@pellux/goodvibes-agent 0.1.61 → 0.1.63

package/src/cli/management-commands.ts

@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ export async function buildControlPlaneStatusResult(runtime: CliCommandRuntime):
   };
   const issues: string[] = [];
   if (enabled === true && !reachable) issues.push(`Control plane is enabled but not reachable on ${binding.host}:${binding.port}.`);
-  if (enabled === true && service.enabled !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external daemon config, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
-  if (enabled === true && service.autostart !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external daemon config, but daemon autostart is off.');
-  if (enabled === true && service.restartOnFailure !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external daemon config, but restart-on-failure is off.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.enabled !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external runtime config, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.autostart !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external runtime config, but autostart is off.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.restartOnFailure !== true) issues.push('Control plane is enabled on the external runtime config, but restart-on-failure is off.');
   if (isNetworkFacing(enabled, binding) && !auth.userStorePresent) issues.push('Network-facing control plane has no local auth user store.');
   if (isNetworkFacing(enabled, binding) && auth.bootstrapCredentialPresent) issues.push('Network-facing control plane still has a bootstrap credential file.');
   return {

package/src/cli/service-command.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export async function handleServiceCommand(runtime: CliCommandRuntime): Promise<
     };
   }
   if (sub === 'install' || sub === 'start' || sub === 'restart' || sub === 'stop' || sub === 'uninstall') {
-    const text = 'GoodVibes Agent connects to an existing daemon and does not manage daemon lifecycle. Use GoodVibes TUI or your daemon host tooling for service mutations.';
+    const text = 'GoodVibes Agent connects to an existing GoodVibes runtime and does not manage runtime lifecycle. Use GoodVibes TUI or host tooling for service mutations.';
     return {
       output: json ? JSON.stringify({ ok: false, kind: 'daemon_lifecycle_external', action: sub, error: text }, null, 2) : text,
       exitCode: 2,

package/src/cli/service-posture.ts

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function resolveConfiguredLogPath(runtime: CliServiceRuntime): string | undefine
 function createExternalDaemonLifecycle(logPath: string | undefined): CliExternalDaemonLifecyclePosture {
   return {
     platform: 'manual',
-    path: 'external daemon host',
+    path: 'external GoodVibes runtime host',
     installed: false,
     autostart: false,
     running: false,
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function createExternalDaemonLifecycle(logPath: string | undefined): CliExternal
     commandPreview: 'managed outside goodvibes-agent',
     suggestedCommands: [],
     lastAction: 'status',
-    pidPath: 'external daemon host',
+    pidPath: 'external GoodVibes runtime host',
     lastError: null,
   };
 }
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ export async function buildCliServicePosture(
   const issues: string[] = [];
 
   if (serverBackedEnabled && !config.enabled) {
-    issues.push('Daemon-owned surfaces are configured, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
+    issues.push('Host-owned surfaces are configured, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
   }
   if (config.enabled && !config.autostart) {
-    issues.push('External daemon service config has autostart off.');
+    issues.push('External runtime service config has autostart off.');
   }
   if (config.enabled && !config.restartOnFailure) {
-    issues.push('External daemon service config has restart-on-failure off.');
+    issues.push('External runtime service config has restart-on-failure off.');
   }
   for (const endpoint of endpoints) {
     if (endpoint.enabled && options.probe && endpoint.reachable === false) {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function yesNo(value: boolean): string {
 export function formatCliServicePosture(posture: CliServicePosture, json = false): string {
   if (json) return JSON.stringify(posture, null, 2);
   return [
-    'GoodVibes external daemon diagnostics',
+    'GoodVibes external runtime diagnostics',
     '  lifecycle: managed outside goodvibes-agent',
     `  service config enabled: ${yesNo(posture.config.enabled)}`,
     `  autostart config: ${yesNo(posture.config.autostart)}`,

package/src/cli/status.ts

@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ export function buildCliDoctorFindings(options: CliStatusOptions): readonly CliD
       id: 'service-disabled-for-server-surfaces',
       area: 'service',
       severity: 'warning',
-      summary: 'Daemon-owned surfaces are configured while Agent service ownership is disabled.',
-      cause: 'One or more daemon, control-plane, listener, or web settings are enabled while service.enabled is false.',
-      impact: 'The external daemon host must own availability for those surfaces; Agent will not start or enable them.',
-      action: 'Manage surface/service posture from GoodVibes TUI or the daemon host, then use Agent for read-only diagnostics.',
+      summary: 'Host-owned surfaces are configured while Agent service ownership is disabled.',
+      cause: 'One or more runtime, control-plane, listener, or web settings are enabled while service.enabled is false.',
+      impact: 'The external GoodVibes runtime must own availability for those surfaces; Agent will not start or enable them.',
+      action: 'Manage surface/service posture from GoodVibes TUI or the owning host, then use Agent for read-only diagnostics.',
     });
   }
 
