@myclaw163/clawclaw-cli 0.6.70 → 0.6.74

package/src/commands/game.ts

@@ -1,1042 +1,1113 @@
-import { Command } from 'commander';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { join } from 'path';
-import { spawnSync, type ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
-import { AuthStore } from '../lib/auth.js';
-import { ApiError, GameClient } from '../lib/game-client.js';
-import { getProfileStateDir } from '../lib/init-command.js';
-import { EventStore } from '../pipeline/event-store.js';
-import { spawnStrategyLoop } from '../strategies/spawn.js';
-import { stopStrategyIfRunning } from '../strategies/strategy-loop.js';
-import { setMeta } from '../lib/command-meta.js';
-import { runStreaming, buildErrorLine, summarizeFeed, nextStepFor } from './watch.js';
-import { hubReminder, readCachedGamesPlayed } from '../lib/hub-reminder.js';
-import { EventRuntime } from '../runtime/event-daemon.js';
-import {
-  gameStartRuntimePath,
-  readGameStartRuntime,
-  sendOwnerControlRequest,
-  startOwnerControlServer,
-  type OwnerControlInfo,
-  type OwnerControlServer,
-} from '../runtime/owner-control.js';
-import {
-  startMatch,
-  endMatch,
-  readMatchState,
-  shouldEmitWaiting,
-  markWaitingEmitted,
-  getWaitedSecs,
-  hasMatchTimedOut,
-} from '../lib/match-state.js';
-
-function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
-  return new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
-}
-
-function positiveNumber(value: string, fallback: number): number {
-  const parsed = Number(value);
-  return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? parsed : fallback;
-}
-
-function queueStatus(result: any): string | undefined {
-  return (result?.data ?? result)?.status;
-}
-
-const DEFAULT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30;
-
-function clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore: AuthStore, profileName?: string): void {
-  try {
-    authStore.updateGameServerUrl(undefined, profileName);
-  } catch {
-    // Cache cleanup is best-effort; queue status will discover the current server.
-  }
-}
-
-function isLeaveGameSuccess(result: any): boolean {
-  const data = result?.data ?? result;
-  return data?.ok === true && data?.message === 'left_game';
-}
-
-function isPidAlive(pid: number): boolean {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === process.pid) return false;
-  try { process.kill(pid, 0); return true; } catch { return false; }
-}
-
-function getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir: string): number | null {
-  const info = readGameStartRuntime(stateDir);
-  if (!info) return null;
-  const pid = Number(info?.owner_pid ?? info?.pid);
-  if (isPidAlive(pid)) return pid;
-  try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
-  return null;
-}
-
-function writeGameStartRuntime(
-  stateDir: string,
-  mode: GameStartPlanKind,
-  phase?: string,
-  controlOverride?: { control: OwnerControlInfo; token: string },
-): void {
-  mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
-  let startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
-  let existingControl: OwnerControlInfo | undefined;
-  let existingToken: string | undefined;
-  try {
-    const existing = JSON.parse(readFileSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir), 'utf8'));
-    const existingPid = Number(existing?.owner_pid ?? existing?.pid);
-    if (existingPid === process.pid && typeof existing?.started_at === 'string') {
-      startedAt = existing.started_at;
-      if (existing?.control?.path) existingControl = existing.control;
-      if (typeof existing?.control_token === 'string') existingToken = existing.control_token;
-    }
-  } catch {}
-  const control = controlOverride?.control ?? existingControl;
-  const controlToken = controlOverride?.token ?? existingToken;
-  writeFileSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir), JSON.stringify({
-    schema: 3,
-    owner_pid: process.pid,
-    pid: process.pid,
-    started_at: startedAt,
-    heartbeat_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-    mode,
-    ...(control ? { control } : {}),
-    ...(controlToken ? { control_token: controlToken } : {}),
-    ...(phase ? { phase } : {}),
-  }, null, 2));
-}
-
-function startGameStartHeartbeat(stateDir: string, mode: GameStartPlanKind): ReturnType<typeof setInterval> {
-  return setInterval(() => {
-    try {
-      writeGameStartRuntime(stateDir, mode);
-    } catch {}
-  }, 5000);
-}
-
-function cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir: string, opts: { removeFeed?: boolean; controlPath?: string } = {}): void {
-  const runtimePath = gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir);
-  try {
-    const info = JSON.parse(readFileSync(runtimePath, 'utf8'));
-    const pid = Number(info?.owner_pid ?? info?.pid);
-    if (pid !== process.pid) return;
-  } catch {}
-  try { unlinkSync(runtimePath); } catch {}
-  if (opts.removeFeed) {
-    try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
-  }
-  if (opts.controlPath && process.platform !== 'win32') {
-    try { unlinkSync(opts.controlPath); } catch {}
-  }
-}
-
-function terminateProcessTree(pid: number, signal: NodeJS.Signals = 'SIGTERM'): boolean {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === process.pid) return false;
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    const result = spawnSync('taskkill', ['/PID', String(pid), '/T', '/F'], { stdio: 'ignore' });
-    return result.status === 0;
-  }
-  const pkillSignal = signal === 'SIGKILL' ? '-KILL' : '-TERM';
-  try { spawnSync('pkill', [pkillSignal, '-P', String(pid)], { stdio: 'ignore' }); } catch {}
-  try {
-    process.kill(pid, signal);
-    return true;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-async function waitPidExit(pid: number, timeoutMs = 5000): Promise<boolean> {
-  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
-  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-    if (!isPidAlive(pid)) return true;
-    await sleep(200);
-  }
-  return !isPidAlive(pid);
-}
-
-async function stopOwnerIfRunning(stateDir: string, timeoutMs = 5000): Promise<{ pid: number | null; stopped: boolean }> {
-  return stopOwnerWithCommand(stateDir, 'stop', timeoutMs);
-}
-
-async function stopOwnerWithCommand(
-  stateDir: string,
-  command: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave',
-  timeoutMs = 5000,
-): Promise<{ pid: number | null; stopped: boolean }> {
-  const pid = getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir);
-  if (!pid) {
-    try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
-    try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
-    return { pid: null, stopped: false };
-  }
-  try {
-    const response = await sendOwnerControlRequest(stateDir, command);
-    if (response?.ok) {
-      const exited = await waitPidExit(pid, timeoutMs);
-      if (exited) return { pid, stopped: true };
-    }
-  } catch {}
-  terminateProcessTree(pid, 'SIGTERM');
-  const exited = await waitPidExit(pid, timeoutMs);
-  if (!exited) {
-    terminateProcessTree(pid, 'SIGKILL');
-    await waitPidExit(pid, 2000);
-  }
-  try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
-  try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
-  return { pid, stopped: true };
-}
-
-type QueueStatus = 'allocated' | 'queued' | 'not_in_queue' | string | undefined;
-
-export type GameStartPlan =
-  | { kind: 'already_running'; pid: number }
-  | { kind: 'resume_queue' }
-  | { kind: 'resume_allocated' }
-  | { kind: 'fresh_start' };
-
-type GameStartPlanKind = GameStartPlan['kind'];
-
-export function planGameStartAction(input: {
-  gameStartPid?: number | null;
-  hasMatchState: boolean;
-  queueStatus?: QueueStatus;
-}): GameStartPlan {
-  if (input.gameStartPid) return { kind: 'already_running', pid: input.gameStartPid };
-
-  if (input.queueStatus === 'allocated') return { kind: 'resume_allocated' };
-  if (input.queueStatus === 'queued' || input.queueStatus === 'already_in_queue') return { kind: 'resume_queue' };
-  if (input.hasMatchState && input.queueStatus !== 'not_in_queue') return { kind: 'resume_queue' };
-  return { kind: 'fresh_start' };
-}
-
-function isAlreadyInGameError(err: unknown): boolean {
-  return err instanceof ApiError && err.body.includes('ALREADY_IN_GAME');
-}
-
-function ensureEventSession(source: string): EventStore {
-  const existing = EventStore.latestSessionPath();
-  if (existing) {
-    const events = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
-    events.append({ type: 'session_resumed', source });
-    return events;
-  }
-  const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
-  events.append({ type: 'session_started', source });
-  return events;
-}
-
-function nonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined;
-}
-
-function unwrapData(value: any): any {
-  return value?.data ?? value;
-}
-
-export interface GameStrategyIdentity {
-  gameId?: string;
-  role?: string;
-  alive: boolean | null;
-}
-
-export function gameStrategyIdentity(stateData: any, roleData: any): GameStrategyIdentity {
-  const state = unwrapData(stateData);
-  const role = unwrapData(roleData);
-  const you = state?.you ?? {};
-  const aliveRaw = you?.is_alive ?? you?.alive;
-  return {
-    gameId: nonEmptyString(state?.game_id) ?? nonEmptyString(state?.game?.id) ?? nonEmptyString(state?.game?.game_id),
-    role: nonEmptyString(role?.role) ?? nonEmptyString(you?.role),
-    alive: typeof aliveRaw === 'boolean' ? aliveRaw : null,
-  };
-}
-
-function commandError(command: string, err: unknown): { command: string; error: string } {
-  const message = err instanceof ApiError
-    ? `${err.status}: ${err.body}`
-    : err instanceof Error
-      ? err.message
-      : String(err);
-  return { command, error: message };
-}
-
-function briefMap(mapData: any): any {
-  if (!mapData) return null;
