diff --git a/packages/cli/demo/.gitignore b/packages/cli/demo/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
diff --git a/packages/cli/demo/add-sound.sh b/packages/cli/demo/add-sound.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Adds a soundtrack to the VHS-rendered demo: a lo-fi music bed (demo/music.mp3)
+# plus mechanical-keyboard clicks timed off the .tape script.
+#
+#   Input:  demo/superset-cli.mp4   (produced by `vhs demo/superset-cli.tape`)
+#           demo/music.mp3           (the music bed)
+#           demo/keyboard.mp3        (a continuous mechanical-keyboard recording)
+#   Output: demo/superset-cli-sound.mp4
+#
+# Credits: music — "Lofi Production" by Pulsebox (Pixabay, royalty-free);
+#          keyboard — "Mechanical Keyboard Typing HD" by VirtualZero (Pixabay).
+# Individual keystrokes are sliced out of keyboard.mp3 and dropped onto the
+# .tape timeline (one random sample per key, with slight pitch/level jitter).
+# If keyboard.mp3 is missing, the clicks fall back to a numpy synth.
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."          # -> packages/cli
+SRC=demo/superset-cli.mp4
+TAPE=demo/superset-cli.tape
+MUSIC=${1:-demo/music.mp3}
+KB=demo/keyboard.mp3
+OUT=demo/superset-cli-sound.mp4
+TMP=$(mktemp -d -t demo-sound)
+CLICKS="$TMP/clicks.wav"
+
+[ -f "$SRC" ]   || { echo "missing $SRC — run: vhs demo/superset-cli.tape" >&2; exit 1; }
+[ -f "$MUSIC" ] || { echo "missing music bed: $MUSIC" >&2; exit 1; }
+DUR=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 "$SRC")
+FADE_AT=$(awk "BEGIN{print $DUR-3}")
+
+KEYS_ARG=""
+if [ -f "$KB" ]; then
+  echo "slicing keystroke samples from $KB ..."
+  ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i "$KB" -ac 1 -ar 44100 "$TMP/kb.wav"
+  python3 demo/extract_keys.py "$TMP/kb.wav" "$TMP/keys"
+  KEYS_ARG="$TMP/keys"
+fi
+
+echo "placing clicks on the timeline..."
+python3 demo/gen_audio.py "$TAPE" "$CLICKS" "$DUR" "$KEYS_ARG"
+
+# [music]  -> trim to video length, fade in/out, light low-pass, drop the level
+# [clicks] -> as-is (already left headroom); mix, keep under the ceiling
+ffmpeg -y -i "$SRC" -i "$MUSIC" -i "$CLICKS" \
+  -filter_complex "\
+    [1:a]atrim=0:${DUR},asetpts=PTS-STARTPTS,lowpass=f=12000,volume=0.5,afade=t=in:st=0:d=2,afade=t=out:st=${FADE_AT}:d=3[mus];\
+    [2:a]volume=0.4[clk];\
+    [mus][clk]amix=inputs=2:normalize=0,alimiter=limit=0.95:level=disabled,aresample=44100[a]" \
+  -map 0:v -map "[a]" -c:v copy -c:a aac -b:a 192k -shortest "$OUT"
+rm -rf "$TMP"
+echo "wrote $OUT"
diff --git a/packages/cli/demo/extract_keys.py b/packages/cli/demo/extract_keys.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Slice individual keystroke samples out of a continuous typing recording.
+
+Detects transients in <src.wav> and writes one short WAV per keystroke into
+<out_dir>/keyNN.wav (1 ms fade-in, ~20 ms fade-out so the edges don't click).