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ export function buildCliDoctorFindings(options: CliStatusOptions): readonly CliD
       id: 'service-autostart-disabled',
       area: 'service',
       severity: 'warning',
-      summary: 'External daemon service config has autostart off.',
+      summary: 'External runtime service config has autostart off.',
       cause: 'service.enabled is true and service.autostart is false.',
-      impact: 'The external GoodVibes daemon may not be available after login or reboot even though service mode is selected.',
-      action: 'Configure daemon autostart from GoodVibes TUI or the daemon host; Agent will not mutate this setting.',
+      impact: 'The external GoodVibes runtime may not be available after login or reboot even though service mode is selected.',
+      action: 'Configure autostart from GoodVibes TUI or the owning host; Agent will not mutate this setting.',
     });
   }
 
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ export function buildCliDoctorFindings(options: CliStatusOptions): readonly CliD
       id: 'service-restart-disabled',
       area: 'service',
       severity: 'warning',
-      summary: 'External daemon service config has restart-on-failure off.',
+      summary: 'External runtime service config has restart-on-failure off.',
       cause: 'service.enabled is true and service.restartOnFailure is false.',
-      impact: 'A crashed daemon or listener may stay down until manually restarted.',
-      action: 'Configure restart-on-failure from GoodVibes TUI or the daemon host; Agent will not mutate this setting.',
+      impact: 'A crashed runtime or listener may stay down until manually restarted.',
+      action: 'Configure restart-on-failure from GoodVibes TUI or the owning host; Agent will not mutate this setting.',
     });
   }
 
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ export function buildCliDoctorFindings(options: CliStatusOptions): readonly CliD
         severity: 'warning',
         summary: issue,
         cause: 'The service lifecycle inspection found a mismatch between configured service/surface state and observed host state.',
-        impact: 'Daemon, control-plane, listener, or web availability may not match the configuration.',
-        action: 'Use goodvibes-agent service check for read-only detail, then manage the daemon from GoodVibes TUI or your daemon host tooling.',
+        impact: 'Runtime, control-plane, listener, or web availability may not match the configuration.',
+        action: 'Use goodvibes-agent service check for read-only detail, then manage the runtime from GoodVibes TUI or your host tooling.',
       });
     }
   }

package/src/cli/surface-command.ts

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export async function handleSurfacesCommand(runtime: CliCommandRuntime): Promise
   if (sub === 'enable' || sub === 'disable') {
     if (!target) return { output: `Usage: goodvibes-agent surfaces ${sub} <web|listener|control-plane|surfaceId>`, exitCode: 2 };
     const text = [
-      'GoodVibes Agent does not mutate daemon, listener, web, or channel surface posture.',
-      'Configure those surfaces from GoodVibes TUI or the externally managed daemon host, then use `goodvibes-agent surfaces check` for read-only diagnostics.',
+      'GoodVibes Agent does not mutate runtime, listener, web, or channel surface posture.',
+      'Configure those surfaces from GoodVibes TUI or the external GoodVibes runtime host, then use `goodvibes-agent surfaces check` for read-only diagnostics.',
     ].join(' ');
     return {
       output: formatJsonOrText(runtime.cli)({
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ export async function buildListenerTestResult(runtime: CliCommandRuntime): Promi
   }).filter((surface) => surface.enabled === true);
   const issues: string[] = [];
   if (enabled !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is disabled.');
-  if (enabled === true && service.enabled !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external daemon config, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
-  if (enabled === true && service.autostart !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external daemon config, but daemon autostart is off.');
-  if (enabled === true && service.restartOnFailure !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external daemon config, but restart-on-failure is off.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.enabled !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external runtime config, but Agent service ownership is disabled.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.autostart !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external runtime config, but autostart is off.');
+  if (enabled === true && service.restartOnFailure !== true) issues.push('HTTP listener is enabled on the external runtime config, but restart-on-failure is off.');
   if (isNetworkFacing(enabled, binding) && !auth.userStorePresent) issues.push('Network-facing listener has no local auth user store.');
   if (isNetworkFacing(enabled, binding) && auth.bootstrapCredentialPresent) issues.push('Network-facing listener still has a bootstrap credential file.');
   for (const surface of surfaces) {

