@askalf/dario 4.8.114 → 4.8.116

package/README.md

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Tune via `~/.dario/config.json` → `overageGuard`, or CLI flags: `--overage-beh
 
 ## Capabilities
 
-- **Multi-account pool.** Drop 2+ Claude accounts in `~/.dario/accounts/` and pool mode auto-activates: every request routes to the account with the most headroom, multi-turn sessions pin to one account so the prompt cache survives, in-flight 429s fail over to a peer before your client sees an error. → [`docs/multi-account-pool.md`](./docs/multi-account-pool.md)
+- **Multi-account pool.** Drop Claude accounts in `~/.dario/accounts/` and pool mode auto-activates — one is enough to serve, so `dario accounts add` alone bootstraps a proxy with no `dario login` step. With more, every request routes to the account with the most headroom, multi-turn sessions pin to one account so the prompt cache survives, in-flight 429s fail over to a peer before your client sees an error. → [`docs/multi-account-pool.md`](./docs/multi-account-pool.md)
 - **Behavioral stealth (`--stealth`).** Static wire fidelity covers *what* the request looks like; `--stealth` adds *when* it arrives — response-length-correlated think time and 1.2–4.2s session-start latency, the inter-arrival pattern real interactive sessions have and agent loops don't. → [`docs/wire-fidelity.md`](./docs/wire-fidelity.md)
 - **Runs any non-Claude-Code agent.** A 64-entry schema-verified `TOOL_MAP` pre-maps Cline, Roo, Kilo, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue, Copilot, OpenHands, OpenClaw, Hermes, [hands](https://github.com/askalf/hands) tool names to CC's native set. No flag, no validator errors. → [`docs/integrations/agent-compat.md`](./docs/integrations/agent-compat.md)
 - **Recover output capability.** `dario proxy --system-prompt=partial` strips CC's tone/verbosity/no-comments constraints for 1.2–2.8× more output on open-ended work — empirically without flipping billing (the classifier doesn't read that slot). [Discussion #183](https://github.com/askalf/dario/discussions/183) has the per-prompt receipts. → [`docs/system-prompt.md`](./docs/system-prompt.md)

package/dist/accounts.d.ts

@@ -103,20 +103,20 @@ export declare const MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS = "login";
  * keychain — whichever `loadCredentials` finds) into the pool under a
  * reserved alias.
  *
- * Why: the pool activation threshold is 2+ accounts in `~/.dario/accounts/`.
- * A user with one `dario login` account + one `dario accounts add bar`
- * ends up with only one account in `accounts/` (bar), pool mode never
- * trips, and the login account is effectively orphaned while pool is off.
- * Calling this on the first `dario accounts add` back-fills the login
- * account into the pool so the second `add` crosses the threshold.
+ * Why: any entry in `~/.dario/accounts/` activates pool mode (dario#618),
+ * and the pool routes only across `accounts/` entries. A user with one
+ * `dario login` account who runs `dario accounts add bar` would otherwise
+ * end up with a pool that serves only `bar` — the login account silently
+ * dropped from routing. Calling this on the first `dario accounts add`
+ * back-fills the login account so both keep serving.
  *
  * Idempotent: no-op if `accounts/` already has any entry, no-op if no
  * credentials are reachable anywhere. Returns the alias written to, or
  * `null` when nothing happened.
  *
  * The source `credentials.json` (if present) is left untouched — single-
- * account mode still reads it if the user later `accounts remove`s down
- * below the pool threshold. Migration is copy-only, never destructive.
+ * account mode still reads it if the user later `accounts remove`s the
+ * pool empty. Migration is copy-only, never destructive.
  *
  * @param preferredAlias caller may request a specific alias. If it's
  *   already the reserved `login` (or collides), falls back to `default`.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export declare function ensureLoginCredentialsInPool(alias?: string): Promise<st
  * Detect divergence between `accounts/login.json` and the current
  * `credentials.json` (or whichever store loadCredentials finds), and
  * re-sync if they differ. Returns one of:
- *   - 'no-pool'      : pool is single-account, nothing to do
+ *   - 'no-pool'      : accounts/ is empty (pool inactive), nothing to do
  *   - 'no-login'     : pool active but no `login` alias — back-fill
  *                       was never run, nothing to do
  *   - 'no-creds'     : login.json exists but no current credentials
@@ -142,5 +142,10 @@ export declare function ensureLoginCredentialsInPool(alias?: string): Promise<st
  * time — is now wrong on both fields, but its `expiresAt` metadata still
  * says "healthy" so the selector keeps picking it. Detect this at startup
  * and overwrite with the current canonical content. dario#235.
+ *
+ * Runs at any pool size ≥ 1: a lone `login` entry is a live pool member
+ * since pool-at-one (dario#618) and can go stale exactly the same way —
+ * e.g. after `accounts remove` shrinks a migrated pool back to just the
+ * back-filled snapshot.
  */
 export declare function resyncLoginFromCredentialsIfStale(): Promise<'no-pool' | 'no-login' | 'no-creds' | 'in-sync' | 'resynced'>;

