Add a shared OpenChamber control service with two thin adapters — a native
`openchamber` tool injected into managed OpenCode, and new CLI commands — so
users can manage parallel sessions, worktrees, and scheduled tasks
conversationally through agents or from the terminal.
Control plane:
- New openchamber-control service owning a fixed action contract:
projects.list, models.list, session list/create/send/fork/status/messages,
and schedule list/create/run/delete/toggle. Session and worktree deletion
and project registration are deliberately not exposed.
- New openchamber-sessions module owning create/worktree/prompt orchestration,
Goal Mode dispatch, wait semantics (initial idle never counts as completion;
timeout and cancellation are failures), and explicit partial-failure results.
- Scheduled-task logic extracted into a service shared by routes, CLI, and the
agent tool.
Agent tool:
- Managed OpenCode gets a materialized plugin registering one typed tool with
a loopback-only callback, per-child ephemeral bearer (timing-safe, never
persisted or logged), and abort propagation into the service.
- The ~1.5k-token schema applies progressive disclosure: short descriptions,
server-side validation returning actionable usage errors, and intent
guardrails — created sessions/tasks are user-facing work (not age
self-delegation); worktree/goal/agent/variant/wait are omit-by-default;
dispatches produce no completion notification, and later result r
to session.messages, which now returns the authoritative sessionStatus.
- session.create without a user-named model picks from favorites/re
send/fork omit the selection and the service reuses the target session's
last user-message model, agent, and variant before falling back t
- An "Agent control tool" setting (default on, Save + Reload to apply)
disables plugin injection entirely.
CLI:
- New `openchamber session`, `schedule`, `projects`, and `models` commands
with automatic instance targeting, --wait/--timeout/--last-assist
worktree flags, and Goal Mode, preserving interactive, non-TTY, --quiet,
and --json contracts. The control HTTP timeout derives from the w
instead of the 4-second default.
UI:
- New built-in "Schedule a Task" starter (/schedule-task) running a
dialogue that defines a task and offers to create it via the tool after
explicit confirmation; Craft a Goal and Feature Planning gain the
handoff offer, and guided starters reserve the question tool for concrete
option choices. Localized in all 10 locales, migrated into custom
starter lists, hidden on VS Code.
- Sidebar shows CLI/agent-created sessions live via the control eve
- openchamber tool calls render with per-action titles and metadata.
openchamber # Start on port 3000
openchamber --port 8080# Custom port
openchamber --lan --port 3000# Listen on LAN (0.0.0.0)
openchamber --ui-password secret # Password-protect UI
openchamber startup enable# Start at login as a native serviceOPENCHAMBER_UI_PASSWORD=secret openchamber startup enable# Save service password env
openchamber startup status # Show startup service status
openchamber startup disable # Remove startup service
openchamber tunnel help# Tunnel lifecycle commands
openchamber tunnel providers # Show provider capabilities
openchamber tunnel profile add --provider cloudflare --mode managed-remote --name prod-main --hostname app.example.com --token <token>
openchamber tunnel start --profile prod-main
openchamber tunnel start --provider cloudflare --mode quick --qr
openchamber tunnel start --provider cloudflare --mode managed-local --config ~/.cloudflared/config.yml
openchamber tunnel status --all # Show tunnel state across instances
openchamber tunnel stop --port 3000# Stop tunnel only (server stays running)
openchamber connect-url --port 3000# Add this server to OpenChamber Desktop
openchamber connect-url --server http://host:3000 --qr
openchamber connect-url --port 3000 --qr
openchamber logs # Follow latest instance logsOPENCODE_PORT=4096OPENCODE_SKIP_START=true openchamber # Connect to external OpenCode serverOPENCODE_HOST=https://myhost:4096 OPENCODE_SKIP_START=true openchamber # Connect via custom host/HTTPS
openchamber stop # Stop server
openchamber update # Update to latest version
startup enable snapshots your current environment into the native service so startup behaves like you launched openchamber from the same shell. This preserves provider tokens, PATH, SSH agent settings, and other CLI auth/config env vars. Use --no-env-snapshot for a minimal service env.
When OpenChamber launches the local OpenCode server, it also registers a native
openchamber agent tool for project, session, and scheduled-task orchestration.
The tool is not injected when connecting to an external OpenCode server.
Tunnel behavior notes
One active tunnel per running OpenChamber instance (port).
Starting a different tunnel mode/provider on the same instance replaces the active tunnel.
Replacing or stopping a tunnel revokes existing connect links and invalidates remote tunnel sessions.
Connect links are one-time tokens; generating a new link revokes the previous unused link.
Connect other OpenChamber apps
Use connect-url when a web/API server should be added to OpenChamber Desktop or another OpenChamber app. If no server is running on the selected port, OpenChamber starts one first.
--api-only starts API routes without serving browser UI assets. --lan binds the server so other machines can reach it. --server is the address saved into the Desktop connection link. --ui-password protects browser access if UI routes are enabled elsewhere; the generated client token is what Desktop uses for API access.
This creates a remote client token and prints an openchamber://connect?... link. The link contains the server URL, token, label, and payload version. In OpenChamber Desktop, paste it in Settings -> Remote Instances -> Direct Instances -> Import Link to add that server as an Instance.
If the server was started with --lan or --host 0.0.0.0, connect-url automatically advertises a detected LAN IP instead of 127.0.0.1. Use --server <url> when you want to advertise a specific DNS name, Tailscale address, reverse proxy URL, or HTTPS endpoint.
If you are exposing the server beyond localhost, start it with a password:
Generating a client token does not automatically password-protect the hosted browser UI. --ui-password protects browser access; the client token lets another OpenChamber app connect to this server.
Security note: binding to 0.0.0.0 exposes the server on all network interfaces — use only on trusted networks and protect with firewall rules or --ui-password.
Managed-local path note: OPENCHAMBER_TUNNEL_CONFIG must use a container path under /home/openchamber/.... If the config file references credentials-file, ensure that JSON path is also mounted and reachable inside the container.
Data directory: mount data/ for persistent storage. Ensure permissions:
openchamber # Runs in background by default
openchamber stop # Stop background server
systemd service (VPN / LAN access)
Use --foreground to keep the CLI process alive so systemd (or any other process manager) can track and restart it. Combine with OPENCODE_HOST to connect to an OpenCode instance running as a separate service.
Why set PATH and SSH_AUTH_SOCK?
systemd user services start with a minimal environment — no shell profile is sourced.
Without an explicit PATH, OpenCode won't find tools installed via Homebrew, npm, or ~/.local/bin.
Without SSH_AUTH_SOCK, git operations over SSH (push, pull, clone) will fail.
%t expands to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (e.g. /run/user/1000), where most SSH agents write their socket.
--host 0.0.0.0 is required to listen on all interfaces (the default is 127.0.0.1). Use --host <ip> or OPENCHAMBER_HOST=<ip> to bind to a specific interface instead.
What makes the web version special
Remote access - Cloudflare tunnel with QR onboarding. Scan from your phone, start coding.
Bohdan Triapitsyn
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