package/src/input/agent-workspace-categories.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
       { id: 'setup-home', label: 'Setup checklist', detail: 'Jump to the first-run checklist for provider, knowledge, personas, skills, routines, memory, channels, and voice/media.', targetCategoryId: 'setup', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'knowledge-home', label: 'Agent Knowledge', detail: 'Jump to isolated Agent Knowledge status, ingest, search, and review flows.', targetCategoryId: 'knowledge', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'memory-home', label: 'Memory, skills, routines', detail: 'Jump to local memory, persona, skill, and routine setup. These are core Agent product features.', targetCategoryId: 'memory', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'safe' },
-      { id: 'channels-home', label: 'Channels', detail: 'Jump to companion pairing and channel readiness without changing daemon lifecycle.', targetCategoryId: 'channels', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'channels-home', label: 'Channels', detail: 'Jump to companion pairing and channel readiness without changing runtime connectivity.', targetCategoryId: 'channels', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'voice-home', label: 'Voice and media', detail: 'Jump to voice, TTS, image input, browser, and node posture setup.', targetCategoryId: 'voice-media', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'help', label: 'Browse commands', detail: 'Open registry-driven command help.', command: '/help', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
-      { id: 'health', label: 'Review health', detail: 'Show the local health review surface without starting or mutating daemon services.', command: '/health review', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'health', label: 'Review health', detail: 'Show the local health review surface without starting or mutating runtime services.', command: '/health review', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'SETUP',
     label: 'Setup',
     summary: 'Configuration, auth, provider, and onboarding surfaces.',
-    detail: 'Agent connects to an external daemon and owns local assistant configuration only. Daemon lifecycle and listener posture remain external.',
+    detail: 'Agent connects to an existing GoodVibes runtime and owns local assistant configuration only. Runtime lifecycle and connectivity posture remain external.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'config', label: 'Open config workspace', detail: 'Use the TUI-derived fullscreen settings workspace.', command: '/config', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'onboarding', label: 'Open setup wizard', detail: 'Review Agent runtime settings in the fullscreen setup flow.', command: '/onboarding', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'SETUP',
     label: 'Channels',
     summary: 'Companion pairing, channel posture, and delivery safety.',
-    detail: 'Agent uses externally owned daemon channel surfaces. Pairing, account inspection, and readiness checks are visible here; inbound delivery and public channel exposure stay policy-gated.',
+    detail: 'Agent uses externally managed channel surfaces. Pairing, account inspection, and readiness checks are visible here; inbound delivery and public channel exposure stay policy-gated.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'pair', label: 'Pair companion', detail: 'Open the TUI-derived QR pairing surface for companion app setup.', command: '/pair', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'communication', label: 'Communication routes', detail: 'Inspect structured communication routes and recent activity.', command: '/communication', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
-      { id: 'setup-review', label: 'Channel setup review', detail: 'Review setup posture without starting listeners or mutating daemon surface state.', command: '/setup review', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
-      { id: 'channel-safety', label: 'Delivery safety', detail: 'External messages, channel DMs, and public delivery targets require explicit user action and daemon-side policy. Agent will not silently send or expose channels from this workspace.', kind: 'guidance', safety: 'blocked' },
+      { id: 'setup-review', label: 'Channel setup review', detail: 'Review setup posture without starting inbound endpoints or mutating channel state.', command: '/setup review', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'channel-safety', label: 'Delivery safety', detail: 'External messages, channel DMs, and public delivery targets require explicit user action and runtime policy. Agent will not silently send or expose channels from this workspace.', kind: 'guidance', safety: 'blocked' },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'SETUP',
     label: 'Voice, Media & Nodes',
     summary: 'Voice, TTS, image input, browser surface, and node/remote posture.',
-    detail: 'Voice, media, browser, and node surfaces are first-class operator surfaces. Agent uses the GoodVibes voice/media/provider/browser/remote bones while keeping daemon ownership external and side effects explicit.',
+    detail: 'Voice, media, browser, and node surfaces are first-class operator surfaces. Agent uses the GoodVibes voice/media/provider/browser/remote bones while keeping runtime ownership external and side effects explicit.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'tts-config', label: 'Configure live TTS', detail: 'Open the TUI-derived config workspace at the TTS settings group.', command: '/config tts', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'tts-provider', label: 'Choose TTS provider', detail: 'Open provider/model routing for spoken responses through the settings flow.', command: '/config tts.provider', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'tts-speak', label: 'Speak a prompt', detail: 'Submit a normal assistant turn and play the reply through configured live TTS. Close this workspace and provide real prompt text.', command: '/tts <prompt>', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'image-attach', label: 'Attach image input', detail: 'Attach an image to the next assistant turn. Close this workspace and provide a real path and prompt.', command: '/image <path> <prompt>', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
-      { id: 'browser-surface', label: 'Browser surface status', detail: 'Inspect browser/web posture through setup diagnostics without starting listeners or daemon services.', command: '/setup services', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'browser-surface', label: 'Browser surface status', detail: 'Inspect browser/web posture through setup diagnostics without starting inbound endpoints or runtime services.', command: '/setup services', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'mcp-browser', label: 'Browser MCP tools', detail: 'Inspect MCP servers and tools, including browser/automation roles, without mutating server setup.', command: '/mcp servers', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'node-posture', label: 'Node/remote posture', detail: 'Inspect remote runner/node posture. Dispatch remains blocked unless the task is explicit build delegation to TUI.', command: '/remote list', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
     ],
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'SETUP',
     label: 'Profiles & Portability',
     summary: 'Isolated Agent homes, config profiles, and setup bundles.',
-    detail: 'Profiles isolate agent state. GoodVibes Agent exposes named runtime homes, config profile pickers, profile-sync bundles, setup transfer bundles, and support bundles while keeping the daemon external.',