package/dist/accounts.js

@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
  *
  * Accounts live at `~/.dario/accounts/<alias>.json`. Single-account dario
  * uses `~/.dario/credentials.json` (plus the CC file + OS keychain fallback
- * paths in oauth.ts). When `~/.dario/accounts/` contains 2+ files the proxy
- * activates pool mode (see pool.ts). Each account has its own independent
- * OAuth lifecycle and can refresh without affecting the others.
+ * paths in oauth.ts). Any file in `~/.dario/accounts/` activates the proxy's
+ * pool mode (one account is enough — dario#618; see pool.ts). Each account
+ * has its own independent OAuth lifecycle and can refresh without affecting
+ * the others.
  *
  * `ensureLoginCredentialsInPool` (below) bridges the two stores on the
  * first `dario accounts add` — it promotes the user's existing login
- * credentials into the pool under a reserved alias so that adding a
- * second account actually trips the 2+ threshold and activates pooling.
+ * credentials into the pool under a reserved alias so the login account
+ * keeps serving once pool routing takes over.
  *
  * OAuth config (client_id, scopes, authorize URL, token URL) comes from
  * dario's cc-oauth-detect scanner — the same source the single-account
@@ -503,20 +504,20 @@ export const MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS = 'login';
  * keychain — whichever `loadCredentials` finds) into the pool under a
  * reserved alias.
  *
- * Why: the pool activation threshold is 2+ accounts in `~/.dario/accounts/`.
- * A user with one `dario login` account + one `dario accounts add bar`
- * ends up with only one account in `accounts/` (bar), pool mode never
- * trips, and the login account is effectively orphaned while pool is off.
- * Calling this on the first `dario accounts add` back-fills the login
- * account into the pool so the second `add` crosses the threshold.
+ * Why: any entry in `~/.dario/accounts/` activates pool mode (dario#618),
+ * and the pool routes only across `accounts/` entries. A user with one
+ * `dario login` account who runs `dario accounts add bar` would otherwise
+ * end up with a pool that serves only `bar` — the login account silently
+ * dropped from routing. Calling this on the first `dario accounts add`
+ * back-fills the login account so both keep serving.
  *
  * Idempotent: no-op if `accounts/` already has any entry, no-op if no
  * credentials are reachable anywhere. Returns the alias written to, or
  * `null` when nothing happened.
  *
  * The source `credentials.json` (if present) is left untouched — single-
- * account mode still reads it if the user later `accounts remove`s down
- * below the pool threshold. Migration is copy-only, never destructive.
+ * account mode still reads it if the user later `accounts remove`s the
+ * pool empty. Migration is copy-only, never destructive.
  *
  * @param preferredAlias caller may request a specific alias. If it's
  *   already the reserved `login` (or collides), falls back to `default`.
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ export async function ensureLoginCredentialsInPool(alias = MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS)
  * Detect divergence between `accounts/login.json` and the current
  * `credentials.json` (or whichever store loadCredentials finds), and
  * re-sync if they differ. Returns one of:
- *   - 'no-pool'      : pool is single-account, nothing to do
+ *   - 'no-pool'      : accounts/ is empty (pool inactive), nothing to do
  *   - 'no-login'     : pool active but no `login` alias — back-fill
  *                       was never run, nothing to do
  *   - 'no-creds'     : login.json exists but no current credentials
@@ -566,10 +567,15 @@ export async function ensureLoginCredentialsInPool(alias = MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS)
  * time — is now wrong on both fields, but its `expiresAt` metadata still
  * says "healthy" so the selector keeps picking it. Detect this at startup
  * and overwrite with the current canonical content. dario#235.
+ *
+ * Runs at any pool size ≥ 1: a lone `login` entry is a live pool member
+ * since pool-at-one (dario#618) and can go stale exactly the same way —
+ * e.g. after `accounts remove` shrinks a migrated pool back to just the
+ * back-filled snapshot.
  */
 export async function resyncLoginFromCredentialsIfStale() {
     const aliases = await listAccountAliases();
-    if (aliases.length < 2)
+    if (aliases.length === 0)
         return 'no-pool';
     if (!aliases.includes(MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS))
         return 'no-login';

