@letta-ai/letta-agent-sdk 0.3.2 → 0.5.0

package/src/app-server-session.ts

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+import {
+  createAppServerClient,
+  type AppServerClient,
+  type AppServerExternalToolCallHandler,
+  type AppServerSocketConstructor,
+} from "@letta-ai/letta-code/app-server-client";
+import {
+  buildCreateAgentRequestForPersonality,
+  buildSystemPrompt,
+  GIT_MEMORY_ENABLED_TAG,
+  LETTA_CODE_ORIGIN_TAG,
+} from "@letta-ai/letta-code/agent-presets";
+import {
+  buildCanUseToolContext,
+  isHeadlessAutoAllowTool,
+  requiresRuntimeUserInput,
+} from "./interactiveToolPolicy.js";
+import { applyUniqueRequestIds } from "./request-ids.js";
+import {
+  RemoteClientSessionCore,
+  ensureSuccess,
+  isUnrestrictedPermissionMode,
+  mapPermissionMode,
+  normalizeSendMessage,
+  type ProtocolMessage,
+  type RemoteClientRuntimeController,
+  type RuntimeSendTurnOptions,
+  type RuntimeScope,
+  type RuntimeSessionInit,
+  type RuntimeSessionMode,
+} from "./remote-client-session-core.js";
+import type {
+  AnyAgentTool,
+  CanUseToolContext,
+  CanUseToolResponse,
+  CreateAgentOptions,
+  LettaCodeRemoteClientOptions,
+  LettaCodeClientSessionOptions,
+  ListModelsResult,
+  ListMessagesOptions,
+  ListMessagesResult,
+  MessageContentItem,
+  RecoverPendingApprovalsOptions,
+  RecoverPendingApprovalsResult,
+  SendMessage,
+  UpdateModelResult,
+} from "./types.js";
+
+type RuntimeStartResponse = ProtocolMessage & {
+  type: "runtime_start_response";
+  success: boolean;
+  runtime: RuntimeScope | null;
+  agent: (Record<string, unknown> & {
+    id?: string;
+    model?: string | null;
+    model_settings?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+  }) | null;
+  conversation: (Record<string, unknown> & { id?: string; agent_id?: string }) | null;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+type ConversationRetrieveResponse = ProtocolMessage & {
+  type: "conversation_retrieve_response";
+  success: boolean;
+  conversation: (Record<string, unknown> & { id?: string; agent_id?: string }) | null;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+type ConversationMessagesListResponse = ProtocolMessage & {
+  type: "conversation_messages_list_response";
+  success: boolean;
+  messages: unknown[];
+  next_before?: string | null;
+  nextBefore?: string | null;
+  has_more?: boolean;
+  hasMore?: boolean;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+type ListModelsResponse = ProtocolMessage & {
+  type: "list_models_response";
+  success: boolean;
+  entries?: unknown;
+  available_handles?: unknown;
+  byok_provider_aliases?: unknown;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+type UpdateModelResponse = ProtocolMessage & {
+  type: "update_model_response";
+  success: boolean;
+  applied_to?: unknown;
+  model_id?: unknown;
+  model_handle?: unknown;
+  model_settings?: unknown;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+type UpdateModelPayload = {
+  model_id?: string;
+  model_handle?: string;
+};
+
+type RuntimeStartCommand = Parameters<AppServerClient["runtimeStart"]>[0];
+
+export function agentToolNames(
+  agent: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined,
+): string[] | undefined {
+  const tools = agent?.tools;
+  if (!Array.isArray(tools)) return undefined;
+  return tools.flatMap((tool) => {
+    if (typeof tool === "string" && tool.length > 0) return [tool];
+    if (!tool || typeof tool !== "object") return [];
+    const name = (tool as { name?: unknown }).name;
+    return typeof name === "string" && name.length > 0 ? [name] : [];
+  });
+}
+
+export type AppServerSessionOptions = Partial<LettaCodeRemoteClientOptions> & {
+  /** Base websocket URL. */
+  url?: string;
+  /**
+   * Internal lazy connection hook. The Node entry point uses this to start a
+   * local app-server without pulling process-management code into `/client`.
