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ui-preview

Runs the app in this project (a plumber API first; also npm run dev, Shiny for R or Python, Streamlit) on 127.0.0.1 and shows it in a pane: the plumber routes…

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★ 1v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-13samuelbfernandes/moddeck/mods/ui-preview
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│ ┃ UI preview ✕ › fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call │ ┃ stopped │ ┃ [ Start ][ Screenshot ][ Ask Claude to revie ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ ⎿ Read 6 lines │ ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line │ ⏺ Bash(bun test) │ ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail │ │ ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. │ │ ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM │ │ › /ui-preview │ ⎿ ui-preview: ui-preview · stopped │ │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

Draws

Pane · UI preview
stopped [ Start ][ Screenshot ][ Ask Claude to review ][ Refresh ]
README

ui-preview

Install: /plugin install ui-preview --marketplace samuelbfernandes/moddeck

Runs the app in your project on 127.0.0.1 and shows it in a pane next to the chat. For a plumber API the pane lists the routes. It also shows the app's last output lines and a screenshot, and has a button that drafts a review prompt for Claude. Nothing starts when the mod loads: only a command or a button starts anything.

Use

/ui-preview open the pane (and say where things stand) /ui-preview start [file] [--port N] start the app (detected, or the file you name) /ui-preview stop stop it /ui-preview shot take a screenshot /ui-preview status one-line status

The pane has buttons for Start (or Stop), Screenshot, Ask Claude to review and Refresh.

Which app it starts

The first match wins, unless you name a file:

  1. plumber: an R file with #* @get, @post, @put, @delete, @patch, @assets or @plumber, looking in the root folder and one level below it. entrypoint.R, plumber.R and api.R are preferred, in that order. Rscript -e "pr <- plumber::plumb('<file>'); plumber::pr_run(pr, host = '127.0.0.1', port = <port>)". An entrypoint.R (one with annotations, or one that builds a router with pr(...)) is started with plumber::plumb(dir = '<its folder>'), which is how plumber reads an entrypoint.
  2. npm: a package.json with a scripts.dev, in the root or in frontend/, client/, web/, ui/ or app/. It runs npm run dev -- --host 127.0.0.1 --port <port> in that folder. This assumes a Vite-style dev script that accepts --host and --port.
  3. Shiny for R: an app.R that contains shinyApp or shiny::. Rscript -e "shiny::runApp('<dir>', host = '127.0.0.1', port = <port>, launch.browser = FALSE)".
  4. Shiny for Python: an app.py with from shiny or import shiny. shiny run --host 127.0.0.1 --port <port> <file>.
  5. Streamlit: a .py file with import streamlit. streamlit run <file> --server.headless true --server.address 127.0.0.1 --server.port <port>.

The default port is 8000 (5173 for npm). If something already answers on that port, it tries the next one (up to 20 tries). If the app prints a different http://127.0.0.1:N or http://localhost:N while it starts, that URL is used. It checks the URL once a second until the app answers, for up to 60 s. After that the pane says silent, and the app keeps running.

The pane

  • Status, the URL, and the buttons.
  • plumber: the routes from <url>/openapi.json (method, path, summary), and the root URL. A plumber API that declares @assets serves its JS front end from there. The Swagger page is at <url>/__docs__/.
  • The screenshot. The fullscreen terminal draws it with the Image element: pixels on kitty or Ghostty, and the file's path as text on other terminals. The desktop app shows the path.
  • The app's last output lines. It keeps 60 and shows 15. Values that look like secrets (token=, password:, api_key=, Bearer ..., sk-..., ghp_..., AWS keys, JWTs) are replaced with ***.

Screenshot

It runs headless Chrome, Chromium or Edge. It tries, in order:

  • /Applications/Google Chrome.app/...
  • /Applications/Chromium.app/...
  • google-chrome, chromium and chromium-browser on PATH
  • chrome.exe / msedge.exe under Program Files (and %LOCALAPPDATA%)

The command is --headless=new --disable-gpu --hide-scrollbars --window-size=1280,800 --user-data-dir=<project>/.claude/ui-preview/chrome-profile --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --screenshot=<png> <url>. The separate profile means your own browser and its logins are never touched or opened.

For a plumber API whose root answers 404 (no front end), it takes the screenshot at /__docs__/ instead. The PNG is saved to <project>/.claude/ui-preview/shot.png. The mod creates that folder and puts a .gitignore containing * in it, so the screenshot and the browser profile stay out of git. That folder should stay git-ignored. If no browser is found, it says so.

Ask Claude to review

This puts a draft in the prompt box, added after anything you have already typed, and does not send it: Review the running app at <url>. Screenshot: <png>. Check layout, spacing, contrast and broken requests; if the chrome-devtools MCP is connected, open the page with it and read the console and network errors. If the prompt box cannot take the draft (a dialog is open), the draft is copied to the clipboard and the pane says so. Nothing is sent to the model until you press Enter.

Network and programs

  • Network: only http://127.0.0.1:<port> and http://localhost:<port>, to check whether the app answers and to read openapi.json. This is enforced in code: any other URL is refused before the request is made.
  • Programs: Rscript, npm (npm.cmd on Windows), shiny, streamlit, and a browser for screenshots. They are always started as argument lists, never through a shell.
  • The app runs for the session and stops with /ui-preview stop, when the session ends, or when the mod is reloaded.

State for the moddeck side bar

{ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'status' } ('stopped' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'silent' | 'exited') and { plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'url' } (string). The pane also reads app, lines, routes, shot and note.

Turn off

/ui-preview stop stops the app. /plugin disable ui-preview turns off the mod.