-  return {
-    rooms: mapData.rooms?.map((r: any) => ({
-      name: r.name,
-      polygon: r.polygon,
-    })),
-  };
-}
-
-function taskLocations(mapData: any): { lobster: any[]; crab: any[] } {
-  const taskLocations = { lobster: [] as any[], crab: [] as any[] };
-  for (const task of Array.isArray(mapData?.all_task_locations) ? mapData.all_task_locations : []) {
-    const item = {
-      name: task.name,
-      room: task.room,
-      x: task.x,
-      y: task.y,
-    };
-    if (task.faction === 'crab') taskLocations.crab.push(item);
-    else taskLocations.lobster.push(item);
-  }
-  return taskLocations;
-}
-
-function loadAsciiMapAsset(): string | null {
-  try {
-    return readFileSync(new URL('../assets/clawclaw-ascii-map.txt', import.meta.url), 'utf8').trimEnd();
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-export function summarizeGameMap(mapData: any, opts?: { ascii?: boolean }): any {
-  const output: Record<string, any> = {
-    rooms: mapData?.rooms?.map((r: any) => ({
-      name: r.name,
-      polygon: r.polygon,
-    })) ?? [],
-    task_locations: taskLocations(mapData),
-  };
-  if (opts?.ascii) {
-    const ascii = loadAsciiMapAsset();
-    output.ascii_map = ascii;
-  }
-  return output;
-}
-
-async function fetchInitialGameContext(client: GameClient): Promise<{
-  state: any | null;
-  role: any | null;
-  map: any | null;
-  tasks: any[] | null;
-  errors?: Array<{ command: string; error: string }>;
-}> {
-  await sleep(500);
-  const [stateResult, roleResult, mapResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
-    client.getGameState(),
-    client.getRoleInfo(),
-    client.getMap(),
-  ]);
-
-  const errors: Array<{ command: string; error: string }> = [];
-  if (stateResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('state', stateResult.reason));
-  if (roleResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('game role', roleResult.reason));
-  if (mapResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('game map', mapResult.reason));
-
-  const mapData = mapResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? mapResult.value : null;
-  const context = {
-    state: stateResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? stateResult.value : null,
-    role: roleResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? roleResult.value : null,
-    map: briefMap(mapData),
-    tasks: mapData?.your_tasks ?? null,
-    ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
-  };
-  return context;
-}
-
-const ROLE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Record<string, string> = {
-  'shrimp_generic': 'task-report',
-  'shrimp_warrior': 'task-report',
-  'shrimp_pistol': 'task-report',
-  'crab_generic': 'crab-sabotage',
-  'neutral_paradise_fish': 'corpse-patrol',
-  'neutral_octopus': 'lone-kill-task',
-};
-
-function autoStartStrategy(roleData: any, stateData?: any, gameId?: string): { strategy: string; pid: number | undefined; child: ChildProcess } | null {
-  const roleId: string | undefined = roleData?.data?.role ?? roleData?.role;
-  if (!roleId) return null;
-  const strategyId = ROLE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY[roleId];
-  if (!strategyId) return null;
-  const child = spawnStrategyLoop(strategyId, [roleId], {
-    source: 'auto_start',
-    gameId: gameId ?? gameStrategyIdentity(stateData, roleData).gameId,
-    role: roleId,
-    detached: false,
-    writeRuntimeFiles: false,
-  });
-  return { strategy: strategyId, pid: child.pid, child };
-}
-
-async function runGameStart(opts: { watch: boolean; force?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
-  if (process.env.CLAWCLAW_REQUIRE_STREAM_TOOL === '1' && process.env.CLAWCLAW_STREAMED !== '1') {
-    process.stderr.write(
-      'In OpenClaw, start the game via the clawclaw_game_start tool - do not exec `ccl game start` directly.\n' +
-      'When run raw, the event NDJSON only fills an unconsumed buffer, so you never receive speech_your_turn and stay silent.\n',
-    );
-    process.exit(2);
-  }
-
-  const authStore = new AuthStore();
-  const profile = authStore.getActive();
-  if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-
-  const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-  const feedPath = join(stateDir, 'feed.json');
-  clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore, profile.agentName);
-  const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-  let eventRuntime: EventRuntime | undefined;
-  let streamAbortController: AbortController | null = null;
-  let heartbeatTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
-  let ownerControl: OwnerControlServer | null = null;
-  let ownerFeed: any = {
-    ts: new Date().toISOString(),
-    phase: 'matching',
-    terminal: false,
-    you: { name: profile.agentName },
-    game: {},
-    urgent: {},
-    meeting: null,
-    recent_events: [],
-  };
-  let strategyChild: ChildProcess | null = null;
-  let currentStrategy: string | null = null;
-  const currentAutomationSummary = (): Record<string, any> | undefined => {
-    if (!currentStrategy) return undefined;
-    const pid = strategyChild?.pid;
-    return { strategy: currentStrategy, running: !!(pid && isPidAlive(pid)) };
-  };
-  const currentSummary = (): any | null => {
-    const runtimeFeed = eventRuntime?.snapshot();
-    const feed = runtimeFeed && runtimeFeed.phase !== 'lobby' ? runtimeFeed : ownerFeed;
-    const automation = currentAutomationSummary();
-    return summarizeFeed(automation ? { ...feed, automation } : feed);
-  };
-  let manualExitEmitted = false;
-  let ownerExitRequested = false;
-  const stopOwnedStrategy = (): void => {
-    const child = strategyChild;
-    strategyChild = null;
-    currentStrategy = null;
-    if (child?.pid && isPidAlive(child.pid)) {
-      try { child.kill('SIGTERM'); } catch {}
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (child.pid && isPidAlive(child.pid)) {
-          try { child.kill('SIGKILL'); } catch {}
-        }
-      }, 1000).unref();
-    }
-    eventRuntime?.refreshFeed();
-  };
-  const onOwnerSignal = (): void => {
-    streamAbortController?.abort();
-    eventRuntime?.stop('SIGTERM');
-    stopOwnedStrategy();
-    cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir, { removeFeed: true, controlPath: ownerControl?.control.path });
-    process.exit(130);
-  };
-  process.on('SIGINT', onOwnerSignal);
-  process.on('SIGTERM', onOwnerSignal);
-  const emit = (obj: Record<string, any>): void => {
-    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(obj) + '\n');
-  };
-  const emitLifecycle = (
-    reason: string,
-    payload: Record<string, any>,
-    nextStepOverride?: string,
-  ): void => {
-    const event = { ...payload, type: reason };
-    emit({
-      exit_reason: [reason],
-      next_step: nextStepOverride ?? nextStepFor(reason),
-      events: [event],
-      summary: currentSummary(),
-    });
-  };
-  const emitOwnerExit = (kind: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave', command: string): void => {
-    if (manualExitEmitted) return;
-    manualExitEmitted = true;
-    const eventType = kind === 'leave' ? 'stop' : kind;
-    emit({
-      exit_reason: [eventType],
-      next_step: `Received ${command}. The current ccl game start process is exiting now.`,
-      events: [{ type: eventType, command }],
-      summary: { phase: 'stopped' },
-    });
-  };
-  const requestOwnerExit = (kind: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave', command: string): void => {
-    ownerExitRequested = true;
-    emitOwnerExit(kind, command);
-    streamAbortController?.abort();
-    eventRuntime?.stop('manual');
-    stopOwnedStrategy();
-  };
-  const emitMatchEvent = (evt: Record<string, any>): void => {
-    try {
-      const store = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
-      store.append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), ...evt });
-    } catch {}
-  };
-  const ensureEventRuntime = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    if (eventRuntime) return;
-    eventRuntime = new EventRuntime({
-      authStore,
-      getAutomation: currentAutomationSummary,
-      onStop: (stop) => {
-        if (stop.reason === 'game_over') return;
-        streamAbortController?.abort();
-      },
-    });
-    await eventRuntime.start();
-  };
-  const streamGame = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const sessionPath = EventStore.latestSessionPath();
-    const ctrl = new AbortController();
-    streamAbortController = ctrl;
-    const onSignal = (): void => {
-      ctrl.abort();
-      eventRuntime?.stop('SIGTERM');
-    };
-    process.on('SIGINT', onSignal);
-    process.on('SIGTERM', onSignal);
-    try {
-      await runStreaming({
-        feedPath,
-        sessionPath,
-        getSessionPath: () => EventStore.latestSessionPath(),
-        stdout: (s) => process.stdout.write(s),
-        signal: ctrl.signal,
-        skipFeedWait: true,
-        readSummary: currentSummary,
-        skipBacklogTypes: ['match_waiting', 'match_timeout'],
-        emitGameStart: true,
-        hubReminder: hubReminder(readCachedGamesPlayed()),
-      });
-    } catch (err: any) {
-      process.stdout.write(buildErrorLine(err));
-      process.exitCode = 1;
-    } finally {
-      process.off('SIGINT', onSignal);
-      process.off('SIGTERM', onSignal);
-      streamAbortController = null;
-    }
-  };
-  const handleAllocated = async (queue: any, preserveStrategy: boolean): Promise<void> => {
-    const finalState = readMatchState(stateDir);
-    const waitedSecs = finalState ? getWaitedSecs(finalState) : 0;
-    endMatch(stateDir);
-    const context = await fetchInitialGameContext(client);
-    const identity = gameStrategyIdentity(context.state, context.role);
-    // Supplement game_id from queue response when /game/current doesn't carry it yet.