+   */
+  connect?: (
+    sessionEnv?: Record<string, string>,
+  ) => Promise<{ url: string; close(): void }>;
+  /** Whether SDK create-agent payloads should add the origin tag automatically. */
+  includeSdkOriginTag?: boolean;
+};
+
+export type AppServerSessionMode = RuntimeSessionMode;
+
+function isPresetSystemPrompt(value: string): boolean {
+  return [
+    "default",
+    "letta-claude",
+    "letta-codex",
+    "letta-gemini",
+    "claude",
+    "codex",
+    "gemini",
+  ].includes(value);
+}
+
+function assertRemoteCreateAgentOptionsSupported(options: CreateAgentOptions): void {
+  if (options.allowedTools !== undefined || options.disallowedTools !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error("App-server createAgent() does not yet support allowedTools/disallowedTools.");
+  }
+  if (options.canUseTool !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error("App-server createAgent() does not yet support canUseTool callbacks.");
+  }
+  if (options.systemInfoReminder !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error("App-server createAgent() does not yet support systemInfoReminder overrides.");
+  }
+  if (options.dreaming?.behavior !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error("App-server createAgent() does not yet support dreaming.behavior overrides.");
+  }
+}
+
+function normalizeMemoryBlock(block: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const normalized = { ...block };
+  if (normalized.value === undefined && typeof normalized.content === "string") {
+    normalized.value = normalized.content;
+  }
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+function upsertMemoryBlock(
+  blocks: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
+  block: Record<string, unknown>,
+): void {
+  const label = block.label;
+  if (typeof label === "string") {
+    const existingIndex = blocks.findIndex((candidate) => candidate.label === label);
+    if (existingIndex >= 0) {
+      blocks[existingIndex] = block;
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  blocks.push(block);
+}
+
+export async function createAgentBody(
+  options: CreateAgentOptions,
+  settings: { includeSdkOriginTag?: boolean } = {},
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  assertRemoteCreateAgentOptionsSupported(options);
+
+  const includeOriginTag = settings.includeSdkOriginTag ?? true;
+  const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    ...(await buildCreateAgentRequestForPersonality({
+      personalityId: options.personality ?? "memo",
+      ...(options.name !== undefined ? { name: options.name } : {}),
+      ...(options.description !== undefined
+        ? { description: options.description }
+        : {}),
+      ...(options.model !== undefined ? { model: options.model } : {}),
+      ...(options.tags !== undefined ? { extraTags: options.tags } : {}),
+    })),
+  };
+
+  if (Array.isArray(body.tags)) {
+    body.tags = body.tags.filter(
+      (tag) =>
+        (includeOriginTag || tag !== LETTA_CODE_ORIGIN_TAG) &&
+        (options.memfs !== false || tag !== GIT_MEMORY_ENABLED_TAG),
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (options.embedding !== undefined) body.embedding = options.embedding;
+  if (options.hidden !== undefined) body.hidden = options.hidden;
+  // When baseTools is omitted, the harness applies its created-agent
+  // defaults (web_search, fetch_webpage). An explicit list is pinned exactly:
+  // `tools` alone does not suppress the Letta agent type's defaults, so both
+  // default tool attachment and its default tool rules are disabled here.
+  if (options.baseTools === undefined) {
+    delete body.tools;
+    delete body.include_base_tools;
+    delete body.include_base_tool_rules;
+  } else {
+    body.tools = options.baseTools;
+    body.include_base_tools = false;
+    body.include_base_tool_rules = false;
+  }
+
+  if (options.systemPrompt === undefined) {
+    if (options.memfs === false) {
+      body.system = buildSystemPrompt("default", "standard");
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (typeof options.systemPrompt === "string") {
+      if (isPresetSystemPrompt(options.systemPrompt)) {
+        throw new Error("createAgent() does not yet support system prompt presets for this backend.");
+      }
+      body.system = options.systemPrompt;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("createAgent() does not yet support system prompt preset objects for this backend.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  const memoryBlocks = Array.isArray(body.memory_blocks)
+    ? body.memory_blocks
+        .filter(
+          (block): block is Record<string, unknown> =>
+            block !== null && typeof block === "object",
+        )
+        .map((block) => ({ ...block }))
+    : [];
+  const blockIds: string[] = [];