Limits and what was checked

  • Tested with the plugin test kit (claude plugin test, 33 tests). The tests cover detection, the start commands, the localhost-only rule, the port step, picking up a printed URL, parsing the routes, scrubbing output, the screenshot command, the pane on the terminal and the desktop, the review draft, and starting and stopping.
  • Checked live on macOS in a real headless session, with plumber 1.3.3 and Google Chrome: the app started, the status reached running, both routes were read from openapi.json, shot wrote a 1280x800 PNG, and stop ended the R process.
  • Not checked live: the npm, Shiny and Streamlit start commands, the pane as actually drawn, the prompt-box fill, Linux, and Windows. On Windows, starting npm.cmd without a shell is UNVERIFIED.
  • npm run dev starts its own child process (node/vite). Stopping kills npm; whether the dev server underneath also stops depends on npm and the platform (UNVERIFIED).
  • R and Python do not always print their output as it happens, so the output lines can lag behind the app.
Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 491 lines
1// ui-preview: runs the app in this project on 127.0.0.1 (a plumber API first; also `npm run dev`, Shiny for R, Shiny for
2// Python, Streamlit) and shows it in a pane: plumber's routes, the child's last output lines, a headless-browser
3// screenshot, and a button that drafts a review prompt in the prompt box.
4// Nothing runs on load: only on a command or a button. The network is used only for http://127.0.0.1:N and
5// http://localhost:N (enforced in `localFetch`). The person's own browser is never opened.
6// FAIL OPEN: every hook here only answers its own command or draws its own pane; any error becomes a line of text,
7// and no tool call, prompt or other plugin is ever touched.
8import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
9import type { EngineInterface, HttpResponse, ProcessSpawnChunk, ProcessSpawnResult, Register, RenderSurface } from 'claude-code'
10
11import type { UiPreviewApp, UiPreviewStatus } from '../types'
12import {
13  DEFAULT_PORT,
14  addOutput,
15  argvFor,
16  browserCandidates,
17  classify,
18  detect,
19  isLocalUrl,
20  localUrl,
21  originOf,
22  parseArgs,
23  parseRoutes,
24  relPathOf,
25  reviewText,
26  shotArgv,
27  urlIn,
28} from './lib'
29
30type Dollar = EngineInterface
31
32const COMMAND = 'ui-preview'
33const PANE = 'ui-preview'
34const TITLE = 'UI preview'
35const POLL_MS = 1000
36const WAIT_MS = 60_000
37const PORT_TRIES = 20
38const SHOT_MS = 45_000
39const SHOWN_OUTPUT = 15
40const SHOWN_ROUTES = 60
41
42const status = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'status' } as const, 'stopped')
43const url = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'url' } as const, '')
44const app = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'app' } as const, null)
45const lines = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'lines' } as const, [])
46const routes = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'routes' } as const, [])
47const shot = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'shot' } as const, null)
48const note = atom({ plugin: 'ui-preview', key: 'note' } as const, '')
49
50type Stream = AsyncGenerator<ProcessSpawnChunk, ProcessSpawnResult> & { readonly result: Promise<ProcessSpawnResult> }
51
52// The running child and its timers are not drawn state and die with the module (a reload kills the child), so module
53// variables are the right place. `generation` tells a loop that has been replaced or stopped to end.
54let child: { id: number; stream: Stream } | undefined
55let generation = 0
56let partial = ''
57let pollTimer: { cancel: () => void } | undefined
58let isPolling = false
59let browser: Promise<string | undefined> | undefined
60
61// ---------------------------------------------------------------- small pieces
62
63const quiet = async (work: () => unknown): Promise<void> => {
64  try {
65    await work()
66  } catch {
67    /* fail-open */
68  }
69}
70
71const say = ($: Dollar, text: string) => quiet(() => update($, note, () => text.slice(0, 300)))
72
73/** The only door to the network: http://127.0.0.1:N or http://localhost:N, nothing else. */
74async function localFetch($: Dollar, target: string): Promise<HttpResponse> {
75  if (!isLocalUrl(target)) throw new Error(`ui-preview only fetches http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost on a port, not ${target.slice(0, 80)}`)
76  return $.http.fetch(target)
77}
78
79const answers = async ($: Dollar, target: string): Promise<boolean> => {
80  try {
81    await localFetch($, target)
82    return true
83  } catch {
84    return false
85  }
86}
87
88async function rootOf($: Dollar): Promise<string> {
89  return (await $.session.cwd()).replace(/[\\/]+$/, '')
90}
91
92const sepOf = (root: string): string => (root.includes('\\') && !root.includes('/') ? '\\' : '/')
93const isWindows = (root: string): boolean => /^[A-Za-z]:[\\/]/.test(root) || sepOf(root) === '\\'
94const join = (root: string, rel: string): string => (rel === '' ? root : `${root}${sepOf(root)}${rel.split('/').join(sepOf(root))}`)
95
96async function isPaneOpen($: Dollar): Promise<boolean> {
97  try {
98    return (await $.ui.panes()).some(p => p.id === PANE)
99  } catch {
100    return false
101  }
102}
103
104async function openPane($: Dollar): Promise<void> {
105  if (!(await isPaneOpen($))) await quiet(() => $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: TITLE, columns: 64 }))
106}
107
108// ---------------------------------------------------------------- starting and stopping
109
110async function findApp($: Dollar, root: string, file: string): Promise<UiPreviewApp | string> {
111  if (file === '') {
112    const found = await detect({
