Let a bot have a working folder - #183
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Every driver already accepted turn.cwd and defaulted it to the home folder; nothing in the app ever set it. So a bot asked to work on a repo was always standing in ~ and had to be told where the code was. - BotRecord.cwd: the bot's folder, what new tasks start in. Set from a Working folder card in bot settings (native picker via a new desktop:pick-folder IPC; text input in the browser). Validated by validateBotCwd() on PATCH — absolute, existing directory, or null. - TaskRecord.cwd: pinned per task on its first dispatched turn (store.pinTaskCwd). Pinned rather than read live because Claude keeps sessions per project directory and Codex threads carry their cwd — a folder that moved under a live session would break resume. A task that already has a session pins to the default. Cloud runs skip it. - Chat header shows a folder chip when a task runs somewhere other than home; the settings card says when the open task is pinned elsewhere. - capabilities.host.homeDir so paths render as ~/… (the sandboxed preload can't require node:os). Item 1.4 of docs/plans/agent-harness-upgrades-v2.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds bot working-directory validation, task-level directory pinning, Electron folder selection, and UI controls for configuring and displaying active working directories. ChangesWorking Directory Flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR adds configurable working folders for local bot tasks, but the current UI can misrender paths, prevent clearing a folder in non-desktop use, and show a local folder for cloud tasks that do not use it. The issues are bounded and mergeable with explicit follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SettingsPanel
participant PreloadAPI
participant ElectronMain
participant NativeDialog
participant Server
SettingsPanel->>PreloadAPI: pickFolder(current)
PreloadAPI->>ElectronMain: desktop:pick-folder
ElectronMain->>NativeDialog: open directory picker
NativeDialog-->>ElectronMain: selected path or null
ElectronMain-->>PreloadAPI: picker result
PreloadAPI-->>SettingsPanel: path or null
SettingsPanel->>Server: PATCH bot cwd
Server-->>SettingsPanel: normalized value or validation error
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In `@src/components/ChatView.tsx`:
- Around line 842-846: Update WorkingFolderChip so cloud tasks do not fall back
to bot.cwd when task.cwd is unset; preserve and use the task’s dispatch target
where available, while retaining the existing bot.cwd fallback for non-cloud
tasks.
In `@src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx`:
- Around line 34-37: Update shortPath to replace home only when p equals home or
the suffix after home begins with a path separator, preventing sibling paths
such as /Users/annex from matching /Users/ann.
- Around line 93-105: Update the SettingsPanel submit handler to normalize an
empty folder input to null before calling save, so clearing an existing folder
sends cwd: null instead of an empty string. Preserve the fallback to bot.cwd for
untouched drafts and continue preventing submission while saving or when draft
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| function WorkingFolderChip({ bot }: { bot: Bot }) { | ||
| const { dispatch } = useStore(); | ||
| const task = bot.tasks?.find((t) => t.threadId === bot.threadId); | ||
| const folder = task?.cwd === undefined ? bot.cwd : (task.cwd ?? undefined); | ||
| if (!folder) return null; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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src server
printf '%s\n' '--- WorkingFolderChip and task-related dispatches ---'
rg -n -C 14 --glob 'ChatView.tsx' --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- Bot and task declarations ---'
rg -n -C 12 --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' \
'export (interface|type) Bot|interface Bot|type Bot|tasks\??:|cwd\??:|runOn\??:' \
src/state src/lib src/components/ChatView.tsx server
printf '%s\n' '--- exact WorkingFolderChip ---'
sed -n '820,875p' src/components/ChatView.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- task creation and turn dispatch paths ---'
rg -n -C 12 --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- Bot/task type declarations in store ---'
rg -n -C 18 --glob 'store.tsx' \
'Bot|Task|tasks|cwd|resumeCursors|interface|type' src/state/store.tsx | sed -n '1,260p'
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rg -n -C 18 --glob 'routines.ts' --glob 'index.ts' \
'createTask\(|startTurn\(|runOn === "cloud"|runOn:|threadId =|activate' server
printf '%s\n' '--- client event mapping for tasks and runs ---'
rg -n -C 12 --glob 'store.tsx' --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' \
'taskSwitched|taskAdded|tasks:|runOn|routineRun|threadId|cwd' src/state src/components server/index.ts | sed -n '1,360p'
printf '%s\n' '--- deterministic source-level check ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
index = Path("server/index.ts").read_text()
chat = Path("src/components/ChatView.tsx").read_text()
dispatch = 'cwd: opts?.runOn === "cloud" ? undefined : (store.pinTaskCwd(bot.id, threadId) ?? undefined)'
fallback = 'const folder = task?.cwd === undefined ? bot.cwd : (task.cwd ?? undefined)'
assert dispatch in index, "cloud/local cwd dispatch expression not found"
assert fallback in chat, "WorkingFolderChip fallback expression not found"
cloud_branch = dispatch.split(":", 1)[1]
print("cloud dispatch passes undefined cwd:", "opts?.runOn === \"cloud\" ? undefined" in cloud_branch)
print("local dispatch pins task cwd:", "store.pinTaskCwd(bot.id, threadId)" in cloud_branch)
print("chip falls back from absent task.cwd to bot.cwd:", "task?.cwd === undefined ? bot.cwd" in fallback)
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index = Path("server/index.ts").read_text()
chat = Path("src/components/ChatView.tsx").read_text()
routines = Path("server/routines.ts").read_text()
dispatch = 'cwd: opts?.runOn === "cloud" ? undefined : (store.pinTaskCwd(bot.id, threadId) ?? undefined)'
fallback = 'const folder = task?.cwd === undefined ? bot.cwd : (task.cwd ?? undefined)'
assert dispatch in index
assert fallback in chat
assert 'createTask(run.botId, run.routineName, run.triggerSource === "webhook")' in routines
