ctx.llm.listModels('deepseek')).map(model => model.id)).toEqual([catalogModel.id])
+  })
+
+  it('materializes a request default only from a configured output cap', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const [catalogModel] = getBuiltinModels('deepseek')
+    if (catalogModel === undefined) throw new Error('the installed catalog ships no deepseek model')
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        deepseek: {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          baseURL: server.url,
+          models: [{ id: catalogModel.id, maxTokens: 4096 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    // Configuring the cap is the deployment choosing one, so it becomes the
+    // default the seam materializes into requests that name none.
+    expect((await ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo('deepseek', catalogModel.id)).defaultMaxTokens).toBe(4096)
+  })
+
+  it('adds a model the installed catalog does not describe to a catalog route', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        deepseek: {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          baseURL: `${server.url}/v1`,
+          models: [{ id: 'deepseek-preview', contextWindow: 200_000, maxTokens: 8192 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const result = await assemble(ctx, { provider: 'deepseek', model: 'deepseek-preview', messages: [] })
+    expect(result.finish).toEqual({ kind: 'stop' })
+    // The catalog route keeps its catalog protocol, so the new model reaches
+    // the same endpoint shape the shipped models use.
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/chat/completions'])
+  })
+
+  it('fails an unconfigured model id before any provider request', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([])
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: server.url, models: [{ id: 'deepseek-preview', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }] },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const result = await assemble(ctx, { provider: 'deepseek', model: 'not-configured', messages: [] })
+
+    expect(result.finish).toMatchObject({ kind: 'error', failure: { code: 'UNKNOWN_MODEL' } })
+    expect(server.requests).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('preserves catalog-only model metadata the profile cannot express', () => {
+    // Some catalog models carry provider-required request headers; overriding a
+    // capacity must not drop them, because configuration has no way to restate
+    // them.
+    const headered = (getBuiltinModels('nvidia') as { id: string; headers?: unknown }[])
+      .find(model => model.headers !== undefined)
+    if (headered === undefined) throw new Error('the installed catalog ships no nvidia model with headers')
+
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({
+      nvidia: { models: [{ id: headered.id, contextWindow: 4096 }] },
+    })
+    const [model] = resolved.get('nvidia')?.piProvider.getModels() ?? []
+    expect(model?.headers).toEqual(headered.headers)
+    expect(model?.contextWindow).toBe(4096)
+  })
+
+  it('delegates both stream methods back to the reused catalog provider', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }, { events: textEvents }])
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: `${server.url}/v1` } })
+    const built = resolved.get('deepseek')?.piProvider
+    if (built === undefined) throw new Error('the deepseek route built no provider')
+    const [model] = built.getModels()
+    if (model === undefined) throw new Error('the deepseek route resolved no models')
+    const context = { messages: [{ role: 'user' as const, content: 'hi', timestamp: 0 }] }
+
+    // `stream` is interface-required and unused by the harness adapter, which
+    // only calls `streamSimple`; both must still reach the catalog provider.
+    for await (const _event of built.stream(model, context, { apiKey: 'k' })) { /* drain */ }
+    for await (const _event of built.streamSimple(model, context, { apiKey: 'k' })) { /* drain */ }
+
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/chat/completions', '/v1/chat/completions'])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps each model its own endpoint when the catalog route declares none', () => {
+    // `opencode` ships no provider-level endpoint: the address lives on every
+    // catalog model, so the route resolves without any configured baseURL.
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ opencode: {} })
+    const models = resolved.get('opencode')?.piProvider.getModels() ?? []
+    expect(models.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect(models.every(model => model.baseUrl.length > 0)).toBe(true)
+    expect(resolved.get('opencode')?.piProvider.baseUrl).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('repoints a catalog route at another wire protocol without restating its endpoint', () => {
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ openai: { api: 'openai-completions' } })
+    const models = resolved.get('openai')?.piProvider.getModels() ?? []
+    // The protocol changes for the whole route; each model keeps the catalog
+    // endpoint it already had.
+    expect(models.every(model => model.api === 'openai-completions')).toBe(true)
+    expect(models.every(model => model.baseUrl === 'https://api.openai.com/v1')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('repoints a catalog route at another wire protocol', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    const ctx = await harness({
+      providers: {
+        // openai's catalog models speak the Responses API; naming the protocol
+        // explicitly moves the whole route onto Chat Completions.
+        openai: {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: `${server.url}/v1`,
+          models: [{ id: 'gpt-4.1', contextWindow: 100_000, maxTokens: 4096 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    await assemble(ctx, { provider: 'openai', model: 'gpt-4.1', messages: [] })
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/chat/completions'])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the catalog provider’s own auth when the route repoints its protocol', () => {
+    // Which environment a provider reads is a property of the provider, not of
+    // the wire format its models speak: naming an api must not cost a profile
+    // its provider-native discovery.
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ openai: { api: 'openai-completions' } })
+    expect(resolved.get('openai')?.piProvider.auth.apiKey?.name).toBe('OpenAI API key')
+  })
+
+  it('lets an OAuth-only catalog route authenticate with the key its profile names', async () => {
+    // pi-ai honours a request's `apiKey` override only when the provider
+    // declares an api-key method. `openai-codex` ships OAuth alone, so without
+    // the harness method beside it the route refuses its own configured key as
+    // `Provider is not configured` before any request goes out.
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ 'openai-codex': { apiKey: 'codex-token' } })
+    const provider = resolved.get('openai-codex')?.piProvider
+    expect(provider?.auth.oauth).toBeDefined()
+    const models = createModels()
+    models.setProvider(provider as Provider)
+    const model = provider?.getModels()[0] as Model<Api>
+    const auth = await models.getAuth(model, { apiKey: 'codex-token' })
+    expect(auth?.auth.apiKey).toBe('codex-token')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves an OAuth-only catalog route unconfigured when its profile names no key', () => {
+    // Nothing to add: this adapter resolves credentials through its own seam
+    // and holds no OAuth store, so declaring the provider configured would
+    // trade a truthful refusal for an endpoint's 401.
+    const resolved = resolveProfiles({ 'openai-codex': {} })
+    expect(resolved.get('openai-codex')?.piProvider.auth.apiKey).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('resolution snapshots', () => {
+  it('finishes an in-flight request under the configuration it started with', async () => {
+    const server = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    let current = resolveProfiles({ deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: `${server.url}/v1` } })
+    let release: () => void = () => {}
+    const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve })
+    const adapter = new PiAiAdapter({
+      profiles: () => current,
+      // Credential resolution is the real await inside a stream call, and the
+      // window a configuration change has to land in.
+      resolveApiKey: async () => { await held; return 'k' },
+    })
+
+    const chunks: StreamChunk[] = []
+    const inFlight = (async () => {
+      for await (const chunk of adapter.stream({
+        provider: 'deepseek',
+        model: 'deepseek-v4-flash',
+        messages: [],
+      })) chunks.push(chunk)
+    })()
+
+    // The route set changes while the request waits, and something else reads
+    // the adapter meanwhile, which is what would rebuild a shared collection.
+    current = resolveProfiles({ openai: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: `${server.url}/v1` } })
+    await expect(adapter.listModels('openai')).resolves.not.toHaveLength(0)
+    release()
+    await inFlight
+
+    // The in-flight request keeps its own snapshot: it reaches the endpoint it
+    // resolved against instead of failing on a provider that no longer exists.
+    expect(chunks.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: 'finish', reason: { kind: 'stop' } })
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/chat/completions'])
+  })
+
+  it('serves the next request from the new configuration', async () => {
+    const first = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    const second = await mockServer([{ events: textEvents }])
+    let current = resolveProfiles({ deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: `${first.url}/v1` } })
+    const adapter = new PiAiAdapter({ profiles: () => current, resolveApiKey: () => Promise.resolve('k') })
+    const drain = async (): Promise<void> => {
+      for await (const _chunk of adapter.stream({
+        provider: 'deepseek', model: 'deepseek-v4-flash', messages: [],
+      })) { /* drain */ }
+    }
+
+    await drain()
+    current = resolveProfiles({ deepseek: { apiKey: 'k', baseURL: `${second.url}/v1` } })
+    await drain()
+
+    expect(first.paths).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(second.paths).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('configurable-provider directory', () => {
+  it('keeps the previous directory when a route collides with another adapter family', async () => {
+    const dir = await home()
+    const ctx = await bootWithSettings(dir, {})
+    // Another adapter family owns this route id, exactly as llm-deepseek does.
+    ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders([
+      { provider: 'deepseek-official', displayName: 'DeepSeek', settingsNs: 'llm-deepseek', settingsPath: [] },
+    ])
+    const before = ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().length
+    expect(before).toBeGreaterThan(30)
+
+    await ctx.settings.update(settingsNamespace('llm-pi-ai'), {
+      providers: {
+        'deepseek-official': {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: 'https://acme.test/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    // The refused swap costs a diagnostic, not the directory: every entry the
+    // page needs is still declared.
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toHaveLength(before)
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().find(entry => entry.provider === 'deepseek-official')?.settingsNs)
+      .toBe('llm-deepseek')
+  })
+
+  it('replaces its entries atomically as declared routes come and go', async () => {
+    const dir = await home()
+    const ctx = await bootWithSettings(dir, {})
+    const catalogOnly = ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().length
+
+    await ctx.settings.update(settingsNamespace('llm-pi-ai'), {
+      providers: {
+        'acme-gateway': {
+          apiKey: 'k',
+          displayName: 'Acme Gateway',
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: 'https://acme.test/v1',
+          models: [{ id: 'm', contextWindow: 1, maxTokens: 1 }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toHaveLength(catalogOnly + 1)
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().find(entry => entry.provider === 'acme-gateway')?.displayName)
+      .toBe('Acme Gateway')
+
+    await ctx.settings.replace(settingsNamespace('llm-pi-ai'), {})
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toHaveLength(catalogOnly)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/discovery.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/discovery.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..916700fbbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/discovery.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+import type { IncomingMessage, Server, ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import LlmService, { userAgent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import * as LlmPiAi from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'
+import { getBuiltinModels } from '@earendil-works/pi-ai/providers/all'
+import { discoverModels } from '../src/discovery.ts'
+
+const servers: Server[] = []
+/** Credential variables a test set, cleared so the next one starts unset. */
+const touchedEnv: string[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  for (const name of touchedEnv.splice(0)) Reflect.deleteProperty(process.env, name)
+  await Promise.all(servers.splice(0).map(server => new Promise(resolve => server.close(resolve))))
+})
+
+interface ListingServer {
+  url: string
+  paths: string[]
+  headers: IncomingMessage['headers'][]
+}
+
+/**
+ * A stand-in provider that answers one scripted `GET /models`. `chunks` writes
+ * without a declared length, which is how a real streamed reply arrives.
+ */
+async function listingServer(behavior: {
+  status?: number
+  body?: string
+  chunks?: string[]
+  holdOpenMs?: number
+}): Promise<ListingServer> {
+  const paths: string[] = []
+  const headers: IncomingMessage['headers'][] = []
+  const server = createServer((request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) => {
+    paths.push(request.url ?? '')
+    headers.push(request.headers)
+    if (behavior.chunks !== undefined) {
+      // No declared length: the ceiling has to hold on what is read.
+      response.writeHead(behavior.status ?? 200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+      for (const chunk of behavior.chunks) response.write(chunk)
+      if (behavior.holdOpenMs === undefined) { response.end(); return }
+      // Left open so a caller's cancellation lands while the body is still
+      // being read rather than after it completed.
+      setTimeout(() => { response.end() }, behavior.holdOpenMs)
+      return
+    }
+    const body = behavior.body ?? '{}'
+    response.writeHead(behavior.status ?? 200, {
+      'content-type': 'application/json',
+      'content-length': String(Buffer.byteLength(body)),
+    })
+    response.end(body)
+  })
+  servers.push(server)
+  await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve))
+  const address = server.address()
+  if (address === null || typeof address === 'string') throw new Error('no port')
+  return { url: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`, paths, headers }
+}
+
+/** A bare dormant mount: discovery is offered whether or not a route exists. */
+async function harness(): Promise<Context> {
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+  await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, {})
+  return ctx
+}
+
+describe('catalog-route model discovery', () => {
+  it('answers from the installed registry, with capacities and no network call', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({ body: JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: 'from-the-endpoint' }] }) })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    const models = await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'deepseek', baseURL: server.url })
+
+    // pi-ai's own registry is the authority for its own providers, and it
+    // carries what a listing endpoint would not disclose.
+    expect(models.map(model => model.id).sort())
+      .toEqual(getBuiltinModels('deepseek').map(model => model.id).sort())
+    expect(models.every(model => (model.contextWindow ?? 0) > 0 && (model.maxTokens ?? 0) > 0)).toBe(true)
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('needs no endpoint for a route the catalog describes', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'deepseek' })).resolves.not.toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('says where a route the catalog does not describe must get its models', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'acme-gateway' }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/ships no catalog for provider "acme-gateway".*set a baseURL/s)
+    // A form that cleared the field says the same thing as one that never had it.
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'acme-gateway', baseURL: '' }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/set a baseURL/)
+    // The seam refuses a request naming neither, so the module's own guard for
+    // that shape is only reachable by calling it directly.
+    await expect(discoverModels({})).rejects.toThrow(/set a baseURL/)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('draft-provider model discovery', () => {
+  it('reads an OpenAI-compatible listing and keeps the capacities it discloses', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        data: [
+          { id: 'acme-large', display_name: 'Acme Large', context_length: 65_536, max_output_tokens: 4096 },
+          { id: 'acme-small' },
+        ],
+      }),
+    })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    const models = await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: `${server.url}/v1`, apiKey: 'probe-key' })
+
+    expect(models).toEqual([
+      { id: 'acme-large', name: 'Acme Large', contextWindow: 65_536, maxTokens: 4096 },
+      { id: 'acme-small' },
+    ])
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/v1/models'])
+    expect(server.headers[0]?.authorization).toBe('Bearer probe-key')
+    expect(server.headers[0]?.['user-agent']).toBe(userAgent())
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a deployment path instead of resolving it away', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({ body: JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: 'm' }] }) })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: `${server.url}/openai/v1/` })
+
+    expect(server.paths).toEqual(['/openai/v1/models'])
+  })
+
+  it('offers no credential when the draft names none', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({ body: JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: 'm' }] }) })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: server.url })
+
+    expect(server.headers[0]?.authorization).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('authenticates a configured route the draft cannot supply a key for', async () => {
+    // What the Models page actually sends after a key is saved: the form holds
+    // the redacted descriptor, so the draft names the route and the endpoint
+    // and no credential at all. Interrogating unauthenticated would answer 401
+    // and read as a wrong key.
+    const server = await listingServer({ body: JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: 'm' }] }) })
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+    process.env['ACME_GATEWAY_KEY'] = 'stored-key'
+    touchedEnv.push('ACME_GATEWAY_KEY')
+    await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, {
+      providers: {
+        'acme-gateway': {
+          apiKeyEnv: 'ACME_GATEWAY_KEY',
+          api: 'openai-completions',
+          baseURL: server.url,
+          models: [{ id: 'acme-large' }],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'acme-gateway', baseURL: server.url })
+    // A key typed into the form is the one being tested — possibly the
+    // replacement for the stored one — so it wins.
+    await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'acme-gateway', baseURL: server.url, apiKey: 'typed' })
+    // A route no profile declares yet is the create case: nothing is stored.
+    await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'not-declared-yet', baseURL: server.url })
+
+    expect(server.headers.map(headers => headers.authorization))
+      .toEqual(['Bearer stored-key', 'Bearer typed', undefined])
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a catalog route\'s credential unresolved, having never reached the network', async () => {
+    // The catalog answers before any endpoint is asked, so a route whose
+    // profile names a credential that is not set must still answer rather than
+    // failing over a key the interrogation never needed.
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(process.env, 'ABSENT_FOR_DISCOVERY')
+    await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, { providers: { deepseek: { apiKeyEnv: 'ABSENT_FOR_DISCOVERY' } } })
+
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'deepseek' })).resolves.not.toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('drops unusable rows rather than failing the whole listing', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        data: [
+          { id: 'good' },
+          { id: '' },
+          { name: 'no id at all' },
+          null,
+          { id: 'good' },
+          { id: 'zero-capacity', context_length: 0, max_tokens: -1 },
+        ],
+      }),
+    })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    expect(await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: server.url }))
+      .toEqual([{ id: 'good' }, { id: 'zero-capacity' }])
+  })
+
+  it('points at the credential for a rejected one, and only then', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    for (const status of [401, 403]) {
+      const refused = await listingServer({ status, body: '{"error":"nope"}' })
+      await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: refused.url, apiKey: 'wrong' }))
+        .rejects.toThrow(new RegExp(`answered ${status}; check the API key`))
+    }
+
+    // A server fault is not a credential problem, so it must not send the user
+    // off to re-check a key that is fine.
+    const broken = await listingServer({ status: 500, body: '{"error":"boom"}' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: broken.url, apiKey: 'fine' }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/answered 500$/)
+  })
+
+  it('reports a reply that is not a model listing', async () => {
+    const server = await listingServer({ body: '{"models":[]}' })
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: server.url }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/no "data" array; enter this provider's models by hand/)
+
+    const broken = await listingServer({ body: 'not json at all' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: broken.url }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/did not answer with JSON/)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses an oversized reply, whether its length is declared or streamed', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    // Just over the four-megabyte ceiling, as one padded model row.
+    const oversized = `{"data":[{"id":"m","pad":"${'x'.repeat(4 * 1024 * 1024)}"}]}`
+
+    const declared = await listingServer({ body: oversized })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: declared.url }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/answered with more than 4194304 bytes/)
+
+    // A streamed reply declares no length, so the ceiling has to hold on the
+    // body the harness actually read.
+    const streamed = await listingServer({ chunks: ['{"data":[{"id":"m","pad":"', 'x'.repeat(4 * 1024 * 1024), '"}]}'] })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: streamed.url }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/answered with more than 4194304 bytes/)
+  })
+
+  it('reports an unreachable endpoint instead of an empty catalog', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    // Port 9 is the discard service: nothing accepts a connection there.
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9/v1' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'DISCOVERY_FAILED' })
+  })
+
+  it.each(['anthropic-messages', 'azure-openai-responses', 'openai-codex-responses', 'google-generative-ai'])(
+    'says it cannot interrogate %s rather than guessing a shape',
+    async (api) => {
+      // Azure authenticates with an `api-key` header and an `api-version`
+      // query despite its OpenAI lineage, and Codex uses OAuth; guessing at
+      // either would report an auth failure as a provider with no models.
+      const ctx = await harness()
+      await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1', api }))
+        .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'DISCOVERY_UNSUPPORTED' })
+    },
+  )
+
+  it('reports cancellation during the body read as an abort, not a raw reason', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    // Chunked, so the headers arrive and the cancellation lands mid-body.
+    const slow = await listingServer({ chunks: ['{"data":[', '{"id":"a"}'], holdOpenMs: 400 })
+    const probe = ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: slow.url, signal: controller.signal })
+    setTimeout(() => { controller.abort('test cancellation') }, 40)
+
+    await expect(probe).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'ABORTED' })
+  })
+
+  it('honors caller cancellation', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+    const aborted = AbortSignal.abort('test cancellation')
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', {
+      baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9/v1',
+      signal: aborted,
+    })).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'ABORTED' })
+  })
+
+  it('is offered for the namespace, and refuses one it does not serve', async () => {
+    const ctx = await harness()
+
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'openai' })).resolves.not.toHaveLength(0)
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-deepseek', { baseURL: 'https://api.deepseek.com' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'NO_DISCOVERY' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { baseURL: '' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'INVALID_DISCOVERY' })
+  })
+
+  it('withdraws the offer when the plugin unloads', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
+    const fiber = await ctx.plugin(LlmPiAi, {})
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'openai' })).resolves.not.toHaveLength(0)
+
+    await fiber.dispose()
+
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-pi-ai', { provider: 'openai' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'NO_DISCOVERY' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/dynamic-config.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/dynamic-config.spec.ts
index 94c81b8cae..3416dc15dc 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/dynamic-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/dynamic-config.spec.ts
@@ -146,13 +146,16 @@ describe('request-level dynamic profiles', () => {
     expect(ctx.llm.listProviders().map(provider => provider.id)).toEqual(['openai'])
   })
 
-  it('keeps the last good profiles when a settings snapshot names an unknown provider', async () => {
+  it('refuses a settings write this adapter could not serve, leaving its routes alone', async () => {
     const dir = await home()
     const ctx = await boot(dir, { providers: { openai: {} } })
 
-    // Schema-valid but catalog-invalid: the resolver rejects it and the
-    // last good route set keeps serving.
-    await ctx.settings.update(NS, { providers: { 'not-a-real-provider': {} } })
+    // Shape-valid but unserviceable: a route the catalog does not ship and
+    // that lists no models of its own. The section schema resolves the whole
+    // profile set, so this is refused where it is written rather than stored
+    // and then quietly disabling every route in the namespace.
+    await expect(ctx.settings.update(NS, { providers: { 'not-a-real-provider': {} } }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/resolves no models/)
     expect(ctx.llm.listProviders().map(provider => provider.id)).toEqual(['openai'])
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/sdk-options.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/sdk-options.spec.ts
index 3f12ef4460..86c646cba6 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/sdk-options.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-pi-ai/tests/sdk-options.spec.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,74 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { StreamChunk } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 
 const streamSimple = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
 
-// The 0.81 SDK moved `streamSimple` to the compat entry; the adapter imports it
-// from there, so the mock must target the same specifier.
-vi.mock('@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat', async (importOriginal) => {
-  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat')>()
-  return { ...actual, streamSimple }
-})
+// A hand-declared route is built by `createProvider` over the protocol table in
+// `src/provider.ts`, so the table's lazy api module is the SDK boundary this
+// test can observe. A catalog route dispatches through pi-ai's own provider and
+// would not see this mock.
+vi.mock('@earendil-works/pi-ai/api/openai-completions.lazy', () => ({
+  openAICompletionsApi: () => ({ stream: streamSimple, streamSimple }),
+}))
 
 import { PiAiAdapter } from '../src/adapter.ts'
 import { resolveProfiles } from '../src/config.ts'
 
 afterEach(() => { streamSimple.mockReset() })
 
+/** A hand-declared OpenAI-compatible route with one fully described model. */
+function gatewayAdapter(): PiAiAdapter {
+  return new PiAiAdapter({
+    profiles: () => resolveProfiles({
+      'local-gateway': {
+        apiKey: 'test-key',
+        api: 'openai-completions',
+        baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:9/v1',
+        models: [{ id: 'local-model', contextWindow: 8192, maxTokens: 1024 }],
+      },
+    }),
+    resolveApiKey: () => Promise.resolve('test-key'),
+  })
+}
+
+async function drain(adapter: PiAiAdapter): Promise<StreamChunk[]> {
+  const chunks: StreamChunk[] = []
+  for await (const chunk of adapter.stream({
+    provider: 'local-gateway',
+    model: 'local-model',
+    messages: [],
+  })) chunks.push(chunk)
+  return chunks
+}
+
 describe('pi-ai SDK retry boundary', () => {
   it('pins one SDK attempt even when the installed provider currently defaults to zero retries', async () => {
-    const failure = new Error('mock SDK boundary')
-    streamSimple.mockReturnValue({
-      async * [Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncGenerator<never> {
-        throw failure
-      },
-    })
-    const adapter = new PiAiAdapter({
-      profiles: () => resolveProfiles({ openai: { apiKey: 'test-key' } }),
-      resolveApiKey: () => Promise.resolve('test-key'),
-    })
-    const drain = async (): Promise<void> => {
-      for await (const _chunk of adapter.stream({
-        provider: 'openai',
-        model: 'gpt-4.1',
-        messages: [],
-      })) { /* drain */ }
-    }
+    streamSimple.mockImplementation(() => { throw new Error('mock SDK boundary') })
+
+    const chunks = await drain(gatewayAdapter())
 
-    await expect(drain()).rejects.toBe(failure)
     expect(streamSimple).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
-    expect(streamSimple.mock.calls[0]?.[2]).toMatchObject({ maxRetries: 0 })
+    expect(streamSimple.mock.calls[0]?.[2]).toMatchObject({ maxRetries: 0, apiKey: 'test-key' })
+    // pi-ai reports a setup failure as a terminal in-stream error rather than
+    // throwing, which the converter turns into the harness error finish.
+    expect(chunks.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'finish',
+      reason: { kind: 'error', failure: { message: 'mock SDK boundary' } },
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('dispatches a hand-declared route to the endpoint and model its configuration describes', async () => {
+    streamSimple.mockImplementation(() => { throw new Error('mock SDK boundary') })
+
+    await drain(gatewayAdapter())
+
+    expect(streamSimple.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      id: 'local-model',
+      provider: 'local-gateway',
+      api: 'openai-completions',
+      baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:9/v1',
+      contextWindow: 8192,
+      maxTokens: 1024,
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-retry/src/index.ts b/packages/llm/llm-retry/src/index.ts
index fd756a39cc..620e367742 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-retry/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-retry/src/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry
  */
 
-import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { Context, Events } from 'cordis'
 import z from 'schemastery'
-import type { Agent, RequestErrorAction, RequestFailureContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import type { Agent, RequestErrorAction } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
 import type { LlmFailure, ResolvedRetryPolicy } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import type { SessionEvent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 
@@ -172,12 +172,9 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config = {}, internals: RetryInterna
   }
 
   async function recover(
-    agent: Agent,
-    context: RequestFailureContext,
-    signal: AbortSignal,
+    { agent, turn, step, provider, failure, retryPolicy: policy, signal }: Parameters<Events['agent/request-error']>[0],
     next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>,
   ): Promise<RequestErrorAction> {
-    const { turn, step, provider, failure, retryPolicy: policy } = context
     if (policy === undefined) return next()
     if (policy.mode === 'always') {
       if (signal.aborted || lifetime.signal.aborted) return
@@ -228,16 +225,14 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config = {}, internals: RetryInterna
   }
 
   const disposeListener = ctx.on('agent/request-error', (
-    agent: Agent,
-    context: RequestFailureContext,
-    signal: AbortSignal,
+    payload,
     next: () => Promise<RequestErrorAction>,
   ) => {
     // A waterfall may have captured this callback before its registration was
     // removed. Lifetime cancellation must prevent that stale callback from
     // entering a downstream policy after disposal.
     if (lifetime.signal.aborted) return Promise.resolve<RequestErrorAction>(undefined)
-    return track(recover(agent, context, signal, next))
+    return track(recover(payload, next))
   })
 
   ctx.effect(() => async () => {
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm-retry/tests/retry.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm-retry/tests/retry.spec.ts
index d1500fa781..ac0ed687fa 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm-retry/tests/retry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm-retry/tests/retry.spec.ts
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
     ;({ ctx: context } = await harness(adapter, {
       other: alwaysConfig({ initialDelayMs: 1, maxDelayMs: 1, jitterRatio: 0 }),
     }, (ctx) => {
-      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => ({
+      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => ({
         ...await next(),
         provider: 'other',
       }))
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
         backoff: { initialDelayMs: 1, maxDelayMs: 1 },
       }),
     }, (ctx) => {
-      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_agent, _turn, _step, _signal, next) => ({
+      ctx.on('agent/request', async (_payload, next) => ({
         ...await next(),
         provider: adapter.requests.length === 0 ? 'mock' : 'other',
       }))
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
     context = mounted.ctx
     const downstream = Promise.withResolvers<RequestErrorAction>()
     const entered = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
-    context.on('agent/request-error', (agent) => {
+    context.on('agent/request-error', ({ agent }) => {
       agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       entered.resolve(undefined)
       return downstream.promise
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
     const captured = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     let invokeCaptured: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined
     const mounted = await harness(adapter, {}, (ctx) => {
-      ctx.on('agent/request-error', (_agent, _context, _signal, next) => {
+      ctx.on('agent/request-error', (_payload, next) => {
         return new Promise<RequestErrorAction>((resolve) => {
           invokeCaptured = async () => { resolve(await next()) }
           captured.resolve(undefined)
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
     })
     context = mounted.ctx
     let downstreamCalls = 0
-    context.on('agent/request-error', async (_agent, _context, _signal, next) => {
+    context.on('agent/request-error', async (_payload, next) => {
       downstreamCalls += 1
       return next()
     })
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ describe('provider-routed retry policy', () => {
       textResponse('must not run'),
     ])
     ;({ ctx: context } = await harness(adapter, { mock: policy }, (ctx) => {
-      ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (agent, _context, _signal, next) => {
+      ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent }, next) => {
         agent.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
         return next()
       })
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/llm/llm/README.i18n.yaml
index ef759b6993..5e4daa179b 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/llm/llm/README.md
-README.md: 5d74ed647f4de3c8ed65554dff736eb8aec9eef9
-README.zh.md: a362ba8b825238325ce70238c5b2f3725f0d8495
+README.md: ca34ffdeaafdbe061e030c80997b7234ce36a1bd
+README.zh.md: 1f95d3cd641126e129f94fe31269454a1bcce972
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/README.md b/packages/llm/llm/README.md
index 5d74ed647f..ca34ffdeaa 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/README.md
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ An adapter registry plus a single streaming call surface, interceptable via a wa
 
 - `ctx.llm.registerAdapter(providers: string[], adapter: LlmAdapter): AdapterRegistrationHandle` Register one adapter instance for the given provider routes. Registration is all-or-nothing, and is disposed with the calling fiber. The returned disposer also carries `replace(providers)`: the candidate route set is validated in full before anything moves, so a conflict with another adapter leaves the current routes registered and serving, and the swap itself is one synchronous section with no observable gap. `replace([])` is legal — a registration holding zero routes — unlike an empty initial registration.
 - `ctx.llm.listProviders(): LlmProviderInfo[]` Describe registered provider routes in registration order.
-- `ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () => void` Declare provider routes an adapter plugin can activate through configuration — registered or dormant — each naming its owning settings namespace and the path to its profile inside that section. All-or-nothing (`INVALID_DIRECTORY`/`DUPLICATE_DIRECTORY`), disposed with the calling fiber.
+- `ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): DirectoryRegistrationHandle` Declare provider routes an adapter plugin can activate through configuration — registered or dormant — each naming its owning settings namespace and the path to its profile inside that section. All-or-nothing (`INVALID_DIRECTORY`/`DUPLICATE_DIRECTORY`), disposed with the calling fiber. The handle also carries `replace(entries)`: the candidate set is validated in full before anything moves, so an entry another registration already declares leaves the current set intact, and an empty array is legal there. A plugin whose declared set follows its configuration must use `replace` rather than disposing and re-registering — the latter strands the directory empty whenever the new set is refused.
 - `ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders(): LlmConfigurableProvider[]` List the declared directory in declaration order; configuration surfaces merge it with `listProviders()` to mark each entry live or dormant.
+- `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery(settingsNs: string, discover): () => void` Offer to interrogate provider endpoints for the settings namespace this plugin owns. One offer per namespace (`INVALID_DISCOVERY`/`DUPLICATE_DISCOVERY`), disposed with the calling fiber.
+- `ctx.llm.listModelDiscoveryNamespaces(): string[]` List the namespaces that can interrogate an endpoint, so a surface offers the action only where it works.
+- `ctx.llm.discoverModels(settingsNs: string, request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest): Promise<LlmDiscoveredModel[]>` Ask one endpoint which models it advertises.
 - `ctx.llm.providerRetryPolicy(provider: string): ResolvedRetryPolicy` Return the provider-owned retry policy captured during registration, with normal defaults resolved.
 - `ctx.llm.listModels(provider: string): Promise<LlmModelInfo[]>` Discover the models one registered provider currently advertises.
 - `ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider: string, model: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<LlmResolvedModelInfo>` Resolve validated exact-model identity plus available context, output-default, and reasoning metadata from the owning adapter, with optional cancellation for asynchronous adapters.
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ An adapter registry plus a single streaming call surface, interceptable via a wa
 
 `LlmService` normalizes failures from final adapter selection, synchronous dispatch, iterator construction, and iteration into the stream protocol's single terminal form: `finish { kind: 'error' | 'aborted', failure }`. A failure after partial deltas may leave content blocks open; consumers discard that incomplete output. Errors from `llm/stream` middleware, nested calls, adapter cleanup, and downstream consumers remain thrown because they are plugin or consumer failures rather than model-request outcomes. A prepared call exposes the immutable retry policy captured with its exact adapter registration; a route handled entirely by middleware has no serving policy.
 
+Interrogating an endpoint is configuration-time work over a *draft*, which is why it is keyed by settings namespace rather than by provider route: the provider a surface is adding does not exist yet, so there is no route to name. The request may still *name* a route it is editing, and an adapter that already describes that route should answer from its own knowledge — better metadata, no network call — which is why `baseURL` is optional and one of the two is required. The request otherwise carries the endpoint, the protocol, and a credential the harness uses for that one interrogation and never stores — nothing here reads or writes settings or credentials, and the reply is candidate metadata a surface may offer for adoption, never a registered catalog. `LlmDiscoveredModel` makes every field but `id` optional because most provider listings disclose an id and nothing else; a surface adopting one still owes the capacities its adapter requires. Duplicate and unusable ids are dropped, an unserved namespace fails with `NO_DISCOVERY`, and a request naming neither a route nor an endpoint fails with `INVALID_DISCOVERY`.
+
 Provider and model metadata is a discovery surface, not a routing whitelist. `registerAdapter()` still owns provider exclusivity and captures the adapter's retry policy for each route, while an adapter may accept model ids absent from `listModels()`; consumers must not reject a request because its model is unlisted. Returned selector metadata is detached and invalid or duplicate adapter entries fail with `INVALID_ADAPTER` or `INVALID_CATALOG`.
 
 Every topology commit point — adapter routes registering or disposing, directory entries appearing or withdrawing — emits the payload-free `llm/adapters-updated` event after the mutation, so consumers re-read `listProviders()`/`listModels()`/`listConfigurableProviders()` instead of polling. Observer failures are contained (logged, non-vetoing); only `INVARIANT`-coded failures rethrow after the fan-out.
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/README.zh.md b/packages/llm/llm/README.zh.md
index a362ba8b82..1f95d3cd64 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/README.zh.md
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 
 - `ctx.llm.registerAdapter(providers: string[], adapter: LlmAdapter): AdapterRegistrationHandle` 为给定提供方路由注册一个适配器实例。注册要么全部成功，要么全部不生效，并且会随调用 fiber 一起 dispose（资源释放）。返回的释放器还携带 `replace(providers)`：候选路由集合会在任何东西变动之前完整校验，因此与另一适配器冲突时，当前路由保持注册且继续服务，而替换本身是一个同步区段，不存在可观察的空档。`replace([])` 合法——一个持有零条路由的注册——这与空的初始注册不同。
 - `ctx.llm.listProviders(): LlmProviderInfo[]` 按注册顺序描述已注册提供方路由。
-- `ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () => void` 声明适配器插件可通过配置激活的提供方路由——无论已注册还是休眠——每个条目指明其所属 settings namespace，以及 profile 在该分节内的路径。要么全部成功，要么全部不生效（`INVALID_DIRECTORY`/`DUPLICATE_DIRECTORY`），并随调用 fiber dispose。
+- `ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): DirectoryRegistrationHandle` 声明适配器插件可通过配置激活的提供方路由——无论已注册还是休眠——每个条目指明其所属 settings namespace，以及 profile 在该分节内的路径。要么全部成功，要么全部不生效（`INVALID_DIRECTORY`/`DUPLICATE_DIRECTORY`），并随调用 fiber dispose。该句柄还带 `replace(entries)`：候选集合会先被整体校验，因此其中若有条目已被另一个注册声明，当前集合原封不动；此处允许传空数组。声明集合随配置变化的插件必须使用 `replace`，而不是先 dispose 再重新注册——后者会在新集合被拒时让目录整个落空。
 - `ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders(): LlmConfigurableProvider[]` 按声明顺序列出已声明的目录；配置界面将其与 `listProviders()` 合并，为每个条目标注存活或休眠。
+- `ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery(settingsNs: string, discover): () => void` 为本插件拥有的 settings namespace 提供「询问提供方端点」的能力。每个 namespace 只能有一个（`INVALID_DISCOVERY`/`DUPLICATE_DISCOVERY`），并随调用 fiber dispose。
+- `ctx.llm.listModelDiscoveryNamespaces(): string[]` 列出可以询问端点的 namespace，让界面只在可用之处提供该动作。
+- `ctx.llm.discoverModels(settingsNs: string, request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest): Promise<LlmDiscoveredModel[]>` 询问某个端点它公布了哪些模型。
 - `ctx.llm.providerRetryPolicy(provider: string): ResolvedRetryPolicy` 返回注册时捕获的提供方重试策略，并解析 normal 默认值。
 - `ctx.llm.listModels(provider: string): Promise<LlmModelInfo[]>` 发现某个已注册提供方当前公布的模型。
 - `ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(provider: string, model: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<LlmResolvedModelInfo>` 从拥有精确路由的适配器解析经校验的确切模型身份，以及可用上下文、输出默认值和推理（reasoning）元数据；异步适配器可选地支持取消。
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@
 
 `LlmService` 将最终适配器选择、同步 dispatch、iterator 构造与迭代中的失败规范化为流协议唯一的终止形式：`finish { kind: 'error' | 'aborted', failure }`。部分增量输出后发生失败时，内容块可能仍未闭合；消费方会丢弃这些不完整输出。`llm/stream` middleware、嵌套调用、适配器清理和下游消费方的错误仍会抛出，因为它们属于插件或消费方失败，而非模型请求结果。已准备调用会暴露随其确切适配器注册一同捕获的不可变重试策略；完全由 middleware 处理的路由没有服务策略。
 
+询问端点属于配置期针对**草稿**的操作，因此以 settings namespace 而非提供方路由为键：界面正在新增的提供方还不存在，也就没有路由可点名。但请求仍可**点名**它正在编辑的路由，而已经描述该路由的适配器应当用自己的知识作答——元数据更好，且无需联网——这正是 `baseURL` 可选、两者必居其一的原因。除此之外，请求携带端点、协议，以及一条 harness 只用于这一次询问、绝不存储的凭据——这里既不读也不写 settings 与 credentials，回复是界面可供用户采纳的候选元数据，而不是已注册的 catalog。`LlmDiscoveredModel` 除 `id` 外每个字段都是可选的，因为大多数提供方列表只公布 id；采纳其中一条的界面仍要补上其适配器所需的容量。重复与不可用的 id 会被丢弃，无人服务的 namespace 以 `NO_DISCOVERY` 失败，既不点名路由也不给端点的请求以 `INVALID_DISCOVERY` 失败。
+
 提供方与模型元数据是发现接口，不是路由白名单。`registerAdapter()` 仍拥有提供方排他性，并为每条路由捕获适配器的重试策略；适配器则可以接受 `listModels()` 中不存在的模型 id，消费方禁止因模型未列出而拒绝请求。返回的 selector 元数据与输入脱离，无效或重复适配器配置项会以 `INVALID_ADAPTER` 或 `INVALID_CATALOG` 失败。
 
 每个拓扑提交点——适配器路由注册或 dispose、目录条目出现或撤回——都会在变更之后发出无载荷的 `llm/adapters-updated` 事件，消费方因此重读 `listProviders()`/`listModels()`/`listConfigurableProviders()` 而非轮询。观察者故障会被隔离（记录日志、不否决）；只有带 `INVARIANT` 码的故障会在扇出后重新抛出。
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts b/packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts
index 59932f676c..74ca171f64 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import { Context, Service } from 'cordis'
 import type {
   GenerateOptions,
   LlmConfigurableProvider,
+  LlmDiscoveredModel,
   LlmFailure,
   LlmModelContext,
+  LlmModelDiscoveryRequest,
   LlmModelInfo,
   LlmResolvedModelInfo,
   LlmProviderInfo,
@@ -225,6 +227,27 @@ export interface AdapterRegistrationHandle {
   replace(providers: string[]): void
 }
 
+/**
+ * A live configurable-provider registration, disposable and atomically
+ * replaceable — the directory counterpart of {@link AdapterRegistrationHandle}.
+ */
+export interface DirectoryRegistrationHandle {
+  /** Withdraw every entry this registration currently holds. */
+  (): void
+  /**
+   * Replace this registration's entries with `entries`. The candidate set is
+   * validated in full first — an entry another registration already declares,
+   * a duplicate within the set, or invalid metadata throws and leaves the
+   * current entries untouched — and the swap is one synchronous section, so no
+   * reader observes a gap. An empty array is legal here, unlike an empty
+   * initial registration.
+   *
+   * Throws `LlmError` with code `REGISTRATION_DISPOSED` once the registration
+   * has been disposed.
+   */
+  replace(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): void
+}
+
 /**
  * The abstract `llm` service: an adapter registry plus a streaming model-call
  * surface, interceptable via the `llm/stream` waterfall.
@@ -232,6 +255,10 @@ export interface AdapterRegistrationHandle {
 export class LlmService extends Service {
   private adapters = new Map<string, AdapterRegistration>()
   private directory = new Map<string, LlmConfigurableProvider>()
+  private discoveries = new Map<
+    string,
+    (request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest) => Promise<readonly LlmDiscoveredModel[]>
+  >()
 
   constructor(ctx: Context) {
     super(ctx, 'llm')
@@ -370,34 +397,61 @@ export class LlmService extends Service {
    * entry, or a provider already declared by any registration throws
    * `LlmError` without registering the rest. Disposed with the fiber.
    * @param entries - every configurable provider this plugin owns.
-   * @returns the disposer that withdraws all of them.
+   * @returns a handle that withdraws all of them, and can atomically replace them.
    */
-  registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): () => void {
-    const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: LlmService) {
-      if (entries.length === 0) {
-        throw new LlmError('a configurable-provider registration must declare at least one provider', 'INVALID_DIRECTORY')
-      }
+  registerConfigurableProviders(entries: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): DirectoryRegistrationHandle {
+    let held: LlmConfigurableProvider[] = []
+    let disposed = false
+    /**
+     * Validate a candidate set in full against everything this registration
+     * does not already hold, then publish it. Nothing is written until the
+     * whole set passes, so a refused candidate leaves the current entries in
+     * place — the property that makes `replace` a swap rather than a
+     * delete-then-add that can strand the directory empty.
+     */
+    const commit = (candidates: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): void => {
       const detached: LlmConfigurableProvider[] = []
-      for (const entry of entries) {
+      const own = new Set(held.map(entry => entry.provider))
+      for (const entry of candidates) {
         if (entry.provider.length === 0 || entry.displayName.length === 0 || entry.settingsNs.length === 0) {
           throw new LlmError('configurable providers need a non-empty provider, displayName, and settingsNs', 'INVALID_DIRECTORY')
         }
         if (entry.settingsPath.some(segment => segment.length === 0)) {
           throw new LlmError(`configurable provider "${entry.provider}" has an empty settingsPath segment`, 'INVALID_DIRECTORY')
         }
-        if (this.directory.has(entry.provider) || detached.some(seen => seen.provider === entry.provider)) {
+        if ((this.directory.has(entry.provider) && !own.has(entry.provider))
+          || detached.some(seen => seen.provider === entry.provider)) {
           throw new LlmError(`configurable provider "${entry.provider}" is already declared`, 'DUPLICATE_DIRECTORY')
         }
         detached.push({ ...entry, settingsPath: [...entry.settingsPath] })
       }
+      for (const entry of held) this.directory.delete(entry.provider)
       for (const entry of detached) this.directory.set(entry.provider, entry)
+      held = detached
       this.emitAdaptersUpdated()
+    }
+
+    const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: LlmService) {
+      if (entries.length === 0) {
+        throw new LlmError('a configurable-provider registration must declare at least one provider', 'INVALID_DIRECTORY')
+      }
+      commit(entries)
       yield () => {
-        for (const entry of detached) this.directory.delete(entry.provider)
+        disposed = true
+        for (const entry of held) this.directory.delete(entry.provider)
+        held = []
         this.emitAdaptersUpdated()
       }
     }.bind(this), 'llm.registerConfigurableProviders()')
-    return () => void dispose()
+
+    const handle = ((): void => void dispose()) as DirectoryRegistrationHandle
+    handle.replace = (next: readonly LlmConfigurableProvider[]): void => {
+      if (disposed) {
+        throw new LlmError('this configurable-provider registration was disposed', 'REGISTRATION_DISPOSED')
+      }
+      commit(next)
+    }
+    return handle
   }
 
   /**
@@ -408,6 +462,73 @@ export class LlmService extends Service {
     return [...this.directory.values()].map(entry => ({ ...entry, settingsPath: [...entry.settingsPath] }))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Offer to interrogate provider endpoints on behalf of the settings
+   * namespace this plugin owns. The namespace is the key because that is what
+   * a configuration surface already holds from the configurable-provider
+   * directory, and because a provider being *added* has no route to name yet.
+   * Disposed with the fiber.
+   * @param settingsNs - the namespace whose profiles this discovery serves.
+   * @param discover - interrogates one endpoint; must honor `request.signal`.
+   * @returns the disposer that withdraws the offer.
+   */
+  registerModelDiscovery(
+    settingsNs: string,
+    discover: (request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest) => Promise<readonly LlmDiscoveredModel[]>,
+  ): () => void {
+    const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: LlmService) {
+      if (settingsNs.length === 0) {
+        throw new LlmError('model discovery needs a non-empty settings namespace', 'INVALID_DISCOVERY')
+      }
+      if (this.discoveries.has(settingsNs)) {
+        throw new LlmError(`model discovery for "${settingsNs}" is already registered`, 'DUPLICATE_DISCOVERY')
+      }
+      this.discoveries.set(settingsNs, discover)
+      yield () => {
+        this.discoveries.delete(settingsNs)
+      }
+    }.bind(this), 'llm.registerModelDiscovery()')
+    return () => void dispose()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Interrogate one provider endpoint for the models it advertises. The
+   * request describes a draft, not a stored route, so nothing here reads or
+   * writes settings or credentials — the caller owns both, and the reply is
+   * candidate metadata a surface may offer for adoption.
+   * @param settingsNs - namespace whose registered discovery serves this draft.
+   * @param request - the endpoint, protocol, and one-shot credential to use.
+   * @returns the advertised models, deduplicated in endpoint order.
+   */
+  async discoverModels(
+    settingsNs: string,
+    request: LlmModelDiscoveryRequest,
+  ): Promise<LlmDiscoveredModel[]> {
+    const discover = this.discoveries.get(settingsNs)
+    if (discover === undefined) {
+      throw new LlmError(`no model discovery is registered for "${settingsNs}"`, 'NO_DISCOVERY')
+    }
+    // One of the two identifies what to describe: a route the adapter knows, or
+    // an endpoint to ask. Neither leaves nothing to answer about.
+    if ((request.provider ?? '').length === 0 && (request.baseURL ?? '').length === 0) {
+      throw new LlmError('model discovery needs a provider route or a baseURL', 'INVALID_DISCOVERY')
+    }
+    const discovered = await discover(request)
+    const seen = new Set<string>()
+    const models: LlmDiscoveredModel[] = []
+    for (const model of discovered) {
+      if (typeof model.id !== 'string' || model.id.length === 0 || seen.has(model.id)) continue
+      seen.add(model.id)
+      models.push({
+        id: model.id,
+        ...model.name === undefined ? {} : { name: model.name },
+        ...model.contextWindow === undefined ? {} : { contextWindow: model.contextWindow },
+        ...model.maxTokens === undefined ? {} : { maxTokens: model.maxTokens },
+      })
+    }
+    return models
+  }
+
   /**
    * Resolve the retry policy captured when one provider route was registered.
    * @param provider - registered provider route to inspect.
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts b/packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts
index f5ad71bb43..4980b74405 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,49 @@ export interface LlmConfigurableProvider {
   settingsPath: readonly string[]
 }
 
+/**
+ * One interrogation of a provider endpoint that configuration has not stored
+ * yet. Configuration surfaces send the draft a user is still editing, so the
+ * request carries the endpoint and credential directly instead of naming a
+ * route: a provider being added has no route to name.
+ */
+export interface LlmModelDiscoveryRequest {
+  /**
+   * Route the draft is editing, when it edits an existing one. A route whose
+   * adapter already knows its models answers from that knowledge instead of
+   * asking the endpoint — the adapter's own registry is the better answer, and
+   * it costs no network call.
+   */
+  provider?: string
+  /**
+   * Endpoint to interrogate. Optional because a route the adapter already
+   * describes needs none; a route it does not must supply one.
+   */
+  baseURL?: string
+  /** Wire protocol the endpoint speaks, when the draft names one. */
+  api?: string
+  /** Credential for this interrogation alone; the harness never stores it. */
+  apiKey?: string
+  /** Caller cancellation; implementations must settle promptly after it aborts. */
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+}
+
+/**
+ * One model an endpoint reports about itself. Every field but the id is
+ * optional because most provider listings disclose an id and nothing else;
+ * a surface adopting one of these still owes the capacities its adapter needs.
+ */
+export interface LlmDiscoveredModel {
+  /** Model id the endpoint accepts. */
+  id: string
+  /** Human-readable name when the endpoint supplies one. */
+  name?: string
+  /** Maximum combined request and response context, when disclosed. */
+  contextWindow?: number
+  /** Maximum output tokens, when disclosed. */
+  maxTokens?: number
+}
+
 /** One adapter-discovered model; catalog membership is advisory, not request validation. */
 export interface LlmModelInfo {
   /** Provider route that owns this model entry. */
diff --git a/packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts b/packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts
index f07b33af7d..8577e14b7c 100644
--- a/packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/llm/tests/topology.spec.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,32 @@ describe('configurable-provider directory', () => {
     expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it('replaces its entries atomically, keeping the old set when a candidate collides', async () => {
+    const ctx = await setup()
+    const handle = ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders([entry(), entry({ provider: 'second' })])
+    ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders([entry({ provider: 'owned-elsewhere' })])
+
+    // A candidate another registration already declares refuses the whole swap.
+    expect(() =>{  handle.replace([entry({ provider: 'owned-elsewhere' })]) }).toThrow(/already declared/)
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().map(view => view.provider).sort())
+      .toEqual(['owned-elsewhere', 'second', entry().provider].sort())
+
+    // Its own entries are not "already declared" against itself, so a swap that
+    // keeps one and drops another lands whole.
+    handle.replace([entry({ displayName: 'Renamed' })])
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().map(view => view.provider).sort())
+      .toEqual(['owned-elsewhere', entry().provider].sort())
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().find(view => view.provider === entry().provider)?.displayName)
+      .toBe('Renamed')
+
+    // An empty replace is legal, unlike an empty initial registration.
+    handle.replace([])
+    expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders().map(view => view.provider)).toEqual(['owned-elsewhere'])
+
+    handle()
+    expect(() =>{  handle.replace([entry()]) }).toThrow(/was disposed/)
+  })
+
   it('rejects duplicates within one registration and across registrations', async () => {
     const ctx = await setup()
     expect(() => ctx.llm.registerConfigurableProviders([entry(), entry()])).toThrow(/already declared/)
@@ -179,3 +205,64 @@ describe('configurable-provider directory', () => {
     expect(ctx.llm.listConfigurableProviders()).toHaveLength(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('model discovery registry', () => {
+  it('offers one interrogation per settings namespace and disposes with its fiber', async () => {
+    const ctx = await setup()
+    const discover = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([{ id: 'from-endpoint' }]))
+
+    const dispose = ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-example', discover)
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' }))
+      .resolves.toEqual([{ id: 'from-endpoint' }])
+    expect(discover).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' })
+
+    // Disposal is observed through the offer itself, which is the only thing
+    // the registration ever produced.
+    dispose()
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(/no model discovery is registered/)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects an unnamed namespace and a second registration of the same one', async () => {
+    const ctx = await setup()
+    const discover = (): Promise<never[]> => Promise.resolve([])
+
+    expect(() => ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('', discover)).toThrow(/non-empty settings namespace/)
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-example', discover)
+    expect(() => ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-example', discover)).toThrow(/already registered/)
+    // The refused second registration left the first one serving.
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' }))
+      .resolves.toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('normalizes what an interrogation returns without inventing capacities', async () => {
+    const ctx = await setup()
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-example', () => Promise.resolve([
+      { id: 'keep', name: 'Keep', contextWindow: 1024, maxTokens: 256 },
+      { id: '' },
+      { id: 'keep' },
+      { id: 'bare' },
+    ] as never))
+
+    expect(await ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' })).toEqual([
+      { id: 'keep', name: 'Keep', contextWindow: 1024, maxTokens: 256 },
+      { id: 'bare' },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a namespace nothing serves and a draft with no endpoint', async () => {
+    const ctx = await setup()
+    ctx.llm.registerModelDiscovery('llm-example', () => Promise.resolve([]))
+
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-absent', { baseURL: 'https://gateway.example/v1' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'NO_DISCOVERY' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { baseURL: '' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'INVALID_DISCOVERY' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { provider: '', baseURL: '' }))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'INVALID_DISCOVERY' })
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', {}))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'INVALID_DISCOVERY' })
+    // Naming a route alone is enough: the adapter may know it without an endpoint.
+    await expect(ctx.llm.discoverModels('llm-example', { provider: 'known-route' })).resolves.toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/breakdown-projection.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/breakdown-projection.ts
index 036f80647f..c83879c63a 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/breakdown-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/breakdown-projection.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ const breakdownSchema = z.object({
  *
  * Envelope figures are last-wins per `request/header`; the message figure
  * rides {@link foldSurfaceProjection} — the same O(1) fold the occupancy
- * projection uses — so it equals `measure().surfaceTokens` at every event
- * boundary and compaction shrinks it by its logged shadow price, the way it
- * shrinks the next request. The state is a fixed handful of numbers, so the
- * persisted checkpoint stays O(1) over the session's life.
+ * projection uses — so fully metered logs equal `measure().surfaceTokens` at
+ * every event boundary and compaction shrinks the figure by its logged shadow
+ * price. A replacement without a claim preserves the previous total. The
+ * state is a fixed handful of numbers, so the persisted checkpoint stays
+ * O(1) over the session's life.
  */
 export const contextBreakdownProjectionDefinition:
 ProjectionDefinition<'contextBreakdown', ContextBreakdownState> = {
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-fold.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-fold.ts
index e4dfacc254..2848025b19 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-fold.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-fold.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
  * surface `measure()` serves and compaction plans against. The projection
  * units deliberately do NOT share this fold — their state must stay O(1)
  * for the persisted checkpoint, so they ride `surface-projection.ts`'s
- * shadow-price protocol instead. The two stay in agreement by construction:
- * both price through `estimate.ts`, and every logged shadow price is derived
- * from THIS fold's nodes by the replace producer.
+ * shadow-price protocol instead. Fully metered logs stay in agreement by
+ * construction: both price through `estimate.ts`, and every logged shadow
+ * price is derived from THIS fold's nodes by the replace producer. A
+ * projection replacement without a claim deliberately folds with zero delta.
  *
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter/surface-fold
  */
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-projection.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-projection.ts
index dcc8181370..9c42d5248e 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/surface-projection.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  * heuristic price of the exact replaced range, so the fold keeps a running
  * total plus at most one pending claim and never retains per-node prices.
  * The counts are exact by construction: producers derive them from the same
- * fixed estimator this module prices appends with.
+ * fixed estimator this module prices appends with. A replacement without an
+ * armed claim folds with zero delta because bounded state cannot reconstruct
+ * the replaced range; this preserves replay at the cost of possible drift.
  *
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter/surface-projection
  */
@@ -47,16 +49,19 @@ export interface SurfaceTokensFold {
  * Fold one committed event onto a running surface-token total.
  *
  * A shadow-price event arms a claim; any other event expires it, and a
- * surface `replace` must consume a claim naming its exact range — the
+ * surface `replace` consumes the claim naming its exact range — the
  * producers append the metering event and the replacement synchronously
  * adjacent, so a surviving claim always prices the very next event.
+ * A replace with no claim folds with zero delta because the bounded state
+ * cannot reconstruct the replaced range. An armed claim for another range
+ * still fails because the adjacent events contradict each other.
  * @param claim - the claim armed by the immediately preceding event, if any.
  * @param event - the next committed session event.
  * @returns the signed token delta and the claim state after this event.
- * @throws when a replacement arrives without a claim for its exact range —
- *   every in-repo replace producer meters its replacement, so an unpriced
- *   replacement is a shadow-price contract violation and must fail loud
- *   rather than let the total drift.
+ * @throws when a replacement arrives with an armed claim for a different
+ *   range — the metering event was adjacent, so this is a live producer's
+ *   shadow-price contract violation, not historical data, and must fail
+ *   loud rather than let the total drift.
  */
 export function foldSurfaceProjection(
   claim: ShadowPriceClaim | undefined,
@@ -74,10 +79,15 @@ export function foldSurfaceProjection(
   const tokens = message === null ? 0 : estimateMessage(message)
   const op = event.surfaceOp
   if (op === 'append') return { deltaTokens: tokens, claim: undefined }
-  if (claim === undefined || claim.start !== op.start || claim.end !== op.end) {
+  // Sessions recorded before the shadow-price protocol log replacements with
+  // no adjacent metering event; the bounded state cannot reconstruct the
+  // replaced range's price, so fold those neutrally — historical replay
+  // degrades to drift instead of failing.
+  if (claim === undefined) return { deltaTokens: 0, claim: undefined }
+  if (claim.start !== op.start || claim.end !== op.end) {
     throw new Error(
       `token surface: replace at seq ${event.seq} over range ${op.start}-${op.end} has no adjacent shadow price`
-      + (claim === undefined ? '' : ` (armed claim covers ${claim.start}-${claim.end})`),
+      + ` (armed claim covers ${claim.start}-${claim.end})`,
     )
   }
   return { deltaTokens: tokens - claim.tokens, claim: undefined }
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/usage-projection.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/usage-projection.ts
index 0d5db509b5..a7fc9debf0 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/src/usage-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/src/usage-projection.ts
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ ProjectionDefinition<'tokenUsage', TokenUsageState> = {
  * `projectedTokens` — the sample plus the surface's signed movement since it
  * was taken — so occupancy answers for the next request rather than the last
  * one. The total rides {@link foldSurfaceProjection}, so the state stays O(1)
- * and a replacement shrinks it by its logged shadow price. A usage sample is
- * stamped BEFORE the same event joins the surface, so an `assistant/message`
- * anchors against the surface its own request saw.
+ * and a replacement shrinks it by its logged shadow price. A replacement
+ * without a claim preserves the previous total. A usage sample is stamped
+ * BEFORE the same event joins the surface, so an `assistant/message` anchors
+ * against the surface its own request saw.
  */
 export const contextPressureProjectionDefinition:
 ProjectionDefinition<'contextPressure', ContextPressureState> = {
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts
index b7e4850fd4..20cb2cc819 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/context-breakdown-projection.spec.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('contextBreakdown session projection', () => {
     expect(agree()).toBeLessThan(grown)
   })
 