+    detail: 'Profiles isolate agent state. GoodVibes Agent exposes named runtime homes, config profile pickers, profile-sync bundles, setup transfer bundles, and support bundles while keeping the shared runtime external.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'profiles-open', label: 'Open config profiles', detail: 'Open the TUI-derived config profile picker for display/provider/behavior profile files.', command: '/profiles', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'runtime-profile-guide', label: 'Starter authoring guide', detail: 'Open the Agent-local starter authoring flow inside the TUI command surface.', command: '/agent-profile guide', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'LEARN',
     label: 'Memory & Skills',
     summary: 'Local assistant memory, routines, skills, and reusable behavior.',
-    detail: 'Memory, routines, skills, and personas stay Agent-local until stable shared daemon registry contracts exist. Secrets must not be stored as memory.',
+    detail: 'Memory, routines, skills, and personas stay Agent-local until stable shared registry contracts exist. Secrets must not be stored as memory.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'memory', label: 'Open memory', detail: 'Inspect local/session memory commands and surfaces.', command: '/memory', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'personas', label: 'Persona library', detail: 'Open the local persona workspace for active role selection and review.', targetCategoryId: 'personas', kind: 'workspace', safety: 'safe' },
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'LEARN',
     label: 'Routines',
     summary: 'Repeatable workflows for the main conversation.',
-    detail: 'Routines run in the main conversation by default. Promotion to an external daemon schedule requires a real schedule command and --yes.',
+    detail: 'Routines run in the main conversation by default. Promotion to an external schedule requires a real schedule command and --yes.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'routines-list', label: 'List routines', detail: 'Print the full local Agent routine library.', command: '/routines list', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
       { id: 'routines-enabled', label: 'Enabled routines', detail: 'Show routines available for direct use.', command: '/routines enabled', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
       { id: 'routines-disable', label: 'Disable selected', detail: 'Disable the selected routine without deleting it.', localKind: 'routine', localOperation: 'routine-disable', kind: 'local-operation', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'routines-review', label: 'Review selected', detail: 'Mark the selected local routine reviewed after inspecting it.', localKind: 'routine', localOperation: 'routine-review', kind: 'local-operation', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'routines-delete', label: 'Delete selected', detail: 'Open a confirmation form before deleting the selected local Agent routine.', localKind: 'routine', localOperation: 'routine-delete', kind: 'local-operation', safety: 'safe' },
-      { id: 'routines-promote', label: 'Promote to schedule', detail: 'Create an external daemon schedule from a reviewed routine only with real timing and --yes.', command: '/routines promote <id> --cron <expr> --yes', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
+      { id: 'routines-promote', label: 'Promote to schedule', detail: 'Create an external schedule from a reviewed routine only with real timing and --yes.', command: '/routines promote <id> --cron <expr> --yes', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
       { id: 'routines-receipts', label: 'Promotion receipts', detail: 'Inspect local redacted routine schedule promotion receipts.', command: '/routines receipts', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
     ],
   },
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ export const AGENT_WORKSPACE_CATEGORIES: readonly AgentWorkspaceCategory[] = [
     group: 'WATCH',
     label: 'Automation',
     summary: 'Automation and schedule observability with explicit routine promotion.',
-    detail: 'Agent does not create local automation jobs or hidden scheduler spawns. Reviewed local routines can be promoted into externally owned daemon schedules only through an explicit schedules.create command with --yes, optional delivery targets, and a redacted local receipt.',
+    detail: 'Agent does not create local automation jobs or hidden scheduler spawns. Reviewed local routines can be promoted into external schedules only through an explicit schedules.create command with --yes, optional delivery targets, and a redacted local receipt.',
     actions: [
       { id: 'schedule-list', label: 'List schedules', detail: 'Inspect configured jobs and history without running or mutating them.', command: '/schedule list', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
-      { id: 'schedule-promote-routine', label: 'Promote routine', detail: 'Create an external daemon schedule from a local Agent routine. Requires a real routine id, schedule expression, optional delivery target, and explicit --yes.', command: '/schedule promote-routine <routine-id> --cron <expr> [--delivery-surface slack] --yes', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
-      { id: 'schedule-receipts', label: 'Promotion receipts', detail: 'Review local redacted receipt history for routine-to-daemon schedule promotion attempts.', command: '/schedule receipts', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
-      { id: 'schedule-reconcile', label: 'Reconcile schedules', detail: 'Compare local promotion receipts with live externally owned daemon schedules using schedules.list.', command: '/schedule reconcile', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
-      { id: 'schedule-policy', label: 'Local scheduler blocked', detail: 'Local schedule add/run/remove/enable/disable remain blocked; only explicit external daemon schedule promotion is allowed here.', kind: 'guidance', safety: 'blocked' },
-      { id: 'health-services', label: 'Service health', detail: 'Inspect service readiness without starting, stopping, or restarting daemon services.', command: '/health services', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'schedule-promote-routine', label: 'Promote routine', detail: 'Create an external schedule from a local Agent routine. Requires a real routine id, schedule expression, optional delivery target, and explicit --yes.', command: '/schedule promote-routine <routine-id> --cron <expr> [--delivery-surface slack] --yes', kind: 'command', safety: 'safe' },
+      { id: 'schedule-receipts', label: 'Promotion receipts', detail: 'Review local redacted receipt history for routine-to-schedule promotion attempts.', command: '/schedule receipts', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'schedule-reconcile', label: 'Reconcile schedules', detail: 'Compare local promotion receipts with live external schedules using schedules.list.', command: '/schedule reconcile', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
+      { id: 'schedule-policy', label: 'Local scheduler blocked', detail: 'Local schedule add/run/remove/enable/disable remain blocked; only explicit external schedule promotion is allowed here.', kind: 'guidance', safety: 'blocked' },
+      { id: 'health-services', label: 'Runtime health', detail: 'Inspect runtime readiness without starting, stopping, or restarting services.', command: '/health services', kind: 'command', safety: 'read-only' },
     ],
   },
   {

