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agents-at-work

A voxel office in your browser where the main agent and its subagents work, hand off tasks and take way too many coffee breaks.

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★ 1v0.1.0-beta.1no licenseupdated 2026-10-09natansalvadorligabo/agents-at-work
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README

Agents at Work

Beta. A Claude Code mod (installed like a plugin) that shows your session as a voxel office in the browser: the main agent and every subagent walk to the bookshelf, the server rack or the whiteboard as they use tools, hand tasks and results to each other in envelopes — and spend way too long at the coffee machine.

The office at work: new hires get their envelopes, everyone works at the stations, long builds turn into coffee and gossip, and a failing test ends in a desk punch

▶️ Watch it with sound (the sound effects are half the fun)

What you see

In the sessionIn the office
Read, Grep, Glob…📚 walks to the bookshelf
Edit, Write⌨️ types at the desk
Bash, PowerShell🖥️ operates the server rack
WebSearch, WebFetch🌐 spins the globe
MCP tools📞 picks up the red phone
TodoWrite, plan mode, long thinking📝 writes on the whiteboard
A subagent is spawnedit walks in through the door and receives a sealed envelope
A subagent finishesit delivers a green (success) or crumpled (failure) envelope
Nothing happens for a whileeveryone naps and the lights dim

The coffee machine

Time at the coffee machine is blocked time:

  • A terminal command running for more than 10 s: "☕ npm run build… compiling".
  • An agent waiting on its subagents for more than 3 s goes to "☕ supervise" them from the coffee machine (and gets told "🙄 found you at the coffee machine, boss" on delivery).
  • If the command fails while the agent is on a break, it spills its coffee and runs back to its desk.
  • Two agents on a break start gossiping. From the fifth cup on, they shake: "☕×5 I FEEL GREAT".
  • Click the coffee machine for the Employee of the month (in reverse) ranking.

The page speaks Português (Brasil) and English (US) — switch with the flags in the top-right corner.

Approve tools from the office

When Claude Code would ask permission for a tool call, the agent raises its hand in the office and its panel shows Allow / Deny. Answer there, or wait 60 s and the usual terminal dialog appears. With no office page open, nothing changes: the terminal asks right away. Questions (AskUserQuestion) and plan approval stay in the terminal — Claude Code only lets mods tighten those.

Drive the agents from the office

Click an agent and use its panel the way you would use the terminal:

  • Main agent: type a prompt and Send (Ctrl+Enter). It enters the session as if you had typed it; while the agent is busy it waits for the current turn to end.
  • Subagent: send it a message. If it already finished, the message resumes it.
  • Stop interrupts the agent's running turn.
  • + New subagent (in the main agent's panel) hires one with a description, a type and a task.

Only the page opened by /office can answer: the link carries a per-session secret key (removed from the address bar on load). The server also refuses requests from other web sites, foreign host names (DNS rebinding) and browsers on the routes reserved for the mod.

Install

Requirements: Claude Code 2.1.29x or newer (the mod uses the early-access function hooks API: a hooks.json module that runs inside Claude Code) and Node.js 20+ on your PATH (the office server runs on Node). Nothing else: no npm install needed.

claude plugin marketplace add natansalvadorligabo/agents-at-work
claude plugin install agents-at-work@agents-at-work

Start a new session and run /office: the office opens in your browser. The mod starts a small server on 127.0.0.1:47821 that only listens on your machine.

To try a local clone instead: claude --plugin-dir /path/to/agents-at-work.

Develop

npm install
npm test            # web + server tests (node --test) and hook tests (claude plugin test)
npm run check       # prettier + typecheck + tests
npm start           # run the office server alone
npm run demo:coffee # fake a 2-minute session against the running server (open the printed URL)
npm run demo:permission # raise a fake permission request and wait for Allow / Deny
npm run demo:showcase # everything at once: hires, every station, coffee, a raised hand, a desk punch
PathWhat lives there
hooks/The Claude Code hooks module (TypeScript): turns session events into office events
shared/The wire protocol shared by hooks, server and browser
server/Node server: event intake, session store, server-sent events, static files
web/src/The browser app (plain ES modules + JSDoc types, three.js r169 vendored)
test/node --test suites and named fakes
tools/Session simulators for demos

All code is type-checked (tsc --checkJs, strict) and formatted with Prettier.