113      list: async rel => (await $.fs.list(join(root, rel))).map(e => ({ name: e.name, kind: e.kind })),
114      read: async rel => String(await $.fs.read(join(root, rel))),
115    })
116    return found ?? 'no app found: no plumber annotations (#* @get ...), no package.json "dev" script, no Shiny app.R or app.py, no Streamlit script. Name one: /ui-preview start <file>'
117  }
118  const rel = relPathOf(root, file)
119  if (rel === undefined) return `"${file.slice(0, 80)}" is outside this project`
120  let target = rel
121  try {
122    if ((await $.fs.stat(join(root, rel))).kind === 'dir') target = `${rel}/package.json`
123  } catch {
124    return `"${rel.slice(0, 80)}" was not found`
125  }
126  let text = ''
127  try {
128    text = String(await $.fs.read(join(root, target)))
129  } catch {
130    return `could not read "${target.slice(0, 80)}"`
131  }
132  return classify(target, text) ?? `"${target.slice(0, 80)}" is not a plumber, Shiny, Streamlit or npm-dev app`
133}
134
135/** The wanted port, or the next one that nobody answers on. */
136async function freePort($: Dollar, wanted: number): Promise<number | undefined> {
137  for (let port = wanted; port < wanted + PORT_TRIES && port <= 65535; port++) if (!(await answers($, localUrl(port)))) return port
138  return undefined
139}
140
141async function start($: Dollar, file: string, port: number | undefined): Promise<string> {
142  if (child !== undefined) return `ui-preview · already running at ${await read($, url)} · /ui-preview stop first`
143  const root = await rootOf($)
144  const found = await findApp($, root, file)
145  if (typeof found === 'string') {
146    await say($, found)
147    return `ui-preview · ${found}`
148  }
149  const wanted = port ?? DEFAULT_PORT[found.kind]
150  const free = await freePort($, wanted)
151  if (free === undefined) return `ui-preview · ports ${wanted} to ${wanted + PORT_TRIES - 1} all answer already · pick one with --port`
152  const { argv, cwd } = argvFor(found, free, isWindows(root) ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm')
153  const at = localUrl(free)
154  await update($, app, () => found)
155  await update($, url, () => at)
156  await update($, status, () => 'starting')
157  await update($, lines, () => [])
158  await update($, routes, () => [])
159  await say($, `started: ${argv[0]} ${argv.slice(1).join(' ')}`.slice(0, 300))
160  partial = ''
161  runChild($, argv, join(root, cwd))
162  startPoll($)
163  await openPane($)
164  return `ui-preview · starting ${found.label} at ${at}${free !== wanted ? ` (port ${wanted} was taken)` : ''}`
165}
166
167/** Starts the child and reads it in a loop that outlives this dispatch; the loop's end is the child's. */
168function runChild($: Dollar, argv: string[], cwd: string): void {
169  const id = ++generation
170  const stream = $.process.spawn({ argv, cwd }) as Stream
171  child = { id, stream }
172  void (async () => {
173    let ending = ''
174    try {
175      for await (const chunk of stream) {
176        if (generation !== id) break
177        await onOutput($, chunk.text)
178      }
179      if (generation === id) {
180        const r = await stream.result.catch(() => undefined)
181        ending = r === undefined ? 'the app ended' : `the app ended (${r.signal ?? `exit ${r.code}`})`
182      }
183    } catch (error) {
184      ending = `could not start ${argv[0]}: ${(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)).split('\n')[0]!.slice(0, 160)}`
185    } finally {
186      if (generation === id) {
187        child = undefined
188        stopPoll()
189        await quiet(() => update($, status, () => 'exited'))
190        await say($, ending || 'the app ended')
191      }
192    }
193  })()
194}
195
196async function onOutput($: Dollar, text: string): Promise<void> {
197  const before = partial
198  let kept: string[] = []
199  await update($, lines, old => {
200    const next = addOutput(old, before, text)
201    kept = next.lines
202    partial = next.partial
203    return next.lines
204  })
205  // The URL the app itself prints wins over the one we asked for (a dev server that moved to another port).
206  const printed = urlIn(`${before}${text}`) ?? kept.map(l => urlIn(l)).find(u => u !== undefined)
207  const current = await read($, url)
208  if (printed !== undefined && originOf(printed) !== originOf(current) && (await read($, status)) === 'starting') {
209    await update($, url, () => printed)
210  }
211}
212
213async function stop($: Dollar): Promise<string> {
214  const was = child
215  generation++
216  child = undefined
217  stopPoll()
218  await update($, status, () => 'stopped')
219  if (was === undefined) return 'ui-preview · nothing is running'
220  // Ending the loop is what kills the child: return() closes the stream.
221  await quiet(() => was.stream.return(undefined as never))
222  await say($, 'stopped')
223  return 'ui-preview · stopped'
224}
225
226// ---------------------------------------------------------------- waiting for it to answer
227
228function startPoll($: Dollar): void {
229  stopPoll()
230  let ticks = 0
231  pollTimer = $.clock.every(POLL_MS, () => {
232    ticks++
233    void pollOnce($, ticks * POLL_MS).catch(() => undefined)
234  })
235}
236
237function stopPoll(): void {
238  pollTimer?.cancel()
239  pollTimer = undefined
240  isPolling = false
241}
242
243async function pollOnce($: Dollar, waited: number): Promise<void> {
244  if (isPolling || child === undefined) return
245  isPolling = true
246  try {
247    const target = await read($, url)
248    if (await answers($, target)) {
249      stopPoll()
250      await update($, status, () => 'running')
251      await say($, `answering at ${target}`)
252      await loadRoutes($)
253      return
254    }
255    if (waited >= WAIT_MS) {
256      stopPoll()