+
+Usage:  python3 extract_keys.py <src.wav> <out_dir>
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+import wave
+
+import numpy as np
+
+SR = 44100
+
+
+def load_mono(path):
+    with wave.open(path, "rb") as w:
+        n, sw, ch, fr = w.getnframes(), w.getsampwidth(), w.getnchannels(), w.getframerate()
+        raw = w.readframes(n)
+    dt = {1: np.int8, 2: np.int16, 4: np.int32}[sw]
+    a = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=dt).astype(np.float32)
+    a = (a - 128) / 128.0 if sw == 1 else a / float(np.iinfo(dt).max)
+    if ch > 1:
+        a = a.reshape(-1, ch).mean(axis=1)
+    if fr != SR:
+        idx = np.linspace(0, len(a) - 1, int(len(a) * SR / fr))
+        a = np.interp(idx, np.arange(len(a)), a)
+    return a
+
+
+def detect_onsets(a, min_gap=0.06, thr_frac=0.16):
+    win = int(SR * 0.003)
+    sm = np.convolve(np.abs(a), np.ones(win) / win, "same")
+    above = sm > thr_frac * sm.max()
+    rising = np.where(above[1:] & ~above[:-1])[0]
+    out, last = [], -10 * SR
+    for i in rising:
+        if i - last > int(SR * min_gap):
+            out.append(i)
+            last = i
+    return out
+
+
+def main():
+    src, out_dir = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+    os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    a = load_mono(src)
+    onsets = detect_onsets(a)
+
+    pre, length = int(SR * 0.004), int(SR * 0.14)
+    fi, fo = int(SR * 0.001), int(SR * 0.02)
+    kept = 0
+    peak_global = np.max(np.abs(a)) or 1.0
+    for k, on in enumerate(onsets):
+        s = max(0, on - pre)
+        seg = a[s:s + length].copy()
+        if len(seg) < length // 2:
+            continue
+        if np.max(np.abs(seg)) < 0.06 * peak_global:  # too quiet — probably a tail, skip
+            continue
+        # mellow it a touch: gentle low-pass + a softer/longer fade-out
+        a_lp = np.exp(-2 * np.pi * 3800 / SR)
+        prev = 0.0
+        for j in range(len(seg)):
+            prev = (1 - a_lp) * seg[j] + a_lp * prev
+            seg[j] = prev
+        fo = int(SR * 0.045)
+        if len(seg) >= fi + fo:
+            seg[:fi] *= np.linspace(0, 1, fi)
+            seg[-fo:] *= np.linspace(1, 0, fo) ** 1.5
+        seg = seg / (np.max(np.abs(seg)) or 1.0) * 0.95
+        kept += 1
+        with wave.open(os.path.join(out_dir, f"key{kept:02d}.wav"), "wb") as w:
+            w.setnchannels(1)
+            w.setsampwidth(2)
+            w.setframerate(SR)
+            w.writeframes((seg * 32767).astype(np.int16).tobytes())
+    print(f"  extracted {kept} keystroke samples from {os.path.basename(src)} -> {out_dir}/")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/packages/cli/demo/gen_audio.py b/packages/cli/demo/gen_audio.py
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+++ b/packages/cli/demo/gen_audio.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Generate a keyboard-click track for the VHS demo, timed off the .tape script.
+
+Clicks are placed by replaying the .tape timeline: every `Type` character costs
+`TypingSpeed`, every `Enter` is a keystroke, every `Sleep` advances the clock,
+and the `Hide`..`Show` block is skipped (VHS doesn't render it).
+
+The click sound is synthesized with numpy by default. Pass a WAV (a single
+keystroke) or a directory of WAVs (a pool of keystrokes — picked at random per
+key) to use real recordings instead; each hit gets slight pitch/level jitter.