Source 8 files
hooks/register.ts 452 lines
1import type { EngineInterface, Hook, Register } from 'claude-code'
2import { DEFAULT_PORT, EventType, MAIN_AGENT_ID } from '../shared/protocol.js'
3import { EventQueue } from './lib/event-queue.js'
4import type { OutgoingEvent } from './lib/event-queue.js'
5import {
6  COMMAND_POLL_WAIT_MS,
7  COMMAND_RETRY_MS,
8  RunningTurns,
9  failure,
10  readCommands,
11} from './lib/office-commands.js'
12import type { CommandOutcome, OfficeCommand } from './lib/office-commands.js'
13import {
14  CONTROL_REGISTER_URL,
15  EVENTS_URL,
16  HEALTH_URL,
17  PERMISSIONS_URL,
18  SERVER_PORT_ENV,
19  browserOpenCommands,
20  commandResultUrl,
21  commandsUrl,
22  officePageUrl,
23  permissionUrl,
24} from './lib/office-config.js'
25import {
26  POLL_WAIT_MS,
27  WEB_APPROVAL_WINDOW_MS,
28  createControlKey,
29  readPollAnswer,
30  shouldAskOffice,
31  watchersOf,
32} from './lib/permission-policy.js'
33import type { FinalDecision } from './lib/permission-policy.js'
34import { ThinkingRelay } from './lib/thinking-relay.js'
35import { folderName, shorten, summarizeToolInput } from './lib/tool-summary.js'
36
37// Every function that touches `$` lives in this file: the engine follows `$` only into functions declared
38// in the hooks module itself, never across an import (see `claude plugin validate`). Pure logic is in lib/.
39
40export const OFFICE_COMMAND = 'office'
41
42const SERVER_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = 5000
43const READY_POLL_ATTEMPTS = 20
44const READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 150
45const LIVE_AGENT_STATUSES = new Set(['running', 'pending', 'waiting'])
46
47const JSON_HEADERS = { 'content-type': 'application/json' }
48const WAITING_FOR_OFFICE = `Waiting for approval in the office (web)… the terminal asks in ${WEB_APPROVAL_WINDOW_MS / 1000} s`
49
50const queue = new EventQueue(() => Date.now())
51// The office page must present this key to act on the session; it travels only in the /office link.
52const controlKey = createControlKey(crypto)
53let sessionId = ''
54let launchingServer = false
55let pollingCommands = false
56let sessionOver = false
57const runningTurns = new RunningTurns()
58
59function publish($: EngineInterface, event: OutgoingEvent): void {
60  queue.enqueue(event)
61  if (queue.beginFlush()) void flushQueue($)
62}
63
64function publishAll($: EngineInterface, events: OutgoingEvent[]): void {
65  for (const event of events) publish($, event)
66}
67
68async function flushQueue($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
69  try {
70    for (let batch = queue.takeBatch(); batch; batch = queue.takeBatch()) await postEventsQuietly($, batch)
71  } finally {
72    queue.endFlush()
73  }
74}
75
76// Re-announces subagents that were already running when the plugin (re)loaded, so the office is not empty.
77async function publishRunningAgents($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
78  for (const agent of await $.agent.list()) {
79    if (!LIVE_AGENT_STATUSES.has(agent.status)) continue
80    publish($, {
81      type: EventType.AGENT_SPAWNED,
82      agentId: agent.id,
83      parentId: agent.parentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID,
84      agentType: agent.type,
85      description: agent.description,
86      name: agent.name ?? null,
87      restored: true,
88    })
89  }
90}
91
92// With no server up the events are dropped: the browser rebuilds the scene from the next snapshot.
93async function postEventsQuietly($: EngineInterface, batch: OutgoingEvent[]): Promise<void> {
94  try {
95    const body = JSON.stringify(batch)
96    await $.http.fetch(EVENTS_URL, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body })
97  } catch {
98    // Dropped on purpose, see above.
99  }
100}
101
102async function isOfficeServerHealthy($: EngineInterface): Promise<boolean> {
103  try {
104    const response = await $.http.fetch(HEALTH_URL)
105    return response.ok
106  } catch {
107    return false
108  }
109}
110
111// Spawns the Node server that serves the office page unless one already answers; resolves when it exits.
112async function ensureOfficeServer($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
113  if (launchingServer || (await isOfficeServerHealthy($))) return
114  launchingServer = true
115  try {
116    const argv = ['node', `${$.plugin.root}/server/main.js`]
117    const child = $.process.spawn({ argv, env: { [SERVER_PORT_ENV]: String(DEFAULT_PORT) } })
118    for await (const output of child) $.ui.log(output.text, { to: 'debug' })
119  } catch (error) {
120    $.ui.log(`agents-at-work server did not start: ${String(error)}`, { to: 'debug' })
121  } finally {
122    launchingServer = false
123  }
124}
125
126// Waits briefly for a fresh server so the browser opens on a live page rather than an error.
127async function waitForOfficeServer($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
128  if (await isOfficeServerHealthy($)) return
129  void ensureOfficeServer($)
130  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < READY_POLL_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
131    await $.clock.sleep(READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
132    if (await isOfficeServerHealthy($)) return
133  }
134}
135
136async function runsSuccessfully($: EngineInterface, argv: string[]): Promise<boolean> {
137  try {
138    const { exitCode, stderr } = await $.process.run(argv)
139    if (exitCode !== 0) $.ui.log(`agents-at-work: ${argv[0]} exited ${exitCode}: ${stderr}`, { to: 'debug' })
140    return exitCode === 0
141  } catch (error) {