-    const queueGameId = nonEmptyString(queue?.game_id) ?? nonEmptyString(queue?.data?.game_id);
-    if (!identity.gameId && queueGameId) {
-      identity.gameId = queueGameId;
-    }
-    const role = unwrapData(context.role);
-    ownerFeed = {
-      ...ownerFeed,
-      ts: new Date().toISOString(),
-      phase: 'allocated',
-      you: {
-        ...ownerFeed.you,
-        role: nonEmptyString(role?.role) ?? identity.role,
-        role_display: nonEmptyString(role?.role_display_name) ?? nonEmptyString(role?.role_display),
-        faction: nonEmptyString(role?.faction),
-        alive: identity.alive,
-      },
-      game: {
-        ...ownerFeed.game,
-        game_id: identity.gameId,
-      },
-    };
-    let strategyInfo: { strategy: string; pid: number | undefined } | null = null;
-    if (opts.watch && identity.alive !== false) {
-      stopOwnedStrategy();
-      const started = autoStartStrategy(context.role, context.state, identity.gameId);
-      if (started) {
-        strategyChild = started.child;
-        currentStrategy = started.strategy;
-        strategyInfo = { strategy: started.strategy, pid: started.pid };
-      }
-    }
-    const allocationPayload = {
-      queue,
-      waited_secs: waitedSecs,
-      game_id: identity.gameId || undefined,
-      ...context,
-      ...(strategyInfo ? { default_strategy: strategyInfo } : {}),
-    };
-    if (!opts.watch) {
-      emitLifecycle('allocated', allocationPayload,
-        'Match secured. Read role/map/tasks from `events[0]`, then launch `ccl game start` without --no-watch to attach the owner stream and automation.');
-      return;
-    }
-    await ensureEventRuntime();
-    await streamGame();
-  };
-  const pollQueue = async (preserveStrategy: boolean): Promise<void> => {
-    const intervalMs = 2000;
-    const QUEUE_POLL_HEARTBEAT_MS = 60_000;
-    const MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES = 3;
-    let lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
-    let consecutiveFailures = 0;
-
-    while (!ownerExitRequested) {
-      let queue: any;
-      try {
-        queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
-        consecutiveFailures = 0;
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        consecutiveFailures++;
-        const msg = err?.message ?? String(err);
-        if (consecutiveFailures >= MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES) {
-          emitLifecycle('error', {
-            error: msg,
-            consecutive_failures: consecutiveFailures,
-            message: `Queue status polling failed ${consecutiveFailures} times consecutively.`,
-          }, 'Queue polling has failed repeatedly. Check network, then launch a fresh `ccl game start` to retry.');
-          return;
-        }
-        emitLifecycle('poll_error', {
-          error: msg,
-          consecutive_failures: consecutiveFailures,
-          message: `Queue poll failed (${consecutiveFailures}/${MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES}). Retrying...`,
-        }, 'Temporary polling failure. The stream will keep retrying - stay attached.');
-        await sleep(intervalMs);
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (queueStatus(queue) === 'allocated') {
-        await handleAllocated(queue, preserveStrategy);
-        return;
-      }
-      if (queueStatus(queue) === 'not_in_queue') {
-        endMatch(stateDir);
-        emitLifecycle('not_in_queue', { queue, message: 'Left or dropped from queue.' },
-          'No longer in matchmaking queue. The stream will exit; launch a fresh `ccl game start` to retry if the user wants to continue.');
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const cur = readMatchState(stateDir);
-      if (cur && shouldEmitWaiting(cur)) {
-        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(cur);
-        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_waiting', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
-        emitLifecycle('match_waiting', { waited_secs: waitedSecs });
-        markWaitingEmitted(stateDir);
-        lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
-      }
-      if (cur && hasMatchTimedOut(cur)) {
-        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(cur);
-        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_timeout', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
-        emitLifecycle('match_timeout', {
-          waited_secs: waitedSecs,
-          queue,
-          message: `No match after ${waitedSecs}s.`,
-        });
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (Date.now() - lastHeartbeat >= QUEUE_POLL_HEARTBEAT_MS) {
-        lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
-        const waitedSecs = cur ? getWaitedSecs(cur) : 0;
-        emitLifecycle('heartbeat', { waited_secs: waitedSecs },
-          'Stream is alive; still waiting for match allocation. Keep chatting with the user.');
-      }
-
-      await sleep(intervalMs);
-    }
-  };
-  const resumeQueue = async (source: string): Promise<void> => {
-    ensureEventSession(source);
-    if (!readMatchState(stateDir)) startMatch(stateDir);
-    await ensureEventRuntime();
-    await pollQueue(true);
-  };
-  const recoverAlreadyInGame = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
-    let queue: any;
-    try {
-      queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
-    } catch {
-      return false;
-    }
-    const status = queueStatus(queue);
-    if (status === 'allocated') {
-      ensureEventSession('game_start_already_in_game');
-      await ensureEventRuntime();
-      await handleAllocated(queue, true);
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (status === 'queued' || status === 'already_in_queue') {
-      await resumeQueue('game_start_already_in_game_queue');
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  };
-
-  const runningGameStartPid = getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir);
-  if (runningGameStartPid) {
-    if (opts.force) {
-      terminateProcessTree(runningGameStartPid, 'SIGKILL');
-      try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
-      try { unlinkSync(feedPath); } catch {}
-    } else {
-      emitLifecycle('already_running', { pid: runningGameStartPid },
-        `A ccl game start stream is already running (pid ${runningGameStartPid}). To replace it, re-run with --force or stop it manually: taskkill /F /PID ${runningGameStartPid}`);
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  let initialQueue: any;
-  try {
-    initialQueue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
-  } catch {}
-  const plan = planGameStartAction({
-    gameStartPid: null,
-    hasMatchState: readMatchState(stateDir) !== null,
-    queueStatus: queueStatus(initialQueue),
-  });
-
-  ownerFeed = {
-    ...ownerFeed,
-    ts: new Date().toISOString(),
-    phase: plan.kind === 'resume_allocated' ? 'allocated' : 'matching',
-  };
-  ownerControl = await startOwnerControlServer(stateDir, async (request) => {
-    if (request.type === 'snapshot') {
-      return { ok: true, type: 'snapshot', summary: currentSummary() };
-    }
-    if (request.type === 'stop') {
-      requestOwnerExit('stop', 'ccl game stop');
-      return { ok: true, type: 'stop' };
-    }
-    if (request.type === 'quit') {
-      requestOwnerExit('quit', 'ccl game quit');
-      return { ok: true, type: 'quit' };
-    }
-    if (request.type === 'leave') {
-      requestOwnerExit('leave', 'ccl game leave');
-      return { ok: true, type: 'leave' };
-    }
-    if (request.type === 'stop_strategy') {
-      stopOwnedStrategy();
-      return { ok: true, type: 'stop_strategy' };
-    }
-    if (request.type === 'switch_strategy') {
-      if (!request.strategy) return { ok: false, error: 'missing_strategy' };
-      stopOwnedStrategy();
-      const child = spawnStrategyLoop(request.strategy, request.args, {
-        source: 'manual',
-        detached: false,
-        writeRuntimeFiles: false,
-      });
-      strategyChild = child;
-      currentStrategy = request.strategy;
-      eventRuntime?.refreshFeed();
-      return { ok: true, type: 'switch_strategy', strategy: request.strategy, pid: child.pid };
-    }
-    return { ok: false, error: 'unsupported_owner_control_request' };
-  });
-  writeGameStartRuntime(stateDir, plan.kind, undefined, {
-    control: ownerControl.control,
-    token: ownerControl.token,
-  });
-  heartbeatTimer = startGameStartHeartbeat(stateDir, plan.kind);
-  try {
-    if (plan.kind === 'resume_queue') {
-      await resumeQueue('game_start_resume_queue');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (plan.kind === 'resume_allocated') {
-      ensureEventSession('game_start_resume_allocated');
-      await ensureEventRuntime();
-      await handleAllocated(initialQueue, true);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    let joinResult: any;
-    try {
-      joinResult = await client.joinQueue('clawclaw');
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (isAlreadyInGameError(err) && await recoverAlreadyInGame()) return;
-      throw err;
-    }
-    const joinedStatus = queueStatus(joinResult);
-    if (joinedStatus === 'already_in_queue') {
-      await resumeQueue('game_start_already_in_queue');
-      return;
-    }
-    if (joinedStatus && joinedStatus !== 'queued') {
-      emitLifecycle('error', { queue: joinResult, message: `Unexpected queue status: ${joinedStatus}.` },
-        'Queue join did not enter the clawclaw queue. Check queue status before launching another `ccl game start`.');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    stopOwnedStrategy();
-
-    const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
-    events.append({ type: 'session_started', source: 'game_start' });
-    emitLifecycle('joined', joinResult,
-      'Match join request acknowledged. Spectate URL is in `events[0].url`; share it with the user. Game runtime is attached.');
-    startMatch(stateDir);
-    await ensureEventRuntime();
-    await pollQueue(false);
-  } finally {
-    if (heartbeatTimer) clearInterval(heartbeatTimer);
-    process.off('SIGINT', onOwnerSignal);
-    process.off('SIGTERM', onOwnerSignal);
-    eventRuntime?.stop('manual');
-    stopOwnedStrategy();
-    if (ownerControl) await ownerControl.close();
-    cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir, { removeFeed: true, controlPath: ownerControl?.control.path });
-  }
-}
-
-export function createGameCommand(): Command {
-  const game = new Command('game');
-  game.description('Game matchmaking & session');
-
-  game
-    .command('join')
-    .alias('j')
-    .description('Join matchmaking queue')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-      stopStrategyIfRunning();
-
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      const result = await client.joinQueue('clawclaw');
-      const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
-      events.append({ type: 'session_started', source: 'game_join' });
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
-      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-      // Reset match-state: a fresh queue session starts here so `ccl game queue`
-      // can compute `waited_secs` from a known anchor and emit the
-      // match_waiting / match_timeout synthetic events.