+  for (const item of options.memory ?? []) {
+    if (typeof item === "string") {
+      throw new Error("App-server createAgent() does not yet support memory preset names.");
+    }
+    if ("blockId" in item) {
+      blockIds.push(item.blockId);
+    } else {
+      upsertMemoryBlock(
+        memoryBlocks,
+        normalizeMemoryBlock(item as unknown as Record<string, unknown>),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  if (options.persona !== undefined) {
+    upsertMemoryBlock(memoryBlocks, {
+      label: "persona",
+      value: options.persona,
+    });
+  }
+  if (options.human !== undefined) {
+    upsertMemoryBlock(memoryBlocks, { label: "human", value: options.human });
+  }
+  body.memory_blocks = memoryBlocks;
+  if (blockIds.length > 0) body.block_ids = blockIds;
+
+  return body;
+}
+
+export function externalToolGroups(tools: AnyAgentTool[] | undefined): Array<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined {
+  if (!tools || tools.length === 0) return undefined;
+  return [
+    {
+      tools: tools.map((tool) => ({
+        name: tool.name,
+        label: tool.label,
+        description: tool.description,
+        parameters: tool.parameters as Record<string, unknown>,
+      })),
+    },
+  ];
+}
+
+export function createExternalToolCallHandler(
+  externalTools: Map<string, AnyAgentTool>,
+): AppServerExternalToolCallHandler {
+  return async (request) => {
+    const tool = externalTools.get(request.tool_name);
+    if (!tool) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown external tool: ${request.tool_name}`);
+    }
+    const result = await tool.execute(request.tool_call_id, request.input);
+    return {
+      content: result.content.map((part) => ({
+        type: part.type,
+        ...(part.text !== undefined ? { text: part.text } : {}),
+        ...(part.data !== undefined ? { data: part.data } : {}),
+        ...(part.mimeType !== undefined ? { mimeType: part.mimeType } : {}),
+      })),
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+type AppServerApprovalOptions = LettaCodeClientSessionOptions | CreateAgentOptions;
+
+type AppServerApprovalResponseDecision =
+  | {
+      behavior: "allow";
+      message?: string;
+      updated_input?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+      selected_permission_suggestion_ids?: string[];
+    }
+  | {
+      behavior: "deny";
+      message: string;
+    };
+
+export async function resolveAppServerToolApproval(
+  options: AppServerApprovalOptions,
+  toolName: string,
+  toolInput: Record<string, unknown>,
+  context?: CanUseToolContext,
+): Promise<CanUseToolResponse> {
+  const hasCallback = typeof options.canUseTool === "function";
+  const toolNeedsRuntimeUserInput = requiresRuntimeUserInput(toolName);
+
+  if (toolNeedsRuntimeUserInput && !hasCallback) {
+    return {
+      behavior: "deny",
+      message: "No canUseTool callback registered",
+      interrupt: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (isUnrestrictedPermissionMode(options.permissionMode) && !toolNeedsRuntimeUserInput) {
+    return { behavior: "allow", updatedInput: null, updatedPermissions: [] };
+  }
+
+  if (hasCallback) {
+    try {
+      const result = await options.canUseTool!(toolName, toolInput, context);
+      if (result.behavior === "allow") {
+        return {
+          behavior: "allow",
+          message: result.message,
+          updatedInput: result.updatedInput ?? null,
+          updatedPermissions: result.updatedPermissions ?? [],
+        };
+      }
+      return {
+        behavior: "deny",
+        message: result.message ?? "Denied by canUseTool callback",
+        interrupt: result.interrupt ?? false,
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
+      return {
+        behavior: "deny",
+        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Callback error",
+        interrupt: false,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (isHeadlessAutoAllowTool(toolName)) {
+    return { behavior: "allow", updatedInput: null, updatedPermissions: [] };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    behavior: "deny",
+    message: "No canUseTool callback registered",
+    interrupt: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function permissionSuggestionId(value: unknown): string | null {
+  if (typeof value === "string") return value;
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return null;
+  const record = value as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (typeof record.id === "string") return record.id;
+  if (typeof record.suggestion_id === "string") return record.suggestion_id;
+  if (typeof record.permission_suggestion_id === "string") return record.permission_suggestion_id;
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function toAppServerApprovalDecision(