+
+Usage:  python3 gen_audio.py <tape> <out.wav> <duration_seconds> [keys.wav|keys_dir] [keyreturn.wav]
+"""
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import wave
+
+import numpy as np
+
+SR = 44100
+_rng = np.random.default_rng(7)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- tape timeline
+def parse_events(tape_path):
+    typing_speed = 0.05  # VHS default; tape overrides via `Set TypingSpeed`
+    t = 0.0
+    in_hidden = False
+    keys, returns = [], []
+
+    for raw in open(tape_path, encoding="utf-8"):
+        line = raw.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        head = line.split(None, 1)[0]
+
+        if head == "Hide":
+            in_hidden = True
+            continue
+        if head == "Show":
+            in_hidden = False
+            t = 0.0
+            continue
+
+        m = re.match(r"Set\s+TypingSpeed\s+([\d.]+)(ms|s)?", line)
+        if m:
+            typing_speed = float(m.group(1)) / (1000 if m.group(2) == "ms" else 1)
+            continue
+        if head in ("Set", "Output", "Require", "Env"):
+            continue
+
+        m = re.match(r"Sleep\s+([\d.]+)(ms|s)?", line)
+        if m:
+            dt = float(m.group(1)) / (1000 if (m.group(2) or "s") == "ms" else 1)
+            if not in_hidden:
+                t += dt
+            continue
+
+        if head == "Type":
+            body = line[len("Type"):].strip()
+            if len(body) >= 2 and body[0] in "\"'`" and body[-1] == body[0]:
+                body = body[1:-1]
+            for _ch in body:
+                if not in_hidden:
+                    keys.append(t)
+                t += typing_speed
+            continue
+
+        if head == "Enter":
+            if not in_hidden:
+                returns.append(t)
+            t += typing_speed
+            continue
+
+        if re.match(r"(Ctrl\+|Alt\+|Shift\+|Backspace|Tab|Space|Escape|Up|Down|Left|Right|PageUp|PageDown)", head):
+            if not in_hidden:
+                keys.append(t)
+            t += typing_speed
+            continue
+
+    return keys, returns
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- samples
+def _load_wav_mono(path):
+    with wave.open(path, "rb") as w:
+        n, sw, ch, fr = w.getnframes(), w.getsampwidth(), w.getnchannels(), w.getframerate()
+        raw = w.readframes(n)
+    dt = {1: np.int8, 2: np.int16, 4: np.int32}[sw]
+    a = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=dt).astype(np.float32)
+    if sw == 1:
+        a = (a - 128) / 128.0
+    else:
+        a /= float(np.iinfo(dt).max)
+    if ch > 1:
+        a = a.reshape(-1, ch).mean(axis=1)
+    if fr != SR:  # cheap linear resample
+        idx = np.linspace(0, len(a) - 1, int(len(a) * SR / fr))
+        a = np.interp(idx, np.arange(len(a)), a)
+    # trim leading silence so the transient lands on the timestamp
+    thr = 0.02 * (np.max(np.abs(a)) or 1.0)
+    nz = np.argmax(np.abs(a) > thr)
+    return a[nz:]
+
+
+def _jitter(sample, semitones=1.5, gain_db=2.5):
+    sp = 2 ** (_rng.uniform(-semitones, semitones) / 12)
+    idx = np.arange(0, len(sample), sp)
+    s = np.interp(idx, np.arange(len(sample)), sample)
+    return s * (10 ** (_rng.uniform(-gain_db, gain_db) / 20))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- synthesized clicks
+def _synth_click(kind="key"):
+    if kind == "return":
+        body_f, dur, amp = _rng.uniform(95, 120), 0.075, 0.95
+        click_amp, noise_amp = 0.5, 0.35
+    else:
+        body_f, dur, amp = _rng.uniform(150, 235), 0.045, _rng.uniform(0.6, 0.85)
+        click_amp, noise_amp = 0.45, 0.30
+    n = int(SR * dur)
+    tt = np.arange(n) / SR
+    nlen = int(SR * 0.006)
+    noise = np.zeros(n)
+    noise[:nlen] = _rng.standard_normal(nlen) * np.exp(-np.arange(nlen) / (nlen * 0.4))
+    noise *= noise_amp
+    tick = np.sin(2 * np.pi * _rng.uniform(2600, 3400) * tt) * np.exp(-tt / 0.004) * click_amp
+    body = np.sin(2 * np.pi * body_f * tt) * np.exp(-tt / (dur * 0.5))
+    sig = (noise + tick + body) * amp
+    a = int(SR * 0.0008)
+    sig[:a] *= np.linspace(0, 1, a)
+    return sig.astype(np.float32)
+
+
+def _load_pool(path):
+    """path may be a single WAV or a directory of WAVs. Returns a list of arrays."""
+    if not path or not os.path.exists(path):
+        return []
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        files = sorted(f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.lower().endswith(".wav"))
+        return [_load_wav_mono(os.path.join(path, f)) for f in files]
+    return [_load_wav_mono(path)]
+
+
+# Don't fire a key click within this gap of the previous one — keeps fast
+# on-screen typing from sounding like a machine gun (the audio "types" calmer).
+CLICK_MIN_GAP = 0.09
+
+
+def _thin(times, min_gap):
+    out, last = [], -1e9
+    for t in times:
+        if t - last >= min_gap:
+            out.append(t)
+            last = t
+    return out
+
+
+def build_track(keys, returns, total_len, key_pool, ret_pool):
+    buf = np.zeros(int(SR * total_len) + SR, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    def place(times, pool, kind, gain=1.0):
+        for t in times:
+            if pool:
+                c = _jitter(pool[_rng.integers(len(pool))]) * gain
+            else:
+                c = _synth_click(kind)
+            i = int(t * SR)
+            buf[i:i + len(c)] += c
+
+    place(_thin(keys, CLICK_MIN_GAP), key_pool, "key")
+    # Enter: prefer a dedicated return sample; else reuse the keypress pool a touch louder
+    place(returns, ret_pool or key_pool, "return", gain=1.15 if not ret_pool else 1.0)
+    return buf[:int(SR * total_len)]
+
+
+def main():
+    tape, out_wav, dur = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], float(sys.argv[3])
+    key_path = sys.argv[4] if len(sys.argv) > 4 else None
+    ret_path = sys.argv[5] if len(sys.argv) > 5 else None
+
+    key_pool = _load_pool(key_path)
+    ret_pool = _load_pool(ret_path)
+    src = f"sample pool x{len(key_pool)}" if key_pool else "synth"
+
+    keys, returns = parse_events(tape)
+    print(f"  {len(keys)} keystrokes + {len(returns)} returns over {dur:.1f}s ({src} clicks)")
+
+    track = build_track(keys, returns, dur, key_pool, ret_pool)
+    peak = float(np.max(np.abs(track))) or 1.0
+    track = (track / peak) * 0.9  # leave headroom for the music mix downstream
+    pcm = (track * 32767).astype(np.int16)
+
+    with wave.open(out_wav, "wb") as w:
+        w.setnchannels(1)
+        w.setsampwidth(2)
+        w.setframerate(SR)
+        w.writeframes(pcm.tobytes())
+    print(f"  wrote {out_wav}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/packages/cli/demo/superset-cli.tape b/packages/cli/demo/superset-cli.tape
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+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#  Superset CLI — punchy end-to-end walkthrough  (demo render)
+#
+#  Render with:  vhs demo/superset-cli.tape       (run from packages/cli)
+#  Then add the soundtrack:  ./demo/add-sound.sh  (pad + keyboard clicks → superset-cli-sound.mp4)
+#
+#  Note: this is a *demo* — `superset` is shimmed in the hidden setup block
+#  to print clean, canned output so the commands stay short and readable.
+#  Nothing real runs; no auth, host, or network needed to render.