-      startMatch(stateDir);
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('start')
-    .alias('s')
-    .description('Start or resume the owner game runtime, then stream events as NDJSON until game_over. Pass --no-watch to exit after allocation. Pass --force to replace an orphaned game-start runtime.')
-    .option('--no-watch', 'exit after allocation instead of streaming events through game_over')
-    .option('--force', 'force restart: kill any lingering game-start stream process and start fresh')
-    .action(runGameStart);
-
-  game
-    .command('queue')
-    .alias('q')
-    .description('Wait for matchmaking allocation. Always run as a background bash task (run_in_background: true) — never block on it. Returns when allocated, queue is missing, or timeout (default 30s).')
-    .option('-w, --wait', '(no-op, kept for backwards compatibility — wait mode is now the default)')
-    .option('--interval <secs>', 'Polling interval', '2')
-    .option('--timeout <secs>', 'Max seconds to wait, 0 means forever', String(DEFAULT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS))
-    .action(async (opts) => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-
-      const intervalMs = positiveNumber(opts.interval, 2) * 1000;
-      const timeoutSecs = Number(opts.timeout);
-      const deadline = Number.isFinite(timeoutSecs) && timeoutSecs > 0
-        ? Date.now() + timeoutSecs * 1000
-        : 0;
-
-      // Synthetic matchmaking events feed the game start stream so the agent can
-      // observe match progress through the same channel as in-game events.
-      // Concurrency note: the agent typically keeps a 30s `ccl game queue`
-      // background chain running, so two queue invocations may observe the
-      // same `allocated` server state. That is
-      // intentionally fine — stream dedups via `eventKey` (type+tick+actor),
-      // so consumers only see one notification.
-      const emitMatchEvent = (evt: Record<string, any>): void => {
-        try {
-          const store = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
-          store.append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), ...evt });
-        } catch {
-          // No active session (user ran queue without join) — skip silently;
-          // queue's own JSON return still informs the caller.
-        }
-      };
-
-      // On entry: emit match_waiting if state exists and heartbeat is due.
-      const initialState = readMatchState(stateDir);
-      if (initialState && shouldEmitWaiting(initialState)) {
-        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(initialState);
-        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_waiting', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
-        markWaitingEmitted(stateDir);
-      }
-
-      while (true) {
-        const queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
-        if (queueStatus(queue) === 'allocated') {
-          const finalState = readMatchState(stateDir);
-          const waitedSecs = finalState ? getWaitedSecs(finalState) : 0;
-          endMatch(stateDir);
-          const context = await fetchInitialGameContext(client);
-          console.log(JSON.stringify({
-            status: 'active_game',
-            queue,
-            waited_secs: waitedSecs,
-            ...context,
-            next_step: 'Game allocated. Launch `ccl game start` to attach the owner stream if it is not already running, then narrate the role / map / opening plan to the user.',
-          }, null, 2));
-          return;
-        }
-        if (queueStatus(queue) === 'not_in_queue') {
-          // Queue session is gone (user manually left or server expired it):
-          // clean the match-state so next `game join` starts fresh.
-          endMatch(stateDir);
-          console.log(JSON.stringify({
-            status: 'not_in_queue',
-            queue,
-            message: 'You are not in the matchmaking queue. Did you forget to run `ccl game join` first?',
-            next_step: 'Run `ccl game join` to re-enter the queue, then launch the next `ccl game queue` background task.',
-          }, null, 2));
-          return;
-        }
-        if (deadline > 0 && Date.now() >= deadline) {
-          const cur = readMatchState(stateDir);
-          const waitedSecs = cur ? getWaitedSecs(cur) : timeoutSecs;
-          // Total-wait timeout (>=10 min by default) gets its own synthetic
-          // event so the agent can prompt the user to keep waiting / leave /
-          // retry later. Single 30s queue-attempt timeouts do NOT emit anything
-          // — they are an internal polling boundary, not a user-visible event.
-          if (cur && hasMatchTimedOut(cur)) {
-            emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_timeout', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
-          }
-          console.log(JSON.stringify({
-            status: 'timeout',
-            waited_secs: waitedSecs,
-            queue,
-            message: `No match after ${timeoutSecs} seconds (total wait ${waitedSecs}s).`,
-            next_step: 'ZERO-GAP PROTOCOL: (1) Launch the next `ccl game queue` background task IMMEDIATELY. (2) While it runs, chat with the user — share strategy, persona, banter — never go silent.',
-          }, null, 2));
-          return;
-        }
-        await sleep(intervalMs);
-      }
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('leave')
-    .alias('l')
-    .description('Leave queue')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (profile) {
-        const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-        endMatch(stateDir);
-        await stopOwnerWithCommand(stateDir, 'leave');
-      }
-      stopStrategyIfRunning();
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      const result = await client.leaveQueue('clawclaw');
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
-    });
-
-
-  game
-    .command('stop')
-    .alias('x')
-    .description('Stop local game runtime')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-      const owner = await stopOwnerIfRunning(stateDir);
-      stopStrategyIfRunning();
-      if (!owner.stopped) {
-        console.log(JSON.stringify({ message: 'No game runtime running.' }, null, 2));
-        return;
-      }
-      console.log(JSON.stringify({
-        message: 'Game runtime stopped.',
-        ...(owner.pid ? { owner_pid: owner.pid } : {}),
-      }, null, 2));
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('quit')
-    .description('Leave active game and stop local runtime')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      let result: any;
-      try {
-        result = await client.leaveGame();
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        result = { error: err?.message ?? String(err) };
-      }
-      if (isLeaveGameSuccess(result)) clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore, profile.agentName);
-      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
-      endMatch(stateDir);
-      const owner = await stopOwnerWithCommand(stateDir, 'quit');
-      stopStrategyIfRunning();
-      const reminder = hubReminder(readCachedGamesPlayed());
-      const out: Record<string, any> = (result && typeof result === 'object' && !Array.isArray(result))
-        ? { ...result }
-        : { result };
-      if (reminder) {
-        out.hub_reminder = reminder;
-        out.next_step = `Left the game. ${reminder}`;
-      }
-      if (owner.pid) out.owner_pid = owner.pid;
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(out, null, 2));
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('map')
-    .alias('m')
-    .description('Show game map')
-    .option('--ascii', 'Include packaged ASCII topology map')
-    .action(async (opts) => {
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      await client.discoverGameServer();
-      const result = await client.getMap();
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(summarizeGameMap(result, { ascii: opts.ascii === true }), null, 2));
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('tasks')
-    .alias('t')
-    .description('Show my tasks')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      await client.discoverGameServer();
-      const result = await client.getMap();
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(result?.your_tasks ?? [], null, 2));
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('role')
-    .alias('r')
-    .description('Show my role info')
-    .action(async () => {
-      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
-      const result = await client.getRoleInfo();
-      console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
-    });
-
-  game
-    .command('watch')
-    .alias('w')
-    .description('Get spectating URL')
-    .action(() => {
-      const authStore = new AuthStore();
-      const profile = authStore.getActive();
-      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
-      const origin = new URL(profile.serverUrl).origin.replace(/^http:\/\//, 'https://');
-      const url = `${origin}/lobby?token=${encodeURIComponent(profile.apiKey)}`;
-      console.log(JSON.stringify({ url, message: 'Open in browser to spectate.' }, null, 2));
-    });
-
-  // ── Adapter metadata: queue blocks up to --timeout secs (default 30); cap L2 spawn at 60s ──
-  setMeta(game.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'queue')!, { longRunning: true, timeoutMs: 60_000 });
-  setMeta(game.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'start')!, { longRunning: true, timeoutMs: 1_800_000 });
-
-  return game;
-}
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { spawnSync, type ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
+import { AuthStore } from '../lib/auth.js';
+import { ApiError, GameClient } from '../lib/game-client.js';
+import { getProfileStateDir } from '../lib/init-command.js';
+import { EventStore } from '../pipeline/event-store.js';
+import { spawnStrategyLoop } from '../strategies/spawn.js';
+import { stopStrategyIfRunning } from '../strategies/strategy-loop.js';
+import { setMeta } from '../lib/command-meta.js';
+import { runStreaming, buildErrorLine, summarizeFeed, nextStepFor } from './watch.js';
+import { hubReminder, readCachedGamesPlayed } from '../lib/hub-reminder.js';
+import { EventRuntime } from '../runtime/event-daemon.js';
+import {
+  briefGameMap,
+  summarizeGameMap,
+} from '../lib/game-context.js';
+import {
+  gameStartRuntimePath,
+  readGameStartRuntime,
+  sendOwnerControlRequest,
+  startOwnerControlServer,
+  type OwnerControlInfo,
+  type OwnerControlServer,
+} from '../runtime/owner-control.js';
+import {
+  startMatch,
+  endMatch,
+  readMatchState,
+  shouldEmitWaiting,
+  markWaitingEmitted,
+  getWaitedSecs,
+  hasMatchTimedOut,
+} from '../lib/match-state.js';
+
+export { summarizeGameMap } from '../lib/game-context.js';
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+function positiveNumber(value: string, fallback: number): number {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? parsed : fallback;
+}
+
+function queueStatus(result: any): string | undefined {
+  return (result?.data ?? result)?.status;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30;
+
+function clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore: AuthStore, profileName?: string): void {
+  try {
+    authStore.updateGameServerUrl(undefined, profileName);
+  } catch {
+    // Cache cleanup is best-effort; queue status will discover the current server.
