PRD 0020 chunk 2. Pressing `n` opens a modal that lists every
agent from the manifest with `(N running)` suffixes for ones
that already have bottles up. Type to filter (substring,
case-insensitive); j/k or arrows to navigate; Enter to confirm;
Esc clears the filter on first press, exits the picker on the
second.
On confirmation, the dashboard runs:
- `prepare_with_preflight` from chunk 1 with curses-modal
render + prompt callables (the preflight modal centers the
plan summary + captures [y/N]).
- `backend.launch(plan).__enter__()` — enters but doesn't bind
the context to a `with`. The (cm, bottle, identity) tuple
lands in the main loop's `bottles` dict keyed by slug.
- `curses.endwin()` → `attach_claude(bottle)` → `stdscr.refresh()`
handoff. The agent's claude session takes over the terminal;
on exit the dashboard re-renders with the bottle now visible
in the agents pane.
Crucially the context manager is held alive in `bottles` — never
`__exit__`'d at quit. Chunk 4 will wire `x` to that exit; for
now bottles started from the dashboard stay running until
explicit cleanup. Matches the PRD's "q does not tear down"
decision.
Footer surfaces `[n] new agent`. 461 unit tests pass (8 new for
`_filter_agents` and `_running_counts`).
PRD 0020 chunk 1. `cli/start.py`'s `_launch_bottle` did three
things in one function: prepare + preflight, attach claude, and
settle state on teardown. Split them so the dashboard (PRD 0020
chunk 2+) can reuse the prepare + attach pieces piecewise
without going through the CLI's one-shot orchestrator:
- `prepare_with_preflight(spec, *, stage_dir, render_preflight,
prompt_yes, dry_run)` — injects render + prompt callables so
the CLI binds them to stderr/stdin while the dashboard binds
them to a curses modal. Returns `(plan, identity)`; identity
is set after `backend.prepare` returns so callers can reap
the prepare-time state dir on abort via `settle_state` in
their finally — preserving today's preflight-N cleanup.
- `attach_claude(bottle, *, remote_control)` — runs claude
inside the bottle and returns its exit code. The dashboard
calls this from inside a `curses.endwin` → … →
`stdscr.refresh()` handoff.
- `capture_session_state` / `settle_state` lose their leading
underscore; the dashboard will call them on
session-end + explicit-stop respectively.
`_launch_bottle` becomes a thin orchestrator over those helpers.
No behavior change; all 453 unit tests pass and `./cli.py start
implementer --dry-run` produces identical preflight output.
Draft a PRD that turns the dashboard into the operator's single
surface — collapses today's two-terminal workflow (one for
`./cli.py start`, one for `./cli.py dashboard`) into a single
dashboard invocation that can spin up new agents, re-attach to
ones it already spun up, and explicitly stop them.
Picks the "handoff" mechanism from `docs/research/claude-code-
pane-in-dashboard.md` (curses.endwin → docker exec -it claude
→ stdscr.refresh) and crucially decouples the bottle's lifetime
from any single claude session: exit claude → back to dashboard
with the bottle still running; quit dashboard → tear down every
bottle the dashboard owns.
Sized into 5 chunks (refactor → picker + new-agent → re-attach
→ explicit stop → quit-cleanup). Seven open questions called
out, the biggest being modal-vs-drop-and-resume for the
preflight Y/N inside curses.
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