+  decision: CanUseToolResponse,
+): AppServerApprovalResponseDecision {
+  if (decision.behavior === "deny") {
+    return {
+      behavior: "deny",
+      message: decision.message,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const selectedPermissionSuggestionIds = (decision.updatedPermissions ?? [])
+    .map(permissionSuggestionId)
+    .filter((id): id is string => id !== null);
+
+  return {
+    behavior: "allow",
+    ...(decision.message !== undefined ? { message: decision.message } : {}),
+    updated_input: decision.updatedInput ?? null,
+    selected_permission_suggestion_ids: selectedPermissionSuggestionIds,
+  };
+}
+
+function stringRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, string> | undefined {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) return undefined;
+  const record: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const [key, entry] of Object.entries(value as Record<string, unknown>)) {
+    if (typeof entry === "string") record[key] = entry;
+  }
+  return record;
+}
+
+function objectRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) return undefined;
+  return { ...(value as Record<string, unknown>) };
+}
+
+function normalizeListModelsResponse(response: ListModelsResponse): ListModelsResult {
+  if (!response.success) {
+    throw new Error(response.error ?? "listModels failed");
+  }
+
+  const entries = Array.isArray(response.entries)
+    ? response.entries.flatMap((entry) => {
+        if (!entry || typeof entry !== "object") return [];
+        const record = entry as Record<string, unknown>;
+        if (
+          typeof record.id !== "string" ||
+          typeof record.handle !== "string" ||
+          typeof record.label !== "string" ||
+          typeof record.description !== "string"
+        ) {
+          return [];
+        }
+        const updateArgs = objectRecord(record.updateArgs);
+        return [
+          {
+            id: record.id,
+            handle: record.handle,
+            label: record.label,
+            description: record.description,
+            ...(typeof record.isDefault === "boolean" ? { isDefault: record.isDefault } : {}),
+            ...(typeof record.isFeatured === "boolean" ? { isFeatured: record.isFeatured } : {}),
+            ...(typeof record.free === "boolean" ? { free: record.free } : {}),
+            ...(updateArgs ? { updateArgs } : {}),
+          },
+        ];
+      })
+    : [];
+
+  const result: ListModelsResult = { entries };
+  if (response.available_handles === null) {
+    result.availableHandles = null;
+  } else if (Array.isArray(response.available_handles)) {
+    result.availableHandles = response.available_handles.filter(
+      (handle): handle is string => typeof handle === "string",
+    );
+  }
+  const aliases = stringRecord(response.byok_provider_aliases);
+  if (aliases) result.byokProviderAliases = aliases;
+  return result;
+}
+
+function normalizeUpdateModelResponse(response: UpdateModelResponse): UpdateModelResult {
+  if (!response.success) {
+    throw new Error(response.error ?? "Failed to update model");
+  }
+  const result: UpdateModelResult = {};
+  if (response.applied_to === "agent" || response.applied_to === "conversation") {
+    result.appliedTo = response.applied_to;
+  }
+  if (typeof response.model_id === "string") result.modelId = response.model_id;
+  if (typeof response.model_handle === "string") result.modelHandle = response.model_handle;
+  if (response.model_settings === null) {
+    result.modelSettings = null;
+  } else if (response.model_settings && typeof response.model_settings === "object") {
+    result.modelSettings = { ...(response.model_settings as Record<string, unknown>) };
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function runtimeScopeFromMessage(message: ProtocolMessage): RuntimeScope | null {
+  if (message.runtime) return message.runtime;
+  const agentId = typeof message.agent_id === "string" ? message.agent_id : null;
+  const conversationId = typeof message.conversation_id === "string" ? message.conversation_id : null;
+  if (agentId && conversationId) {
+    return { agent_id: agentId, conversation_id: conversationId };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function registerAppServerControlRequestHandler(config: {
+  client: AppServerClient;
+  getRuntime: () => RuntimeScope | null;
+  getOptions: () => AppServerApprovalOptions;
+}): () => void {
+  return config.client.onMessage((rawMessage, channel) => {
+    const message = rawMessage as unknown as ProtocolMessage;
+    if (channel !== "control" || message.type !== "control_request") return;
+    void respondToAppServerControlRequest(config, message).catch(() => {
+      // Permission callback failures are converted into deny responses by resolveAppServerToolApproval().