+  }
+}
+
+function isLeaveGameSuccess(result: any): boolean {
+  const data = result?.data ?? result;
+  return data?.ok === true || data?.message === 'left_game';
+}
+
+function isPidAlive(pid: number): boolean {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === process.pid) return false;
+  try { process.kill(pid, 0); return true; } catch { return false; }
+}
+
+function getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir: string): number | null {
+  const info = readGameStartRuntime(stateDir);
+  if (!info) return null;
+  const pid = Number(info?.owner_pid ?? info?.pid);
+  if (isPidAlive(pid)) return pid;
+  try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
+  return null;
+}
+
+function writeGameStartRuntime(
+  stateDir: string,
+  mode: GameStartPlanKind,
+  phase?: string,
+  controlOverride?: { control: OwnerControlInfo; token: string },
+): void {
+  mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
+  let startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+  let existingControl: OwnerControlInfo | undefined;
+  let existingToken: string | undefined;
+  try {
+    const existing = JSON.parse(readFileSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir), 'utf8'));
+    const existingPid = Number(existing?.owner_pid ?? existing?.pid);
+    if (existingPid === process.pid && typeof existing?.started_at === 'string') {
+      startedAt = existing.started_at;
+      if (existing?.control?.path) existingControl = existing.control;
+      if (typeof existing?.control_token === 'string') existingToken = existing.control_token;
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  const control = controlOverride?.control ?? existingControl;
+  const controlToken = controlOverride?.token ?? existingToken;
+  writeFileSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir), JSON.stringify({
+    schema: 3,
+    owner_pid: process.pid,
+    pid: process.pid,
+    started_at: startedAt,
+    heartbeat_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+    mode,
+    ...(control ? { control } : {}),
+    ...(controlToken ? { control_token: controlToken } : {}),
+    ...(phase ? { phase } : {}),
+  }, null, 2));
+}
+
+function startGameStartHeartbeat(stateDir: string, mode: GameStartPlanKind): ReturnType<typeof setInterval> {
+  return setInterval(() => {
+    try {
+      writeGameStartRuntime(stateDir, mode);
+    } catch {}
+  }, 5000);
+}
+
+function cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir: string, opts: { removeFeed?: boolean; controlPath?: string } = {}): void {
+  const runtimePath = gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir);
+  try {
+    const info = JSON.parse(readFileSync(runtimePath, 'utf8'));
+    const pid = Number(info?.owner_pid ?? info?.pid);
+    if (pid !== process.pid) return;
+  } catch {}
+  try { unlinkSync(runtimePath); } catch {}
+  if (opts.removeFeed) {
+    try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
+  }
+  if (opts.controlPath && process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    try { unlinkSync(opts.controlPath); } catch {}
+  }
+}
+
+function terminateProcessTree(pid: number, signal: NodeJS.Signals = 'SIGTERM'): boolean {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(pid) || pid <= 0 || pid === process.pid) return false;
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    const result = spawnSync('taskkill', ['/PID', String(pid), '/T', '/F'], { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    return result.status === 0;
+  }
+  const pkillSignal = signal === 'SIGKILL' ? '-KILL' : '-TERM';
+  try { spawnSync('pkill', [pkillSignal, '-P', String(pid)], { stdio: 'ignore' }); } catch {}
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, signal);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitPidExit(pid: number, timeoutMs = 5000): Promise<boolean> {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    if (!isPidAlive(pid)) return true;
+    await sleep(200);
+  }
+  return !isPidAlive(pid);
+}
+
+async function stopOwnerIfRunning(stateDir: string, timeoutMs = 5000): Promise<{ pid: number | null; stopped: boolean }> {
+  return stopOwnerWithCommand(stateDir, 'stop', timeoutMs);
+}
+
+async function stopOwnerWithCommand(
+  stateDir: string,
+  command: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave',
+  timeoutMs = 5000,
+): Promise<{ pid: number | null; stopped: boolean }> {
+  const pid = getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir);
+  if (!pid) {
+    try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
+    try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
+    return { pid: null, stopped: false };
+  }
+  try {
+    const response = await sendOwnerControlRequest(stateDir, command);
+    if (response?.ok) {
+      const exited = await waitPidExit(pid, timeoutMs);
+      if (exited) return { pid, stopped: true };
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  terminateProcessTree(pid, 'SIGTERM');
+  const exited = await waitPidExit(pid, timeoutMs);
+  if (!exited) {
+    terminateProcessTree(pid, 'SIGKILL');
+    await waitPidExit(pid, 2000);
+  }
+  try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
+  try { unlinkSync(join(stateDir, 'feed.json')); } catch {}
+  return { pid, stopped: true };
+}
+
+type QueueStatus = 'allocated' | 'queued' | 'not_in_queue' | string | undefined;
+
+export type GameStartPlan =
+  | { kind: 'already_running'; pid: number }
+  | { kind: 'resume_queue' }
+  | { kind: 'resume_allocated' }
+  | { kind: 'fresh_start' };
+
+type GameStartPlanKind = GameStartPlan['kind'];
+
+export function planGameStartAction(input: {
+  gameStartPid?: number | null;
+  hasMatchState: boolean;
+  queueStatus?: QueueStatus;
+}): GameStartPlan {
+  if (input.gameStartPid) return { kind: 'already_running', pid: input.gameStartPid };
+
+  if (input.queueStatus === 'allocated') return { kind: 'resume_allocated' };
+  if (input.queueStatus === 'queued' || input.queueStatus === 'already_in_queue') return { kind: 'resume_queue' };
+  if (input.hasMatchState && input.queueStatus !== 'not_in_queue') return { kind: 'resume_queue' };
+  return { kind: 'fresh_start' };
+}
+
+function isAlreadyInGameError(err: unknown): boolean {
+  return err instanceof ApiError && err.body.includes('ALREADY_IN_GAME');
+}
+
+function apiErrorBody(err: unknown): string {
+  if (err instanceof ApiError) return err.body;
+  if (err instanceof Error) return err.message;
+  return String(err);
+}
+
+function isStillAliveError(err: unknown): boolean {
+  return /STILL_ALIVE/i.test(apiErrorBody(err));
+}
+
+function serializeError(err: unknown): Record<string, any> {
+  if (err instanceof ApiError) {
+    return { status: err.status, body: err.body };
+  }
+  return { message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) };
+}
+
+type GamePresence = 'in_game' | 'matching' | 'none' | 'unknown';
+
+interface GamePresenceInfo {
+  presence: GamePresence;
+  game_state?: any;
+  queue_status?: any;
+  owner_pid: number | null;
+  errors?: Array<{ source: string; error: Record<string, any> }>;
+}
+
+function isMatchingQueueStatus(status: QueueStatus): boolean {
+  return status === 'queued'
+    || status === 'already_in_queue'
+    || status === 'allocating'
+    || status === 'allocated';
+}
+
+async function detectGamePresence(client: GameClient, stateDir: string): Promise<GamePresenceInfo> {
+  const errors: Array<{ source: string; error: Record<string, any> }> = [];
+  const ownerPid = getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir);
+  let gameState: any | null = null;
+  try {
+    await client.discoverGameServer();
+    gameState = await client.getGameState();
+  } catch (err) {
+    errors.push({ source: 'game_current', error: serializeError(err) });
+  }
+  if (gameState) {
+    return {
+      presence: 'in_game',
+      game_state: gameState,
+      owner_pid: ownerPid,
+      ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  let queue: any;
+  try {
+    queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
+  } catch (err) {
+    errors.push({ source: 'queue_status', error: serializeError(err) });
+  }
+  const status = queueStatus(queue);
+  if (isMatchingQueueStatus(status)) {
+    return {
+      presence: 'matching',
+      queue_status: queue,
+      owner_pid: ownerPid,
+      ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+  if (status === 'not_in_queue') {
+    return {
+      presence: 'none',
+      queue_status: queue,
+      owner_pid: ownerPid,
+      ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    presence: errors.length >= 2 ? 'unknown' : 'none',
+    ...(queue ? { queue_status: queue } : {}),
+    owner_pid: ownerPid,
+    ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
+function ensureEventSession(source: string): EventStore {
+  const existing = EventStore.latestSessionPath();
+  if (existing) {
+    const events = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
+    events.append({ type: 'session_resumed', source });
+    return events;
+  }
+  const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
+  events.append({ type: 'session_started', source });
+  return events;
+}
+
+function nonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined;
+}
+
+function unwrapData(value: any): any {
+  return value?.data ?? value;
+}
+
+function cleanObject<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): T {
+  for (const key of Object.keys(obj)) {
+    if (obj[key] === undefined) delete obj[key];
+  }
+  return obj;
+}
+
+export interface GameStrategyIdentity {
+  gameId?: string;
+  role?: string;
+  alive: boolean | null;
+}
+
+export function gameStrategyIdentity(stateData: any, roleData: any): GameStrategyIdentity {
+  const state = unwrapData(stateData);
+  const role = unwrapData(roleData);
+  const you = state?.you ?? {};
+  const aliveRaw = you?.is_alive ?? you?.alive;
+  return {
+    gameId: nonEmptyString(state?.game_id) ?? nonEmptyString(state?.game?.id) ?? nonEmptyString(state?.game?.game_id),
+    role: nonEmptyString(role?.role) ?? nonEmptyString(you?.role),
+    alive: typeof aliveRaw === 'boolean' ? aliveRaw : null,
+  };
+}
+
+function commandError(command: string, err: unknown): { command: string; error: string } {
+  const message = err instanceof ApiError
+    ? `${err.status}: ${err.body}`
+    : err instanceof Error
+      ? err.message
+      : String(err);
+  return { command, error: message };
+}
+
+async function fetchInitialGameContext(client: GameClient): Promise<{
+  state: any | null;
+  role: any | null;
+  map: any | null;
+  tasks: any[] | null;
+  errors?: Array<{ command: string; error: string }>;
+}> {
+  await sleep(500);
+  const [stateResult, roleResult, mapResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