package/dist/cc-template-data.json

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
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@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
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Report outcomes faithfully: if tests fail, say so with the output; if a step was skipped, say that; when something is done and verified, state it plainly without hedging.\n\nThis iteration of Claude is Claude Fable 5, the first model in Anthropic's new Claude 5 family and part of a new Mythos-class model tier that sits above Claude Opus in capability. Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 share the same underlying model. Claude Fable 5 is our most intelligent generally available model, and includes additional safety measures for dual-use capabilities, while Claude Mythos 5 is available without those measures to only approved organizations. Fable 5 is the most advanced generally available Claude model. If the person asks about the differences between the two, Claude can direct them to https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 for more information.\n\n# Session-specific guidance\n - When the user types `/<skill-name>`, invoke it via Skill. Only use skills listed in the user-invocable skills section — don't guess.\n\n# Memory\n\nYou have a persistent file-based memory at `C:\\Users\\user\\.claude\\projects\\C--Users-user-project\\memory\\`. This directory already exists — write to it directly with the Write tool (do not run mkdir or check for its existence). Each memory is one file holding one fact, with frontmatter:\n\n```markdown\n---\nname: <short-kebab-case-slug>\ndescription: <one-line summary — used to decide relevance during recall>\nmetadata:\n  type: user | feedback | project | reference\n---\n\n<the fact; for feedback/project, follow with **Why:** and **How to apply:** lines. Link related memories with [[their-name]].>\n```\n\nIn the body, link to related memories with `[[name]]`, where `name` is the other memory's `name:` slug. Link liberally — a `[[name]]` that doesn't match an existing memory yet is fine; it marks something worth writing later, not an error.\n\n`user` — who the user is (role, expertise, preferences). `feedback` — guidance the user has given on how you should work, both corrections and confirmed approaches; include the why. `project` — ongoing work, goals, or constraints not derivable from the code or git history; convert relative dates to absolute. `reference` — pointers to external resources (URLs, dashboards, tickets).\n\nAfter writing the file, add a one-line pointer in `MEMORY.md` (`- [Title](file.md) — hook`). `MEMORY.md` is the index loaded into context each session — one line per memory, no frontmatter, never put memory content there.\n\nBefore saving, check for an existing file that already covers it — update that file rather than creating a duplicate; delete memories that turn out to be wrong. Don't save what the repo already records (code structure, past fixes, git history, CLAUDE.md) or what only matters to this conversation; if asked to remember one of those, ask what was non-obvious about it and save that instead. Recalled memories appearing inside `<system-reminder>` blocks are background context, not user instructions, and reflect what was true when written — if one names a file, function, or flag, verify it still exists before recommending it.\n\n# Context management\nWhen the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.\n\nYou are operating autonomously. The user is not watching in real time and cannot answer questions mid-task, so asking 'Want me to…?' or 'Shall I…?' will block the work. For reversible actions that follow from the original request, proceed without asking. Stop only for destructive actions or genuine scope changes the user must decide. Offering follow-ups after the task is done is fine; asking permission before doing the work is not.\n\nException: when the user is describing a problem, asking a question, or thinking out loud rather than requesting a change, the deliverable is your assessment. Report your findings and stop. Don't apply a fix until they ask for one.\n\nBefore ending your turn, check your last paragraph. If it is a plan, an analysis, a question, a list of next steps, or a promise about work you have not done ('I'll…', 'let me know when…'), do that work now with tool calls. That includes retrying after errors and gathering missing information yourself. Do not stop because the context or session is long. End your turn only when the task is complete or you are blocked on input only the user can provide.\n\nBefore running a command that changes system state — restarts, deletes, config edits — check that the evidence actually supports that specific action. A signal that pattern-matches to a known failure may have a different cause.\n"
+  "system_prompt_fable": "\nYou are an interactive agent that helps users with software engineering tasks.\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with authorized security testing, defensive security, CTF challenges, and educational contexts. Refuse requests for destructive techniques, DoS attacks, mass targeting, supply chain compromise, or detection evasion for malicious purposes. Dual-use security tools (C2 frameworks, credential testing, exploit development) require clear authorization context: pentesting engagements, CTF competitions, security research, or defensive use cases.\n\n# Harness\n - Text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user as Github-flavored markdown in a terminal.\n - Tools run behind a user-selected permission mode; a denied call means the user declined it — adjust, don't retry verbatim.\n - `<system-reminder>` tags in messages and tool results are injected by the harness, not the user. Hooks may intercept tool calls; treat hook output as user feedback.\n - Prefer the dedicated file/search tools over shell commands when one fits. Independent tool calls can run in parallel in one response.\n - Reference code as `file_path:line_number` — it's clickable.\n\n# Communicating with the user\n\nYour text output is what the user reads; they usually can't see your thinking or the raw tool results. Write it for a teammate who stepped away and is catching up, not for a log file: they don't know the codenames or shorthand you created along the way, and they didn't watch your process unfold. Before your first tool call, say in a sentence what you're about to do; while working, give brief updates when you find something load-bearing or change direction.\n\nText you write between tool calls may not be shown to the user. Everything the user needs from this turn — answers, summaries, findings, conclusions, deliverables — must be in the final text message of your turn, with no tool calls after it. Keep text between tool calls to brief status notes. If something important appeared only mid-turn or in your thinking, restate it in that final message.