bare agent: start the session idle and wait for the first message#61
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A promptless connect start (what a bare `agent` expands to) now sends idle_start on POST /v1/sessions: the sandbox spins up, Claude Code sits idle at the prompt, and the first thing typed into the composer opens turn 0, like a local `claude`. Previously the server fabricated a workflow kickoff whenever the resolved config carried a claude.system, so a bare `agent` on a dev-box config opened with "Carry out the workflow instructions in your system prompt." and no instructions to carry out. A promptless --watch/--detach start still runs the config's workflow; only the interactive open changes. Servers without the field ignore it and keep today's behavior.
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What
A promptless
--connectstart (what a bareagentexpands to) now sendsidle_start: trueonPOST /v1/sessions. The sandbox spins up, Claude Code starts idle at the prompt, and the first thing typed into the composer opens turn 0 - the same feel as launching a localclaude. Typing while the sandbox provisions already works: the message queues in the session inbox and delivers as the initial content.Why
Previously the server fabricated a workflow kickoff ("Carry out the workflow instructions in your system prompt." plus customer context and time) whenever the resolved config carried a
claude.system, so a bareagenton a dev-box config opened with a pointer at workflow instructions that did not exist.Notes
--watch/--detachstart still runs the config's workflow kickoff; only the interactive open changes.Testing
tsc --noEmitclean, vitest 236 passed. The change itself is a one-line conditional in the start action plus the request type.