+    client.getGameState(),
+    client.getRoleInfo(),
+    client.getMap(),
+  ]);
+
+  const errors: Array<{ command: string; error: string }> = [];
+  if (stateResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('state', stateResult.reason));
+  if (roleResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('game role', roleResult.reason));
+  if (mapResult.status === 'rejected') errors.push(commandError('game map', mapResult.reason));
+
+  const mapData = mapResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? mapResult.value : null;
+  const context = {
+    state: stateResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? stateResult.value : null,
+    role: roleResult.status === 'fulfilled' ? roleResult.value : null,
+    map: briefGameMap(mapData),
+    tasks: mapData?.your_tasks ?? null,
+    ...(errors.length ? { errors } : {}),
+  };
+  return context;
+}
+
+const ROLE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Record<string, string> = {
+  'shrimp_generic': 'task-report',
+  'shrimp_warrior': 'task-report',
+  'shrimp_pistol': 'task-report',
+  'crab_generic': 'crab-sabotage',
+  'neutral_paradise_fish': 'corpse-patrol',
+  'neutral_octopus': 'lone-kill-task',
+};
+
+function autoStartStrategy(roleData: any, stateData?: any, gameId?: string): { strategy: string; pid: number | undefined; child: ChildProcess } | null {
+  const roleId: string | undefined = roleData?.data?.role ?? roleData?.role;
+  if (!roleId) return null;
+  const strategyId = ROLE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY[roleId];
+  if (!strategyId) return null;
+  const child = spawnStrategyLoop(strategyId, [roleId], {
+    source: 'auto_start',
+    gameId: gameId ?? gameStrategyIdentity(stateData, roleData).gameId,
+    role: roleId,
+    detached: false,
+    writeRuntimeFiles: false,
+  });
+  return { strategy: strategyId, pid: child.pid, child };
+}
+
+async function runGameQuit(invokedAs = 'game quit'): Promise<void> {
+  const authStore = new AuthStore();
+  const profile = authStore.getActive();
+  if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+
+  const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
+  const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+  const presence = await detectGamePresence(client, stateDir);
+  let left: 'game' | 'queue' | 'local_runtime' | 'none' = presence.owner_pid ? 'local_runtime' : 'none';
+  let gameResult: any;
+  let queueResult: any;
+  let leaveError: Record<string, any> | undefined;
+
+  if (presence.presence === 'in_game') {
+    try {
+      gameResult = await client.leaveGame();
+      if (isLeaveGameSuccess(gameResult)) clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore, profile.agentName);
+      left = 'game';
+    } catch (err) {
+      leaveError = {
+        ...serializeError(err),
+        still_alive: isStillAliveError(err),
+      };
+      left = 'local_runtime';
+    }
+  } else if (presence.presence === 'matching') {
+    try {
+      queueResult = await client.leaveQueue('clawclaw');
+      left = 'queue';
+    } catch (err) {
+      leaveError = serializeError(err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  endMatch(stateDir);
+  const owner = await stopOwnerWithCommand(stateDir, 'quit');
+  stopStrategyIfRunning();
+
+  const reminder = hubReminder(readCachedGamesPlayed());
+  const out: Record<string, any> = cleanObject({
+    ok: true,
+    command: invokedAs,
+    left,
+    presence: presence.presence,
+    game_result: gameResult,
+    queue_result: queueResult,
+    leave_error: leaveError,
+    detection_errors: presence.errors,
+    queue_status: presence.queue_status,
+    owner_pid: owner.pid ?? presence.owner_pid ?? undefined,
+    owner_stopped: owner.stopped,
+    hub_reminder: reminder,
+    next_step: reminder ? `Stopped local runtime. ${reminder}` : undefined,
+  });
+  if (presence.presence === 'in_game' && leaveError?.still_alive) {
+    out.message = 'The server rejected leaving the active game because you are still alive; local runtime was stopped only.';
+  }
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(out, null, 2));
+}
+
+async function runGameStart(opts: { force?: boolean; channelUrl?: string }): Promise<void> {
+  if (process.env.CLAWCLAW_REQUIRE_STREAM_TOOL === '1' && process.env.CLAWCLAW_STREAMED !== '1') {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      'In OpenClaw, start the game via the clawclaw_game_start tool - do not exec `ccl game start` directly.\n' +
+      'When run raw, the event NDJSON only fills an unconsumed buffer, so you never receive speech_your_turn and stay silent.\n',
+    );
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+
+  const authStore = new AuthStore();
+  const profile = authStore.getActive();
+  if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+
+  const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
+  const feedPath = join(stateDir, 'feed.json');
+  clearCachedGameServerUrl(authStore, profile.agentName);
+  const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+  let eventRuntime: EventRuntime | undefined;
+  let streamAbortController: AbortController | null = null;
+  let heartbeatTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
+  let ownerControl: OwnerControlServer | null = null;
+  let ownerFeed: any = {
+    ts: new Date().toISOString(),
+    phase: 'matching',
+    terminal: false,
+    you: { name: profile.agentName },
+    game: {},
+    urgent: {},
+    meeting: null,
+    recent_events: [],
+  };
+  let strategyChild: ChildProcess | null = null;
+  let currentStrategy: string | null = null;
+  const currentAutomationSummary = (): Record<string, any> | undefined => {
+    if (!currentStrategy) return undefined;
+    const pid = strategyChild?.pid;
+    return { strategy: currentStrategy, running: !!(pid && isPidAlive(pid)) };
+  };
+  const currentSummary = (): any | null => {
+    const runtimeFeed = eventRuntime?.snapshot();
+    const feed = runtimeFeed && runtimeFeed.phase !== 'lobby' ? runtimeFeed : ownerFeed;
+    const automation = currentAutomationSummary();
+    return summarizeFeed(automation ? { ...feed, automation } : feed);
+  };
+  let manualExitEmitted = false;
+  let ownerExitRequested = false;
+  const stopOwnedStrategy = (): void => {
+    const child = strategyChild;
+    strategyChild = null;
+    currentStrategy = null;
+    if (child?.pid && isPidAlive(child.pid)) {
+      try { child.kill('SIGTERM'); } catch {}
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (child.pid && isPidAlive(child.pid)) {
+          try { child.kill('SIGKILL'); } catch {}
+        }
+      }, 1000).unref();
+    }
+    eventRuntime?.refreshFeed();
+  };
+  const onOwnerSignal = (): void => {
+    streamAbortController?.abort();
+    eventRuntime?.stop('SIGTERM');
+    stopOwnedStrategy();
+    cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir, { removeFeed: true, controlPath: ownerControl?.control.path });
+    process.exit(130);
+  };
+  process.on('SIGINT', onOwnerSignal);
+  process.on('SIGTERM', onOwnerSignal);
+  const emit = (obj: Record<string, any>): void => {
+    const line = JSON.stringify(obj) + '\n';
+    process.stdout.write(line);
+    if (opts.channelUrl) {
+      fetch(opts.channelUrl, { method: 'POST', body: line }).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  };
+  const emitLifecycle = (
+    reason: string,
+    payload: Record<string, any>,
+    nextStepOverride?: string,
+  ): void => {
+    const event = { ...payload, type: reason };
+    emit({
+      exit_reason: [reason],
+      next_step: nextStepOverride ?? nextStepFor(reason),
+      events: [event],
+      summary: currentSummary(),
+    });
+  };
+  const emitOwnerExit = (kind: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave', command: string): void => {
+    if (manualExitEmitted) return;
+    manualExitEmitted = true;
+    const eventType = kind === 'leave' ? 'stop' : kind;
+    emit({
+      exit_reason: [eventType],
+      next_step: `Received ${command}. The current ccl game start process is exiting now.`,
+      events: [{ type: eventType, command }],
+      summary: { phase: 'stopped' },
+    });
+  };
+  const requestOwnerExit = (kind: 'stop' | 'quit' | 'leave', command: string): void => {
+    ownerExitRequested = true;
+    emitOwnerExit(kind, command);
+    streamAbortController?.abort();
+    eventRuntime?.stop('manual');
+    stopOwnedStrategy();
+  };
+  const emitMatchEvent = (evt: Record<string, any>): void => {
+    try {
+      const store = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
+      store.append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), ...evt });
+    } catch {}
+  };
+  const ensureEventRuntime = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (eventRuntime) return;
+    eventRuntime = new EventRuntime({
+      authStore,
+      getAutomation: currentAutomationSummary,
+      onStop: (stop) => {
+        if (stop.reason === 'game_over' || stop.reason === 'user_left_game') return;
+        streamAbortController?.abort();
+      },
+    });
+    await eventRuntime.start();
+  };
+  const streamGame = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const sessionPath = EventStore.latestSessionPath();
+    const ctrl = new AbortController();
+    streamAbortController = ctrl;
+    const onSignal = (): void => {
+      ctrl.abort();
+      eventRuntime?.stop('SIGTERM');
+    };
+    process.on('SIGINT', onSignal);
+    process.on('SIGTERM', onSignal);
+    try {
+      await runStreaming({
+        feedPath,
+        sessionPath,
+        getSessionPath: () => EventStore.latestSessionPath(),
+        stdout: (s) => { process.stdout.write(s); if (opts.channelUrl) { fetch(opts.channelUrl, { method: 'POST', body: s }).catch(() => {}); } },
+        signal: ctrl.signal,
+        skipFeedWait: true,
+        readSummary: currentSummary,
+        skipBacklogTypes: ['match_waiting', 'match_timeout'],
+        emitGameStart: true,
+        hubReminder: hubReminder(readCachedGamesPlayed()),
+      });
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      process.stdout.write(buildErrorLine(err));
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+    } finally {
+      process.off('SIGINT', onSignal);
+      process.off('SIGTERM', onSignal);
+      streamAbortController = null;
+    }
+  };
+  const handleAllocated = async (queue: any, preserveStrategy: boolean): Promise<void> => {
+    const finalState = readMatchState(stateDir);
+    const waitedSecs = finalState ? getWaitedSecs(finalState) : 0;
+    endMatch(stateDir);
+    const context = await fetchInitialGameContext(client);
+    const identity = gameStrategyIdentity(context.state, context.role);
+    // Supplement game_id from queue response when /game/current doesn't carry it yet.