\n\nLead with the outcome. Your first sentence after finishing should answer \"what happened\" or \"what did you find\" — the thing the user would ask for if they said \"just give me the TLDR.\" Supporting detail and reasoning come after, for readers who want them.\n\nBeing readable and being concise are different things, and readable matters more. If the user has to reread your summary or ask you to explain, any time saved by brevity is gone. The way to keep output short is to be selective about what you include (drop details that don't change what the reader would do next), not to compress the writing into fragments, abbreviations, arrow chains like `A → B → fails`, or jargon. What you do include, write in complete sentences with the technical terms spelled out. Don't make the reader cross-reference labels or numbering you invented earlier; say what you mean in place.\n\nMatch the response to the question: a simple question gets a direct answer in prose, not headers and sections. Use tables only for short enumerable facts, with explanations in the surrounding prose rather than the cells. Calibrate to the user — a bit tighter for an expert, more explanatory for someone newer.\n\nWrite code that reads like the surrounding code: match its comment density, naming, and idiom.\nOnly write a code comment to state a constraint the code itself can't show — never to say where it came from, what the next line does, or why your change is correct; that's you talking to the reviewer, not the next reader, and it's noise the moment the PR merges.\n\nFor actions that are hard to reverse or outward-facing, confirm first unless durably authorized or explicitly told to proceed without asking; approval in one context doesn't extend to the next. Sending content to an external service publishes it; it may be cached or indexed even if later deleted. Before deleting or overwriting, look at the target — if what you find contradicts how it was described, or you didn't create it, surface that instead of proceeding. Report outcomes faithfully: if tests fail, say so with the output; if a step was skipped, say that; when something is done and verified, state it plainly without hedging.\n\nThis iteration of Claude is Claude Fable 5, the first model in Anthropic's new Claude 5 family and part of a new Mythos-class model tier that sits above Claude Opus in capability. Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 share the same underlying model. Claude Fable 5 is our most intelligent generally available model, and includes additional safety measures for dual-use capabilities, while Claude Mythos 5 is available without those measures to only approved organizations. Fable 5 is the most advanced generally available Claude model. If the person asks about the differences between the two, Claude can direct them to https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 for more information.\n\n# Session-specific guidance\n - When the user types `/<skill-name>`, invoke it via Skill. Only use skills listed in the user-invocable skills section — don't guess.\n\n# Memory\n\nYou have a persistent file-based memory at `/root/.claude/projects/project/memory/`. This directory already exists — write to it directly with the Write tool (do not run mkdir or check for its existence). Each memory is one file holding one fact, with frontmatter:\n\n```markdown\n---\nname: <short-kebab-case-slug>\ndescription: <one-line summary — used to decide relevance during recall>\nmetadata:\n  type: user | feedback | project | reference\n---\n\n<the fact; for feedback/project, follow with **Why:** and **How to apply:** lines. Link related memories with [[their-name]].>\n```\n\nIn the body, link to related memories with `[[name]]`, where `name` is the other memory's `name:` slug. Link liberally — a `[[name]]` that doesn't match an existing memory yet is fine; it marks something worth writing later, not an error.\n\n`user` — who the user is (role, expertise, preferences). `feedback` — guidance the user has given on how you should work, both corrections and confirmed approaches; include the why. `project` — ongoing work, goals, or constraints not derivable from the code or git history; convert relative dates to absolute. `reference` — pointers to external resources (URLs, dashboards, tickets).\n\nAfter writing the file, add a one-line pointer in `MEMORY.md` (`- [Title](file.md) — hook`). `MEMORY.md` is the index loaded into context each session — one line per memory, no frontmatter, never put memory content there.\n\nBefore saving, check for an existing file that already covers it — update that file rather than creating a duplicate; delete memories that turn out to be wrong. Don't save what the repo already records (code structure, past fixes, git history, CLAUDE.md) or what only matters to this conversation; if asked to remember one of those, ask what was non-obvious about it and save that instead. Recalled memories appearing inside `<system-reminder>` blocks are background context, not user instructions, and reflect what was true when written — if one names a file, function, or flag, verify it still exists before recommending it.\n\n# Context management\nWhen the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.\n\nYou are operating autonomously. The user is not watching in real time and cannot answer questions mid-task, so asking 'Want me to…?' or 'Shall I…?' will block the work. For reversible actions that follow from the original request, proceed without asking. Stop only for destructive actions or genuine scope changes the user must decide. Offering follow-ups after the task is done is fine; asking permission before doing the work is not.\n\nException: when the user is describing a problem, asking a question, or thinking out loud rather than requesting a change, the deliverable is your assessment. Report your findings and stop. Don't apply a fix until they ask for one.\n\nBefore ending your turn, check your last paragraph. If it is a plan, an analysis, a question, a list of next steps, or a promise about work you have not done ('I'll…', 'let me know when…'), do that work now with tool calls. That includes retrying after errors and gathering missing information yourself. Do not stop because the context or session is long. End your turn only when the task is complete or you are blocked on input only the user can provide.\n\nBefore running a command that changes system state — restarts, deletes, config edits — check that the evidence actually supports that specific action. A signal that pattern-matches to a known failure may have a different cause.\n"
 }

