feat(vscode): add subagent inspector tabs

.changeset/subagent-inspector-tabs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": minor
+---
+
+Open delegated subagent sessions in Agent Manager inspector tabs alongside terminals.

packages/kilo-vscode/src/KiloProvider.ts

@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
   private readonly openSessionIds = new Set<string>()
   private modelUsageSessionIds: Set<string> = new Set()
   private syncedChildSessions: Set<string> = new Set()
+  private readonly inspectorSessionIds = new Set<string>()
   private readonly checkpoints = new Map<string, Promise<void>>()
   private readonly sessionCreations = new Map<string, Promise<{ sid: string; dir: string } | undefined>>()
   private readonly draftSessions = new Map<string, { sid: string; dir: string; expires: number }>()
@@ -1083,6 +1084,8 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
       if (await this.handleModelSelectorExpandedMessage(message)) return
       this.handleWebviewFocusMessage(message)
       this.visibleTaskStreams.handle(message)
+      this.handleStreamVisibilityMessage(message)
+      if (this.handleChildSyncMessage(message)) return
       if (await this.handleMemoryMessage(message)) return
       if (this.handleLegacyMigrationMessage(message)) return
       switch (message.type) {
@@ -1171,15 +1174,11 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
           // isn't blocked by slow responses for earlier sessions.
           void this.handleLoadMessages(message.sessionID, {
             mode: message.mode,
+            focus: message.focus,
             before: message.before,
             limit: message.limit,
           })
           break
-        case "syncSession":
-          this.handleSyncSession(message.sessionID, message.parentSessionID).catch((e) =>
-            console.error("[Kilo New] handleSyncSession failed:", e),
-          )
-          break
         case "loadSessions":
           this.handleLoadSessions().catch((e) => console.error("[Kilo New] handleLoadSessions failed:", e))
           break
@@ -1572,6 +1571,33 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
     }
   }
 
+  private handleChildSyncMessage(
+    message: TypedWebviewMessage & { sessionID?: unknown; parentSessionID?: unknown; scope?: unknown },
+  ): boolean {
+    if (message.type !== "syncSession" && message.type !== "unsyncSession") return false
+    if (typeof message.sessionID !== "string") return true
+    if (message.type === "syncSession") {
+      if (message.scope === "inspector") this.inspectorSessionIds.add(message.sessionID)
+      const parent = typeof message.parentSessionID === "string" ? message.parentSessionID : undefined
+      this.handleSyncSession(message.sessionID, parent).catch((e) =>
+        console.error("[Kilo New] handleSyncSession failed:", e),
+      )
+      return true
+    }
+    if (message.scope === "inspector") this.inspectorSessionIds.delete(message.sessionID)
+    this.releaseChildSession(message.sessionID)
+    return true
+  }
+
+  private handleStreamVisibilityMessage(
+    message: TypedWebviewMessage & { sessionID?: unknown; visible?: unknown },
+  ): void {
+    if (message.type !== "streamSessionVisible" || message.visible !== false || typeof message.sessionID !== "string") {
+      return
+    }
+    this.releaseChildSession(message.sessionID)
+  }
+
   private handleEditorOpenMessage(message: Parameters<typeof handleEditorAction>[0]): boolean {
     return handleEditorAction(message, {
       // An explicit sessionID (e.g. from validateFiles) takes precedence over
@@ -1976,14 +2002,22 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
 
   private async handleLoadMessages(
     sessionID: string,
-    options: { mode?: MessageLoadMode; before?: string; limit?: number; preserveStream?: boolean } = {},
+    options: {
+      mode?: MessageLoadMode
+      focus?: boolean
+      before?: string
+      limit?: number
+      preserveStream?: boolean
+    } = {},
   ): Promise<void> {
     const mode = options.mode ?? "replace"
     if (mode === "replace" || mode === "focus") {
-      this.stopCurrentSessionProcesses(sessionID)
       this.trackedSessionIds.add(sessionID)
-      this.focusSession(sessionID)
-      this.contextSessionID = sessionID
+      if (options.focus !== false) {
+        this.stopCurrentSessionProcesses(sessionID)
+        this.focusSession(sessionID)
+        this.contextSessionID = sessionID
+      }
     }
     if (!this.client) {
       this.postMessage({ type: "error", message: "Not connected to CLI backend", sessionID })
@@ -2119,6 +2153,25 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
     }
   }
 