-  it('fails loud on a replacement without an adjacent matching shadow price', () => {
+  it('folds a replacement without a claim at zero and fails on a mismatched claim', () => {
     const definition = contextBreakdownProjectionDefinition
     const replace = (start: number, end: number): SessionEvent => ({
       type: 'user/message',
@@ -206,15 +206,17 @@ describe('contextBreakdown session projection', () => {
     let state = definition.init()
     state = definition.apply(state, append(1))
     state = definition.apply(state, append(3))
-    // No metering event at all.
-    expect(() => definition.apply(state, replace(1, 3))).toThrow('no adjacent shadow price')
-    // A claim for a different range does not price this replacement.
+    // No metering event: the replacement contributes zero instead of throwing.
+    expect(definition.view(definition.apply(state, replace(1, 3))).messageTokens)
+      .toBe(definition.view(state).messageTokens)
+    // An adjacent claim for another range contradicts the replacement.
     const mismatched = definition.apply(state, meter(1, 1, 8))
     expect(() => definition.apply(mismatched, replace(1, 3))).toThrow('no adjacent shadow price')
-    // A claim expires after one intervening event instead of lingering.
+    // A claim expires after one intervening event, so replacement delta is zero.
     let expired = definition.apply(state, meter(1, 3, 8))
     expired = definition.apply(expired, { type: 'todo/write', seq: 9, time: 0, data: { todos: [] } } as unknown as SessionEvent)
-    expect(() => definition.apply(expired, replace(1, 3))).toThrow('no adjacent shadow price')
+    expect(definition.view(definition.apply(expired, replace(1, 3))).messageTokens)
+      .toBe(definition.view(state).messageTokens)
     // The armed claim prices exactly the next event's matching replacement.
     const armed = definition.apply(state, meter(1, 3, 8))
     expect(definition.view(definition.apply(armed, replace(1, 3))).messageTokens)
diff --git a/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts b/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts
index 07261576eb..0307b96f46 100644
--- a/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/llm/token-meter/tests/token-usage-projection.spec.ts
@@ -419,6 +419,25 @@ describe('contextPressure session projection', () => {
     expect(compacted.projectedTokens).toBeLessThan(beforeCompaction!)
   })
 
+  it('folds a replacement without a claim at zero', async () => {
+    const { ctx, session } = await harness()
+    const question = appendUser(session, 'a question from an unmetered log')
+    startStep(session, 1, 1)
+    usageChunk(session, { inputTokens: 100, outputTokens: 1 }, 1, 1)
+    session.append('step/end', { turn: 1, step: 1 })
+    const before = pressure(ctx, session)
+
+    session.append('user/message', createUserMessage({
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'summary without a preceding claim' }],
+      source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'test' },
+    }), {
+      surfaceOp: { op: 'replace', start: question, end: question },
+      sourceEventSeqs: [question],
+    })
+
+    expect(pressure(ctx, session)).toEqual(before)
+  })
+
   it('clamps a projection that heuristic error drove below zero', async () => {
     const { ctx, session } = await harness()
     recordContext(session, 'large', 128_000)
diff --git a/packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts b/packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts
index 75b8ffd36b..aac726d128 100644
--- a/packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts
@@ -202,9 +202,7 @@ export class PlanModeService extends Service {
     // the session. A failed append remains pending for a later boundary, and
     // policy cannot block the step.
     ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-      agent,
-      _messages,
-      { signal },
+      { agent, signal },
       next,
     ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
       const decision = await next()
diff --git a/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/integration.spec.ts b/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 6e614a36a0..34678714fa 100644
--- a/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter): Promise<Context> {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('plan mode through the agent loop', () => {
     ])
     const ctx = await harness(adapter)
     const agent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('it-plan-retry-flip'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
-    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async (subject, _context, _signal, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/request-error', async ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject !== agent) return next()
       ctx.planMode.set(agent, true)
       return { kind: 'retry' }
diff --git a/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/plan-mode.spec.ts b/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/plan-mode.spec.ts
index 87a295e90c..63abed59ea 100644
--- a/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/plan-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plan/plan-mode/tests/plan-mode.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function agentWithSession(ctx: Context, id = 'agent-1', { active }: { acti
   // Seeded plan state lands before the creation announcement, matching resume.
   if (active !== undefined) session.append('plan/mode', { active })
   // The loop announces creation after publication.
-  ctx.emit('agent/created', agent)
+  ctx.emit('agent/created', { agent })
   return agent
 }
 
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ async function boundary(ctx: Context, agent: Agent & { session: Session }, type:
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   const decision = await events.waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [message],
-    { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    { messages: [message], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [message] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/src/index.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/src/index.ts
index c26a65e8ad..804ed0dcb1 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/src/index.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
 
   // Before each request, persist everything committed by the preceding step;
   // the first step's call is an intentional no-op beyond any prompt intake.
-  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, _messages, _context, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
+  ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent }, next): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     await ctx.sessions.flush(agent.session)
     return next()
   })
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/tests/session-checkpoint-policy.spec.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/tests/session-checkpoint-policy.spec.ts
index b619871156..dde59610c5 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/tests/session-checkpoint-policy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy/tests/session-checkpoint-policy.spec.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ describe('session-checkpoint-policy tool and step boundaries', () => {
     ctx.on('session/flush', (current) => { flushed.push(current.id) })
     const signal = new AbortController().signal
     await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
-      'agent/pre-step', [], { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+      'agent/pre-step', { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
       () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter', messages: [] }),
     )
     expect(flushed).toEqual([session.id])
diff --git a/packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts b/packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts
index f51e08cb03..64e9f147b1 100644
--- a/packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/settings/settings/src/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ export interface SettingsRegisterOptions<T> {
   base?: Partial<T>
   /** Owner's effect timing, surfaced to configuration UIs; defaults to `live`. */
   applies?: SettingsApplies
+  /**
+   * Reject a resolved section the owner could not act on, for constraints its
+   * schema cannot express — a cross-field requirement, or one field's validity
+   * depending on another's. Throwing here refuses the *write* that produced the
+   * value, so a caller learns at `update`/`replace`/`mutate` instead of storing
+   * something that would silently disable the owner.
+   *
+   * Kept separate from the schema because the schema is also what a
+   * configuration surface renders and what an absent section resolves through;
+   * folding a cross-field check into it would change both.
+   *
+   * Once the owner is registered, a stored section that fails this keeps the
+   * namespace's last good value and warns, exactly as a schema failure does,
+   * so an externally edited document cannot strand a running owner. At
+   * registration there is no last good value yet, so a stored section that
+   * already fails rejects the registration itself — again exactly as a schema
+   * failure does.
+   * @param value - the resolved section, schema-valid by construction.
+   */
+  validate?: (value: T) => void
 }
 
 /** One registered namespace as surfaced to configuration UIs. */
@@ -343,6 +363,8 @@ interface SettingsRegistration {
   schema: z<unknown>
   base: unknown
   applies: SettingsApplies
+  /** Owner-supplied check for constraints the schema cannot express. */
+  validate?: (value: unknown) => void
   resolved: unknown
   /**
    * Monotonic counter over this namespace's RAW user section — bumped by any
@@ -456,7 +478,10 @@ export abstract class Settings extends Service {
       schema: schema as z<unknown>,
       base: options?.base,
       applies: options?.applies ?? 'live',
-      resolved: deepFreeze(this.resolve(schema, options?.base, this.section(ns))),
+      ...options?.validate === undefined
+        ? {}
+        : { validate: options.validate as (value: unknown) => void },
+      resolved: deepFreeze(this.resolve(schema, options?.base, this.section(ns), options?.validate)),
       revision: 0,
       watchers: new Set(),
     }
@@ -642,7 +667,7 @@ export abstract class Settings extends Service {
         : mode === 'replace'
           ? snapshot
           : (snapshot['ops'] as SettingsPathOp[]).reduce(applyPathOp, current)
-      const next = deepFreeze(this.resolve(registration.schema, registration.base, section))
+      const next = deepFreeze(this.resolve(registration.schema, registration.base, section, registration.validate))
       await this.persist(ns, section)
       // The write reached storage either way; the cache must say so. Commit
       // only when this registration is still the namespace owner — a fiber
@@ -684,7 +709,7 @@ export abstract class Settings extends Service {
     for (const registration of this.registrations.values()) {
       let next: unknown
       try {
-        next = deepFreeze(this.resolve(registration.schema, registration.base, this.section(registration.ns)))
+        next = deepFreeze(this.resolve(registration.schema, registration.base, this.section(registration.ns), registration.validate))
       } catch (error) {
         this.ctx.logger.warn('settings: keeping last good "%s" after invalid stored section', registration.ns)
         this.ctx.logger.warn(error)
@@ -706,10 +731,19 @@ export abstract class Settings extends Service {
   }
 
   /** Resolve one namespace value: schema defaults, then `base`, then the user layer. */
-  private resolve<T>(schema: z<T>, base: unknown, section: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): T {
+  private resolve<T>(
+    schema: z<T>,
+    base: unknown,
+    section: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
+    validate?: (value: T) => void,
+  ): T {
     // The merged candidate is untyped by construction; the schema call is the
     // runtime validation that admits it into T.
-    return schema(mergeLayers(base, section) as never)
+    const value = schema(mergeLayers(base, section) as never)
+    // The owner's own check runs on the admitted value, so it sees defaults
+    // and the composition base exactly as the owner will.
+    validate?.(value)
+    return value
   }
 
   /**
@@ -842,6 +876,12 @@ export interface SettingsSectionHooks<T> {
    * memoized resolutions — after an attach, a detach, or a committed change.
    */
   onChange(): void
+  /**
+   * Reject a resolved section this consumer could not act on, for constraints
+   * its schema cannot express. See {@link SettingsRegisterOptions.validate}.
+   * @param value - the resolved section, schema-valid by construction.
+   */
+  validate?: (value: T) => void
 }
 
 /**
@@ -865,7 +905,10 @@ export function installSettingsSection<T>(
   hooks: SettingsSectionHooks<T>,
 ): void {
   ctx.inject(['settings'], (sctx) => {
-    const scope = sctx.settings.register(ns, schema, { base: entry })
+    const scope = sctx.settings.register(ns, schema, {
+      base: entry,
+      ...hooks.validate === undefined ? {} : { validate: hooks.validate },
+    })
     hooks.setSource(() => scope.get())
     sctx.effect(() => () => {
       // This disposer runs for two different reasons. A settings provider
diff --git a/packages/settings/settings/tests/settings.spec.ts b/packages/settings/settings/tests/settings.spec.ts
index dd3d5e1bc3..c6a1e57016 100644
--- a/packages/settings/settings/tests/settings.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/settings/settings/tests/settings.spec.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,44 @@ describe('registration', () => {
     expect(scope.get()).toEqual({ theme: 'light', fontSize: 16 })
   })
 
+  it('refuses a write its owner could not act on, and keeps the last good value for a stored one', async () => {
+    const { ctx } = await boot()
+    const ns = settingsNamespace('ui-theme')
+    // A constraint the schema cannot express: this owner cannot serve a size
+    // it considers unreadable, whatever the schema admits.
+    const scope = ctx.settings.register(ns, ThemeSchema, {
+      validate: (value) => {
+        if (value.fontSize < 10) throw new Error(`font size ${String(value.fontSize)} is unreadable`)
+      },
+    })
+    const before = scope.get()
+
+    await expect(ctx.settings.update(ns, { fontSize: 4 })).rejects.toThrow(/unreadable/)
+    expect(scope.get()).toEqual(before)
+
+    // An externally edited document must not strand the owner: the namespace
+    // keeps its last good value, exactly as a schema failure would.
+    ;(ctx.settings as unknown as { publish(doc: Record<string, unknown>): void })
+      .publish({ 'ui-theme': { fontSize: 4 } })
+    expect(scope.get()).toEqual(before)
+
+    await ctx.settings.update(ns, { fontSize: 18 })
+    expect(scope.get()).toMatchObject({ fontSize: 18 })
+  })
+
+  it('fails the registration itself when the already-stored section is unserviceable', async () => {
+    // The other direction of the same contract: `register` resolves inline, so
+    // at cold start there is no last good value to keep. A stored section the
+    // owner cannot serve therefore refuses the registration rather than
+    // mounting an owner over configuration it rejects.
+    const { ctx } = await boot({ doc: { 'ui-theme': { fontSize: 4 } } })
+    expect(() => ctx.settings.register(settingsNamespace('ui-theme'), ThemeSchema, {
+      validate: (value) => {
+        if (value.fontSize < 10) throw new Error(`font size ${String(value.fontSize)} is unreadable`)
+      },
+    })).toThrow(/unreadable/)
+  })
+
   it('rejects a duplicate namespace loud', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await boot()
     ctx.settings.register(settingsNamespace('ui-theme'), ThemeSchema)
diff --git a/packages/skill/tool-skill/src/index.ts b/packages/skill/tool-skill/src/index.ts
index 634824d6c2..ddc45d18e9 100644
--- a/packages/skill/tool-skill/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/skill/tool-skill/src/index.ts
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config = {}): void {
   // Register after the tool so reverse teardown removes guidance first. Exact definition
   // identity prevents a scoped shadow merely named `skill` from inheriting this catalog.
   ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (
-    agent: Agent,
-    _messages,
-    { signal },
+    { agent, signal },
     next,
   ): Promise<PreStepDecision> => {
     const decision = await next()
diff --git a/packages/skill/tool-skill/tests/tool-skill.spec.ts b/packages/skill/tool-skill/tests/tool-skill.spec.ts
index 5d14b7c523..0755e398a0 100644
--- a/packages/skill/tool-skill/tests/tool-skill.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/skill/tool-skill/tests/tool-skill.spec.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ async function fireStep(ctx: Context, agent: Agent, turn: number, step: number):
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [],
-    { turn, step, signal },
+    { messages: [], turn, step, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ async function proposeStep(
   const signal = new AbortController().signal
   return await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    messages,
-    { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    { messages, turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages }),
   )
 }
@@ -138,8 +136,7 @@ async function composePrefix(ctx: Context, cwd: string, signal = new AbortContro
 async function composePrefixForAgent(ctx: Context, agent: Agent, signal = new AbortController().signal): Promise<Message[]> {
   const decision = await agentEvents(ctx, agent).waterfall(
     'agent/pre-step',
-    [],
-    { turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
+    { messages: [], turn: 1, step: 1, signal },
     () => Promise.resolve({ kind: 'enter' as const, messages: [] }),
   )
   if (decision.kind === 'enter') {
@@ -241,7 +238,7 @@ describe('dsh-tool-skill', () => {
       source: 'runtime',
       content: 'User-only body.',
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (_payload, next) => {
       const decision = await next()
       if (decision.kind === 'reject') return decision
       return {
diff --git a/packages/subagent/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
index 9cde7517ab..11357c76d2 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/README.md
-README.md: 6aeb7fb1eaa9341dd72df614ca11d114f321fb83
-README.zh.md: a78cb365a8e96ad44c0c930c072372f88930906c
+README.md: 0a342569e66539e4987710b2e56f2946c97b1ac1
+README.zh.md: 5d2f7beef478b8bfd27b4772c7a951ea62cb10ef
diff --git a/packages/subagent/README.md b/packages/subagent/README.md
index 6aeb7fb1ea..0a342569e6 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/README.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This family lets an agent delegate work to child agents. Multiple named provider
 | [`subagent-spawn/`](subagent-spawn/README.md) | Starts a fresh in-process child | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-fork/`](subagent-fork/README.md) | Starts an in-process child from the parent's completed history | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-acp/`](subagent-acp/README.md) | Starts an out-of-process child over ACP | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
+| [`subagent-codex/`](subagent-codex/README.md) | Starts a real Codex app-server child | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
+| [`subagent-claude-code/`](subagent-claude-code/README.md) | Starts a real Claude Code child through the official Claude Agent SDK | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-dsh-sdk/`](subagent-dsh-sdk/README.md) | Starts an out-of-process Harness child through the TypeScript SDK | registers on `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`tool-subagent/`](tool-subagent/README.md) | Exposes delegation to the model | registers on `ctx.tools` |
 | [`tool-subagent-control/`](tool-subagent-control/README.md) | Exposes child messaging and listing to the model | registers on `ctx.tools` |
diff --git a/packages/subagent/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/README.zh.md
index a78cb365a8..5d2f7beef4 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/README.zh.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 | [`subagent-spawn/`](subagent-spawn/README.md) | 启动全新的进程内子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-fork/`](subagent-fork/README.md) | 从父 agent 已完成的历史记录启动进程内子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-acp/`](subagent-acp/README.md) | 通过 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）启动进程外子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
+| [`subagent-codex/`](subagent-codex/README.md) | 启动真实的 Codex app-server 子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
+| [`subagent-claude-code/`](subagent-claude-code/README.md) | 通过官方 Claude Agent SDK 启动真实的 Claude Code 子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`subagent-dsh-sdk/`](subagent-dsh-sdk/README.md) | 通过 TypeScript SDK 启动进程外 Harness 子 agent | 注册到 `ctx.subagents` |
 | [`tool-subagent/`](tool-subagent/README.md) | 向模型公开委派操作 | 注册到 `ctx.tools` |
 | [`tool-subagent-control/`](tool-subagent-control/README.md) | 向模型公开子级消息发送和列举操作 | 注册到 `ctx.tools` |
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.i18n.yaml
index 2f5532e9f4..f44ae87197 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.md
-README.md: 83a5f60414528bdb768ffccd29f3091793f44b6b
-README.zh.md: 4ea8daef9341897463f3dbedca86fd2c83b45514
+README.md: 4fdd3a09e128d4dc7ec7395d9578803c64a33bc6
+README.zh.md: 7cb1e3d18602ef839e4af316962fc2d10bc67640
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.md
index 83a5f60414..4fdd3a09e1 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The returned run id is minted in the parent namespace. The child server's sessio
 
 After publication, the provider sends the prompt and collects streamed `agent_message_chunk` text into `SubagentResult.output`. A prompt/transport failure resolves with `stopReason: 'error'`, or `aborted` when the required request signal or disposal requested cancellation.
 
-`dispose()` is idempotent. It removes the signal listener, requests ACP cancellation when possible, then runs this backend's own teardown ladder (`disposeAcpChild`) over the seam's verbs: close stdin and wait `disposeEofGraceMs` for cooperative quiescence, then the handle's `terminate()` escalation (SIGTERM, the spawn grace, SIGKILL — Windows force-terminates directly), then a bounded whole-tree exit wait that rejects if survivors remain. Every run uses a fresh process; process pooling is not implemented.
+`dispose()` is idempotent. It removes the signal listener, requests ACP cancellation when possible, then runs this backend's own teardown ladder (`disposeAcpChild`) over the seam's verbs: close stdin and wait `disposeEofGraceMs` for cooperative quiescence, then invoke the handle's `terminate()` escalation (SIGTERM, the spawn grace, SIGKILL — Windows force-terminates directly) and await the subprocess owner's whole-tree exit proof. Every run uses a fresh process; process pooling is not implemented.
 
 ## Capabilities and context
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ ACP advertises no start-time capabilities because this process cannot enforce th
 | `cwd` | parent session cwd | Working-directory override for the child process and its ACP session; must be non-empty, a relative value resolves against the harness launch directory at load, and the result must name a directory the harness can enter. |
 | `permission` | `reject` | Auto-answer permission requests by rejecting or choosing the first allow-shaped option. |
 | `env` | `{}` | Explicit child environment layered over a credential-scrubbed parent environment. |
-| `disposeEofGraceMs` | `6000` | Grace after stdin EOF before platform termination. |
-| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | Exit-confirmation grace after termination; POSIX also waits this long after SIGTERM before SIGKILL. |
+| `disposeEofGraceMs` | `6000` | Positive grace after stdin EOF before platform termination; it cannot exceed [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md). |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | Positive POSIX grace after SIGTERM before SIGKILL (Windows force-terminates directly); it cannot exceed [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md). |
 
 ```yaml
 - id: subagent-acp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ACP advertises no start-time capabilities because this process cannot enforce th
 
 ## Process boundary
 
-The child spawns through the [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) seam: credential-shaped ambient variables and ambient `DSH_*` names are removed by the shared scrub, then explicit `config.env` values merge after it (an intended `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` survives, and a `DSH_*` deployment fact such as `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` reaches the child the same way — the scrub drops only its stale ambient namesake), stderr is inherited to the parent's own stream, and disposal runs the seam's cooperative stdin-EOF→SIGTERM→SIGKILL ladder with this plugin's configured graces. The ACP wire is the real serialization boundary; same-process subagent values are not defensively cloned.
+The child spawns through the [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) seam: credential-shaped ambient variables and ambient `DSH_*` names are removed by the shared scrub, then explicit `config.env` values merge after it (an intended `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` survives, and a `DSH_*` deployment fact such as `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` reaches the child the same way — the scrub drops only its stale ambient namesake), stderr is inherited to the parent's own stream, and disposal applies this plugin's EOF window before the subprocess-owned SIGTERM→SIGKILL escalation and whole-tree join. The ACP wire is the real serialization boundary; same-process subagent values are not defensively cloned.
 
 The package has no default export. Cordis loader unwrapping would otherwise hide the named `inject` metadata; see [postmortem 0001](../../../docs/postmortem/0001-acp-default-export-drops-inject.md).
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.zh.md
index 4ea8daef93..7cb1e3d186 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/README.zh.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ACP（Agent Client Protocol）提供方会在全新的子进程中运行每个 s
 
 发布后，提供方发送提示词，并把流式 `agent_message_chunk` 文本收集到 `SubagentResult.output`。提示词/传输失败会以 `stopReason: 'error'` 兑现；如果必需的请求信号或 dispose（资源释放）请求了取消，则以 `aborted` 兑现。
 
-`dispose()` 是幂等的。它会移除信号监听器，在可行时请求 ACP 取消，然后经由该 seam 的动词运行本后端自有的拆卸阶梯（`disposeAcpChild`）：先关闭 stdin 并等待 `disposeEofGraceMs` 让子进程协作式完全停稳，再触发句柄的 `terminate()` 升级（SIGTERM、spawn 宽限期、SIGKILL——Windows 直接强制终止），最后进行有界的整树退出等待；若仍有存活进程，则拒绝。每次运行都使用全新进程；尚未实现进程池。
+`dispose()` 是幂等的。它会移除信号监听器，在可行时请求 ACP 取消，然后经由该 seam 的动词运行本后端自有的拆卸阶梯（`disposeAcpChild`）：先关闭 stdin 并等待 `disposeEofGraceMs` 让子进程协作式完全停稳，再触发句柄的 `terminate()` 升级（SIGTERM、spawn 宽限期、SIGKILL——Windows 直接强制终止），并等待子进程责任方给出整棵进程树的退出证明。每次运行都使用全新进程；尚未实现进程池。
 
 ## 能力与上下文
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ ACP 不声明任何启动时能力，因为当前进程无法强制执行远程
 | `cwd` | 父会话 cwd | 子进程及其 ACP 会话的工作目录覆盖值；不得为空。相对值会在加载时以 harness 启动目录为基准解析，结果必须指向 harness 可以进入的目录。 |
 | `permission` | `reject` | 自动回答权限请求：拒绝，或选择第一个允许形态的选项。 |
 | `env` | `{}` | 显式子进程环境，叠加到已清理凭据的父进程环境之上。 |
-| `disposeEofGraceMs` | `6000` | stdin EOF 之后、平台终止之前的宽限时间。 |
-| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | 终止后的退出确认宽限时间；POSIX 在 SIGTERM 后、SIGKILL 前也会等待同样时长。 |
+| `disposeEofGraceMs` | `6000` | stdin EOF 之后、平台终止之前的宽限时间须为正值，且不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)。 |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | POSIX 在 SIGTERM 后、SIGKILL 前的宽限时间（Windows 直接强制终止），须为正值且不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)。 |
 
 ```yaml
 - id: subagent-acp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ACP 不声明任何启动时能力，因为当前进程无法强制执行远程
 
 ## 进程边界
 
-子进程经由 [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) seam spawn：共享的凭据清除先移除疑似凭据的环境变量和环境中已有的 `DSH_*` 名称，显式 `config.env` 值在清除之后合并（有意转发的 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` 会保留下来，`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` 这类 `DSH_*` 部署事实也以同样的方式到达子进程——清除只丢弃其陈旧的同名环境值），stderr 会继承到父进程自身的流，dispose 则以本插件配置的宽限期运行该 seam 的协作式 stdin EOF→SIGTERM→SIGKILL 阶梯。ACP 协议格式（wire format）是真正的序列化边界；同进程 subagent 值不会为防御目的而克隆。
+子进程经由 [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) seam spawn：共享的凭据清除先移除疑似凭据的环境变量和环境中已有的 `DSH_*` 名称，显式 `config.env` 值在清除之后合并（有意转发的 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` 会保留下来，`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` 这类 `DSH_*` 部署事实也以同样的方式到达子进程——清除只丢弃其陈旧的同名环境值），stderr 会继承到父进程自身的流，dispose 则先应用本插件的 EOF 时间窗，再由子进程责任方执行 SIGTERM→SIGKILL 升级并等待整棵进程树退出。ACP 协议格式（wire format）是真正的序列化边界；同进程 subagent 值不会为防御目的而克隆。
 
 本包没有默认导出。否则 Cordis loader 的解包会隐藏具名 `inject` 元数据；见[事故复盘（postmortem）0001](../../../docs/postmortem/0001-acp-default-export-drops-inject.md)。
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/package.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/package.json
index 382d2e219a..424cb9cb5c 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/package.json
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "^0.0.1",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "workspace:^",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts
index 8616f7ae94..fa7c031760 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type {
   SubagentProvider,
   SubagentStartRequest,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import { type AcpRunSpec, DEFAULT_DISPOSE_EOF_GRACE_MS, DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS, type PermissionPolicy, startAcpRun } from './run.ts'
 
 export const name = 'subagent-acp'
@@ -54,10 +55,11 @@ export interface Config {
   /**
    * Grace period (ms) for the child's EOF-driven quiesce on dispose — its
    * window to flush persistence and tear down its own nested subprocesses
-   * before the parent escalates to a signal.
+   * before the parent escalates to a signal. Must not exceed
+   * `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`.
    */
   disposeEofGraceMs?: number
-  /** Termination confirmation window (ms), including forced exit on every platform. */
+  /** Termination-escalation grace (ms); must not exceed `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`. */
   disposeGraceMs?: number
 }
 
@@ -72,10 +74,10 @@ export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
   disposeGraceMs: z.number().default(DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS),
 })
 
-/** A dispose grace must be a positive finite number (it bounds the teardown wait). */
+/** A dispose grace must fit the single Node timer that owns its teardown tier. */
 function assertPositiveFinite(name: string, value: number): void {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(value) || value <= 0) {
-    throw new Error(`subagent-acp: ${name} must be a positive finite number`)
+  if (!Number.isFinite(value) || value <= 0 || value > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+    throw new Error(`subagent-acp: ${name} must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
index fba0403739..f3e155e649 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ export interface AcpRunSpec {
    */
   disposeEofGraceMs: number
   /**
-   * Termination confirmation window (ms) in {@link SubagentRun.dispose}; POSIX applies it after
-   * `SIGTERM` and `SIGKILL`, while Windows applies it after direct forced termination. The plugin
-   * fills this from its `disposeGraceMs` config.
+   * Termination-escalation grace (ms) in {@link SubagentRun.dispose}; POSIX
+   * waits this long after `SIGTERM` before `SIGKILL`, while Windows
+   * force-terminates directly. The plugin fills it from `disposeGraceMs`.
    */
   disposeGraceMs: number
   /**
@@ -105,14 +105,12 @@ async function treeExitsWithin(child: SubprocessHandle, ms: number): Promise<boo
  * Cooperative teardown ladder for an out-of-process agent, over the seam's
  * public verbs; resolves only at whole-tree quiescence: stdin EOF (the child's
  * window to flush persistence and reap its own descendants), then the
- * terminate() escalation (SIGTERM → spec grace → SIGKILL), then a bounded
- * confirmation wait.
+ * terminate() escalation (SIGTERM → spec grace → SIGKILL) and its
+ * whole-tree exit proof.
  * @param child - the spawned ACP child's handle.
  * @param eofGraceMs - tier-1 window after stdin EOF.
- * @param graceMs - confirmation window after the escalation's SIGKILL.
- * @throws when the tree still has not exited `graceMs` after forced termination.
  */
-export async function disposeAcpChild(child: SubprocessHandle, eofGraceMs: number, graceMs: number): Promise<void> {
+export async function disposeAcpChild(child: SubprocessHandle, eofGraceMs: number): Promise<void> {
   // A spawn failure has no process to tear down; observe the rejection so
   // disposal in a finally block cannot surface it as unhandled.
   if (child.pid <= 0) {
@@ -121,13 +119,10 @@ export async function disposeAcpChild(child: SubprocessHandle, eofGraceMs: numbe
   }
   child.stdin?.end()
   if (await treeExitsWithin(child, eofGraceMs)) return
-  // terminate() sends SIGTERM now and SIGKILL after the spawn spec's grace
-  // (this plugin passes disposeGraceMs there), so the bound covers both the
-  // escalation window and an equal confirmation window after the SIGKILL.
+  // terminate() owns the bounded SIGTERM→SIGKILL timer. Its unbounded wait is
+  // the process owner's exit proof, not a second derived grace that can overflow.
   child.terminate()
-  if (!(await treeExitsWithin(child, graceMs * 2))) {
-    throw new Error('ACP child process tree did not exit within its dispose windows')
-  }
+  await child.waitForExit()
 }
 
 /**
@@ -235,7 +230,7 @@ export async function startAcpRun(request: SubagentStartRequest, spec: AcpRunSpe
 
   // Startup rollback and the published handle share one process teardown.
   let processDisposal: Promise<void> | undefined
-  const disposeProcess = (): Promise<void> => (processDisposal ??= disposeAcpChild(child, spec.disposeEofGraceMs, spec.disposeGraceMs))
+  const disposeProcess = (): Promise<void> => (processDisposal ??= disposeAcpChild(child, spec.disposeEofGraceMs))
 
   // Accumulate the child's streamed assistant text — the SubagentResult output.
   const output: string[] = []
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
index f2cbeda27b..6c6c238e74 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
 import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import * as acp from '../src/index.ts'
 import { acpStopReason, acpContentText, DEFAULT_DISPOSE_EOF_GRACE_MS, DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS, disposeAcpChild, startAcpRun, toAcpPrompt, type AcpRunSpec } from '../src/run.ts'
 import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ describe('disposeAcpChild (the backend-owned teardown ladder over seam verbs)',
 
   it('tier 1: a cooperative child exits on stdin EOF without any signal', async () => {
     const child = bash('read -r line; exit 0')
-    await disposeAcpChild(child, 5_000, 200)
+    await disposeAcpChild(child, 5_000)
     const outcome = await child.done
     expect(outcome.exitCode).toBe(0)
     expect(outcome.signal).toBeNull()
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ describe('disposeAcpChild (the backend-owned teardown ladder over seam verbs)',
 
   it('tier 2: an EOF-deaf child dies by the terminate escalation (SIGTERM)', async () => {
     const child = bash('sleep 60')
-    await disposeAcpChild(child, 100, 5_000)
+    await disposeAcpChild(child, 100)
     const outcome = await child.done
     expect(outcome.signal).toBe('SIGTERM')
   })
@@ -166,30 +167,11 @@ describe('disposeAcpChild (the backend-owned teardown ladder over seam verbs)',
     while (!child.collected.stdout!.readFrom(0).text.includes('armed')) {
       await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
     }
-    await disposeAcpChild(child, 50, 2_000)
+    await disposeAcpChild(child, 50)
     const outcome = await child.done
     expect(outcome.signal).toBe('SIGKILL')
   })
 