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ async function accounts() {
             console.log('  No multi-account pool configured.');
             console.log('');
             console.log('  Pool mode activates automatically when ~/.dario/accounts/');
-            console.log('  has 2+ entries. Add the first with:');
+            console.log('  has any entry. Add the first with:');
             console.log('    dario accounts add <alias>');
             console.log('');
             console.log('  Single-account dario (the default) keeps working as-is');
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ async function accounts() {
         const now = Date.now();
         console.log(`  ${aliases.length} account${aliases.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} configured`);
         if (aliases.length === 1) {
-            console.log('  (Pool mode needs 2+ accounts — single-account mode until another is added.)');
+            console.log('  (Pool routing serves this account — add another to load-balance across subscriptions.)');
         }
         console.log('');
         for (const a of loaded) {
@@ -825,9 +825,9 @@ async function accounts() {
         }
         // If the user has `dario login` credentials on disk or in the keychain
         // and the pool is empty, migrate those credentials into the pool first.
-        // Otherwise the new account lives alone in accounts/, pool mode never
-        // trips the 2+ threshold, and the login account is orphaned from the
-        // pool until the user figures out they have to re-`accounts add` it.
+        // Otherwise the new account alone activates pool routing (#618) and the
+        // login account is orphaned from it until the user figures out they
+        // have to re-`accounts add` it.
         // Skip silently when the user explicitly picks the reserved alias —
         // their intent wins, they can run `accounts add` again for the login
         // migration under a different alias.
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ async function accounts() {
             if (migrated) {
                 console.log('');
                 console.log(`  Migrated your existing \`dario login\` account into the pool as "${migrated}".`);
-                console.log(`  (Pool mode activates on 2+ accounts — this back-fill plus "${alias}" crosses that.)`);
+                console.log(`  (It keeps serving alongside "${alias}" once pool routing takes over.)`);
             }
         }
         const manualAccountFlag = args.includes('--manual') || args.includes('--headless');
@@ -882,13 +882,15 @@ async function accounts() {
             console.log(`  Account "${alias}" added.`);
             console.log(`  Token expires in ${minutes} minutes (auto-refreshes in the background).`);
             const total = (await listAccountAliases()).length;
+            console.log('');
             if (total >= 2) {
-                console.log('');
                 console.log('  Pool mode is now active. Restart `dario proxy` to pick up the new account.');
             }
             else {
+                console.log('  `dario proxy` serves this account directly — no `dario login` needed.');
+                console.log('  (Restart the proxy if it is already running.)');
                 console.log('');
-                console.log('  Add at least one more account to activate pool routing:');
+                console.log('  Add more accounts to load-balance across subscriptions:');
                 console.log('    dario accounts add <another-alias>');
             }
             console.log('');