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+async function respondToAppServerControlRequest(
+  config: {
+    client: AppServerClient;
+    getRuntime: () => RuntimeScope | null;
+    getOptions: () => AppServerApprovalOptions;
+  },
+  message: ProtocolMessage,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const runtime = runtimeScopeFromMessage(message) ?? config.getRuntime();
+  if (!runtime) return;
+
+  const requestId = typeof message.request_id === "string" ? message.request_id : undefined;
+  const request = message.request;
+  if (!requestId || !request || typeof request !== "object") return;
+  const requestRecord = request as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (requestRecord.subtype !== "can_use_tool") return;
+
+  const toolName = typeof requestRecord.tool_name === "string" ? requestRecord.tool_name : "unknown";
+  const toolInput =
+    requestRecord.input && typeof requestRecord.input === "object" && !Array.isArray(requestRecord.input)
+      ? (requestRecord.input as Record<string, unknown>)
+      : {};
+  const decision = await resolveAppServerToolApproval(
+    config.getOptions(),
+    toolName,
+    toolInput,
+    buildCanUseToolContext(requestRecord, requestId),
+  );
+  config.client.input({
+    runtime,
+    payload: {
+      kind: "approval_response",
+      request_id: requestId,
+      decision: toAppServerApprovalDecision(decision),
+    },
+  } as Parameters<AppServerClient["input"]>[0]);
+}
+
+export class AppServerRuntimeController implements RemoteClientRuntimeController {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly client: AppServerClient,
+    private readonly options: AppServerSessionOptions,
+    private readonly clientToolAllowlist?: readonly string[],
+  ) {}
+
+  onMessage(handler: (message: ProtocolMessage, channel?: string) => void): () => void {
+    return this.client.onMessage((message, channel) => {
+      handler(message as unknown as ProtocolMessage, channel);
+    });
+  }
+
+  send(command: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+    this.client.send(command as unknown as Parameters<AppServerClient["send"]>[0]);
+  }
+
+  sendTurnMessage(
+    runtime: RuntimeScope,
+    message: SendMessage,
+    options: RuntimeSendTurnOptions,
+  ): void {
+    const payload: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      kind: "create_message",
+      messages: [
+        {
+          role: "user",
+          content: normalizeSendMessage(message),
+          client_message_id: options.clientMessageId,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    if (this.clientToolAllowlist !== undefined) {
+      payload.client_tool_allowlist = [...new Set(this.clientToolAllowlist)];
+    }
+    // SDK sessions are headless: interactive user-input tools are always
+    // excluded from the toolset (harnesses without support ignore the flag
+    // and the SDK's runtime denial still applies).
+    payload.exclude_interactive_tools = true;
+    this.client.input({
+      runtime,
+      payload,
+    } as Parameters<AppServerClient["input"]>[0]);
+  }
+
+  async abort(runtime: RuntimeScope): Promise<void> {
+    await this.client.abort({ runtime } as Parameters<AppServerClient["abort"]>[0]);
+  }
+
+  request(
+    type: string,
+    body: Record<string, unknown>,
+    options: { timeoutMs?: number; predicate?: (message: ProtocolMessage) => boolean } = {},
+  ): Promise<ProtocolMessage> {
+    const request = this.client.request.bind(this.client) as unknown as (
+      commandType: string,
+      commandBody: Record<string, unknown>,
+      requestOptions?: {
+        timeoutMs?: number;
+        predicate?: (message: ProtocolMessage) => boolean;
+      },
+    ) => Promise<ProtocolMessage>;
+    return request(type, body, options);
+  }
+
+  async listModels(): Promise<ListModelsResult> {
+    const response = (await this.request(
+      "list_models",
+      {},
+      { predicate: (message) => message.type === "list_models_response" },
+    )) as ListModelsResponse;
+    return normalizeListModelsResponse(response);
+  }
+
+  async updateModel(
+    runtime: RuntimeScope,
+    payload: UpdateModelPayload,
+  ): Promise<UpdateModelResult> {
+    const response = (await this.request(
+      "update_model",
+      {
+        runtime,
+        payload,
+      },
+      { predicate: (message) => message.type === "update_model_response" },
+    )) as UpdateModelResponse;
+    return normalizeUpdateModelResponse(response);
+  }
+
+  async recoverPendingApprovals(
+    runtime: RuntimeScope,
+    options: RecoverPendingApprovalsOptions = {},
+  ): Promise<RecoverPendingApprovalsResult> {
+    const response = await this.client.sync(
+      {
+        runtime,
+        recover_approvals: true,
+        force_device_status: true,
+      },
+      options.timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs } : {},