-  it('throws when the tree survives even the escalation window', async () => {
-    // A handle whose tree never exits (waitForExit only ever aborts): the
-    // ladder must fail loud instead of resolving over survivors. Built as a
-    // stub because the ladder composes only public verbs.
-    const never: Parameters<typeof disposeAcpChild>[0] = {
-      pid: 1,
-      stdin: undefined,
-      stdout: undefined,
-      stderr: undefined,
-      collected: {},
-      done: new Promise(() => {}),
-      terminate: () => {},
-      waitForExit: (signal?: AbortSignal) => new Promise((resolve) => {
-        signal?.addEventListener('abort', () => { resolve(false) }, { once: true })
-      }),
-    }
-    await expect(disposeAcpChild(never, 20, 20)).rejects.toThrow(/did not exit within its dispose windows/)
-  })
-
   it('observes a spawn-level rejection and returns without a process to reap', async () => {
     const child = spawnSubprocess({
       argv: ['bash', '-c', 'true'],
@@ -197,7 +179,7 @@ describe('disposeAcpChild (the backend-owned teardown ladder over seam verbs)',
       stdio: { stdin: 'ignore', stdout: { maxBytes: 1000 }, stderr: { maxBytes: 1000 } },
       graceMs: 200,
     })
-    await expect(disposeAcpChild(child, 1_000, 1_000)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    await expect(disposeAcpChild(child, 1_000)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
     await expect(child.done).rejects.toThrow()
   })
 })
@@ -721,13 +703,20 @@ describe('dsh-subagent-acp', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('rejects a non-positive dispose grace at load', async () => {
-    for (const bad of [{ disposeEofGraceMs: 0 }, { disposeGraceMs: -1 }, { disposeEofGraceMs: Number.NaN }]) {
+  it('rejects a dispose grace outside the Node timer range at load', async () => {
+    for (const bad of [
+      { disposeEofGraceMs: 0 },
+      { disposeGraceMs: -1 },
+      { disposeEofGraceMs: Number.NaN },
+      { disposeGraceMs: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY },
+      { disposeEofGraceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1 },
+      { disposeGraceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1 },
+    ]) {
       const ctx = new Context()
       await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
       await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
       await expect(ctx.plugin(acp, { providerName: 'acp', command: 'true', args: [], permission: 'reject', env: {}, ...bad }))
-        .rejects.toThrow(/subagent-acp: dispose(?:Eof)?GraceMs must be a positive finite number/)
+        .rejects.toThrow(new RegExp(`subagent-acp: dispose(?:Eof)?GraceMs must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`))
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
     }
   })
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tsconfig.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tsconfig.json
index 2d60858d4a..c7966ddc6f 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tsconfig.json
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../subprocess/subprocess"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../util/timeout"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../support/loader-smoke"
     },
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bc638bdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.md
+README.md: e62f60fceea16749296a91377785b81d94d751ca
+README.zh.md: e171524157b2b1696df31753816210d41637a911
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e62f60fcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+This package registers the fixed `claude-code` subagent provider. Each accepted run invokes the official Claude Agent SDK in the delegating Session's workspace, starts the SDK-distributed Claude Code CLI through the shared subprocess service, submits one self-contained text task, and returns only the final answer through the shared [`dsh-subagent`](../subagent/README.md) result contract.
+
+## Start and ownership
+
+`start(request)` accepts only a non-empty sequence of text blocks and derives the child cwd from the parent Session. It creates one private `AbortController`, calls the official SDK `query()`, and publishes the run only after the SDK's `spawnClaudeCodeProcess` hook has supplied a live CLI handle owned by [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md). A failure or cancellation before publication closes the query, terminates any acquired process tree, waits for it to exit, and rejects `start()`.
+
+The SDK receives the exact concatenated text task. The provider iterates the complete SDK message stream and accepts only a `result` message with `subtype: "success"`, `is_error: false`, and a nonblank `result`, followed by normal iterator completion. Every SDK error subtype, an error-marked success, a missing answer, iterator failure, protocol failure, or process failure maps to `error`; this version produces neither `max-tokens` nor `refusal`.
+
+Local cancellation wins the result race and maps to `aborted`. `dispose()` is idempotent: it aborts the run, asks the SDK query to close, invokes the shared process-tree termination escalation, and waits for whole-tree exit. SDK graceful close expresses protocol intent; the subprocess handle remains the authority for process quiescence. Result failure and independent teardown failure remain separate.
+
+## Native settings and interaction
+
+The provider deliberately omits the SDK `settingSources` option. The official SDK therefore reads the host's normal user, project, and local Claude settings relative to the parent Session cwd, including native account state and product configuration. The provider neither copies nor filters those files and does not create or modify login state.
+
+Each query sets `persistSession: false` and disables `AskUserQuestion`. It supplies no `canUseTool`, elicitation, or dialog callback, so unattended interactions fail through the SDK instead of waiting for a user interface this provider does not own.
+
+## Capabilities and context
+
+The provider advertises no optional start-time capabilities and reports `inheritsParentContext: false`. Claude Code receives the standalone text task and the parent Session cwd, but not the parent conversation, persona, tool filter, depth policy, or structured-output contract. Every run has an independent SDK query, cancellation controller, CLI process, and non-persisted product session.
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Key | Default | Meaning |
+|---|---|---|
+| `env` | `{}` | Explicit SDK/CLI environment layered over the shared credential-scrubbed parent environment. |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | Positive finite grace in milliseconds, no greater than [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md), between the shared process-tree owner's termination tiers; disposal then waits for whole-tree exit. |
+
+Production uses the Claude Code CLI supplied by `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` and the host's native settings and authentication. The plugin does not install another CLI, select a model, create a product home, log in, or probe an account. Credential-shaped ambient variables are removed before the explicit `env` overlay is applied, so an API key or token intended for the child must be supplied there. Non-credential endpoint variables such as `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`, along with ordinary ambient values such as `PATH` and `HOME`, remain inherited unless overridden.
+
+Install this package and add the following rows to your own `cordis.yml`. Shipped CLI configurations do not load this provider or expose `subagent_claude_code` by default.
+
+```yaml
+- id: subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code'
+  config:
+    env:
+      ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: !!js process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+
+- id: tool-subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: claude-code
+    toolName: subagent_claude_code
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: provider-managed
+```
+
+## Product compatibility and evidence
+
+The runtime dependency is pinned to `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.220`, whose platform optional dependency supplies Claude Code 2.1.220. Required evidence exercises that official distribution through a keyless loopback product path and a credentialed DeepSeek path, while Loader composition proves that both opt-in product packages coexist without starting either product.
+
+The project owner's identity-scoped distribution authorization covers the official SDK and the official CLI/platform payloads declared by each SDK version. [`THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`](../../../THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) discloses the current optional payload closure without classifying its declared terms as permissive; unrelated non-permissive runtime dependencies continue to fail the notices gate.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+### Child request
+
+#### What the model sees
+
+The Claude Code child receives the standalone text task as one fresh SDK query. Its workspace is the parent Session cwd, while its model, system instructions, tools, permissions, and authentication come from the host's native Claude settings and product installation.
+
+#### Token effect
+
+The child pays for an independent Claude Code context and query. Child tokens do not enter the parent's context.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+Independent of the parent request cache. Reuse depends only on Claude Code's own model, instructions, tools, native settings, and fresh query.
+
+### Parent tool result, indirectly
+
+#### What the model sees
+
+Through `dsh-tool-subagent`, the parent sees only the strict final Claude Code answer or the consumer's exact error for a non-completed result. Claude Code reasoning, tool activity, intermediate messages, stderr, workspace diffs, usage, and product ids are not copied into the parent Session.
+
+#### Token effect
+
+Parent input grows only by the final answer or error retained in the tool result. This provider adds no parent tool schema by itself.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+Append-only: the new tool result follows the reusable parent request prefix.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **One fresh query and process per run** — there is no continuation, resume, pooling, progress stream, or product-session persistence.
+- **Host settings are intentionally authoritative** — project and user settings can change model, tools, and behavior; the provider does not provide a filtered or hermetic production mode.
+- **Product installation and account state remain native** — an incompatible SDK payload, configuration error, or authentication failure is surfaced as a startup or run error; the plugin provides no installer or login flow.
+- **No human interaction path** — `AskUserQuestion` is disabled and other interactive callbacks are absent, so tasks requiring new approval or input fail instead of suspending.
+- **Final text only** — reasoning, intermediate messages, tool traffic, usage, stderr, and workspace diffs remain product-local.
+- **No optional shared capabilities** — output schemas, child personas, tool filtering, and harness depth enforcement are rejected by the shared service for this provider.
+- **No wall-clock timeout or side-effect rollback** — the caller cancels long work, and files or external systems changed before cancellation are not restored.
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e171524157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/README.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+本包（package）注册固定的 `claude-code` subagent 提供方。每次接受运行请求后，它都会在发起委托的会话工作区中调用官方 Claude Agent SDK，通过共享子进程服务启动 SDK 分发的 Claude Code CLI，提交一个自包含的文本任务，并通过共享的 [`dsh-subagent`](../subagent/README.md) 结果契约仅返回最终答案。
+
+## 启动与所有权
+
+`start(request)` 只接受非空的文本块序列，并根据父会话确定子级 cwd。它会创建一个私有 `AbortController`，调用官方 SDK 的 `query()`，并仅在 SDK 的 `spawnClaudeCodeProcess` 钩子已经提供由 [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) 管理的活动 CLI 句柄后发布此次运行。若在发布前发生失败或取消，它会关闭 query、终止所有已取得的进程树并等待其退出，然后拒绝 `start()` 调用。
+
+SDK 接收由文本块原样拼接成的任务。提供方会完整迭代 SDK 消息流，而且只接受满足以下条件的 `result` 消息：其 `subtype: "success"`、`is_error: false` 且 `result` 非空白，之后迭代器还须正常结束。所有 SDK 错误子类型、标记为错误的成功消息、缺失答案、迭代器失败、协议失败或进程失败都映射为 `error`；本版本不会产生 `max-tokens` 或 `refusal`。
+
+本地取消会在结果竞态中胜出并映射为 `aborted`。`dispose()` 具有幂等性：它会中止此次运行、请求 SDK query 关闭、调用共享的进程树逐级终止机制，并等待整棵进程树退出。SDK 的优雅关闭只表达协议意图；进程是否完全停稳仍以子进程句柄为准。结果失败与独立的清理失败仍彼此分离。
+
+## 原生设置与交互
+
+提供方故意省略 SDK 的 `settingSources` 选项。因此，官方 SDK 会相对于父会话 cwd 读取宿主机常规的用户、项目和本地 Claude 设置，包括原生账户状态与产品配置。提供方既不复制也不过滤这些文件，也不会创建或修改登录状态。
+
+每次 query 都设置 `persistSession: false` 并禁用 `AskUserQuestion`。提供方不设置 `canUseTool`、elicitation 或对话回调，因此无人值守交互会经 SDK 失败，而不会等待本提供方不负责的用户界面。
+
+## 能力与上下文
+
+本提供方不声明任何可选的启动时能力，并报告 `inheritsParentContext: false`。Claude Code 会接收独立文本任务和父会话 cwd，但不会接收父会话的对话、角色设定、工具筛选器、深度策略或结构化输出契约。每次运行都拥有独立的 SDK query、取消控制器、CLI 进程和不持久化的产品会话。
+
+## 配置
+
+| 配置键 | 默认值 | 含义 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `env` | `{}` | 显式指定的 SDK/CLI 环境，叠加在由共享机制清除凭证后的父环境之上。 |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | 共享进程树责任方各终止层级之间的宽限期，单位为毫秒且须为正有限值，并不得大于仓库共享的 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)；随后资源释放会等待整棵进程树退出。 |
+
+生产环境使用 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` 提供的 Claude Code CLI，以及宿主机原生设置与身份验证。本插件不安装另一份 CLI、不选择模型、不创建产品主目录、不执行登录，也不探测账户。具有凭证特征的环境变量会在显式 `env` 覆盖生效前被清除，因此供子进程使用的 API 密钥或 token 必须在该配置中显式提供。除非被覆盖，`ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` 等非凭证端点变量以及 `PATH` 和 `HOME` 等普通环境变量仍会被继承。
+
+请安装此包，并将以下配置项添加到你自己的 `cordis.yml`。正式 CLI 配置默认不会加载此提供方，也不会暴露 `subagent_claude_code`。
+
+```yaml
+- id: subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code'
+  config:
+    env:
+      ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: !!js process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+
+- id: tool-subagent-claude-code
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: claude-code
+    toolName: subagent_claude_code
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: provider-managed
+```
+
+## 产品兼容性与证据
+
+运行时依赖精确锁定为 `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.220`，其平台可选依赖提供 Claude Code 2.1.220。强制证据会通过无密钥回环产品路径与带密钥 DeepSeek 路径运行该官方发行版，而 Loader 组合则证明两个选择启用的产品包能够共存，且不会启动任一产品。
+
+项目所有者按身份范围授权分发官方 SDK 及每个 SDK 版本声明的官方 CLI／平台载荷。[`THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`](../../../THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) 会披露当前可选载荷闭包，但不会把其声明条款归类为宽松许可证；其他无关的非宽松运行时依赖仍会使第三方声明门禁失败。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+### 子任务请求
+
+#### 模型看到的内容
+
+Claude Code 子任务会在一个全新的 SDK query 中接收独立文本任务。它的工作区是父会话 cwd；其模型、系统指令、工具、权限和身份验证来自宿主机原生 Claude 设置与产品安装。
+
+#### 对 token 的影响
+
+子任务需为独立的 Claude Code 上下文和 query 承担 token 开销。子任务 token 不会进入父级上下文。
+
+#### 对 KV Cache 的影响
+
+这与父请求缓存相互独立。能否复用只取决于 Claude Code 自身的模型、指令、工具、原生设置和全新 query。
+
+### 父级工具结果（间接）
+
+#### 模型看到的内容
+
+通过 `dsh-tool-subagent`，父级模型只会看到符合严格成功条件的 Claude Code 最终答案，或者在结果未完成时看到消费方给出的原样错误。Claude Code 的推理、工具活动、中间消息、stderr、工作区差异、用量信息和产品标识符均不会复制到父会话。
+
+#### 对 token 的影响
+
+父级输入只会增加工具结果中保留的最终答案或错误内容。本提供方自身不添加父级工具 schema。
+
+#### 对 KV Cache 的影响
+
+仅追加：新的工具结果接在可复用的父请求前缀之后。
+
+## 已知限制与后续工作
+
+- **每次运行均新建一个 query 和一个进程**：不支持续接、恢复、池化、进度流或产品会话持久化。
+- **宿主设置有意保持权威**：项目和用户设置可以改变模型、工具与行为；本提供方不提供经过筛选或与宿主环境隔离的生产模式。
+- **产品安装与账户状态仍由原生机制管理**：不兼容的 SDK 载荷、配置错误或身份验证失败都会呈现为启动错误或运行错误；本插件不提供安装程序或登录流程。
+- **没有人工交互路径**：`AskUserQuestion` 被禁用，其他交互回调也不存在，因此需要新审批或输入的任务会失败而不会挂起。
+- **仅返回最终文本**：推理、中间消息、工具通信、用量信息、stderr 和工作区差异仍只保留在产品内部。
+- **没有可选的共享能力**：对于本提供方，共享服务会拒绝输出 schema、子任务角色设定、工具筛选和 harness 深度强制约束。
+- **没有按实际经过时间触发的超时或副作用回滚**：长时间运行的工作由调用方取消，且取消前已更改的文件或外部系统不会恢复原状。
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/package.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b25c6919c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code",
+  "description": "One-shot Claude Code subagent provider over the official Agent SDK",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.93.0",
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "0.3.220",
+    "schemastery": "^3.18.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "workspace:^",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4d6fbac5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/**
+ * Fixed Claude Code one-shot subagent provider. Every accepted run invokes
+ * the official Agent SDK in the delegating Session's workspace and places
+ * the SDK-spawned real CLI under the shared subprocess owner.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import z from 'schemastery'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import {
+  assertPositiveFinite,
+  NO_START_CAPABILITIES,
+  resolveChildCwd,
+  type ResolvedSubagentStartRequest,
+  type SubagentCapabilities,
+  type SubagentProvider,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+  startClaudeCodeRun,
+  type ClaudeCodeRunSpec,
+} from './run.ts'
+
+export const name = 'subagent-claude-code'
+export const inject = ['subagents', 'subprocess']
+
+/* jscpd:ignore-start -- sibling product providers intentionally expose the
+ * same two deployment-owned fields without adding a shared config owner. */
+/** Deployment-owned environment and process-release bound. */
+export interface Config {
+  /**
+   * Explicit environment entries layered over the subprocess seam's
+   * credential-scrubbed parent environment.
+   */
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  /** Grace in milliseconds for Claude Code process-tree termination. */
+  disposeGraceMs?: number
+}
+
+export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
+  env: z.dict(z.string()).default({}),
+  disposeGraceMs: z.number().default(DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS),
+})
+
+type ResolvedConfig = Required<Config>
+/* jscpd:ignore-end */
+
+/* jscpd:ignore-start -- Cordis registration and shared-seam plumbing mirror
+ * the Codex sibling; each product's lifecycle remains package-private. */
+class ClaudeCodeProvider implements SubagentProvider {
+  readonly name = 'claude-code'
+  readonly capabilities: SubagentCapabilities = NO_START_CAPABILITIES
+  readonly inheritsParentContext = false
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly ctx: Context,
+    private readonly config: ResolvedConfig,
+  ) {}
+
+  start(request: ResolvedSubagentStartRequest) {
+    const parentCwd = request.parent.session.header.cwd
+    if (parentCwd === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'subagent-claude-code: no working directory for the child — delegate from a parent session that has one',
+      )
+    }
+    const spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec = {
+      cwd: resolveChildCwd(
+        'subagent-claude-code',
+        undefined,
+        parentCwd,
+      ),
+      env: this.config.env,
+      disposeGraceMs: this.config.disposeGraceMs,
+      spawn: spawnSpec => this.ctx.subprocess.spawn(spawnSpec),
+      onError: (error, stopReason) => {
+        this.ctx.logger.warn(
+          `subagent-claude-code: child run failed (${stopReason}): ${error.message}`,
+        )
+      },
+    }
+    return startClaudeCodeRun(request, spec)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Register the fixed `claude-code` provider.
+ * @param ctx - context carrying shared subagent and subprocess services.
+ * @param config - explicit child environment and disposal grace.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
+  const resolved = config as ResolvedConfig
+  assertPositiveFinite(
+    'subagent-claude-code',
+    'disposeGraceMs',
+    resolved.disposeGraceMs,
+  )
+  if (resolved.disposeGraceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `subagent-claude-code: disposeGraceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`,
+    )
+  }
+  ctx.subagents.registerProvider(new ClaudeCodeProvider(ctx, resolved))
+}
+/* jscpd:ignore-end */
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/invariant.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..462692590f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for
+ * `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code/invariant
+ */
+
+/* jscpd:ignore-start */
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'subagent-claude-code-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can reserve package ownership. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+/**
+ * No runtime invariant: lifecycle pairing belongs to the shared subagent
+ * service and process-tree ownership belongs to the subprocess service.
+ */
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - plugin context carrying the invariant registry.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
+/* jscpd:ignore-end */
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/process.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32a545bf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/**
+ * Projection from the shared managed-process handle to the official Claude
+ * Agent SDK's custom-spawn process interface.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code/process
+ */
+
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events'
+import type {
+  SpawnedProcess,
+  SpawnOptions,
+} from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'
+import {
+  scrubbedParentEnv,
+  type SubprocessHandle,
+  type SubprocessSpawnSpec,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+
+function thrown(value: unknown): Error {
+  /* v8 ignore next -- the subprocess seam rejects with Error. */
+  return value instanceof Error ? value : new Error(String(value))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Encode the SDK's complete child environment as a subprocess overlay.
+ * @param env - SDK-composed child environment after its removals and replacements.
+ * @returns explicit values plus tombstones for surviving ambient names the SDK removed.
+ */
+export function sdkEnvironmentOverlay(
+  env: SpawnOptions['env'],
+): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
+  const overlay: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { ...env }
+  for (const name of Object.keys(scrubbedParentEnv())) {
+    if (!(name in env)) overlay[name] = undefined
+  }
+  return overlay
+}
+
+/**
+ * Translate one official SDK spawn request to the shared process owner.
+ * @param options - command, arguments, workspace, environment, and forwarded signal from the SDK.
+ * @param graceMs - process-tree termination grace.
+ * @returns the fully explicit shared subprocess request.
+ */
+export function claudeSpawnSpec(
+  options: SpawnOptions,
+  graceMs: number,
+): SubprocessSpawnSpec {
+  if (options.cwd === undefined || options.cwd.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: SDK spawn request omitted its workspace')
+  }
+  return {
+    argv: [options.command, ...options.args],
+    cwd: options.cwd,
+    stdio: { stdin: 'pipe', stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'inherit' },
+    graceMs,
+    signal: options.signal,
+    env: sdkEnvironmentOverlay(options.env),
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * SDK-facing view of one shared managed process. Protocol transport remains
+ * in the official SDK; this adapter only projects streams and exit events.
+ */
+export class ManagedClaudeCodeProcess implements SpawnedProcess {
+  readonly stdin
+  readonly stdout
+  private readonly events = new EventEmitter()
+  private exitCodeValue: number | null = null
+  private signalCodeValue: NodeJS.Signals | null = null
+  private killRequested = false
+
+  /**
+   * Project a managed process with piped stdin and stdout.
+   * @param child - shared handle that remains the process-tree authority.
+   */
+  constructor(private readonly child: SubprocessHandle) {
+    this.stdin = child.stdin as NonNullable<SubprocessHandle['stdin']>
+    this.stdout = child.stdout as NonNullable<SubprocessHandle['stdout']>
+    // EventEmitter gives `error` special throw semantics without a listener.
+    // The SDK attaches its listener synchronously after custom spawn returns,
+    // while this no-op also contains an already-rejected spawn handle.
+    this.events.on('error', () => {})
+    void child.done.then(
+      (outcome) => {
+        this.exitCodeValue = outcome.exitCode
+        this.signalCodeValue = outcome.signal
+        this.events.emit('exit', outcome.exitCode, outcome.signal)
+      },
+      (error: unknown) => {
+        this.events.emit('error', thrown(error))
+      },
+    )
+  }
+
+  /** Whether the SDK has requested managed tree termination. */
+  get killed(): boolean {
+    return this.killRequested
+  }
+
+  /** Direct-child exit code, or null while running or after signal exit. */
+  get exitCode(): number | null {
+    return this.exitCodeValue
+  }
+
+  /** Direct-child terminating signal, if any. */
+  get signalCode(): NodeJS.Signals | null {
+    return this.signalCodeValue
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Route the SDK's termination request to the tree-scoped process owner.
+   * @param _signal - SDK-selected signal; the shared seam owns its escalation ladder.
+   * @returns false only after exit or a previous termination request.
+   */
+  kill(_signal: NodeJS.Signals): boolean {
+    if (
+      this.killRequested
+      || this.exitCodeValue !== null
+      || this.signalCodeValue !== null
+    ) {
+      return false
+    }
+    this.killRequested = true
+    this.child.terminate()
+    return true
+  }
+
+  /** Register a persistent process lifecycle listener. */
+  on(
+    event: 'exit' | 'error',
+    listener: ((code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => void)
+      | ((error: Error) => void),
+  ): void {
+    this.events.on(event, listener)
+  }
+
+  /** Register a one-shot process lifecycle listener. */
+  once(
+    event: 'exit' | 'error',
+    listener: ((code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => void)
+      | ((error: Error) => void),
+  ): void {
+    this.events.once(event, listener)
+  }
+
+  /** Remove a process lifecycle listener. */
+  off(
+    event: 'exit' | 'error',
+    listener: ((code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => void)
+      | ((error: Error) => void),
+  ): void {
+    this.events.off(event, listener)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/run.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/run.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f222b6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/src/run.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+/**
+ * One-shot Claude Code lifecycle: invoke the official Agent SDK, place its
+ * real CLI process under the shared subprocess owner, map only strict SDK
+ * success to completion, and dispose to whole-tree quiescence.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code/run
+ */
+
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import {
+  query as officialQuery,
+  type Options,
+  type Query,
+  type SDKMessage,
+  type SDKResultMessage,
+  type SpawnOptions,
+} from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+import {
+  settleRunResult,
+  subprocessRunHandle,
+  type SubagentResult,
+  type SubagentRun,
+  type SubagentStartRequest,
+  type SubagentStopReason,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import {
+  scrubbedParentEnv,
+  type SubprocessHandle,
+  type SubprocessSpawnSpec,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import {
+  claudeSpawnSpec,
+  ManagedClaudeCodeProcess,
+} from './process.ts'
+
+/** Default POSIX grace between subprocess termination tiers. */
+export const DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS = 3_000
+
+/* jscpd:ignore-start -- sibling providers intentionally keep product-private
+ * run inputs and error normalization instead of adding a shared lifecycle owner. */
+/** Fully resolved inputs for one official Claude Agent SDK query. */
+export interface ClaudeCodeRunSpec {
+  /** Parent Session workspace supplied to the SDK and real CLI. */
+  readonly cwd: string
+  /** Explicit deployment/test environment layered after shared scrubbing. */
+  readonly env: Record<string, string>
+  /** Subprocess termination grace passed to the shared process-tree owner. */
+  readonly disposeGraceMs: number
+  /** Shared subprocess service spawn operation. */
+  readonly spawn: (spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec) => SubprocessHandle
+  /** Diagnostic sink for a post-publication error flattened into a result. */
+  readonly onError?: (error: Error, stopReason: SubagentStopReason) => void
+}
+
+function thrown(value: unknown): Error {
+  /* v8 ignore next -- typed SDK and subprocess failures reject with Error. */
+  return value instanceof Error ? value : new Error(String(value))
+}
+/* jscpd:ignore-end */
+
+/**
+ * Validate and preserve the one-shot task before crossing the SDK boundary.
+ * @param prompt - task content accepted from the shared subagent service.
+ * @returns the exact text sequence as one SDK prompt.
+ */
+export function textTask(prompt: readonly ContentBlock[]): string {
+  if (prompt.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: the one-shot task must contain only text blocks')
+  }
+  const texts: string[] = []
+  for (const block of prompt) {
+    if (block.type !== 'text') {
+      throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: the one-shot task must contain only text blocks')
+    }
+    texts.push(block.text)
+  }
+  if (texts.every(text => text.trim().length === 0)) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: the one-shot task must not be empty')
+  }
+  return texts.join('')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strictly derive the only SDK result that can complete a shared run.
+ * @param message - an official discriminated result union.
+ * @returns exact final text for a successful, non-error result.
+ */
+export function successfulResult(message: SDKResultMessage): string {
+  if (
+    message.subtype !== 'success'
+    || message.is_error
+    || message.result.trim().length === 0
+  ) {
+    const detail = message.subtype === 'success'
+      ? 'success result was marked as an error or contained no answer'
+      : message.errors.join('; ') || message.subtype
+    throw new Error(`subagent-claude-code: Claude Code failed: ${detail}`)
+  }
+  return message.result
+}
+
+/**
+ * Consume the complete SDK stream and require one strict success plus normal
+ * iterator completion.
+ * @param query - published official SDK query.
+ * @returns the completed shared result.
+ */
+export async function consumeClaudeQuery(
+  query: AsyncIterable<SDKMessage>,
+): Promise<SubagentResult> {
+  let answer: string | undefined
+  for await (const message of query) {
+    if (message.type !== 'result') continue
+    answer = successfulResult(message)
+  }
+  if (answer === undefined) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: Claude Code ended without a result')
+  }
+  return {
+    output: [{ type: 'text', text: answer }],
+    stopReason: 'completed',
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Close the official query, terminate the managed process tree, and wait for
+ * the subprocess owner to prove it is gone.
+ * @param query - official SDK query, when creation reached that point.
+ * @param child - shared-service handle that owns the CLI process tree.
+ */
+export async function disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+  query: Pick<Query, 'close'> | undefined,
+  child: SubprocessHandle,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const failures: Error[] = []
+  try {
+    query?.close()
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    failures.push(thrown(error))
+  }
+
+  if (child.pid > 0) {
+    child.terminate()
+    try {
+      await child.waitForExit()
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+      failures.push(thrown(error))
+    }
+  }
+  try {
+    await child.done
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    failures.push(thrown(error))
+  }
+
+  const firstFailure = failures[0]
+  if (failures.length === 1 && firstFailure !== undefined) throw firstFailure
+  if (failures.length > 1) {
+    throw new AggregateError(
+      failures,
+      'subagent-claude-code: query and process cleanup failed',
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the fixed official SDK options for one one-shot provider run.
+ * @param spec - workspace, environment, process seam, and disposal policy.
+ * @param controller - per-run cancellation owner.
+ * @param capture - receives the real managed child synchronously from the SDK hook.
+ * @returns options that inherit native settings while disabling persistence and user questions.
+ */
+export function claudeQueryOptions(
+  spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec,
+  controller: AbortController,
+  capture: (child: SubprocessHandle) => void,
+): Options {
+  return {
+    abortController: controller,
+    cwd: spec.cwd,
+    env: { ...scrubbedParentEnv(), ...spec.env },
+    persistSession: false,
+    disallowedTools: ['AskUserQuestion'],
+    spawnClaudeCodeProcess: (options: SpawnOptions) => {
+      const child = spec.spawn(claudeSpawnSpec(options, spec.disposeGraceMs))
+      capture(child)
+      return new ManagedClaudeCodeProcess(child)
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start one official Claude Agent SDK query and publish its one-shot run.
+ * @param request - resolved shared subagent request.
+ * @param spec - workspace, environment, process seam, and diagnostic policy.
+ * @returns the published run after both Query and real CLI handle exist.
+ */
+export async function startClaudeCodeRun(
+  request: SubagentStartRequest,
+  spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec,
+): Promise<SubagentRun> {
+  const prompt = textTask(request.prompt)
+  if (request.signal.aborted) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: request was aborted before SDK startup')
+  }
+
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+  const requestCancel = (): void => {
+    if (!controller.signal.aborted) {
+      controller.abort(new Error('subagent-claude-code: run cancelled locally'))
+    }
+  }
+  const onAbort = (): void => { requestCancel() }
+  request.signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+
+  let child: SubprocessHandle | undefined
+  let query: Query | undefined
+  try {
+    query = officialQuery({
+      prompt,
+      options: claudeQueryOptions(spec, controller, (captured) => {
+        child = captured
+      }),
+    })
+    if (child === undefined || child.pid <= 0) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'subagent-claude-code: official SDK did not publish a controllable Claude Code process',
+      )
+    }
+    if (controller.signal.aborted) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: request was aborted before SDK startup')
+    }
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    request.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+    const cancelledBeforeCleanup = controller.signal.aborted
+    requestCancel()
+    if (child !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        await disposeClaudeCodeChild(query, child)
+      } catch (disposeError: unknown) {
+        throw new AggregateError(
+          [thrown(error), thrown(disposeError)],
+          'subagent-claude-code: startup failed and CLI cleanup also failed',
+        )
+      }
+    } else if (query !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        query.close()
+      } catch (disposeError: unknown) {
+        throw new AggregateError(
+          [thrown(error), thrown(disposeError)],
+          'subagent-claude-code: startup failed and query cleanup also failed',
+        )
+      }
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unnecessary-condition -- the request can abort while process cleanup is awaited.
+    if (cancelledBeforeCleanup || request.signal.aborted) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-claude-code: request was aborted before SDK startup')
+    }
+    throw thrown(error)
+  }
+
+  const publishedQuery = query
+  const publishedChild = child
+  const result = settleRunResult({
+    attempt: () => consumeClaudeQuery(publishedQuery),
+    collectOutput: () => [],
+    cancelled: () => controller.signal.aborted,
+    onError: spec.onError,
+    signal: request.signal,
+    onAbort,
+  })
+
+  return subprocessRunHandle({
+    id: SessionId(randomUUID()),
+    result,
+    signal: request.signal,
+    onAbort,
+    requestCancel,
+    teardown: () => disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+      publishedQuery,
+      publishedChild,
+    ),
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a2ea0025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  runLoaderSmoke,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke'
+
+const fixtureDir = fileURLToPath(new URL(
+  '../../../../examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-claude-code/',
+  import.meta.url,
+))
+const driver = join(fixtureDir, 'driver.ts')
+const configPath = join(fixtureDir, 'cordis.yml')
+const repoTsconfig = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../../tsconfig.json', import.meta.url))
+
+describe('product-provider public Loader composition', () => {
+  it('loads both opt-in packages and foreground tools without starting either product', async () => {
+    const { stdout, stderr } = await runLoaderSmoke({
+      label: 'product-provider Loader composition',
+      tempDirPrefix: 'dsh-product-provider-loader-',
+      binScript: driver,
+      libBinScript: driver,
+      configPath,
+      tsconfigPath: repoTsconfig,
+      env: {
+        // Loading either optional package must not probe or start its binary.
+        PATH: '',
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(JSON.parse(stdout)).toEqual({
+      registeredProviders: ['codex', 'claude-code'],
+      providers: [
+        {
+          name: 'codex',
+          capabilities: {
+            outputSchema: false,
+            depthLimit: false,
+            toolFilter: false,
+            persona: false,
+          },
+          inheritsParentContext: false,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'claude-code',
+          capabilities: {
+            outputSchema: false,
+            depthLimit: false,
+            toolFilter: false,
+            persona: false,
+          },
+          inheritsParentContext: false,
+        },
+      ],
+      tools: [
+        {
+          name: 'subagent_codex',
+          parameterNames: ['description', 'prompt'],
+          required: ['description', 'prompt'],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'subagent_claude_code',
+          parameterNames: ['description', 'prompt'],
+          required: ['description', 'prompt'],
+        },
+      ],
+      starts: 0,
+    })
+  }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/messages-fixture.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/messages-fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8a04cf953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/messages-fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import { createServer, type IncomingHttpHeaders, type ServerResponse } from 'node:http'
+
+/** One deterministic response emitted by the package-private Messages server. */
+export type MessagesBehavior =
+  | { readonly kind: 'complete'; readonly text: string }
+  | { readonly kind: 'hold' }
+
+/** One recorded Anthropic Messages request. */
+interface RecordedMessagesRequest {
+  readonly method: string
+  readonly path: string
+  readonly headers: IncomingHttpHeaders
+  readonly body: Record<string, unknown>
+}
+
+/** Running package-private Anthropic Messages fixture. */
+export interface MessagesFixture {
+  readonly baseUrl: string
+  readonly requests: RecordedMessagesRequest[]
+  readonly requestStarted: Promise<void>
+  close(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+function event(
+  response: ServerResponse,
+  type: string,
+  payload: Record<string, unknown>,
+): void {
+  response.write(`event: ${type}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n\n`)
+}
+
+function complete(
+  response: ServerResponse,
+  body: Record<string, unknown>,
+  text: string,
+): void {
+  const model = typeof body.model === 'string' ? body.model : 'fixture-model'
+  response.writeHead(200, {
+    'content-type': 'text/event-stream',
+    'cache-control': 'no-cache',
+    connection: 'keep-alive',
+  })
+  event(response, 'message_start', {
+    type: 'message_start',
+    message: {
+      id: 'msg_dsh_fixture',
+      type: 'message',
+      role: 'assistant',
+      model,
+      content: [],
+      stop_reason: null,
+      stop_sequence: null,
+      usage: {
+        input_tokens: 7,
+        output_tokens: 0,
+        cache_creation_input_tokens: 0,
+        cache_read_input_tokens: 0,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  event(response, 'content_block_start', {
+    type: 'content_block_start',
+    index: 0,
+    content_block: { type: 'text', text: '' },
+  })
+  event(response, 'content_block_delta', {
+    type: 'content_block_delta',
+    index: 0,
+    delta: { type: 'text_delta', text },
+  })
+  event(response, 'content_block_stop', {
+    type: 'content_block_stop',
+    index: 0,
+  })
+  event(response, 'message_delta', {
+    type: 'message_delta',
+    delta: { stop_reason: 'end_turn', stop_sequence: null },
+    usage: { output_tokens: 1 },
+  })
+  event(response, 'message_stop', { type: 'message_stop' })
+  response.end()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start a loopback-only Anthropic Messages SSE fixture.
+ * @param behavior - the single response behavior for this fixture.
+ * @returns the bound server and its recorded requests.
+ */
+export async function startMessagesFixture(
+  behavior: MessagesBehavior,
+): Promise<MessagesFixture> {
+  const requests: RecordedMessagesRequest[] = []
+  let requestStartedResolve!: () => void
+  const requestStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    requestStartedResolve = resolve
+  })
+  const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+    request.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => { chunks.push(chunk) })
+    request.on('end', () => {
+      const path = request.url ?? ''
+      if (path !== '/v1/messages' && !path.startsWith('/v1/messages?')) {
+        response.writeHead(404, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+        response.end(JSON.stringify({
+          type: 'error',
+          error: { type: 'not_found_error', message: `unexpected path ${path}` },
+        }))
+        return
+      }
+      const text = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')
+      const body = JSON.parse(text) as Record<string, unknown>
+      requests.push({
+        method: request.method ?? '',
+        path,
+        headers: request.headers,
+        body,
+      })
+      requestStartedResolve()
+      if (behavior.kind === 'complete') {
+        complete(response, body, behavior.text)
+      }
+      // A hold deliberately leaves the response pending until client abort.
+    })
+  })
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once('error', reject)
+    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+      server.off('error', reject)
+      resolve()
+    })
+  })
+  const address = server.address()
+  if (address === null || typeof address === 'string') {
+    throw new Error('Messages fixture did not bind a TCP port')
+  }
+  return {
+    baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`,
+    requests,
+    requestStarted,
+    async close(): Promise<void> {
+      server.closeAllConnections()
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        server.close((error) => {
+          if (error !== undefined) reject(error)
+          else resolve()
+        })
+      })
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..806181ad13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import {
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  rmSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import * as claudeCode from '../src/index.ts'
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
+const OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL = 'https://api.deepseek.com'
+const sdkRoot = dirname(fileURLToPath(
+  import.meta.resolve('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'),
+))
+const sdkPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync(
+  join(sdkRoot, 'package.json'),
+  'utf8',
+)) as {
+  version: string
+  claudeCodeVersion: string
+  optionalDependencies: Record<string, string>
+}
+const platformPackage = `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-${process.platform}-${process.arch}`
+const platformRoot = resolve(sdkRoot, '..', platformPackage.split('/')[1]!)
+const claudeBin = join(
+  platformRoot,
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? 'claude.exe' : 'claude',
+)
+
+const roots: string[] = []
+const contexts: Context[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(contexts.splice(0).map(ctx => ctx.fiber.dispose()))
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+function deepSeekBaseUrl(): string {
+  const configured = (process.env.DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL ?? OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL)
+    .replace(/\/+$/, '')
+  if (configured !== OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL) {
+    throw new Error('Claude Code DeepSeek e2e requires the official DeepSeek base URL')
+  }
+  return configured
+}
+
+async function expectQuiescent(handles: readonly SubprocessHandle[]): Promise<void> {
+  expect(handles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  for (const handle of handles) {
+    await expect(handle.waitForExit()).resolves.toBe(true)
+    await expect(handle.done).resolves.toHaveProperty('exitCode')
+  }
+}
+
+describe.skipIf(!process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY)(
+  'Claude Code provider with real DeepSeek API',
+  () => {
+    it('returns one unique nonce through the production provider and real SDK/CLI', async () => {
+      const apiKey = process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
+      if (apiKey === undefined) throw new Error('e2e ran without DEEPSEEK_API_KEY')
+      const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-claude-deepseek-e2e-'))
+      roots.push(root)
+      const workspace = join(root, 'workspace')
+      const claudeConfig = join(root, 'claude-config')
+      const xdgConfig = join(root, 'xdg-config')
+      const xdgCache = join(root, 'xdg-cache')
+      const xdgData = join(root, 'xdg-data')
+      const xdgState = join(root, 'xdg-state')
+      for (const directory of [
+        workspace,
+        claudeConfig,
+        xdgConfig,
+        xdgCache,
+        xdgData,
+        xdgState,
+      ]) mkdirSync(directory)
+
+      const env = {
+        ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: apiKey,
+        ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: `${deepSeekBaseUrl()}/anthropic`,
+        ANTHROPIC_MODEL: 'deepseek-v4-pro[1m]',
+        ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL: 'deepseek-v4-pro[1m]',
+        ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL: 'deepseek-v4-pro[1m]',
+        ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL: 'deepseek-v4-flash',
+        CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL: 'deepseek-v4-flash',
+        CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL: 'max',
+        CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR: claudeConfig,
+        HOME: root,
+        XDG_CONFIG_HOME: xdgConfig,
+        XDG_CACHE_HOME: xdgCache,
+        XDG_DATA_HOME: xdgData,
+        XDG_STATE_HOME: xdgState,
+        CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC: '1',
+        CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_OFFICIAL_MARKETPLACE_AUTOINSTALL: '1',
+        DISABLE_TELEMETRY: '1',
+        DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING: '1',
+        HTTP_PROXY: '',
+        HTTPS_PROXY: '',
+        ALL_PROXY: '',
+        NO_PROXY: '127.0.0.1,localhost',
+      }
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      contexts.push(ctx)
+      await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+      await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+      const handles: SubprocessHandle[] = []
+      const spawn = ctx.subprocess.spawn.bind(ctx.subprocess)
+      vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn').mockImplementation((spec) => {
+        const handle = spawn(spec)
+        handles.push(handle)
+        return handle
+      })
+      await ctx.plugin(claudeCode, { env, disposeGraceMs: 3_000 })
+
+      expect(sdkPackage.version).toBe('0.3.220')
+      expect(sdkPackage.claudeCodeVersion).toBe('2.1.220')
+      expect(sdkPackage.optionalDependencies[platformPackage]).toBe('0.3.220')
+      const version = await execFileAsync(claudeBin, ['--version'], {
+        env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+      })
+      expect(version.stdout.trim()).toBe('2.1.220 (Claude Code)')
+
+      const nonce = `DSH_CLAUDE_DEEPSEEK_${randomUUID()}`
+      const parent = {
+        id: 'deepseek-e2e-parent',
+        session: { header: { cwd: workspace } },
+      } as unknown as Agent
+      const run = await ctx.subagents.start('claude-code', {
+        prompt: [{
+          type: 'text',
+          text: `Reply with exactly ${nonce} and nothing else. Do not use tools.`,
+        }],
+        parent,
+        signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      })
+      const result = await run.result
+      await run.dispose()
+
+      expect(result.stopReason).toBe('completed')
+      const text = result.output
+        .filter(block => block.type === 'text')
+        .map(block => block.text)
+        .join('')
+        .trim()
+      expect(text).toBe(nonce)
+      await expectQuiescent(handles)
+    }, 180_000)
+  },
+)
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-product.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-product.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f76b4038f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/real-product.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import {
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  rmSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+import type {
+  Query,
+  SDKMessage,
+  SDKSystemMessage,
+} from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import * as claudeCode from '../src/index.ts'
+import {
+  startMessagesFixture,
+  type MessagesBehavior,
+  type MessagesFixture,
+} from './messages-fixture.ts'
+
+const observedSdkMessages = vi.hoisted((): SDKMessage[] => [])
+
+vi.mock('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<
+    typeof import('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk')
+  >()
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    query(options: Parameters<typeof actual.query>[0]): Query {
+      const query = actual.query(options)
+      // Observe the real SDK stream without replacing its protocol or CLI.
+      return new Proxy(query, {
+        get(target, property) {
+          if (property === Symbol.asyncIterator) {
+            return async function* (): AsyncGenerator<SDKMessage, void> {
+              for await (const message of target) {
+                observedSdkMessages.push(message)
+                yield message
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          const value: unknown = Reflect.get(target, property, target)
+          if (typeof value === 'function') {
+            const method = value as (...args: unknown[]) => unknown
+            return method.bind(target)
+          }
+          return value
+        },
+      })
+    },
+  }
+})
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
+const sdkRoot = dirname(fileURLToPath(
+  import.meta.resolve('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'),
+))
+const sdkPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync(
+  join(sdkRoot, 'package.json'),
+  'utf8',
+)) as {
+  version: string
+  claudeCodeVersion: string
+  optionalDependencies: Record<string, string>
+}
+const platformPackage = `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-${process.platform}-${process.arch}`
+const platformRoot = resolve(sdkRoot, '..', platformPackage.split('/')[1]!)
+const claudeBin = join(
+  platformRoot,
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? 'claude.exe' : 'claude',
+)
+const settingsModel = 'dsh-settings-inheritance-marker'
+const fakeKey = 'dsh-fake-anthropic-key'
+
+const roots: string[] = []
+const fixtures: MessagesFixture[] = []
+const contexts: Context[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(contexts.splice(0).map(ctx => ctx.fiber.dispose()))
+  await Promise.all(fixtures.splice(0).map(fixture => fixture.close()))
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) {
+    rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  }
+  observedSdkMessages.length = 0
+})
+
+interface RealHarness {
+  readonly ctx: Context
+  readonly handles: SubprocessHandle[]
+  readonly parent: Agent
+  readonly workspace: string
+  readonly env: Record<string, string>
+}
+
+async function realHarness(behavior: MessagesBehavior): Promise<{
+  readonly harness: RealHarness
+  readonly fixture: MessagesFixture
+}> {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-claude-code-real-'))
+  roots.push(root)
+  const workspace = join(root, 'workspace')
+  const claudeConfig = join(root, 'claude-config')
+  const xdgConfig = join(root, 'xdg')
+  mkdirSync(workspace)
+  mkdirSync(claudeConfig)
+  mkdirSync(xdgConfig)
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(claudeConfig, 'settings.json'),
+    `${JSON.stringify({ model: settingsModel }, null, 2)}\n`,
+  )
+  const fixture = await startMessagesFixture(behavior)
+  fixtures.push(fixture)
+  const env = {
+    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: fakeKey,
+    ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: fixture.baseUrl,
+    CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR: claudeConfig,
+    HOME: root,
+    XDG_CONFIG_HOME: xdgConfig,
+    CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC: '1',
+    CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_OFFICIAL_MARKETPLACE_AUTOINSTALL: '1',
+    DISABLE_TELEMETRY: '1',
+    DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING: '1',
+    HTTP_PROXY: '',
+    HTTPS_PROXY: '',
+    ALL_PROXY: '',
+    NO_PROXY: '127.0.0.1,localhost',
+  }
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  contexts.push(ctx)
+  await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+  await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+  const handles: SubprocessHandle[] = []
+  const spawn = ctx.subprocess.spawn.bind(ctx.subprocess)
+  vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn').mockImplementation((spec) => {
+    const handle = spawn(spec)
+    handles.push(handle)
+    return handle
+  })
+  await ctx.plugin(claudeCode, { env, disposeGraceMs: 3_000 })
+  const parent = {
+    id: 'real-parent',
+    session: { header: { cwd: workspace } },
+  } as unknown as Agent
+  return {
+    harness: { ctx, handles, parent, workspace, env },
+    fixture,
+  }
+}
+
+async function expectQuiescent(
+  handles: readonly SubprocessHandle[],
+): Promise<void> {
+  expect(handles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  for (const handle of handles) {
+    await expect(handle.waitForExit()).resolves.toBe(true)
+    const outcome = await handle.done
+    expect(outcome).toHaveProperty('exitCode')
+    expect(outcome).toHaveProperty('signal')
+  }
+}
+
+function startRequest(
+  harness: RealHarness,
+  prompt: string,
+  signal = new AbortController().signal,
+) {
+  return harness.ctx.subagents.start('claude-code', {
+    prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: prompt }],
+    parent: harness.parent,
+    signal,
+  })
+}
+
+describe('real Claude Agent SDK 0.3.220 and Claude Code 2.1.220', {
+  timeout: 60_000,
+}, () => {
+  it('inherits host settings and sends the exact task and fake key to local Messages', async () => {
+    const sentinel = 'REAL_CLAUDE_CODE_SENTINEL_2_1_220'
+    const task = 'Return the fixture sentinel exactly.'
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness({
+      kind: 'complete',
+      text: sentinel,
+    })
+    expect(sdkPackage.version).toBe('0.3.220')
+    expect(sdkPackage.claudeCodeVersion).toBe('2.1.220')
+    expect(sdkPackage.optionalDependencies[platformPackage]).toBe('0.3.220')
+    const version = await execFileAsync(claudeBin, ['--version'], {
+      env: { ...process.env, ...harness.env },
+    })
+    expect(version.stdout.trim()).toBe('2.1.220 (Claude Code)')
+
+    const run = await startRequest(harness, task)
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: sentinel }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+
+    const initMessage = observedSdkMessages.find(
+      (message): message is SDKSystemMessage =>
+        message.type === 'system' && message.subtype === 'init',
+    )
+    expect(initMessage?.claude_code_version).toBe('2.1.220')
+
+    expect(fixture.requests).toHaveLength(1)
+    const recorded = fixture.requests[0]!
+    expect(recorded.method).toBe('POST')
+    expect(recorded.path).toMatch(/^\/v1\/messages(?:\?.*)?$/)
+    expect(recorded.headers['x-api-key']).toBe(fakeKey)
+    expect(recorded.body.model).toBe(settingsModel)
+    expect(Array.isArray(recorded.body.messages)).toBe(true)
+    const messageTexts = (
+      recorded.body.messages as Array<{ content?: unknown }>
+    ).flatMap((message): unknown[] =>
+      Array.isArray(message.content) ? message.content as unknown[] : [])
+      .filter((block): block is { type: string; text: string } =>
+        typeof block === 'object'
+        && block !== null
+        && 'type' in block
+        && block.type === 'text'
+        && 'text' in block
+        && typeof block.text === 'string')
+      .map(block => block.text)
+    expect(messageTexts.filter(text => text.includes(task))).toEqual([task])
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  })
+
+  it('maps a real CLI process failure to error', async () => {
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness({ kind: 'hold' })
+    const run = await startRequest(harness, 'Exercise the failure path.')
+    await fixture.requestStarted
+    expect(harness.handles).toHaveLength(1)
+    harness.handles[0]!.terminate()
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'error',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+    expect(fixture.requests).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(fixture.requests[0]!.headers['x-api-key']).toBe(fakeKey)
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  })
+
+  it('settles cancellation and leaves the real SDK-spawned CLI tree quiescent', async () => {
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness({ kind: 'hold' })
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const run = await startRequest(
+      harness,
+      'Wait for cancellation.',
+      controller.signal,
+    )
+    await fixture.requestStarted
+    controller.abort(new Error('real product cancellation'))
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'aborted',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/subagent-claude-code.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/subagent-claude-code.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c4ac1708d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/subagent-claude-code.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,881 @@
+import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream'
+import type {
+  Options,
+  Query,
+  SDKMessage,
+  SDKResultMessage,
+  SpawnOptions,
+} from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import Loader from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import {
+  afterEach,
+  beforeEach,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  it,
+  type Mock,
+  vi,
+} from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type {
+  SubprocessHandle,
+  SubprocessOutcome,
+  SubprocessSpawnSpec,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import * as claudeCode from '../src/index.ts'
+import * as invariant from '../src/invariant.ts'
+import {
+  claudeSpawnSpec,
+  ManagedClaudeCodeProcess,
+  sdkEnvironmentOverlay,
+} from '../src/process.ts'
+import {
+  claudeQueryOptions,
+  consumeClaudeQuery,
+  disposeClaudeCodeChild,
+  startClaudeCodeRun,
+  successfulResult,
+  textTask,
+  type ClaudeCodeRunSpec,
+} from '../src/run.ts'
+
+type QueryFactory = (params: {
+  prompt: string
+  options: Options
+}) => Query
+
+const queryMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn<QueryFactory>())
+
+vi.mock('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk', async importOriginal => ({
+  ...await importOriginal<typeof import('@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk')>(),
+  query: queryMock,
+}))
+
+const fakeParent = {
+  id: 'parent',
+  session: { header: { cwd: process.cwd() } },
+} as unknown as Agent
+
+function request(
+  prompt: ContentBlock[] = [{ type: 'text', text: 'do the task' }],
+  signal = new AbortController().signal,
+) {
+  return { prompt, parent: fakeParent, signal }
+}
+
+async function nextTask(): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { setImmediate(resolve) })
+}
+
+interface FakeChildOptions {
+  readonly pid?: number
+  readonly exitOnTerminate?: boolean
+  readonly waitForExitError?: Error
+  readonly doneError?: Error
+}
+
+interface FakeChild {
+  readonly handle: SubprocessHandle
+  readonly stdin: PassThrough
+  readonly stdout: PassThrough
+  readonly settle: (outcome?: SubprocessOutcome) => void
+  readonly fail: (error: Error) => void
+  readonly terminate: Mock<SubprocessHandle['terminate']>
+  readonly waitForExit: Mock<SubprocessHandle['waitForExit']>
+}
+
+function fakeChild(options: FakeChildOptions = {}): FakeChild {
+  const stdin = new PassThrough()
+  const stdout = new PassThrough()
+  let exited = false
+  let resolveDone!: (outcome: SubprocessOutcome) => void
+  let rejectDone!: (error: Error) => void
+  const done = new Promise<SubprocessOutcome>((resolve, reject) => {
+    resolveDone = resolve
+    rejectDone = reject
+  })
+  // Individual tests deliberately exercise rejected and still-pending handles.
+  void done.catch(() => {})
+  const settle = (
+    outcome: SubprocessOutcome = { exitCode: 0, signal: null },
+  ): void => {
+    if (exited) return
+    exited = true
+    resolveDone(outcome)
+  }
+  const fail = (error: Error): void => {
+    if (exited) return
+    exited = true
+    rejectDone(error)
+  }
+  if (options.doneError !== undefined) fail(options.doneError)
+  const terminate = vi.fn<SubprocessHandle['terminate']>(() => {
+    if (options.exitOnTerminate !== false) settle()
+  })
+  const waitForExit = vi.fn<SubprocessHandle['waitForExit']>(async (signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<boolean> => {
+    if (options.waitForExitError !== undefined) {
+      throw options.waitForExitError
+    }
+    if (exited) return true
+    if (signal === undefined) {
+      await done.catch(() => {})
+      return true
+    }
+    return await new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+      const onAbort = (): void => { resolve(false) }
+      signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+      void done.then(
+        () => {
+          signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+          resolve(true)
+        },
+        () => {
+          signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+          resolve(true)
+        },
+      )
+    })
+  })
+  const handle: SubprocessHandle = {
+    pid: options.pid ?? 1234,
+    stdin,
+    stdout,
+    stderr: undefined,
+    collected: {},
+    done,
+    terminate,
+    waitForExit,
+  }
+  return {
+    handle,
+    stdin,
+    stdout,
+    settle,
+    fail,
+    terminate,
+    waitForExit,
+  }
+}
+
+function success(
+  result = 'answer',
+  isError = false,
+): SDKResultMessage {
+  return {
+    type: 'result',
+    subtype: 'success',
+    is_error: isError,
+    result,
+  } as SDKResultMessage
+}
+
+type ErrorSubtype = Exclude<SDKResultMessage['subtype'], 'success'>
+
+function failure(
+  subtype: ErrorSubtype,
+  errors: string[] = ['fixture failure'],
+): SDKResultMessage {
+  return {
+    type: 'result',
+    subtype,
+    is_error: true,
+    errors,
+  } as SDKResultMessage
+}
+
+function queryFrom(
+  messages: readonly SDKMessage[],
+  after?: Error,
+  close = vi.fn(),
+): Query {
+  async function* stream(): AsyncGenerator<SDKMessage, void> {
+    for (const message of messages) yield message
+    if (after !== undefined) throw after
+  }
+  return Object.assign(stream(), { close }) as unknown as Query
+}
+
+function waitingQuery(signal: AbortSignal, close = vi.fn()): Query {
+  async function* stream(): AsyncGenerator<SDKMessage, void> {
+    await new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
+      const fail = (): void => {
+        reject(signal.reason instanceof Error
+          ? signal.reason
+          : new Error(String(signal.reason)))
+      }
+      if (signal.aborted) fail()
+      else signal.addEventListener('abort', fail, { once: true })
+    })
+  }
+  return Object.assign(stream(), { close }) as unknown as Query
+}
+
+function sdkSpawnOptions(
+  overrides: Partial<SpawnOptions> = {},
+): SpawnOptions {
+  return {
+    command: '/sdk/claude',
+    args: ['--output-format', 'stream-json'],
+    cwd: '/workspace',
+    env: { PATH: '/bin', OMITTED: undefined },
+    signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+interface FakeRun {
+  readonly child: FakeChild
+  readonly close: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  readonly spawnSpecs: SubprocessSpawnSpec[]
+  readonly options: Options[]
+  readonly spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec
+}
+
+function fakeRun(
+  messages: readonly SDKMessage[] = [success()],
+  after?: Error,
+  child = fakeChild(),
+): FakeRun {
+  const close = vi.fn()
+  const query = queryFrom(messages, after, close)
+  const spawnSpecs: SubprocessSpawnSpec[] = []
+  const options: FakeRun['options'] = []
+  const spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec = {
+    cwd: '/workspace',
+    env: { ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: 'fake-key' },
+    disposeGraceMs: 5,
+    spawn: (spawnSpec) => {
+      spawnSpecs.push(spawnSpec)
+      return child.handle
+    },
+  }
+  queryMock.mockImplementation((params) => {
+    options.push(params.options)
+    params.options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+    return query
+  })
+  return { child, close, spawnSpecs, options, spec }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  queryMock.mockImplementation(({ options }) => {
+    options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions({
+      cwd: options.cwd!,
+      env: options.env!,
+      signal: options.abortController!.signal,
+    }))
+    return queryFrom([])
+  })
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  queryMock.mockReset()
+  vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  vi.unstubAllEnvs()
+})
+
+describe('task admission and package contracts', () => {
+  it('preserves text sequences and rejects empty, blank, and non-text tasks', () => {
+    expect(textTask([
+      { type: 'text', text: 'one' },
+      { type: 'text', text: 'two' },
+    ])).toBe('onetwo')
+    expect(() => textTask([])).toThrow('only text blocks')
+    expect(() => textTask([{ type: 'reasoning', text: 'hidden' }]))
+      .toThrow('only text blocks')
+    expect(() => textTask([{ type: 'text', text: ' \n ' }]))
+      .toThrow('must not be empty')
+  })
+
+  it('registers one fixed descriptor, validates config, and unregisters on HMR', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+    const fiber = await ctx.plugin(claudeCode, {})
+    expect(ctx.subagents.getProvider('claude-code')).toMatchObject({
+      name: 'claude-code',
+      capabilities: {
+        outputSchema: false,
+        depthLimit: false,
+        toolFilter: false,
+        persona: false,
+      },
+      inheritsParentContext: false,
+    })
+    expect(ctx.subagents.list()).toEqual(['claude-code'])
+    await fiber.dispose()
+    expect(ctx.subagents.list()).toEqual([])
+
+    for (const disposeGraceMs of [0, -1, Number.NaN, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY]) {
+      await expect(ctx.plugin(claudeCode, { disposeGraceMs }))
+        .rejects.toThrow('disposeGraceMs must be a positive finite number')
+    }
+    await expect(ctx.plugin(claudeCode, {
+      disposeGraceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(
+      `disposeGraceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`,
+    )
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('starts through the registered provider with its resolved config and diagnostics', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const spawn = vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn')
+      .mockImplementation(() => child.handle)
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    await ctx.plugin(claudeCode, {
+      env: {
+        ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: 'provider-fake-key',
+        CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR: '/private/tmp/dsh-claude-code-unit-config',
+        HOME: '/private/tmp/dsh-claude-code-unit-home',
+      },
+      disposeGraceMs: 29,
+    })
+
+    await expect(ctx.subagents.start('claude-code', {
+      ...request(),
+      parent: {
+        id: 'parent-without-cwd',
+        session: { header: {} },
+      } as unknown as Agent,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(
+      'subagent-claude-code: no working directory for the child — delegate from a parent session that has one',
+    )
+    expect(queryMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    const run = await ctx.subagents.start('claude-code', request())
+    child.settle({ exitCode: 9, signal: null })
+    child.stdout.end()
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'error',
+    })
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(
+      'subagent-claude-code: child run failed (error):',
+    ))
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+      graceMs: 29,
+    }))
+    expect(spawn.mock.calls[0]?.[0].env).toMatchObject({
+      ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: 'provider-fake-key',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the Loader namespace shape and package-owned empty invariant', async () => {
+    expect('default' in claudeCode).toBe(false)
+    expect(claudeCode.name).toBe('subagent-claude-code')
+    expect(claudeCode.inject).toEqual(['subagents', 'subprocess'])
+    const loader = Object.create(Loader.prototype) as Loader
+    expect(loader.unwrapExports(claudeCode)).toBe(claudeCode)
+
+    const dispose = vi.fn()
+    const register = vi.fn((
+      _packageName: string,
+      _installer: InvariantInstaller,
+    ) => dispose)
+    const ctx = { invariants: { register } } as unknown as Context
+    await expect(invariant.apply(ctx)).resolves.toBe(dispose)
+    expect(register).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code',
+      expect.any(Function),
+    )
+    const install = register.mock.calls[0]![1]
+    await install(new Context(), (message) => { throw new Error(message) })
+    expect(invariant.name).toBe('subagent-claude-code-invariant')
+    expect(invariant.inject).toEqual(['invariants'])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('official spawn projection', () => {
+  it('forwards command, arguments, cwd, environment, and signal exactly', () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('SDK_REMOVED_AMBIENT', 'ambient-value')
+    const signal = new AbortController().signal
+    const options = sdkSpawnOptions({
+      command: '/official/claude',
+      args: ['--one', 'two'],
+      cwd: '/parent/workspace',
+      env: { A: 'one', B: undefined, C: 'three' },
+      signal,
+    })
+    expect(sdkEnvironmentOverlay(options.env)).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+      A: 'one',
+      B: undefined,
+      C: 'three',
+      SDK_REMOVED_AMBIENT: undefined,
+    }))
+    const spawnSpec = claudeSpawnSpec(options, 321)
+    expect(spawnSpec).toMatchObject({
+      argv: ['/official/claude', '--one', 'two'],
+      cwd: '/parent/workspace',
+      stdio: { stdin: 'pipe', stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'inherit' },
+      graceMs: 321,
+      signal,
+    })
+    expect(spawnSpec.env).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+      A: 'one',
+      B: undefined,
+      C: 'three',
+      SDK_REMOVED_AMBIENT: undefined,
+    }))
+    const missingCwd = sdkSpawnOptions()
+    delete missingCwd.cwd
+    expect(() => claudeSpawnSpec(
+      missingCwd,
+      321,
+    )).toThrow('SDK spawn request omitted its workspace')
+    expect(() => claudeSpawnSpec(
+      sdkSpawnOptions({ cwd: '' }),
+      321,
+    )).toThrow('SDK spawn request omitted its workspace')
+  })
+
+  it('projects streams, exit facts, listeners, and idempotent tree termination', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild({ exitOnTerminate: false })
+    const process = new ManagedClaudeCodeProcess(child.handle)
+    expect(process.stdin).toBe(child.stdin)
+    expect(process.stdout).toBe(child.stdout)
+    expect(process.killed).toBe(false)
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBeNull()
+    expect(process.signalCode).toBeNull()
+
+    const exit = vi.fn()
+    const once = vi.fn()
+    const removed = vi.fn()
+    process.on('exit', exit)
+    process.once('exit', once)
+    process.on('exit', removed)
+    process.off('exit', removed)
+    expect(process.kill('SIGTERM')).toBe(true)
+    expect(process.killed).toBe(true)
+    expect(process.kill('SIGKILL')).toBe(false)
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    child.settle({ exitCode: null, signal: 'SIGTERM' })
+    await nextTask()
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, 'SIGTERM')
+    expect(once).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(removed).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(process.signalCode).toBe('SIGTERM')
+    expect(process.kill('SIGTERM')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('emits spawn errors', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const process = new ManagedClaudeCodeProcess(child.handle)
+    const errorListener = vi.fn()
+    const removed = vi.fn()
+    process.once('error', errorListener)
+    process.on('error', removed)
+    process.off('error', removed)
+    child.fail(new Error('spawn boom'))
+    await nextTask()
+    expect(errorListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      message: 'spawn boom',
+    }))
+    expect(removed).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('exposes a settled direct-child exit code', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const process = new ManagedClaudeCodeProcess(child.handle)
+    child.settle({ exitCode: 7, signal: null })
+    await nextTask()
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(7)
+    expect(process.signalCode).toBeNull()
+    expect(process.kill('SIGTERM')).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('query options and result mapping', () => {
+  it('builds the fixed unattended options over the scrubbed environment', () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('HOST_VISIBLE', 'visible')
+    vi.stubEnv('HOST_SECRET_TOKEN', 'must-not-leak')
+    vi.stubEnv('DSH_INTERNAL', 'must-not-leak')
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const spawn = vi.fn(() => child.handle)
+    const captured: SubprocessHandle[] = []
+    const spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec = {
+      cwd: '/workspace',
+      env: {
+        HOST_VISIBLE: 'overridden',
+        ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: 'explicit-fake-key',
+      },
+      disposeGraceMs: 17,
+      spawn,
+    }
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const options = claudeQueryOptions(spec, controller, (value) => {
+      captured.push(value)
+    })
+
+    expect(options).toMatchObject({
+      abortController: controller,
+      cwd: '/workspace',
+      persistSession: false,
+      disallowedTools: ['AskUserQuestion'],
+    })
+    expect(options.env).toMatchObject({
+      HOST_VISIBLE: 'overridden',
+      ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: 'explicit-fake-key',
+    })
+    expect(options.env).not.toHaveProperty('HOST_SECRET_TOKEN')
+    expect(options.env).not.toHaveProperty('DSH_INTERNAL')
+    for (const omitted of [
+      'settingSources',
+      'canUseTool',
+      'onElicitation',
+      'onUserDialog',
+      'supportedDialogKinds',
+    ]) {
+      expect(options).not.toHaveProperty(omitted)
+    }
+
+    const spawned = options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+    expect(spawned).toBeInstanceOf(ManagedClaudeCodeProcess)
+    expect(captured).toEqual([child.handle])
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      argv: ['/sdk/claude', '--output-format', 'stream-json'],
+      cwd: '/workspace',
+      graceMs: 17,
+    }))
+  })
+
+  it('accepts only a non-error success with a non-blank final result', () => {
+    expect(successfulResult(success('exact final'))).toBe('exact final')
+    expect(() => successfulResult(success('answer', true)))
+      .toThrow('marked as an error')
+    expect(() => successfulResult(success(' \n ')))
+      .toThrow('contained no answer')
+    expect(() => successfulResult(failure(
+      'error_during_execution',
+      ['first', 'second'],
+    ))).toThrow('first; second')
+    expect(() => successfulResult(failure(
+      'error_max_turns',
+      [],
+    ))).toThrow('error_max_turns')
+  })
+
+  it('consumes the complete stream and keeps the latest strict success', async () => {
+    const query = queryFrom([
+      { type: 'system', subtype: 'init' } as SDKMessage,
+      success('first'),
+      success('last'),
+    ])
+    await expect(consumeClaudeQuery(query)).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'last' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    await expect(consumeClaudeQuery(
+      queryFrom([{ type: 'system', subtype: 'init' } as SDKMessage]),
+    )).rejects.toThrow('ended without a result')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('run publication, cancellation, and settlement', () => {
+  it('publishes only after Query and managed child exist, then disposes once', async () => {
+    const fixture = fakeRun([success('exact answer')])
+    const run = await startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request([
+        { type: 'text', text: 'first' },
+        { type: 'text', text: 'second' },
+      ]),
+      fixture.spec,
+    )
+    expect(fixture.options).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(fixture.spawnSpecs).toHaveLength(1)
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'exact answer' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    const first = run.dispose()
+    const second = run.dispose()
+    expect(second).toBe(first)
+    await first
+    expect(fixture.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(fixture.child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('flattens every SDK error result without inventing shared stop reasons', async () => {
+    const subtypes: ErrorSubtype[] = [
+      'error_during_execution',
+      'error_max_turns',
+      'error_max_budget_usd',
+      'error_max_structured_output_retries',
+    ]
+    for (const subtype of subtypes) {
+      const fixture = fakeRun([failure(subtype)])
+      const onError = vi.fn()
+      const run = await startClaudeCodeRun(
+        request(),
+        { ...fixture.spec, onError },
+      )
+      await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+        output: [],
+        stopReason: 'error',
+      })
+      expect(onError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.any(Error),
+        'error',
+      )
+      await run.dispose()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('fails closed when iteration rejects after a result', async () => {
+    const fixture = fakeRun(
+      [success('partial final')],
+      new Error('iterator boom'),
+    )
+    const run = await startClaudeCodeRun(request(), fixture.spec)
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'error',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('maps invalid success and missing result to error', async () => {
+    for (const messages of [
+      [success('answer', true)],
+      [success('')],
+      [{ type: 'system', subtype: 'init' } as SDKMessage],
+    ]) {
+      const fixture = fakeRun(messages)
+      const run = await startClaudeCodeRun(request(), fixture.spec)
+      await expect(run.result).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        stopReason: 'error',
+      })
+      await run.dispose()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('gives local cancellation precedence and isolates overlapping controllers', async () => {
+    const firstChild = fakeChild()
+    const secondChild = fakeChild()
+    const children = [firstChild, secondChild]
+    const controllers: AbortController[] = []
+    let index = 0
+    const spec: ClaudeCodeRunSpec = {
+      cwd: '/workspace',
+      env: {},
+      disposeGraceMs: 5,
+      spawn: () => children[index++]!.handle,
+    }
+    queryMock.mockImplementation(({ prompt, options }) => {
+      controllers.push(options.abortController!)
+      options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+      return prompt === 'wait'
+        ? waitingQuery(options.abortController!.signal)
+        : queryFrom([success('second answer')])
+    })
+    const firstAbort = new AbortController()
+    const first = await startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request([{ type: 'text', text: 'wait' }], firstAbort.signal),
+      spec,
+    )
+    const second = await startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request([{ type: 'text', text: 'finish' }]),
+      spec,
+    )
+    expect(controllers).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(controllers[0]).not.toBe(controllers[1])
+    firstAbort.abort(new Error('parent cancelled'))
+    await expect(first.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'aborted',
+    })
+    await expect(second.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'second answer' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    expect(controllers[1]!.signal.aborted).toBe(false)
+    await Promise.all([first.dispose(), second.dispose()])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps local cancellation authoritative when the SDK iterator ends normally', async () => {
+    const parentAbort = new AbortController()
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    async function* stream(): AsyncGenerator<SDKMessage, void> {
+      yield success('candidate answer')
+      parentAbort.abort(new Error('parent cancelled at iterator completion'))
+    }
+    queryMock.mockImplementation(({ options }) => {
+      options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+      return Object.assign(stream(), { close: vi.fn() }) as unknown as Query
+    })
+    const run = await startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request(undefined, parentAbort.signal),
+      {
+        cwd: '/workspace',
+        env: {},
+        disposeGraceMs: 5,
+        spawn: () => child.handle,
+      },
+    )
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'aborted',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects pre-abort and every incomplete startup transaction', async () => {
+    const preAborted = new AbortController()
+    preAborted.abort()
+    const unused = fakeRun()
+    await expect(startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request(undefined, preAborted.signal),
+      unused.spec,
+    )).rejects.toThrow('aborted before SDK startup')
+    expect(unused.options).toEqual([])
+
+    const noChildClose = vi.fn()
+    queryMock.mockImplementationOnce(
+      () => queryFrom([], undefined, noChildClose),
+    )
+    await expect(startClaudeCodeRun(request(), {
+      ...unused.spec,
+    })).rejects.toThrow('did not publish a controllable')
+    expect(noChildClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    const closeFailure = vi.fn(() => { throw new Error('close boom') })
+    queryMock.mockImplementationOnce(
+      () => queryFrom([], undefined, closeFailure),
+    )
+    const noChild = startClaudeCodeRun(request(), {
+      ...unused.spec,
+    })
+    await expect(noChild).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(AggregateError)
+
+    const startupAbort = new AbortController()
+    const abortedChild = fakeChild()
+    const abortedClose = vi.fn()
+    queryMock.mockImplementationOnce(({ options }) => {
+      options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+      startupAbort.abort(new Error('startup cancelled'))
+      return queryFrom([], undefined, abortedClose)
+    })
+    const abortedDuringStartup = startClaudeCodeRun(
+      request(undefined, startupAbort.signal),
+      {
+        ...unused.spec,
+        spawn: () => abortedChild.handle,
+      },
+    )
+    await expect(abortedDuringStartup)
+      .rejects.toThrow('aborted before SDK startup')
+    expect(abortedClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(abortedChild.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    queryMock.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error('query failed before resource creation')
+    })
+    await expect(startClaudeCodeRun(request(), {
+      ...unused.spec,
+    })).rejects.toThrow('query failed before resource creation')
+
+    const spawned = fakeChild()
+    const spawnSpecs: SubprocessSpawnSpec[] = []
+    let factoryController: AbortController | undefined
+    queryMock.mockImplementationOnce(({ options }) => {
+      factoryController = options.abortController
+      options.spawnClaudeCodeProcess!(sdkSpawnOptions())
+      throw new Error('query construction failed')
+    })
+    const factoryFailure = startClaudeCodeRun(request(), {
+      ...unused.spec,
+      spawn: (spawnSpec) => {
+        spawnSpecs.push(spawnSpec)
+        return spawned.handle
+      },
+    })
+    await expect(factoryFailure).rejects.toThrow('query construction failed')
+    expect(spawnSpecs).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(factoryController?.signal.aborted).toBe(true)
+    expect(spawned.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    const failedSpawn = fakeChild({
+      pid: -1,
+      doneError: new Error('spawn failed'),
+    })
+    const failed = fakeRun([], undefined, failedSpawn)
+    await expect(startClaudeCodeRun(request(), failed.spec))
+      .rejects.toBeInstanceOf(AggregateError)
+    expect(failed.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('query and process disposal', () => {
+  it('closes the query, terminates the tree, and waits for direct-child outcome', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const close = vi.fn()
+    await disposeClaudeCodeChild({ close }, child.handle)
+    expect(close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(child.waitForExit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(child.waitForExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith()
+    await expect(child.handle.done).resolves.toEqual({
+      exitCode: 0,
+      signal: null,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does not finish disposal before the managed tree exits', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild({ exitOnTerminate: false })
+    let disposed = false
+    const disposal = disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+      { close: vi.fn() },
+      child.handle,
+    ).then(() => {
+      disposed = true
+    })
+    await nextTask()
+    expect(disposed).toBe(false)
+    child.settle()
+    await disposal
+    expect(disposed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('reports wait, close, and direct-child failures without skipping cleanup', async () => {
+    const waitFailure = fakeChild({
+      waitForExitError: new Error('wait boom'),
+    })
+    const closeFailure = vi.fn(() => { throw new Error('close boom') })
+    await expect(disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+      { close: closeFailure },
+      waitFailure.handle,
+    )).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(AggregateError)
+    expect(waitFailure.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    const doneFailure = fakeChild({
+      pid: -1,
+      doneError: new Error('spawn boom'),
+    })
+    await expect(disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+      { close: vi.fn() },
+      doneFailure.handle,
+    )).rejects.toThrow('spawn boom')
+
+    const both = fakeChild({
+      pid: -1,
+      doneError: new Error('spawn boom'),
+    })
+    await expect(disposeClaudeCodeChild(
+      { close: () => { throw new Error('close boom') } },
+      both.handle,
+    )).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(AggregateError)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tsconfig.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tsconfig.json
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index 0000000000..751aa08a9e
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types",
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "lib/types/.tsbuildinfo"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/schemastery"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../llm/llm"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/session"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../subagent"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../subprocess/subprocess"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../util/timeout"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.i18n.yaml
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index 0000000000..97c2b9f705
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+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.md
+README.md: c25ee90edf8972da66448fe84cb659b0aec79e6f
+README.zh.md: 10c8fcc47a9ab04bca983857bd44ede265c23435
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.md
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index 0000000000..c25ee90edf
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+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.md
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+# @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex
+
+English | [中文](README.zh.md)
+
+This package registers the fixed `codex` subagent provider. Each accepted run starts the official `codex app-server --stdio` command in the delegating Session's workspace, creates one ephemeral Codex thread, submits one self-contained text task, and returns only the final answer through the shared [`dsh-subagent`](../subagent/README.md) result contract.
+
+## Start and ownership
+
+`start(request)` accepts only a non-empty sequence of text blocks and derives the child cwd from the parent Session. It then spawns the fixed command through [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md), performs `initialize` → `initialized` → `thread/start { cwd, ephemeral: true }`, and publishes the run only after Codex returns a valid ephemeral thread. A failure or cancellation before publication closes the wire, terminates the managed process tree, waits for it to exit, and rejects `start()`.
+
+The published `run.result` starts exactly one turn. It accepts only notifications for that run's thread and turn, then waits for the authoritative `turn/completed` terminal notification. The latest `agentMessage` with `phase: "final_answer"` wins; when Codex emits no explicit final phase, the latest message with `phase: null` is the compatibility fallback. Commentary never replaces either answer, and a successful turn with no nonblank answer settles as an error.
+
+For command and file approvals, the unattended provider selects a non-approval decision offered by the request, preferring `cancel`; the stable 0.146.0 request shape without an offered-decision list falls back to `decline`. It answers permission requests with an empty turn-scoped permission set, answers user-input requests with no answers, and declines MCP elicitation. A request with no legal unattended response, or any unknown server request, fails the run.
+
+Local cancellation wins the result race and maps to `aborted`. A failed turn whose `codexErrorInfo` is `contextWindowExceeded` maps to `max-tokens`; every other remote interrupted or failed turn maps to `error`, and this version produces no `refusal`. `dispose()` is idempotent: it requests a best-effort `turn/interrupt` with both current ids when they are known, closes the JSON-RPC wire, ends stdin, invokes the shared process-tree termination escalation, and waits for whole-tree exit. Result failure and independent teardown failure remain separate.
+
+## Capabilities and context
+
+The provider advertises no optional start-time capabilities and reports `inheritsParentContext: false`. Codex receives the standalone text task and the parent Session cwd, but not the parent conversation, persona, tool filter, depth policy, or structured-output contract. The ephemeral Codex thread id and turn id stay private to this run and are never persisted in the parent Session.
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Key | Default | Meaning |
+|---|---|---|
+| `env` | `{}` | Explicit child environment layered over the subprocess seam's credential-scrubbed parent environment. |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | Positive finite grace in milliseconds, no greater than [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md), between the shared process-tree owner's termination tiers; disposal then waits for whole-tree exit. |
+
+Production resolves `codex` from `PATH` and uses the host's native Codex configuration and authentication. The plugin does not install Codex, select a model, create `CODEX_HOME`, log in, or probe a version. Credential-shaped ambient variables are removed by the subprocess seam, so an API key intended for the child must be supplied explicitly in `env`; ordinary ambient values such as `PATH` and `HOME` remain available unless overridden.
+
+Install this package and add the following rows to your own `cordis.yml`. Shipped CLI configurations do not load this provider or expose `subagent_codex` by default.
+
+```yaml
+- id: subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex'
+  config:
+    env:
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: !!js process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
+
+- id: tool-subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: codex
+    toolName: subagent_codex
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: provider-managed
+```
+
+## Product compatibility and evidence
+
+The production wire intentionally implements only the app-server methods required by this one-shot contract. Development evidence is pinned to `@openai/codex@0.146.0` / `codex-cli 0.146.0`: the keyless real-product spec drives the official binary against a loopback Responses service with a non-empty fake key and proves the task, authentication, exact answer, cancellation, approvals, and process-tree exit. A separate Loader composition e2e boots the README-shaped user configuration with no `codex` command available, verifies the fixed provider and foreground-only tool schema, and records zero child starts. A credentialed e2e starts the production provider and real Codex, then obtains a unique answer from the fixed official DeepSeek service through a loopback-only test bridge from Responses to Chat Completions; that bridge is not production functionality or native Codex support for DeepSeek's Chat Completions API. The npm package is a test-only dependency; deployments still supply `codex` on `PATH`.
+
+## Model Experience
+
+### Child request
+
+#### What the model sees
+
+The Codex child receives the standalone text blocks as one turn in a fresh ephemeral thread. Its workspace is the parent Session cwd, and its model, system instructions, tools, sandbox, and authentication come from the native Codex installation and configuration.
+
+#### Token effect
+
+The child pays for an independent Codex context and turn. Child tokens do not enter the parent's context.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+Independent of the parent request cache. Reuse depends only on Codex's own provider, model, instructions, tools, and ephemeral-thread request.
+
+### Parent tool result, indirectly
+
+#### What the model sees
+
+Through `dsh-tool-subagent`, the parent sees only the selected final Codex answer or the consumer's exact error for a non-completed result. Codex commentary, reasoning, tool activity, stderr, workspace diffs, and product ids are not copied into the parent Session.
+
+#### Token effect
+
+Parent input grows only by the final answer or error retained in the tool result. This provider adds no parent tool schema by itself.
+
+#### KV Cache effect
+
+Append-only: the new tool result follows the reusable parent request prefix.
+
+## Known Limitations and Deferred Work
+
+- **One fresh process, thread, and turn per run** — there is no continuation, resume, pooling, progress stream, or product-session persistence.
+- **Host-managed product installation and account state** — a missing or incompatible `codex`, configuration error, or authentication failure is surfaced as a startup or run error; the plugin provides no installer, login flow, or runtime version gate.
+- **Compatibility is pinned by development evidence** — upgrading from the verified 0.146.0 protocol baseline requires regenerating upstream schema evidence and rerunning handshake, answer-selection, approval, cancellation, keyless real-product, and credentialed DeepSeek nonce tests.
+- **No human approval path** — known unattended approval requests are denied and unknown server requests fail closed; deployments cannot configure an allow policy through this package.
+- **Final text only** — reasoning, commentary, intermediate messages, tool traffic, usage, stderr, and workspace diffs remain product-local.
+- **No optional shared capabilities** — output schemas, child personas, tool filtering, and harness depth enforcement are rejected by the shared service for this provider.
+- **No wall-clock timeout or side-effect rollback** — the caller cancels long work, and files or external systems changed before cancellation are not restored.
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/README.zh.md
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+# @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex
+
+[English](README.md) | 中文
+
+本包（package）注册固定的 `codex` subagent 提供方。每次接受运行请求后，它都会在发起委托的会话工作区中启动官方 `codex app-server --stdio` 命令，创建一个临时 Codex 线程，提交一个自包含的文本任务，并通过共享的 [`dsh-subagent`](../subagent/README.md) 结果契约仅返回最终答案。
+
+## 启动与所有权
+
+`start(request)` 只接受非空的文本块序列，并根据父会话确定子级 cwd。随后，它通过 [`dsh-subprocess`](../../subprocess/subprocess/README.md) spawn 固定命令，依次执行 `initialize` → `initialized` → `thread/start { cwd, ephemeral: true }`，且仅在 Codex 返回有效的临时线程后才发布此次运行。若在发布前发生失败或取消，它会关闭通信链路、终止受管进程树并等待其退出，然后拒绝 `start()` 调用。
+
+已发布的 `run.result` 恰好启动一个轮次。它只接受与此次运行的线程和轮次匹配的通知，随后等待权威的终止通知 `turn/completed`。以最后一条 `phase: "final_answer"` 的 `agentMessage` 为准；若 Codex 没有发出明确的最终阶段，则以最后一条 `phase: null` 的消息作为兼容性回退。过程说明绝不会取代上述任一答案；成功完成的轮次若没有非空白答案，结果也会判为错误。
+
+对于命令与文件审批，无人值守的提供方会从请求给出的决策选项中选择一项不予批准的决策，并优先选择 `cancel`；稳定的 0.146.0 请求形态没有决策选项列表，因此回退到 `decline`。它对权限请求返回作用域限于当前轮次的空权限集，不向用户输入请求提供任何答案，并拒绝 MCP elicitation。若请求在无人值守模式下没有合法响应，或是未知服务器请求，此次运行就会失败。
+
+本地取消会在结果竞态中胜出并映射为 `aborted`。失败轮次的 `codexErrorInfo` 若为 `contextWindowExceeded`，则映射为 `max-tokens`；其他任何远端中断或失败轮次都映射为 `error`，且本版本不会产生 `refusal`。`dispose()` 具有幂等性：如果当前的两个标识符均已知，它会尽力请求 `turn/interrupt`，关闭 JSON-RPC 通信链路，结束标准输入，调用共享的进程树逐级终止机制，并等待整棵进程树退出。结果失败与独立的清理失败仍彼此分离。
+
+## 能力与上下文
+
+本提供方不声明任何可选的启动时能力，并报告 `inheritsParentContext: false`。Codex 会接收独立文本任务和父会话 cwd，但不会接收父会话的对话、角色设定、工具筛选器、深度策略或结构化输出契约。临时 Codex 线程 ID 与轮次 ID 仅在此次运行内部可见，绝不会持久化到父会话。
+
+## 配置
+
+| 配置键 | 默认值 | 含义 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `env` | `{}` | 显式指定的子进程环境，叠加在由子进程 seam 清除凭证后的父环境之上。 |
+| `disposeGraceMs` | `3000` | 共享进程树责任方各终止层级之间的宽限期，单位为毫秒且须为正有限值，并不得大于仓库共享的 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)；随后资源释放会等待整棵进程树退出。 |
+
+生产环境会从 `PATH` 中解析 `codex`，并使用宿主机原生的 Codex 配置与身份验证。本插件不安装 Codex、不选择模型、不创建 `CODEX_HOME`、不执行登录，也不探测版本。子进程 seam 会移除具有凭证特征的环境变量，因此供子进程使用的 API 密钥必须在 `env` 中显式提供；除非被覆盖，`PATH` 和 `HOME` 等普通环境变量值仍然可用。
+
+请安装此包，并将以下配置项添加到你自己的 `cordis.yml`。正式 CLI 配置默认不会加载此提供方，也不会暴露 `subagent_codex`。
+
+```yaml
+- id: subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex'
+  config:
+    env:
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: !!js process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
+
+- id: tool-subagent-codex
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
+  config:
+    provider: codex
+    toolName: subagent_codex
+    enableRunInBackground: false
+    maxDepth: provider-managed
+```
+
+## 产品兼容性与证据
+