package/src/input/agent-workspace-editors.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function createLocalEditor(kind: AgentWorkspaceLocalEditorKind): AgentWor
     mode: 'create',
     title: 'Create Routine',
     selectedFieldIndex: 0,
-    message: 'Enter a repeatable workflow. It runs in the main conversation unless explicitly promoted to a daemon schedule.',
+    message: 'Enter a repeatable workflow. It runs in the main conversation unless explicitly promoted to an external schedule.',
     fields: [
       { id: 'name', label: 'Name', value: '', required: true, multiline: false, hint: 'Short routine name.' },
       { id: 'description', label: 'Description', value: '', required: true, multiline: false, hint: 'One-line summary of the workflow.' },

package/src/input/agent-workspace-setup.ts

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ export function buildAgentWorkspaceSetupChecklist(input: AgentWorkspaceSetupChec
   const hasActivePersona = input.activePersonaName !== '(none)' && input.activePersonaName !== '(unavailable)';
   return [
     {
-      id: 'daemon',
-      label: 'External daemon',
+      id: 'runtime',
+      label: 'External runtime',
       status: 'ready',
-      detail: `Agent will connect to ${input.daemonBaseUrl}; daemon lifecycle stays external.`,
+      detail: `Agent will connect to ${input.daemonBaseUrl}; runtime lifecycle stays external.`,
       command: '/status',
     },
     {

package/src/input/commands/delegation-runtime.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function registerDelegationRuntimeCommands(registry: CommandRegistry): vo
     if (!operator) {
       ctx.print([
         'Delegation unavailable: no operator client is attached.',
-        'Use the external daemon/shared-session route from a configured Agent runtime, or open GoodVibes TUI in the target workspace.',
+        'Use the shared-session route from a configured Agent runtime, or open GoodVibes TUI in the target workspace.',
       ].join('\n'));
       return;
     }

package/src/input/commands/schedule-runtime.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function printReadOnlyScheduleBoundary(print: (text: string) => void, requestedA
     `  requested: ${requestedAction}`,
     '  policy: no local Agent automation jobs, scheduled spawns, or immediate automation runs',
     '  use: /schedule list',
-    '  daemon route: use /schedule promote-routine <routine> --cron <expr> --yes to create an external daemon schedule explicitly',
+    '  schedule route: use /schedule promote-routine <routine> --cron <expr> --yes to create an external schedule explicitly',
   ].join('\n'));
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function registerScheduleRuntimeCommands(registry: CommandRegistry): void
   registry.register({
     name: 'schedule',
     aliases: ['sched'],
-    description: 'Inspect schedules and explicitly promote local Agent routines to daemon schedules',
+    description: 'Inspect schedules and explicitly promote local Agent routines to external schedules',
     usage: 'list | receipts | reconcile | receipt <id> | promote-routine <routine-id> --cron <expr> [--delivery-surface slack] --yes',
     argsHint: 'list | receipts | reconcile | receipt <id> | promote-routine <routine-id> --cron <expr> [--delivery-surface slack] --yes',
     async handler(args, ctx) {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function registerScheduleRuntimeCommands(registry: CommandRegistry): void
         if (jobs.length === 0) {
           ctx.print(
             'No automation jobs.\n'
-            + 'Local add/run/enable/disable/remove are blocked. Use /schedule promote-routine <routine> --cron <expr> --yes for an explicit external daemon schedule.'
+            + 'Local add/run/enable/disable/remove are blocked. Use /schedule promote-routine <routine> --cron <expr> --yes for an explicit external schedule.'
           );
           return;
         }

package/src/input/commands/shell-core.ts

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function registerShellCoreCommands(registry: CommandRegistry): void {
           { id: '/agent-skills', label: '/agent-skills', detail: 'Create, review, and enable reusable Agent skills', category: 'Agent Operator' },
           { id: '/routines', label: '/routines', detail: 'Create, review, start, and promote Agent routines explicitly', category: 'Agent Operator' },
           { id: '/delegate', label: '/delegate [task]', detail: 'Explicit build/fix/review handoff to GoodVibes TUI', category: 'Agent Operator' },
-          { id: '/pair', label: '/pair', detail: 'Pair companion clients through the external GoodVibes service', category: 'Agent Operator' },
+          { id: '/pair', label: '/pair', detail: 'Pair companion clients through the GoodVibes runtime', category: 'Agent Operator' },
           { id: '/model', label: '/model [id]', detail: 'Select LLM model', category: 'Model & Provider' },
           { id: '/provider', label: '/provider [name]', detail: 'Switch provider', category: 'Model & Provider' },
           { id: '/effort', label: '/effort [level]', detail: 'Reasoning effort (instant/low/medium/high)', category: 'Model & Provider' },