142    $.ui.log(`agents-at-work: ${argv[0]} did not run: ${String(error)}`, { to: 'debug' })
143    return false
144  }
145}
146
147async function openInBrowser($: EngineInterface, url: string): Promise<boolean> {
148  for (const argv of browserOpenCommands(url)) {
149    if (await runsSuccessfully($, argv)) return true
150  }
151  return false
152}
153
154// Re-sent before every use: the server keeps keys in memory and may have restarted since.
155async function registerControlKey($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
156  try {
157    const body = JSON.stringify({ sessionId, key: controlKey })
158    await $.http.fetch(CONTROL_REGISTER_URL, { method: 'POST', headers: JSON_HEADERS, body })
159  } catch {
160    // No server: nobody can answer on the web anyway.
161  }
162}
163
164async function openOffice($: EngineInterface): Promise<{ text: string }> {
165  await waitForOfficeServer($)
166  // The session.start of a new session goes out while the server is still starting, and is dropped.
167  publish($, { type: EventType.SESSION_START })
168  await registerControlKey($)
169  const url = officePageUrl(sessionId, controlKey)
170  const opened = await openInBrowser($, url)
171  return { text: opened ? `Office opened at ${url}` : `Open ${url} in your browser` }
172}
173
174type PermissionQuestion = {
175  requestId: string
176  agentId: string
177  tool: string
178  summary: string
179  reason: string
180}
181
182// Raises the agent's hand on the office page; answers how many pages are open to see it.
183async function openPermission($: EngineInterface, question: PermissionQuestion): Promise<number> {
184  try {
185    const body = JSON.stringify({ sessionId, ...question })
186    const response = await $.http.fetch(PERMISSIONS_URL, { method: 'POST', headers: JSON_HEADERS, body })
187    return response.ok ? watchersOf(response.text) : 0
188  } catch {
189    return 0
190  }
191}
192
193async function pollPermission(
194  $: EngineInterface,
195  requestId: string,
196): Promise<FinalDecision | 'wait' | 'give-up'> {
197  try {
198    const response = await $.http.fetch(permissionUrl(requestId, POLL_WAIT_MS))
199    return response.ok ? readPollAnswer(response.text) : 'give-up'
200  } catch {
201    return 'give-up'
202  }
203}
204
205async function withdrawPermission($: EngineInterface, requestId: string): Promise<void> {
206  try {
207    await $.http.fetch(permissionUrl(requestId), { method: 'DELETE' })
208  } catch {
209    // The server is gone, and the request with it.
210  }
211}
212
213// Long-polls instead of sleeping: the hook's 10 s budget pauses during `$.http.fetch`, not `$.clock.sleep`.
214async function waitForOfficeDecision($: EngineInterface, requestId: string): Promise<FinalDecision | null> {
215  const deadline = Date.now() + WEB_APPROVAL_WINDOW_MS
216  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
217    const answer = await pollPermission($, requestId)
218    if (answer === 'give-up') return null
219    if (answer !== 'wait') return answer
220  }
221  return null
222}
223
224// Null means nobody answered on the web: the engine's own dialog then asks in the terminal.
225async function askOffice($: EngineInterface, question: PermissionQuestion): Promise<FinalDecision | null> {
226  await registerControlKey($)
227  if ((await openPermission($, question)) === 0) {
228    await withdrawPermission($, question.requestId)
229    return null
230  }
231  $.ui.status(WAITING_FOR_OFFICE)
232  try {
233    return await waitForOfficeDecision($, question.requestId)
234  } finally {
235    $.ui.status(undefined)
236    await withdrawPermission($, question.requestId)
237  }
238}
239
240// The office page drives the session through these, the same calls the terminal makes: Claude Code is
241// only the engine.
242
243async function runCommand($: EngineInterface, command: OfficeCommand): Promise<CommandOutcome> {
244  switch (command.kind) {
245    case 'prompt': {
246      const entered = await $.prompt.submit({ text: command.text, asUser: true })
247      return 'drop' in entered && entered.drop !== undefined ? failure(entered.drop) : { ok: true }
248    }
249    case 'message': {
250      const sent = await $.session.send({ to: { agentId: command.agentId }, text: command.text })
251      return sent.isDelivered ? { ok: true } : failure(sent.reason)
252    }
253    case 'stop': {
254      const turnId = runningTurns.of(command.agentId)
255      if (turnId === undefined) return failure(`No running turn for agent ${command.agentId}`)
256      await $.turn.abort({ turnId })
257      return { ok: true }
258    }
259    case 'spawn':
260      return spawnFromOffice($, command)
261  }
262}
263
264// `$.agent.spawn` skips this plugin's own `agent.spawn` hook, so the office hears about the hire here.
265async function spawnFromOffice(
266  $: EngineInterface,
267  command: Extract<OfficeCommand, { kind: 'spawn' }>,
268): Promise<CommandOutcome> {
269  const { text: prompt, description, subagentType } = command
270  const started = await $.agent.spawn({ prompt, description, subagentType })
271  if ('deny' in started && started.deny !== undefined) return failure(started.deny)
272  if (started.agentId === undefined) return { ok: true }
273  publish($, {
274    type: EventType.AGENT_SPAWNED,
275    agentId: started.agentId,
276    parentId: MAIN_AGENT_ID,
277    agentType: subagentType,
278    description,
279    name: null,
280    prompt,
281    background: true,
282  })
283  return { ok: true }
284}
285
286async function answerCommand($: EngineInterface, command: OfficeCommand): Promise<void> {