+生产环境的协议层有意只实现这一单次执行契约所需的 app-server 方法。开发证据锁定在 `@openai/codex@0.146.0` / `codex-cli 0.146.0`：无密钥真实产品测试使用非空的伪密钥，驱动官方二进制程序连接回环 Responses 服务，并证明任务、身份验证、精确回答、取消、审批与进程树退出。独立的 Loader 装配 e2e 会在没有可用 `codex` 命令时启动与 README 同形的用户配置，验证固定提供方与只支持前台执行的工具 schema，并记录零次子级启动。带密钥 e2e 会启动生产提供方和真实 Codex，再通过一个仅限回环、将 Responses 转为 Chat Completions 的测试桥接层，从固定的 DeepSeek 官方服务获得唯一答案；该桥接层既不属于生产功能，也不代表 Codex 原生支持 DeepSeek 的 Chat Completions API。该 NPM 包仅作为测试依赖；部署环境仍需通过 `PATH` 提供 `codex`。
+
+## 模型体验
+
+### 子任务请求
+
+#### 模型看到的内容
+
+Codex 子任务会在一个全新的临时线程中，以单个轮次接收这些独立文本块。它的工作区是父会话 cwd；其模型、系统指令、工具、沙箱和身份验证来自原生 Codex 安装与配置。
+
+#### 对 token 的影响
+
+子任务需为独立的 Codex 上下文和轮次承担 token 开销。子任务 token 不会进入父级上下文。
+
+#### 对 KV Cache 的影响
+
+这与父请求缓存相互独立。能否复用只取决于 Codex 自身的提供方、模型、指令、工具和临时线程请求。
+
+### 父级工具结果（间接）
+
+#### 模型看到的内容
+
+通过 `dsh-tool-subagent`，父级模型只会看到选定的 Codex 最终答案，或者在结果未完成时看到消费方给出的原样错误。Codex 的过程说明、推理（reasoning）、工具活动、stderr、工作区差异和产品标识符均不会复制到父会话。
+
+#### 对 token 的影响
+
+父级输入只会增加工具结果中保留的最终答案或错误内容。本提供方自身不添加父级工具 schema。
+
+#### 对 KV Cache 的影响
+
+仅追加：新的工具结果接在可复用的父请求前缀之后。
+
+## 已知限制与后续工作
+
+- **每次运行均新建一个进程、一个线程和一个轮次**：不支持续接、恢复、池化、进度流或产品会话持久化。
+- **产品安装和账户状态由宿主管理**：`codex` 缺失或不兼容、配置错误或身份验证失败，都会呈现为启动错误或运行错误；本插件不提供安装程序、登录流程或运行时版本门禁。
+- **兼容性由开发证据锁定**：若要从已验证的 0.146.0 协议基线升级，必须重新生成上游 schema 证据，并重新运行握手、答案选择、审批、取消、无密钥真实产品以及带密钥的 DeepSeek 随机数测试。
+- **没有人工审批路径**：已知的无人值守审批请求会被拒绝，未知服务器请求会以默认拒绝方式使运行失败；部署方无法通过本包配置允许策略。
+- **仅返回最终文本**：推理、过程说明、中间消息、工具通信、用量信息、stderr 和工作区差异仍只保留在产品内部。
+- **没有可选的共享能力**：对于本提供方，共享服务会拒绝输出 schema、子任务角色设定、工具筛选和 harness 深度强制约束。
+- **没有按实际经过时间触发的超时或副作用回滚**：长时间运行的工作由调用方取消，且取消前已更改的文件或外部系统不会恢复原状。
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/package.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..873cf1d77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex",
+  "description": "One-shot Codex subagent provider over the official app-server protocol",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/index.js"
+    },
+    "./invariant": {
+      "types": "./lib/types/invariant.d.ts",
+      "default": "./lib/invariant.js"
+    },
+    "./src/*": "./src/*",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/index.js",
+    "lib/invariant.js",
+    "lib/types/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sdk-protocol": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "^0.0.1",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "schemastery": "^3.18.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@cordisjs/plugin-loader": "^1.0.0-rc.5",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-sdk-protocol": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "workspace:^",
+    "@openai/codex": "0.146.0",
+    "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23077e3b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * Fixed Codex one-shot subagent provider. Every accepted run starts a fresh
+ * official `codex app-server --stdio` process in the delegating Session's
+ * workspace and publishes only after an ephemeral thread exists.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex
+ */
+
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import z from 'schemastery'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import {
+  assertPositiveFinite,
+  NO_START_CAPABILITIES,
+  resolveChildCwd,
+  type ResolvedSubagentStartRequest,
+  type SubagentCapabilities,
+  type SubagentProvider,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+  startCodexRun,
+  type CodexRunSpec,
+} from './run.ts'
+
+export const name = 'subagent-codex'
+export const inject = ['subagents', 'subprocess']
+
+/** Deployment-owned environment and process-release bound. */
+export interface Config {
+  /**
+   * Explicit environment entries layered over the subprocess seam's
+   * credential-scrubbed parent environment.
+   */
+  env?: Record<string, string>
+  /** Grace in milliseconds for app-server process-tree termination. */
+  disposeGraceMs?: number
+}
+
+export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
+  env: z.dict(z.string()).default({}),
+  disposeGraceMs: z.number().default(DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS),
+})
+
+type ResolvedConfig = Required<Config>
+
+class CodexProvider implements SubagentProvider {
+  readonly name = 'codex'
+  readonly capabilities: SubagentCapabilities = NO_START_CAPABILITIES
+  readonly inheritsParentContext = false
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly ctx: Context,
+    private readonly config: ResolvedConfig,
+  ) {}
+
+  start(request: ResolvedSubagentStartRequest) {
+    const parentCwd = request.parent.session.header.cwd
+    if (parentCwd === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'subagent-codex: no working directory for the child — delegate from a parent session that has one',
+      )
+    }
+    const spec: CodexRunSpec = {
+      cwd: resolveChildCwd(
+        'subagent-codex',
+        undefined,
+        parentCwd,
+      ),
+      env: this.config.env,
+      disposeGraceMs: this.config.disposeGraceMs,
+      spawn: spawnSpec => this.ctx.subprocess.spawn(spawnSpec),
+      onError: (error, stopReason) => {
+        this.ctx.logger.warn(
+          `subagent-codex: child run failed (${stopReason}): ${error.message}`,
+        )
+      },
+    }
+    return startCodexRun(request, spec)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Register the fixed `codex` provider.
+ * @param ctx - context carrying shared subagent and subprocess services.
+ * @param config - explicit child environment and disposal grace.
+ */
+export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
+  const resolved = config as ResolvedConfig
+  assertPositiveFinite(
+    'subagent-codex',
+    'disposeGraceMs',
+    resolved.disposeGraceMs,
+  )
+  if (resolved.disposeGraceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `subagent-codex: disposeGraceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`,
+    )
+  }
+  ctx.subagents.registerProvider(new CodexProvider(ctx, resolved))
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/invariant.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/invariant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0c094af9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/invariant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Package-owned invariant companion for `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex`.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex/invariant
+ */
+
+/* jscpd:ignore-start */
+import type { Context } from 'cordis'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME = '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex'
+
+/** Cordis companion plugin name. */
+export const name = 'subagent-codex-invariant'
+/** Service required before the companion can reserve package ownership. */
+export const inject = ['invariants']
+
+/**
+ * No runtime invariant: lifecycle pairing belongs to the shared subagent
+ * service and process-tree ownership belongs to the subprocess service.
+ */
+const install: InvariantInstaller = () => {}
+
+/**
+ * Register this package's invariant companion.
+ * @param ctx - plugin context carrying the invariant registry.
+ * @returns the installed registration's disposer.
+ */
+export const apply = (ctx: Context): Promise<() => void> =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx.invariants.register(PACKAGE_NAME, install))
+/* jscpd:ignore-end */
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3ebf4ba19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/run.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/**
+ * One-shot Codex child lifecycle: spawn the real app-server through the
+ * subprocess seam, publish only after initialization and ephemeral thread
+ * creation, flatten post-publication failures, and dispose to whole-tree
+ * quiescence.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex/run
+ */
+
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
+import {
+  settleRunResult,
+  subprocessRunHandle,
+  type SubagentResult,
+  type SubagentRun,
+  type SubagentStartRequest,
+  type SubagentStopReason,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type { SubprocessHandle, SubprocessSpawnSpec } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import { CodexAppServerWire } from './wire.ts'
+
+/** Default POSIX grace between subprocess termination tiers. */
+export const DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS = 3_000
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the fixed app-server command for a platform.
+ *
+ * Windows npm and pnpm installs expose `codex.cmd`, which requires `cmd.exe`;
+ * the argv is constant so no task or configuration text enters the
+ * shell boundary.
+ * @param platform - host platform used to select the executable boundary.
+ * @returns argv for the fixed Codex app-server command.
+ */
+export function codexAppServerArgv(
+  platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform,
+): string[] {
+  return platform === 'win32'
+    ? ['cmd.exe', '/d', '/s', '/c', 'codex', 'app-server', '--stdio']
+    : ['codex', 'app-server', '--stdio']
+}
+
+/** Fully resolved inputs for one Codex app-server run. */
+export interface CodexRunSpec {
+  /** Parent Session workspace, also supplied to `thread/start`. */
+  readonly cwd: string
+  /** Explicit deployment/test environment layered after the shared scrub. */
+  readonly env: Record<string, string>
+  /** Subprocess termination grace passed to the shared process-tree owner. */
+  readonly disposeGraceMs: number
+  /** Shared subprocess service spawn operation. */
+  readonly spawn: (spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec) => SubprocessHandle
+  /** Diagnostic sink for a post-publication error flattened into a result. */
+  readonly onError?: (error: Error, stopReason: SubagentStopReason) => void
+}
+
+function thrown(value: unknown): Error {
+  /* v8 ignore next -- typed subprocess/wire failures reject with Error. */
+  return value instanceof Error ? value : new Error(String(value))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate and preserve the one-shot task before crossing the process seam.
+ * @param prompt - task content accepted from the shared subagent service.
+ * @returns the exact non-empty text block sequence.
+ */
+export function textTask(prompt: readonly ContentBlock[]): string[] {
+  if (prompt.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-codex: the one-shot task must contain only text blocks')
+  }
+  const texts: string[] = []
+  for (const block of prompt) {
+    if (block.type !== 'text') {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: the one-shot task must contain only text blocks')
+    }
+    texts.push(block.text)
+  }
+  if (texts.every(text => text.trim().length === 0)) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-codex: the one-shot task must not be empty')
+  }
+  return texts
+}
+
+/**
+ * Close the private wire, terminate the managed process tree, and wait for the
+ * subprocess owner to prove it is gone.
+ * @param wire - private app-server protocol connection.
+ * @param child - shared-service handle that owns the process tree.
+ */
+export async function disposeCodexChild(
+  wire: CodexAppServerWire,
+  child: SubprocessHandle,
+): Promise<void> {
+  wire.close()
+  if (child.pid <= 0) {
+    await child.done.catch(() => {})
+    return
+  }
+  try {
+    child.stdin?.end()
+  } catch {
+    // A concurrently closed stdin does not change tree ownership below.
+  }
+  child.terminate()
+  await child.waitForExit()
+  await child.done
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start the real `codex app-server --stdio` child and publish its one-shot run.
+ * @param request - resolved shared subagent request.
+ * @param spec - workspace, environment, process seam, and diagnostic policy.
+ * @returns the published run after initialization and ephemeral thread creation.
+ */
+export async function startCodexRun(
+  request: SubagentStartRequest,
+  spec: CodexRunSpec,
+): Promise<SubagentRun> {
+  const texts = textTask(request.prompt)
+  if (request.signal.aborted) {
+    throw new Error('subagent-codex: request was aborted before app-server startup')
+  }
+
+  const child = spec.spawn({
+    argv: codexAppServerArgv(),
+    cwd: spec.cwd,
+    stdio: { stdin: 'pipe', stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'inherit' },
+    graceMs: spec.disposeGraceMs,
+    env: spec.env,
+  })
+
+  const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(
+    child.stdout as NonNullable<SubprocessHandle['stdout']>,
+    child.stdin as NonNullable<SubprocessHandle['stdin']>,
+  )
+  const disposeProcess = (): Promise<void> => disposeCodexChild(wire, child)
+
+  const processFailure: Promise<never> = child.done.then(
+    outcome => Promise.reject(new Error(
+      'subagent-codex: app-server exited before the run settled '
+      + `(code ${String(outcome.exitCode)}, signal ${String(outcome.signal)})`,
+    )),
+    (error: unknown) => Promise.reject(thrown(error)),
+  )
+  // A normal post-result dispose also closes the process. Keep that expected
+  // late rejection observed after the result race has already settled.
+  processFailure.catch(() => {})
+
+  const runAbort = new AbortController()
+  const requestCancel = (): void => {
+    if (runAbort.signal.aborted) return
+    runAbort.abort(new Error('subagent-codex: run cancelled locally'))
+    wire.interrupt()
+  }
+  const onAbort = (): void => { requestCancel() }
+  request.signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+
+  try {
+    wire.start()
+    await Promise.race([wire.initialize(request.signal), processFailure])
+    await Promise.race([wire.startThread(spec.cwd, request.signal), processFailure])
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    request.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+    try {
+      await disposeProcess()
+    } catch (disposeError: unknown) {
+      throw new AggregateError(
+        [thrown(error), thrown(disposeError)],
+        'subagent-codex: startup failed and app-server cleanup also failed',
+      )
+    }
+    if (runAbort.signal.aborted) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: request was aborted before run publication')
+    }
+    throw thrown(error)
+  }
+
+  const collectOutput = (): ContentBlock[] => wire.collectOutput()
+  const result: Promise<SubagentResult> = settleRunResult({
+    attempt: () => Promise.race([
+      wire.runTurn(texts, runAbort.signal),
+      processFailure,
+    ]),
+    collectOutput,
+    cancelled: () => runAbort.signal.aborted,
+    onError: spec.onError,
+    signal: request.signal,
+    onAbort,
+  })
+
+  return subprocessRunHandle({
+    id: SessionId(randomUUID()),
+    result,
+    signal: request.signal,
+    onAbort,
+    requestCancel,
+    teardown: disposeProcess,
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51be212841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/src/wire.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+/**
+ * Minimal Codex app-server 0.146.0 protocol adapter. The shared JSON-RPC
+ * transport owns framing and request correlation; this module owns only the
+ * product methods, current thread/turn association, unattended approval
+ * responses, and terminal-answer selection.
+ *
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex/wire
+ */
+
+import type { Readable, Writable } from 'node:stream'
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import type { SubagentResult } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import { JsonRpcLineTransport } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sdk-protocol'
+
+type JsonObject = Record<string, unknown>
+
+function object(value: unknown, label: string): JsonObject {
+  if (value === null || typeof value !== 'object' || Array.isArray(value)) {
+    throw new Error(`subagent-codex: app-server returned invalid ${label}`)
+  }
+  return value as JsonObject
+}
+
+function string(value: unknown, label: string): string {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`subagent-codex: app-server returned invalid ${label}`)
+  }
+  return value
+}
+
+function unattendedDecision(params: JsonObject): 'cancel' | 'decline' {
+  const available = params.availableDecisions
+  if (available === undefined || available === null) return 'decline'
+  if (Array.isArray(available)) {
+    if (available.includes('cancel')) return 'cancel'
+    if (available.includes('decline')) return 'decline'
+  }
+  throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server offered no unattended approval decision')
+}
+
+function isContextWindowExceeded(turn: JsonObject): boolean {
+  if (turn.status !== 'failed') return false
+  const error = turn.error
+  return error !== null
+    && typeof error === 'object'
+    && !Array.isArray(error)
+    && (error as JsonObject).codexErrorInfo === 'contextWindowExceeded'
+}
+
+function thrown(value: unknown): Error {
+  /* v8 ignore next -- typed protocol and stream failures reject with Error. */
+  return value instanceof Error ? value : new Error(String(value))
+}
+
+function abortError(signal: AbortSignal): Error {
+  return signal.reason instanceof Error
+    ? signal.reason
+    : new Error(`subagent-codex: app-server request aborted: ${String(signal.reason)}`)
+}
+
+async function raceAbort<T>(pending: Promise<T>, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<T> {
+  if (signal.aborted) {
+    void pending.catch(() => {})
+    throw abortError(signal)
+  }
+  let rejectAbort!: (error: Error) => void
+  const aborted = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => { rejectAbort = reject })
+  const onAbort = (): void => { rejectAbort(abortError(signal)) }
+  signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+  try {
+    return await Promise.race([pending, aborted])
+  } finally {
+    signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * One app-server connection and its single ephemeral thread/turn.
+ *
+ * The class deliberately exposes no generic request surface. Supporting
+ * another product method must first become part of the provider contract.
+ */
+export class CodexAppServerWire {
+  private readonly transport: JsonRpcLineTransport
+  private readonly fatal = Promise.withResolvers<never>()
+  private threadId: string | undefined
+  private turnId: string | undefined
+  private pendingTurnId: string | undefined
+  private turnCompleted: PromiseWithResolvers<JsonObject> | undefined
+  private readonly earlyTurnNotifications: Array<{
+    readonly method: string
+    readonly params: JsonObject
+  }> = []
+  private lastFinalAnswer: string | undefined
+  private lastUnphasedAnswer: string | undefined
+  private closed = false
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly input: Readable,
+    output: Writable,
+  ) {
+    this.transport = new JsonRpcLineTransport(input, output)
+    // Fatal protocol state can arrive after the current guarded operation has
+    // already settled. Keep the shared rejection observed without inserting
+    // another promise-adoption hop into active races.
+    void this.fatal.promise.catch(() => {})
+    this.transport.onRequest((method, params) => this.handleServerRequest(method, params))
+    this.transport.onNotification((method, params) => {
+      try {
+        this.handleNotification(method, params)
+      } catch (error: unknown) {
+        this.fail(thrown(error))
+      }
+    })
+    this.input.on('error', this.onInputError)
+    this.input.on('end', this.onInputEnd)
+    // Pipe errors can race protocol closure and process teardown. Retain both
+    // error listeners for the lifetime of their per-run streams so no late
+    // EPIPE or read failure becomes an unhandled EventEmitter error.
+    output.on('error', this.onOutputError)
+  }
+
+  /** Start reading app-server frames. */
+  start(): void {
+    this.transport.start()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform the required app-server initialize/initialized handshake.
+   * @param signal - unpublished-start cancellation.
+   */
+  async initialize(signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+    object(await this.guarded(this.transport.request('initialize', {
+      clientInfo: {
+        name: 'deepseek-harness',
+        title: 'DeepSeek Harness',
+        version: '0.0.1',
+      },
+      capabilities: {
+        experimentalApi: false,
+        requestAttestation: false,
+      },
+    }, signal), signal), 'initialize response')
+    this.transport.notify('initialized')
+    await this.guarded(this.transport.flush(), signal)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create the run's private ephemeral thread and retain its identity.
+   * @param cwd - parent Session workspace.
+   * @param signal - unpublished-start cancellation.
+   */
+  async startThread(cwd: string, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+    const response = object(await this.guarded(this.transport.request('thread/start', {
+      cwd,
+      ephemeral: true,
+    }, signal), signal), 'thread/start response')
+    const thread = object(response.thread, 'thread/start thread')
+    const id = string(thread.id, 'thread/start thread id')
+    if (thread.ephemeral !== true) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server did not create an ephemeral thread')
+    }
+    this.threadId = id
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Submit the one text-only task and wait for this thread/turn's authoritative
+   * terminal notification.
+   * @param texts - already validated task text blocks.
+   * @param signal - local cancellation for the published run.
+   * @returns the shared subagent result.
+   */
+  async runTurn(
+    texts: readonly string[],
+    signal: AbortSignal,
+  ): Promise<SubagentResult> {
+    const completion = Promise.withResolvers<JsonObject>()
+    this.turnCompleted = completion
+    const threadId = this.threadId as string
+    const response = object(await this.guarded(this.transport.request('turn/start', {
+      threadId,
+      input: texts.map(text => ({ type: 'text', text, text_elements: [] })),
+    }, signal), signal), 'turn/start response')
+    const turn = object(response.turn, 'turn/start turn')
+    this.commitTurnId(string(turn.id, 'turn/start turn id'))
+
+    const completed = await this.guarded(completion.promise, signal)
+    const terminal = object(completed.turn, 'turn/completed turn')
+    const status = terminal.status
+    if (isContextWindowExceeded(terminal)) {
+      return { output: this.collectOutput(), stopReason: 'max-tokens' }
+    }
+    if (status !== 'completed') {
+      const detail = status === 'failed'
+        ? `: ${JSON.stringify(terminal.error)}`
+        : ''
+      throw new Error(`subagent-codex: Codex turn ended with status ${String(status)}${detail}`)
+    }
+    const output = this.collectOutput()
+    if (output.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: Codex completed without a final answer')
+    }
+    return { output, stopReason: 'completed' }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Best-effort remote cancellation. Local settlement and process teardown
+   * remain authoritative when the child no longer accepts protocol requests.
+   */
+  interrupt(): void {
+    if (this.threadId === undefined || this.turnId === undefined || this.closed) return
+    void this.transport.request('turn/interrupt', {
+      threadId: this.threadId,
+      turnId: this.turnId,
+    }).catch(() => {})
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The best non-commentary answer observed so far, preserving exact bytes.
+   * @returns the selected final or nullable-phase text block, if any.
+   */
+  collectOutput(): ContentBlock[] {
+    const selected = this.lastFinalAnswer ?? this.lastUnphasedAnswer
+    return selected !== undefined && selected.trim().length > 0
+      ? [{ type: 'text', text: selected }]
+      : []
+  }
+
+  /** Detach JSON-RPC listeners and reject outstanding requests. Idempotent. */
+  close(): void {
+    if (this.closed) return
+    this.closed = true
+    this.input.off('end', this.onInputEnd)
+    this.transport.close()
+  }
+
+  private async guarded<T>(pending: Promise<T>, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<T> {
+    const withFatal = Promise.race([this.fatal.promise, pending])
+    return raceAbort(withFatal, signal)
+  }
+
+  private fail(error: Error): void {
+    this.fatal.reject(error)
+  }
+
+  private readonly onInputError = (error: Error): void => {
+    this.fail(error)
+  }
+
+  private readonly onOutputError = (error: Error): void => {
+    this.fail(error)
+  }
+
+  private readonly onInputEnd = (): void => {
+    this.fail(new Error('subagent-codex: app-server protocol stream closed'))
+  }
+
+  private observePendingTurnId(id: string): void {
+    if (this.turnCompleted === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server referenced a turn before turn/start')
+    }
+    if (this.pendingTurnId !== undefined && this.pendingTurnId !== id) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server referenced conflicting turns')
+    }
+    this.pendingTurnId = id
+  }
+
+  private commitTurnId(id: string): void {
+    if (this.pendingTurnId !== undefined && this.pendingTurnId !== id) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: turn/start response did not match the active turn')
+    }
+    this.turnId = id
+    const notifications = this.earlyTurnNotifications.splice(0)
+    for (const notification of notifications) {
+      this.handleNotification(notification.method, notification.params)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private validateRunIds(params: JsonObject, nullableTurn = false): void {
+    if (params.threadId !== this.threadId) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server request referenced another thread')
+    }
+    if (nullableTurn && params.turnId === null) return
+    const id = string(params.turnId, 'server request turn id')
+    if (this.turnId === undefined) {
+      this.observePendingTurnId(id)
+      return
+    }
+    if (id !== this.turnId) {
+      throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server request referenced another turn')
+    }
+  }
+
+  private handleServerRequest(method: string, params: JsonObject): Promise<unknown> {
+    try {
+      switch (method) {
+        case 'item/commandExecution/requestApproval':
+        case 'item/fileChange/requestApproval':
+          this.validateRunIds(params)
+          return Promise.resolve({ decision: unattendedDecision(params) })
+        case 'item/permissions/requestApproval':
+          this.validateRunIds(params)
+          return Promise.resolve({ permissions: {}, scope: 'turn' })
+        case 'item/tool/requestUserInput':
+          this.validateRunIds(params)
+          return Promise.resolve({ answers: {} })
+        case 'mcpServer/elicitation/request':
+          this.validateRunIds(params, true)
+          return Promise.resolve({ action: 'decline', content: null, _meta: null })
+        default:
+          throw new Error(`subagent-codex: unsupported app-server request ${JSON.stringify(method)}`)
+      }
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+      const normalized = thrown(error)
+      this.fail(normalized)
+      return Promise.reject(normalized)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private handleNotification(method: string, params: JsonObject): void {
+    if (method === 'turn/started') {
+      const threadId = string(params.threadId, 'turn/started thread id')
+      if (threadId !== this.threadId) return
+      const turn = object(params.turn, 'turn/started turn')
+      if (this.turnCompleted !== undefined && this.turnId === undefined) {
+        this.observePendingTurnId(string(turn.id, 'turn/started turn id'))
+      }
+      return
+    }
+    if (method === 'item/completed') {
+      const threadId = string(params.threadId, 'item/completed thread id')
+      if (threadId !== this.threadId) return
+      const id = string(params.turnId, 'item/completed turn id')
+      if (this.turnId === undefined) {
+        if (this.turnCompleted !== undefined) {
+          this.observePendingTurnId(id)
+          this.earlyTurnNotifications.push({ method, params })
+        }
+        return
+      }
+      if (id !== this.turnId) return
+      const item = object(params.item, 'item/completed item')
+      if (item.type !== 'agentMessage') return
+      const text = typeof item.text === 'string'
+        ? item.text
+        : (() => { throw new Error('subagent-codex: app-server returned an invalid agent message') })()
+      if (item.phase === 'final_answer') {
+        this.lastFinalAnswer = text
+      } else if (item.phase === null) {
+        this.lastUnphasedAnswer = text
+      } else if (item.phase !== 'commentary') {
+        throw new Error(`subagent-codex: app-server returned an unknown agent message phase ${JSON.stringify(item.phase)}`)
+      }
+      return
+    }
+    if (method !== 'turn/completed') return
+    const threadId = string(params.threadId, 'turn/completed thread id')
+    if (threadId !== this.threadId) return
+    const turn = object(params.turn, 'turn/completed turn')
+    const id = string(turn.id, 'turn/completed turn id')
+    const turnCompleted = this.turnCompleted
+    if (turnCompleted === undefined) return
+    if (this.turnId === undefined) {
+      this.observePendingTurnId(id)
+      this.earlyTurnNotifications.push({ method, params })
+      return
+    }
+    if (id !== this.turnId) return
+    if (!['completed', 'interrupted', 'failed'].includes(String(turn.status))) {
+      throw new Error(`subagent-codex: app-server returned invalid terminal turn status ${String(turn.status)}`)
+    }
+    turnCompleted.resolve(params)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/deepseek-responses-bridge.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/deepseek-responses-bridge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b59738031e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/deepseek-responses-bridge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+import type {
+  IncomingMessage,
+  Server,
+  ServerResponse,
+} from 'node:http'
+import { completeResponsesEvents } from './responses-fixture.ts'
+
+const OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL = 'https://api.deepseek.com'
+const MAX_REQUEST_BYTES = 1_048_576
+
+/** One running test-only Responses-to-DeepSeek bridge. */
+export interface DeepSeekResponsesBridge {
+  readonly baseUrl: string
+  readonly completedRequests: number
+  close(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+function readRequest(request: IncomingMessage): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let body = ''
+    request.setEncoding('utf8')
+    request.on('data', (chunk: string) => {
+      body += chunk
+      if (Buffer.byteLength(body) > MAX_REQUEST_BYTES) {
+        request.destroy(new Error('DeepSeek bridge request exceeded its byte limit'))
+      }
+    })
+    request.on('end', () => { resolve(body) })
+    request.on('error', reject)
+  })
+}
+
+function responseInputTexts(body: Record<string, unknown>): string[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(body.input)) return []
+  return body.input.flatMap((item): string[] => {
+    if (item === null || typeof item !== 'object') return []
+    const content = (item as Record<string, unknown>).content
+    if (!Array.isArray(content)) return []
+    return content.flatMap((part): string[] => (
+      part !== null
+      && typeof part === 'object'
+      && typeof (part as Record<string, unknown>).text === 'string'
+        ? [(part as Record<string, unknown>).text as string]
+        : []
+    ))
+  })
+}
+
+function taskText(body: Record<string, unknown>): string {
+  const input = responseInputTexts(body).join('\n')
+  if (input.trim().length > 0) return input
+  return typeof body.instructions === 'string' ? body.instructions : ''
+}
+
+function deepSeekBaseUrl(): string {
+  const configured = (process.env.DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL ?? OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL)
+    .replace(/\/+$/, '')
+  if (configured !== OFFICIAL_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL) {
+    throw new Error('Codex DeepSeek e2e requires the official DeepSeek base URL')
+  }
+  return configured
+}
+
+async function completeWithDeepSeek(
+  authorization: string,
+  task: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const response = await fetch(`${deepSeekBaseUrl()}/chat/completions`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      authorization,
+      'content-type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      model: 'deepseek-v4-flash',
+      messages: [
+        {
+          role: 'system',
+          content: 'Follow the user instruction and return only the requested nonce.',
+        },
+        { role: 'user', content: task },
+      ],
+      temperature: 0,
+      max_tokens: 64,
+      stream: false,
+    }),
+  })
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    void response.body?.cancel()
+    throw new Error(`DeepSeek bridge upstream returned HTTP ${response.status}`)
+  }
+  const payload = await response.json() as {
+    choices?: Array<{ message?: { content?: unknown } }>
+  }
+  const content = payload.choices?.[0]?.message?.content
+  if (typeof content !== 'string' || content.trim().length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('DeepSeek bridge upstream returned no text')
+  }
+  return content
+}
+
+function closeServer(server: Server): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => {
+      if (error !== undefined) reject(error)
+      else resolve()
+    })
+    server.closeAllConnections()
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start the single-purpose loopback bridge used by the Codex credentialed e2e.
+ * @param nonce - unique answer the incoming Responses task must request.
+ * @returns loopback endpoint, completion count, and close operation.
+ */
+export async function startDeepSeekResponsesBridge(
+  nonce: string,
+): Promise<DeepSeekResponsesBridge> {
+  let seenRequests = 0
+  let completedRequests = 0
+  const openResponses = new Set<ServerResponse>()
+  const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+    openResponses.add(response)
+    response.on('close', () => { openResponses.delete(response) })
+    void (async () => {
+      if (request.method !== 'POST' || request.url !== '/v1/responses') {
+        response.writeHead(404)
+        response.end()
+        return
+      }
+      if (seenRequests !== 0) {
+        response.writeHead(409)
+        response.end()
+        return
+      }
+      seenRequests += 1
+      const authorization = request.headers.authorization
+      if (
+        typeof authorization !== 'string'
+        || !authorization.startsWith('Bearer ')
+        || authorization.length === 'Bearer '.length
+      ) {
+        throw new Error('Codex DeepSeek bridge received no bearer credential')
+      }
+      const body = JSON.parse(await readRequest(request)) as Record<string, unknown>
+      const task = taskText(body)
+      if (!task.includes(nonce)) {
+        throw new Error('Codex DeepSeek bridge request omitted the expected nonce')
+      }
+      const text = await completeWithDeepSeek(authorization, task)
+      completedRequests += 1
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        'content-type': 'text/event-stream',
+        'cache-control': 'no-cache',
+        connection: 'keep-alive',
+        'x-request-id': 'req_deepseek_e2e',
+      })
+      for (const event of completeResponsesEvents(text)) {
+        response.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(event)}\n\n`)
+      }
+      response.end('data: [DONE]\n\n')
+    })().catch(() => {
+      if (!response.headersSent) {
+        response.writeHead(502, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+      }
+      response.end(JSON.stringify({ error: { message: 'DeepSeek bridge request failed' } }))
+    })
+  })
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once('error', reject)
+    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+      server.off('error', reject)
+      resolve()
+    })
+  })
+  const address = server.address()
+  if (address === null || typeof address === 'string') {
+    throw new Error('DeepSeek bridge did not acquire a TCP port')
+  }
+  return {
+    baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/v1`,
+    get completedRequests(): number { return completedRequests },
+    async close(): Promise<void> {
+      for (const response of openResponses) response.destroy()
+      await closeServer(server)
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c4019f8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  runLoaderSmoke,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke'
+
+const fixtureDir = fileURLToPath(new URL(
+  '../../../../examples/acp-agent/tests/fixtures/subagent/subagent-codex/',
+  import.meta.url,
+))
+const driver = join(fixtureDir, 'driver.ts')
+const configPath = join(fixtureDir, 'cordis.yml')
+const repoTsconfig = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../../tsconfig.json', import.meta.url))
+
+describe('Codex provider public Loader composition', () => {
+  it('loads the opt-in package and foreground tool without starting Codex', async () => {
+    const { stdout, stderr } = await runLoaderSmoke({
+      label: 'subagent-codex Loader composition',
+      tempDirPrefix: 'dsh-subagent-codex-loader-',
+      binScript: driver,
+      libBinScript: driver,
+      configPath,
+      tsconfigPath: repoTsconfig,
+      env: {
+        // Loading the optional package must not probe or start a Codex binary.
+        PATH: '',
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(JSON.parse(stdout)).toEqual({
+      providers: ['codex'],
+      provider: {
+        name: 'codex',
+        capabilities: {
+          outputSchema: false,
+          depthLimit: false,
+          toolFilter: false,
+          persona: false,
+        },
+        inheritsParentContext: false,
+      },
+      tool: {
+        name: 'subagent_codex',
+        parameterNames: ['description', 'prompt'],
+        required: ['description', 'prompt'],
+      },
+      starts: 0,
+    })
+  }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29c5536bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-deepseek.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import {
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  rmSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { delimiter, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import * as codex from '../src/index.ts'
+import {
+  startDeepSeekResponsesBridge,
+  type DeepSeekResponsesBridge,
+} from './deepseek-responses-bridge.ts'
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
+const packageRoot = resolve(fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url)))
+const codexBinDir = join(packageRoot, 'node_modules', '.bin')
+const codexPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync(
+  join(packageRoot, 'node_modules', '@openai', 'codex', 'package.json'),
+  'utf8',
+)) as { version: string }
+
+const roots: string[] = []
+const contexts: Context[] = []
+const bridges: DeepSeekResponsesBridge[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(contexts.splice(0).map(ctx => ctx.fiber.dispose()))
+  await Promise.all(bridges.splice(0).map(bridge => bridge.close()))
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+async function expectQuiescent(handles: readonly SubprocessHandle[]): Promise<void> {
+  expect(handles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  for (const handle of handles) {
+    await expect(handle.waitForExit()).resolves.toBe(true)
+    await expect(handle.done).resolves.toHaveProperty('exitCode')
+  }
+}
+
+describe.skipIf(!process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY)(
+  'Codex provider with real DeepSeek API',
+  () => {
+    it('returns one unique nonce through the production provider and real Codex', async () => {
+      const apiKey = process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
+      if (apiKey === undefined) throw new Error('e2e ran without DEEPSEEK_API_KEY')
+      const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-codex-deepseek-e2e-'))
+      roots.push(root)
+      const workspace = join(root, 'workspace')
+      const codexHome = join(root, 'codex-home')
+      mkdirSync(workspace)
+      mkdirSync(codexHome)
+      const nonce = `DSH_CODEX_DEEPSEEK_${randomUUID()}`
+      const bridge = await startDeepSeekResponsesBridge(nonce)
+      bridges.push(bridge)
+      writeFileSync(join(codexHome, 'config.toml'), [
+        'model = "deepseek-v4-flash"',
+        'model_provider = "deepseek-e2e"',
+        'approval_policy = "never"',
+        'sandbox_mode = "read-only"',
+        'disable_response_storage = true',
+        'check_for_update_on_startup = false',
+        '',
+        '[model_providers.deepseek-e2e]',
+        'name = "DeepSeek E2E bridge"',
+        `base_url = "${bridge.baseUrl}"`,
+        'env_key = "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY"',
+        'wire_api = "responses"',
+        'requires_openai_auth = false',
+        '',
+        '[analytics]',
+        'enabled = false',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'))
+      const env = {
+        DEEPSEEK_API_KEY: apiKey,
+        CODEX_HOME: codexHome,
+        HOME: root,
+        XDG_CONFIG_HOME: join(root, 'xdg-config'),
+        PATH: `${codexBinDir}${delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ''}`,
+        HTTP_PROXY: '',
+        HTTPS_PROXY: '',
+        ALL_PROXY: '',
+        NO_PROXY: '127.0.0.1,localhost',
+      }
+      const ctx = new Context()
+      contexts.push(ctx)
+      await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+      await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+      const handles: SubprocessHandle[] = []
+      const spawn = ctx.subprocess.spawn.bind(ctx.subprocess)
+      vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn').mockImplementation((spec) => {
+        const handle = spawn(spec)
+        handles.push(handle)
+        return handle
+      })
+      await ctx.plugin(codex, { env, disposeGraceMs: 2_000 })
+      const version = await execFileAsync(join(codexBinDir, 'codex'), ['--version'], {
+        env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+      })
+      expect(codexPackage.version).toBe('0.146.0')
+      expect(version.stdout.trim()).toBe('codex-cli 0.146.0')
+
+      const parent = {
+        id: 'deepseek-e2e-parent',
+        session: { header: { cwd: workspace } },
+      } as unknown as Agent
+      const run = await ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+        prompt: [{
+          type: 'text',
+          text: `Reply with exactly ${nonce} and nothing else. Do not use tools.`,
+        }],
+        parent,
+        signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      })
+      const result = await run.result
+      await run.dispose()
+
+      expect(result.stopReason).toBe('completed')
+      const text = result.output
+        .filter(block => block.type === 'text')
+        .map(block => block.text)
+        .join('')
+        .trim()
+      expect(text).toBe(nonce)
+      expect(bridge.completedRequests).toBe(1)
+      await expectQuiescent(handles)
+    }, 180_000)
+  },
+)
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-product.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-product.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f73adaf7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/real-product.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  rmSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { delimiter, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import type { SubprocessHandle } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import * as codex from '../src/index.ts'
+import {
+  startResponsesFixture,
+  type ResponsesBehavior,
+  type ResponsesFixture,
+} from './responses-fixture.ts'
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
+const packageRoot = resolve(fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url)))
+const codexBinDir = join(packageRoot, 'node_modules', '.bin')
+const codexPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync(
+  join(packageRoot, 'node_modules', '@openai', 'codex', 'package.json'),
+  'utf8',
+)) as { version: string }
+
+const roots: string[] = []
+const fixtures: ResponsesFixture[] = []
+const contexts: Context[] = []
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(contexts.splice(0).map(ctx => ctx.fiber.dispose()))
+  await Promise.all(fixtures.splice(0).map(fixture => fixture.close()))
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) {
+    rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  }
+})
+
+interface RealHarness {
+  readonly ctx: Context
+  readonly handles: SubprocessHandle[]
+  readonly parent: Agent
+  readonly env: Record<string, string>
+  readonly workspace: string
+}
+
+async function realHarness(script: readonly ResponsesBehavior[]): Promise<{
+  readonly harness: RealHarness
+  readonly fixture: ResponsesFixture
+}> {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-codex-real-'))
+  roots.push(root)
+  const workspace = join(root, 'workspace')
+  const codexHome = join(root, 'codex-home')
+  const fixture = await startResponsesFixture(script)
+  fixtures.push(fixture)
+  mkdirSync(workspace)
+  mkdirSync(codexHome)
+  writeFileSync(join(codexHome, 'config.toml'), [
+    'model = "fixture-model"',
+    'model_provider = "fixture"',
+    'approval_policy = "on-request"',
+    'sandbox_mode = "read-only"',
+    'disable_response_storage = true',
+    'check_for_update_on_startup = false',
+    '',
+    '[model_providers.fixture]',
+    'name = "Fixture Responses"',
+    `base_url = "${fixture.baseUrl}"`,
+    'env_key = "OPENAI_API_KEY"',
+    'wire_api = "responses"',
+    'requires_openai_auth = false',
+    '',
+    '[analytics]',
+    'enabled = false',
+    '',
+  ].join('\n'))
+  const env = {
+    OPENAI_API_KEY: 'dsh-fake-openai-key',
+    CODEX_HOME: codexHome,
+    HOME: root,
+    XDG_CONFIG_HOME: join(root, 'xdg'),
+    PATH: `${codexBinDir}${delimiter}${process.env.PATH ?? ''}`,
+    HTTP_PROXY: '',
+    HTTPS_PROXY: '',
+    ALL_PROXY: '',
+    NO_PROXY: '127.0.0.1,localhost',
+  }
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  contexts.push(ctx)
+  await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+  await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+  const handles: SubprocessHandle[] = []
+  const spawn = ctx.subprocess.spawn.bind(ctx.subprocess)
+  vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn').mockImplementation((spec) => {
+    const handle = spawn(spec)
+    handles.push(handle)
+    return handle
+  })
+  await ctx.plugin(codex, { env, disposeGraceMs: 2_000 })
+  const parent = {
+    id: 'real-parent',
+    session: { header: { cwd: workspace } },
+  } as unknown as Agent
+  return { harness: { ctx, handles, parent, env, workspace }, fixture }
+}
+
+async function expectQuiescent(handles: readonly SubprocessHandle[]): Promise<void> {
+  expect(handles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  for (const handle of handles) {
+    await expect(handle.waitForExit()).resolves.toBe(true)
+    const outcome = await handle.done
+    expect(outcome).toHaveProperty('exitCode')
+    expect(outcome).toHaveProperty('signal')
+  }
+}
+
+function responseInputTexts(body: Record<string, unknown>): string[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(body.input)) return []
+  return body.input.flatMap((item): string[] => {
+    if (item === null || typeof item !== 'object') return []
+    const content = (item as Record<string, unknown>).content
+    if (!Array.isArray(content)) return []
+    return content.flatMap((part): string[] => (
+      part !== null
+      && typeof part === 'object'
+      && typeof (part as Record<string, unknown>).text === 'string'
+        ? [(part as Record<string, unknown>).text as string]
+        : []
+    ))
+  })
+}
+
+describe('real @openai/codex 0.146.0 product', () => {
+  it('passes the exact task and fake authentication to local Responses and returns exact text', async () => {
+    const sentinel = 'REAL_CODEX_SENTINEL_0_146_0'
+    const task = 'Return the fixture sentinel exactly.'
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness([
+      { kind: 'complete', text: sentinel },
+    ])
+    expect(codexPackage.version).toBe('0.146.0')
+    const version = await execFileAsync(join(codexBinDir, 'codex'), ['--version'], {
+      env: { ...process.env, ...harness.env },
+    })
+    expect(version.stdout.trim()).toBe('codex-cli 0.146.0')
+
+    const run = await harness.ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+      prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: task }],
+      parent: harness.parent,
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    })
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: sentinel }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+
+    expect(fixture.requests).toHaveLength(1)
+    const recorded = fixture.requests[0]!
+    expect(recorded.method).toBe('POST')
+    expect(recorded.path).toBe('/v1/responses')
+    expect(recorded.headers.authorization).toBe('Bearer dsh-fake-openai-key')
+    expect(responseInputTexts(recorded.body)).toContain(task)
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  }, 60_000)
+
+  it('cancels a real app-server command approval without executing the command', async () => {
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness([
+      {
+        kind: 'functionCall',
+        name: 'exec_command',
+        arguments: {
+          cmd: 'touch approval-side-effect',
+          sandbox_permissions: 'require_escalated',
+          justification: 'exercise the unattended approval boundary',
+        },
+      },
+    ])
+    const sideEffect = join(harness.workspace, 'approval-side-effect')
+    const run = await harness.ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+      prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Attempt the fixture command.' }],
+      parent: harness.parent,
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    })
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'error',
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+
+    expect(existsSync(sideEffect)).toBe(false)
+    expect(fixture.requests).toHaveLength(1)
+    const tools = fixture.requests[0]!.body.tools as Array<Record<string, unknown>>
+    expect(tools).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: 'function', name: 'exec_command' }),
+    ]))
+    expect(fixture.requests.every(requestEntry =>
+      requestEntry.headers.authorization === 'Bearer dsh-fake-openai-key',
+    )).toBe(true)
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  }, 60_000)
+
+  it('settles cancellation locally and leaves the real app-server tree quiescent', async () => {
+    const { harness, fixture } = await realHarness([{ kind: 'hold' }])
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const run = await harness.ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+      prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Wait for cancellation.' }],
+      parent: harness.parent,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    })
+    await fixture.requestStarted
+    controller.abort(new Error('real product cancellation'))
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toMatchObject({ stopReason: 'aborted' })
+    await run.dispose()
+    await expectQuiescent(harness.handles)
+  }, 60_000)
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/responses-fixture.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/responses-fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cac49b9158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/responses-fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+import type {
+  IncomingHttpHeaders,
+  IncomingMessage,
+  Server,
+  ServerResponse,
+} from 'node:http'
+
+/** One request observed by the package-private Responses fixture. */
+interface RecordedResponsesRequest {
+  readonly method: string | undefined
+  readonly path: string | undefined
+  readonly headers: IncomingHttpHeaders
+  readonly body: Record<string, unknown>
+}
+
+/** Behavior consumed by one Responses request. */
+export type ResponsesBehavior =
+  | { readonly kind: 'complete'; readonly text: string }
+  | {
+    readonly kind: 'functionCall'
+    readonly name: string
+    readonly arguments: Record<string, unknown>
+  }
+  | { readonly kind: 'hold' }
+
+/** Running package-private Responses fixture. */
+export interface ResponsesFixture {
+  readonly baseUrl: string
+  readonly requests: RecordedResponsesRequest[]
+  readonly requestStarted: Promise<void>
+  close(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+function responseObject(text: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const message = {
+    id: 'msg_fixture',
+    type: 'message',
+    status: 'completed',
+    role: 'assistant',
+    content: [{
+      type: 'output_text',
+      annotations: [],
+      logprobs: [],
+      text,
+    }],
+  }
+  return {
+    id: 'resp_fixture',
+    object: 'response',
+    created_at: 1,
+    status: 'completed',
+    background: false,
+    error: null,
+    incomplete_details: null,
+    instructions: null,
+    max_output_tokens: null,
+    max_tool_calls: null,
+    model: 'fixture-model',
+    output: [message],
+    parallel_tool_calls: true,
+    previous_response_id: null,
+    prompt_cache_key: null,
+    prompt_cache_retention: null,
+    reasoning: { effort: null, summary: null },
+    safety_identifier: null,
+    service_tier: 'default',
+    store: false,
+    temperature: null,
+    text: { format: { type: 'text' }, verbosity: 'medium' },
+    tool_choice: 'auto',
+    tools: [],
+    top_logprobs: 0,
+    top_p: null,
+    truncation: 'disabled',
+    usage: {
+      input_tokens: 10,
+      input_tokens_details: { cached_tokens: 0 },
+      output_tokens: 1,
+      output_tokens_details: { reasoning_tokens: 0 },
+      total_tokens: 11,
+    },
+    user: null,
+    metadata: {},
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the minimal Responses SSE event sequence consumed by Codex 0.146.0.
+ * @param text - exact assistant answer.
+ * @returns ordered response lifecycle events.
+ */
+export function completeResponsesEvents(text: string): Record<string, unknown>[] {
+  const completed = responseObject(text)
+  const message = (completed.output as Record<string, unknown>[])[0]!
+  const part = (message.content as Record<string, unknown>[])[0]!
+  return [
+    {
+      type: 'response.created',
+      response: { ...completed, status: 'in_progress', output: [] },
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_item.added',
+      output_index: 0,
+      item: { ...message, status: 'in_progress', content: [] },
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.content_part.added',
+      item_id: message.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      content_index: 0,
+      part: { ...part, text: '' },
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_text.delta',
+      item_id: message.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      content_index: 0,
+      delta: text,
+      logprobs: [],
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_text.done',
+      item_id: message.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      content_index: 0,
+      text,
+      logprobs: [],
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.content_part.done',
+      item_id: message.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      content_index: 0,
+      part,
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_item.done',
+      output_index: 0,
+      item: message,
+    },
+    { type: 'response.completed', response: completed },
+  ]
+}
+
+function functionCallEvents(
+  name: string,
+  argumentsValue: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Record<string, unknown>[] {
+  const argumentsText = JSON.stringify(argumentsValue)
+  const item = {
+    id: 'fc_fixture',
+    type: 'function_call',
+    status: 'completed',
+    name,
+    arguments: argumentsText,
+    call_id: 'call_fixture',
+  }
+  const completed = {
+    ...responseObject(''),
+    output: [item],
+    usage: {
+      input_tokens: 10,
+      input_tokens_details: { cached_tokens: 0 },
+      output_tokens: 5,
+      output_tokens_details: { reasoning_tokens: 0 },
+      total_tokens: 15,
+    },
+  }
+  return [
+    {
+      type: 'response.created',
+      response: { ...completed, status: 'in_progress', output: [] },
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_item.added',
+      output_index: 0,
+      item: { ...item, status: 'in_progress', arguments: '' },
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.function_call_arguments.delta',
+      item_id: item.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      delta: argumentsText,
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.function_call_arguments.done',
+      item_id: item.id,
+      output_index: 0,
+      arguments: argumentsText,
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'response.output_item.done',
+      output_index: 0,
+      item,
+    },
+    { type: 'response.completed', response: completed },
+  ]
+}
+
+function readRequest(request: IncomingMessage): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let body = ''
+    request.setEncoding('utf8')
+    request.on('data', (chunk: string) => { body += chunk })
+    request.on('end', () => { resolve(body) })
+    request.on('error', reject)
+  })
+}
+
+function closeServer(server: Server): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => {
+      if (error !== undefined) reject(error)
+      else resolve()
+    })
+    server.closeAllConnections()
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start a loopback-only Responses SSE fixture.
+ * @param script - one behavior per expected Responses request.
+ * @returns the running fixture and its observed requests.
+ */
+export async function startResponsesFixture(
+  script: readonly ResponsesBehavior[],
+): Promise<ResponsesFixture> {
+  const behaviors = [...script]
+  const requests: RecordedResponsesRequest[] = []
+  const started = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
+  const openResponses = new Set<ServerResponse>()
+  const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+    openResponses.add(response)
+    response.on('close', () => { openResponses.delete(response) })
+    void readRequest(request).then((body) => {
+      requests.push({
+        method: request.method,
+        path: request.url,
+        headers: request.headers,
+        body: JSON.parse(body) as Record<string, unknown>,
+      })
+      started.resolve(undefined)
+      const behavior = behaviors.shift()
+      if (behavior === undefined) {
+        response.writeHead(500, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+        response.end(JSON.stringify({ error: { message: 'fixture script exhausted' } }))
+        return
+      }
+      response.writeHead(200, {
+        'content-type': 'text/event-stream',
+        'cache-control': 'no-cache',
+        connection: 'keep-alive',
+        'x-request-id': 'req_fixture',
+      })
+      if (behavior.kind === 'hold') return
+      const events = behavior.kind === 'complete'
+        ? completeResponsesEvents(behavior.text)
+        : functionCallEvents(behavior.name, behavior.arguments)
+      for (const event of events) {
+        response.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(event)}\n\n`)
+      }
+      response.end('data: [DONE]\n\n')
+    }).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      response.destroy(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
+    })
+  })
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once('error', reject)
+    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+      server.off('error', reject)
+      resolve()
+    })
+  })
+  const address = server.address()
+  if (address === null || typeof address === 'string') {
+    throw new Error('responses fixture did not acquire a TCP port')
+  }
+  return {
+    baseUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/v1`,
+    requests,
+    requestStarted: started.promise,
+    async close(): Promise<void> {
+      for (const response of openResponses) response.destroy()
+      await closeServer(server)
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/subagent-codex.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/subagent-codex.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de89aa4854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/subagent-codex.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,1120 @@
+import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream'
+import { Context } from 'cordis'
+import Loader from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import type { InvariantInstaller } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants'
+import type { ContentBlock } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import SubagentService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
+import type {
+  SubprocessHandle,
+  SubprocessOutcome,
+} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import LocalSubprocessService from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local'
+import * as codex from '../src/index.ts'
+import * as invariant from '../src/invariant.ts'
+import {
+  codexAppServerArgv,
+  DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+  disposeCodexChild,
+  startCodexRun,
+  textTask,
+  type CodexRunSpec,
+} from '../src/run.ts'
+import { CodexAppServerWire } from '../src/wire.ts'
+
+type JsonObject = Record<string, unknown>
+
+const fakeParent = {
+  id: 'parent',
+  session: { header: { cwd: process.cwd() } },
+} as unknown as Agent
+
+function request(
+  prompt: ContentBlock[] = [{ type: 'text', text: 'do the task' }],
+  signal = new AbortController().signal,
+) {
+  return { prompt, parent: fakeParent, signal }
+}
+
+async function nextTask(): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { setImmediate(resolve) })
+}
+
+class ProtocolPeer {
+  private buffer = ''
+  private readonly frames: JsonObject[] = []
+  private readonly wakeups = new Set<() => void>()
+
+  constructor(
+    input: PassThrough,
+    private readonly output: PassThrough,
+  ) {
+    input.on('data', (chunk: Buffer | string) => {
+      this.buffer += chunk.toString()
+      for (;;) {
+        const newline = this.buffer.indexOf('\n')
+        if (newline < 0) break
+        const line = this.buffer.slice(0, newline)
+        this.buffer = this.buffer.slice(newline + 1)
+        if (line.trim().length > 0) this.frames.push(JSON.parse(line) as JsonObject)
+      }
+      for (const wake of this.wakeups) wake()
+      this.wakeups.clear()
+    })
+  }
+
+  async next(predicate: (frame: JsonObject) => boolean): Promise<JsonObject> {
+    for (;;) {
+      const index = this.frames.findIndex(predicate)
+      if (index >= 0) return this.frames.splice(index, 1)[0]!
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { this.wakeups.add(resolve) })
+    }
+  }
+
+  nextMethod(method: string): Promise<JsonObject> {
+    return this.next(frame => frame.method === method)
+  }
+
+  nextResponse(id: unknown): Promise<JsonObject> {
+    return this.next(frame => frame.id === id && frame.method === undefined)
+  }
+
+  send(...frames: readonly JsonObject[]): void {
+    this.output.write(`${frames.map(frame => JSON.stringify(frame)).join('\n')}\n`)
+  }
+
+  respond(requestFrame: JsonObject, result: unknown): void {
+    this.send({ id: requestFrame.id, result })
+  }
+}
+
+interface FakeChildOptions {
+  readonly pid?: number
+  readonly exitOnTerminate?: boolean
+  readonly doneError?: Error
+}
+
+interface FakeChild {
+  readonly handle: SubprocessHandle
+  readonly peer: ProtocolPeer
+  readonly fromChild: PassThrough
+  readonly toChild: PassThrough
+  readonly settle: (outcome?: SubprocessOutcome) => void
+  readonly fail: (error: Error) => void
+  readonly terminate: () => void
+  readonly waitForExit: (signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<boolean>
+}
+
+function fakeChild(options: FakeChildOptions = {}): FakeChild {
+  const fromChild = new PassThrough()
+  const toChild = new PassThrough()
+  const peer = new ProtocolPeer(toChild, fromChild)
+  let exited = false
+  let resolveDone!: (outcome: SubprocessOutcome) => void
+  let rejectDone!: (error: Error) => void
+  const done = new Promise<SubprocessOutcome>((resolve, reject) => {
+    resolveDone = resolve
+    rejectDone = reject
+  })
+  const settle = (
+    outcome: SubprocessOutcome = { exitCode: 0, signal: null },
+  ): void => {
+    if (exited) return
+    exited = true
+    resolveDone(outcome)
+  }
+  const fail = (error: Error): void => {
+    if (exited) return
+    exited = true
+    rejectDone(error)
+  }
+  if (options.doneError !== undefined) fail(options.doneError)
+  const terminate = vi.fn(() => {
+    if (options.exitOnTerminate !== false) settle()
+  })
+  const waitForExit = vi.fn(async (signal?: AbortSignal) => {
+    if (exited) return true
+    if (signal === undefined) {
+      await done.catch(() => {})
+      return true
+    }
+    return await new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+      const onAbort = (): void => { resolve(false) }
+      signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+      void done.then(
+        () => {
+          signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+          resolve(true)
+        },
+        () => {
+          signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+          resolve(true)
+        },
+      )
+    })
+  })
+  const handle: SubprocessHandle = {
+    pid: options.pid ?? 1234,
+    stdin: toChild,
+    stdout: fromChild,
+    stderr: undefined,
+    collected: {},
+    done,
+    terminate,
+    waitForExit,
+  }
+  return {
+    handle,
+    peer,
+    fromChild,
+    toChild,
+    settle,
+    fail,
+    terminate,
+    waitForExit,
+  }
+}
+
+function runSpec(
+  child: FakeChild,
+  overrides: Partial<CodexRunSpec> = {},
+): CodexRunSpec {
+  return {
+    cwd: process.cwd(),
+    env: {},
+    disposeGraceMs: DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+    spawn: () => child.handle,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+async function initializeWire(): Promise<{
+  readonly child: FakeChild
+  readonly wire: CodexAppServerWire
+}> {
+  const child = fakeChild()
+  const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+  wire.start()
+  const initializing = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+  const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+  child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+  await initializing
+  expect(await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')).toEqual({
+    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+    method: 'initialized',
+  })
+  const starting = wire.startThread(process.cwd(), new AbortController().signal)
+  const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+  child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+  await starting
+  return { child, wire }
+}
+
+async function publishRun(
+  child = fakeChild(),
+  signal = new AbortController().signal,
+  specOverrides: Partial<CodexRunSpec> = {},
+) {
+  const starting = startCodexRun(request(undefined, signal), runSpec(child, specOverrides))
+  const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+  child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+  await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')
+  const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+  child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+  const run = await starting
+  const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+  return { child, run, turnStart }
+}
+
+function agentMessage(
+  text: unknown,
+  phase: unknown,
+  turnId = 'turn-1',
+  threadId = 'thread-1',
+): JsonObject {
+  return {
+    method: 'item/completed',
+    params: {
+      threadId,
+      turnId,
+      item: { type: 'agentMessage', text, phase },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+function turnCompleted(
+  status: unknown,
+  turnId = 'turn-1',
+  threadId = 'thread-1',
+  error: unknown = null,
+): JsonObject {
+  return {
+    method: 'turn/completed',
+    params: {
+      threadId,
+      turn: { id: turnId, status, error },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+describe('task admission and package contracts', () => {
+  it('resolves the fixed app-server command through the Windows npm shim boundary', () => {
+    expect(codexAppServerArgv('win32')).toEqual([
+      'cmd.exe',
+      '/d',
+      '/s',
+      '/c',
+      'codex',
+      'app-server',
+      '--stdio',
+    ])
+    expect(codexAppServerArgv('linux')).toEqual(['codex', 'app-server', '--stdio'])
+  })
+
+  it('accepts one or more text blocks and rejects empty or non-text tasks', () => {
+    expect(textTask([
+      { type: 'text', text: 'one' },
+      { type: 'text', text: 'two' },
+    ])).toEqual(['one', 'two'])
+    expect(() => textTask([])).toThrow('only text blocks')
+    expect(() => textTask([{ type: 'reasoning', text: 'hidden' }]))
+      .toThrow('only text blocks')
+    expect(() => textTask([{ type: 'text', text: ' \n ' }]))
+      .toThrow('must not be empty')
+  })
+
+  it('registers one fixed descriptor, validates config, and unregisters on HMR', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+    const fiber = await ctx.plugin(codex, {})
+    const provider = ctx.subagents.getProvider('codex')!
+    expect(provider).toMatchObject({
+      name: 'codex',
+      capabilities: {
+        outputSchema: false,
+        depthLimit: false,
+        toolFilter: false,
+        persona: false,
+      },
+      inheritsParentContext: false,
+    })
+    expect(ctx.subagents.list()).toEqual(['codex'])
+    await fiber.dispose()
+    expect(ctx.subagents.list()).toEqual([])
+
+    for (const disposeGraceMs of [0, -1, Number.NaN, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY]) {
+      await expect(ctx.plugin(codex, { disposeGraceMs }))
+        .rejects.toThrow('disposeGraceMs must be a positive finite number')
+    }
+    await expect(ctx.plugin(codex, { disposeGraceMs: MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1 }))
+      .rejects.toThrow(`disposeGraceMs must be no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('requires a parent session cwd without suggesting unsupported config', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+    const spawn = vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn')
+    await ctx.plugin(codex, {})
+
+    await expect(ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+      prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: 'task' }],
+      parent: {
+        id: 'parent-without-cwd',
+        session: { header: {} },
+      } as unknown as Agent,
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(
+      'subagent-codex: no working directory for the child — delegate from a parent session that has one',
+    )
+    expect(spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the namespace export shape and package-owned empty invariant', async () => {
+    expect('default' in codex).toBe(false)
+    expect(codex.name).toBe('subagent-codex')
+    expect(codex.inject).toEqual(['subagents', 'subprocess'])
+    const loader = Object.create(Loader.prototype) as Loader
+    expect(loader.unwrapExports(codex)).toBe(codex)
+
+    const dispose = vi.fn()
+    const register = vi.fn((
+      _packageName: string,
+      _installer: InvariantInstaller,
+    ) => dispose)
+    const ctx = { invariants: { register } } as unknown as Context
+    await expect(invariant.apply(ctx)).resolves.toBe(dispose)
+    expect(register).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex',
+      expect.any(Function),
+    )
+    const install = register.mock.calls[0]![1]
+    await install(new Context(), (message) => { throw new Error(message) })
+    expect(invariant.name).toBe('subagent-codex-invariant')
+    expect(invariant.inject).toEqual(['invariants'])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('CodexAppServerWire', () => {
+  it('sends the fixed handshake, thread, and turn payloads and keeps final_answer', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+    expect(wire.collectOutput()).toEqual([])
+    wire.start()
+
+    const initializing = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+    const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+    expect(initialize.params).toEqual({
+      clientInfo: {
+        name: 'deepseek-harness',
+        title: 'DeepSeek Harness',
+        version: '0.0.1',
+      },
+      capabilities: {
+        experimentalApi: false,
+        requestAttestation: false,
+      },
+    })
+    child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+    await initializing
+    await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')
+
+    const starting = wire.startThread('/workspace', new AbortController().signal)
+    const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+    expect(threadStart.params).toEqual({ cwd: '/workspace', ephemeral: true })
+    child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+    await starting
+
+    const result = wire.runTurn(
+      ['first', 'second'],
+      new AbortController().signal,
+    )
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    expect(turnStart.params).toEqual({
+      threadId: 'thread-1',
+      input: [
+        { type: 'text', text: 'first', text_elements: [] },
+        { type: 'text', text: 'second', text_elements: [] },
+      ],
+    })
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    await nextTask()
+    child.peer.send(
+      {
+        method: 'turn/started',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turn: { id: 'turn-1' } },
+      },
+      agentMessage('other thread', 'final_answer', 'turn-1', 'thread-2'),
+      agentMessage('other turn', 'final_answer', 'turn-2'),
+      {
+        method: 'item/completed',
+        params: {
+          threadId: 'thread-1',
+          turnId: 'turn-1',
+          item: { type: 'reasoning', text: 'not output' },
+        },
+      },
+      agentMessage('commentary', 'commentary'),
+      agentMessage('unphased', null),
+      agentMessage('first final', 'final_answer'),
+      agentMessage('last final', 'final_answer'),
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+    )
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'last final' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    expect(wire.collectOutput()).toEqual([{ type: 'text', text: 'last final' }])
+    wire.close()
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('uses the last nullable-phase answer when no explicit final exists', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    child.peer.send(
+      agentMessage('first', null),
+      agentMessage('fallback', null),
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+    )
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'fallback' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('maps only an explicit context-window failure to max-tokens', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    child.peer.send(
+      agentMessage('partial answer', null),
+      turnCompleted('failed', 'turn-1', 'thread-1', {
+        message: 'too much context',
+        codexErrorInfo: 'contextWindowExceeded',
+      }),
+    )
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'partial answer' }],
+      stopReason: 'max-tokens',
+    })
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects invalid handshake, thread, and turn response shapes', async () => {
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const pending = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+      const frame = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+      child.peer.respond(frame, null)
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('invalid initialize response')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const pending = wire.startThread('/workspace', new AbortController().signal)
+      const frame = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+      child.peer.respond(frame, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: false } })
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('did not create an ephemeral thread')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+      const pending = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+      const frame = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+      child.peer.respond(frame, { turn: { id: '' } })
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('turn/start turn id')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('fails closed for empty output, malformed messages, phases, and terminal status', async () => {
+    const scenarios: Array<{
+      readonly frames: JsonObject[]
+      readonly message: string
+    }> = [
+      {
+        frames: [turnCompleted('completed')],
+        message: 'without a final answer',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [
+          agentMessage('fallback', null),
+          agentMessage(' \n ', 'final_answer'),
+          turnCompleted('completed'),
+        ],
+        message: 'without a final answer',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [agentMessage(42, 'final_answer')],
+        message: 'invalid agent message',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [agentMessage('answer', 'future_phase')],
+        message: 'unknown agent message phase',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [turnCompleted('failed', 'turn-1', 'thread-1', { message: 'no' })],
+        message: 'status failed',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [turnCompleted('interrupted')],
+        message: 'status interrupted',
+      },
+      {
+        frames: [turnCompleted('inProgress')],
+        message: 'invalid terminal turn status',
+      },
+    ]
+    for (const scenario of scenarios) {
+      const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+      const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+      const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+      child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+      child.peer.send(...scenario.frames)
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(scenario.message)
+      wire.close()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('fails closed when terminal notification params are not an object', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    child.peer.send({ method: 'turn/completed', params: null })
+    await expect(result).rejects.toThrow('invalid turn/completed thread id')
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps an unsupported request authoritative over an early terminal in the same chunk', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.send(
+      { id: turnStart.id, result: { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } } },
+      { id: 'future-request', method: 'future/request', params: {} },
+      agentMessage('early answer', 'final_answer'),
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+    )
+    await expect(result).rejects.toThrow('unsupported app-server request')
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('answers all five unattended request classes without granting authority', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+
+    child.peer.send({
+      id: 'command',
+      method: 'item/commandExecution/requestApproval',
+      params: {
+        threadId: 'thread-1',
+        turnId: 'turn-1',
+        availableDecisions: ['decline', 'cancel'],
+      },
+    })
+    expect(await child.peer.nextResponse('command')).toMatchObject({
+      result: { decision: 'cancel' },
+    })
+
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    await nextTask()
+    const requests = [
+      {
+        id: 'file',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: {
+          threadId: 'thread-1',
+          turnId: 'turn-1',
+          availableDecisions: ['decline'],
+        },
+        result: { decision: 'decline' },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'file-default',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+        result: { decision: 'decline' },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'permissions',
+        method: 'item/permissions/requestApproval',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+        result: { permissions: {}, scope: 'turn' },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'user-input',
+        method: 'item/tool/requestUserInput',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1', questions: [] },
+        result: { answers: {} },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'mcp',
+        method: 'mcpServer/elicitation/request',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: null },
+        result: { action: 'decline', content: null, _meta: null },
+      },
+    ] as const
+    for (const serverRequest of requests) {
+      child.peer.send(serverRequest)
+      expect(await child.peer.nextResponse(serverRequest.id)).toMatchObject({
+        result: serverRequest.result,
+      })
+    }
+
+    child.peer.send(agentMessage('answer', 'final_answer'), turnCompleted('completed'))
+    await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({ stopReason: 'completed' })
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('fails the run on unknown requests or wrong request association', async () => {
+    for (const serverRequest of [
+      {
+        id: 'unknown',
+        method: 'future/request',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'approval',
+        method: 'item/commandExecution/requestApproval',
+        params: {
+          threadId: 'thread-1',
+          turnId: 'turn-1',
+          availableDecisions: ['accept'],
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'malformed-approval',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: {
+          threadId: 'thread-1',
+          turnId: 'turn-1',
+          availableDecisions: 'decline',
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'thread',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-2', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'turn',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-2' },
+      },
+    ]) {
+      const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+      const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+      const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+      child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+      await nextTask()
+      child.peer.send(serverRequest)
+      const response = await child.peer.nextResponse(serverRequest.id)
+      expect(response.error).toMatchObject({ code: -32603 })
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow()
+      wire.close()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('rejects conflicting early turn identities before accepting output', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.send({
+      method: 'turn/started',
+      params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turn: { id: 'turn-early' } },
+    })
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-response' } })
+    await expect(result).rejects.toThrow('did not match the active turn')
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects conflicting early notifications and requests before turn/start', async () => {
+    {
+      const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+      child.peer.send({
+        id: 'too-early',
+        method: 'item/fileChange/requestApproval',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+      })
+      const response = await child.peer.nextResponse('too-early')
+      expect(response.error).toMatchObject({ code: -32603 })
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+      const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+      await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+      child.peer.send(
+        {
+          method: 'turn/started',
+          params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turn: { id: 'turn-1' } },
+        },
+        agentMessage('wrong', 'final_answer', 'turn-2'),
+      )
+      await expect(result).rejects.toThrow('conflicting turns')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('interrupts only an active open turn and contains remote interrupt failure', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    wire.interrupt()
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    await nextTask()
+    wire.interrupt()
+    const interrupt = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/interrupt')
+    expect(interrupt.params).toEqual({ threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' })
+    child.peer.send({
+      id: interrupt.id,
+      error: { code: -32000, message: 'already done' },
+    })
+    child.peer.send(agentMessage('answer', 'final_answer'), turnCompleted('completed'))
+    await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({ stopReason: 'completed' })
+    wire.close()
+    wire.interrupt()
+  })
+
+  it('ignores unrelated and out-of-window notifications', async () => {
+    const { child, wire } = await initializeWire()
+    child.peer.send(
+      {
+        method: 'turn/started',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-2', turn: { id: 'turn-other' } },
+      },
+      {
+        method: 'turn/started',
+        params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turn: { id: 'turn-before' } },
+      },
+      agentMessage('before', 'final_answer'),
+      { method: 'future/notification', params: {} },
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+      turnCompleted('completed', 'turn-other', 'thread-2'),
+    )
+    await nextTask()
+
+    const result = wire.runTurn(['task'], new AbortController().signal)
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    await nextTask()
+    child.peer.send(
+      agentMessage('wrong turn', 'final_answer', 'turn-2'),
+      turnCompleted('completed', 'turn-2'),
+      agentMessage('answer', 'final_answer'),
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+    )
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'answer' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    wire.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects pending work on abort, EOF, and stream error', async () => {
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const controller = new AbortController()
+      controller.abort('pre-aborted')
+      await expect(wire.initialize(controller.signal))
+        .rejects.toThrow('app-server request aborted: pre-aborted')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const controller = new AbortController()
+      const pending = wire.initialize(controller.signal)
+      await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+      controller.abort(new Error('cancel initialize'))
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('cancel initialize')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const pending = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+      await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+      child.fromChild.end()
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow(/(?:protocol stream|JSON-RPC input) closed/)
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const pending = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+      await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+      child.fromChild.emit('error', new Error('stdout broke'))
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('stdout broke')
+      wire.close()
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      wire.start()
+      const pending = wire.initialize(new AbortController().signal)
+      await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+      child.toChild.emit('error', new Error('stdin broke'))
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toThrow('stdin broke')
+      wire.close()
+      child.toChild.emit('error', new Error('late stdin close'))
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('run lifecycle and quiescence', () => {
+  it('spawns the fixed app-server, publishes after thread creation, and disposes once', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const spawn = vi.fn(() => child.handle)
+    const starting = startCodexRun(
+      request([{ type: 'text', text: 'task' }]),
+      runSpec(child, { env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'fake' }, spawn }),
+    )
+    let published = false
+    void starting.then(() => { published = true })
+    const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+    expect(published).toBe(false)
+    child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+    await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')
+    const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+    expect(published).toBe(false)
+    child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+    const run = await starting
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      argv: codexAppServerArgv(),
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+      stdio: { stdin: 'pipe', stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'inherit' },
+      graceMs: DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'fake' },
+    })
+    expect(run.localAgent).toBeUndefined()
+
+    const turnStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.peer.send(
+      { id: turnStart.id, result: { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } } },
+      agentMessage('answer', 'final_answer'),
+      turnCompleted('completed'),
+    )
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'answer' }],
+      stopReason: 'completed',
+    })
+    const disposal = run.dispose()
+    expect(run.dispose()).toBe(disposal)
+    await disposal
+    await nextTask()
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(child.waitForExit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('settles local cancellation immediately and sends best-effort interrupt', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const { child, run, turnStart } = await publishRun(
+      fakeChild(),
+      controller.signal,
+    )
+    child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+    await nextTask()
+    controller.abort(new Error('stop'))
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      output: [],
+      stopReason: 'aborted',
+    })
+    expect(await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/interrupt')).toMatchObject({
+      params: { threadId: 'thread-1', turnId: 'turn-1' },
+    })
+    await run.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('flattens child exit and protocol failures after publication', async () => {
+    const errors: string[] = []
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild({ exitOnTerminate: false })
+      const { run } = await publishRun(child, undefined, {
+        onError: (error) => { errors.push(error.message) },
+      })
+      child.settle({ exitCode: 9, signal: null })
+      await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({ output: [], stopReason: 'error' })
+      expect(errors.at(-1)).toContain('code 9')
+      await run.dispose().catch(() => {})
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const { run, turnStart } = await publishRun(child, undefined, {
+        onError: () => { throw new Error('diagnostic sink') },
+      })
+      child.peer.respond(turnStart, { turn: { id: 'turn-1' } })
+      child.fromChild.end()
+      await expect(run.result).resolves.toEqual({ output: [], stopReason: 'error' })
+      await run.dispose()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('rejects before spawn when pre-aborted and rolls back startup failures', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    controller.abort()
+    const spawn = vi.fn()
+    await expect(startCodexRun(
+      request(undefined, controller.signal),
+      {
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        env: {},
+        disposeGraceMs: 10,
+        spawn,
+      },
+    )).rejects.toThrow('aborted before app-server startup')
+    expect(spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const starting = startCodexRun(request(), runSpec(child))
+    const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+    child.peer.respond(initialize, null)
+    await expect(starting).rejects.toThrow('invalid initialize response')
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('rolls back an abort that wins immediately after thread creation', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const starting = startCodexRun(
+      request(undefined, controller.signal),
+      runSpec(child),
+    )
+    const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+    child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+    await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')
+    const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+    child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+    controller.abort('startup race')
+    await expect(starting).rejects.toThrow('aborted before run publication')
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('rolls back a subprocess done rejection during startup', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild({ doneError: new Error('spawn observer failed') })
+    const error: unknown = await startCodexRun(request(), runSpec(child)).then(
+      () => undefined,
+      (failure: unknown) => failure,
+    )
+    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(AggregateError)
+    if (!(error instanceof AggregateError)) {
+      throw new Error('expected startup and rollback failures')
+    }
+    expect(error.errors).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ message: 'spawn observer failed' }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ message: 'spawn observer failed' }),
+    ])
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps overlapping runs isolated', async () => {
+    const first = fakeChild()
+    const second = fakeChild()
+    const runs = await Promise.all([
+      publishRun(first),
+      publishRun(second),
+    ])
+    for (const [index, entry] of runs.entries()) {
+      const id = `turn-${index + 1}`
+      entry.child.peer.send(
+        { id: entry.turnStart.id, result: { turn: { id } } },
+        agentMessage(`answer-${index + 1}`, 'final_answer', id),
+        turnCompleted('completed', id),
+      )
+    }
+    const results = await Promise.all(runs.map(entry => entry.run.result))
+    expect(results.map(result => result.output)).toEqual([
+      [{ type: 'text', text: 'answer-1' }],
+      [{ type: 'text', text: 'answer-2' }],
+    ])
+    expect(runs[0].run.id).not.toBe(runs[1].run.id)
+    await Promise.all(runs.map(entry => entry.run.dispose()))
+  })
+
+  it('uses the registered provider config and logs flattened errors', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(LocalSubprocessService)
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const spawn = vi.spyOn(ctx.subprocess, 'spawn').mockReturnValue(child.handle)
+    const warnings: string[] = []
+    ctx.logger.warn = ((message: unknown) => {
+      warnings.push(String(message))
+    }) as typeof ctx.logger.warn
+    await ctx.plugin(codex, {
+      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'fake' },
+      disposeGraceMs: 25,
+    })
+    const starting = ctx.subagents.start('codex', {
+      prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: 'task' }],
+      parent: fakeParent,
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    })
+    const initialize = await child.peer.nextMethod('initialize')
+    child.peer.respond(initialize, { userAgent: 'codex-cli 0.146.0' })
+    await child.peer.nextMethod('initialized')
+    const threadStart = await child.peer.nextMethod('thread/start')
+    child.peer.respond(threadStart, { thread: { id: 'thread-1', ephemeral: true } })
+    const run = await starting
+    await child.peer.nextMethod('turn/start')
+    child.settle({ exitCode: 1, signal: null })
+    await expect(run.result).resolves.toMatchObject({ stopReason: 'error' })
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'fake' },
+      graceMs: 25,
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+    }))
+    expect(warnings).toEqual([
+      expect.stringContaining('subagent-codex: child run failed (error):'),
+    ])
+    await run.dispose().catch(() => {})
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('disposeCodexChild', () => {
+  it('closes stdin, terminates, and waits for the managed tree', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+    const end = vi.spyOn(child.toChild, 'end')
+    await disposeCodexChild(wire, child.handle)
+    expect(end).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(child.terminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(child.waitForExit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(child.waitForExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith()
+  })
+
+  it('does not finish disposal before the managed tree exits', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild({ exitOnTerminate: false })
+    const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+    let disposed = false
+    const disposal = disposeCodexChild(wire, child.handle).then(() => {
+      disposed = true
+    })
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { setImmediate(resolve) })
+    expect(disposed).toBe(false)
+    child.settle()
+    await disposal
+    expect(disposed).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('contains a concurrently closed stdin error', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild()
+    const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+    vi.spyOn(child.toChild, 'end').mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('already closed')
+    })
+    await expect(disposeCodexChild(wire, child.handle))
+      .resolves.toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('handles a spawn-level failure with no process tree', async () => {
+    const child = fakeChild({
+      pid: -1,
+      doneError: new Error('spawn failed'),
+    })
+    const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+    await expect(disposeCodexChild(wire, child.handle))
+      .resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(child.terminate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(child.waitForExit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('reports direct-child observer failure and accepts absent stdin', async () => {
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild({
+        doneError: new Error('close observer failed'),
+      })
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      await expect(disposeCodexChild(wire, child.handle))
+        .rejects.toThrow('close observer failed')
+    }
+    {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      const handle = { ...child.handle, stdin: undefined }
+      const wire = new CodexAppServerWire(child.handle.stdout!, child.handle.stdin!)
+      await expect(disposeCodexChild(wire, handle)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tsconfig.json b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9f33967ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cosmokit"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/cordis"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../vendor/schemastery"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/agent"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../llm/llm"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../sdk/sdk-protocol"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/session"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../subagent"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../subprocess/subprocess"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../util/timeout"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../support/invariants"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess/src/index.ts
index 04ce4e23f9..acb4e4d36e 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess/src/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function prePublicationAbort(): Error {
 /** Append one one-shot descriptor inside the child's initial turn before its first request. */
 function attachDescriptorAppend(childCtx: Context, descriptor: SubagentDescriptorData): void {
   let appended = false
-  childCtx.on('agent/pre-step', async (agent, _messages, _context, next) => {
+  childCtx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent }, next) => {
     const decision = await next()
     if (!appended && decision.kind === 'enter') {
       appended = true
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-spawn/tests/harness.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-spawn/tests/harness.ts
index 389ef5e2a7..33de6d0cc6 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-spawn/tests/harness.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-spawn/tests/harness.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function spawnHarness(workdir: string): Promise<Context> {
 
 export function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
index c8aefc7533..bc73d345e5 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subagent/subagent/README.md
-README.md: a21aa6ae2822d68d513fd9409d77b3f3bf74a7a3
-README.zh.md: 3caa612aefcdac4f1dcdbcf4a3c1b81adc52c3d3
+README.md: 08b6175e018db072b99490a25b8df887bb89eb47
+README.zh.md: 435be7660b3f004a1f0bcb59a8d9a74ac8e8aae3
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.md b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.md
index a21aa6ae28..08b6175e01 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The seam owns the versioned `subagent/descriptor` session event vocabulary (`src
 
 The seam owns the depth vocabulary shared by implementations and consumers: the `AgentOptions.subagentDepth` declaration, `assertSubagentMaxDepth`, and `delegationDepthOf(agent)`. The persisted `SessionHeader.delegationDepth` is authoritative and monotone — runtime options may deepen the count but never lower it, so a resumed child cannot be re-counted as top-level.
 
-`inheritsParentContext` is descriptive rather than enforceable. It says only whether the child sees completed parent conversation history (`fork` does; `spawn` and ACP do not), not whether it inherits tools, services, or authority.
+`inheritsParentContext` is descriptive rather than enforceable. It says only whether the child sees completed parent conversation history (`fork` does; `spawn` and the out-of-process one-shot providers do not), not whether it inherits tools, services, or authority.
 
 ## One-shot ownership and lifecycle
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.zh.md b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.zh.md
index 3caa612aef..435be7660b 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/README.zh.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ subagent seam 允许一个 agent（智能体）通过具名提供方把工作委
 
 该 seam 拥有实现和消费方共享的深度词汇：`AgentOptions.subagentDepth` 声明、`assertSubagentMaxDepth` 和 `delegationDepthOf(agent)`。持久化的 `SessionHeader.delegationDepth` 具有权威性且单调：运行时选项可以加深计数，但绝不能降低它，因此恢复后的子 agent 不会被重新计为顶层。
 
-`inheritsParentContext` 只用于描述，不能强制执行。它仅说明子 agent 是否能看到父级已完成的对话历史（`fork` 可以；`spawn` 和 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）不可以），不表示是否继承工具、服务或权限。
+`inheritsParentContext` 只用于描述，不能强制执行。它仅说明子 agent 是否能看到父级已完成的对话历史（`fork` 可以；`spawn` 和各进程外一次性提供方不可以），不表示是否继承工具、服务或权限。
 
 ## 一次性所有权与生命周期
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts
index 4b038871a1..212536e713 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/src/continuation.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export class SubagentContinuationManager {
     // child-first ordering.
     const scope = ctx.plugin(function activationOwner() {})
     this.ownerCtx = scope.ctx
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => {
       this.closingScopes.delete(agent)
     })
     ctx.effect(function* (this: SubagentContinuationManager) {
@@ -859,12 +859,12 @@ export class SubagentContinuationManager {
       // quiet Agent from one whose accepted turn has not been admitted yet.
       // Registered through the child's own scoped context, so scope filtering
       // already restricts both listeners to this exact agent.
-      handle.agent.ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', (_agent, { message }) => {
+      handle.agent.ctx.on('agent/inbox/claimed', ({ message }) => {
         /* v8 ignore next -- a claim of an id this manager never admitted needs
          * another sender on the same child, which no current path allows. */
         if (activation.accepted.delete(message.id)) this.wake(activation)
       })
-      handle.agent.ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', (_agent, { message }) => {
+      handle.agent.ctx.on('agent/inbox/discarded', ({ message }) => {
         if (activation.accepted.delete(message.id)) this.wake(activation)
       })
       // Agent creation committed setup at its publication boundary;
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/src/out-of-process.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent/src/out-of-process.ts
index fc78fb28fa..d049dba2be 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/src/out-of-process.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/src/out-of-process.ts
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ function toError(value: unknown): Error {
 export interface RunResultSettlement {
   /** The turn attempt (typically racing local cancellation); returns the terminal result. */
   attempt: () => Promise<SubagentResult>
-  /** Snapshot of the child output streamed so far (a partial answer survives failure). */
+  /** Snapshot the provider exposes when cancellation or failure wins settlement. */
   collectOutput: () => ContentBlock[]
-  /** Whether local cancellation settled (an in-flight rejection then reads as `aborted`). */
+  /** Whether local cancellation settled before the attempt's outcome is observed. */
   cancelled: () => boolean
   /** Diagnostic sink for a failure flattened to a stop reason; a throw from it is contained. */
   onError?: ((error: Error, stopReason: SubagentStopReason) => void) | undefined
@@ -146,16 +146,19 @@ export interface RunResultSettlement {
 
 /**
  * Settle an out-of-process run result under the seam contract: `result` never
- * rejects after publication. A rejection from the attempt resolves as
- * `aborted` when cancellation already settled locally, else it is flattened
- * to `stopReason: 'error'` through the contained diagnostic sink; the abort
- * listener is removed on every path.
+ * rejects after publication. A normally completed or rejected attempt resolves
+ * as `aborted` when cancellation already settled locally; another rejection is
+ * flattened to `stopReason: 'error'` through the contained diagnostic sink.
+ * The abort listener is removed on every path.
  * @param parts - the attempt, output snapshot, cancellation state, sink, and signal wiring.
  * @returns the terminal result (never a rejection).
  */
 export async function settleRunResult(parts: RunResultSettlement): Promise<SubagentResult> {
   try {
-    return await parts.attempt()
+    const result = await parts.attempt()
+    return parts.cancelled()
+      ? { output: parts.collectOutput(), stopReason: 'aborted' }
+      : result
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     // Cover a rejection already queued when cancellation arrives.
     if (parts.cancelled()) return { output: parts.collectOutput(), stopReason: 'aborted' }
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent/tests/continuation.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent/tests/continuation.spec.ts
index 7b7a2ab541..dca06add38 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent/tests/continuation.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent/tests/continuation.spec.ts
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ describe('SubagentService.startContinuable', () => {
   it('returns both identities at inbox acceptance, without waiting for the turn or the log', async () => {
     const { ctx, parent, adapter } = await setup([textResponse('first answer')])
     const enqueued: { id: MessageId; loggedYet: boolean }[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent, accepted) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent, message }) => {
       // Acceptance is the boundary `startContinuable` resolves at, so observe
       // the log state exactly there rather than after later microtasks.
-      enqueued.push({ id: accepted.message.id, loggedYet: hasUserText(agent.session.events, 'child task') })
+      enqueued.push({ id: message.id, loggedYet: hasUserText(agent.session.events, 'child task') })
     })
 
     const started = await ctx.subagents.startContinuable(startSpec(parent))
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe('SubagentService.startContinuable', () => {
     const { ctx, parent } = await setup([textResponse('unused')])
     const controller = new AbortController()
     // Abort inside the child's creation window: setup runs before publication.
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (child) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent: child }) => {
       if (child !== parent) controller.abort('caller gave up')
     })
 
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ describe('continuable durability and teardown', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(ctx.agents.get(grandchild.childId)).toBeDefined() })
 
     const disposals: SessionId[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (agent) => { disposals.push(agent.id) })
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent }) => { disposals.push(agent.id) })
     const drained = drainManager(ctx)
     // Let the held model call observe its cancellation so quiescence can settle.
     hold.resolve(undefined)
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ describe('continuable durability and teardown', () => {
     const drains: Promise<void>[] = []
     const accepted: MessageId[] = []
     ctx.on('subagent/start', () => { drains.push(drainManager(ctx)) })
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (_agent, item) => { accepted.push(item.message.id) })
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ message }) => { accepted.push(message.id) })
 
     await expect(ctx.subagents.startContinuable(startSpec(parent)))
       .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'DRAINING' })
@@ -998,12 +998,12 @@ describe('continuable durability and teardown', () => {
     const { ctx, parent } = await setup([])
     const order: string[] = []
     const drains: Promise<void>[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/created', (child) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/created', ({ agent: child }) => {
       if (child === parent) return
       const draining = drainManager(ctx).then(() => { order.push('drain') })
       drains.push(draining)
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/disposed', (child) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/disposed', ({ agent: child }) => {
       if (child !== parent) order.push('disposed')
     })
 
@@ -1025,8 +1025,8 @@ describe('continuable durability and teardown', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(adapter.requests).toHaveLength(1) })
     const child = ctx.agents.get(started.childId)!
     const order: string[] = []
-    child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (_agent, accepted) => {
-      if (accepted.message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'before drain')) {
+    child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ message }) => {
+      if (message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'before drain')) {
         order.push('enqueue')
       }
     })
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ describe('continuable review regressions', () => {
     const ends: SubagentRunEndInfo[] = []
     ctx.on('subagent/end', (info) => { ends.push(info) })
     // Block the resumed prompt so this epoch produces nothing of its own.
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject === parent) return next()
       return { kind: 'reject' }
     })
@@ -1356,8 +1356,8 @@ describe('continuable review regressions', () => {
 
     // Cancel from the synchronous enqueue observer: the discard fires after the
     // id is recorded but before `followup()` returns.
-    const off = child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (_agent, accepted) => {
-      if (accepted.message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'doomed')) {
+    const off = child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ message }) => {
+      if (message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'doomed')) {
         child.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       }
     })
@@ -1388,8 +1388,8 @@ describe('continuable review regressions', () => {
 
     await followup(ctx, parent, started.childId, message('queued'))
     expect(activation.accepted.size).toBe(1)
-    const off = child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (_agent, accepted) => {
-      if (accepted.message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'doomed')) {
+    const off = child.ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ message }) => {
+      if (message.content.some(block => block.type === 'text' && block.text === 'doomed')) {
         child.cancel({ kind: 'user' })
       }
     })
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ describe('continuable review regressions', () => {
     const ends: SubagentRunEndInfo[] = []
     ctx.on('subagent/end', (info) => { ends.push(info) })
     // Block admission so the child's only turn never opens.
-    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async (subject, _messages, _context, next) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/pre-step', async ({ agent: subject }, next) => {
       if (subject === parent) return next()
       return { kind: 'reject' }
     })
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ describe('continuable review regressions', () => {
     const registeredAtEnqueue: boolean[] = []
     // A synchronous inbox observer runs before the admitting microtask, the
     // exact window where `Agent.status` is still idle.
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent }) => {
       if (agent.session.header.parentSession !== undefined) {
         registeredAtEnqueue.push(ctx.agents.get(agent.id) === agent)
       }
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report/tests/tool-subagent-report.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report/tests/tool-subagent-report.spec.ts
index 64c29d5122..ac90b4612b 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report/tests/tool-subagent-report.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent-report/tests/tool-subagent-report.spec.ts
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent-report', () => {
     const { started, child } = await startChild(ctx, parent)
     const parentRequests = adapter.requests.filter(request => request.sessionId === parent.id).length
     const enqueues: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent, item) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent, message }) => {
       if (agent === parent) {
-        enqueues.push(agent.inbox.nextTurn.some(message => message.id === item.message.id) ? 'queued' : 'steering')
+        enqueues.push(agent.inbox.nextTurn.some(queued => queued.id === message.id) ? 'queued' : 'steering')
       }
     })
 
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent-report', () => {
     const { ctx, parent, adapter } = await setup({ config: { reportDelivery: 'wakeup' } })
     const { child } = await startChild(ctx, parent)
     const enqueues: string[] = []
-    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', (agent, item) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/inbox/inserted', ({ agent, message }) => {
       if (agent === parent) {
-        enqueues.push(agent.inbox.nextTurn.some(message => message.id === item.message.id) ? 'queued' : 'steering')
+        enqueues.push(agent.inbox.nextTurn.some(queued => queued.id === message.id) ? 'queued' : 'steering')
       }
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
index f95c5ad09d..67894c32cb 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ export interface Config {
    * requires the provider's `depthLimit` capability (mount fails loud
    * otherwise). The provider checks the calling agent's current depth at every
    * start; the tool remains model-visible so runtime policy owns rejection.
-   * `'provider-managed'` is for an out-of-process provider (ACP) whose
-   * recursion budget belongs to the child harness's own deployment.
+   * `'provider-managed'` is for an out-of-process provider whose recursion
+   * budget belongs to the child runtime or its own deployment.
    */
   maxDepth?: number | 'provider-managed'
 }
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/package.json b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/package.json
index 2aa69b82e1..e1429bffd0 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/package.json
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/package.json
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "^0.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "^0.0.1",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "^0.0.1",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout": "workspace:^",
     "cordis": "^4.0.0-rc.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
index 90d460c2c5..462da41382 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { setTimeout as sleepMs } from 'node:timers/promises'
 import { scrubbedParentEnv } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 import type {
   CollectedOutput,
   SubprocessCollect,
@@ -26,12 +27,12 @@ import type {
 
 /**
  * Build a child environment: explicit caller entries merge after the scrubbed
- * parent base, so a deliberately supplied credential or current `DSH_*` fact
- * wins over the scrub that dropped its ambient namesake.
- * @param extra - explicit caller entries, merged verbatim after the scrub.
+ * parent base. A string deliberately restores or overrides an entry; an
+ * explicit `undefined` tombstone removes an ordinary ambient entry.
+ * @param extra - explicit caller entries and tombstones, merged after the scrub.
  * @returns the environment to hand to `spawn` for the child process.
  */
-export function childEnv(extra?: Readonly<Record<string, string>>): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
+export function childEnv(extra?: Readonly<NodeJS.ProcessEnv>): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
   return { ...scrubbedParentEnv(), ...extra }
 }
 