assert 'run.runOn ?? "maus"' in routines
# Model the relevant data-shape transformation without running repository code.
bot = {"cwd": "/host/project"}
task = {"cwd": None} # cloud dispatch leaves Task.cwd absent; null is the local default sentinel
assert (bot["cwd"] if "cwd" not in task else task["cwd"]) is None
task.pop("cwd")
displayed = bot["cwd"] if "cwd" not in task else task["cwd"]
assert displayed == "/host/project"
print("cloud dispatch leaves Task.cwd absent:", "runOn === cloud" in dispatch)
print("cloud routine creates a task and forwards runOn:", True)
print("WorkingFolderChip displays bot.cwd for an absent Task.cwd:", displayed)
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dispatch = 'cwd: opts?.runOn === "cloud" ? undefined : (store.pinTaskCwd(bot.id, threadId) ?? undefined)'
assert dispatch in index
cloud_part, local_part = dispatch.split("?", 1)[1].split(":", 1)
assert cloud_part.strip() == 'opts?.runOn === "cloud"'
assert local_part.strip().startswith("undefined")
print("cloud branch passes undefined cwd: True")
print("local branch pins task cwd: True")
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chat = Path("src/components/ChatView.tsx").read_text()
assert re.search(
r'cwd:\s*opts\?\.runOn\s*===\s*"cloud"\s*\?\s*undefined\s*:\s*\(store\.pinTaskCwd\(bot\.id,\s*threadId\)\s*\?\?\s*undefined\)',
index,
)
assert 'const folder = task?.cwd === undefined ? bot.cwd : (task.cwd ?? undefined);' in chat
print("cloud branch passes undefined cwd: True")
print("local branch pins task cwd: True")
print("chip fallback maps absent Task.cwd to bot.cwd: True")
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Suppress the working-folder fallback for cloud tasks.
Cloud dispatch leaves Task.cwd unset. When bot.cwd is configured, WorkingFolderChip displays the host folder for an active cloud task. Preserve the dispatch target on the task, or skip the bot.cwd fallback for cloud tasks.
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In `@src/components/ChatView.tsx` around lines 842 - 846, Update WorkingFolderChip
so cloud tasks do not fall back to bot.cwd when task.cwd is unset; preserve and
use the task’s dispatch target where available, while retaining the existing
bot.cwd fallback for non-cloud tasks.
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| onSubmit={(e) => { | ||
| e.preventDefault(); | ||
| void save(draft ?? bot.cwd ?? ""); | ||
| }} | ||
| > | ||
| <input | ||
| className={cn(inputCls, "font-mono text-[12.5px]")} | ||
| placeholder="Home folder — or an absolute path" | ||
| value={draft ?? bot.cwd ?? ""} | ||
| onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)} | ||
| /> | ||
| <button type="submit" disabled={saving || draft === null} className="shrink-0 rounded-lg bg-raised px-3 py-2 text-[13px] text-ink hover:bg-raised-hover disabled:opacity-50"> | ||
| Save |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Send null when the text field is empty.
When the user deletes an existing folder, Line 95 sends cwd: "". The server rejects this value because clearing requires cwd: null. The non-desktop UI therefore cannot clear a configured folder.
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- void save(draft ?? bot.cwd ?? "");
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| onSubmit={(e) => { | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| void save(draft ?? bot.cwd ?? ""); | |
| }} | |
| > | |
| <input | |
| className={cn(inputCls, "font-mono text-[12.5px]")} | |
| placeholder="Home folder — or an absolute path" | |
| value={draft ?? bot.cwd ?? ""} | |
| onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)} | |
| /> | |
| <button type="submit" disabled={saving || draft === null} className="shrink-0 rounded-lg bg-raised px-3 py-2 text-[13px] text-ink hover:bg-raised-hover disabled:opacity-50"> | |
| Save | |
| onSubmit={(e) => { | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| void save(draft === "" ? null : (draft ?? bot.cwd ?? null)); | |
| }} | |
| > | |
| <input | |
| className={cn(inputCls, "font-mono text-[12.5px]")} | |
| placeholder="Home folder — or an absolute path" | |
| value={draft ?? bot.cwd ?? ""} | |
| onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)} | |
| /> | |
| <button type="submit" disabled={saving || draft === null} className="shrink-0 rounded-lg bg-raised px-3 py-2 text-[13px] text-ink hover:bg-raised-hover disabled:opacity-50"> | |
| Save |
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx` around lines 93 - 105, Update the
SettingsPanel submit handler to normalize an empty folder input to null before
calling save, so clearing an existing folder sends cwd: null instead of an empty
string. Preserve the fallback to bot.cwd for untouched drafts and continue
preventing submission while saving or when draft is null.
…dren of home - The Windows runner's home is C:\Users\RUNNER~1 — a path that legitimately contains "~" — so the test now compares against homedir() instead of asserting the character away. This was the red windows-latest CI leg. - shortPath shortened any prefix match (/Users/annex -> ~ex for home /Users/ann); it now requires home itself or a path-separator boundary, and lives in src/lib with a test, where import-safe logic belongs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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* Working folder: pin the default for cloud runs, clear via an empty field Follow-ups from CodeRabbit's review of #183 (merged): a cloud run now pins task.cwd = null so the header chip never shows the bot's host folder for a task that runs on the box; the non-desktop text field sends null when emptied, which is what the server takes as "clear" — it sent "" and was rejected. (The third finding, the ~ path boundary, was already fixed on main in src/lib/short-path.ts.) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * Make cloud task folder pin authoritative --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: milind-soni <milindsoni201@gmail.com>
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In plain language
Every engine (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity…) is a coding CLI first: even with "Computer: off" it runs shell commands and edits files — always in your home folder, because nothing let you say otherwise. Ask a bot to "fix the failing test in OpenMausBot" and it's standing in
~and has to be told where the repo is.What changes in the app: bot settings get a Working folder with a native folder picker. Set it, and that bot's shell/file tools run there. A small folder chip appears in the chat header. Each task pins the folder it started with (Claude keeps sessions per folder; moving it mid-task would break resume) — new tasks pick up the new folder, and the settings card tells you when the current task is pinned somewhere else. Cloud/VM runs ignore it (they have their own filesystem).
Not essential for chat-and-operate-a-computer use; genuinely useful for anyone pointing bots at their own repos.
In plain terms
Every engine (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, ACP) is a coding CLI first: even with Computer: off it still runs shell commands and edits files. Today it always does that in your home folder, because nothing in the app ever set
turn.cwd— so a bot asked to "fix the failing test in OpenMausBot" is standing in~and has to be told where the repo is, and Claude Code's per-project session memory is keyed to~instead of the project.This is a different axis from the computer modes: Computer is whether the bot gets a screen/mouse/keyboard (local Mac, cloud box, VM); Working folder is where its shell and file tools already point. Cloud/VM have their own filesystem, so it's skipped there. It matters when the bot's tools run on your Mac — with computer off and with local computer on.
Not essential for chat-and-operate-a-computer use; genuinely useful for anyone pointing bots at their own repos. Small change, every driver already honoured the field.
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BotRecord.cwd— the bot's folder, what new tasks start in. Set from a Working folder card in bot settings (native picker via a newdesktop:pick-folderIPC; plain text input when there's no bridge).PATCH /api/bots/:idvalidates viavalidateBotCwd(): absolute + existing directory, ornullto clear; readable 400 otherwise.TaskRecord.cwd— pinned per task on its first dispatched turn (store.pinTaskCwd). Pinned rather than read live because Claude keeps sessions per project directory and Codex threads carry their cwd — a folder that moved under a live session would break resume. A task that already has a session (pre-upgrade thread) pins to the default. Cloud runs (runOn: "cloud") skip it.capabilities.host.homeDirso paths render as~/…— sourced from the main process because the sandboxed preload can'trequire("node:os")(I learned that the hard way: it silently killed the wholewindow.ogbbridge, mic included).Item 1.4 of
docs/plans/agent-harness-upgrades-v2.md.Test plan
server/bot-cwd.test.ts(4): accept dir, null/empty clears,~expansion, reject relative/file/missing/non-string with reasonsserver/store.test.ts(+3): pin on first turn and never again; pinnullwhen bot has no folder; legacy task with a session pins to defaultpnpm typecheckclean;pnpm vitest rungreen (65 files, 534 passed);pnpm check:electroncleancurlsmoke:/nope/nowhere→ 400 "that folder doesn't exist";relative→ 400 "must be an absolute path"window.ogb.pickFolderpresent, mic intact)pwdshows the folder; change folder → same task still reports the old one (card says it's pinned) → + Task → new folder; Clear → chip gone🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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