openchamber/AGENTS.md

OpenChamber Agent Guide

Purpose

OpenChamber provides shared web, desktop, VS Code, hosted-mobile, and native-mobile UI surfaces for OpenCode.

This file contains only always-on repository rules and routing. Detailed workflows belong to project skills and module documentation.

Instruction Order

These steps are mandatory. Before editing, you MUST:

1. Follow this root guide.
2. Load every matching project skill and every task-required reference from those skills.
3. Read the nearest DOCUMENTATION.md and package README.md when present.
4. Follow local code and test precedent.

If these sources materially conflict, stop and resolve the conflict instead of silently choosing one. Do not start editing when a matching skill or required reference has not been read. Skill loading is a required part of the task, not optional guidance.

Runtime Boundaries

• packages/ui: shared React UI, state, sync, and runtime contracts.
• packages/web: web surfaces, OpenChamber server, managed/external OpenCode lifecycle, and CLI.
• packages/electron: native desktop shell and privileged Electron boundary.
• packages/vscode: extension host, webview, and runtime bridge.
• packages/mobile: Capacitor iOS/Android shell; bundles the mobile web surface and connects to an existing OpenChamber server.
• packages/docs: product documentation; not a Bun workspace.

Shared UI calls official OpenCode APIs through @opencode-ai/sdk/v2. OpenChamber-owned capabilities use RuntimeAPIs, runtimeFetch, and shared browser/realtime transport helpers. Server-side upstream integrations may use their owning runtime modules.

Electron starts the OpenChamber backend in-process, never as a sidecar. Development may load loopback/HMR UI; packaged builds load staged assets through openchamber-ui:// while the loopback server remains the API backend. Keep domain backends in web/runtime modules unless behavior is inherently native.

Shared contracts must define intentional behavior for every applicable runtime: web, desktop, VS Code, hosted mobile, and Capacitor mobile.

Always-On Constraints

• Do not modify ../opencode; it is a separate repository.
• Do not run git or GitHub commands unless the user explicitly asks.
• Do not add dependencies unless explicitly requested.
• Never add or log secrets, bearer tokens, pairing credentials, or sensitive user data.
• Keep changes minimal and preserve unrelated worktree changes.
• Enforce security and correctness in core/runtime logic, not only UI visibility or prompts.
• Keep entrypoints and bridges thin; place domain logic in focused owning modules.
• Update owning documentation when module ownership, contracts, or invariants change.

Correctness Invariants

• Prefer authoritative state over heuristics.
• Derive live activity from live channels, not persisted history.
• Scope temporary fallbacks narrowly and clear them when authoritative state arrives.
• Never let fetch failure masquerade as authoritative empty success.
• Make partial results, rollback, cleanup, and stale-data behavior explicit.
• One failed entity must not erase or block unrelated complete entities.
• Runtime-specific differences must be intentional and visible in code.

Documentation Discovery

Before changing a module, search for the nearest DOCUMENTATION.md; before package-level work, read its README.md. Discover docs dynamically under packages/**/DOCUMENTATION.md rather than relying on a static exhaustive map.

High-value anchors:

• Sync: packages/ui/src/sync/DOCUMENTATION.md
• Stores: packages/ui/src/stores/DOCUMENTATION.md
• CLI: packages/web/bin/lib/DOCUMENTATION.md
• VS Code runtime: packages/vscode/src/DOCUMENTATION.md
• Electron: packages/electron/README.md
• Mobile: packages/mobile/README.md

Project Skills

Project skills live under .agents/skills/*/SKILL.md. You MUST load every skill matching the character of the change before editing; multiple skills may apply, including companion skills required by another skill. Read every task-required reference named by those skills. Skills are canonical for their detailed workflows and checklists. Treating this table as optional advice is a process violation.

Trigger	Required skill
Any source, dependency, export, build-config, generated-asset, package-contract, or module-ownership change	openchamber-change-discipline
CLI commands, prompts, terminal output, non-TTY, --quiet, or --json behavior	clack-cli-patterns
Shared UI data access, OpenCode SDK, RuntimeAPIs, runtime fetch/auth/URLs, bridges/proxies, runtime switching, or server API routes	ui-api-decoupling
Electron main/preload, IPC, native UI, updater, deep links, SSH/tunnels, packaging, or child processes	desktop-shell
Session sync, bootstrap/reconnect, reducers, polling, optimistic state, queues, live status, reconciliation, or directory-scoped caches	sync-state-invariants
Render/store/event hot paths, large lists, caching/indexing, high CPU/memory, lag, jank, freezes, or performance regressions	performance-engineering
WebSocket, SSE, streaming transport, runtime transport internals, or private relay	relay-transport
UI components, styling, colors, buttons, or icons	theme-system
User-facing or accessible UI text, labels, aria, toasts, dialogs, or navigation copy	locale-ui-patterns
Settings UI, settings dialogs, configuration surfaces, or settings search	settings-ui-patterns
Sortable or drag-to-reorder behavior, especially @dnd-kit and touch/wrapping layouts	drag-to-reorder
iOS Simulator build, launch, preview, gestures, or serve-sim control	serve-sim

Pure code-reading or explanation does not require implementation skills unless needed to interpret a specialized subsystem.

Validation

• Use package.json scripts as the command source of truth.
• Prefer focused tests and package-scoped type-check/lint for executable source changes.
• Use workspace-wide checks for cross-workspace contracts, root tooling, dependencies, or shared generated assets.
• Run bun run dead-code when source files are added/deleted/renamed or exports, types, entrypoints, or import shape change; inspect its report because it is non-blocking.
• Do not assume TypeScript/lint covers server JS, CLI JS, Electron helpers, or native behavior; run focused tests, syntax checks, builds, or runtime validation for the touched surface.
• For docs-only or isolated config changes, run the narrowest relevant validation.
• Report exactly what was and was not validated. Static checks alone do not prove runtime, relay, performance, or platform correctness.

Pull Request Handoff

Before creating or updating a pull request, read CONTRIBUTING.md and .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md. Complete the template with concrete, current evidence for the final PR HEAD; do not make the reviewer reconstruct intent, affected surfaces, applicable guidance, validation, visual behavior, or failure and rollback considerations from the diff alone.