package/src/input/handler-onboarding.ts

@@ -487,11 +487,11 @@ export function getOnboardingRuntimePostureForHandler(handler: InputHandler, req
 export async function restartOnboardingExternalServicesIfNeededForHandler(handler: InputHandler, request: OnboardingApplyRequest): Promise<OnboardingVerificationItem[]> {
     const externalServices = handler.uiServices.platform.externalServices;
     const state = externalServices?.inspect();
-    const serviceStatus = state?.daemonStatus?.reason ?? (state?.daemonRunning ? 'external GoodVibes service appears active' : 'external GoodVibes service is not verified from this shell');
+    const serviceStatus = state?.daemonStatus?.reason ?? (state?.daemonRunning ? 'external GoodVibes runtime appears active' : 'external GoodVibes runtime is not verified from this shell');
     return [{
       id: 'runtime:external-service-owned',
       status: 'pass',
-      message: `GoodVibes Agent did not start, stop, restart, or reconfigure service lifecycle. ${serviceStatus}`,
+      message: `GoodVibes Agent did not start, stop, restart, or reconfigure runtime lifecycle. ${serviceStatus}`,
       target: 'service',
     }];
   }
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ export function verifyOnboardingRuntimePostureForHandler(handler: InputHandler,
       id: 'runtime:external-service-owned',
       status: 'pass',
       message: externalState
-        ? 'GoodVibes service lifecycle is externally managed; Agent onboarding did not request shutdown, startup, restart, bind, or surface changes.'
-        : 'GoodVibes service lifecycle is externally managed; no local service controller is required for Agent onboarding.',
+        ? 'GoodVibes runtime lifecycle is externally managed; Agent onboarding did not request shutdown, startup, restart, bind, or surface changes.'
+        : 'GoodVibes runtime lifecycle is externally managed; no local service controller is required for Agent onboarding.',
       target: 'service',
     }];
   }

package/src/input/onboarding/onboarding-wizard-steps.ts

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ export function buildCommunicationStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
     id: 'agent-communication',
     title: 'Channels and notifications',
     shortLabel: 'Channels',
-    description: 'Prepare the Agent for companion pairing, messaging-channel awareness, notification delivery, and safe outbound communication without owning daemon listeners.',
+    description: 'Prepare the Agent for companion pairing, messaging-channel awareness, notification delivery, and safe outbound communication without changing runtime connectivity.',
     summaryTitle: 'Communication posture',
     summaryLines: [
-      'Companion chat: paired through the external GoodVibes service',
+      'Companion chat: paired through the GoodVibes runtime',
       'Channel accounts: inspect readiness before using them',
       'Outbound messages: explicit user action only',
     ],
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ export function buildCommunicationStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
         kind: 'status',
         id: 'agent-communication.companion',
         label: 'Companion pairing',
-        hint: 'Use /pair from the Agent workspace to pair companion clients through the already-running service.',
+        hint: 'Use /pair from the Agent workspace to pair companion clients through the already-running GoodVibes runtime.',
         defaultValue: 'External service route',
       },
       {
         kind: 'status',
         id: 'agent-communication.channels',
         label: 'Messaging channels',
-        hint: 'Use the Channels workspace to inspect account readiness, delivery posture, and recent communication without changing listener or service lifecycle.',
+        hint: 'Use the Channels workspace to inspect account readiness, delivery posture, and recent communication without changing runtime connectivity.',
         defaultValue: 'Inspectable',
       },
       {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function buildCommunicationStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
         kind: 'status',
         id: 'agent-communication.inbound-policy',
         label: 'Inbound command policy',
-        hint: 'Incoming channel commands stay constrained by daemon-side policy, allowlists, and account posture.',
+        hint: 'Incoming channel commands stay constrained by runtime policy, allowlists, and account posture.',
         defaultValue: 'Policy gated',
       },
     ],
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export function buildAgentSetupStep(controller: OnboardingWizardController): Onb
     summaryTitle: 'Agent setup posture',
     summaryLines: [
       'Agent owns the operator TUI and local behavior registry.',
-      'GoodVibes service lifecycle is external to this product.',
+      'GoodVibes runtime lifecycle is external to this product.',
       `Secret policy: ${controller.getStringFieldValue('agent-setup.secret-policy', secretPolicy)}`,
       collectionIssues > 0 ? `${collectionIssues} setup snapshot issue(s)` : 'Setup snapshot collected cleanly',
     ],
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ export function buildAgentSetupStep(controller: OnboardingWizardController): Onb
       {
         kind: 'status',
         id: 'agent-setup.connection',
-        label: 'GoodVibes service connection',
+        label: 'GoodVibes runtime connection',
         hint: collectionIssues > 0
           ? `${collectionIssues} setup snapshot issue(s) were reported. Status and doctor commands show connection details.`
-          : 'Agent connects to an already-running GoodVibes service for companion chat, work plans, approvals, automation, and Agent Knowledge.',
+          : 'Agent connects to an already-running GoodVibes runtime for companion chat, work plans, approvals, automation, and Agent Knowledge.',
         defaultValue: collectionIssues > 0 ? `${collectionIssues} issue(s)` : 'External service',
       },
       {
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ export function buildAutomationStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
     id: 'agent-automation',
     title: 'Routines and automation',
     shortLabel: 'Routines',
-    description: 'Set the Agent automation posture: local routines run in the main conversation, while daemon schedules remain externally owned and explicit.',
+    description: 'Set the Agent automation posture: local routines run in the main conversation, while external schedules remain explicit.',
     summaryTitle: 'Routine and schedule posture',
     summaryLines: [
       'Local routines: reusable main-conversation workflows',
-      'Daemon schedules: explicit promotion only',
+      'External schedules: explicit promotion only',
       'Runs/cancels/retries: command-confirmed side effects',
     ],
     fields: [
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ export function buildAutomationStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
         kind: 'status',
         id: 'agent-automation.schedule-promotion',
         label: 'Routine-to-schedule promotion',
-        hint: 'Creating daemon schedules from routines requires a reviewed routine, a real timing expression, optional delivery target, and explicit confirmation.',
+        hint: 'Creating external schedules from routines requires a reviewed routine, a real timing expression, optional delivery target, and explicit confirmation.',
         defaultValue: 'Explicit command',
       },
       {
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ export function buildVoiceMediaStep(): OnboardingWizardStepDefinition {
     id: 'agent-voice-media',
     title: 'Voice and media',
     shortLabel: 'Voice',
-    description: 'Prepare voice, speech, image input, and media understanding as Agent operator surfaces rather than daemon lifecycle features.',
+    description: 'Prepare voice, speech, image input, and media understanding as Agent operator surfaces rather than runtime lifecycle features.',
     summaryTitle: 'Voice and media posture',
     summaryLines: [
       'Voice and speech: optional operator surfaces',
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ export function buildReviewStep(controller: OnboardingWizardController): Onboard
         id: 'review.apply',
         action: 'apply',
         label: 'Apply Agent settings and verify',
-        hint: 'Persist the Agent-owned settings and verify that no service lifecycle, non-Agent entrypoint, default wiki, or non-Agent knowledge setup was requested.',
+        hint: 'Persist the Agent-owned settings and verify that no runtime lifecycle, non-Agent entrypoint, default wiki, or non-Agent knowledge setup was requested.',
         defaultValue: 'Ready',
       },
     ],