+    const queueGameId = nonEmptyString(queue?.game_id) ?? nonEmptyString(queue?.data?.game_id);
+    if (!identity.gameId && queueGameId) {
+      identity.gameId = queueGameId;
+    }
+    const role = unwrapData(context.role);
+    ownerFeed = {
+      ...ownerFeed,
+      ts: new Date().toISOString(),
+      phase: 'allocated',
+      you: {
+        ...ownerFeed.you,
+        role: nonEmptyString(role?.role) ?? identity.role,
+        role_display: nonEmptyString(role?.role_display_name) ?? nonEmptyString(role?.role_display),
+        faction: nonEmptyString(role?.faction),
+        alive: identity.alive,
+      },
+      game: {
+        ...ownerFeed.game,
+        game_id: identity.gameId,
+      },
+    };
+    let strategyInfo: { strategy: string; pid: number | undefined } | null = null;
+    if (identity.alive !== false) {
+      stopOwnedStrategy();
+      const started = autoStartStrategy(context.role, context.state, identity.gameId);
+      if (started) {
+        strategyChild = started.child;
+        currentStrategy = started.strategy;
+        strategyInfo = { strategy: started.strategy, pid: started.pid };
+      }
+    }
+    const allocationPayload = {
+      queue,
+      waited_secs: waitedSecs,
+      game_id: identity.gameId || undefined,
+      ...context,
+      ...(strategyInfo ? { default_strategy: strategyInfo } : {}),
+    };
+    ownerFeed = { ...ownerFeed, allocation: allocationPayload };
+    await ensureEventRuntime();
+    await streamGame();
+  };
+  const pollQueue = async (preserveStrategy: boolean): Promise<void> => {
+    const intervalMs = 2000;
+    const QUEUE_POLL_HEARTBEAT_MS = 60_000;
+    const MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES = 3;
+    let lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
+    let consecutiveFailures = 0;
+
+    while (!ownerExitRequested) {
+      let queue: any;
+      try {
+        queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
+        consecutiveFailures = 0;
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        consecutiveFailures++;
+        const msg = err?.message ?? String(err);
+        if (consecutiveFailures >= MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES) {
+          emitLifecycle('error', {
+            error: msg,
+            consecutive_failures: consecutiveFailures,
+            message: `Queue status polling failed ${consecutiveFailures} times consecutively.`,
+          }, 'Queue polling has failed repeatedly. Check network, then launch a fresh `ccl game start` to retry.');
+          return;
+        }
+        emitLifecycle('poll_error', {
+          error: msg,
+          consecutive_failures: consecutiveFailures,
+          message: `Queue poll failed (${consecutiveFailures}/${MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES}). Retrying...`,
+        }, 'Temporary polling failure. The stream will keep retrying - stay attached.');
+        await sleep(intervalMs);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (queueStatus(queue) === 'allocated') {
+        await handleAllocated(queue, preserveStrategy);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (queueStatus(queue) === 'not_in_queue') {
+        endMatch(stateDir);
+        emitLifecycle('not_in_queue', { queue, message: 'Left or dropped from queue.' },
+          'No longer in matchmaking queue. The stream will exit; launch a fresh `ccl game start` to retry if the user wants to continue.');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const cur = readMatchState(stateDir);
+      if (cur && shouldEmitWaiting(cur)) {
+        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(cur);
+        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_waiting', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
+        emitLifecycle('match_waiting', { waited_secs: waitedSecs });
+        markWaitingEmitted(stateDir);
+        lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
+      }
+      if (cur && hasMatchTimedOut(cur)) {
+        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(cur);
+        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_timeout', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
+        emitLifecycle('match_timeout', {
+          waited_secs: waitedSecs,
+          queue,
+          message: `No match after ${waitedSecs}s.`,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (Date.now() - lastHeartbeat >= QUEUE_POLL_HEARTBEAT_MS) {
+        lastHeartbeat = Date.now();
+        const waitedSecs = cur ? getWaitedSecs(cur) : 0;
+        emitLifecycle('heartbeat', { waited_secs: waitedSecs },
+          'Stream is alive; still waiting for match allocation. Keep chatting with the user.');
+      }
+
+      await sleep(intervalMs);
+    }
+  };
+  const resumeQueue = async (source: string): Promise<void> => {
+    ensureEventSession(source);
+    if (!readMatchState(stateDir)) startMatch(stateDir);
+    await ensureEventRuntime();
+    await pollQueue(true);
+  };
+  const recoverAlreadyInGame = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
+    let queue: any;
+    try {
+      queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+    const status = queueStatus(queue);
+    if (status === 'allocated') {
+      ensureEventSession('game_start_already_in_game');
+      await ensureEventRuntime();
+      await handleAllocated(queue, true);
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (status === 'queued' || status === 'already_in_queue') {
+      await resumeQueue('game_start_already_in_game_queue');
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  const runningGameStartPid = getRunningGameStartPid(stateDir);
+  if (runningGameStartPid) {
+    if (opts.force) {
+      terminateProcessTree(runningGameStartPid, 'SIGKILL');
+      try { unlinkSync(gameStartRuntimePath(stateDir)); } catch {}
+      try { unlinkSync(feedPath); } catch {}
+    } else {
+      emitLifecycle('already_running', { pid: runningGameStartPid },
+        `A ccl game start stream is already running (pid ${runningGameStartPid}). To replace it, re-run with --force or stop it manually: taskkill /F /PID ${runningGameStartPid}`);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  let initialQueue: any;
+  try {
+    initialQueue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
+  } catch {}
+  const plan = planGameStartAction({
+    gameStartPid: null,
+    hasMatchState: readMatchState(stateDir) !== null,
+    queueStatus: queueStatus(initialQueue),
+  });
+
+  ownerFeed = {
+    ...ownerFeed,
+    ts: new Date().toISOString(),
+    phase: plan.kind === 'resume_allocated' ? 'allocated' : 'matching',
+  };
+  ownerControl = await startOwnerControlServer(stateDir, async (request) => {
+    if (request.type === 'snapshot') {
+      return { ok: true, type: 'snapshot', summary: currentSummary() };
+    }
+    if (request.type === 'stop') {
+      requestOwnerExit('stop', 'ccl game stop');
+      return { ok: true, type: 'stop' };
+    }
+    if (request.type === 'quit') {
+      requestOwnerExit('quit', 'ccl game quit');
+      return { ok: true, type: 'quit' };
+    }
+    if (request.type === 'leave') {
+      requestOwnerExit('leave', 'ccl game leave');
+      return { ok: true, type: 'leave' };
+    }
+    if (request.type === 'stop_strategy') {
+      stopOwnedStrategy();
+      return { ok: true, type: 'stop_strategy' };
+    }
+    if (request.type === 'switch_strategy') {
+      if (!request.strategy) return { ok: false, error: 'missing_strategy' };
+      stopOwnedStrategy();
+      const child = spawnStrategyLoop(request.strategy, request.args, {
+        source: 'manual',
+        detached: false,
+        writeRuntimeFiles: false,
+      });
+      strategyChild = child;
+      currentStrategy = request.strategy;
+      eventRuntime?.refreshFeed();
+      return { ok: true, type: 'switch_strategy', strategy: request.strategy, pid: child.pid };
+    }
+    return { ok: false, error: 'unsupported_owner_control_request' };
+  });
+  writeGameStartRuntime(stateDir, plan.kind, undefined, {
+    control: ownerControl.control,
+    token: ownerControl.token,
+  });
+  heartbeatTimer = startGameStartHeartbeat(stateDir, plan.kind);
+  try {
+    if (plan.kind === 'resume_queue') {
+      await resumeQueue('game_start_resume_queue');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (plan.kind === 'resume_allocated') {
+      ensureEventSession('game_start_resume_allocated');
+      await ensureEventRuntime();
+      await handleAllocated(initialQueue, true);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let joinResult: any;
+    try {
+      joinResult = await client.joinQueue('clawclaw');
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (isAlreadyInGameError(err) && await recoverAlreadyInGame()) return;
+      throw err;
+    }
+    const joinedStatus = queueStatus(joinResult);
+    if (joinedStatus === 'already_in_queue') {
+      await resumeQueue('game_start_already_in_queue');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (joinedStatus && joinedStatus !== 'queued') {
+      emitLifecycle('error', { queue: joinResult, message: `Unexpected queue status: ${joinedStatus}.` },
+        'Queue join did not enter the clawclaw queue. Check queue status before launching another `ccl game start`.');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    stopOwnedStrategy();
+
+    const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
+    events.append({ type: 'session_started', source: 'game_start' });
+    emitLifecycle('joined', joinResult,
+      'Match join request acknowledged. Spectate URL is in `events[0].url`; share it with the user. Game runtime is attached.');
+    startMatch(stateDir);
+    await ensureEventRuntime();
+    await pollQueue(false);
+  } finally {
+    if (heartbeatTimer) clearInterval(heartbeatTimer);
+    process.off('SIGINT', onOwnerSignal);
+    process.off('SIGTERM', onOwnerSignal);
+    eventRuntime?.stop('manual');
+    stopOwnedStrategy();
+    if (ownerControl) await ownerControl.close();
+    cleanupGameStartRuntime(stateDir, { removeFeed: true, controlPath: ownerControl?.control.path });
+  }
+}
+
+export function createGameCommand(): Command {
+  const game = new Command('game');
+  game.description('Game matchmaking & session');
+
+  game
+    .command('join', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('j')
+    .description('Join matchmaking queue')
+    .action(async () => {
+      const authStore = new AuthStore();
+      const profile = authStore.getActive();
+      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+      stopStrategyIfRunning();
+
+      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+      const result = await client.joinQueue('clawclaw');
+      const events = EventStore.createSessionForActiveAccount();
+      events.append({ type: 'session_started', source: 'game_join' });
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
+      // Reset match-state: a fresh queue session starts here so `ccl game queue`
+      // can compute `waited_secs` from a known anchor and emit the
+      // match_waiting / match_timeout synthetic events.