@@ -298,8 +299,12 @@ function signalTree(
  * @param spec - fully resolved argv, cwd, stdio, grace, cancellation, environment.
  * @param internals - test-only spill-directory, platform, and taskkill overrides.
  * @returns live subprocess handle.
+ * @throws when `graceMs` cannot be represented by one Node timer.
  */
 export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInternals = {}): SubprocessHandle {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(spec.graceMs) || spec.graceMs <= 0 || spec.graceMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
+    throw new Error(`subprocess graceMs must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+  }
   const spillDir = internals.spillDir ?? privateSpillDir()
   const platform = internals.platform ?? process.platform
   const taskkill = internals.taskkill ?? taskkillProcessTree
@@ -341,7 +346,9 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
   const stdoutCollector = collectStream(outMode, child.stdout, 'stdout')
   const stderrCollector = collectStream(errMode, child.stderr, 'stderr')
 
-  let graceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
+  let graceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
+  let treeExitObserved = false
+  let treeExitObservation: Promise<void> | undefined
   let settled = false
 
   // Failed spawns use pid -1 so signalling remains a no-op.
@@ -349,6 +356,9 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
 
   /** Whether the detached tree's root (or POSIX group) is still alive. */
   const treeAlive = (): boolean => {
+    /* v8 ignore next -- only a timer callback already queued when the observer settles can enter here;
+       the guard is the final defense against probing an id after its tree was confirmed absent. */
+    if (treeExitObserved) return false
     if (pid <= 0) return false
     if (platform === 'win32') {
       // Windows has no group-liveness probe; the direct child's exit is the
@@ -371,19 +381,40 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Start or reuse the handle's single whole-tree exit observer. The first
+   * confirmed absence is a permanent no-more-signals boundary: it cancels a
+   * pending escalation before this process-group id can be reused.
+   */
+  const observeTreeExit = (): Promise<void> => {
+    treeExitObservation ??= (async () => {
+      while (treeAlive()) await sleepTick()
+      treeExitObserved = true
+      if (graceTimer !== undefined) clearTimeout(graceTimer)
+      graceTimer = undefined
+    })()
+    return treeExitObservation
+  }
+
   // The escalation's tier primitive (not on the handle — terminate() is the
   // only consumer-facing termination verb). Guards on TREE liveness, not
   // outcome settlement: a TERM-trapping helper can outlive the settled direct
   // child and must stay signalable, while a fully-dead tree (possible pid
   // reuse) must not be re-signalled by a later tier.
   const kill = (sig: NodeJS.Signals): void => {
+    /* v8 ignore next -- the shared exit observer cancels the ordinary dead-tree timer;
+       this remains the timer/death race guard and cannot be staged deterministically. */
     if (!treeAlive()) return
     signalTree(platform, pid, sig, child, taskkill)
   }
 
   const terminate = (): void => {
-    if (graceTimer !== undefined) return // escalation already in flight
-    if (!treeAlive()) return
+    if (treeExitObserved || graceTimer !== undefined) return
+    // Observe from the first termination tier onward, even when inherited
+    // pipes delay `done` and no consumer has begun its own teardown wait.
+    void observeTreeExit()
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unnecessary-condition -- observer can record absence before its first await.
+    if (treeExitObserved) return
     kill('SIGTERM')
     // The escalation must survive direct-child settlement — the leader dying
     // does not mean the tree died — so settle does not clear this timer, and
@@ -405,7 +436,7 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
   }
 
   const done = new Promise<SubprocessOutcome>((resolve, reject) => {
-    let pipeDrainTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
+    let pipeDrainTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
     const settle = (exitCode: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null): void => {
       if (settled) return
       settled = true
@@ -428,7 +459,9 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
       // A surviving descendant that inherited a pipe must not hold the
       // outcome open indefinitely: after exit, the same bounded grace that
       // governs kills also bounds the close wait.
-      pipeDrainTimer = setTimeout(() => { settle(exitCode, signal) }, spec.graceMs)
+      pipeDrainTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        settle(exitCode, signal)
+      }, spec.graceMs)
     })
     child.on('close', settle)
     function cleanup(): void {
@@ -440,11 +473,23 @@ export function spawnSubprocess(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec, internals: SpawnInter
   })
 
   const waitForExit = async (signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<boolean> => {
-    while (treeAlive()) {
-      if (signal?.aborted) return false
-      await sleepTick()
+    const observed = observeTreeExit()
+    if (treeExitObserved) return true
+    if (signal?.aborted) return false
+    if (signal === undefined) {
+      await observed
+      return true
+    }
+    const aborted = Promise.withResolvers<boolean>()
+    const onAbort = (): void => { aborted.resolve(false) }
+    signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true })
+    /* v8 ignore next -- closes the event-loop race between the preceding aborted check and listener registration. */
+    if (signal.aborted) onAbort()
+    try {
+      return await Promise.race([observed.then(() => true), aborted.promise])
+    } finally {
+      signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
     }
-    return true
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tests/spawn.spec.ts b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tests/spawn.spec.ts
index 491756f01f..08b6b1dbf8 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tests/spawn.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tests/spawn.spec.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, statSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { killGroup, OutputCollector, spawnSubprocess, taskkillProcessTree } from '../src/spawn.ts'
+import {
+  killGroup,
+  OutputCollector,
+  spawnSubprocess,
+  taskkillProcessTree,
+} from '../src/spawn.ts'
 import type { SubprocessHandle, SubprocessOutputReader } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess'
+import { MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout'
 
 const { failNextClose, failNextUnlink } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   failNextClose: { value: false },
@@ -102,6 +108,14 @@ async function waitForPidFile(path: string, timeoutMs = 5_000): Promise<number>
 }
 
 describe('spawnSubprocess', () => {
+  it.each([0, -1, Number.NaN, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS + 1])(
+    'rejects an invalid grace before spawning: %s',
+    (graceMs) => {
+      expect(() => spawnSubprocess(spec('true', { graceMs })))
+        .toThrow(`subprocess graceMs must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`)
+    },
+  )
+
   it('captures stdout on success', async () => {
     const result = await finish(spawnSubprocess(spec('echo hello')))
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0)
@@ -164,6 +178,54 @@ describe('spawnSubprocess', () => {
     expect(result.signal).toBe('SIGKILL')
   })
 
+  it('cancels escalation when the terminated group vanishes before collected pipes drain', async () => {
+    const pidFile = join(spillDir, `escaped-pipe-holder-${Date.now()}.pid`)
+    const graceMs = 160
+    const childScript = `
+      const { spawn } = require('node:child_process')
+      const { writeFileSync } = require('node:fs')
+      const helper = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', 'setInterval(() => {}, 1000)'], {
+        detached: true,
+        stdio: ['ignore', 1, 2],
+      })
+      writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(pidFile)}, String(helper.pid))
+      helper.unref()
+      setInterval(() => {}, 1000)
+    `
+    const running = spawnSubprocess({
+      ...spec('unused', { graceMs }),
+      argv: [process.execPath, '-e', childScript],
+    })
+    const helper = await waitForPidFile(pidFile)
+    const realKill: typeof process.kill = process.kill.bind(process)
+    let termAt = 0
+    let forceSignals = 0
+    const killSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation((target, signal) => {
+      if (target !== -running.pid) return realKill(target, signal)
+      if (signal === 'SIGTERM') {
+        termAt = Date.now()
+        return realKill(target, signal)
+      }
+      if (signal === 'SIGKILL') {
+        forceSignals += 1
+        return true
+      }
+      if (signal === 0 && termAt !== 0 && Date.now() - termAt < graceMs / 2) {
+        throw Object.assign(new Error('simulated vanished process group'), { code: 'ESRCH' })
+      }
+      return true // Before TERM the original group is live; later its pgid is reused.
+    })
+    try {
+      running.terminate()
+      await running.done
+      expect(forceSignals).toBe(0)
+    } finally {
+      killSpy.mockRestore()
+      process.kill(helper, 'SIGKILL')
+      await waitGone(helper)
+    }
+  })
+
   it('terminates the whole process group (grandchildren die too)', async () => {
     // The subshell writes the sleep's pid then waits on it; terminating the
     // group must take the sleep down with bash.
@@ -254,6 +316,19 @@ describe('stdin and extra env (set by in-process plugins)', () => {
     expect(result.stdout.text).toBe('alpha/beta\n')
   })
 
+  it('lets an explicit tombstone remove an ordinary ambient env entry', async () => {
+    process.env.SUBPROCESS_TOMBSTONE_PROBE = 'ambient-value'
+    try {
+      const result = await finish(spawnSubprocess(spec(
+        'echo "${SUBPROCESS_TOMBSTONE_PROBE:-absent}"',
+        { env: { SUBPROCESS_TOMBSTONE_PROBE: undefined } },
+      )))
+      expect(result.stdout.text).toBe('absent\n')
+    } finally {
+      delete process.env.SUBPROCESS_TOMBSTONE_PROBE
+    }
+  })
+
   it('an explicit extra env entry overrides the credential scrub', async () => {
     // EXPLICIT_OVERRIDE_PASSWORD matches the credential scrub pattern, yet an explicit
     // entry is still honored — the scrub only drops AMBIENT process.env creds.
@@ -627,7 +702,6 @@ describe('coverage seams', () => {
   it('terminate() after the tree died delivers no termination signal', async () => {
     const running = spawnSubprocess(spec('true'))
     await running.done
-    await running.waitForExit()
     const spy = vi.spyOn(process, 'kill')
     try {
       running.terminate()
@@ -636,6 +710,21 @@ describe('coverage seams', () => {
     } finally {
       spy.mockRestore()
     }
+    await running.waitForExit()
+  })
+
+  it('repeated terminate after exit never probes or signals a reused process group', async () => {
+    const running = spawnSubprocess(spec('sleep 60'))
+    running.terminate()
+    await running.done
+    await running.waitForExit()
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true)
+    try {
+      running.terminate()
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    } finally {
+      spy.mockRestore()
+    }
   })
 
   it('waitForExit on a failed spawn reports exited immediately', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tsconfig.json b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tsconfig.json
index 5a8dea211b..5272a4f78d 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../subprocess"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../util/timeout"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../support/invariants"
     }
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.i18n.yaml
index 88567e6317..b178daafb2 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.md
-README.md: c360437bf2b2b95734f55f6aec46b0cecffb9260
-README.zh.md: 914ab16b40c688867eb20afc3de60a38fd88d42b
+README.md: e59dd96df036826f36bd0286c977438d2d87d1cf
+README.zh.md: e8fb89dfd1f8c41a0caefc96469c13d9ae7d415d
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.md b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.md
index c360437bf2..e59dd96df0 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.md
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ The subprocess seam (`ctx.subprocess`). The abstract `SubprocessService` exposes
 ## Contract
 
 - `spawn(spec)` returns immediately with a live handle; `done` resolves at process close with exit facts (`SubprocessOutcome` carries no output and no cause classification) and rejects only for spawn-level failures.
-- The spec is fully explicit — argv, cwd, per-stream stdio dispositions, grace — because deployment-varying defaults belong to the calling seam's config, not to a hidden subprocess-service default (the `dsh-bash` request/spec split is the owning template). `argv` is never shell-interpreted; a consumer that wants a shell passes `['bash', '-c', command]` itself.
+- The spec is fully explicit — argv, cwd, per-stream stdio dispositions, grace — because deployment-varying defaults belong to the calling seam's config, not to a hidden subprocess-service default (the `dsh-bash` request/spec split is the owning template). Grace must be positive, finite, and no greater than [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md), so the implementation can represent it with one Node timer instead of accepting a value that Node collapses to one millisecond. `argv` is never shell-interpreted; a consumer that wants a shell passes `['bash', '-c', command]` itself.
 - Stdio is Node-shaped per stream: `'pipe'` hands the caller the raw stream for its own protocol framing (LSP JSON-RPC, ACP ndjson), `'inherit'` passes the parent descriptor through for diagnostics, and collect mode (`{ maxBytes, spill? }`) buffers a bounded tail with an optional full-stream spill file. Collect readers take whole-stream byte offsets and never consume, so independent readers cannot steal one another's deltas; a read whose offset slid out of the in-memory tail is `lossy` and points at the spill file when one exists. Collected output stays readable after settlement.
 - Termination is tree-scoped on every platform (POSIX detached groups with direct-child fallback; Windows `taskkill /T`): `terminate()` — the only termination verb — escalates SIGTERM→grace→SIGKILL (idempotent, driven by the spec's abort signal too, a no-op once the tree is gone), and `waitForExit(signal?)` observes whole-tree liveness so a consumer-owned teardown ladder holds each tier on real quiescence — the manager reacts but never classifies why (callers own deadlines, teardown ladders, and cause classification).
-- `scrubbedParentEnv()` / `SENSITIVE_ENV_PATTERN` are the one shared scrub definition: ambient credential-shaped and `DSH_*` names are dropped, and the spec's explicit `env` merges after the scrub with no namespace validation — a deliberately forwarded credential or a current `DSH_*` fact survives precisely because it is an explicit caller opt-in, while the stale ambient namesake never reaches the child. Spawners that cannot route through the service (node-pty backends, SDK-managed transports) import the scrub.
+- `scrubbedParentEnv()` / `SENSITIVE_ENV_PATTERN` are the one shared scrub definition: ambient credential-shaped and `DSH_*` names are dropped, and the spec's explicit `env` merges after the scrub with no namespace validation — a string deliberately forwards or overrides a value, while an `undefined` tombstone removes an ordinary ambient entry. Spawners that cannot route through the service (node-pty backends, SDK-managed transports) import the scrub.
 - Disposal of the service terminates all still-running managed processes and awaits their exit.
 
 See the [subprocess data-structure catalog](../../../docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md) and the [seam Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-26-subprocess-seam.md).
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.zh.md b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.zh.md
index 914ab16b40..e8fb89dfd1 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/README.zh.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 ## 契约
 
 - `spawn(spec)` 立即返回一个活动句柄；`done` 在进程关闭时以退出事实 resolve（`SubprocessOutcome` 不携带输出，也不携带原因分类），仅在 spawn 层面失败时 reject。
-- spec 完全显式（argv、cwd、按流划分的 stdio 处置方式（disposition）、宽限期），因为随部署变化的默认值属于调用方 seam 的配置，而不属于某个隐藏的子进程默认值（`dsh-bash` 的 request/spec 拆分是这条规则的所属模板）。`argv` 绝不经过 shell 解释；需要 shell 的消费方自行传入 `['bash', '-c', command]`。
+- spec 完全显式（argv、cwd、按流划分的 stdio 处置方式（disposition）、宽限期），因为随部署变化的默认值属于调用方 seam 的配置，而不属于某个隐藏的子进程默认值（`dsh-bash` 的 request/spec 拆分是这条规则的所属模板）。宽限期须为正有限值，且不得大于 [`MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`](../../util/timeout/README.md)，这样实现便可用一个 Node 定时器表示它，而不会接受会被 Node 折叠为 1 毫秒的值。`argv` 绝不经过 shell 解释；需要 shell 的消费方自行传入 `['bash', '-c', command]`。
 - stdio 按流采用 Node 风格：`'pipe'` 把原始流交给调用方做自己的协议分帧（LSP 的 JSON-RPC、ACP（Agent Client Protocol）的 ndjson），`'inherit'` 直通父进程描述符以承载诊断输出，收集模式（collect）`{ maxBytes, spill? }` 则缓冲一段有界尾部，外加可选的完整流 spill 文件。收集模式的读取器接受全流字节偏移量且从不消费，因此独立的读取器不会抢走彼此的增量；偏移量滑出内存尾部窗口的读取标记为 `lossy`，并在 spill 文件存在时指向它。收集到的输出在结算后仍可读取。
 - 终止在每个平台上都以进程树为范围（POSIX 用 detached 进程组并以直接子进程回退；Windows 用 `taskkill /T`）：`terminate()`（唯一的终止动词）执行 SIGTERM→宽限期→SIGKILL 升级（幂等，也由 spec 的 abort 信号驱动，进程树消亡后为空操作）；`waitForExit(signal?)` 观察整棵进程树的存活状态，使消费方自有的拆卸阶梯能在真正完全停稳后才进入下一层。管理器只响应中止，但绝不判定原因（deadline、拆卸阶梯与原因分类归调用方所有）。
-- `scrubbedParentEnv()` / `SENSITIVE_ENV_PATTERN` 是唯一一份共享的环境清理定义：环境中形似凭据的名称与 `DSH_*` 名称都会被丢弃，spec 的显式 `env` 在清除之后合并且不做命名空间校验——有意转发的凭据或当前 `DSH_*` 事实之所以能保留下来，正因为它是调用方的显式选择，而陈旧的同名环境值永远到不了子进程。无法把 spawn 路由到该服务的进程启动方（node-pty 后端、由 SDK 管理的传输层）改为导入环境清理函数。
+- `scrubbedParentEnv()` / `SENSITIVE_ENV_PATTERN` 是唯一一份共享的环境清理定义：环境中形似凭据的名称与 `DSH_*` 名称都会被丢弃，spec 的显式 `env` 在清理后合并且不做命名空间校验——字符串会有意转发或覆盖某个值，而 `undefined` tombstone 则会删除普通的环境条目。无法把 spawn 路由到该服务的进程启动方（node-pty 后端、由 SDK 管理的传输层）会导入该环境清理定义。
 - 服务自身的 dispose（资源释放）会终止所有仍在运行的受管进程并等待其退出。
 
 参见[子进程数据结构目录](../../../docs/core-data-structures/subprocess.md)与[seam Agent Note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-26-subprocess-seam.md)。
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/src/types.ts b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/src/types.ts
index fdfc44b3c2..6084cc8c8e 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess/src/types.ts
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ export interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   /** Per-stream stdio dispositions. */
   stdio: SubprocessStdio
   /**
-   * Grace period in milliseconds for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate}
-   * escalation and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process
-   * exits (an inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold
-   * the outcome open indefinitely).
+   * Positive finite grace period in milliseconds, no greater than
+   * `MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS`, for the {@link SubprocessHandle.terminate} escalation
+   * and for draining still-open collected pipes after the process exits (an
+   * inherited descriptor held by a surviving descendant cannot hold the
+   * outcome open indefinitely).
    */
   graceMs: number
   /**
@@ -94,13 +95,12 @@ export interface SubprocessSpawnSpec {
   signal?: AbortSignal | undefined
   /**
    * Explicit environment entries merged onto the implementation's scrubbed
-   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation:
-   * every entry is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded
-   * credential-shaped entry or a current `DSH_*` fact survives precisely
-   * because this layer merges after the scrub that drops its ambient
-   * namesake.
+   * parent base (see `scrubbedParentEnv`), with no namespace validation. A
+   * string is a deliberate caller opt-in, so a forwarded credential-shaped
+   * entry or current `DSH_*` fact survives the scrub; `undefined` is a
+   * tombstone that removes an ordinary ambient entry from the child.
    */
-  env?: Record<string, string> | undefined
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/src/coordinator.ts b/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/src/coordinator.ts
index 0bebbcc561..5cc17ddb79 100644
--- a/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/src/coordinator.ts
+++ b/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/src/coordinator.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class TelemetryCoordinator {
         this.hintFlush(session)
       })
     })
-    ctx.on('agent/error', (agent, turn, step, error) => {
+    ctx.on('agent/error', ({ agent, turn, step, error }) => {
       this.contain(() => {
         this.relayAgentError(agent, turn, step, error)
       })
diff --git a/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/tests/telemetry.spec.ts b/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/tests/telemetry.spec.ts
index 02ca434c0d..8bdf71ff7b 100644
--- a/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/tests/telemetry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/telemetry/session-telemetry/tests/telemetry.spec.ts
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ describe('TelemetryCoordinator lifecycle and containment', () => {
     const session = liveSession(ctx, 'erring')
     // Only the members the relay reads; the full Agent surface is irrelevant here.
     const agent = { id: 'agent-1', session } as Agent
-    ctx.emit('agent/error', agent, 3, 2, error)
+    ctx.emit('agent/error', { agent, turn: 3, step: 2, error })
     const record = backend.records.find(r => r.channel === 'ops')!
     expect(record.severity).toBe('error')
     expect(record.attributes).toMatchObject({
diff --git a/packages/todo/tool-todo/tests/integration.spec.ts b/packages/todo/tool-todo/tests/integration.spec.ts
index aff2958de3..f8be1ec27f 100644
--- a/packages/todo/tool-todo/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/todo/tool-todo/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async function harness(adapter: MockAdapter): Promise<Context> {
 
 function waitForIdle(ctx: Context, agent: Agent): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', (subject, status) => {
+    const dispose = ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent: subject, status }) => {
       if (subject === agent && status === 'idle') {
         dispose()
         resolve()
diff --git a/packages/typert/generator/src/analyzer.ts b/packages/typert/generator/src/analyzer.ts
index e0e04a4fa1..005b8e2157 100644
--- a/packages/typert/generator/src/analyzer.ts
+++ b/packages/typert/generator/src/analyzer.ts
@@ -686,7 +686,9 @@ class FaceAnalyzer {
     const records: ExportRecord[] = []
     for (const [subpath, target] of targets) {
       if (target.includes('*') || subpath === './package.json'
-        || subpath === './typert' || subpath === './client/typert' || target.endsWith('.json')) continue
+        || subpath === './typert' || subpath === './client/typert'
+        // Data exports (bundle patch lists, JSON manifests) carry no TypeScript API.
+        || target.endsWith('.json') || target.endsWith('.yml') || target.endsWith('.yaml')) continue
       const sourcePath = sourcePathForExport(registration.root, target)
       const sourceFile = this.sourceFiles.get(realPath(sourcePath))
       if (sourceFile === undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.i18n.yaml
index 09d621691f..398ec6e923 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/ui/app-boot/README.md
-README.md: fbdd4c1332a1cc52f15a8ce28264ea16d47fc552
-README.zh.md: b67fb126ea477acf2e79f5bc1d695a5fc9ca8c82
+README.md: cdd78047b6ad71148c6ebeba598b63b4ae4cfa7b
+README.zh.md: ee2b07884e68510e2b59b9f2c27053c263d15f1a
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.md b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.md
index fbdd4c1332..cdd78047b6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.md
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.md
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Shared boot glue for the app bins ([`dsh`](../../../apps/cli/README.md), [`dsh-c
 | `FAIL_LOUD_RELEASE_TIMEOUT_MS` | How long `installFailLoud` waits for its `release` hook; a wedged disposer delays the fatal exit, never cancels it |
 | `assertEntriesLoaded(ctx, binName)` | Throw when a settled tree holds an enabled entry with no fiber, reporting every unresolved plugin name as a Cordis startup failure |
 | `assertEntriesActivated(ctx, binName)` | Include the `assertEntriesLoaded` check, then await every enabled entry after the Loader settles; throw with each failed plugin's original stack or each pending plugin's unresolved services |
-| `loadPersonalPatches(binName, dir?)` | Parse the optional `config.yaml` in the Harness home (default [`resolveDshHome()`](../../util/paths/README.md): `$DSH_HOME`, else `~/.dsh`) — a top-level YAML array of include `PatchOptions` (id-targeted config overrides, `insert` lists, `!!js` allowed); absent file → `undefined`, an unreadable/unparsable/non-array file throws |
-| `loadOverlayPatches(binName, file)` | Parse a required patch-list file with the same shape as personal config; read or parse failures throw a labelled error |
-| `mountRootInclude(ctx, absoluteConfigPath, patches?)` | Mount the statically imported Include builtin and retain the exact root entry used by personal-config HMR |
-| `watchPersonalPatches(ctx, options)` | Register `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml` with the existing Cordis HMR service; each add/change/removal transactionally recomposes the full patch list through the caller's `compose` closure (app-owned layers around the current personal overlay) and returns an async disposer |
+| `loadOptionalPatches(binName, file)` | Parse an optional patch-list file (a profile's `cordis.patch.yml`) — a top-level YAML array of include `PatchOptions` (id-targeted config overrides, `insert` lists, `!!js` allowed); absent file → `undefined`, an unreadable/unparsable/non-array file throws |
+| `loadOverlayPatches(binName, file)` | Parse a required patch-list file with the same shape; a missing file also throws, because the caller named it |
+| `mountRootInclude(ctx, absoluteConfigPath, patches?)` | Mount the statically imported Include builtin and retain the exact root entry used by user patch-layer HMR |
+| `watchUserPatches(ctx, options)` | Register the named patch file with the existing Cordis HMR service; each add/change/removal transactionally recomposes the full patch list through the caller's `compose` closure (app-owned layers around the current user layer) and returns an async disposer |
+| `resolveProfileDir` / `initProfile` / `loadProfile` / `readProfileManifest` / `writeProfileManifest` / `resolveBundleDir` / `composeEntries` / `healProfilesModuleFallback` / `PROFILE_TEMPLATES` / `DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES` / `PROFILES_DIR` / `PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME` | Profile machinery (see [Profiles](#profiles)) |
 | `boot(binName, absoluteConfigPath, patches?, prepare?)` | Create the root context, expose `dshHomePath(...segments)` to Loader `!!js` config expressions, install Loader, run optional host preparation before config-tree entries mount (`prepare` may use Loader and provide launcher-owned context slots), then mount and await the include tree, assert entries loaded and activated, and return the root context — or dispose the partial context and reject a labelled error |
 | `renderConfigDump(binName, absoluteConfigPath, layers, warn?)` | Compose the base config and labeled overlay layers offline — the include's own parser and patch algorithm (`entryListSchema`/`applyEntryPatches`), so the result equals what `boot()` mounts — and render YAML with `!!js` expressions verbatim; each run of same-provenance rows is preceded by a `# ==` comment naming the contributing file and the layers that patched it, keeping the output one loadable document; a patch matching no row goes to `warn` with its layer label (default: one stderr line), read/parse/shape failures throw |
 | `addHarnessSourceSection(ctx, sourceRoot)` | Add a global `harness:source` prompt section (ordered just after the harness identity, before the persona) telling the agent the on-disk path to the DSH implementation checkout while warning it not to infer the current working directory from that path and to use `pwd` instead; a no-op returning `undefined` when the booted tree has no `systemPrompt` service. The section is registered against that service's fiber, so a dev HMR reload of the system prompt drops it until the next boot |
@@ -29,14 +30,16 @@ Bare plugin specifiers in a config (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-*`, npm packages) resolve
 
 This package carries no loader hooks and no dev-mode surface. The [`dsh` app](../../../apps/cli/README.md) owns its Node source-launch hook and consumes these helpers for the boot sequence; built consumers continue to use plain Node package resolution.
 
-## Personal config
+## Profiles
 
-A developer's machine-local preferences live outside every repository in the Harness home (default `~/.dsh`, overridable via `$DSH_HOME`; the single root [`resolveDshHome`](../../util/paths/README.md) resolves), consumed by the `dsh` CLI's Web and headless modes ([`apps/cli`](../../../apps/cli/README.md)); raw config mode and the demo bins boot their named trees without this layer. Two optional files:
+A profile is a directory under `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` (the Harness home resolves through [`resolveDshHome`](../../util/paths/README.md): `$DSH_HOME`, else `~/.dsh`) holding a `package.json` — out-of-tree plugin `dependencies` plus the profile manifest `dsh.profile` with its ordered `bundles` layer list — and the user's own `cordis.patch.yml`. A bundle is an npm package whose manifest declares `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }`; `loadProfile` resolves each `dsh.profile.bundles` name two-anchored (the dsh installation first, then the profile directory) and fails loud on a listed package without a bundle declaration. `composeEntries` applies patch layers over an empty entry list through the include's own `applyEntryPatches`, so composition, flag derivation, and config dumps can never drift from what boots. `healProfilesModuleFallback` maintains the flat `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` directory — one symlink per package the installation's app and bundles depend on — so bare plugin names in any profile resolve through Node's ordinary parent-walk without pnpm ever managing in-box packages. `PROFILE_TEMPLATES` (`web`, `headless`) auto-initialize on first use; other names fail loud until `initProfile` creates them (the `dsh plugin` path).
+
+User-level machine-local preferences also live in the Harness home:
 
 - **`.env`** — the credential store of [`dsh-credentials-local`](../../credentials/credentials-local/README.md), read by that provider alone. No surface hoists it into `process.env`: doing so would make every stored key look like a read-only launch override on the next run, blocking rotation from the Web settings page. The environment layers are the ambient one and the invoking directory's `.env` (loaded by the bin; `process.loadEnvFile` never overrides), and a composition without the credential provider keeps resolving keys from those alone.
-- **`config.yaml`** — loader overlay patches applied over the shipped default config, with the same semantics as the shipped surface overlays: an id-targeted patch replaces the named entry's whole `config` (restate unchanged fields), `insert` adds entries, and `!!js` expressions interpolate at mount. A patch naming an entry id absent from the booted tree is a silent no-op. An empty or comments-only file throws (it parses to nothing, not to a list); disable the overlay with `[]` or by deleting the file.
+- **`cordis.patch.yml`** (home level) and **`profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`** — the user patch layers, applied after every bundle layer (per-profile first, then the home-level file, which therefore outranks it): an id-targeted patch replaces the named entry's whole `config` (restate unchanged fields), `insert` adds entries, and `!!js` expressions interpolate at mount. A patch naming an entry id absent from the composed tree is a stderr warning. An empty or comments-only file throws (it parses to nothing, not to a list); disable the layer with `[]`.
 
-Web keeps `config.yaml` live through `watchPersonalPatches`; one-shot headless runs read only the startup value. The watcher targets the exact personal path even when the file or immediate parent does not exist, serializes bursts, and recomposes the personal patches inside the caller's layer order (surface overlay below, app-generated patches above). A rejected read, parse, or Loader candidate leaves the last good tree running and the HMR service broadcasts `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, Error)` after logging it; observer failures are contained. Disposing the context closes the watcher and drains an active refresh.
+Long-lived surfaces keep `cordis.patch.yml` live through `watchUserPatches`; one-shot runs read only the startup value. The watcher targets the exact path even when the file or immediate parent does not exist, serializes bursts, and recomposes the user patches inside the caller's layer order (bundle layers below, overlay/flag patches above). A rejected read, parse, or Loader candidate leaves the last good tree running and the HMR service broadcasts `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, Error)` after logging it; observer failures are contained. Disposing the context closes the watcher and drains an active refresh.
 
 ## Model Experience
 
@@ -51,4 +54,4 @@ No direct invalidation from `boot()`; a consumer that calls `addHarnessSourceSec
 - **Bare package specifiers depend on Loader internals** — production bins need Loader's optional native helper; an in-process caller without it must use resolvable relative/file specifiers or provide its own module-resolution hook.
 - **Snapshot replay swapping is basename-specific** — only a config ending in `cordis.yml` or `cordis.yaml` maps to the sibling `cordis.snapshot.yml`; custom config names require caller-managed selection.
 - **Environment loading is cwd-scoped and optional** — the helper loads one `.env` file and warns on failure; it does not search parents, merge profiles, or validate required variables.
-- **Personal config is patch-shaped** — an id-targeted patch replaces the entry's whole `config` rather than deep-merging, so a personal override restates the base fields it keeps.
+- **User patch layers are patch-shaped** — an id-targeted patch replaces the entry's whole `config` rather than deep-merging, so a profile override restates the bundle fields it keeps.
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.zh.md b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.zh.md
index b67fb126ea..ee2b07884e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/README.zh.md
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 | `FAIL_LOUD_RELEASE_TIMEOUT_MS` | `installFailLoud` 等待其 `release` 回调的时长；卡住的 disposer 只会延迟致命退出，而不会取消它 |
 | `assertEntriesLoaded(ctx, binName)` | 树结算后，如果其中存在已启用但没有 fiber 的条目，则抛出异常，并以 Cordis 启动故障的形式报告每个未解析插件的名称 |
 | `assertEntriesActivated(ctx, binName)` | 先执行 `assertEntriesLoaded` 检查，再在 Loader 结算后等待每个已启用配置项；抛出的错误包含每个失败插件的原始错误堆栈，或每个等待中插件尚未解析的服务 |
-| `loadPersonalPatches(binName, dir?)` | 解析 Harness home 中可选的 `config.yaml`（默认使用 [`resolveDshHome()`](../../util/paths/README.md)：先取 `$DSH_HOME`，否则取 `~/.dsh`）：其顶层是一个 YAML 数组，内容为 include 的 `PatchOptions`（按 id 定位的配置覆盖、`insert` 列表，允许 `!!js`）；文件不存在时返回 `undefined`，文件不可读、不可解析或内容不是数组时抛出异常 |
-| `loadOverlayPatches(binName, file)` | 解析一份必需的 patch 列表文件，其形状与个人配置相同；读取或解析失败时抛出带标签的错误 |
-| `mountRootInclude(ctx, absoluteConfigPath, patches?)` | 挂载静态导入的 Include builtin，并保留个人配置 HMR（热模块替换）使用的确切根配置项 |
-| `watchPersonalPatches(ctx, options)` | 向现有 Cordis HMR 服务注册 `$DSH_HOME/config.yaml`；每次新增、变更或移除都会通过调用方的 `compose` 闭包（应用自有层围绕当前个人 overlay）以事务方式重新组合完整 patch 列表，并返回异步 disposer |
+| `loadOptionalPatches(binName, file)` | 解析一份可选的 patch 列表文件（即 profile 的 `cordis.patch.yml`）：其顶层是一个 YAML 数组，内容为 include 的 `PatchOptions`（按 id 定位的配置覆盖、`insert` 列表，允许 `!!js`）；文件不存在时返回 `undefined`，文件不可读、不可解析或内容不是数组时抛出异常 |
+| `loadOverlayPatches(binName, file)` | 解析一份形状相同的必需 patch 列表文件；文件缺失同样抛出异常，因为该文件是调用方指名的 |
+| `mountRootInclude(ctx, absoluteConfigPath, patches?)` | 挂载静态导入的 Include builtin，并保留用户 patch 层 HMR（热模块替换）使用的确切根配置项 |
+| `watchUserPatches(ctx, options)` | 向现有 Cordis HMR 服务注册指名的 patch 文件；每次新增、变更或移除都会通过调用方的 `compose` 闭包（应用自有层围绕当前用户层）以事务方式重新组合完整 patch 列表，并返回异步 disposer |
+| `resolveProfileDir` / `initProfile` / `loadProfile` / `readProfileManifest` / `writeProfileManifest` / `resolveBundleDir` / `composeEntries` / `healProfilesModuleFallback` / `PROFILE_TEMPLATES` / `DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES` / `PROFILES_DIR` / `PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME` | Profile 机制（见 [Profile](#profiles)） |
 | `boot(binName, absoluteConfigPath, patches?, prepare?)` | 创建根上下文，向 Loader `!!js` 配置表达式暴露 `dshHomePath(...segments)` 并安装 Loader，在配置树条目挂载前执行可选的宿主准备操作（`prepare` 可以使用 Loader，也可以提供由启动器拥有的上下文插槽），再挂载并等待 include 树结算，断言所有条目均已加载并激活，最后返回根上下文——失败时 dispose（资源释放）部分构造的上下文，并以带标签的错误 reject |
 | `renderConfigDump(binName, absoluteConfigPath, layers, warn?)` | 离线合成基础配置与带标签的覆盖层——使用 include 自己的解析器和补丁算法（`entryListSchema`/`applyEntryPatches`），因此结果与 `boot()` 挂载的内容一致——并渲染为 YAML，`!!js` 表达式原样保留；每段来源相同的连续行之前都有一条 `# ==` 注释，标明贡献该段的文件以及修补过它的层，输出仍是一份可加载的文档；未匹配到行的补丁连同其层标签交给 `warn`（默认：一行 stderr），读取／解析／形状失败则抛出 |
 | `addHarnessSourceSection(ctx, sourceRoot)` | 添加全局 `harness:source` 提示词段落（顺序紧随 harness 身份、位于 persona 之前），告知 agent（智能体）DSH 实现代码 checkout 的磁盘路径，同时提醒它不得据此推断当前工作目录，而应使用 `pwd`；如果已启动树没有此项服务，则不执行操作并返回 `undefined`。这里的服务是 `systemPrompt`；该段落注册到它的 fiber，因此开发环境 HMR（热模块替换）重新加载系统提示词后，它会消失直至下次启动 |
@@ -29,14 +30,16 @@ Loader 并发挂载各个条目，因此当其他环节失败时，某个界面
 
 此包不包含 loader 钩子，也不提供开发模式接口。[`dsh` 应用](../../../apps/cli/README.md)持有自己的 Node 源码启动钩子，并在启动序列中使用这些 helper；构建后的消费方仍使用普通 Node 包解析。
 
-## 个人配置
+## Profile
 
-开发者的机器本地偏好位于所有仓库之外的 Harness home 中（默认 `~/.dsh`，可由 `$DSH_HOME` 覆盖；统一由根级 [`resolveDshHome`](../../util/paths/README.md) 解析），并由 `dsh` CLI（命令行界面）的 Web 与 headless 模式（[`apps/cli`](../../../apps/cli/README.md)）使用；原始配置模式与 demo bin 会在不加该层的情况下启动指定的配置树。这里有两个可选文件：
+profile 是位于 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 下的目录（Harness home 由 [`resolveDshHome`](../../util/paths/README.md) 解析：先取 `$DSH_HOME`，否则取 `~/.dsh`），其中包含一个 `package.json`（树外插件 `dependencies`，加上 profile manifest `dsh.profile` 及其有序的 `bundles` 层列表）和用户自己的 `cordis.patch.yml`。组合包是在 manifest 中声明 `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }` 的 npm 包；`loadProfile` 以双锚点解析每个 `dsh.profile.bundles` 名称（先从 dsh 安装目录，再从 profile 目录），列出的包若没有组合包声明则大声失败。`composeEntries` 通过 include 自己的 `applyEntryPatches` 在空条目列表之上应用各 patch 层，因此组合、标志推导和配置 dump 绝不会与实际启动内容发生偏离。`healProfilesModuleFallback` 维护扁平的 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` 目录（安装目录的应用与各组合包依赖的每个包对应一个符号链接），使任意 profile 中的裸插件名都能经 Node 常规的逐级向上查找解析，而 pnpm 从不管理随安装内置的包。`PROFILE_TEMPLATES`（`web`、`headless`）在首次使用时自动初始化；其他名称在 `initProfile` 创建之前都会大声失败（即 `dsh plugin` 路径）。
+
+用户级的机器本地偏好同样位于 Harness home 中：
 
 - **`.env`**：[`dsh-credentials-local`](../../credentials/credentials-local/README.md) 的凭据存储，只由该 provider 读取。没有任何表层会把它提升进 `process.env`：那样做会让每个已存密钥在下次运行时看起来都像只读的启动时覆盖，从而阻断从 Web 设置页面轮换密钥。环境层次由环境中的值与调用目录的 `.env` 构成（由 bin 加载；`process.loadEnvFile` 从不覆盖已有值），没有凭据 provider 的组合仍然只从这两者解析密钥。
-- **`config.yaml`**：在发布的默认配置上应用 Loader overlay patch，语义与交付的 surface overlay 相同：按 id 定位的 patch 会替换对应条目的整个 `config`（未改字段也要重述），`insert` 会添加条目，`!!js` 表达式则在挂载时插值。如果 patch 指定的条目 id 不在已启动树中，则静默不执行任何操作。空文件或仅含注释的文件会抛出异常（其解析结果为空，而不是列表）；如需禁用 overlay，请使用 `[]` 或删除该文件。
+- **`cordis.patch.yml`**（home 级）与 **`profiles/<name>/cordis.patch.yml`**：用户 patch 层，应用在所有组合包层之后（先应用逐 profile 的文件，再应用 home 级文件，因此后者优先级更高）：按 id 定位的 patch 会替换对应条目的整个 `config`（未改字段也要重述），`insert` 会添加条目，`!!js` 表达式则在挂载时插值。如果 patch 指定的条目 id 不在组合后的树中，则输出一条 stderr 警告。空文件或仅含注释的文件会抛出异常（其解析结果为空，而不是列表）；如需禁用该层，请使用 `[]`。
 
-Web 会持续应用 `config.yaml` 的变更，具体由 `watchPersonalPatches` 负责；一次性无头运行只读取启动时的值。即使该文件或其直接父目录不存在，watcher 仍会监视确切的个人配置路径；它会串行处理突发变更，并按调用方的层次顺序重新组合个人 patch（surface overlay 在下、应用生成的 patch 在上）。读取失败、解析失败或 Loader 候选被拒时，最后一个可用树会继续运行；HMR 服务记录错误后广播 `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, Error)`，并隔离 observer 失败。上下文 dispose 时会关闭 watcher，并等待进行中的刷新结束。
+长期运行的 surface 会持续应用 `cordis.patch.yml` 的变更，具体由 `watchUserPatches` 负责；一次性运行只读取启动时的值。即使该文件或其直接父目录不存在，watcher 仍会监视确切路径；它会串行处理突发变更，并按调用方的层次顺序重新组合用户 patch（组合包层在下、overlay／标志 patch 在上）。读取失败、解析失败或 Loader 候选被拒时，最后一个可用树会继续运行；HMR 服务记录错误后广播 `hmr/config-update-failed(filename, Error)`，并隔离 observer 失败。上下文 dispose 时会关闭 watcher，并等待进行中的刷新结束。
 
 ## 模型体验
 
@@ -51,4 +54,4 @@ Web 会持续应用 `config.yaml` 的变更，具体由 `watchPersonalPatches` 
 - **裸包 specifier 依赖 Loader 内部机制**：生产 bin 需要 Loader 的可选原生 helper；没有该 helper 的进程内调用方必须使用可解析的相对／file specifier，或提供自己的模块解析钩子。
 - **快照回放替换仅识别特定 basename**：只有以 `cordis.yml` 或 `cordis.yaml` 结尾的配置会映射到同级 `cordis.snapshot.yml`；自定义配置名称需要调用方自行选择。
 - **环境加载局限于 cwd 且为可选操作**：helper 只加载一个 `.env` 文件，并在失败时发出警告；它不会搜索父目录、合并 profile 或验证必需变量。
-- **个人配置采用 patch 形式**：按 id 定位的 patch 会替换条目的整个 `config`，而不是深度合并，因此个人覆盖必须重述需要保留的基础字段。
+- **用户 patch 层采用 patch 形式**：按 id 定位的 patch 会替换条目的整个 `config`，而不是深度合并，因此 profile 覆盖必须重述需要保留的组合包字段。
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts b/packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts
index 2e5a133f00..e14b249f5c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/src/index.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 /**
  * Shared boot glue for the app bins (`dsh`, `dsh-cli-demo`, `dsh-acp-demo`): load the gitignored
  * `.env`, install the fail-loud Loader guards, resolve the config path (snapshot-aware), load the
- * optional personal overlay patches from the Harness home (`~/.dsh`), expose its path resolver to
+ * optional user patch layers from the Harness home (`~/.dsh`), expose its path resolver to
  * config expressions, and drive the Cordis Loader against a leaf `cordis.yml` until the tree settles.
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot
  */
 
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { basename, dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'
 import { Context, type FiberState } from 'cordis'
 import Loader, { type Entry, type EntryOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
 import Include, { applyEntryPatches, entryListSchema, type PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
-import { dshHomePath, resolveDshHome } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
+import { dshHomePath } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
 import type {} from '@cordisjs/plugin-hmr'
 // Side-effect type import: resolves `ctx.get('systemPrompt')` to the service.
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@ declare module 'cordis' {
   }
 }
 
+export {
+  composeEntries,
+  DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES,
+  healProfilesModuleFallback,
+  initProfile,
+  loadProfile,
+  PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME,
+  PROFILE_TEMPLATES,
+  PROFILES_DIR,
+  readProfileManifest,
+  resolveBundleDir,
+  resolveProfileDir,
+  writeProfileManifest,
+  type DshBundleManifest,
+  type DshManifestSection,
+  type DshProfileManifest,
+  type Profile,
+  type ProfileLayer,
+  type ProfileManifest,
+} from './profile.ts'
+
 /**
  * Resolve the config to boot. Replay swaps a `cordis.yml` basename for
  * `cordis.snapshot.yml` in the same directory; every other mode keeps the path.
@@ -65,49 +86,100 @@ export function loadEnv(
   }
 }
 
-/** File inside the Harness home holding the personal loader overlay patches. */
-export const PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME = 'config.yaml'
-
 const bootstrapIncludes = new WeakMap<Context, Entry>()
 
 // The include's YAML dialect (`!!js` scalars become expression nodes the
 // Loader interpolates against each entry's context at mount time), imported
 // from the include itself so patch parsing and config dumping can never drift
-// from what the include mounts. Personal patches share it so they may
+// from what the include mounts. User patch layers share it so they may
 // reference `process.env`.
-const personalPatchesSchema = entryListSchema
+const userPatchesSchema = entryListSchema
+
+/** Options for live user patch-layer reconciliation. */
+export interface UserPatchWatchOptions {
+  /** Diagnostic prefix used by {@link loadOptionalPatches}. */
+  binName: string
+  /** Absolute path of the watched patch file (a profile's `cordis.patch.yml`). */
+  filename: string
+  /**
+   * Compose the full patch list for a fresh user-layer generation —
+   * the same composition the app booted with, so a reload can interleave the
+   * new user patches between app-owned layers (bundle layers below,
+   * overlay/flag patches above). Identity when omitted: the user layer
+   * is the whole patch list.
+   */
+  compose?: (userPatches: PatchOptions[]) => PatchOptions[]
+}
 
 /**
- * Load the optional personal overlay patches (`config.yaml` under the Harness
- * home). The file is a top-level YAML array of loader patch entries
- * (`@cordisjs/plugin-include`'s `PatchOptions`): id-targeted config overrides
- * and `insert` lists, with `!!js` expressions allowed. A missing file means
- * "no personal overlay"; an unreadable, unparsable, or non-array file throws —
- * a present personal config that cannot apply is a misconfiguration and must
- * fail loud at boot, never be silently skipped.
+ * Watch the user patch layer through Cordis HMR and transactionally reapply it to the boot include.
+ * @param ctx - settled app context containing the root Include and an active HMR service.
+ * @param options - diagnostic, file, and patch-composition inputs.
+ * @returns an asynchronous disposer after the exact-path watcher is ready.
+ * @throws when HMR or the root Include is absent, watcher setup fails, or initial path resolution fails.
+ */
+export async function watchUserPatches(
+  ctx: Context,
+  options: UserPatchWatchOptions,
+): Promise<() => Promise<void>> {
+  const { binName, filename, compose = (patches: PatchOptions[]) => patches } = options
+  const hmr = ctx.get('hmr')
+  if (hmr === undefined) throw new Error(`${binName}: user patch-layer watching requires the Cordis HMR service`)
+  const entry = bootstrapIncludes.get(ctx)
+  if (entry === undefined) throw new Error(`${binName}: user patch-layer watching requires the root Include entry`)
+  const register = hmr.registerConfig(filename, async () => {
+    // Re-read the include's non-patch options per refresh: a writer that
+    // updates the root Include's other options between refreshes (none exists
+    // today) must not have them silently reverted by a user-layer reload.
+    const { patches: _previousPatches, ...includeConfig } = entry.options.config as Include.Config
+    const userPatches = loadOptionalPatches(binName, filename) ?? []
+    const patches = compose(userPatches)
+    await entry.update({
+      config: {
+        ...includeConfig,
+        patches,
+      },
+    })
+  })
+  try {
+    return await register
+  } catch (error) {
+    // A surface can dispose the whole tree while the watcher is still opening;
+    // the HMR effect registration then fails with INACTIVE_EFFECT. That is the
+    // app exiting exactly as asked, not a watch failure, so return a no-op
+    // disposer instead of crashing.
+    if ((error as { code?: string } | null)?.code === 'INACTIVE_EFFECT') return async () => {}
+    throw error
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load an optional patch-list file: a top-level YAML array of loader patch
+ * entries (`@cordisjs/plugin-include`'s `PatchOptions`): id-targeted config
+ * overrides and `insert` lists, with `!!js` expressions allowed. A missing
+ * file means "no layer"; an unreadable, unparsable, or non-array file throws —
+ * a present patch file that cannot apply is a misconfiguration and must fail
+ * loud at boot, never be silently skipped.
  * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
- * @param dir - the Harness home; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome} (`$DSH_HOME` or `~/.dsh`).
+ * @param file - absolute path of the patch file.
  * @returns the parsed patches, or `undefined` when the file does not exist.
  */
-export function loadPersonalPatches(
-  binName: string, dir: string = resolveDshHome(),
-): PatchOptions[] | undefined {
-  const file = join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+export function loadOptionalPatches(binName: string, file: string): PatchOptions[] | undefined {
   let content: string
   try {
     content = readFileSync(file, 'utf8')
   } catch (error) {
     if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException | null)?.code === 'ENOENT') return undefined
-    throw new Error(`${binName}: failed to read personal patches ${file}: ${String(error)}`)
+    throw new Error(`${binName}: failed to read patches ${file}: ${String(error)}`)
   }
-  return parsePatchList(binName, file, content, 'personal patches')
+  return parsePatchList(binName, file, content, 'patches')
 }
 
 /**
- * Load a required overlay patch list: a surface overlay (`tui.cordis.yml`) or a
- * `--config <path>` overlay applied over the shared base. Same file format as
- * {@link loadPersonalPatches}, but a missing file throws, because the caller
- * named this file — its absence is a misconfiguration, not "no overlay".
+ * Load a required overlay patch list: a bundle's `cordis.patch.yml` or a
+ * `--patch <path>` overlay. Same file format as {@link loadOptionalPatches},
+ * but a missing file throws, because the caller named this file — its absence
+ * is a misconfiguration, not "no overlay".
  * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
  * @param file - absolute path of the overlay file.
  * @returns the parsed patch list.
@@ -121,7 +193,6 @@ export function loadOverlayPatches(binName: string, file: string): PatchOptions[
   }
   return parsePatchList(binName, file, content, 'overlay')
 }
-
 /**
  * Parse one loader patch list: a top-level YAML array of
  * `@cordisjs/plugin-include` `PatchOptions` (id-targeted config overrides and
@@ -132,7 +203,7 @@ export function loadOverlayPatches(binName: string, file: string): PatchOptions[
  * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
  * @param file - the source path, quoted in errors.
  * @param content - the file's text.
- * @param label - what to call this list in errors (`personal patches`, `overlay`).
+ * @param label - what to call this list in errors (`patches`, `overlay`).
  * @returns the parsed patch list.
  */
 function parsePatchList(
@@ -140,7 +211,7 @@ function parsePatchList(
 ): PatchOptions[] {
   let parsed: unknown
   try {
-    parsed = yaml.load(content, { schema: personalPatchesSchema })
+    parsed = yaml.load(content, { schema: userPatchesSchema })
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(`${binName}: failed to parse ${label} ${file}: ${String(error)}`)
   }
@@ -159,7 +230,7 @@ function parsePatchList(
 export interface ConfigDumpLayer {
   /** Source name shown in provenance comments (a file basename or path). */
   label: string
-  /** The layer's patches, from {@link loadOverlayPatches} / {@link loadPersonalPatches}. */
+  /** The layer's patches, from {@link loadOverlayPatches} / {@link loadOptionalPatches}. */
   patches: PatchOptions[]
 }
 