package/src/input/settings-modal-agent-policy.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export const AGENT_EXTERNAL_DAEMON_SETTING_LOCK_REASON = 'GoodVibes Agent connects to an external daemon. Change this from GoodVibes TUI or the daemon host; Agent settings are read-only for daemon lifecycle and bind posture.';
+export const AGENT_EXTERNAL_DAEMON_SETTING_LOCK_REASON = 'GoodVibes Agent connects to an external GoodVibes runtime. Change runtime lifecycle and bind posture from the owning host; Agent settings are read-only for those controls.';
 
 const AGENT_HIDDEN_SETTING_PREFIXES = [
   ['cloud', 'flare.'].join(''),

package/src/renderer/agent-workspace.ts

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ function snapshotLines(workspace: AgentWorkspace, category: AgentWorkspaceCatego
     );
   } else if (category.id === 'setup') {
     base.push(
-      { text: `External daemon: ${snapshot.daemonBaseUrl}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
-      { text: `Daemon ownership: ${snapshot.daemonOwnership}; Agent never starts or restarts it`, fg: PALETTE.good },
+      { text: `External runtime: ${snapshot.daemonBaseUrl}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
+      { text: `Runtime ownership: ${snapshot.daemonOwnership}; Agent never starts or restarts it`, fg: PALETTE.good },
       { text: `Workspace: ${snapshot.workingDirectory}`, fg: PALETTE.muted },
       { text: `Home: ${snapshot.homeDirectory}`, fg: PALETTE.muted },
       { text: '' },
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function snapshotLines(workspace: AgentWorkspace, category: AgentWorkspaceCatego
     const configuredDefaults = snapshot.channels.filter((channel) => channel.defaultTarget === 'configured').length;
     const disabledChannels = snapshot.channels.filter((channel) => !channel.enabled).map((channel) => channel.label).join(', ');
     base.push(
-      { text: `External daemon: ${snapshot.daemonBaseUrl}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
+      { text: `External runtime: ${snapshot.daemonBaseUrl}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
       { text: `Readiness: ${readyCount}/${snapshot.channels.length} ready; ${enabledCount} enabled; ${configuredDefaults} default target(s) configured.`, fg: PALETTE.info },
       { text: `Disabled channels: ${disabledChannels || 'none'}.`, fg: PALETTE.dim },
       { text: 'Pairing: use /pair or /qrcode for companion setup.', fg: PALETTE.info },
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function snapshotLines(workspace: AgentWorkspace, category: AgentWorkspaceCatego
       { text: `Config profiles: ${snapshot.configProfileCount}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
       { text: 'Named runtime profiles isolate Agent-local config, sessions, memory, personas, skills, routines, setup, and bundles.', fg: PALETTE.good },
       { text: 'Starter authoring: browse, export, edit, import, and create Agent profiles from inside this workspace via /agent-profile.', fg: PALETTE.info },
-      { text: 'The external daemon remains shared unless the daemon host is configured separately.', fg: PALETTE.warn },
+      { text: 'The external GoodVibes runtime remains shared unless the owning host is configured separately.', fg: PALETTE.warn },
       { text: 'Portable bundles require explicit export/import commands with real paths and --yes.', fg: PALETTE.muted },
     );
   } else if (category.id === 'memory') {
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function snapshotLines(workspace: AgentWorkspace, category: AgentWorkspaceCatego
     base.push(
       { text: `Routines: ${snapshot.localRoutineCount}; enabled: ${snapshot.enabledRoutineCount}`, fg: PALETTE.info },
       { text: 'Routines are repeatable main-conversation workflows. Starting one does not create hidden jobs.', fg: PALETTE.good },
-      { text: 'Scheduling a reviewed routine is explicit and writes to the externally owned daemon only with --yes.', fg: PALETTE.warn },
+      { text: 'Scheduling a reviewed routine is explicit and writes to the external GoodVibes runtime only with --yes.', fg: PALETTE.warn },
       { text: '' },
       ...localLibraryLines('Routine Library', snapshot.localRoutines, 'No local routines yet. Create one here with Create routine.', workspace.selectedLocalLibraryItem('routine')?.id ?? null),
     );