+      startMatch(stateDir);
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('start')
+    .alias('s')
+    .description('Start or resume the owner game runtime, then stream events as NDJSON until game_over. Pass --force to replace an orphaned game-start runtime.')
+    .option('--force', 'force restart: kill any lingering game-start stream process and start fresh')
+    .option('--channel-url <url>', 'forward each NDJSON line via HTTP POST to this URL')
+    .action(runGameStart);
+
+  game
+    .command('queue', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('q')
+    .description('Wait for matchmaking allocation. Always run as a background bash task (run_in_background: true) — never block on it. Returns when allocated, queue is missing, or timeout (default 30s).')
+    .option('-w, --wait', '(no-op, kept for backwards compatibility — wait mode is now the default)')
+    .option('--interval <secs>', 'Polling interval', '2')
+    .option('--timeout <secs>', 'Max seconds to wait, 0 means forever', String(DEFAULT_QUEUE_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS))
+    .action(async (opts) => {
+      const authStore = new AuthStore();
+      const profile = authStore.getActive();
+      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
+      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+
+      const intervalMs = positiveNumber(opts.interval, 2) * 1000;
+      const timeoutSecs = Number(opts.timeout);
+      const deadline = Number.isFinite(timeoutSecs) && timeoutSecs > 0
+        ? Date.now() + timeoutSecs * 1000
+        : 0;
+
+      // Synthetic matchmaking events feed the game start stream so the agent can
+      // observe match progress through the same channel as in-game events.
+      // Concurrency note: the agent typically keeps a 30s `ccl game queue`
+      // background chain running, so two queue invocations may observe the
+      // same `allocated` server state. That is
+      // intentionally fine — stream dedups via `eventKey` (type+tick+actor),
+      // so consumers only see one notification.
+      const emitMatchEvent = (evt: Record<string, any>): void => {
+        try {
+          const store = EventStore.forActiveAccount();
+          store.append({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), ...evt });
+        } catch {
+          // No active session (user ran queue without join) — skip silently;
+          // queue's own JSON return still informs the caller.
+        }
+      };
+
+      // On entry: emit match_waiting if state exists and heartbeat is due.
+      const initialState = readMatchState(stateDir);
+      if (initialState && shouldEmitWaiting(initialState)) {
+        const waitedSecs = getWaitedSecs(initialState);
+        emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_waiting', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
+        markWaitingEmitted(stateDir);
+      }
+
+      while (true) {
+        const queue = await client.getQueueStatus('clawclaw');
+        if (queueStatus(queue) === 'allocated') {
+          const finalState = readMatchState(stateDir);
+          const waitedSecs = finalState ? getWaitedSecs(finalState) : 0;
+          endMatch(stateDir);
+          const context = await fetchInitialGameContext(client);
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({
+            status: 'active_game',
+            queue,
+            waited_secs: waitedSecs,
+            ...context,
+            next_step: 'Game allocated. Launch `ccl game start` to attach the owner stream if it is not already running, then narrate the role / map / opening plan to the user.',
+          }, null, 2));
+          return;
+        }
+        if (queueStatus(queue) === 'not_in_queue') {
+          // Queue session is gone (user manually left or server expired it):
+          // clean the match-state so next `game join` starts fresh.
+          endMatch(stateDir);
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({
+            status: 'not_in_queue',
+            queue,
+            message: 'You are not in the matchmaking queue. Did you forget to run `ccl game join` first?',
+            next_step: 'Run `ccl game join` to re-enter the queue, then launch the next `ccl game queue` background task.',
+          }, null, 2));
+          return;
+        }
+        if (deadline > 0 && Date.now() >= deadline) {
+          const cur = readMatchState(stateDir);
+          const waitedSecs = cur ? getWaitedSecs(cur) : timeoutSecs;
+          // Total-wait timeout (>=10 min by default) gets its own synthetic
+          // event so the agent can prompt the user to keep waiting / leave /
+          // retry later. Single 30s queue-attempt timeouts do NOT emit anything
+          // — they are an internal polling boundary, not a user-visible event.
+          if (cur && hasMatchTimedOut(cur)) {
+            emitMatchEvent({ type: 'match_timeout', waited_secs: waitedSecs });
+          }
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({
+            status: 'timeout',
+            waited_secs: waitedSecs,
+            queue,
+            message: `No match after ${timeoutSecs} seconds (total wait ${waitedSecs}s).`,
+            next_step: 'ZERO-GAP PROTOCOL: (1) Launch the next `ccl game queue` background task IMMEDIATELY. (2) While it runs, chat with the user — share strategy, persona, banter — never go silent.',
+          }, null, 2));
+          return;
+        }
+        await sleep(intervalMs);
+      }
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('leave', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('l')
+    .description('Deprecated alias for quit')
+    .action(async () => runGameQuit('game leave'));
+
+
+  game
+    .command('stop', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('x')
+    .description('Stop local game runtime')
+    .action(async () => {
+      const authStore = new AuthStore();
+      const profile = authStore.getActive();
+      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+      const stateDir = getProfileStateDir(profile);
+      const owner = await stopOwnerIfRunning(stateDir);
+      stopStrategyIfRunning();
+      if (!owner.stopped) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({ message: 'No game runtime running.' }, null, 2));
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({
+        message: 'Game runtime stopped.',
+        ...(owner.pid ? { owner_pid: owner.pid } : {}),
+      }, null, 2));
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('quit')
+    .description('Leave active game and stop local runtime')
+    .action(async () => runGameQuit('game quit'));
+
+  game
+    .command('map', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('m')
+    .description('Show game map')
+    .option('--ascii', 'Include packaged ASCII topology map')
+    .action(async (opts) => {
+      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+      await client.discoverGameServer();
+      const result = await client.getMap();
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(summarizeGameMap(result, { ascii: opts.ascii === true }), null, 2));
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('tasks', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('t')
+    .description('Show my tasks')
+    .action(async () => {
+      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+      await client.discoverGameServer();
+      const result = await client.getMap();
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(result?.your_tasks ?? [], null, 2));
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('role', { hidden: true })
+    .alias('r')
+    .description('Show my role info')
+    .action(async () => {
+      const client = GameClient.fromAuth();
+      const result = await client.getRoleInfo();
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+    });
+
+  game
+    .command('watch')
+    .alias('w')
+    .description('Get spectating URL')
+    .action(() => {
+      const authStore = new AuthStore();
+      const profile = authStore.getActive();
+      if (!profile) throw new Error('Not logged in.');
+      const origin = new URL(profile.serverUrl).origin.replace(/^http:\/\//, 'https://');
+      const url = `${origin}/lobby?token=${encodeURIComponent(profile.apiKey)}`;
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({ url, message: 'Open in browser to spectate.' }, null, 2));
+    });
+
+  // ── Adapter metadata: queue blocks up to --timeout secs (default 30); cap L2 spawn at 60s ──
+  setMeta(game.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'queue')!, { longRunning: true, timeoutMs: 60_000 });
+  setMeta(game.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'start')!, { longRunning: true, timeoutMs: 1_800_000 });
+
+  return game;
+}