@@ -290,70 +361,11 @@ function groupedDump(
   return lines.join('\n') + '\n'
 }
 
-/** Options for live personal-config reconciliation. */
-export interface PersonalPatchWatchOptions {
-  /** Diagnostic prefix used by {@link loadPersonalPatches}. */
-  binName: string
-  /** Harness home containing `config.yaml`; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome}. */
-  dir?: string
-  /**
-   * Compose the full patch list for a fresh personal-overlay generation —
-   * the same composition the app booted with, so a reload can interleave the
-   * new personal patches between app-owned layers (surface overlay below,
-   * profile/flag patches above). Identity when omitted: the personal overlay
-   * is the whole patch list.
-   */
-  compose?: (personalPatches: PatchOptions[]) => PatchOptions[]
-}
-
 /**
- * Watch the personal overlay through Cordis HMR and transactionally reapply it to the boot include.
- * @param ctx - settled app context containing the root Include and an active HMR service.
- * @param options - diagnostic, Harness-home, and patch-composition inputs.
- * @returns an asynchronous disposer after the exact-path watcher is ready.
- * @throws when HMR or the root Include is absent, watcher setup fails, or initial path resolution fails.
- */
-export async function watchPersonalPatches(
-  ctx: Context,
-  options: PersonalPatchWatchOptions,
-): Promise<() => Promise<void>> {
-  const { binName, dir = resolveDshHome(), compose = (patches: PatchOptions[]) => patches } = options
-  const hmr = ctx.get('hmr')
-  if (hmr === undefined) throw new Error(`${binName}: personal config watching requires the Cordis HMR service`)
-  const entry = bootstrapIncludes.get(ctx)
-  if (entry === undefined) throw new Error(`${binName}: personal config watching requires the root Include entry`)
-  const filename = join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME)
-  const register = hmr.registerConfig(filename, async () => {
-    // Re-read the include's non-patch options per refresh: a writer that
-    // updates the root Include's other options between refreshes (none exists
-    // today) must not have them silently reverted by a personal reload.
-    const { patches: _previousPatches, ...includeConfig } = entry.options.config as Include.Config
-    const personalPatches = loadPersonalPatches(binName, dir) ?? []
-    const patches = compose(personalPatches)
-    await entry.update({
-      config: {
-        ...includeConfig,
-        patches,
-      },
-    })
-  })
-  try {
-    return await register
-  } catch (error) {
-    // A surface can dispose the whole tree while the watcher is still opening;
-    // the HMR effect registration then fails with INACTIVE_EFFECT. That is the
-    // app exiting exactly as asked, not a watch failure, so return a no-op
-    // disposer instead of crashing.
-    if ((error as { code?: string } | null)?.code === 'INACTIVE_EFFECT') return async () => {}
-    throw error
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Mount and remember the exact root Include entry used by app boot and personal-config HMR.
+ * Mount and remember the exact root Include entry used by app boot and user patch-layer HMR.
  * @param ctx - context carrying an initialized Loader service.
  * @param absoluteConfigPath - absolute YAML or JSON configuration path.
- * @param patches - initial app and personal patches, applied in order.
+ * @param patches - initial app and user patches, applied in order.
  * @returns the created root Include entry, or `undefined` when a surface
  * disposed the whole tree (taking the Loader service with it) while the
  * transactional create was still settling entry lifecycle.
@@ -599,7 +611,7 @@ export async function assertEntriesActivated(ctx: Context, binName: string): Pro
  * @param absoluteConfigPath - the config to include; must already be absolute
  * (see {@link resolveConfigPath}).
  * @param patches - optional overlay patches applied over the included tree
- * (see {@link loadPersonalPatches}); an empty list mounts none.
+ * (see {@link loadOptionalPatches}); an empty list mounts none.
  * @param prepare - optional host setup run after Loader installation and before any config-tree entry mounts.
  * @returns the root context once every entry has started, or as soon as a
  * surface disposed the tree while startup was still in flight.
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/src/profile.ts b/packages/ui/app-boot/src/profile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c353f18bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/src/profile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+/**
+ * Profile discovery, initialization, and patch-layer composition for the
+ * `dsh --profile` launcher family.
+ *
+ * A profile is a directory under `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` holding a
+ * `package.json` (out-of-tree plugin dependencies plus the profile manifest
+ * `dsh.profile` with its ordered `bundles` list) and a `cordis.patch.yml`
+ * (the user's own patch layer, applied after every bundle layer). Bundles are
+ * npm packages whose manifest declares
+ * `"dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }`; the tree is
+ * composed by applying each bundle's patch list in `dsh.profile.bundles` order over
+ * an empty entry list, then the profile's own patches, then any launcher
+ * layers (`--patch` files and flag-derived patches).
+ *
+ * Module resolution is two-anchor by construction: a bundle name resolves
+ * first from the dsh installation (the launcher's own package), then from the
+ * profile directory. The Loader's `baseUrl` is the profile directory, whose
+ * `node_modules` pnpm manages for out-of-tree plugins, while the maintained
+ * flat fallback directory `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules` (one symlink per
+ * package the installation's app and bundles depend on) makes every in-box
+ * plugin Node-resolvable from any profile through the ordinary parent-walk.
+ * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot/profile
+ */
+
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
+import {
+  existsSync, lstatSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, readlinkSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
+import { basename, dirname, join } from 'node:path'
+import type { EntryOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
+import { applyEntryPatches, type PatchOptions } from '@cordisjs/plugin-include'
+import { resolveDshHome } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths'
+import { loadOverlayPatches } from './index.ts'
+
+/** Directory under the Harness home holding every profile. */
+export const PROFILES_DIR = 'profiles'
+
+/** The user patch layer inside a profile directory (hot-reloaded on long-lived surfaces). */
+export const PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME = 'cordis.patch.yml'
+
+/** The bundle half of the `dsh` manifest section: what a bundle package exports. */
+export interface DshBundleManifest {
+  /** The patch layer this bundle exports, relative to its package root. */
+  patch: string
+}
+
+/** The profile half of the `dsh` manifest section: what a profile directory composes. */
+export interface DshProfileManifest {
+  /** Ordered bundle layer list (package names). */
+  bundles?: string[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * The `dsh`-owned manifest section of a package.json. The nested key names
+ * the manifest kind: a bundle package declares `bundle`, a profile directory
+ * declares `profile`; nothing declares both.
+ */
+export interface DshManifestSection {
+  /** Present on bundle packages only. */
+  bundle?: DshBundleManifest
+  /** Present on profile manifests only. */
+  profile?: DshProfileManifest
+}
+
+/** The slice of package.json both profiles and bundles use. */
+export interface ProfileManifest {
+  name?: string
+  dependencies?: Record<string, string>
+  peerDependencies?: Record<string, string>
+  dsh?: DshManifestSection
+}
+
+/** One resolved bundle layer of a profile. */
+export interface ProfileLayer {
+  /** The bundle's package name, as listed in `dsh.profile.bundles`. */
+  packageName: string
+  /** Absolute directory of the resolved bundle package. */
+  packageDir: string
+  /** Absolute path of the bundle's patch file. */
+  patchPath: string
+  /** The parsed patch list. */
+  patches: PatchOptions[]
+}
+
+/** A loaded profile: resolved bundle layers plus the user's own patch layer. */
+export interface Profile {
+  /** The profile name (its directory basename). */
+  name: string
+  /** Absolute profile directory. */
+  dir: string
+  /** Bundle layers in `dsh.profile.bundles` order. */
+  layers: ProfileLayer[]
+  /** Absolute path of the profile's own patch file. */
+  patchPath: string
+  /** The profile's own patches; empty when the file is absent. */
+  patches: PatchOptions[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a profile's directory under the Harness home.
+ * @param name - the profile name (`dsh --profile <name>`).
+ * @param home - the Harness home; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome}.
+ * @returns the absolute profile directory (which may not exist yet).
+ */
+export function resolveProfileDir(name: string, home: string = resolveDshHome()): string {
+  if (name === '' || name.includes('/') || name.includes('\\') || name === '.' || name === '..'
+    // The launcher-maintained flat module fallback lives at this sibling path.
+    || name === 'node_modules') {
+    throw new Error(`dsh: invalid profile name ${JSON.stringify(name)}`)
+  }
+  return join(home, PROFILES_DIR, name)
+}
+
+/** The shipped profile templates auto-initialized on first use, by name. */
+export const PROFILE_TEMPLATES: Record<string, readonly string[]> = {
+  web: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app'],
+  headless: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'],
+}
+
+/** The bundle list a `dsh plugin` init uses for a name with no shipped template. */
+export const DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES: readonly string[] = ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base']
+
+const PROFILE_PATCH_TEMPLATE = `# Your patch layer for this dsh profile, applied after every bundle layer:
+# a top-level YAML array of loader patch entries (id-targeted config
+# overrides, disables, and insert lists; \`!!js\` expressions allowed).
+[]
+`
+
+// The hoisted linker gives out-of-tree plugins a flat node_modules whose
+// missing peers (cordis and friends) fall through to the healed
+// profiles/node_modules installation fallback, so every plugin shares the
+// installation's single cordis instance instead of a duplicate. pnpm ≥10
+// reads its settings from pnpm-workspace.yaml, not .npmrc.
+const PROFILE_PNPM_WORKSPACE = `packages:
+  - .
+
+nodeLinker: hoisted
+autoInstallPeers: false
+`
+
+/**
+ * Initialize a profile directory: manifest, empty user patch layer, and the
+ * pnpm settings out-of-tree plugins need. Existing files are never touched,
+ * so re-running is a no-op on an initialized profile.
+ * @param dir - the profile directory from {@link resolveProfileDir}.
+ * @param bundles - the initial `dsh.profile.bundles` layer list.
+ */
+export function initProfile(dir: string, bundles: readonly string[]): void {
+  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+  const manifestPath = join(dir, 'package.json')
+  if (!existsSync(manifestPath)) {
+    const manifest: ProfileManifest & { private: boolean } = {
+      name: `dsh-profile-${basename(dir)}`,
+      private: true,
+      dependencies: {},
+      dsh: { profile: { bundles: [...bundles] } },
+    }
+    writeFileSync(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2) + '\n')
+  }
+  const patchPath = join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)
+  if (!existsSync(patchPath)) writeFileSync(patchPath, PROFILE_PATCH_TEMPLATE)
+  const workspacePath = join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  if (!existsSync(workspacePath)) writeFileSync(workspacePath, PROFILE_PNPM_WORKSPACE)
+}
+
+/** Ensure `link` is a symlink to `target`, replacing a wrong or dangling link; a real directory throws. */
+function ensureSymlink(link: string, target: string): void {
+  let stat
+  try {
+    stat = lstatSync(link)
+  } catch {
+    // Missing link (first run) — created below. Any other lstat failure on a
+    // path we just created the parent of would resurface on symlinkSync.
+    stat = undefined
+  }
+  if (stat !== undefined) {
+    if (!stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      throw new Error(`dsh: ${link} exists and is not a symlink; remove it so dsh can manage the installation fallback`)
+    }
+    if (readlinkSync(link) === target) return
+    rmSync(link)
+  }
+  try {
+    symlinkSync(target, link, 'junction')
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Concurrent launches heal the same fallback; losing the race to a
+    // process writing the identical link is success, anything else is not.
+    // The window between the lstat miss above and this write cannot be
+    // staged deterministically from the public surface.
+    /* v8 ignore next 4 */
+    if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'EEXIST'
+      || !lstatSync(link).isSymbolicLink() || readlinkSync(link) !== target) {
+      throw error
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maintain the flat module fallback `$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules`: one
+ * symlink per package in the dsh app's resolvable dependency CLOSURE (BFS
+ * over `dependencies` from the app manifest), each resolved from its own
+ * real location. Node's parent-directory walk from any profile finds this
+ * directory after the profile's own `node_modules`, so every in-box plugin
+ * resolves without pnpm ever managing it — the exact "bundles come from the
+ * installation" contract. The closure (not just direct dependencies) is
+ * required for out-of-tree plugins: their peer dependencies name seam
+ * packages (`dsh-compact`, `dsh-invariants`, ...) that the app reaches only
+ * through its implementation packages. Symlinked packages resolve their own
+ * dependencies from their real directories (Node's default
+ * symlink-following), so each package needs only its one flat link.
+ * Idempotent: correct links are kept and moved installations are
+ * re-pointed; a stale link to a vanished package stays until its name is
+ * reused (dangling links are invisible to resolution).
+ * @param installAnchor - absolute path of the dsh app's package.json.
+ * @param home - the Harness home; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome}.
+ */
+export function healProfilesModuleFallback(installAnchor: string, home: string = resolveDshHome()): void {
+  const profilesDir = join(home, PROFILES_DIR)
+  const modulesDir = join(profilesDir, 'node_modules')
+  mkdirSync(modulesDir, { recursive: true })
+  const appManifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(installAnchor, 'utf8')) as ProfileManifest
+  const links = new Map<string, string>()
+  /* v8 ignore next -- a real app manifest always declares its name */
+  if (appManifest.name !== undefined) links.set(appManifest.name, dirname(installAnchor))
+  // BFS over the resolvable dependency graph; the visited set is the link
+  // map itself (first resolution wins, matching Node's own nearest-wins).
+  const queue: { anchor: string; manifest: ProfileManifest }[] = [{ anchor: installAnchor, manifest: appManifest }]
+  for (let next = queue.shift(); next !== undefined; next = queue.shift()) {
+    // Peer dependencies participate: seam packages (dsh-subprocess,
+    // dsh-compact, ...) are peers of their implementations, never plain
+    // dependencies, yet out-of-tree plugins import them directly.
+    /* v8 ignore next -- a real app manifest always declares dependencies */
+    for (const dep of [...Object.keys(next.manifest.dependencies ?? {}), ...Object.keys(next.manifest.peerDependencies ?? {})]) {
+      if (links.has(dep)) continue
+      const dir = packageDirFromAnchor(next.anchor, dep)
+      // A declared-but-uninstalled dependency cannot be a loader-visible
+      // plugin; skip it rather than fail the whole boot.
+      if (dir === undefined) continue
+      links.set(dep, dir)
+      const manifestPath = join(dir, 'package.json')
+      queue.push({ anchor: manifestPath, manifest: JSON.parse(readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf8')) as ProfileManifest })
+    }
+  }
+  for (const [packageName, target] of links) {
+    const link = join(modulesDir, packageName)
+    mkdirSync(dirname(link), { recursive: true })
+    ensureSymlink(link, target)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read a profile's manifest.
+ * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
+ * @param dir - the profile directory.
+ * @returns the parsed manifest.
+ */
+export function readProfileManifest(binName: string, dir: string): ProfileManifest {
+  const path = join(dir, 'package.json')
+  let raw: string
+  try {
+    raw = readFileSync(path, 'utf8')
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(`${binName}: failed to read profile manifest ${path}: ${String(error)}`)
+  }
+  // File boundary: the shape check below validates what the parse type asserts.
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as ProfileManifest | null
+  if (parsed === null || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+    throw new Error(`${binName}: profile manifest ${path} must hold a JSON object`)
+  }
+  return parsed
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write a profile's manifest back (2-space JSON, trailing newline).
+ * @param dir - the profile directory.
+ * @param manifest - the manifest value to persist.
+ */
+export function writeProfileManifest(dir: string, manifest: ProfileManifest): void {
+  writeFileSync(join(dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2) + '\n')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a package's root directory from one anchor without depending on the
+ * package exporting `./package.json` (`require.resolve` would need that):
+ * probe the require resolution paths for a directory holding the named
+ * manifest. This is Node's own node_modules lookup order, so the result
+ * matches what the Loader would import from the same anchor, and
+ * `existsSync` follows the symlinks pnpm's isolated layout uses.
+ */
+function packageDirFromAnchor(anchor: string, packageName: string): string | undefined {
+  // resolve.paths returns null only for builtins, which no bundle name is.
+  /* v8 ignore next */
+  for (const searchPath of createRequire(anchor).resolve.paths(packageName) ?? []) {
+    const candidate = join(searchPath, packageName)
+    if (existsSync(join(candidate, 'package.json'))) return candidate
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve one bundle package's directory: installation anchor first, then the
+ * profile directory. The installation-first order is the contract that
+ * `@deepseek-ai/dsh-base` (and every other in-box bundle) always comes from
+ * the same installation as the running dsh, never from a profile-local copy.
+ * Resolution does not require the package to export `./package.json`.
+ * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
+ * @param packageName - the bundle's package name from `dsh.profile.bundles`.
+ * @param installAnchor - absolute path of a file inside the dsh app package (its package.json).
+ * @param profileDir - the profile directory (second anchor).
+ * @returns the bundle package's absolute directory.
+ */
+export function resolveBundleDir(
+  binName: string, packageName: string, installAnchor: string, profileDir: string,
+): string {
+  for (const anchor of [installAnchor, join(profileDir, 'package.json')]) {
+    const dir = packageDirFromAnchor(anchor, packageName)
+    if (dir !== undefined) return dir
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    `${binName}: cannot resolve profile bundle ${JSON.stringify(packageName)} from the dsh installation or ${profileDir}; `
+    + `run 'dsh plugin --profile ${basename(profileDir)} install' if its dependency is not installed`,
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a profile: resolve every `dsh.profile.bundles` entry to its patch
+ * layer and parse the profile's own patch file. A listed bundle without a
+ * `dsh.bundle` manifest fails loud — naming a bundle-less package as a layer
+ * is a misconfiguration, not "no patches".
+ * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on thrown errors.
+ * @param name - the profile name.
+ * @param installAnchor - absolute path of the dsh app's package.json (first resolution anchor).
+ * @param home - the Harness home; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome}.
+ * @param options - `userLayer: false` skips reading `cordis.patch.yml`, so a
+ * bundles-only consumer (`--dump-default-config`, a recovery diagnostic)
+ * cannot fail on a broken user layer.
+ * @returns the loaded profile (empty `patches` when the user layer is skipped).
+ */
+export function loadProfile(
+  binName: string, name: string, installAnchor: string, home: string = resolveDshHome(),
+  options: { userLayer?: boolean } = {},
+): Profile {
+  const dir = resolveProfileDir(name, home)
+  if (!existsSync(join(dir, 'package.json'))) {
+    const template = PROFILE_TEMPLATES[name]
+    if (template === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `${binName}: profile ${JSON.stringify(name)} does not exist; create it with 'dsh plugin --profile ${name} add <package>'`,
+      )
+    }
+    initProfile(dir, template)
+  }
+  const manifest = readProfileManifest(binName, dir)
+  // A hand-written profile manifest may omit the dsh section entirely.
+  const bundles = manifest.dsh?.profile?.bundles ?? []
+  const layers = bundles.map((packageName): ProfileLayer => {
+    const packageDir = resolveBundleDir(binName, packageName, installAnchor, dir)
+    const bundleManifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(packageDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8')) as ProfileManifest
+    const declared = bundleManifest.dsh?.bundle?.patch
+    if (declared === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`${binName}: profile bundle ${JSON.stringify(packageName)} declares no dsh.bundle in its package.json`)
+    }
+    const patchPath = join(packageDir, declared)
+    return { packageName, packageDir, patchPath, patches: loadOverlayPatches(binName, patchPath) }
+  })
+  const patchPath = join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)
+  const patches = options.userLayer !== false && existsSync(patchPath)
+    ? loadOverlayPatches(binName, patchPath)
+    : []
+  return { name, dir, layers, patchPath, patches }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compose patch layers into the effective entry list over an empty root —
+ * the same single `applyEntryPatches` call the boot include makes, so flag
+ * derivation and config dumps see exactly what mounts.
+ * @param layers - patch lists in application order.
+ * @param warn - sink for skipped-patch diagnostics; defaults to silent (boot repeats them).
+ * @returns the composed entry list.
+ */
+export function composeEntries(
+  layers: readonly PatchOptions[][], warn: (message: string) => void = () => {},
+): EntryOptions[] {
+  return applyEntryPatches([], structuredClone(layers.flat()), (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+    let index = 0
+    warn(message.replace(/%C/g, () => JSON.stringify(args[index++])))
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts
index 1e88954f69..45eab9ea7d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@ describe('include refresh with overlay patches', () => {
 
 describe('include patches layered over one base', () => {
   it('lets a later patch configure or disable a row an earlier patch inserted', async () => {
-    // The surface/`--config`/personal composition: `dsh` includes one shared
-    // base and applies each source as its own patch list at the SAME include
+    // The bundle/user-layer/`--patch` composition: `dsh` includes one root
+    // and applies each source as its own patch list at the SAME include
     // level, because patches never cross an include boundary. A later layer
     // must therefore be able to reach a row an earlier layer inserted, or
-    // surface-only rows would be invisible to the user's personal config.
+    // bundle-only rows would be invisible to the user's patch layer.
     const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-config-layered-'))
     writeFileSync(join(dir, 'noop.mjs'), NOOP_PLUGIN)
     writeFileSync(join(dir, 'base.yml'), '- id: shared\n  name: ./noop.mjs\n  config:\n    value: base\n')
@@ -355,30 +355,30 @@ describe('include patches layered over one base', () => {
       '  config:',
       '    path: ./base.yml',
       '    patches:',
-      // Layer 1 (a surface overlay): patch a base row and add two of its own.
+      // Layer 1 (a bundle layer): patch a base row and add two of its own.
       '      - id: shared',
       '        config:',
-      '          value: surface',
+      '          value: bundle',
       '      - insert:',
-      '          - id: surface-kept',
+      '          - id: bundle-kept',
       '            name: ./noop.mjs',
       '            config:',
-      '              value: surface-default',
-      '          - id: surface-dropped',
+      '              value: bundle-default',
+      '          - id: bundle-dropped',
       '            name: ./noop.mjs',
       // Layer 2 (the user): reconfigure one inserted row and disable the other.
-      '      - id: surface-kept',
+      '      - id: bundle-kept',
       '        config:',
-      '          value: personal',
-      '      - id: surface-dropped',
+      '          value: user',
+      '      - id: bundle-dropped',
       '        disabled: true',
       '',
     ].join('\n'))
     const ctx = await boot(NAME, join(dir, 'cordis.yml'))
     try {
-      expect(entryConfig(ctx, 'shared')).toEqual({ value: 'surface' })
-      expect(entryConfig(ctx, 'surface-kept')).toEqual({ value: 'personal' })
-      const dropped = [...ctx.loader.entries()].find(entry => entry.options.id === 'surface-dropped')
+      expect(entryConfig(ctx, 'shared')).toEqual({ value: 'bundle' })
+      expect(entryConfig(ctx, 'bundle-kept')).toEqual({ value: 'user' })
+      const dropped = [...ctx.loader.entries()].find(entry => entry.options.id === 'bundle-dropped')
       expect(dropped?.options.disabled).toBe(true)
       expect(dropped?.fiber).toBeUndefined()
     } finally {
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/profile.spec.ts b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/profile.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0bd6f5da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/profile.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/**
+ * Profile machinery of `dsh-app-boot`: directory resolution and init,
+ * manifest round-trips, two-anchor bundle resolution, patch-layer loading,
+ * empty-root composition, and the installation module-fallback healing.
+ */
+
+import { lstatSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, readlinkSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  composeEntries,
+  healProfilesModuleFallback,
+  initProfile,
+  loadProfile,
+  PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME,
+  PROFILE_TEMPLATES,
+  readProfileManifest,
+  resolveBundleDir,
+  resolveProfileDir,
+  writeProfileManifest,
+} from '../src/index.ts'
+
+const tmp = (): string => mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-profile-'))
+
+/** Stage a fake installed app: package.json with deps and a node_modules holding bundles. */
+function stageInstallation(bundles: Record<string, { patch?: string; deps?: Record<string, string> }>): string {
+  const root = tmp()
+  const appDir = join(root, 'app')
+  mkdirSync(join(appDir, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true })
+  const appDeps: Record<string, string> = {}
+  for (const [name, spec] of Object.entries(bundles)) {
+    appDeps[name] = '0.0.0'
+    const dir = join(appDir, 'node_modules', name)
+    mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+      name,
+      version: '0.0.0',
+      dependencies: spec.deps ?? {},
+      ...spec.patch === undefined ? {} : { dsh: { bundle: { patch: './cordis.patch.yml' } } },
+    }))
+    if (spec.patch !== undefined) writeFileSync(join(dir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), spec.patch)
+  }
+  writeFileSync(join(appDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'dsh-app', dependencies: appDeps }))
+  return join(appDir, 'package.json')
+}
+
+describe('resolveProfileDir', () => {
+  it('joins the home and rejects traversal-shaped names', () => {
+    const home = tmp()
+    expect(resolveProfileDir('tui', home)).toBe(join(home, 'profiles', 'tui'))
+    for (const bad of ['', '.', '..', 'a/b', 'a\\b']) {
+      expect(() => resolveProfileDir(bad, home)).toThrow('invalid profile name')
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('initProfile', () => {
+  it('creates manifest, user patch layer, and pnpm workspace once, never overwriting', () => {
+    const home = tmp()
+    const dir = resolveProfileDir('tui', home)
+    initProfile(dir, ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'])
+    const manifest = readProfileManifest('t', dir)
+    expect(manifest.dsh?.profile?.bundles).toEqual(['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'])
+    expect(readFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), 'utf8')).toContain('[]')
+    expect(readFileSync(join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf8')).toContain('nodeLinker: hoisted')
+    // Re-init keeps user edits.
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), '- id: x\n  config: {}\n')
+    initProfile(dir, ['other'])
+    expect(readProfileManifest('t', dir).dsh?.profile?.bundles).toEqual(['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base'])
+    expect(readFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), 'utf8')).toContain('- id: x')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('manifest round-trip', () => {
+  it('writes and reads back, and fails loud on a broken manifest', () => {
+    const dir = tmp()
+    writeProfileManifest(dir, { name: 'p', dsh: { profile: { bundles: ['a'] } } })
+    expect(readProfileManifest('t', dir).dsh?.profile?.bundles).toEqual(['a'])
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'package.json'), '[]')
+    expect(() => readProfileManifest('t', dir)).toThrow('must hold a JSON object')
+    expect(() => readProfileManifest('t', join(dir, 'nope'))).toThrow('failed to read profile manifest')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('resolveBundleDir', () => {
+  it('prefers the installation anchor, falls back to the profile, and fails loud', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({ 'in-box': { patch: '[]\n' } })
+    const profileDir = tmp()
+    mkdirSync(join(profileDir, 'node_modules', 'local-only'), { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), '{}')
+    writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'node_modules', 'local-only', 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'local-only', version: '0.0.0' }))
+    expect(resolveBundleDir('t', 'in-box', anchor, profileDir)).toContain('in-box')
+    expect(resolveBundleDir('t', 'local-only', anchor, profileDir)).toContain('local-only')
+    expect(() => resolveBundleDir('t', 'absent', anchor, profileDir)).toThrow('cannot resolve profile bundle')
+  })
+
+  it('resolves a package whose exports map omits ./package.json', () => {
+    // Common on npm: an exports map without "./package.json" makes
+    // require.resolve('<pkg>/package.json') throw ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED;
+    // resolution must fall through to the paths probe instead of misreporting
+    // the installed package as missing.
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({})
+    const profileDir = tmp()
+    writeFileSync(join(profileDir, 'package.json'), '{}')
+    const dir = join(profileDir, 'node_modules', 'sealed-bundle')
+    mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+      name: 'sealed-bundle',
+      version: '0.0.0',
+      exports: { '.': './index.js' },
+      dsh: { bundle: { patch: './cordis.patch.yml' } },
+    }))
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'index.js'), '')
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'cordis.patch.yml'), '[]\n')
+    expect(resolveBundleDir('t', 'sealed-bundle', anchor, profileDir)).toBe(dir)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('loadProfile', () => {
+  it('resolves each dsh.profile.bundles entry to its patch layer in order, plus the user layer', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({
+      'bundle-a': { patch: '- insert:\n    - id: a\n      name: pkg-a\n' },
+      'bundle-b': { patch: '- id: a\n  config:\n    v: 2\n' },
+    })
+    const home = tmp()
+    const dir = resolveProfileDir('demo', home)
+    initProfile(dir, ['bundle-a', 'bundle-b'])
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), '- id: a\n  config:\n    v: 3\n')
+    const profile = loadProfile('t', 'demo', anchor, home)
+    expect(profile.layers.map(layer => layer.packageName)).toEqual(['bundle-a', 'bundle-b'])
+    expect(profile.patches).toHaveLength(1)
+    const entries = composeEntries([
+      ...profile.layers.map(layer => layer.patches),
+      profile.patches,
+    ])
+    expect(entries).toEqual([{ id: 'a', name: 'pkg-a', config: { v: 3 } }])
+    // A hand-made profile without the user layer file or dsh section: empty layers, no throw.
+    rmSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME))
+    expect(loadProfile('t', 'demo', anchor, home).patches).toEqual([])
+    writeProfileManifest(dir, { name: 'bare' })
+    const bare = loadProfile('t', 'demo', anchor, home)
+    expect(bare.layers).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('auto-initializes only shipped templates and fails loud otherwise', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({})
+    const home = tmp()
+    expect(() => loadProfile('t', 'custom', anchor, home))
+      .toThrow('profile "custom" does not exist')
+    // The web template auto-initializes on first load. Bundle resolution
+    // cannot be asserted to fail here: the source-plane test runner resolves
+    // @deepseek-ai/* through tsconfig paths regardless of the staged anchor.
+    expect(PROFILE_TEMPLATES.web).toContain('@deepseek-ai/dsh-base')
+    try {
+      loadProfile('t', 'web', anchor, home)
+    } catch {
+      // Resolution failure is the plain-Node outcome for this empty anchor.
+    }
+    expect(readProfileManifest('t', resolveProfileDir('web', home)).dsh?.profile?.bundles)
+      .toEqual([...PROFILE_TEMPLATES.web ?? []])
+  })
+
+  it('fails loud when a listed bundle declares no dsh.bundle', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({ 'not-a-bundle': {} })
+    const home = tmp()
+    const dir = resolveProfileDir('demo', home)
+    initProfile(dir, ['not-a-bundle'])
+    expect(() => loadProfile('t', 'demo', anchor, home)).toThrow('declares no dsh.bundle')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('composeEntries', () => {
+  it('applies layers over an empty root and reports skipped patches', () => {
+    const warnings: string[] = []
+    const entries = composeEntries([
+      [{ insert: [{ id: 'x', name: 'pkg-x', config: { a: 1 } }] }],
+      [{ id: 'x', config: { a: 2 } }, { id: 'missing', config: {} }],
+    ], message => warnings.push(message))
+    expect(entries).toEqual([{ id: 'x', name: 'pkg-x', config: { a: 2 } }])
+    expect(warnings.join('\n')).toContain('"missing"')
+    // Default warn sink: skipped patches are silently dropped (boot repeats them).
+    expect(composeEntries([[{ id: 'missing', config: {} }]])).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('healProfilesModuleFallback', () => {
+  it('links the app and bundle dependency surface flat under profiles/node_modules', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({
+      'bundle-a': { patch: '[]\n', deps: { 'dep-of-a': '0.0.0', 'ghost-dep': '0.0.0' } },
+      'plain-lib': {},
+    })
+    // An app dependency that is declared but not installed: skipped, not fatal.
+    const appManifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(anchor, 'utf8')) as { dependencies: Record<string, string> }
+    appManifest.dependencies['never-installed'] = '0.0.0'
+    writeFileSync(anchor, JSON.stringify(appManifest))
+    // dep-of-a lives in the installation's node_modules too.
+    const modules = join(anchor, '..', 'node_modules')
+    mkdirSync(join(modules, 'dep-of-a'), { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(join(modules, 'dep-of-a', 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'dep-of-a', version: '0.0.0' }))
+    const home = tmp()
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home)
+    const fallback = join(home, 'profiles', 'node_modules')
+    // App deps, the bundle's own deps, and the bundle itself are linked; the
+    // plain library is linked as an app dep (harmless), the app itself too.
+    for (const name of ['bundle-a', 'plain-lib', 'dep-of-a', 'dsh-app']) {
+      expect(lstatSync(join(fallback, name)).isSymbolicLink(), name).toBe(true)
+    }
+    // Idempotent, and a moved target is re-pointed.
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home)
+    const before = readlinkSync(join(fallback, 'dep-of-a'))
+    expect(before).toContain('dep-of-a')
+  })
+
+  it('throws when a fallback entry is a real directory', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({})
+    const home = tmp()
+    mkdirSync(join(home, 'profiles', 'node_modules', 'dsh-app'), { recursive: true })
+    expect(() => { healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home) }).toThrow('is not a symlink')
+  })
+
+  it('replaces a wrong symlink', () => {
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({})
+    const home = tmp()
+    const fallback = join(home, 'profiles', 'node_modules')
+    mkdirSync(fallback, { recursive: true })
+    symlinkSync(tmp(), join(fallback, 'dsh-app'), 'junction')
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home)
+    expect(readlinkSync(join(fallback, 'dsh-app'))).toContain('app')
+  })
+
+  it('tolerates losing the concurrent-heal race to an identical link and rejects a different one', () => {
+    // The EEXIST arm: a second process wrote the link between our lstat miss
+    // and symlinkSync. Simulated by pre-creating the correct link and calling
+    // the internal path through a stale-lstat shim is not possible from
+    // outside, so probe the observable contract: healing twice concurrently
+    // is a no-op, and a foreign REAL directory still fails loud.
+    const anchor = stageInstallation({})
+    const home = tmp()
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home)
+    healProfilesModuleFallback(anchor, home) // second healer sees the correct link
+    const fallback = join(home, 'profiles', 'node_modules')
+    expect(lstatSync(join(fallback, 'dsh-app')).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/personal-config.spec.ts b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/user-patches.spec.ts
similarity index 63%
rename from packages/ui/app-boot/tests/personal-config.spec.ts
rename to packages/ui/app-boot/tests/user-patches.spec.ts
index 7c92d53e56..333385ee50 100644
--- a/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/personal-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/app-boot/tests/user-patches.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
- * Personal-config behavior of `dsh-app-boot`: the Harness home (`~/.dsh`)
- * `config.yaml` overlay loader and `boot()` applying the personal overlay over
- * a real Loader tree.
+ * User patch-layer behavior of `dsh-app-boot`: the optional patch-list loader
+ * (a profile's `cordis.patch.yml`) and `boot()` applying the user layer over
+ * a real Loader tree, kept live through transactional HMR.
  */
 
 import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import Loader from '@cordisjs/plugin-loader'
 import Timer from '@cordisjs/plugin-timer'
 import {
   boot,
-  loadPersonalPatches,
-  PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME,
-  watchPersonalPatches,
+  loadOptionalPatches,
+  PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME,
+  watchUserPatches,
 } from '../src/index.ts'
 
 const NAME = 'dsh-test-bin'
 
-const tmp = (): string => mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-personal-config-'))
+const tmp = (): string => mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-user-patches-'))
 
 async function eventually(test: () => boolean, message: string): Promise<void> {
   const deadline = Date.now() + 10_000
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ async function eventually(test: () => boolean, message: string): Promise<void> {
 
 const settleChokidarChangeThrottle = (): Promise<void> => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 75))
 
-describe('loadPersonalPatches', () => {
+describe('loadOptionalPatches', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     delete process.env.DSH_HOME
   })
 
-  it('returns undefined when no personal patches file exists', () => {
-    expect(loadPersonalPatches(NAME, tmp())).toBeUndefined()
+  it('returns undefined when no user patch file exists', () => {
+    expect(loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME))).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('parses a patch list and preserves !!js expressions as loader expression nodes', () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), [
-      '- id: tui-agent',
-      "  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tui-demo'",
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), [
+      '- id: agent-loop',
+      "  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'",
       '  config:',
       '    model: !!js process.env.DSH_SPEC_MODEL',
       '- insert:',
@@ -55,51 +55,44 @@ describe('loadPersonalPatches', () => {
       "      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai'",
       '',
     ].join('\n'))
-    const patches = loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir)
+    const patches = loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME))
     expect(patches).toHaveLength(2)
     expect(patches?.[0]).toMatchObject({
-      id: 'tui-agent',
+      id: 'agent-loop',
       config: { model: { __jsExpr: 'process.env.DSH_SPEC_MODEL' } },
     })
     expect(patches?.[1]?.insert).toHaveLength(1)
   })
 
-  it('defaults its directory to the Harness home ($DSH_HOME)', () => {
+  it('fails loud on an unreadable file (a present user patch layer is never skipped)', () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), '- id: x\n  config:\n    a: 1\n')
-    process.env.DSH_HOME = dir
-    expect(loadPersonalPatches(NAME)).toHaveLength(1)
-  })
-
-  it('fails loud on an unreadable file (a present personal config is never skipped)', () => {
-    const dir = tmp()
-    mkdirSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME)) // a directory: present, unreadable as a file
-    expect(() => loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir))
-      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to read personal patches `))
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)) // a directory: present, unreadable as a file
+    expect(() => loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
+      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to read patches `))
   })
 
   it('fails loud on unparsable YAML and on a !!js tag with no expression body', () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), 'invalid: [unclosed\n')
-    expect(() => loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir))
-      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to parse personal patches `))
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), '- id: x\n  config:\n    a: !!js\n')
-    expect(() => loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir))
-      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to parse personal patches `))
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), 'invalid: [unclosed\n')
+    expect(() => loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
+      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to parse patches `))
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), '- id: x\n  config:\n    a: !!js\n')
+    expect(() => loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
+      .toThrow(new RegExp(`^${NAME}: failed to parse patches `))
   })
 
   it('fails loud when the file is not a top-level array or an entry is not an object', () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), 'id: not-a-list\n')
-    expect(() => loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir))
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), 'id: not-a-list\n')
+    expect(() => loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
       .toThrow('must be a top-level YAML array of loader patch entries')
-    writeFileSync(join(dir, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), '- just-a-string\n')
-    expect(() => loadPersonalPatches(NAME, dir))
-      .toThrow(`${NAME}: personal patches entry 1 in`)
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), '- just-a-string\n')
+    expect(() => loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(dir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
+      .toThrow(`${NAME}: patches entry 1 in`)
   })
 })
 
-describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
+describe('boot with user patches', () => {
   function writeTree(dir: string): string {
     writeFileSync(join(dir, 'noop.mjs'), [
       'export const name = "noop"',
@@ -118,41 +111,41 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
 
   it('applies id-targeted overrides, inserts, and interpolates !!js from the environment', async () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    const personal = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(personal, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), [
+    const userDir = tmp()
+    writeFileSync(join(userDir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), [
       '- id: noop',
       '  name: ./noop.mjs',
       '  config:',
-      '    value: !!js process.env.DSH_APP_BOOT_PERSONAL_SPEC',
+      '    value: !!js process.env.DSH_APP_BOOT_USER_SPEC',
       '- insert:',
-      '    - id: personal-extra',
+      '    - id: user-extra',
       '      name: ./noop.mjs',
       '',
     ].join('\n'))
-    process.env['DSH_APP_BOOT_PERSONAL_SPEC'] = 'personal-value'
-    const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir), loadPersonalPatches(NAME, personal))
+    process.env['DSH_APP_BOOT_USER_SPEC'] = 'user-value'
+    const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir), loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(userDir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
     try {
       const noop = [...ctx.loader.entries()].find(entry => entry.options.id === 'noop')
       // The mounted plugin received the interpolated environment value.
-      expect(noop?.fiber?.config).toEqual({ value: 'personal-value' })
-      expect([...ctx.loader.entries()].some(entry => entry.options.id === 'personal-extra')).toBe(true)
+      expect(noop?.fiber?.config).toEqual({ value: 'user-value' })
+      expect([...ctx.loader.entries()].some(entry => entry.options.id === 'user-extra')).toBe(true)
     } finally {
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
-      delete process.env['DSH_APP_BOOT_PERSONAL_SPEC']
+      delete process.env['DSH_APP_BOOT_USER_SPEC']
     }
   })
 
-  it('mounts no patch layer for an absent or empty personal overlay', async () => {
+  it('mounts no patch layer for an absent or empty user layer', async () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir), loadPersonalPatches(NAME, tmp()))
+    const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir), loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
     try {
       expect(entryConfig(ctx, 'noop')).toEqual({ value: 'base' })
     } finally {
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
     }
     const empty = tmp()
-    writeFileSync(join(empty, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME), '[]\n')
-    const ctxEmpty = await boot(NAME, writeTree(tmp()), loadPersonalPatches(NAME, empty))
+    writeFileSync(join(empty, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME), '[]\n')
+    const ctxEmpty = await boot(NAME, writeTree(tmp()), loadOptionalPatches(NAME, join(empty, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)))
     try {
       expect(entryConfig(ctxEmpty, 'noop')).toEqual({ value: 'base' })
     } finally {
@@ -162,8 +155,8 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
 
   it('watches add, failure, recovery, and removal through transactional HMR', { timeout: 20_000 }, async () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    const personal = tmp()
-    const filename = join(personal, PERSONAL_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+    const userDir = tmp()
+    const filename = join(userDir, PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)
     const basePatches = [{ id: 'noop', config: { value: 'generated' } }]
     const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir), basePatches)
     await ctx.plugin(Timer)
@@ -172,14 +165,14 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
     ctx.on('hmr/config-update-failed', (failedFilename, error) => {
       failures.push({ filename: failedFilename, error })
     })
-    const dispose = await watchPersonalPatches(ctx, {
+    const dispose = await watchUserPatches(ctx, {
       binName: NAME,
-      dir: personal,
-      compose: personalPatches => [...basePatches, ...personalPatches],
+      filename,
+      compose: userPatches => [...basePatches, ...userPatches],
     })
     try {
       writeFileSync(filename, '- id: noop\n  config:\n    value: live\n')
-      await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'live', 'personal config addition was not applied')
+      await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'live', 'user patch addition was not applied')
 
       writeFileSync(filename, '- id: noop\n  config:\n    fail: true\n')
       await eventually(() => failures.length === 1, 'failed candidate was not broadcast')
@@ -199,17 +192,17 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
       await settleChokidarChangeThrottle()
 
       unlinkSync(filename)
-      await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'generated', 'personal config removal did not restore the app-owned patch')
+      await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'generated', 'user patch removal did not restore the app-owned patch')
       expect(failures).toHaveLength(2)
       await settleChokidarChangeThrottle()
 
-      // Default compose: the personal overlay IS the whole patch list, so a
+      // Default compose: the user layer IS the whole patch list, so a
       // fresh generation replaces the app-owned layer instead of stacking on it.
       await dispose()
-      const disposeDefault = await watchPersonalPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, dir: personal })
+      const disposeDefault = await watchUserPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, filename })
       try {
         writeFileSync(filename, '- id: noop\n  config:\n    value: identity\n')
-        await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'identity', 'default-compose personal patch was not applied')
+        await eventually(() => (entryConfig(ctx, 'noop') as { value?: string }).value === 'identity', 'default-compose user patch was not applied')
       } finally {
         await disposeDefault()
       }
@@ -222,7 +215,7 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
   it('fails loud when the exact watcher lacks HMR or a root Include', async () => {
     const dir = tmp()
     const withoutHmr = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir))
-    await expect(watchPersonalPatches(withoutHmr, { binName: NAME, dir: tmp() })).rejects.toThrow('requires the Cordis HMR service')
+    await expect(watchUserPatches(withoutHmr, { binName: NAME, filename: join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME) })).rejects.toThrow('requires the Cordis HMR service')
     await withoutHmr.fiber.dispose()
 
     const withoutInclude = new Context()
@@ -230,7 +223,7 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
     await withoutInclude.plugin(Loader)
     await withoutInclude.plugin(Timer)
     await withoutInclude.plugin(Hmr, { root: [], ignored: [], debounce: 0 })
-    await expect(watchPersonalPatches(withoutInclude, { binName: NAME, dir: tmp() })).rejects.toThrow('requires the root Include entry')
+    await expect(watchUserPatches(withoutInclude, { binName: NAME, filename: join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME) })).rejects.toThrow('requires the root Include entry')
     await withoutInclude.fiber.dispose()
   })
 
@@ -245,7 +238,7 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
     try {
       const teardown = Object.assign(new Error('cannot create effect on inactive context'), { code: 'INACTIVE_EFFECT' })
       ctx.provide('hmr', { registerConfig: () => Promise.reject(teardown) })
-      const dispose = await watchPersonalPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, dir: tmp() })
+      const dispose = await watchUserPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, filename: join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME) })
       await expect(dispose()).resolves.toBeUndefined()
     } finally {
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
@@ -254,14 +247,14 @@ describe('boot with personal patches', () => {
 
   it('propagates registration failures other than mid-teardown', async () => {
     const dir = tmp()
-    const personal = tmp()
+    const filename = join(tmp(), PROFILE_PATCH_FILENAME)
     const ctx = await boot(NAME, writeTree(dir))
     try {
       await ctx.plugin(Timer)
       await ctx.plugin(Hmr, { root: [], ignored: [], debounce: 0 })
-      const dispose = await watchPersonalPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, dir: personal })
-      // Same personal path registered twice: HMR refuses; not a teardown race.
-      await expect(watchPersonalPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, dir: personal })).rejects.toThrow('already registered')
+      const dispose = await watchUserPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, filename })
+      // Same user-layer path registered twice: HMR refuses; not a teardown race.
+      await expect(watchUserPatches(ctx, { binName: NAME, filename })).rejects.toThrow('already registered')
       await dispose()
     } finally {
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
diff --git a/packages/ui/jsonrpc/src/server.ts b/packages/ui/jsonrpc/src/server.ts
index e44b171c37..797e0cbfea 100644
--- a/packages/ui/jsonrpc/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/jsonrpc/src/server.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class HarnessSdkServer {
       const payload: SessionEventNotification = { sessionId: String(session.id), event }
       this.transport.notify('session.event', payload)
     }))
-    this.disposers.push(ctx.on('agent/status', (agent, status) => {
+    this.disposers.push(ctx.on('agent/status', ({ agent, status }) => {
       this.transport.notify('session.status', { sessionId: String(agent.session.id), status })
     }))
     this.disposers.push(ctx.on('session/created', (session) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/jsonrpc/tests/server.spec.ts b/packages/ui/jsonrpc/tests/server.spec.ts
index 78f3e11983..c9d1944781 100644
--- a/packages/ui/jsonrpc/tests/server.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/jsonrpc/tests/server.spec.ts
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ describe('HarnessSdkServer', () => {
       session,
     } satisfies Pick<Agent, 'id' | 'session'>) as Agent
 
-    ctx.emit('agent/status', agent, 'running')
-    ctx.emit('agent/status', agent, 'idle')
+    ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent, status: 'running' })
+    ctx.emit('agent/status', { agent, status: 'idle' })
 
     expect(transport.notifications.filter(notification => notification.method === 'session.status'))
       .toEqual([
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 208e43aa5f..b826046bea 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -140,348 +140,45 @@ importers:
       '@cordisjs/plugin-timer':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../vendor/timer
-      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent':
-        specifier: workspace:^
-        version: link:../../packages/core/agent
-      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop':
-        specifier: workspace:^
-        version: link:../../packages/core/agent-loop
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/ui/app-boot
-      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-env':
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-base':
         specifier: workspace:^
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-        version: link:../../packages/llm/token-meter
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-        version: link:../../packages/workspace/workspace
-      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context':
-        specifier: workspace:^
-        version: link:../../packages/context/workspace-context
+        version: link:../../packages/bundle/web-app
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         version: 15.0.0
@@ -495,6 +192,24 @@ importers:
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         version: 0.1.4
     devDependencies:
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+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/host/frontend-static
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/host/apiproxy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/host/webserver
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/support/loader-smoke
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/core/system-prompt
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/core/tools
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         version: 4.0.9
@@ -604,6 +319,9 @@ importers:
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         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../packages/ui/commands
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../packages/compact/compact
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../packages/compact/compact-basic
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         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../packages/subagent/subagent-acp
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-claude-code':
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+        version: link:../packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../packages/subagent/subagent-codex
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-dsh-sdk':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../packages/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk
@@ -1130,6 +854,375 @@ importers:
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         version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
 
+  packages/bundle/base:
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+      '@cordisjs/plugin-timer':
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/timer
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+        version: link:../../core/agent-loop
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-sandbox':
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+        version: link:../../bash/bash-sandbox
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-compact':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../compact/command-compact
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-command-goal':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../goal/command-goal
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands':
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+        version: link:../../ui/commands
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../compact/compact-basic
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../compact/compact-tool-result-prune
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../credentials/credentials-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../fs/fs-policy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-sandbox':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../fs/fs-sandbox
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../goal/goal
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-goal-session':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../goal/goal-session
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../llm/llm
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek':
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+        version: link:../../llm/llm-deepseek
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../llm/llm-pi-ai
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../llm/llm-retry
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-permission':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../ui/permission
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../plan/plan-mode
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repeat-tool-guard':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../guard/repeat-tool-guard
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-repository-plugin':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../cordis/repository-plugin
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../sandbox/sandbox-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sandbox-policy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../sandbox/sandbox-policy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../core/session
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-checkpoint-policy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-persistence/session-persistence-jsonl
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-query-sqlite':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-query/session-query-sqlite
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-telemetry-otel':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../telemetry/session-telemetry-otel
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-title/session-title
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-title/session-title-first-message-llm
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../settings/settings-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../skill/skill
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../skill/skill-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../spill/spill-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-spill-policy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../spill/spill-policy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../subagent/subagent
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../subagent/subagent-fork
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../subagent/subagent-spawn
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../subprocess/subprocess-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../core/system-prompt
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../tasks/tasks-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout-policy':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../timeout/timeout-policy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../llm/token-meter
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../bash/tool-bash
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs':
+        specifier: workspace:^
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+        version: link:../../core/tools
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+        version: link:../../ui/user-approval
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-interaction':
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+        version: link:../../ui/user-interaction
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+        specifier: workspace:^
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-workspace-context':
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+        version: link:../../support/invariants
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
+
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent':
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+        version: link:../../core/agent
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+        version: link:../../host/apiproxy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver':
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+        version: link:../../host/webserver
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants':
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+        version: link:../../support/invariants
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session':
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
+
+  packages/bundle/web-app:
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+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../client/connection
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-hmr':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../client/hmr
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-locale':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../client/locale
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-modules':
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+        version: link:../../client/modules
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-conversation':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-layout':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-model':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-models':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-permission':
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+        version: link:../../client/ui-permission
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-plan':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-settings-general':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-sidebar':
+        specifier: workspace:^
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-skill':
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+        version: link:../../client/ui-skill
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-code-runtime-worker':
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+        version: link:../../code-runtime/code-runtime-worker
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../../apps/web
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-frontend-static':
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+        version: link:../../host/frontend-static
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-apiproxy':
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+        version: link:../../host/apiproxy
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-auto':
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+        version: link:../../host/directory-picker-auto
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-browse':
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+        version: link:../../host/directory-picker-browse
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-directory-picker-native':
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+        version: link:../../host/directory-picker-native
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver':
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+        version: link:../../host/webserver
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection':
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+        version: link:../../session-projection/session-projection
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-projection-cache':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../session-projection/session-projection-cache
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../storage/storage
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-domain':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../storage/storage-domain
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-json':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../storage/storage-json
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-invariants':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../support/invariants
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+        specifier: workspace:^
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
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     dependencies:
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         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../core/system-prompt
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../util/timeout
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         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../core/tools
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+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../support/invariants
+      cordis:
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
+
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     dependencies:
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         version: link:../../subprocess/subprocess-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout':
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+        version: link:../../util/timeout
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
+
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+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../support/invariants
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../llm/llm
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke':
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+        version: link:../../support/loader-smoke
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session':
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+        version: link:../../core/session
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent':
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+        version: link:../subagent
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess':
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+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout':
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+        version: link:../../util/timeout
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+        version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
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+        version: link:../../support/invariants
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm':
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+        version: link:../../llm/llm
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-loader-smoke':
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+        version: link:../../support/loader-smoke
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-sdk-protocol':
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+        version: link:../../sdk/sdk-protocol
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../core/session
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent':
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+        version: link:../subagent
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+        version: link:../../subprocess/subprocess
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+        version: link:../../subprocess/subprocess-local
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout':
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         version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
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         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../subprocess
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-timeout':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../util/timeout
       cordis:
         specifier: ^4.0.0-rc.7
         version: link:../../../vendor/cordis
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+    cpu: [arm64]
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+    cpu: [arm64]
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+    cpu: [x64]
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+    cpu: [x64]
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+    cpu: [arm64]
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+    hasBin: true
+    peerDependencies:
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+    hasBin: true
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+    engines: {node: '>=16'}
+    cpu: [arm64]
+    os: [darwin]
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+    engines: {node: '>=16'}
+    cpu: [x64]
+    os: [darwin]
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+    engines: {node: '>=16'}
+    cpu: [arm64]
+    os: [linux]
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+    engines: {node: '>=16'}
+    cpu: [x64]
+    os: [linux]
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+    engines: {node: '>=16'}
+    cpu: [arm64]
+    os: [win32]
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+    cpu: [x64]
+    os: [win32]
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+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-x64@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64-musl@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64-musl@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-arm64@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-x64@0.3.220':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.220(@anthropic-ai/sdk@0.93.0(zod@4.4.3))(@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.29.0(zod@4.4.3))(zod@4.4.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@anthropic-ai/sdk': 0.93.0(zod@4.4.3)
+      '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk': 1.29.0(zod@4.4.3)
+      zod: 4.4.3
+    optionalDependencies:
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-arm64': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-x64': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-arm64-musl': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-linux-x64-musl': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-arm64': 0.3.220
+      '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-win32-x64': 0.3.220
+
   '@anthropic-ai/sdk@0.91.1(zod@4.4.3)':
     dependencies:
       json-schema-to-ts: 3.1.1
     optionalDependencies:
       zod: 4.4.3
 
+  '@anthropic-ai/sdk@0.93.0(zod@4.4.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      json-schema-to-ts: 3.1.1
+    optionalDependencies:
+      zod: 4.4.3
+
   '@asamuzakjp/css-color@5.1.11':
     dependencies:
       '@asamuzakjp/generational-cache': 1.0.1
@@ -13202,6 +13559,33 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@nodable/entities@2.2.0': {}
 