package/src/renderer/settings-modal.ts

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ const CATEGORY_INFO: Record<SettingsCategory, string> = {
   wrfc: 'WRFC is external to normal Agent operation. Review these copied compatibility values only for explicit GoodVibes TUI build delegation.',
   helper: 'Helper model defaults used by helper subsystems when they do not use the main chat route.',
   tts: 'Text-to-speech provider, voice, and optional spoken-turn LLM overrides.',
-  service: 'External daemon service posture. Agent shows these copied compatibility keys for inspection only and does not install, start, stop, restart, or autostart services.',
-  controlPlane: 'External daemon control-plane settings for local admin/API access. Agent connects to this daemon and does not mutate its bind posture.',
+  service: 'External GoodVibes runtime service posture. Agent shows these compatibility keys for inspection only and does not install, start, stop, restart, or autostart services.',
+  controlPlane: 'External GoodVibes runtime control-plane settings for local admin/API access. Agent connects to that runtime and does not mutate its bind posture.',
   httpListener: 'External HTTP listener settings for webhook and integration ingress. Agent does not start or expose the listener.',
   web: 'External browser surface settings. Agent does not own the web listener or network bind lifecycle.',
-  batch: 'Batch execution settings reported from the external daemon. Agent does not own remote queue provisioning.',
+  batch: 'Batch execution settings reported from the external GoodVibes runtime. Agent does not own remote queue provisioning.',
   automation: 'Scheduled and automated run settings, concurrency, timeout, catch-up, cooldown, and retention behavior.',
   watchers: 'File/process watcher heartbeat, polling, and recovery-window behavior.',
   runtime: 'Runtime guardrails such as companion chat limiter and event bus listener caps.',
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ const CATEGORY_INFO: Record<SettingsCategory, string> = {
   mcp: 'MCP server trust and scope review. Trust changes can expose local files, tools, databases, browsers, or remote automation depending on the server.',
   surfaces: 'External app surfaces such as Slack, Discord, ntfy, Telegram, webhooks, chat bridges, and messaging providers.',
   release: 'Release-channel preference.',
-  danger: 'High-impact daemon and listener switches. Agent renders daemon-owned switches read-only; use GoodVibes TUI or the daemon host to change them.',
+  danger: 'High-impact runtime and listener switches. Agent renders host-owned switches read-only; use GoodVibes TUI or the owning host to change them.',
   tools: 'Tool LLM and helper model routing. Empty provider/model values inherit the active chat route unless a specific helper/tool route is set.',
   flags: 'Feature flags are SDK runtime gates. They are separate from normal config keys because they enable or disable staged runtime behavior.',
-  network: 'Read-only view of external daemon control-plane, HTTP listener, and browser web bind posture plus editable non-daemon network settings.',
+  network: 'Read-only view of external GoodVibes runtime control-plane, HTTP listener, and browser web bind posture plus editable Agent network settings.',
 };
 
 const ENUM_VALUE_DESCRIPTIONS: Record<string, Record<string, string>> = {
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ function footerText(modal: SettingsModal): string {
   if (modal.currentCategory === 'flags') return 'Focus feature flags · Up/Down flag · Left categories · Tab pane · Enter/Space toggle · Esc close';
   const selected = modal.getSelected();
   if (selected && isExternalDaemonOwnedSettingKey(selected.setting.key)) {
-    return 'Read-only external daemon setting · Change from GoodVibes TUI or daemon host · Esc close';
+    return 'Read-only external runtime setting · Change from GoodVibes TUI or the owning host · Esc close';
   }
   return 'Focus settings · Up/Down setting · Left categories · Tab pane · Enter/Space edit/toggle · R reset · Esc close';
 }
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ export function renderSettingsModal(
   viewportHeight = 24,
 ): Line[] {
   const notices = [
-    ...(modal.lastSaveTriggeredRestart ? [`External daemon owner must restart ${modal.lastSaveTriggeredRestart}`] : []),
+    ...(modal.lastSaveTriggeredRestart ? [`External runtime owner must restart ${modal.lastSaveTriggeredRestart}`] : []),
     ...(modal.lastSettingEffectMessage ? [modal.lastSettingEffectMessage] : []),
   ];
   const metrics = getFullscreenWorkspaceMetrics({ width, height: viewportHeight });

package/src/version.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 // The prebuild script updates the fallback value before compilation.
 // Uses import.meta.dir (Bun) to locate package.json relative to this file,
 // which is correct regardless of the process working directory.
-let _version = '0.1.61';
+let _version = '0.1.63';
 let _sdkVersion = '0.33.35';
 try {
   const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, '..', 'package.json'), 'utf-8')) as {