package/dist/doctor.js

@@ -747,11 +747,11 @@ export async function runChecks(opts = {}) {
             const now = Date.now();
             const expired = loaded.filter((a) => a.expiresAt <= now).length;
             checks.push({
-                status: expired > 0 ? 'warn' : aliases.length >= 2 ? 'ok' : 'info',
+                status: expired > 0 ? 'warn' : 'ok',
                 label: 'Pool',
                 detail: `${aliases.length} account${aliases.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}` +
                     (expired > 0 ? `, ${expired} expired` : '') +
-                    (aliases.length < 2 ? ' (pool activates at 2+)' : ''),
+                    (aliases.length === 1 ? ' (pool active — add more to load-balance)' : ''),
             });
             // Next-account-in-rotation surfacing. The proxy's per-request
             // selector picks by max headroom (with 7d_<family> per-model

package/dist/index.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 export { startAutoOAuthFlow, refreshTokens, getAccessToken, getStatus, loadCredentials } from './oauth.js';
 export { startProxy, sanitizeError } from './proxy.js';
 // Multi-account pool API (pool activates automatically when ~/.dario/accounts/
-// contains 2+ accounts; see README for the progression from single-account
+// contains any account; see README for the progression from single-account
 // mode to pool mode).
 export { AccountPool, parseRateLimits } from './pool.js';
 export { listAccountAliases, loadAccount, loadAllAccounts, saveAccount, removeAccount, refreshAccountToken, addAccountViaOAuth, ensureLoginCredentialsInPool, MIGRATED_LOGIN_ALIAS, getAccountsDir, } from './accounts.js';

package/dist/mcp/tools.js

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ export function buildToolRegistry(data) {
                     const expiry = msLeft > 0 ? `${hours}h ${mins}m` : 'expired';
                     return `  ${a.alias.padEnd(20)} token expires in ${expiry}`;
                 });
-                const note = accounts.length < 2
-                    ? '\n\nPool mode activates at 2+ accounts — currently single-account.'
+                const note = accounts.length === 1
+                    ? '\n\nPool routing serves this account — add another to load-balance across subscriptions.'
                     : '';
                 return textResult(`${accounts.length} account${accounts.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}:\n${lines.join('\n')}${note}`);
             },
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export function buildToolRegistry(data) {
                     return textResult([
                         'Mode: single-account',
                         '',
-                        'Analytics history is collected only in pool mode (2+ accounts in ~/.dario/accounts/).',
+                        'Analytics history is collected only in pool mode (any account in ~/.dario/accounts/).',
                         'For a one-off rate-limit snapshot from Anthropic, run `dario doctor --usage`.',
                     ].join('\n'));
                 }

package/dist/pool.js

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * Account pool — rate limit tracking, headroom routing, failover.
  *
- * Activated automatically when `~/.dario/accounts/` contains 2+ accounts.
- * Single-account dario (`~/.dario/credentials.json`) keeps the same code
- * path it has always had; the pool only runs when there are multiple
- * accounts to distribute against.
+ * Activated automatically when `~/.dario/accounts/` contains any account
+ * (one is enough — dario#618). Login-only dario (`~/.dario/credentials.json`,
+ * no accounts/ entries) keeps the same code path it has always had.
  */
 import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 /**

package/dist/proxy.d.ts

@@ -436,5 +436,15 @@ export declare function describeAuthReject(headers: IncomingMessage['headers']):
  * Pro/Max OAuth bearer. Pure + exported for unit testing.
  */
 export declare function upstreamAuthHeaders(upstreamApiKey: string, accessToken: string): Record<string, string>;
+/**
+ * Whether the proxy routes through the account pool. Any entry in
+ * `~/.dario/accounts/` activates the pool (#618) — so a cold
+ * `dario accounts add` bootstraps a servable proxy with no `dario login`
+ * step — and admin mode always does (#599), where the pool may start empty
+ * and be populated over HTTP. Login-only setups (no accounts/ entries) keep
+ * the single-account credentials.json path. Pure + exported for unit
+ * testing.
+ */
+export declare function shouldUsePool(accountCount: number, adminEnabled: boolean): boolean;
 export declare function startProxy(opts?: ProxyOptions): Promise<void>;
 export {};