287  let outcome: CommandOutcome
288  try {
289    outcome = await runCommand($, command)
290  } catch (error) {
291    outcome = failure(error)
292  }
293  try {
294    const body = JSON.stringify(outcome)
295    await $.http.fetch(commandResultUrl(command.id), { method: 'POST', headers: JSON_HEADERS, body })
296  } catch {
297    // The page gives up waiting and says the session did not answer.
298  }
299}
300
301async function takeCommands($: EngineInterface): Promise<OfficeCommand[] | null> {
302  try {
303    const response = await $.http.fetch(commandsUrl(sessionId, COMMAND_POLL_WAIT_MS))
304    return response.ok ? readCommands(response.text) : null
305  } catch {
306    return null
307  }
308}
309
310// Long-polls the office server for the page's commands while the session lives; each runs on its own,
311// so a prompt waiting for the session to go idle does not hold up a stop.
312async function pollCommands($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
313  if (pollingCommands) return
314  pollingCommands = true
315  try {
316    while (!sessionOver) {
317      const commands = await takeCommands($)
318      if (commands === null) await $.clock.sleep(COMMAND_RETRY_MS)
319      for (const command of commands ?? []) void answerCommand($, command)
320    }
321  } catch (error) {
322    $.ui.log(`agents-at-work stopped taking office commands: ${String(error)}`, { to: 'debug' })
323  } finally {
324    pollingCommands = false
325  }
326}
327
328const onToolCheck: Hook<'tool.check'> = async ($, e, next) => {
329  const verdict = await next(e)
330  if (!shouldAskOffice(verdict.decision, e.tool, e.tool_use_id)) return verdict
331  const question = {
332    requestId: e.tool_use_id ?? '',
333    agentId: e.agentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID,
334    tool: e.tool,
335    summary: summarizeToolInput((e.input ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>),
336    reason: verdict.reason ?? '',
337  }
338  const decision = await askOffice($, question)
339  if (decision === null) return verdict
340  const reason = decision === 'allow' ? 'Allowed in the office (web)' : 'Denied in the office (web)'
341  return { ...verdict, decision, reason }
342}
343
344const onSessionStart: Hook<'session.start'> = async ($, e, next) => {
345  const started = await next(e)
346  sessionId = await $.session.id()
347  queue.identify(sessionId, folderName(e.cwd))
348  await $.command.register({
349    name: OFFICE_COMMAND,
350    description: "Opens this session's voxel office in the browser",
351  })
352  void ensureOfficeServer($)
353  $.clock.every(SERVER_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS, () => void ensureOfficeServer($))
354  publish($, { type: EventType.SESSION_START })
355  void publishRunningAgents($)
356  sessionOver = false
357  void pollCommands($)
358  return started
359}
360
361const onSessionEnd: Hook<'session.end'> = async ($, e, next) => {
362  sessionOver = true
363  publish($, { type: EventType.SESSION_END, reason: e.reason })
364  return next(e)
365}
366
367const onTurnStart: Hook<'turn.start'> = async ($, e, next) => {
368  runningTurns.started(undefined, e.turnId)
369  publish($, { type: EventType.TURN_START, agentId: MAIN_AGENT_ID })
370  return next(e)
371}
372
373const onTurnComplete: Hook<'turn.complete'> = async ($, e, next) => {
374  runningTurns.ended(e.agentId, e.turnId)
375  if (e.agentId === undefined) {
376    publish($, { type: EventType.TURN_END, agentId: MAIN_AGENT_ID, reason: e.reason })
377  } else {
378    const answer = shorten(e.answer)
379    publish($, {
380      type: EventType.AGENT_FINISHED,
381      agentId: e.agentId,
382      reason: e.reason,
383      answer,
384      durationMs: e.durationMs,
385    })
386  }
387  return next(e)
388}
389
390const onAgentSpawn: Hook<'agent.spawn'> = async ($, e, next) => {
391  const result = await next(e)
392  if (result.agentId === undefined) return result
393  publish($, {
394    type: EventType.AGENT_SPAWNED,
395    agentId: result.agentId,
396    parentId: e.parentAgentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID,
397    agentType: e.subagentType,
398    description: e.description,
399    name: e.name ?? null,
400    prompt: e.prompt,
401    background: e.background,
402  })
403  return result
404}
405
406const onToolCall: Hook<'tool.call'> = async ($, e, next) => {
407  const agentId = e.agentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID
408  const toolUseId = e.tool_use_id ?? `${agentId}-${Date.now()}`
409  const summary = summarizeToolInput(e as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)
410  publish($, { type: EventType.TOOL_START, agentId, toolUseId, tool: String(e.tool), summary })
411  const result = await next(e)
412  const failed = result.deny !== undefined || result.isError === true
413  publish($, { type: EventType.TOOL_END, agentId, toolUseId, failed })
414  return result
415}
416
417const onTurnStep: Hook<'turn.step'> = async function* ($, e, next) {
418  runningTurns.started(e.agentId, e.turnId)
419  const relay = new ThinkingRelay(e.agentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID, () => Date.now())
420  try {
421    for await (const chunk of next(e)) {
422      yield chunk
423      publishAll(
424        $,
425        relay.onChunk(chunk.kind, 'text' in chunk && typeof chunk.text === 'string' ? chunk.text : ''),
426      )
427    }
428  } finally {
429    publishAll($, relay.finish())
430  }
431}
432
433/**
434 * Plugin entry point: mirrors the session's agents, tools and thinking to the office server.
435 * @example { "modules": ["./register.ts"] } // hooks/hooks.json
436 */
437export const register: Register = on => {
438  on('session.start', onSessionStart)
439  on('command.run', { command: OFFICE_COMMAND }, async $ => openOffice($)).catch(() => ({
440    text: `Open ${officePageUrl(sessionId, controlKey)} in your browser`,
441  }))
442  on('session.end', onSessionEnd)
443  on('turn.start', onTurnStart)
444  on('turn.complete', onTurnComplete)
445  // Observers only: if publishing throws, the spawn / tool call proceeds untouched.
446  on('agent.spawn', onAgentSpawn).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
447  on('tool.call', onToolCall).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
448  // On failure, fall back to the engine's own verdict (its dialog), never to an allow.
449  on('tool.check', onToolCheck).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
450  on('turn.step', onTurnStep)
451}
452
shared/protocol.js 206 lines
1// Wire protocol shared by the hooks module, the local server and the browser.
2// Plain JS + JSDoc so all three runtimes (engine sandbox, Node, browser) load it without a build step.
3
4/** Port the hooks module and the server agree on. */
5export const DEFAULT_PORT = 47821
6
7/** Id the hooks module uses for the session's own (non-subagent) agent. */
8export const MAIN_AGENT_ID = 'main'
9
10/** Agent type reported for the main agent; subagents carry their `subagent_type`. */
11export const MAIN_AGENT_TYPE = 'main'
12
13export const EventType = Object.freeze({
14  SESSION_START: 'session.start',
15  SESSION_END: 'session.end',
16  TURN_START: 'turn.start',
17  TURN_END: 'turn.end',
18  AGENT_SPAWNED: 'agent.spawned',
19  AGENT_FINISHED: 'agent.finished',
20  TOOL_START: 'tool.start',
21  TOOL_END: 'tool.end',
22  THINKING_START: 'thinking.start',
23  THINKING_DELTA: 'thinking.delta',
24  THINKING_END: 'thinking.end',
25  PERMISSION_REQUESTED: 'permission.requested',
26  PERMISSION_RESOLVED: 'permission.resolved',
27})
28
29/** Event types the server raises itself; hooks may not post them to /events. */
30export const SERVER_EVENT_TYPES = Object.freeze([
31  EventType.PERMISSION_REQUESTED,
32  EventType.PERMISSION_RESOLVED,
33])
34
35/**
36 * What the office can answer to a permission request; `expired` means nobody answered on the web and the
37 * terminal dialog takes over.
38 */
39export const PermissionDecision = Object.freeze({
40  ALLOW: 'allow',
41  DENY: 'deny',
42  PENDING: 'pending',
43  EXPIRED: 'expired',
44})
45
46/**
47 * What the office page can ask the session to do, as the terminal would: prompt the main agent, message a
48 * subagent (resuming it when it already finished), stop an agent's running turn, or spawn a subagent.
49 */
50export const CommandKind = Object.freeze({
51  PROMPT: 'prompt',
52  MESSAGE: 'message',
53  STOP: 'stop',
54  SPAWN: 'spawn',
55})
56
57/** Header carrying the session's control key on requests that act on the session. */
58export const CONTROL_KEY_HEADER = 'x-agents-at-work-key'
59
60/** URL query parameter the /office link uses to hand the control key to the page. */
61export const CONTROL_KEY_PARAM = 'key'
62
63export const AgentStatus = Object.freeze({
64  WORKING: 'working',
65  WAITING: 'waiting',
66  DONE: 'done',
67  FAILED: 'failed',
68})
69
70/** The reason `turn.complete` reports when an agent answered normally. */
71export const ANSWER_REASON = 'answer'
72
73/** HTTP routes served by the local server. */
74export const Route = Object.freeze({
75  EVENTS: '/events',
76  STREAM: '/stream',
77  HEALTH: '/health',
78  CONTROL_REGISTER: '/control/register',
79  PERMISSIONS: '/permissions',
80  COMMANDS: '/commands',
81})
82
83/** Server-sent event names on the `/stream` route. */
84export const StreamMessage = Object.freeze({
85  SNAPSHOT: 'snapshot',
86  UPDATE: 'update',
87})
88
89/**
90 * @typedef {(typeof EventType)[keyof typeof EventType]} EventTypeName
91 * @typedef {(typeof AgentStatus)[keyof typeof AgentStatus]} AgentStatusName
92 * @typedef {(typeof PermissionDecision)[keyof typeof PermissionDecision]} PermissionDecisionName
93 * @typedef {(typeof CommandKind)[keyof typeof CommandKind]} CommandKindName
94 */
95
96/**
97 * A command from the office page, as the hooks module receives it. `text` is the prompt or message (the
98 * spawned subagent's task for `spawn`); `description` and `subagentType` only travel with `spawn`.
99 * @typedef {object} OfficeCommand
100 * @property {string} id
101 * @property {CommandKindName} kind
102 * @property {string} agentId
103 * @property {string} [text]
104 * @property {string} [description]
105 * @property {string} [subagentType]
106 */
107
108/**
109 * How the session took a command: `ok`, or the reason it could not.
110 * @typedef {{ ok: true } | { ok: false, error: string }} CommandOutcome
111 */
112
113/**
114 * A tool call waiting for someone to allow or deny it.
115 * @typedef {object} PermissionRequest
116 * @property {string} id
117 * @property {string} tool
118 * @property {string} summary
119 * @property {string} reason Why the engine asks, as its verdict said.
120 * @property {number} requestedAt Epoch milliseconds.
121 */
122
123/**
124 * One event as posted by the hooks module. Fields beyond `type` depend on the type.
125 * @typedef {object} OfficeEvent
126 * @property {EventTypeName} type
127 * @property {string} sessionId
128 * @property {string} project
129 * @property {number} timestamp Epoch milliseconds.
130 * @property {string} [agentId]
131 * @property {string | null} [parentId]
132 * @property {string} [agentType]
133 * @property {string} [description]
134 * @property {string | null} [name]
135 * @property {string} [prompt]
136 * @property {boolean} [background]
137 * @property {boolean} [restored] True when re-announcing an agent that was already running.
138 * @property {string} [reason]
139 * @property {string} [answer]
140 * @property {number} [durationMs]
141 * @property {string} [toolUseId]
142 * @property {string} [tool]
143 * @property {string} [summary]
144 * @property {boolean} [failed]
145 * @property {string} [text]
146 * @property {string} [requestId]
147 * @property {PermissionDecisionName} [decision]
148 */
149
150/**
151 * @typedef {object} ToolRecord
152 * @property {string} id
153 * @property {string} tool
154 * @property {string} summary
155 * @property {number} startedAt Epoch milliseconds.
156 * @property {number | null} endedAt
157 * @property {boolean} failed
158 */
159
160/**
161 * @typedef {object} AgentSnapshot
162 * @property {string} id
163 * @property {string | null} parentId
164 * @property {string} agentType
165 * @property {string} description
166 * @property {string | null} name
167 * @property {string} prompt
168 * @property {boolean} background
169 * @property {AgentStatusName} status
170 * @property {Record<string, ToolRecord>} activeTools
171 * @property {boolean} thinking
172 * @property {string} thoughts
173 * @property {ToolRecord[]} history
174 * @property {string} answer
175 * @property {number} createdAt
176 * @property {PermissionRequest | null} pendingPermission
177 */
178
179/**
180 * @typedef {object} SessionInfo
181 * @property {string} id
182 * @property {string} project
183 * @property {boolean} ended
184 */
185
186/**
187 * @typedef {SessionInfo & { agents: AgentSnapshot[] }} SessionSnapshot
188 */
189
190/**
191 * @typedef {object} StreamUpdate
192 * @property {OfficeEvent} event
193 * @property {AgentSnapshot | null} agent
194 * @property {SessionInfo} session
195 */
196
197/**
198 * Tells whether an agent snapshot belongs to the session's main agent.
199 * @param {{ id: string }} agent
200 * @returns {boolean}
201 * @example isMainAgent({ id: MAIN_AGENT_ID }) // true
202 */
203export function isMainAgent(agent) {
204  return agent.id === MAIN_AGENT_ID
205}
206
hooks/lib/event-queue.ts 62 lines
1import type { OfficeEvent } from '../../shared/protocol.js'
2
3const MAX_BATCH_SIZE = 50
4
5/** An event before the queue stamps the session envelope on it. */
6export type OutgoingEvent = Omit<OfficeEvent, 'sessionId' | 'project' | 'timestamp'>
7
8/**
9 * Ordered queue of hook events waiting to be posted, with a single-flusher guard.
10 * It never touches `$`: the engine only lets hook code pass `$` to plain functions.
11 * @example
12 * queue.enqueue({ type: 'turn.start', agentId: 'main' })
13 * if (queue.beginFlush()) for (let b = queue.takeBatch(); b; b = queue.takeBatch()) await send(b)
14 */
15export class EventQueue {
16  #events: OfficeEvent[] = []
17  #flushing = false
18  #sessionId = ''
19  #project = ''
20  readonly #now: () => number
21
22  constructor(now: () => number) {
23    this.#now = now
24  }
25
26  /** Sets the session envelope stamped on every later event. */
27  identify(sessionId: string, project: string): void {
28    this.#sessionId = sessionId
29    this.#project = project
30  }
31
32  enqueue(event: OutgoingEvent): void {
33    this.#events.push({
34      ...event,
35      sessionId: this.#sessionId,
36      project: this.#project,
37      timestamp: this.#now(),
38    })
39  }
40
41  /** Claims the flusher role; false when another flush is already draining the queue. */
42  beginFlush(): boolean {
43    if (this.#flushing) return false
44    this.#flushing = true
45    return true
46  }
47
48  endFlush(): void {
49    this.#flushing = false
50  }
51
52  /** Removes and returns the next batch in order, or null when the queue is empty. */
53  takeBatch(): OfficeEvent[] | null {
54    if (this.#events.length === 0) return null
55    return this.#events.splice(0, MAX_BATCH_SIZE)
56  }
57
58  get pendingCount(): number {
59    return this.#events.length
60  }
61}
62
hooks/lib/office-commands.ts 74 lines
1import { CommandKind, MAIN_AGENT_ID } from '../../shared/protocol.js'
2
3/** How long each long-poll for the office page's commands may hang. */
4export const COMMAND_POLL_WAIT_MS = 25_000
5/** How long to wait before polling again when the office server is not answering. */
6export const COMMAND_RETRY_MS = 5_000
7
8export type OfficeCommand =
9  | { id: string; kind: 'prompt'; agentId: string; text: string }
10  | { id: string; kind: 'message'; agentId: string; text: string }
11  | { id: string; kind: 'stop'; agentId: string }
12  | { id: string; kind: 'spawn'; agentId: string; text: string; description: string; subagentType: string }
13
14export type CommandOutcome = { ok: true } | { ok: false; error: string }
15
16const KINDS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(Object.values(CommandKind))
17
18/**
19 * Reads the office server's answer to a commands long-poll, skipping anything malformed.
20 * @example readCommands('{"commands":[{"id":"c1","kind":"stop","agentId":"main"}]}') // [{ id: 'c1', kind: 'stop', agentId: 'main' }]
21 */
22export function readCommands(text: string): OfficeCommand[] {
23  let value: unknown
24  try {
25    value = JSON.parse(text)
26  } catch {
27    return []
28  }
29  const list = (value as { commands?: unknown } | null)?.commands
30  return Array.isArray(list) ? list.filter(isCommand) : []
31}
32
33function isCommand(value: unknown): value is OfficeCommand {
34  if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) return false
35  const command = value as Record<string, unknown>