257      await update($, status, () => 'silent')
258      await say($, `no answer at ${target} after ${Math.round(WAIT_MS / 1000)} s; the output below may say why`)
259    }
260  } finally {
261    isPolling = false
262  }
263}
264
265async function loadRoutes($: Dollar): Promise<void> {
266  const found = await read($, app)
267  if (found?.kind !== 'plumber') return
268  try {
269    const r = await localFetch($, `${originOf(await read($, url))}/openapi.json`)
270    if (!r.ok) return say($, `openapi.json answered ${r.status}`)
271    const list = parseRoutes(r.text.length > 4_000_000 ? '' : r.text)
272    await update($, routes, () => list)
273  } catch {
274    await say($, 'could not read openapi.json')
275  }
276}
277
278// ---------------------------------------------------------------- screenshot and review
279
280async function findBrowser($: Dollar): Promise<string | undefined> {
281  const env = {
282    localAppData: await $.env.get('LOCALAPPDATA').catch(() => undefined),
283    programFiles: await $.env.get('ProgramFiles').catch(() => undefined),
284    programFilesX86: await $.env.get('ProgramFiles(x86)').catch(() => undefined),
285  }
286  for (const c of browserCandidates(env)) {
287    if (!c.isName) {
288      if (await $.fs.exists(c.path).catch(() => false)) return c.path
289      continue
290    }
291    const ok = await $.process
292      .run([c.path, '--version'], { timeoutMs: 5000 })
293      .then(r => r.exitCode === 0)
294      .catch(() => false)
295    if (ok) return c.path
296  }
297  return undefined
298}
299
300async function takeShot($: Dollar): Promise<string> {
301  const target = await read($, url)
302  if (child === undefined || target === '' || !isLocalUrl(target)) return 'ui-preview · start the app first (/ui-preview start)'
303  browser ??= findBrowser($)
304  const found = await browser
305  if (found === undefined) {
306    browser = undefined // look again next time: one may have been installed
307    await say($, 'no Chrome, Chromium or Edge found for screenshots')
308    return 'ui-preview · no Chrome, Chromium or Edge found for screenshots'
309  }
310  const root = await rootOf($)
311  const dir = join(root, '.claude/ui-preview')
312  const png = join(root, '.claude/ui-preview/shot.png')
313  // Writing this creates the folder and keeps everything in it (shot, browser profile) out of git.
314  await $.fs.write(join(root, '.claude/ui-preview/.gitignore'), '*\n')
315  const before = await $.fs.stat(png).then(s => s.mtimeMs).catch(() => 0)
316  // A plumber API with no @assets front end answers 404 at its root: its docs page is the useful picture then.
317  let page = target
318  if ((await read($, app))?.kind === 'plumber') {
319    const rootAnswer = await localFetch($, target).catch(() => undefined)
320    if (rootAnswer?.status === 404) page = `${originOf(target)}/__docs__/`
321  }
322  const argv = shotArgv(found, png, join(root, '.claude/ui-preview/chrome-profile'), page)
323  try {
324    await $.process.run(argv, { cwd: dir, timeoutMs: SHOT_MS })
325  } catch (error) {
326    const why = (error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)).split('\n')[0]!.slice(0, 120)
327    await say($, `screenshot failed: ${why}`)
328    return `ui-preview · screenshot failed: ${why}`
329  }
330  const after = await $.fs.stat(png).catch(() => undefined)
331  if (after === undefined || after.kind !== 'file' || after.mtimeMs === before) {
332    await say($, 'the browser ran but wrote no screenshot')
333    return 'ui-preview · the browser ran but wrote no screenshot'
334  }
335  await update($, shot, () => ({ path: png, generation: Math.floor(after.mtimeMs) }))
336  await say($, `screenshot saved: ${png}`)
337  await openPane($)
338  return `ui-preview · screenshot saved: ${png}`
339}
340
341async function review($: Dollar, surface?: RenderSurface): Promise<string> {
342  const target = await read($, url)
343  if (target === '') return 'ui-preview · start the app first'
344  const text = reviewText(target, (await read($, shot))?.path)
345  try {
346    const filled = await $.prompt.fill({ text, mode: 'append' })
347    if (filled.isFilled) {
348      await say($, 'review draft is in the prompt box: edit it, then press Enter')
349      return 'ui-preview · the review draft is in the prompt box'
350    }
351  } catch {
352    // fall through to the clipboard
353  }
354  const copied = await $.ui.copy({ text, ...(surface === undefined ? {} : { surface }) }).catch(() => ({ isCopied: false as const }))
355  const words = copied.isCopied ? 'prompt box busy: review draft copied to the clipboard' : 'could not place the review draft; it is below'
356  await say($, words)
357  return copied.isCopied ? `ui-preview · ${words}` : `ui-preview · ${words}\n${text}`
358}
359
360async function refresh($: Dollar): Promise<void> {
361  const target = await read($, url)
362  if (child === undefined || target === '') return
363  if (await answers($, target)) {
364    stopPoll()
365    await update($, status, () => 'running')
366    await loadRoutes($)
367  }
368}
369
370async function statusText($: Dollar): Promise<string> {
371  const s = shownStatus(await read($, status))
372  const a = await read($, app)
373  const u = await read($, url)
374  const r = await read($, routes)
375  const sh = await read($, shot)
376  const n = await read($, note)
377  const head = `ui-preview · ${s}${a === null ? '' : ` · ${a.label}`}${u === '' || s === 'stopped' ? '' : ` · ${u}`}`
378  const out = [head]
379  if (a?.kind === 'plumber' && r.length > 0) out.push(`${r.length} routes (see /ui-preview for the list)`)
380  if (sh !== null) out.push(`screenshot: ${sh.path}`)
381  if (n !== '') out.push(n)
382  return out.join('\n')
383}
384
385/** A status the module no longer backs (a reload killed the child) reads as stopped. */
386function shownStatus(s: UiPreviewStatus): UiPreviewStatus {
387  return child === undefined && (s === 'starting' || s === 'running' || s === 'silent') ? 'stopped' : s
388}
389
390// ---------------------------------------------------------------- the hooks
391
392export const register: Register = on => {
393  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
394    await quiet(async () => {
395      await update($, status, () => 'stopped')
396      await update($, note, () => '')
397    })
398    await quiet(() =>
399      $.command.register({
400        name: COMMAND,
401        description: 'Run this project’s app on 127.0.0.1 and show it in a pane: /ui-preview [start [file] [--port N] | stop | shot | status]',
402        argumentHint: '[start [file] [--port N] | stop | shot | status]',
403      }),
404    )
405    return next(e)
406  })
407
408  on('session.end', async ($, e, next) => {
409    if (child !== undefined) await quiet(() => stop($))
410    return next(e)
411  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
412
413  on('command.run', { command: COMMAND }, async ($, e) => {
414    const p = parseArgs(e.args)
415    switch (p.kind) {
416      case 'open':
417        await openPane($)
418        return { text: await statusText($) }
419      case 'status':
420        return { text: await statusText($) }
421      case 'start':
422        if (p.error !== '') return { text: `ui-preview · ${p.error}` }
423        return { text: await start($, p.file, p.port) }
424      case 'stop':
425        return { text: await stop($) }
426      case 'shot':
427        return { text: await takeShot($) }
428      default:
429        return { text: `ui-preview · unknown option "${p.word}"\nUse /ui-preview, or start [file] [--port N], stop, shot, status.` }
430    }
431  }).catch(() => ({ text: 'ui-preview · that did not work' }))
432
433  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
434    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
435    const width = Math.max(20, e.props.bodyColumns)
436    const cut = (s: string) => (s.length > width ? `${s.slice(0, width - 1)}…` : s)
437    const s = shownStatus(await read($, status))
438    const a = await read($, app)
439    const u = await read($, url)
440    const r = await read($, routes)
441    const sh = await read($, shot)
442    const n = await read($, note)
443    const out = await read($, lines)
444    const isUp = s === 'starting' || s === 'running' || s === 'silent'
445    const color = s === 'running' ? 'green' : s === 'exited' ? 'red' : s === 'silent' ? 'yellow' : undefined
446    const press = (work: () => Promise<unknown>) => () => work().catch(() => say($, 'that did not work'))
447
448    // The picture where the surface draws one (the terminal's Image: kitty or Ghostty show pixels, others its alt);
449    // elsewhere the path.
450    let picture = sh === null ? null : <Text dimColor>{cut(`screenshot: ${sh.path}`)}</Text>
451    if (sh !== null && e.surface === 'terminal') {
452      const { Image } = $.ui.resolve(e)
453      const columns = Math.max(10, Math.min(width, 120))
454      const rows = Math.max(4, Math.min(255, Math.round((columns * 800) / 1280 / 2)))
455      picture = <Image key="shot" source={{ file: sh.path, format: 'png', generation: sh.generation }} columns={columns} rows={rows} alt={cut(`screenshot: ${sh.path}`)} />
456    }
457
458    return (
459      <Box flexDirection="column">
460        <Text bold {...(color === undefined ? {} : { color })}>
461          {cut(`${s}${a === null ? '' : ` · ${a.label}`}`)}
462        </Text>
463        {u !== '' && isUp && <Text>{cut(u)}</Text>}
464        <Box flexDirection="row" flexWrap="wrap">
465          {isUp ? <Button key="stop" label="Stop" onPress={press(() => stop($))} /> : <Button key="start" label="Start" variant="primary" onPress={press(() => start($, '', undefined))} />}
466          <Button key="shot" label="Screenshot" onPress={press(() => takeShot($))} />
467          <Button key="review" label="Ask Claude to review" onPress={p => press(() => review($, p.surface))()} />
468          <Button key="refresh" label="Refresh" onPress={press(() => refresh($))} />
469        </Box>
470        {n !== '' && <Text dimColor>{cut(n)}</Text>}
471        {a?.kind === 'plumber' && (
472          <Box flexDirection="column">
473            <Text bold>{cut(`Routes${r.length > 0 ? ` (${r.length})` : ''} · root ${u === '' ? '-' : `${originOf(u)}/`} (serves the @assets front end, if any)`)}</Text>
474            {r.length === 0 && <Text dimColor>{s === 'running' ? 'none read from /openapi.json' : 'listed once the API answers'}</Text>}
475            {r.slice(0, SHOWN_ROUTES).map(route => (
476              <Text wrap="truncate-end">{cut(`${route.method.padEnd(6)} ${route.path}${route.summary === '' ? '' : `  ${route.summary}`}`)}</Text>
477            ))}
478            {r.length > SHOWN_ROUTES && <Text dimColor>+{r.length - SHOWN_ROUTES} more</Text>}
479            {u !== '' && <Text dimColor>{cut(`API docs: ${originOf(u)}/__docs__/`)}</Text>}
480          </Box>
481        )}
482        {picture}
483        {out.length > 0 && <Text bold>Output</Text>}
484        {out.slice(-SHOWN_OUTPUT).map(line => (
485          <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">{cut(line)}</Text>
486        ))}
487      </Box>
488    )
489  })
490}
491
hooks/lib.ts 329 lines
1// Pure helpers: which app a project holds, the argv that starts it, the localhost-only rule, the child's output,
2// plumber's routes, the browser candidates and the review draft. Nothing here touches `$`.
3
4import type { UiPreviewApp, UiPreviewKind, UiPreviewRoute } from '../types'
5
6export type { UiPreviewApp, UiPreviewKind, UiPreviewRoute }
7
8/** What detection may look at: names in a folder (relative to the project root, '' for the root) and a file's text. */
9export type Probe = {
10  list: (relDir: string) => Promise<{ name: string; kind: 'file' | 'dir' | 'other' }[]>
11  read: (relPath: string) => Promise<string>
12}
13
14export const DEFAULT_PORT: Record<UiPreviewKind, number> = { plumber: 8000, npm: 5173, 'shiny-r': 8000, 'shiny-py': 8000, streamlit: 8000 }
15export const KIND_LABEL: Record<UiPreviewKind, string> = {
16  plumber: 'plumber API',
17  npm: 'npm run dev',
18  'shiny-r': 'Shiny for R',
19  'shiny-py': 'Shiny for Python',
20  streamlit: 'Streamlit',
21}
22
23const SKIP_DIRS = new Set(['node_modules', '.git', 'renv', '.venv', 'venv', 'dist', 'build', '__pycache__', '.Rproj.user', 'target'])
24const JS_DIRS = ['', 'frontend', 'client', 'web', 'ui', 'app']
25const MAX_FILES = 400
26
27const PLUMBER_TAG = /^[ \t]*#\*[ \t]*@(get|post|put|delete|patch|assets|plumber)\b/m
28const PLUMBER_CALL = /\bplumb(er)?\s*(::|\()|\bpr\s*\(/
29const SHINY_R = /\bshinyApp\b|\bshiny::/
30const SHINY_PY = /^[ \t]*(from[ \t]+shiny\b|import[ \t]+shiny\b)/m
31const STREAMLIT = /^[ \t]*(import[ \t]+streamlit\b|from[ \t]+streamlit\b)/m
32
33const baseName = (rel: string): string => rel.slice(rel.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
34const dirName = (rel: string): string => (rel.includes('/') ? rel.slice(0, rel.lastIndexOf('/')) : '')
35const extOf = (rel: string): string => {
36  const name = baseName(rel)
37  const dot = name.lastIndexOf('.')
38  return dot <= 0 ? '' : name.slice(dot + 1).toLowerCase()
39}
40
41async function safe<T>(work: () => Promise<T>, fallback: T): Promise<T> {
42  try {
43    return await work()
44  } catch {
45    return fallback
46  }
47}
48
49/** Files at the root and one folder down (vendored and hidden folders skipped), at most MAX_FILES, as 'dir/name'. */
50async function filesOf(p: Probe): Promise<string[]> {
51  const root = await safe(() => p.list(''), [])
52  const out = root.filter(e => e.kind === 'file').map(e => e.name)
53  const dirs = root.filter(e => e.kind === 'dir' && !SKIP_DIRS.has(e.name) && !e.name.startsWith('.')).map(e => e.name).sort()
54  for (const d of dirs) {
55    if (out.length >= MAX_FILES) break
56    const inner = await safe(() => p.list(d), [])
57    for (const e of inner) if (e.kind === 'file') out.push(`${d}/${e.name}`)
58  }
59  return out.slice(0, MAX_FILES)
60}
61
62/** Root files before deeper ones, the preferred names first in that order, then the rest by name. */
63function ranked(files: string[], preferred: string[]): string[] {
64  const score = (f: string) => {
65    const i = preferred.indexOf(baseName(f))
66    return (f.includes('/') ? 1000 : 0) + (i < 0 ? 100 : i)
67  }
68  return [...files].sort((a, b) => score(a) - score(b) || a.localeCompare(b))
69}
70
71export const isPlumberText = (rel: string, text: string): boolean =>
72  PLUMBER_TAG.test(text) || (baseName(rel) === 'entrypoint.R' && PLUMBER_CALL.test(text))
73
74/** The app in a project: plumber, then an npm dev script, Shiny for R, Shiny for Python, Streamlit. First match wins. */
75export async function detect(p: Probe): Promise<UiPreviewApp | undefined> {
76  const files = await filesOf(p)
77  const text = (f: string) => safe(() => p.read(f), '')
78
79  const rFiles = ranked(files.filter(f => extOf(f) === 'r'), ['entrypoint.R', 'plumber.R', 'api.R'])
80  for (const f of rFiles) if (isPlumberText(f, await text(f))) return appOf('plumber', f)
81
82  for (const d of JS_DIRS) {
83    const pkg = d === '' ? 'package.json' : `${d}/package.json`
84    if (files.includes(pkg) && hasDevScript(await text(pkg))) return appOf('npm', pkg)
85  }
86
87  for (const f of ranked(files.filter(f => baseName(f) === 'app.R'), [])) if (SHINY_R.test(await text(f))) return appOf('shiny-r', f)
88
89  const py = files.filter(f => extOf(f) === 'py')
90  for (const f of ranked(py.filter(f => baseName(f) === 'app.py'), [])) if (SHINY_PY.test(await text(f))) return appOf('shiny-py', f)
91  for (const f of ranked(py, ['streamlit_app.py', 'app.py', 'main.py', 'Home.py'])) if (STREAMLIT.test(await text(f))) return appOf('streamlit', f)
92  return undefined
93}
94
95/** What a file the person named is, from its name and text; undefined when it is none of the five. */
96export function classify(rel: string, text: string): UiPreviewApp | undefined {
97  if (baseName(rel) === 'package.json') return hasDevScript(text) ? appOf('npm', rel) : undefined
98  const ext = extOf(rel)
99  if (ext === 'r') {
100    if (isPlumberText(rel, text)) return appOf('plumber', rel)
101    if (SHINY_R.test(text)) return appOf('shiny-r', rel)
102  }
103  if (ext === 'py') {
104    if (SHINY_PY.test(text)) return appOf('shiny-py', rel)
105    if (STREAMLIT.test(text)) return appOf('streamlit', rel)
106  }
107  return undefined
108}
109
110export const appOf = (kind: UiPreviewKind, file: string): UiPreviewApp => ({ kind, file, dir: dirName(file), label: `${KIND_LABEL[kind]} · ${file}` })
111
112export function hasDevScript(packageJson: string): boolean {
113  try {
114    const dev = (JSON.parse(packageJson) as { scripts?: Record<string, unknown> }).scripts?.dev
115    return typeof dev === 'string' && dev.trim() !== ''
116  } catch {
117    return false
118  }
119}
120
121/** A path for R code inside single quotes: forward slashes, quotes and backslashes escaped. */
122export const rString = (path: string): string => path.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/'/g, "\\'")
123
124/**
125 * The program and arguments that start the app, run with no shell from the project root (npm: from its folder).
126 * `npm` is the program name to use for npm (`npm.cmd` on Windows).
127 */
128export function argvFor(app: UiPreviewApp, port: number, npm = 'npm'): { argv: string[]; cwd: string } {
129  const p = String(port)
130  switch (app.kind) {
131    case 'plumber': {
132      const plumb = baseName(app.file) === 'entrypoint.R' ? `plumber::plumb(dir = '${rString(app.dir || '.')}')` : `plumber::plumb('${rString(app.file)}')`
133      return { argv: ['Rscript', '-e', `pr <- ${plumb}; plumber::pr_run(pr, host = '127.0.0.1', port = ${p})`], cwd: '' }
134    }
135    case 'npm':
136      return { argv: [npm, 'run', 'dev', '--', '--host', '127.0.0.1', '--port', p], cwd: app.dir }
137    case 'shiny-r': {
138      const target = baseName(app.file) === 'app.R' ? app.dir || '.' : app.file
139      return { argv: ['Rscript', '-e', `shiny::runApp('${rString(target)}', host = '127.0.0.1', port = ${p}, launch.browser = FALSE)`], cwd: '' }
140    }
141    case 'shiny-py':
142      return { argv: ['shiny', 'run', '--host', '127.0.0.1', '--port', p, app.file], cwd: '' }
143    case 'streamlit':
144      return { argv: ['streamlit', 'run', app.file, '--server.headless', 'true', '--server.address', '127.0.0.1', '--server.port', p], cwd: '' }
145  }
146}
147
148// ---------------------------------------------------------------- the localhost-only rule
149
150const LOCAL = /^http:\/\/(127\.0\.0\.1|localhost):(\d{1,5})(\/[^\s#]*)?$/
151
152/** True only for http://127.0.0.1:N or http://localhost:N (any path); never https, another host, or no port. */
153export function isLocalUrl(url: string): boolean {
154  const m = LOCAL.exec(url)
155  if (m === null) return false
156  const port = Number(m[2])
157  return port >= 1 && port <= 65535
158}
159
160/** The `http://host:port` part of a local URL. */
161export const originOf = (url: string): string => {
162  const m = LOCAL.exec(url)
163  return m === null ? url : `http://${m[1]}:${m[2]}`
164}
165
166export const localUrl = (port: number): string => `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`
167
168const ANSI = /\u001b\[[0-9;?]*[ -/]*[@-~]|\u001b\][^\u0007]*\u0007/g
169const URL_IN_TEXT = /http:\/\/(?:127\.0\.0\.1|localhost):\d{1,5}(?:\/[^\s'"<>)\]]*)?/
170
171/** The first local URL a line of output names, without a trailing slash; undefined when none. */
172export function urlIn(text: string): string | undefined {
173  const m = URL_IN_TEXT.exec(text.replace(ANSI, ''))
174  if (m === null) return undefined
175  const url = m[0].replace(/[.,;:]+$/, '').replace(/\/+$/, '')
176  return isLocalUrl(url) ? url : undefined
177}
178
179// ---------------------------------------------------------------- the child's output
180
181export const MAX_LINES = 60
182const MAX_LINE_CHARS = 300
183
184const KEYED = /\b(token|access[_-]?token|password|passwd|pwd|secret|client[_-]?secret|api[_-]?key|apikey|access[_-]?key|auth)(\s*[=:]\s*)("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s&,;]+)/gi
185const BEARER = /\b(bearer)\s+[A-Za-z0-9._~+/=-]{8,}/gi
186const SHAPED = /\b(sk-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{16,}|gh[pousr]_[A-Za-z0-9]{20,}|github_pat_[A-Za-z0-9_]{20,}|xox[abprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]{10,}|AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}|eyJ[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{5,})/g
187
188/** One output line as shown: colour codes gone, secret-looking values replaced by ***, cut to a few hundred characters. */
189export function scrub(line: string): string {
190  const clean = line
191    .replace(ANSI, '')
192    .replace(/[\u0000-\u0008\u000b-\u001f\u007f]/g, '')
193    .replace(KEYED, (_m, k: string, sep: string) => `${k}${sep}***`)
194    .replace(BEARER, (_m, k: string) => `${k} ***`)
195    .replace(SHAPED, '***')
196  return clean.length > MAX_LINE_CHARS ? `${clean.slice(0, MAX_LINE_CHARS)}…` : clean
197}
198
199/**
200 * Adds a piece of output to the kept lines: complete lines are scrubbed and kept (the last MAX_LINES), the
201 * unfinished end waits in `partial` (bounded) for the next piece.
202 */
203export function addOutput(lines: readonly string[], partial: string, text: string): { lines: string[]; partial: string } {
204  const all = (partial + text).replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n').split('\n')
205  const rest = all.pop() ?? ''
206  const added = all.map(scrub).filter(l => l.trim() !== '')
207  return { lines: [...lines, ...added].slice(-MAX_LINES), partial: rest.slice(-4000) }
208}
209
210// ---------------------------------------------------------------- plumber's routes
211
212const METHODS = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'delete', 'patch', 'head', 'options']
213export const MAX_ROUTES = 200
214
215/** Method, path and summary of each operation in an OpenAPI document (plumber's /openapi.json), at most MAX_ROUTES. */
216export function parseRoutes(json: string): UiPreviewRoute[] {
217  let doc: unknown
218  try {
219    doc = JSON.parse(json)
220  } catch {
221    return []
222  }
223  const paths = (doc as { paths?: unknown } | null)?.paths
224  if (paths === null || typeof paths !== 'object') return []
225  const out: UiPreviewRoute[] = []
226  for (const [path, ops] of Object.entries(paths as Record<string, unknown>)) {
227    if (ops === null || typeof ops !== 'object') continue
228    for (const method of METHODS) {
229      const op = (ops as Record<string, unknown>)[method]
230      if (op === undefined || op === null || typeof op !== 'object') continue
231      const raw = (op as { summary?: unknown; description?: unknown }).summary ?? (op as { description?: unknown }).description
232      const summary = typeof raw === 'string' ? raw.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().slice(0, 100) : ''
233      out.push({ method: method.toUpperCase(), path: path.slice(0, 200), summary })
234      if (out.length >= MAX_ROUTES) return out
235    }
236  }
237  return out
238}
239
240// ---------------------------------------------------------------- commands
241
242export type Parsed =
243  | { kind: 'open' | 'stop' | 'shot' | 'status' }
244  | { kind: 'start'; file: string; port: number | undefined; error: string }
245  | { kind: 'unknown'; word: string }
246
247/** `/ui-preview [start [file] [--port N] | stop | shot | status]`. */
248export function parseArgs(args: string): Parsed {
249  const words = args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(w => w !== '')
250  const head = (words[0] ?? '').toLowerCase()
251  if (head === '') return { kind: 'open' }
252  if (head === 'stop' || head === 'shot' || head === 'status') return { kind: head }
253  if (head !== 'start') return { kind: 'unknown', word: head.slice(0, 30) }
254  let file = ''
255  let port: number | undefined
256  let error = ''
257  for (let i = 1; i < words.length; i++) {
258    const w = words[i]!
259    const eq = /^--port=(.*)$/.exec(w)
260    const value = eq !== null ? eq[1] : w === '--port' ? words[++i] : undefined
261    if (eq !== null || w === '--port') {
262      const n = Number(value)
263      if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1024 || n > 65535) error = 'the port must be a whole number from 1024 to 65535'
264      else port = n
265    } else if (file === '') file = w
266    else error = `one file only (got "${w.slice(0, 40)}")`
267  }
268  return { kind: 'start', file, port, error }
269}
270
271/** A path the person typed, relative to the root with forward slashes; undefined when it leaves the root. */
272export function relPathOf(root: string, typed: string): string | undefined {
273  let p = typed.replace(/\\/g, '/')
274  const r = root.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/\/+$/, '')
275  if (p.startsWith(`${r}/`)) p = p.slice(r.length + 1)
276  else if (/^([A-Za-z]:)?\//.test(p)) return undefined
277  p = p.replace(/^(\.\/)+/, '').replace(/\/+$/, '')
278  if (p === '' || p.split('/').some(part => part === '..')) return undefined
279  return p
280}
281
282// ---------------------------------------------------------------- the browser for screenshots
283
284export type BrowserEnv = { localAppData?: string; programFiles?: string; programFilesX86?: string }
285
286/**
287 * Where a Chrome, Chromium or Edge may be, in the order tried: absolute paths (checked to exist) and names on PATH
288 * (probed with --version). The person's real browser is never opened: the screenshot runs headless with a profile
289 * of its own.
290 */
291export function browserCandidates(env: BrowserEnv): { path: string; isName: boolean }[] {
292  const pf = env.programFiles ?? 'C:\\Program Files'
293  const pf86 = env.programFilesX86 ?? 'C:\\Program Files (x86)'
294  const abs = (path: string) => ({ path, isName: false })
295  const name = (path: string) => ({ path, isName: true })
296  return [
297    abs('/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome'),
298    abs('/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium'),
299    name('google-chrome'),
300    name('chromium'),
301    name('chromium-browser'),
302    abs(`${pf}\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe`),
303    abs(`${pf86}\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe`),
304    ...(env.localAppData ? [abs(`${env.localAppData}\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe`)] : []),
305    abs(`${pf86}\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe`),
306    abs(`${pf}\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe`),
307  ]
308}
309
310export function shotArgv(browser: string, png: string, profile: string, url: string): string[] {
311  return [
312    browser,
313    '--headless=new',
314    '--disable-gpu',
315    '--hide-scrollbars',
316    '--window-size=1280,800',
317    `--user-data-dir=${profile}`,
318    '--no-first-run',
319    '--no-default-browser-check',
320    `--screenshot=${png}`,
321    url,
322  ]
323}
324
325export function reviewText(url: string, png: string | undefined): string {
326  const shot = png === undefined ? 'No screenshot yet.' : `Screenshot: ${png}.`
327  return `Review the running app at ${url}. ${shot} Check layout, spacing, contrast and broken requests; if the chrome-devtools MCP is connected, open the page with it and read the console and network errors.`
328}
329
types/index.d.ts 30 lines
1/** Which kind of app ui-preview runs. */
2export type UiPreviewKind = 'plumber' | 'npm' | 'shiny-r' | 'shiny-py' | 'streamlit'
3/** The app found (or named): its kind, the file, its folder (relative to the project root, '' for the root), a label. */
4export type UiPreviewApp = { kind: UiPreviewKind; file: string; dir: string; label: string }
5/** stopped: no child; starting: started, URL not answering yet; running: it answers; silent: no answer within 60 s; exited: the child ended. */
6export type UiPreviewStatus = 'stopped' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'silent' | 'exited'
7/** One plumber route from /openapi.json. */
8export type UiPreviewRoute = { method: string; path: string; summary: string }
9/** The last screenshot: the PNG's absolute path and a number that changes with its content. */
10export type UiPreviewShot = { path: string; generation: number }
11
12declare module 'claude-code' {
13  interface PluginState {
14    'ui-preview': {
15      /** Where the app stands, for the pane and the moddeck side bar. */
16      status: UiPreviewStatus
17      /** The app's local URL ('' before a start). */
18      url: string
19      app: UiPreviewApp | null
20      /** The child's last 60 output lines, secret-looking values replaced by ***. */
21      lines: string[]
22      /** Plumber routes (method, path, summary), at most 200. */
23      routes: UiPreviewRoute[]
24      shot: UiPreviewShot | null
25      /** The last thing said (a failure, where a draft went). */
26      note: string
27    }
28  }
29}
30