+    );
+
+    if (!response.success) {
+      return {
+        recovered: false,
+        unsupported: false,
+        detail: response.error ?? "Failed to recover pending approvals",
+      };
+    }
+
+    return { recovered: true, unsupported: false };
+  }
+
+  async listMessages(
+    conversationId: string,
+    options: ListMessagesOptions = {},
+  ): Promise<ListMessagesResult> {
+    const query: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    if (options.before !== undefined) query.before = options.before;
+    if (options.after !== undefined) query.after = options.after;
+    if (options.order !== undefined) query.order = options.order;
+    if (options.limit !== undefined) query.limit = options.limit;
+
+    const response = (await this.request(
+      "conversation_messages_list",
+      {
+        conversation_id: conversationId,
+        ...(Object.keys(query).length > 0 ? { query } : {}),
+      },
+      { predicate: (message) => message.type === "conversation_messages_list_response" },
+    )) as ConversationMessagesListResponse;
+
+    if (!response.success) {
+      throw new Error(response.error ?? "listMessages failed");
+    }
+
+    const result: ListMessagesResult = {
+      messages: response.messages ?? [],
+    };
+    const nextBefore =
+      typeof response.nextBefore === "string" || response.nextBefore === null
+        ? response.nextBefore
+        : typeof response.next_before === "string" || response.next_before === null
+          ? response.next_before
+          : undefined;
+    if (nextBefore !== undefined) result.nextBefore = nextBefore;
+    const hasMore =
+      typeof response.hasMore === "boolean"
+        ? response.hasMore
+        : typeof response.has_more === "boolean"
+          ? response.has_more
+          : undefined;
+    if (hasMore !== undefined) result.hasMore = hasMore;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  close(): void {
+    this.client.close();
+  }
+}
+
+export class AppServerSession extends RemoteClientSessionCore {
+  private ownedConnection: { close(): void } | null = null;
+  private externalTools = new Map<string, AnyAgentTool>();
+  private removeExternalToolHandler: (() => void) | null = null;
+  private removeControlRequestHandler: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly remoteOptions: AppServerSessionOptions,
+    mode: AppServerSessionMode,
+  ) {
+    super(mode, {
+      label: "app-server",
+      requestTimeoutMs: remoteOptions.requestTimeoutMs,
+    });
+    const tools = mode.options.tools;
+    for (const tool of tools ?? []) {
+      this.externalTools.set(tool.name, tool);
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected override shouldEnableMemfs(options: LettaCodeClientSessionOptions | CreateAgentOptions): boolean {
+    if (this.mode.kind !== "create-agent") return false;
+    return (options as CreateAgentOptions).memfs !== false;
+  }
+
+  protected override async initializeRuntimeController(): Promise<RuntimeSessionInit> {
+    const url = await this.resolveAppServerUrl();
+    const client = applyUniqueRequestIds(createAppServerClient({
+      url,
+      ...(this.remoteOptions.authToken !== undefined
+        ? { authToken: this.remoteOptions.authToken }
+        : {}),
+      ...(this.remoteOptions.WebSocket
+        ? { WebSocket: this.remoteOptions.WebSocket as AppServerSocketConstructor }
+        : {}),
+      ...(this.remoteOptions.requestTimeoutMs !== undefined
+        ? { requestTimeoutMs: this.remoteOptions.requestTimeoutMs }
+        : {}),
+    }));
+
+    this.removeControlRequestHandler = registerAppServerControlRequestHandler({
+      client,
+      getRuntime: () => this.runtime,
+      getOptions: () => this.currentOptions(),
+    });
+
+    if (this.externalTools.size > 0) {
+      this.removeExternalToolHandler = client.onExternalToolCall(
+        createExternalToolCallHandler(this.externalTools),
+      );
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await client.connect();
+      const response = await this.startRuntime(client);
+      if (!response.success || !response.runtime) {
+        throw new Error(response.error ?? "Failed to start app-server runtime");
+      }
+
+      const tools = agentToolNames(response.agent);
+      const skillSources = this.currentOptions().skillSources;
+      return {
+        controller: new AppServerRuntimeController(
+          client,
+          this.remoteOptions,
+          this.currentOptions().allowedTools,
+        ),
+        runtime: response.runtime,
+        model: typeof response.agent?.model === "string" ? response.agent.model : "",
+        modelSettings: response.agent?.model_settings ?? null,
+        ...(tools !== undefined ? { tools } : {}),
+        ...(skillSources !== undefined ? { skillSources: [...skillSources] } : {}),