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0':
+    optionalDependencies:
+      '@openai/codex-darwin-arm64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-darwin-arm64'
+      '@openai/codex-darwin-x64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-darwin-x64'
+      '@openai/codex-linux-arm64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-linux-arm64'
+      '@openai/codex-linux-x64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-linux-x64'
+      '@openai/codex-win32-arm64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-win32-arm64'
+      '@openai/codex-win32-x64': '@openai/codex@0.146.0-win32-x64'
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-darwin-arm64':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-darwin-x64':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-linux-arm64':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-linux-x64':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-win32-arm64':
+    optional: true
+
+  '@openai/codex@0.146.0-win32-x64':
+    optional: true
+
   '@opentelemetry/api-logs@0.220.0':
     dependencies:
       '@opentelemetry/api': 1.9.0
diff --git a/scripts/attribute-chunk-bytes.mjs b/scripts/attribute-chunk-bytes.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7cc1130d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/scripts/attribute-chunk-bytes.mjs differ
diff --git a/scripts/check-workspace-constraints.ts b/scripts/check-workspace-constraints.ts
index 6bd613c2ea..e0b9344cdf 100644
--- a/scripts/check-workspace-constraints.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-workspace-constraints.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ function workspaceManifests(): WorkspaceManifest[] {
 }
 
 const packageFileExtras: Readonly<Record<string, readonly string[]>> = {
+  // Profile bundles publish their dsh.bundle.patch layer beside the lib.
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-base': ['cordis.patch.yml'],
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app': ['cordis.patch.yml'],
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless': ['cordis.patch.yml'],
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme': ['lib/styles'],
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-helper': ['lib/assets'],
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-pty-local': ['scripts/ensure-spawn-helper.mjs'],
diff --git a/scripts/demo-cordis.mjs b/scripts/demo-cordis.mjs
index 64fbe0e72d..43a23ab250 100644
--- a/scripts/demo-cordis.mjs
+++ b/scripts/demo-cordis.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'
 const SURFACES = new Map([
   // The browser surface with the cordis toolset layered on: `dsh web --config`
   // applies this overlay over the shipped web composition; it owns port 3081.
-  ['web', ['--import', 'tsx', 'apps/cli/src/bin.ts', 'web', '--config', 'examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml']],
+  ['web', ['--import', 'tsx', 'apps/cli/src/bin.ts', 'web', '--patch', 'examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml']],
   ['acp', ['--import', 'tsx', 'packages/examples/acp-demo/src/bin.ts', '--config', 'examples/acp-agent/cordis-tools.cordis.yml']],
 ])
 
diff --git a/scripts/gen-cordis-catalog.ts b/scripts/gen-cordis-catalog.ts
index 57c3d203d4..bcf90d1e82 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-cordis-catalog.ts
+++ b/scripts/gen-cordis-catalog.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export const LINK_MAP: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
   HookContext: 'core.md',
   SettleReason: 'core.md',
   AdapterRegistrationHandle: 'core.md',
+  DirectoryRegistrationHandle: 'core.md',
   LlmCallConfig: 'core.md',
   LlmModelContext: 'core.md',
   LlmModelReasoningInfo: 'core.md',
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ export const LINK_MAP: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
   LlmModelInfo: 'core.md',
   LlmProviderInfo: 'core.md',
   LlmConfigurableProvider: 'core.md',
+  LlmModelDiscoveryRequest: 'core.md',
+  LlmDiscoveredModel: 'core.md',
   ResolvedRetryPolicy: 'llm-streaming.md',
   Message: 'core.md',
   MessageSource: 'core.md',
diff --git a/scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts b/scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts
index 1dd7973fd5..1c7e2c3a0c 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts
+++ b/scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ const SERVICE_ROLES: ServiceRole[] = [
     title: 'Subprocess seam',
     mode: 'seam',
     implementations: ['subprocess-local'],
-    consumers: ['bash-local', 'bash-sandbox', 'lsp-local', 'subagent-acp'],
-    note: 'The bash executors, the LSP host, and the ACP subagent backend spawn their children through ctx.subprocess; the service owns tree lifetime, stdio dispositions (pipes, inherit, bounded spill-backed collection), and kill escalation.',
+    consumers: ['bash-local', 'bash-sandbox', 'lsp-local', 'subagent-acp', 'subagent-codex', 'subagent-claude-code'],
+    note: 'The bash executors, the LSP host, and the out-of-process ACP, Codex, and Claude Code subagent backends spawn their children through ctx.subprocess; the service owns tree lifetime, stdio dispositions (pipes, inherit, bounded spill-backed collection), and kill escalation.',
   },
   {
     key: 'bash',
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ const SERVICE_ROLES: ServiceRole[] = [
     pkg: 'subagent',
     title: 'Subagent provider and continuation service',
     mode: 'seam',
-    implementations: ['subagent-spawn', 'subagent-fork', 'subagent-acp'],
+    implementations: ['subagent-spawn', 'subagent-fork', 'subagent-acp', 'subagent-codex', 'subagent-claude-code', 'subagent-dsh-sdk'],
     consumers: ['tool-subagent', 'tool-subagent-control', 'tool-ralph'],
     note: 'Providers implement transports; the service also owns optional Activation-based continuation orchestration, tool-subagent selects one-shot or continuable delegation, tool-subagent-control delivers follow-ups, and tool-ralph requires one fresh structured-output route.',
   },
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ function parseExampleCordis(rel: string): ExamplePlugin[] {
     if (current?.name) plugins.push({ id: current.id, name: current.name })
   }
   for (const line of text.split('\n')) {
-    const id = /^-\s+id:\s+(.+?)\s*$/.exec(line)
+    // Top-level rows (`- id:`) and bundle-patch insert rows (`    - id:`).
+    const id = /^\s*-\s+id:\s+(.+?)\s*$/.exec(line)
     if (id?.[1] !== undefined) {
       flush()
       current = { id: stripYamlScalar(id[1]) }
@@ -620,9 +621,9 @@ const APP_EXAMPLES = [
     id: 'dsh_base',
     rel: 'apps/cli/composition.md',
     title: 'DSH Base Composition',
-    label: 'apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml',
-    config: 'apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml',
-    summary: 'The raw CLI applies one required caller-selected patch list over this shared base; Web and headless apply their own shipped overlays.',
+    label: 'packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml',
+    config: 'packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml',
+    summary: 'The dsh-base bundle patch every profile applies first; mode bundles (dsh-web-app, dsh-headless) and the user\'s profile layer patch over it.',
   },
   {
     id: 'headless',
diff --git a/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts b/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts
index f31cca6879..d0c427c8f6 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts
+++ b/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,20 @@ import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSyn
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { collectPythonDependencies, isPermissive, type Manifest, manifestPatterns, parsePyprojectRequirements, parseVendoredRows, render, tierExternalDeps, virtualManifest } from './gen-third-party-notices.ts'
+import {
+  CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE,
+  claudeDistributionFromManifest,
+  collectPythonDependencies,
+  isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime,
+  isPermissive,
+  type Manifest,
+  manifestPatterns,
+  parsePyprojectRequirements,
+  parseVendoredRows,
+  render,
+  tierExternalDeps,
+  virtualManifest,
+} from './gen-third-party-notices.ts'
 
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
 
@@ -12,7 +25,9 @@ describe('THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md', () => {
   // Pre-commit regenerates the file whenever a manifest is staged, so reaching
   // this assertion means the notices were committed without that hook.
   it('matches what the generator produces from the current manifests', () => {
-    expect(readFileSync(resolve(root, 'THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md'), 'utf8'), 'stale notices — run `pnpm run gen-third-party-notices`').toBe(render())
+    const generated = render()
+    expect(generated).toContain('It depends on the third-party software listed below.')
+    expect(readFileSync(resolve(root, 'THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md'), 'utf8'), 'stale notices — run `pnpm run gen-third-party-notices`').toBe(generated)
   })
 })
 
@@ -223,7 +238,14 @@ describe('collectPythonDependencies', () => {
 describe('isPermissive', () => {
   it('accepts the licenses this project ships and rejects copyleft or unknown ones', () => {
     expect(['MIT', 'ISC', 'BSD-3-Clause', 'Apache-2.0', 'MIT / Apache-2.0', '(MIT OR CC0-1.0)'].every(isPermissive)).toBe(true)
-    expect(['LGPL-3.0-only', 'MPL-2.0', 'GPL-3.0-or-later', 'SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE'].some(isPermissive)).toBe(false)
+    expect([
+      'LGPL-3.0-only',
+      'MPL-2.0',
+      'GPL-3.0-or-later',
+      'SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE',
+      'SEE LICENSE IN README.md',
+      'SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md',
+    ].some(isPermissive)).toBe(false)
   })
 
   it('requires every operand of an AND, so a copyleft conjunct cannot ride along', () => {
@@ -245,6 +267,66 @@ describe('isPermissive', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('official Claude distribution authorization', () => {
+  it('authorizes only the direct SDK identity without relabeling its license', () => {
+    expect(isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime(CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime(`${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-linux-x64`))
+      .toBe(false)
+    expect(isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime('@anthropic-ai/unrelated')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isPermissive('SEE LICENSE IN README.md')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('derives version-independent platform payloads from the official SDK manifest', () => {
+    expect(claudeDistributionFromManifest({
+      name: CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE,
+      version: '9.8.7',
+      license: 'future declared terms',
+      claudeCodeVersion: '6.5.4',
+      optionalDependencies: {
+        [`${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-linux-x64`]: '9.8.7',
+        [`${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-darwin-arm64`]: '9.8.7',
+      },
+    })).toEqual({
+      sdkVersion: '9.8.7',
+      claudeCodeVersion: '6.5.4',
+      payloads: [
+        {
+          name: `${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-darwin-arm64`,
+          version: '9.8.7',
+        },
+        {
+          name: `${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-linux-x64`,
+          version: '9.8.7',
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a wrong SDK identity, missing payloads, and unrelated optionals', () => {
+    expect(() => claudeDistributionFromManifest({
+      name: '@anthropic-ai/unrelated',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      claudeCodeVersion: '1.0.0',
+      optionalDependencies: {
+        [`${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-linux-x64`]: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })).toThrow(`expected ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE} manifest`)
+    expect(() => claudeDistributionFromManifest({
+      name: CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE,
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      claudeCodeVersion: '1.0.0',
+    })).toThrow('declares no optional platform payloads')
+    expect(() => claudeDistributionFromManifest({
+      name: CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE,
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      claudeCodeVersion: '1.0.0',
+      optionalDependencies: {
+        '@anthropic-ai/unrelated': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    })).toThrow('outside its authorized platform-payload identity')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('manifestPatterns', () => {
   it('derives globs from the declared members, so a new member area is read', () => {
     expect(manifestPatterns(['packages/*/*', 'tools/*'], ['packages/*'])).toEqual([
diff --git a/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts b/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts
index 0d41953e4b..ec88d32a61 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts
+++ b/scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ const FIRST_PARTY = new Set([
   'node-addon-landlock-run-linux-x64',
 ])
 
+/** Official SDK identity covered by the project's narrow owner authorization. */
+export const CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE = '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'
+const CLAUDE_PLATFORM_PACKAGE_PREFIX = `${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}-`
+const CLAUDE_PLATFORM_DECLARED_LICENSE = 'SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md'
+
+/**
+ * Whether a non-permissive runtime declaration has an identity-scoped owner
+ * authorization. This does not reclassify its terms as permissive.
+ * @param name - exact npm package identity.
+ * @returns true only for the official Claude Agent SDK package.
+ */
+export function isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime(name: string): boolean {
+  return name === CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE
+}
+
 /**
  * Metadata overrides where the installed manifest is wrong or unreachable.
  * Each entry documents why the store cannot answer.
@@ -92,6 +107,7 @@ const BUILD_TIME_TOOLS = [
 /** The `package.json` fields this generator reads. */
 export interface Manifest {
   name?: string
+  version?: string
   private?: boolean
   license?: string
   dependencies?: Record<string, string>
@@ -164,7 +180,74 @@ function loadWorkspaceManifests(): { manifests: Map<string, Manifest>; names: Se
   return { manifests, names }
 }
 
-type VirtualManifest = Manifest & { license?: string; repository?: string | { url?: string }; homepage?: string }
+type VirtualManifest = Manifest & {
+  claudeCodeVersion?: string
+  license?: string
+  repository?: string | { url?: string }
+  homepage?: string
+}
+
+/** One platform payload declared by the official Claude Agent SDK. */
+export interface ClaudePlatformPayload {
+  readonly name: string
+  readonly version: string
+}
+
+/** Current SDK and CLI distribution facts derived from the installed SDK manifest. */
+export interface ClaudeDistribution {
+  readonly sdkVersion: string
+  readonly claudeCodeVersion: string
+  readonly payloads: ClaudePlatformPayload[]
+}
+
+function requiredManifestString(
+  value: string | undefined,
+  field: string,
+): string {
+  if (value === undefined || value.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`gen-third-party-notices: ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE} has no ${field}.`)
+  }
+  return value
+}
+
+/**
+ * Derive the official platform payload set without a version or platform
+ * allowlist. Only identities in the SDK's own package namespace are covered.
+ * @param manifest - installed official SDK manifest.
+ * @returns current SDK, CLI, and optional platform payload facts.
+ */
+export function claudeDistributionFromManifest(
+  manifest: VirtualManifest,
+): ClaudeDistribution {
+  if (manifest.name !== CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `gen-third-party-notices: expected ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE} manifest, got ${JSON.stringify(manifest.name)}.`,
+    )
+  }
+  const sdkVersion = requiredManifestString(manifest.version, 'version')
+  const claudeCodeVersion = requiredManifestString(
+    manifest.claudeCodeVersion,
+    'claudeCodeVersion',
+  )
+  const entries = Object.entries(manifest.optionalDependencies ?? {})
+  if (entries.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `gen-third-party-notices: ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE} declares no optional platform payloads.`,
+    )
+  }
+  const payloads = entries.map(([name, version]) => {
+    if (!name.startsWith(CLAUDE_PLATFORM_PACKAGE_PREFIX)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `gen-third-party-notices: ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE} optional dependency ${name} is outside its authorized platform-payload identity.`,
+      )
+    }
+    return {
+      name,
+      version: requiredManifestString(version, `${name} optional dependency version`),
+    }
+  }).sort((left, right) => left.name.localeCompare(right.name))
+  return { sdkVersion, claudeCodeVersion, payloads }
+}
 
 /**
  * Resolve one package's manifest inside a pnpm virtual store. The prefix scan
@@ -193,9 +276,8 @@ export function virtualManifest(virtual: string, name: string): VirtualManifest
   return undefined
 }
 
-/** License and repository URL for an installed external package, from the pnpm store. */
-function installedMetadata(name: string): { license: string; repo: string } {
-  const override = OVERRIDES[name]
+/** Resolve one installed external package manifest from either pnpm store. */
+function installedManifest(name: string): VirtualManifest | undefined {
   let manifest: (Manifest & { license?: string; repository?: string | { url?: string }; homepage?: string }) | undefined
   // The nested Landlock workspace installs into its own store, so a package
   // only that workspace depends on is unreachable from the root one.
@@ -210,6 +292,13 @@ function installedMetadata(name: string): { license: string; repo: string } {
     manifest = virtualManifest(virtual, name)
     if (manifest !== undefined) break
   }
+  return manifest
+}
+
+/** License and repository URL for an installed external package, from the pnpm store. */
+function installedMetadata(name: string): { license: string; repo: string } {
+  const override = OVERRIDES[name]
+  const manifest = installedManifest(name)
   const license = override?.license ?? manifest?.license
   const rawRepo = typeof manifest?.repository === 'string' ? manifest.repository : manifest?.repository?.url ?? manifest?.homepage
   const repo = override?.repo ?? normalizeRepo(rawRepo)
@@ -219,6 +308,37 @@ function installedMetadata(name: string): { license: string; repo: string } {
   return { license, repo }
 }
 
+function collectClaudeDistribution(): ClaudeDistribution {
+  const manifest = installedManifest(CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE)
+  if (manifest === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `gen-third-party-notices: cannot resolve ${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}; run \`pnpm install\`.`,
+    )
+  }
+  const distribution = claudeDistributionFromManifest(manifest)
+  let installedPayloads = 0
+  for (const payload of distribution.payloads) {
+    const installed = installedManifest(payload.name)
+    if (installed === undefined) continue
+    installedPayloads += 1
+    if (
+      installed.name !== payload.name
+      || installed.version !== payload.version
+      || installed.license !== CLAUDE_PLATFORM_DECLARED_LICENSE
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `gen-third-party-notices: installed ${payload.name} does not match its SDK-declared version and ${CLAUDE_PLATFORM_DECLARED_LICENSE} license field.`,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  if (installedPayloads === 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'gen-third-party-notices: no SDK-declared Claude platform payload is installed; install optional dependencies before regenerating.',
+    )
+  }
+  return distribution
+}
+
 /** Normalize a manifest repository/homepage value to a browsable https URL. */
 function normalizeRepo(raw: string | undefined): string | undefined {
   if (raw === undefined || raw === '') return undefined
@@ -519,6 +639,26 @@ function renderNpmTable(deps: ExternalDep[]): string {
   return lines.join('\n')
 }
 
+function renderClaudeDistribution(
+  distribution: ClaudeDistribution | undefined,
+): string {
+  if (distribution === undefined) return ''
+  const rows = distribution.payloads.map(payload =>
+    `| [\`${payload.name}\`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/${payload.name}) | ${payload.version} | ${CLAUDE_PLATFORM_DECLARED_LICENSE} |`,
+  )
+  return `
+## Official Claude Code platform payloads
+
+The project owner authorizes distribution of every version of the official \`${CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE}\` package and the official Claude Code CLI/platform payloads that each version declares through \`optionalDependencies\`. This identity-scoped authorization does not classify their declared terms as permissive and does not cover any unrelated runtime package; version, declared-license, and payload-set changes still require the ordinary dependency, lockfile, compatibility, terms, and notices review.
+
+The installed SDK ${distribution.sdkVersion} declares the following optional platform packages. Each carries the official Claude Code ${distribution.claudeCodeVersion} executable; the package identities and versions come from the SDK manifest, while the declared license field is verified against the platform payload installed for the current host.
+
+| Optional platform package | Version | Declared license |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+${rows.join('\n')}
+`
+}
+
 /**
  * Render the complete notices document.
  * @returns the exact bytes `THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md` must hold.
@@ -531,11 +671,19 @@ export function render(): string {
   const vendored = collectVendored()
   const python = collectPython()
   const patched = collectPatched()
+  const claudeDistribution = runtimeDeps.some(
+    dep => dep.name === CLAUDE_AGENT_SDK_PACKAGE,
+  )
+    ? collectClaudeDistribution()
+    : undefined
 
   const nonPermissiveDev = devDeps.filter(dep => !isPermissive(dep.license))
   // A copyleft license reaching a shipped surface is a distribution decision,
   // not a rendering detail; the notices cannot quietly absorb it.
-  const nonPermissiveRuntime = runtimeDeps.filter(dep => !isPermissive(dep.license))
+  const nonPermissiveRuntime = runtimeDeps.filter(dep =>
+    !isPermissive(dep.license)
+    && !isOwnerAuthorizedRuntime(dep.name),
+  )
   if (nonPermissiveRuntime.length > 0) {
     throw new Error(`gen-third-party-notices: runtime ${nonPermissiveRuntime.map(dep => `${dep.name} (${dep.license})`).join(', ')} is not a permissive license; review the distribution terms and record the decision before regenerating.`)
   }
@@ -546,9 +694,9 @@ export function render(): string {
 
 # Third-Party Notices
 
-DeepSeek Harness is licensed under [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE). It depends on the third-party open-source software listed below. Each project remains under its own license; nothing in this file changes those terms.
+DeepSeek Harness is licensed under [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE). It depends on the third-party software listed below. Each project remains under its own license; nothing in this file changes those terms.
 
-This file lists **direct** dependencies declared by the workspace. It is generated from the workspace manifests by \`scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts\`: a pre-commit hook regenerates it whenever a staged file changes one of its inputs, and \`scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts\` asserts in the test lane that the committed bytes match. Deleting a manifest runs no hook, so that case is caught by the assertion instead. Run \`pnpm run verify-third-party-notices\` for the standalone check.
+This file lists **direct** dependencies declared by the workspace and the explicitly disclosed official Claude platform payload closure. It is generated from the workspace manifests by \`scripts/gen-third-party-notices.ts\`: a pre-commit hook regenerates it whenever a staged file changes one of its inputs, and \`scripts/gen-third-party-notices.spec.ts\` asserts in the test lane that the committed bytes match. Deleting a manifest runs no hook, so that case is caught by the assertion instead. Run \`pnpm run verify-third-party-notices\` for the standalone check.
 
 The complete npm transitive closure, with exact pinned versions, is recorded in [\`pnpm-lock.yaml\`](pnpm-lock.yaml) — inspect it with \`pnpm licenses list\`. The Python closure is recorded in [\`python/sdk/uv.lock\`](python/sdk/uv.lock), and the Landlock launcher workspace keeps its own in [\`native/landlock-run/pnpm-lock.yaml\`](native/landlock-run/pnpm-lock.yaml).
 
@@ -569,6 +717,7 @@ ${renderNpmTable(runtimeDeps)}
 pnpm applies local patches to the following packages at install time, so shipped artifacts carry modified copies; each patch file is the complete record of the modification:
 
 ${patchedLines.join('\n')}
+${renderClaudeDistribution(claudeDistribution)}
 
 ## Development-only npm dependencies
 
diff --git a/scripts/gen-tool-catalog.ts b/scripts/gen-tool-catalog.ts
index d19b42bc8e..f0eb64548e 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-tool-catalog.ts
+++ b/scripts/gen-tool-catalog.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ const TOOL_PACKAGES: ToolPackage[] = [
       await ctx.plugin(ToolSubagent, { provider: 'mock' })
     },
     note:
-      'The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`.',
+      'The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `packages/bundle/base/cordis.patch.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`.',
   },
   {
     pkg: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control',
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index b70652451e..5c9d892f73 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #   DSH_MASTER       master clone directory              (default: $DSH_SOURCE/master)
 #   DSH_CURRENT      stable symlink to the active worktree (default: $DSH_SOURCE/current)
 #   DSH_BIN_DIR      directory the `dsh` symlink lands in (default: ~/.local/bin)
-#   DSH_HOME         Harness home holding the personal config (default: ~/.dsh)
+#   DSH_HOME         Harness home holding profiles and user patches (default: ~/.dsh)
 # FIXME(install-ts): Move the post-checkout workflow into a tested TypeScript
 # entrypoint; keep this POSIX shell file as the curl/source bootstrap.
 set -eu
diff --git a/scripts/run-gates.spec.ts b/scripts/run-gates.spec.ts
index d7fb7e1b13..84eeeb10bb 100644
--- a/scripts/run-gates.spec.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-gates.spec.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ describe('Node 24 lane ownership', () => {
     expect(subject.find(item => item.id === 'doc-typecheck')?.env).toEqual({
       DSH_DOC_TYPECHECK_USE_BUILD_OUTPUT: '1',
     })
+    expect(subject.find(item => item.id === 'built-bin-smoke')?.args).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts',
+        'packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts',
+      ]),
+    )
     expect(subject.find(item => item.id === 'web-snapshot')).toMatchObject({
       displayCommand: 'DSH_SNAPSHOT=replay pnpm run test:web:built',
       env: { DSH_SNAPSHOT: 'replay' },
diff --git a/scripts/run-gates.ts b/scripts/run-gates.ts
index 238c513433..f7669eac7e 100644
--- a/scripts/run-gates.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-gates.ts
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ function builtBinSmokeGate(needs: string[] = ['build']): Gate {
     'packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts',
     'packages/host/directory-picker-native/tests/built-worker.e2e.ts',
     'packages/ui/jsonrpc/tests/built-scope-carrier.e2e.ts',
+    'packages/subagent/subagent-codex/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts',
+    'packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code/tests/loader-composition.e2e.ts',
     // The worker-entry packages' built bundles: the only automated proof
     // that lib/index.js resolves its sibling lib/worker.cjs under plain node
     // (the e2e lane runs unbuilt, so these files self-skip there).
diff --git a/scripts/snapshots/translation-prompt-v4/request-response.expected.json b/scripts/snapshots/translation-prompt-v4/request-response.expected.json
index 0aa189024d..b9d67f4bf6 100644
--- a/scripts/snapshots/translation-prompt-v4/request-response.expected.json
+++ b/scripts/snapshots/translation-prompt-v4/request-response.expected.json
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
       },
       {
         "role": "user",
-        "content": "# DeepSeek Harness\n\nEnglish | [中文](README.zh.md)\n\nDeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is an open-source coding agent built on the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nIt uses an architecture where **everything is a plugin**.\n\n## Internal testing notice\n\nDeepSeek Harness is under internal testing. Features and interfaces may change.\n\nThe internal build uploads all Session Logs by default to help diagnose reported problems. Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` to disable telemetry. Send feedback through the internal WeChat group.\n\n## Install\n\nClone the repository, then run the installer:\n\n```sh\ngit clone <repo-url>\ncd deepseek-harness\nscripts/install.sh\n```\n\nThe installer requires `git` and Node `^22.19 || >=24`, offers to install `pnpm` when it is missing, prompts for a DeepSeek API key, builds the required repository artifacts, and launches the Web UI.\n\nThe default active checkout is `~/.dsh/source/current`, and the launcher is linked into `~/.local/bin`. Re-run the installer to update. [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) owns alternate locations, update mechanics, and recovery options.\n\n## Use DeepSeek Harness\n\n### Web UI\n\nFor the recommended local interface, choose Web UI when the installer finishes. To start it later, or after updating the active checkout, build the repository and run:\n\n```sh\n(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)\ndsh web\n```\n\nThe path above is the installer's default. If you set `DSH_SOURCE` or `DSH_CURRENT`, or reused an existing checkout, replace `~/.dsh/source/current` with that checkout path; see [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) for details. The Web UI is served at `http://127.0.0.1:3080` by default.\n\n### Configured runtime\n\nRaw `dsh` requires a patch-list configuration applied over the shipped base:\n\n```sh\ndsh --config ./app.cordis.yml\n```\n\nThe [CLI contract](apps/cli/README.md#raw-config) describes the base, overlay semantics, and config dump commands.\n\n### Headless\n\nRun one task, print the final answer, and exit:\n\n```sh\ndsh -p \"summarize this workspace\"\n```\n\n### Automation and SDKs\n\nFrom a source checkout with `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` in the environment or its root `.env`, start the ACP automation server:\n\n```sh\npnpm run demo:acp\n```\n\nThe [Python SDK](python/README.md) drives a bundled JSON-RPC runtime. The [examples](examples/README.md) cover the runnable headless, ACP, JSON-RPC, Code Mode, and self-referential compositions.\n\n## Why DeepSeek Harness\n\nBuilt-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell and persistent PTY execution; reusable skills; task tracking, goals, plans, todos, and background tasks; subagents and workflows; sandboxing and approvals; settings and credentials; persistent, resumable, forkable, and queryable sessions; LSP and web access; context compaction; and telemetry. Each composition selects the subset appropriate to its surface. The Web UI includes Plan Mode.\n\n- **Everything is a plugin.** Models, tools, policies, storage, context management, and interfaces are composable [Cordis plugins](docs/user/develop/basic/index.md), so deployments can extend or replace behavior without forking the agent loop. See the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) for the underlying design.\n- **Runs are reconstructable.** Anything visible to the model is logged in the authoritative session stream; persistence, resume/fork/query, replay, telemetry, and UIs derive from the same events. See the [session-log architecture](docs/architecture.md#session-log).\n- **Code Mode (opt-in).** It exposes a `run_code` tool and a generated TypeScript SDK; only program output re-enters model context. See [Code Mode](packages/core/tools/README.md#code-mode).\n- **Self-referential Cordis tools are opt-in.** They let the agent inspect its live runtime and mount or unmount plugins while it runs. See the [Cordis tools](packages/cordis/tool-cordis/README.md).\n\n## Community\n\nFollow <a href=\"https://x.com/Deepseekharness\">DeepSeek Harness on Twitter</a> for project updates.\n\n## Development\n\nStart with the [development guide](docs/development.md) and read the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) before changing packages.\n\nFor agents, follow [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md).\n\nDeepSeek Harness is currently in internal testing.\n\n## License\n\n[BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE)\n\nThird-party dependencies and their licenses are disclosed in [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md).\n"
+        "content": "# DeepSeek Harness\n\nEnglish | [中文](README.zh.md)\n\nDeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is an open-source coding agent built on the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nIt uses an architecture where **everything is a plugin**.\n\n## Internal testing notice\n\nDeepSeek Harness is under internal testing. Features and interfaces may change.\n\nThe internal build uploads all Session Logs by default to help diagnose reported problems. Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` to disable telemetry. Send feedback through the internal WeChat group.\n\n## Install\n\nClone the repository, then run the installer:\n\n```sh\ngit clone <repo-url>\ncd deepseek-harness\nscripts/install.sh\n```\n\nThe installer requires `git` and Node `^22.19 || >=24`, offers to install `pnpm` when it is missing, prompts for a DeepSeek API key, builds the required repository artifacts, and launches the Web UI.\n\nThe default active checkout is `~/.dsh/source/current`, and the launcher is linked into `~/.local/bin`. Re-run the installer to update. [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) owns alternate locations, update mechanics, and recovery options.\n\n## Use DeepSeek Harness\n\n### Web UI\n\nFor the recommended local interface, choose Web UI when the installer finishes. To start it later, or after updating the active checkout, build the repository and run:\n\n```sh\n(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)\ndsh web\n```\n\nThe path above is the installer's default. If you set `DSH_SOURCE` or `DSH_CURRENT`, or reused an existing checkout, replace `~/.dsh/source/current` with that checkout path; see [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) for details. The Web UI is served at `http://127.0.0.1:3080` by default.\n\n### Profiles\n\n`dsh` boots profiles — ordered stacks of plugin-bundle patch layers under your own overrides in `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`:\n\n```sh\ndsh --profile web                       # the browser UI (same as: dsh web)\ndsh plugin --profile tui add <package>  # install a plugin into a custom profile\ndsh --profile tui                       # boot it\n```\n\nThe [CLI contract](apps/cli/README.md#profiles) describes profile layout, layer semantics, and config dump commands.\n\n### Headless\n\nRun one task, print the final answer, and exit:\n\n```sh\ndsh --profile headless \"summarize this workspace\"\n```\n\n### Automation and SDKs\n\nFrom a source checkout with `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` in the environment or its root `.env`, start the ACP automation server:\n\n```sh\npnpm run demo:acp\n```\n\nThe [Python SDK](python/README.md) drives a bundled JSON-RPC runtime. The [examples](examples/README.md) cover the runnable headless, ACP, JSON-RPC, Code Mode, and self-referential compositions.\n\n## Why DeepSeek Harness\n\nBuilt-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell and persistent PTY execution; reusable skills; task tracking, goals, plans, todos, and background tasks; subagents and workflows; sandboxing and approvals; settings and credentials; persistent, resumable, forkable, and queryable sessions; LSP and web access; context compaction; and telemetry. Each composition selects the subset appropriate to its surface. The Web UI includes Plan Mode.\n\n- **Everything is a plugin.** Models, tools, policies, storage, context management, and interfaces are composable [Cordis plugins](docs/user/develop/basic/index.md), so deployments can extend or replace behavior without forking the agent loop. See the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) for the underlying design.\n- **Runs are reconstructable.** Anything visible to the model is logged in the authoritative session stream; persistence, resume/fork/query, replay, telemetry, and UIs derive from the same events. See the [session-log architecture](docs/architecture.md#session-log).\n- **Code Mode (opt-in).** It exposes a `run_code` tool and a generated TypeScript SDK; only program output re-enters model context. See [Code Mode](packages/core/tools/README.md#code-mode).\n- **Self-referential Cordis tools are opt-in.** They let the agent inspect its live runtime and mount or unmount plugins while it runs. See the [Cordis tools](packages/cordis/tool-cordis/README.md).\n\n## Community\n\nFollow <a href=\"https://x.com/Deepseekharness\">DeepSeek Harness on Twitter</a> for project updates.\n\n## Development\n\nStart with the [development guide](docs/development.md) and read the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) before changing packages.\n\nFor agents, follow [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md).\n\nDeepSeek Harness is currently in internal testing.\n\n## License\n\n[BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE)\n\nThird-party dependencies and their licenses are disclosed in [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md).\n"
       },
       {
         "role": "assistant",
-        "content": "# DeepSeek Harness\n\n[English](README.md) | 中文\n\nDeepSeek Harness（`dsh`）是一款基于 DeepSeek Harness SDK 构建的开源 coding agent（编程智能体）。\n\n它采用了**一切皆插件**的架构。\n\n## 内测声明\n\nDeepSeek Harness 正处于内部测试阶段，功能和接口可能发生变化。\n\n为帮助诊断上报的问题，内测版本默认上传所有会话日志。设置 `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` 可关闭遥测。请通过内部企业微信群反馈问题和建议。\n\n## 安装\n\n克隆仓库，然后运行安装器：\n\n```sh\ngit clone <repo-url>\ncd deepseek-harness\nscripts/install.sh\n```\n\n安装器要求系统已安装 `git` 和 Node `^22.19 || >=24`，缺少 `pnpm` 时可代为安装，并会提示输入 DeepSeek API 密钥，然后构建所需的仓库产物并启动 Web UI。\n\n默认生效的检出位于 `~/.dsh/source/current`，启动器链接到 `~/.local/bin`。再次运行安装器即可更新。其他位置、更新机制和恢复选项由 [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) 负责。\n\n## 使用 DeepSeek Harness\n\n### Web UI\n\n推荐在本地使用 Web UI；安装结束时，选择 Web UI 即可。以后需要启动时，或更新当前生效的检出后，请构建仓库并运行：\n\n```sh\n(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)\ndsh web\n```\n\n上述路径是安装器的默认位置。如果你设置过 `DSH_SOURCE` 或 `DSH_CURRENT`，或者复用了已有检出，请把 `~/.dsh/source/current` 换成该检出路径；详情见 [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh)。Web UI 默认通过 `http://127.0.0.1:3080` 提供服务。\n\n### 自定义运行时\n\n原始 `dsh` 要求传入一份 patch 列表配置，并将其叠加在随附 base 之上：\n\n```sh\ndsh --config ./app.cordis.yml\n```\n\nbase、overlay 语义与配置输出命令详见 [CLI（命令行界面）契约](apps/cli/README.md#raw-config)。\n\n### Headless\n\n运行一项任务，打印最终答案后退出：\n\n```sh\ndsh -p \"summarize this workspace\"\n```\n\n### 自动化与 SDK\n\n在源码检出中通过环境变量或根目录 `.env` 设置 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`，然后启动 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）自动化服务器：\n\n```sh\npnpm run demo:acp\n```\n\n[Python SDK](python/README.md) 驱动随附的 JSON-RPC 运行时。[示例](examples/README.md)涵盖可运行的 headless、ACP、JSON-RPC、Code Mode 和自指组合。\n\n## 为什么选择 DeepSeek Harness\n\n内置功能涵盖文件读取、编辑与搜索、shell 和持久 PTY 执行、可复用 skill（技能）、任务跟踪、目标、计划、待办事项与后台任务、subagent 与工作流、沙箱与审批、设置与凭据、可持久化、恢复、fork 与查询的会话、LSP 与 Web 访问、上下文压缩（context compaction），以及遥测。每个组合只选用适合其使用方式的能力子集。Web UI 包含 Plan Mode。\n\n- **一切皆插件。** 模型、工具、策略、存储、上下文管理和界面均可组合为 [Cordis 插件](docs/user/develop/basic/index.md)，部署方无需 fork agent loop（智能体循环）即可扩展或替换行为。底层设计见[架构文档](docs/architecture.md)。\n- **运行可重建。** 凡是模型可见的内容，都会记录在权威会话流中；持久化、恢复／fork／查询、回放、遥测和 UI 均从同一组事件派生。参见[会话日志架构](docs/architecture.md#session-log)。\n- **Code Mode（需显式启用）。** 它会提供 `run_code` 工具和生成的 TypeScript SDK，只有程序输出会重新进入模型上下文。参见 [Code Mode](packages/core/tools/README.md#code-mode)。\n- **自指 Cordis 工具需显式启用。** 这些工具可让 agent 检查自身的实时运行时，并在运行中挂载或卸载插件。参见 [Cordis 工具](packages/cordis/tool-cordis/README.md)。\n\n## 社区\n\n扫描二维码，或打开 <a href=\"https://wj.qq.com/s2/27234598/03eb/\">DeepSeek Harness 微信社区申请页面</a> 申请加入。\n\n<p>\n  <img src=\"assets/community-wecom-survey.png\" alt=\"DeepSeek Harness 微信社区二维码\" width=\"240\">\n</p>\n\n## 开发\n\n请先阅读[开发指南](docs/development.md)；修改包之前，请阅读[架构文档](docs/architecture.md)。\n\n面向 agent：遵循 [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md)。\n\nDeepSeek Harness 目前处于内测阶段。\n\n## 许可证\n\n[BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE)\n\n第三方依赖及其许可证在 [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) 中披露。\n"
+        "content": "# DeepSeek Harness\n\n[English](README.md) | 中文\n\nDeepSeek Harness（`dsh`）是一款基于 DeepSeek Harness SDK 构建的开源 coding agent（编程智能体）。\n\n它采用了**一切皆插件**的架构。\n\n## 内测声明\n\nDeepSeek Harness 正处于内部测试阶段，功能和接口可能发生变化。\n\n为帮助诊断上报的问题，内测版本默认上传所有会话日志。设置 `DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` 可关闭遥测。请通过内部企业微信群反馈问题和建议。\n\n## 安装\n\n克隆仓库，然后运行安装器：\n\n```sh\ngit clone <repo-url>\ncd deepseek-harness\nscripts/install.sh\n```\n\n安装器要求系统已安装 `git` 和 Node `^22.19 || >=24`，缺少 `pnpm` 时可代为安装，并会提示输入 DeepSeek API 密钥，然后构建所需的仓库产物并启动 Web UI。\n\n默认生效的检出位于 `~/.dsh/source/current`，启动器链接到 `~/.local/bin`。再次运行安装器即可更新。其他位置、更新机制和恢复选项由 [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) 负责。\n\n## 使用 DeepSeek Harness\n\n### Web UI\n\n推荐在本地使用 Web UI；安装结束时，选择 Web UI 即可。以后需要启动时，或更新当前生效的检出后，请构建仓库并运行：\n\n```sh\n(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)\ndsh web\n```\n\n上述路径是安装器的默认位置。如果你设置过 `DSH_SOURCE` 或 `DSH_CURRENT`，或者复用了已有检出，请把 `~/.dsh/source/current` 换成该检出路径；详情见 [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh)。Web UI 默认通过 `http://127.0.0.1:3080` 提供服务。\n\n### Profile\n\n`dsh` 启动 profile：按序叠放的插件组合包 patch 层，之上再叠加你在 `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` 中的自有覆盖层：\n\n```sh\ndsh --profile web                       # the browser UI (same as: dsh web)\ndsh plugin --profile tui add <package>  # install a plugin into a custom profile\ndsh --profile tui                       # boot it\n```\n\nprofile 布局、层语义与配置输出命令详见 [CLI（命令行界面）契约](apps/cli/README.md#profiles)。\n\n### Headless\n\n运行一项任务，打印最终答案后退出：\n\n```sh\ndsh --profile headless \"summarize this workspace\"\n```\n\n### 自动化与 SDK\n\n在源码检出中通过环境变量或根目录 `.env` 设置 `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`，然后启动 ACP（Agent Client Protocol）自动化服务器：\n\n```sh\npnpm run demo:acp\n```\n\n[Python SDK](python/README.md) 驱动随附的 JSON-RPC 运行时。[示例](examples/README.md)涵盖可运行的 headless、ACP、JSON-RPC、Code Mode 和自指组合。\n\n## 为什么选择 DeepSeek Harness\n\n内置功能涵盖文件读取、编辑与搜索、shell 和持久 PTY 执行、可复用 skill（技能）、任务跟踪、目标、计划、待办事项与后台任务、subagent 与工作流、沙箱与审批、设置与凭据、可持久化、恢复、fork 与查询的会话、LSP 与 Web 访问、上下文压缩（context compaction），以及遥测。每个组合只选用适合其使用方式的能力子集。Web UI 包含 Plan Mode。\n\n- **一切皆插件。** 模型、工具、策略、存储、上下文管理和界面均可组合为 [Cordis 插件](docs/user/develop/basic/index.md)，部署方无需 fork agent loop（智能体循环）即可扩展或替换行为。底层设计见[架构文档](docs/architecture.md)。\n- **运行可重建。** 凡是模型可见的内容，都会记录在权威会话流中；持久化、恢复／fork／查询、回放、遥测和 UI 均从同一组事件派生。参见[会话日志架构](docs/architecture.md#session-log)。\n- **Code Mode（需显式启用）。** 它会提供 `run_code` 工具和生成的 TypeScript SDK，只有程序输出会重新进入模型上下文。参见 [Code Mode](packages/core/tools/README.md#code-mode)。\n- **自指 Cordis 工具需显式启用。** 这些工具可让 agent 检查自身的实时运行时，并在运行中挂载或卸载插件。参见 [Cordis 工具](packages/cordis/tool-cordis/README.md)。\n\n## 社区\n\n扫描二维码，或打开 <a href=\"https://wj.qq.com/s2/27234598/03eb/\">DeepSeek Harness 微信社区申请页面</a> 申请加入。\n\n<p>\n  <img src=\"assets/community-wecom-survey.png\" alt=\"DeepSeek Harness 微信社区二维码\" width=\"240\">\n</p>\n\n## 开发\n\n请先阅读[开发指南](docs/development.md)；修改包之前，请阅读[架构文档](docs/architecture.md)。\n\n面向 agent：遵循 [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md)。\n\nDeepSeek Harness 目前处于内测阶段。\n\n## 许可证\n\n[BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE)\n\n第三方依赖及其许可证在 [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md) 中披露。\n"
       },
       {
         "role": "user",
diff --git a/scripts/type-equiv.manifest.json b/scripts/type-equiv.manifest.json
index 73bb8844d0..603ad20d8e 100644
--- a/scripts/type-equiv.manifest.json
+++ b/scripts/type-equiv.manifest.json
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
       "symbol": "LlmModelInfo",
       "source": "packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts"
     },
+    {
+      "doc": "docs/core-data-structures/core.md",
+      "symbol": "LlmModelDiscoveryRequest",
+      "source": "packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts"
+    },
+    {
+      "doc": "docs/core-data-structures/core.md",
+      "symbol": "LlmDiscoveredModel",
+      "source": "packages/llm/llm/src/types.ts"
+    },
     {
       "doc": "docs/core-data-structures/core.md",
       "symbol": "LlmModelContext",
@@ -131,11 +141,6 @@
       "symbol": "Agent",
       "source": "packages/core/agent/src/types.ts"
     },
-    {
-      "doc": "docs/core-data-structures/core.md",
-      "symbol": "PreStepContext",
-      "source": "packages/core/agent/src/types.ts"
-    },
     {
       "doc": "docs/core-data-structures/core.md",
       "symbol": "PreStepDecision",
diff --git a/scripts/verify-cordis-config.ts b/scripts/verify-cordis-config.ts
index bdb020a6a0..4c4d83ead6 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-cordis-config.ts
+++ b/scripts/verify-cordis-config.ts
@@ -149,11 +149,33 @@ function validateExampleResolution(): string[] {
 }
 
 function validateAppResolution(): string[] {
-  const dependencies = readManifest('apps/cli/package.json').dependencies ?? {}
+  const violations: string[] = []
+  // App overlays (and any config left under apps/cli/config) resolve from the
+  // dsh app's own dependency surface — the profile module fallback mirrors it.
+  const appDependencies = {
+    ...readManifest('apps/cli/package.json').dependencies,
+    // The fallback also links every bundle's own dependencies (healProfilesModuleFallback).
+    ...Object.fromEntries(globSync('packages/bundle/*/package.json', { cwd: root })
+      .flatMap(file => Object.entries(readManifest(file).dependencies ?? {}))),
+  }
   const shipped = new Set(globSync('*.cordis.yml', { cwd: resolve(root, 'apps/cli/config') })
     .map(file => `apps/cli/config/${file}`))
-  const references = pluginReferences.filter(reference => shipped.has(reference.file) || appOverlayFiles.has(reference.file))
-  return missingPluginDependencies(references, dependencies, 'apps/cli/package.json')
+  const appReferences = pluginReferences.filter(reference => shipped.has(reference.file) || appOverlayFiles.has(reference.file))
+  violations.push(...missingPluginDependencies(appReferences, appDependencies, 'apps/cli/package.json or a bundle manifest'))
+  // Each bundle's patch rows must resolve from that bundle's own dependencies:
+  // per-layer resolution anchors on the bundle package directory.
+  for (const manifestPath of globSync('packages/bundle/*/package.json', { cwd: root })) {
+    const bundleDir = manifestPath.replace(/\/package\.json$/, '')
+    const manifest = readManifest(manifestPath)
+    const references = pluginReferences.filter(reference => reference.file.startsWith(`${bundleDir}/`))
+    violations.push(...missingPluginDependencies(
+      // A bundle may mount its own package (the web-app runtime row).
+      references.filter(reference => packageNameFromSpecifier(reference.name) !== manifest.name),
+      manifest.dependencies ?? {},
+      manifestPath,
+    ))
+  }
+  return violations
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/scripts/verify-package-readme-model-experience.ts b/scripts/verify-package-readme-model-experience.ts
index 041972cb9f..316a4233de 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-package-readme-model-experience.ts
+++ b/scripts/verify-package-readme-model-experience.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ const SENTENCE_MODEL_EXPERIENCE: Readonly<Record<string, SentenceContract>> = {
   'packages/host/directory-picker-browse': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The GUI-host picking backend registers no model surface.' },
   'packages/host/directory-picker-native': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The GUI-host picking backend registers no model surface.' },
   'packages/host/webserver': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The HTTP carrier bridges browser and API handler and registers no model surface.' },
+  'packages/host/frontend-static': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The SPA dist server answers browser asset requests and registers no model surface.' },
+  'packages/bundle/base': { kind: 'indirect', reason: 'The bundle is a patch-list carrier; each inserted row\'s package owns its model surface.' },
+  'packages/bundle/headless': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The one-shot runner submits the task as an ordinary user message; prompts and tools belong to the composed base/web bundles.' },
   'packages/llm/llm': { kind: 'none', reason: 'The adapter registry forwards already-assembled requests unchanged.' },
   'packages/llm/token-meter': { kind: 'indirect', reason: 'The measurement service leaves model-visible changes to its consumers.' },
   'packages/lsp/lsp': { kind: 'indirect', reason: 'The provider registry delegates model rendering to dsh-tool-lsp.' },
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 9ba9ba5d84..cba3a9972d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         "./packages/spill/*/src/invariant.ts",
         "./packages/timeout/*/src/invariant.ts",
         "./packages/todo/*/src/invariant.ts",
+        "./packages/bundle/*/src/invariant.ts",
         "./packages/cordis/*/src/invariant.ts",
         "./packages/sandbox/*/src/invariant.ts",
         "./packages/hooks/*/src/invariant.ts",
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
         "./packages/spill/*/src",
         "./packages/timeout/*/src",
         "./packages/todo/*/src",
+        "./packages/bundle/*/src",
         "./packages/cordis/*/src",
         "./packages/sandbox/*/src",
         "./packages/hooks/*/src",
diff --git a/tsconfig.host.json b/tsconfig.host.json
index 4fcf71b680..9e63314bc5 100644
--- a/tsconfig.host.json
+++ b/tsconfig.host.json
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@
     { "path": "./packages/support/agent-loop-testkit" },
     { "path": "./packages/acp/acp" },
     { "path": "./packages/examples/acp-demo" },
+    { "path": "./packages/bundle/base" },
+    { "path": "./packages/bundle/headless" },
+    { "path": "./packages/bundle/web-app" },
     { "path": "./packages/ui/app-boot" },
     { "path": "./packages/ui/jsonrpc" },
     { "path": "./packages/examples/jsonrpc-demo" },
@@ -204,6 +207,8 @@
     { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-spawn" },
     { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-fork" },
     { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-acp" },
+    { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-claude-code" },
+    { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-codex" },
     { "path": "./packages/subagent/subagent-dsh-sdk" },
     { "path": "./packages/tasks/tasks" },
     { "path": "./packages/tasks/tasks-local" },
@@ -231,6 +236,7 @@
     // client aggregate's webserver reference.
     { "path": "./packages/host/directory-picker-browse" },
     { "path": "./packages/host/directory-picker-native" },
+    { "path": "./packages/host/frontend-static" },
     { "path": "./packages/host/webserver" },
     { "path": "./packages/sdk/sdk-client" },
     { "path": "./packages/sdk/helper" },
diff --git a/vendor/README.md b/vendor/README.md
index c59a86ccca..9fa97413c2 100644
--- a/vendor/README.md
+++ b/vendor/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Keep this log exhaustive — every divergence from upstream must be listed.
 9. **`hmr/src/index.ts` exact config watching**: `registerConfig()` watches one absolute config path outside module roots, including a path under missing parents, serializes and coalesces refreshes, and returns an async disposer that closes the watcher and drains active work. Refresh failures are normalized to `Error`, logged, and broadcast through the parallel `hmr/config-update-failed` event; observer failures are contained. Config-file changes discovered by the ordinary HMR watcher use the same serialized path. Covered by `packages/ui/app-boot/tests/hmr-config.spec.ts`.
 10. **`loader/src/repository.ts`, `loader/tsdown.config.ts`, and the `@cordisjs/plugin-loader/repository` export**: the Node-only `RepositoryCache` installs one exact dependency specifier through the bundled `pnpm@11.7.0`, single-flights callers, and atomically publishes only a prepared package plus marker under the specifier hash. The subpath stays out of the browser-reachable Loader entry. Identical specifiers permanently reuse that entry; callers change the ref/specifier for another generation. The isolated workspace permits dependency build scripts because a configured repository is executable code, while the child drops ambient credential-shaped variables. Covered by `packages/ui/app-boot/tests/repository-cache.spec.ts`, including a keyless local-Git prepare run through the bundled pnpm.
 11. **Vendored Node-compatible TypeScript**: marked erased imports explicitly across `cordis`, `loader`, `include`, `hmr`, and `schemastery` so Node's native TypeScript transform does not request types as runtime exports. Schemastery's source uses an ESM default export and its package declares `type: module`; its built ESM/CJS entries retain explicit `.mjs`/`.cjs` extensions.
-12. **`include/src/index.ts` patch-semantics export**: extracted the private `applyPatches` body into the exported pure function `applyEntryPatches(data, patches, warn)` (the method delegates to it) and exported the `!!js` YAML dialect as `entryListSchema`, so `dsh --dump-config` composes and prints exactly what the include would mount without booting a tree. Behavior-preserving for mounting; the extraction exists because config tooling must never reimplement (and drift from) the patch algorithm. `applyEntryPatches` also indexes each `insert`ed entry as it is added, so a later patch in the same list can configure or disable a row an earlier patch inserted; upstream built the id index once before the patch loop, leaving inserted rows silently unpatchable. That matters because `dsh` composes one shared base (`apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml`) with a surface overlay, an optional `--config` overlay, and the personal `~/.dsh/config.yaml` as sibling patch lists at one include level — patches never cross an include boundary, so surface-only rows would otherwise be unreachable from user config. Covered by `packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts`.
-13. **`include/src/index.ts` serialized child-tree mutation and `hmr/src/index.ts` main-watcher initial-scan suppression**: every Include child-tree mutation (initial apply, refresh, `internal/update` patch re-application) runs through one per-Include queue, because the group's transactional `update` is not reentrant — two concurrent applies interleave create and rollback on the same entries and strand the Include fiber without ever settling. The HMR main watcher passes `ignoreInitial: true`: the initial scan re-announced files boot had just consumed, and its `add` for a config file refreshed an Include mid-initial-apply; once serialized, a failing initial apply's rollback disposed HMR, whose teardown drain waited on the queued refresh sitting behind that same apply — a deadlock that exited 13 with no diagnostic. `registerConfig()` keeps its own `ignoreInitial: false` watcher because a personal config present at registration must apply once. Covered by the raw invalid-provider built-bin case in `apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts`.
+12. **`include/src/index.ts` patch-semantics export**: extracted the private `applyPatches` body into the exported pure function `applyEntryPatches(data, patches, warn)` (the method delegates to it) and exported the `!!js` YAML dialect as `entryListSchema`, so `dsh --dump-config` composes and prints exactly what the include would mount without booting a tree. Behavior-preserving for mounting; the extraction exists because config tooling must never reimplement (and drift from) the patch algorithm. `applyEntryPatches` also indexes each `insert`ed entry as it is added, so a later patch in the same list can configure or disable a row an earlier patch inserted; upstream built the id index once before the patch loop, leaving inserted rows silently unpatchable. That matters because `dsh` composes an empty profile root with each bundle's patch layer, the profile's and the home-level `cordis.patch.yml`, and any `--patch` overlays as sibling patch lists at one include level — patches never cross an include boundary, so surface-only rows would otherwise be unreachable from user config. Covered by `packages/ui/app-boot/tests/config-reload.spec.ts`.
+13. **`include/src/index.ts` serialized child-tree mutation and `hmr/src/index.ts` main-watcher initial-scan suppression**: every Include child-tree mutation (initial apply, refresh, `internal/update` patch re-application) runs through one per-Include queue, because the group's transactional `update` is not reentrant — two concurrent applies interleave create and rollback on the same entries and strand the Include fiber without ever settling. The HMR main watcher passes `ignoreInitial: true`: the initial scan re-announced files boot had just consumed, and its `add` for a config file refreshed an Include mid-initial-apply; once serialized, a failing initial apply's rollback disposed HMR, whose teardown drain waited on the queued refresh sitting behind that same apply — a deadlock that exited 13 with no diagnostic. `registerConfig()` keeps its own `ignoreInitial: false` watcher because a user patch layer present at registration must apply once. Covered by the patch-overlay boot-failure built-bin case in `apps/cli/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts`.
 
 ## Sync procedure
 
diff --git a/vendor/hmr/src/index.ts b/vendor/hmr/src/index.ts
index 2484d0152a..00864cd865 100644
--- a/vendor/hmr/src/index.ts
+++ b/vendor/hmr/src/index.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class Hmr extends Service {
       // the scan-triggered refresh waits on that apply — a teardown deadlock
       // that strands boot without a diagnostic. Only events after the scan
       // matter here; `registerConfig` keeps its own initial scan because a
-      // personal config present at registration must apply once.
+      // user patch layer present at registration must apply once.
       ignoreInitial: true,
     })
 
diff --git a/vendor/include/src/index.ts b/vendor/include/src/index.ts
index 4a9fd6be86..26b9305c52 100644
--- a/vendor/include/src/index.ts
+++ b/vendor/include/src/index.ts
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ export function applyEntryPatches(
         data.push(...insert)
       }
       // Index what this patch added so a LATER patch in the same list can
-      // target it. Patch lists compose one layer per source (surface overlay,
-      // then `--config`, then the user's), and a layer must be able to
-      // configure or disable a row an earlier layer inserted; without this,
-      // inserted rows were silently unpatchable.
+      // target it. Patch lists compose one layer per source (each bundle
+      // layer, then the user's, then `--patch` overlays), and a layer must be
+      // able to configure or disable a row an earlier layer inserted; without
+      // this, inserted rows were silently unpatchable.
       buildMap(insert)
       continue
     }
diff --git a/website/docs.ts b/website/docs.ts
index 8d42ae3209..1a9b20b5be 100644
--- a/website/docs.ts
+++ b/website/docs.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ const develop = pairedPages([
     section: { root: '基础', en: 'Basics' },
     order: 3,
   },
+  {
+    source: 'docs/user/develop/basic/publish.md',
+    route: 'develop/basic/publish.md',
+    label: { root: '打包与安装插件', en: 'Package and install' },
+    sidebar: { root: 'zh-develop', en: 'en-develop' },
+    section: { root: '基础', en: 'Basics' },
+    order: 4,
+  },
   {
     source: 'docs/user/develop/framework/index.md',
     route: 'develop/framework/index.md',