+  private releaseChildSession(sessionID: string): void {
+    if (
+      this.inspectorSessionIds.has(sessionID) ||
+      this.visibleTaskStreams.has(sessionID) ||
+      this.currentSession?.id === sessionID ||
+      this.openSessionIds.has(sessionID)
+    ) {
+      return
+    }
+    if (!this.syncedChildSessions.delete(sessionID)) return
+    this.trackedSessionIds.delete(sessionID)
+    this.streams.drop(sessionID)
+    this.visibleTaskStreams.delete(sessionID)
+    this.sessionDirectories.delete(sessionID)
+    this.sessionGitDirectories.delete(sessionID)
+    this.sessionGitRecoveries.delete(sessionID)
+    this.connectionService.pruneSession(sessionID)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Build the context object used by the extracted session-refresh helpers.
    */
@@ -2252,6 +2305,7 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
     this.streams.drop(sessionID)
     this.visibleTaskStreams.delete(sessionID)
     this.syncedChildSessions.delete(sessionID)
+    this.inspectorSessionIds.delete(sessionID)
     this.sessionDirectories.delete(sessionID)
     this.sessionGitDirectories.delete(sessionID)
     this.sessionGitRecoveries.delete(sessionID)
@@ -5091,6 +5145,7 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
     this.trackedSessionIds.clear()
     this.openSessionIds.clear()
     this.syncedChildSessions.clear()
+    this.inspectorSessionIds.clear()
     this.draftSessions.clear()
     this.sessionDirectories.clear()
     this.anacondaDesktop.dispose()

packages/kilo-vscode/src/agent-manager/types.ts

@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ interface LoadMessagesIn {
   type: "loadMessages"
   sessionID: string
   mode?: "replace" | "prepend" | "focus"
+  focus?: boolean
   before?: string
   limit?: number
 }

packages/kilo-vscode/src/kilo-provider/visible-task-streams.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export class VisibleTaskStreams {
     this.refs.delete(id)
   }
 
+  has(id: string): boolean {
+    return this.refs.has(id)
+  }
+
   setActive(active: boolean): void {
     if (this.active === active) return
     this.active = active

packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/agent-manager-arch.test.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const CSS_FILES = [
 ]
 const TSX_FILES = [
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/AgentManagerApp.tsx"),
+  path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/SubagentPanel.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/UnassignedSessionsSection.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/NewWorktreeDialog.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/ProjectSelect.tsx"),
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ const TSX_FILES = [
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/SidebarBody.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/Skeleton.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/TabBar.tsx"),
+  path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/ClosableTab.tsx"),
+  path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/InspectorTabStrip.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/ProjectBranchDialog.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/DefaultBaseBranchDialog.tsx"),
   path.join(ROOT, "webview-ui/agent-manager/tab-rendering.tsx"),

packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/agent-manager-terminal-layout.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 
 const css = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/agent-manager.css"), "utf8")
 const app = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/AgentManagerApp.tsx"), "utf8")
+const subagent = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/SubagentPanel.tsx"), "utf8")
 const terminal = readFileSync(
   resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/terminal/TerminalTab.tsx"),
   "utf8",
@@ -25,13 +26,28 @@ test("xterm owns the padding used by FitAddon", () => {
   expect(term).toMatch(/\bpadding\s*:\s*8px\s*;/)
 })
 
-test("uses one persisted width for the diff and terminal inspector", () => {
+test("uses one persisted width for every inspector panel", () => {
   expect(app).toContain("persisted?.sidePanelWidth")
   expect(app).toContain("createPanelResize(setPanelWidth")
+  expect(app).toContain("style={{ width: `${panelWidth()}px` }}")
+  expect(subagent).toContain("InspectorTabStrip")
   expect(app).not.toContain("diffWidth")
   expect(app).not.toContain("terminalWidth")
 })
 
+test("hides keyboard hints only in inspector tabs", () => {
+  const side = readFileSync(
+    resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/terminal/SideTerminalPanel.tsx"),
+    "utf8",
+  )
+
+  expect(subagent).toContain("showKeybind={false}")
+  expect(side).toContain("showKeybind={false}")
+  expect(
+    readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/terminal/render.tsx"), "utf8"),
+  ).not.toContain("showKeybind={false}")
+})
+
 test("limits inspector layout updates during resize", () => {
   const frames: ((time: number) => void)[] = []
   const widths: number[] = []

packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/session-select-connection.test.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe("selectSession keeps the chat in sync with the selection while offline"
     // Queue a replay unconditionally. The earlier `deferredFetch = ready ? undefined : id`
     // form skipped cached sessions, so a reconnect never re-sent the focus load that
     // re-focuses the backend (focusSession/contextSessionID/SSE tracking/reconcile).
-    expect(body).toContain("deferredFetch = id")
+    expect(body).toContain("deferredFetch = { id, focus }")
     expect(body).not.toMatch(/deferredFetch\s*=\s*ready\s*\?/)
   })
 })
@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@ describe("a deferred fetch is replayed on reconnect", () => {
     const effect = source.slice(source.indexOf("on(server.isConnected"))
     expect(effect).toContain("deferredFetch")
     // Replays with the focus/replace choice so cached sessions still re-focus the backend.
-    expect(effect).toMatch(/loadFocusedMessages\(\s*id,\s*loaded\(\)\.has\(id\)\s*\)/)
+    expect(effect).toMatch(
+      /loadFocusedMessages\(\s*pending\.id,\s*loaded\(\)\.has\(pending\.id\),\s*pending\.focus\s*\)/,
+    )
   })
 
   it("the focused load helper sends focus for cached sessions and replace otherwise", () => {
     const helper = source.slice(source.indexOf("function loadFocusedMessages("))
     expect(helper).toMatch(/mode: "focus"/)
     expect(helper).toMatch(/mode: "replace"/)
+    expect(helper).toContain("focus: false")
   })
 })

packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/subagent-tabs.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
+import { createRoot, createSignal } from "solid-js"
+import { createSubagentTabs } from "../../webview-ui/agent-manager/subagent-tabs"
+
+function scene() {
+  const [current] = createSignal<string | undefined>("parent")
+  const calls = {
+    synced: [] as Array<[string, string | undefined]>,
+    unsynced: [] as string[],
+    shown: 0,
+    hidden: 0,
+  }
+  const tabs = createSubagentTabs({
+    current,
+    sync: (id, parent) => calls.synced.push([id, parent]),
+    unsync: (id) => calls.unsynced.push(id),
+    show: () => calls.shown++,
+    hide: () => calls.hidden++,
+  })
+  return { tabs, calls }
+}
+
+describe("Agent Manager subagent tabs", () => {
+  it("opens multiple child sessions and syncs each to its parent", () => {
+    createRoot((dispose) => {
+      const item = scene()
+      item.tabs.open("child-1", "First", "parent-1")
+      item.tabs.open("child-2", "Second", "parent-2")
+
+      expect(item.tabs.tabs().map((tab) => tab.id)).toEqual(["child-1", "child-2"])
+      expect(item.tabs.active()).toBe("child-2")
+      expect(item.calls.synced).toEqual([
+        ["child-1", "parent-1"],
+        ["child-2", "parent-2"],
+      ])
+      expect(item.calls.shown).toBe(2)
+      dispose()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("closes the active tab onto its nearest survivor and hides when empty", () => {
+    createRoot((dispose) => {
+      const item = scene()
+      item.tabs.open("one", "One")
+      item.tabs.open("two", "Two")
+      item.tabs.open("three", "Three")
+
+      item.tabs.close("two")
+      expect(item.tabs.tabs().map((tab) => tab.id)).toEqual(["one", "three"])
+      expect(item.tabs.active()).toBe("three")
+
+      item.tabs.close("three")
+      item.tabs.close("one")
+      expect(item.tabs.tabs()).toEqual([])
+      expect(item.tabs.active()).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(item.calls.unsynced).toEqual(["two", "three", "one"])
+      expect(item.calls.hidden).toBe(1)
+      dispose()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("supports Close Others and preserves the selected child", () => {
+    createRoot((dispose) => {
+      const item = scene()
+      item.tabs.open("one")
+      item.tabs.open("two")
+      item.tabs.open("three")
+
+      item.tabs.closeOthers("one")
+      expect(item.tabs.tabs().map((tab) => tab.id)).toEqual(["one"])
+      expect(item.tabs.active()).toBe("one")
+      expect(item.calls.unsynced).toEqual(["two", "three"])
+      expect(item.calls.shown).toBe(4)
+      dispose()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("reorders tabs without changing the active child", () => {
+    createRoot((dispose) => {
+      const item = scene()
+      item.tabs.open("one")
+      item.tabs.open("two")
+      item.tabs.open("three")
+      item.tabs.select("two")
+
+      item.tabs.reorder("three", "one")
+      expect(item.tabs.tabs().map((tab) => tab.id)).toEqual(["three", "one", "two"])
+      expect(item.tabs.active()).toBe("two")
+      dispose()
+    })
+  })
+})