36  const strings = (...fields: string[]) => fields.every(field => typeof command[field] === 'string')
37  if (!strings('id', 'kind', 'agentId') || !KINDS.has(String(command.kind))) return false
38  if (command.kind === CommandKind.STOP) return true
39  if (command.kind === CommandKind.SPAWN) return strings('text', 'description', 'subagentType')
40  return strings('text')
41}
42
43/**
44 * The model turn each agent is running, so the office can stop it by agent: `turn.start` and
45 * `turn.step` say when one runs, `turn.complete` when it is over.
46 * @example
47 * turns.started('main', 'turn_1')
48 * turns.of('main') // 'turn_1'
49 */
50export class RunningTurns {
51  readonly #turns = new Map<string, string>()
52
53  started(agentId: string | undefined, turnId: string): void {
54    this.#turns.set(agentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID, turnId)
55  }
56
57  ended(agentId: string | undefined, turnId: string): void {
58    const key = agentId ?? MAIN_AGENT_ID
59    if (this.#turns.get(key) === turnId) this.#turns.delete(key)
60  }
61
62  of(agentId: string): string | undefined {
63    return this.#turns.get(agentId)
64  }
65}
66
67/**
68 * Words an engine refusal for the person reading the office page.
69 * @example failure(new Error('boom')) // { ok: false, error: 'boom' }
70 */
71export function failure(error: unknown): CommandOutcome {
72  return { ok: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }
73}
74
hooks/lib/office-config.ts 58 lines
1import { CONTROL_KEY_PARAM, DEFAULT_PORT, Route } from '../../shared/protocol.js'
2
3export const OFFICE_URL = `http://127.0.0.1:${DEFAULT_PORT}`
4export const HEALTH_URL = `${OFFICE_URL}${Route.HEALTH}`
5export const EVENTS_URL = `${OFFICE_URL}${Route.EVENTS}`
6export const CONTROL_REGISTER_URL = `${OFFICE_URL}${Route.CONTROL_REGISTER}`
7export const PERMISSIONS_URL = `${OFFICE_URL}${Route.PERMISSIONS}`
8export const COMMANDS_URL = `${OFFICE_URL}${Route.COMMANDS}`
9export const SERVER_PORT_ENV = 'AGENTS_AT_WORK_PORT'
10
11/**
12 * Builds the address that opens the office for one session, carrying the key that lets the page act on it.
13 * @example officePageUrl('abc 1', 'k') // 'http://127.0.0.1:47821/?session=abc%201&key=k'
14 */
15export function officePageUrl(sessionId: string, controlKey: string): string {
16  const query = new URLSearchParams({ session: sessionId, [CONTROL_KEY_PARAM]: controlKey })
17  return `${OFFICE_URL}/?${query.toString().replace(/\+/g, '%20')}`
18}
19
20/**
21 * The long-poll address for one permission request.
22 * @example permissionUrl('toolu_1', 25000) // 'http://127.0.0.1:47821/permissions/toolu_1?waitMs=25000'
23 */
24export function permissionUrl(requestId: string, waitMs?: number): string {
25  const wait = waitMs === undefined ? '' : `?waitMs=${waitMs}`
26  return `${PERMISSIONS_URL}/${encodeURIComponent(requestId)}${wait}`
27}
28
29/**
30 * The long-poll address for the office page's commands to one session.
31 * @example commandsUrl('s 1', 25000) // 'http://127.0.0.1:47821/commands?session=s%201&waitMs=25000'
32 */
33export function commandsUrl(sessionId: string, waitMs: number): string {
34  const query = new URLSearchParams({ session: sessionId, waitMs: String(waitMs) })
35  return `${COMMANDS_URL}?${query.toString().replace(/\+/g, '%20')}`
36}
37
38/**
39 * Where the hooks module says how one command went.
40 * @example commandResultUrl('c1') // 'http://127.0.0.1:47821/commands/c1/result'
41 */
42export function commandResultUrl(commandId: string): string {
43  return `${COMMANDS_URL}/${encodeURIComponent(commandId)}/result`
44}
45
46/**
47 * The command lines that open a URL in the default browser on Windows, macOS and Linux, in the order to try them.
48 * @example browserOpenCommands('http://x')[0] // ['rundll32', 'url.dll,FileProtocolHandler', 'http://x']
49 */
50export function browserOpenCommands(url: string): string[][] {
51  // Not `cmd /c start`: cmd reads the `&` between query parameters as a command separator.
52  return [
53    ['rundll32', 'url.dll,FileProtocolHandler', url],
54    ['open', url],
55    ['xdg-open', url],
56  ]
57}
58
hooks/lib/permission-policy.ts 71 lines
1import { PermissionDecision } from '../../shared/protocol.js'
2
3/** How long a tool call may wait for an answer on the web before the terminal dialog takes over. */
4export const WEB_APPROVAL_WINDOW_MS = 60_000
5/** How long each long-poll to the office server may hang. */
6export const POLL_WAIT_MS = 25_000
7
8// The engine only lets a hook tighten these: its `allow` would not dismiss the person's dialog.
9const PERSON_ONLY_TOOLS = new Set(['AskUserQuestion', 'ExitPlanMode', 'EnterPlanMode'])
10// A subagent hands its report back through this; only the auto-mode classifier may allow it, so an allow
11// from the office is refused and the report never arrives.
12const ENGINE_ONLY_TOOLS = new Set(['SubagentHandback'])
13
14export type FinalDecision = 'allow' | 'deny'
15
16/**
17 * Whether a permission verdict should be offered to the office page instead of the terminal dialog.
18 * Only real calls (with a tool_use_id) that the engine would ask about qualify.
19 * @example shouldAskOffice('ask', 'Bash', 'toolu_1') // true
20 */
21export function shouldAskOffice(decision: string, tool: string, toolUseId: string | undefined): boolean {
22  return (
23    decision === 'ask' &&
24    toolUseId !== undefined &&
25    !PERSON_ONLY_TOOLS.has(tool) &&
26    !ENGINE_ONLY_TOOLS.has(tool)
27  )
28}
29
30/**
31 * Reads the office server's answer to a long-poll.
32 * @returns the final decision, `wait` to poll again, or `give-up` to fall back to the terminal.
33 * @example readPollAnswer('{"decision":"allow","watchers":1}') // 'allow'
34 */
35export function readPollAnswer(text: string): FinalDecision | 'wait' | 'give-up' {
36  const answer = parseAnswer(text)
37  if (answer.decision === PermissionDecision.ALLOW || answer.decision === PermissionDecision.DENY)
38    return answer.decision
39  if (answer.decision === PermissionDecision.PENDING && answer.watchers > 0) return 'wait'
40  return 'give-up'
41}
42
43/**
44 * Reads how many office pages are open from the reply to a new permission request.
45 * @example watchersOf('{"watchers":2}') // 2
46 */
47export function watchersOf(text: string): number {
48  return parseAnswer(text).watchers
49}
50
51/**
52 * Generates a session's control key: 256 random bits as hex.
53 * @example createControlKey(crypto).length // 64
54 */
55export function createControlKey(random: {
56  getRandomValues<T extends ArrayBufferView>(array: T): T
57}): string {
58  const bytes = random.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32))
59  return Array.from(bytes, byte => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('')
60}
61
62function parseAnswer(text: string): { decision: string; watchers: number } {
63  try {
64    const value = JSON.parse(text) as { decision?: unknown; watchers?: unknown }
65    const watchers = typeof value.watchers === 'number' ? value.watchers : 0
66    return { decision: typeof value.decision === 'string' ? value.decision : '', watchers }
67  } catch {
68    return { decision: '', watchers: 0 }
69  }
70}
71
hooks/lib/thinking-relay.ts 59 lines
1import { EventType } from '../../shared/protocol.js'
2import type { OutgoingEvent } from './event-queue.js'
3
4const SEND_INTERVAL_MS = 300
5
6/**
7 * Turns a step's streamed thinking chunks into start / delta / end events, throttling the deltas.
8 * Returns the events instead of sending them, so hook code stays the only place that touches `$`.
9 * @example
10 * const relay = new ThinkingRelay('main', Date.now)
11 * for (const event of relay.onChunk('thinking', 'Let me check…')) publish($, event)
12 */
13export class ThinkingRelay {
14  #thinking = false
15  #pending = ''
16  #lastSentAt = 0
17  readonly #agentId: string
18  readonly #now: () => number
19
20  constructor(agentId: string, now: () => number) {
21    this.#agentId = agentId
22    this.#now = now
23  }
24
25  /** Feeds one streamed chunk; any non-thinking, non-engine chunk closes the thinking block. */
26  onChunk(kind: string, text: string): OutgoingEvent[] {
27    if (kind === 'thinking') return this.#appendThinking(text)
28    return kind === 'engine' ? [] : this.finish()
29  }
30
31  /** Flushes pending text and closes the thinking block if one is open. */
32  finish(): OutgoingEvent[] {
33    if (!this.#thinking) return []
34    this.#thinking = false
35    return [...this.#flushPending(), { type: EventType.THINKING_END, agentId: this.#agentId }]
36  }
37
38  #appendThinking(text: string): OutgoingEvent[] {
39    const events: OutgoingEvent[] = []
40    if (!this.#thinking) events.push({ type: EventType.THINKING_START, agentId: this.#agentId })
41    this.#thinking = true
42    this.#pending += text
43    if (this.#now() - this.#lastSentAt >= SEND_INTERVAL_MS) events.push(...this.#flushPending())
44    return events
45  }
46
47  #flushPending(): OutgoingEvent[] {
48    if (this.#pending === '') return []
49    const delta: OutgoingEvent = {
50      type: EventType.THINKING_DELTA,
51      agentId: this.#agentId,
52      text: this.#pending,
53    }
54    this.#pending = ''
55    this.#lastSentAt = this.#now()
56    return [delta]
57  }
58}
59
hooks/lib/tool-summary.ts 53 lines
1const SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH = 60
2
3const PATH_FIELDS = ['file_path', 'notebook_path'] as const
4const TEXT_FIELDS = ['command', 'pattern', 'query', 'description', 'prompt'] as const
5
6/**
7 * Returns the last segment of a Windows or POSIX path.
8 * @example folderName('C:/projects/shop') // 'shop'
9 */
10export function folderName(path: string): string {
11  const parts = path.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean)
12  return parts[parts.length - 1] ?? path
13}
14
15/**
16 * Collapses whitespace and cuts long text with an ellipsis so it fits in a speech bubble.
17 * @example shorten('npm   run\nbuild') // 'npm run build'
18 */
19export function shorten(text: string): string {
20  const singleLine = text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
21  if (singleLine.length <= SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH) return singleLine
22  return `${singleLine.slice(0, SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH - 1)}…`
23}
24
25/**
26 * Picks the one argument that best tells what a tool call is doing (file, host, command…).
27 * @example summarizeToolInput({ tool: 'Read', file_path: 'src/app.ts' }) // 'app.ts'
28 */
29export function summarizeToolInput(input: Record<string, unknown>): string {
30  const path = firstString(input, PATH_FIELDS)
31  if (path) return folderName(path)
32  const url = firstString(input, ['url'])
33  if (url) return hostOf(url)
34  const text = firstString(input, TEXT_FIELDS)
35  return text ? shorten(text) : ''
36}
37
38function firstString(input: Record<string, unknown>, fields: readonly string[]): string | undefined {
39  for (const field of fields) {
40    const value = input[field]
41    if (typeof value === 'string' && value !== '') return value
42  }
43  return undefined
44}
45
46function hostOf(url: string): string {
47  try {
48    return new URL(url).host
49  } catch {
50    return shorten(url)
51  }
52}
53