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.removeExternalToolHandler?.();
+      this.removeExternalToolHandler = null;
+      this.removeControlRequestHandler?.();
+      this.removeControlRequestHandler = null;
+      client.close();
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected override onCoreClose(): void {
+    this.removeExternalToolHandler?.();
+    this.removeExternalToolHandler = null;
+    this.removeControlRequestHandler?.();
+    this.removeControlRequestHandler = null;
+    this.ownedConnection?.close();
+    this.ownedConnection = null;
+  }
+
+  private async resolveAppServerUrl(): Promise<string> {
+    if (this.remoteOptions.url) {
+      return this.remoteOptions.url;
+    }
+    if (!this.remoteOptions.connect) {
+      throw new Error("App-server session requires a url.");
+    }
+    const sessionEnv = (
+      this.mode.options as { env?: Record<string, string> }
+    ).env;
+    const connection = await this.remoteOptions.connect(sessionEnv);
+    this.ownedConnection = connection;
+    return connection.url;
+  }
+
+  private async startRuntime(client: AppServerClient): Promise<RuntimeStartResponse> {
+    const command = await this.buildRuntimeStartCommand(client);
+    const response = (await client.runtimeStart(command)) as unknown as RuntimeStartResponse;
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  private async buildRuntimeStartCommand(client: AppServerClient): Promise<RuntimeStartCommand> {
+    const options = this.mode.options;
+    const command: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      client_info: {
+        name: "@letta-ai/letta-agent-sdk",
+        title: "Letta Agent SDK",
+      },
+      recover_approvals: false,
+      force_device_status: true,
+    };
+
+    const mode = mapPermissionMode(options.permissionMode);
+    if (mode) command.mode = mode;
+    if (options.cwd !== undefined) command.cwd = options.cwd;
+    // Keep the distinction between omitted (use harness defaults) and []
+    // (disable bundled/global/agent/project skills). The app-server runtime is
+    // session-scoped, so this must be sent on creation and every resume.
+    if (options.skillSources !== undefined) {
+      command.skill_sources = [...new Set(options.skillSources)];
+    }
+    const groups = externalToolGroups(options.tools);
+    if (groups) command.external_tools = groups;
+
+    if (this.mode.kind === "create-agent") {
+      command.create_agent = {
+        body: await createAgentBody(this.mode.options, {
+          includeSdkOriginTag: this.remoteOptions.includeSdkOriginTag,
+        }),
+        // Hidden (worker-style) agents default to unpinned.
+        pin_global:
+          this.remoteOptions.pinGlobalAgent ??
+          (this.mode.options as CreateAgentOptions).hidden !== true,
+        // Signal memfs-less (worker-style) creation to the harness so it
+        // skips the memfs tag/settings/clone entirely; older harnesses
+        // ignore the field, and the client-side enable_memfs skip still
+        // applies either way.
+        ...((this.mode.options as CreateAgentOptions).memfs === false
+          ? { memfs: false }
+          : {}),
+      };
+      return command as RuntimeStartCommand;
+    }
+
+    if (this.mode.agentId) {
+      command.agent_id = this.mode.agentId;
+      if (this.mode.newConversation) {
+        command.create_conversation = { body: {} };
+      } else if (this.mode.defaultConversation) {
+        command.conversation_id = "default";
+      }
+      return command as RuntimeStartCommand;
+    }
+
+    if (this.mode.conversationId) {
+      const agentId = await this.resolveConversationAgentId(client, this.mode.conversationId);
+      command.agent_id = agentId;
+      command.conversation_id = this.mode.conversationId;
+      return command as RuntimeStartCommand;
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(
+      "App-server createSession() requires an agent id. Call createAgent() first or pass an agent id.",
+    );
+  }
+
+  private async resolveConversationAgentId(
+    client: AppServerClient,
+    conversationId: string,
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    const request = client.request.bind(client) as unknown as (
+      commandType: string,
+      commandBody: Record<string, unknown>,
+      options?: { predicate?: (message: ProtocolMessage) => boolean },
+    ) => Promise<ProtocolMessage>;
+    const response = (await request(
+      "conversation_retrieve",
+      { conversation_id: conversationId },
+      { predicate: (message) => message.type === "conversation_retrieve_response" },
+    )) as ConversationRetrieveResponse;
+    if (!response.success || !response.conversation?.agent_id) {
+      throw new Error(response.error ?? `Failed to retrieve conversation ${conversationId}`);
+    }
+    return response.conversation.agent_id;
+  }
+
+}