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Output demo/superset-cli.gif
+Output demo/superset-cli.mp4
+
+Set Shell "bash"
+Set FontSize 33
+Set Width 1980
+Set Height 900
+Set Padding 22
+Set Margin 28
+Set MarginFill "#0a0a0b"
+Set BorderRadius 12
+# Superset brand palette — burnt-orange accent on near-black (matches superset.sh)
+Set Theme { "name": "Superset", "background": "#101012", "foreground": "#ECECEE", "cursor": "#E8804A", "selection": "#D2561140", "black": "#1C1C1F", "red": "#D25611", "green": "#6BB37E", "yellow": "#D2A24A", "blue": "#5B9BD5", "magenta": "#C97FD6", "cyan": "#56B6C2", "white": "#C8C8CC", "brightBlack": "#6B6B72", "brightRed": "#E8804A", "brightGreen": "#86D49B", "brightYellow": "#E8C07A", "brightBlue": "#7FB3E8", "brightMagenta": "#D896E4", "brightCyan": "#86D0DB", "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF" }
+Set TypingSpeed 28ms
+Set PlaybackSpeed 1.0
+
+# --- setup (hidden from the final video) ---
+Set TypingSpeed 2ms
+Hide
+Type `export PS1="\[\033[1;91m\]superset\[\033[0m\] \[\033[90m\]demo\[\033[0m\] \[\033[91m\]❯\[\033[0m\] "`
+Enter
+Type `superset() { case "$1.$2" in status.*) echo "Superset  ·  Kiets-Spaceship   running · healthy   ·  up 3h 12m"; printf '  endpoint  http://127.0.0.1:58968\n  org       Superset\n';; tasks.create) echo; echo "  ✓ Created  ENG-204  ·  Dark mode flickers on the dashboard"; echo "    · synced — already live in your Superset app";; tasks.list) printf 'ID       STATUS        PRIORITY   TITLE\nENG-204  todo          —          Dark mode flickers on the dashboard\nENG-201  in progress   medium     Stripe webhook retries on a 500\nENG-198  todo          low        Tidy the settings page copy\n';; tasks.update) echo; echo "  ✓ ENG-204  ·  priority is now urgent";; tasks.delete) echo "  ✓ Deleted  ENG-204";; agents.list) printf 'LABEL    PRESET   COMMAND\nClaude   claude   claude\nCodex    codex    codex\nCursor   cursor   cursor-agent\n';; workspaces.create) printf '\n  ✓ Created workspace  dark-mode-fix\n      branch   fix/dark-mode\n      agent    Claude — running, streaming live to your Superset app\n';; workspaces.open) echo; echo "  ✓ dark-mode-fix is now open in your Superset app — Claude is live there";; workspaces.delete) echo "  ✓ Deleted workspace  dark-mode-fix";; *) echo "superset: $*";; esac; }`
+Enter
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Show
+Set TypingSpeed 28ms
+
+# --- the walkthrough ---
+Sleep 600ms
+Type "# 👋 The Superset CLI — drive your dev loop from the terminal."
+Sleep 1.4s
+Enter
+Sleep 500ms
+Type "#    ...or have your agents do it ;)"
+Sleep 1.2s
+Enter
+Sleep 800ms
+Type "# This machine's a host — workspaces run right here:"
+Sleep 400ms
+Enter
+Sleep 250ms
+Type "superset status"
+Enter
+Sleep 2.4s
+
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "# A bug just landed — file it:"
+Sleep 600ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type `superset tasks create --title "Dark mode flickers on the dashboard"`
+Enter
+Sleep 2s
+Type "superset tasks list"
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Type "# This one's not waiting — bump it to urgent:"
+Sleep 600ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "superset tasks update ENG-204 --priority urgent"
+Enter
+Sleep 2.4s
+
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "# Which agent can fix it?"
+Sleep 500ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "superset agents list"
+Enter
+Sleep 2.6s
+Type "# Spin up a workspace running Claude on it — one command:"
+Sleep 800ms
+Enter
+Sleep 350ms
+Type `superset workspaces create --name dark-mode-fix --agent claude --prompt "fix the dark-mode flicker"`
+Enter
+Sleep 3s
+
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "# Same workspace the desktop app shows — jump straight into it:"
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 350ms
+Type "superset workspaces open dark-mode-fix"
+Enter
+Sleep 2.6s
+
+Type "# Demo's done — clean up:"
+Sleep 500ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "superset workspaces delete dark-mode-fix"
+Enter
+Sleep 1.6s
+Type "superset tasks delete ENG-204"
+Enter
+Sleep 2.4s
+
+Type "clear"
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "# Your agent runs this whole loop too."
+Sleep 600ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "# Drop it into any coding agent:"
+Sleep 400ms
+Enter
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "#   npx skills add https://superset.sh"
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 250ms
+Type "# ...or in Claude Code:"
+Sleep 400ms
+Enter
+Sleep 250ms
+Type "#   /plugin install superset@superset"
+Sleep 1.4s
+Enter
+Sleep 700ms
+Type "# File it, fix it, ship it — from your terminal.   superset.sh"
+Sleep 1.2s
+Enter
+Sleep 3s