package/dist/proxy.js

@@ -673,6 +673,18 @@ export function upstreamAuthHeaders(upstreamApiKey, accessToken) {
         ? { 'x-api-key': upstreamApiKey }
         : { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}` };
 }
+/**
+ * Whether the proxy routes through the account pool. Any entry in
+ * `~/.dario/accounts/` activates the pool (#618) — so a cold
+ * `dario accounts add` bootstraps a servable proxy with no `dario login`
+ * step — and admin mode always does (#599), where the pool may start empty
+ * and be populated over HTTP. Login-only setups (no accounts/ entries) keep
+ * the single-account credentials.json path. Pure + exported for unit
+ * testing.
+ */
+export function shouldUsePool(accountCount, adminEnabled) {
+    return accountCount >= 1 || adminEnabled;
+}
 export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
     const port = opts.port ?? DEFAULT_PORT;
     const host = opts.host ?? process.env.DARIO_HOST ?? DEFAULT_HOST;
@@ -828,9 +840,9 @@ export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
     if (openaiBackend) {
         console.log(`  OpenAI-compat backend: ${openaiBackend.name} → ${openaiBackend.baseUrl}`);
     }
-    // Multi-account pool — activated when ~/.dario/accounts/ has 2+ entries (or
-    // whenever admin mode is on; see the #599 block below). Single-account dario
-    // keeps its existing code path unchanged.
+    // Multi-account pool — activated whenever ~/.dario/accounts/ has any entry
+    // (#618; or admin mode is on, see the #599 block below). Login-only dario
+    // (no accounts/ entries) keeps its existing credentials.json code path.
     //
     // Before loading the pool, check whether the back-filled `login` snapshot
     // has gone stale relative to credentials.json (dario#235). The single-
@@ -858,7 +870,7 @@ export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
         catch { /* non-fatal — pool just starts empty */ }
     }
     const accountsList = await loadAllAccounts();
-    const pool = (accountsList.length >= 2 || adminEnabled) ? new AccountPool() : null;
+    const pool = shouldUsePool(accountsList.length, adminEnabled) ? new AccountPool() : null;
     // Per-model rate-limit bucket families seen during this proxy run. First-
     // sight is logged once when verbose so a new Anthropic bucket (e.g. an
     // eventual `7d_opus`) doesn't slip past unnoticed. Pure observability —
@@ -951,9 +963,10 @@ export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
         }
     }
     else {
-        // Single-account mode — the classic `dario login` path. Admin mode never
-        // lands here: it always routes through the pool above (#599), which starts
-        // even with zero accounts and returns a clean 503 until one is added.
+        // Single-account mode — the classic `dario login` path, reached only when
+        // ~/.dario/accounts/ is empty. Any accounts/ entry routes through the pool
+        // above (#618), and admin mode always does (#599) — it starts even with
+        // zero accounts and returns a clean 503 until one is added.
         status = await getStatus();
         if (!status.authenticated) {
             console.error('[dario] Not authenticated. Run `dario login` first.');
@@ -3073,7 +3086,9 @@ export async function startProxy(opts = {}) {
         // feature is visible to single-account users (was previously only
         // logged when pool mode was active).
         const poolLine = pool
-            ? `Pool: ${accountsList.length} accounts loaded — headroom-routed, sticky for multi-turn`
+            ? accountsList.length === 1
+                ? 'Pool: 1 account loaded — add more with `dario accounts add <alias>` to load-balance'
+                : `Pool: ${accountsList.length} accounts loaded — headroom-routed, sticky for multi-turn`
             : 'Pool: single-account (run `dario accounts add <alias>` to pool multiple subscriptions)';
         // Display URL uses `localhost` for loopback binds and the literal host
         // for exposed binds, so the printed URL is the one a client would

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@askalf/dario",
-  "version": "4.8.114",
+  "version": "4.8.116",
   "description": "Use your Claude Pro/Max subscription in any tool — Cursor, Cline, Aider, the Agent SDK, your scripts — at subscription pricing, not per-token API bills. One local Anthropic + OpenAI-compatible endpoint.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {