@zgeoff/atc 2.16.0 → 2.19.0

package/src/client/spawn-picker.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { DaemonError } from '../protocol/daemon-error';
 import type { AgentID } from '../shared/agent-id';
+import type { WorkspacesConfig } from '../shared/collect-workspaces-config';
+import { collectZoxideDirs } from '../shared/collect-zoxide-dirs';
 import { loadConfig } from '../shared/config';
+import { DEFAULT_GIT_TRANSPORTS } from '../shared/default-git-transports';
+import { isGitURL } from '../shared/is-git-url';
+import { isRecord } from '../shared/report';
+import { resolveHomeDir } from '../shared/resolve-home-dir';
+import { buildWorkspaceDestination } from './build-workspace-destination';
 import { collectAgentPicks } from './collect-agent-picks';
 import type { AgentPick } from './collect-agent-picks';
 import { collectPathCompletions } from './collect-path-completions';
-import { collectZoxideDirs } from './collect-zoxide-dirs';
+import { collectTargetPicks } from './collect-target-picks';
+import type { TargetPick } from './collect-target-picks';
 import { collectDirs, formatDir, formatDirName, pickMatches } from './dirs';
-import { planTextEdit } from './keys';
+import { KEY, planTextEdit } from './keys';
+import { pickRefusalStep } from './pick-refusal-step';
 import { resolvePathInput } from './resolve-path-input';
+import { resolveWorkspaceRoot } from './resolve-workspace-root';
 import { ansi, cols, drawPicker } from './ui';
 
-type PickerStep = 'agent' | 'dir' | 'name' | 'prompt';
+type PickerStep = 'agent' | 'dir' | 'source' | 'ref' | 'target' | 'confirm' | 'name' | 'prompt';
 
 // What the flow borrows from the client that owns the screen, the daemon
 // connection and the fleet mirror.
@@ -30,17 +40,103 @@ export interface SpawnPickerDeps<TMirror> {
   readonly upsertMirror: (session: Readonly<TMirror>) => void;
 }
 
+// One source `agents.list` returned, in the order the daemon offers them.
+interface AnnouncedSource {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly kind: 'git' | 'path';
+}
+
+// What a candidate or a reading of typed input resolves to.
+type SourcePick =
+  | { readonly kind: 'path'; readonly dir: string }
+  | { readonly kind: 'git'; readonly url: string };
+
+// One candidate `sources.list` returned.
+interface ListedCandidate {
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly detail: string | null;
+  readonly pick: SourcePick;
+}
+
+// What `sources.interpret` read typed input as.
+type Interpretation =
+  | { readonly kind: 'browse'; readonly scope: string }
+  | SourcePick
+  | { readonly kind: 'none' };
+
+// One branch or tag `git.probe` returned.
+interface ProbedRef {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly kind: 'branch' | 'tag';
+  readonly sha: string;
+}
+
+// The repository the probe proved the daemon's host can read.
+interface ProbedRepo {
+  // What the user chose, shown as the source step's input on the way back
+  // to it.
+  readonly label: string;
+
+  // The URL the clone fetches, as the daemon resolved it.
+  readonly url: string;
+  readonly head: string | null;
+  readonly refs: readonly ProbedRef[];
+}
+
+// The commit the spawn checks out, and the branch or tag it came from.
+interface ChosenRef {
+  readonly ref: string | null;
+  readonly sha: string;
+}
+
+const FULL_SHA_PATTERN = /^(?:[\da-f]{40}|[\da-f]{64})$/u;
+const SHORT_SHA_PATTERN = /^[\da-f]{7,63}$/u;
+
+// A request the step waits on, and the number that tells its answer from a
+// cancelled one's.
+interface PendingRequest {
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly seq: number;
+  readonly kind: 'interpret' | 'probe' | 'spawn';
+}
+
+// What a git source step does once it opens: nothing, probe a URL a
+// reading of typed input already resolved, or list the scope a reading
+// asked for, once the step's target is known.
+type SourceStepAction =
+  | { readonly kind: 'none' }
+  | { readonly kind: 'probe'; readonly url: string }
+  | { readonly kind: 'browse'; readonly scope: string };
+
 /**
- * The modal flow behind n and r: agent, then directory, then name, then an
- * optional first prompt. Every path out of it either attaches the new
- * session or returns the client to the screen it came from. A spawn the
- * daemon refuses is no path out: the flow stays open and shows why.
+ * The modal flow behind n and r: agent, then source, then name, then an
+ * optional first prompt. The sources are the ones the daemon offers, in
+ * its order, and Tab cycles them; a daemon that offers none gets the local
+ * directory flow alone. A source of directories is followed by the
+ * execution target when the daemon has more than one. A source of git
+ * repositories opens the target first, then its candidates, the ref, and a
+ * confirm screen with the destination the checkout lands in, so every
+ * request about the repository is made for the target the spawn runs on.
+ * Typed input a source does not match against its candidates is read by
+ * the source, then by the others in order. Every path out of the flow
+ * either attaches the new session or returns the client to the screen it
+ * came from. A spawn the daemon refuses is no path out: the flow returns to
+ * the step that can fix the cause and shows why. Esc cancels a request in
+ * flight and drops its late answer.
  */
 export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
   private readonly deps: SpawnPickerDeps<TMirror>;
 
   private step: PickerStep = 'agent';
 
+  // The sources the daemon offers, or null when it offers none, and the
+  // one the flow is on; -1 is the local directory flow of a daemon that
+  // offers none.
+  private sources: readonly AnnouncedSource[] | null = null;
+
+  private sourceIndex = -1;
+
   private input = '';
 
   private selected = 0;
@@ -49,35 +145,122 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
   // edit or a fresh install lands without a client restart.
   private picks: AgentPick[] = [];
 
+  // The directories the directory step lists, and the label each shows.
   private dirs: string[] = [];
 
-  // The configured roots, read with the agents each time the menu opens.
+  private dirLabels: ReadonlyMap<string, string> = new Map();
+
+  // The configured roots and workspace settings, read with the agents each
+  // time the menu opens.
   private roots: readonly string[] = [];
 
+  private workspaces: WorkspacesConfig = {
+    githubOwner: null,
+    sources: null,
+    gitTransports: DEFAULT_GIT_TRANSPORTS,
+    root: null,
+    targetRoots: new Map(),
+  };
+
   private dir = '';
 
+  // The daemon's execution targets, read when the agent is chosen, and the
+  // one chosen; null spawns on the daemon's default target.
+  private targets: TargetPick[] = [];
+
+  private target: TargetPick | null = null;
+
+  // The git source's candidates and the scope they were listed under, or
+  // the notice that stands in for a list the daemon could not give, with
+  // the source and target they were listed for. A listing runs behind the
+  // step, so typing goes on.
+  private candidates: ListedCandidate[] = [];
+
+  private listedScope: string | null = null;
+
+  private listNotice: string | null = null;
+
+  private listedKey: string | null = null;
+
+  private listingSeq: number | null = null;
+
+  // The directory listing the flow waits on before it opens the directory
+  // step, or null when it waits on none.
+  private pathListingSeq: number | null = null;
+
+  // The source step's text while the flow is on another step, and what the
+  // step does as soon as it opens.
+  private sourceDraft = '';
+
+  private sourceAction: SourceStepAction = { kind: 'none' };
+
+  // The other URL form of a repository whose probe failed, offered as the
+  // source step's one item until the input changes.
+  private alternateURL: string | null = null;
+
+  private repo: ProbedRepo | null = null;
+
+  private ref: ChosenRef | null = null;
+
+  // The destination on the confirm screen, before any suffix a refused
+  // spawn adds, that suffix's number, and whether the user typed the
+  // destination rather than taking the default.
+  private destination = '';
+
+  private destinationAttempt = 1;
+
+  private destinationEdited = false;
+
+  // The repository the destination was built or typed for.
+  private destinationRepoURL: string | null = null;
+
   private name = '';
 
   private resume = false;
 
   private agent: AgentID = 'claude';
 
-  // The daemon's refusal of the last spawn, shown in place of the hint until
-  // the next key.
+  // Why the last action was refused, shown in place of the hint until the
+  // next key.
   private refusal: string | null = null;
 
+  private pending: PendingRequest | null = null;
+
+  private requestSeq = 0;
+
+  // The flow's generation. Opening the flow and every way out of it moves
+  // it on, and an answer that arrives for an earlier generation is dropped
+  // before it changes any state or draws anything.
+  private generation = 0;
+
   constructor(deps: SpawnPickerDeps<TMirror>) {
     this.deps = deps;
   }
 
   open(resume = false) {
+    this.generation += 1;
     this.resume = resume;
 
     const config = loadConfig();
 
     this.picks = collectAgentPicks(config);
     this.roots = config.dirs.roots;
+    this.workspaces = config.workspaces;
     this.input = '';
+    this.sources = null;
+    this.sourceIndex = -1;
+    this.target = null;
+    this.repo = null;
+    this.ref = null;
+    this.sourceDraft = '';
+    this.sourceAction = { kind: 'none' };
+    this.listedKey = null;
+    this.listingSeq = null;
+    this.pathListingSeq = null;
+    this.alternateURL = null;
+    this.destination = '';
+    this.destinationEdited = false;
+    this.destinationRepoURL = null;
 
     // A last-used agent that is no longer installed is not in the menu, so
     // the selection falls to the first one that is.
@@ -89,6 +272,7 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
     this.agent = this.picks[this.selected]?.agent ?? this.deps.getLastUsedAgent();
     this.step = 'agent';
     this.refusal = null;
+    this.pending = null;
 
     process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
     this.render();
@@ -99,9 +283,46 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
 
     const edit = planTextEdit(buf, this.input, {
       isLeaderKey: this.deps.isLeaderKey,
-      moves: this.step === 'agent' || this.step === 'dir',
+      moves:
+        this.step === 'agent' ||
+        this.step === 'dir' ||
+        this.step === 'source' ||
+        this.step === 'ref' ||
+        this.step === 'target',
     });
 
+    // A request in flight owns the step: Esc cancels it, the leader leaves,
+    // and every other key waits for the answer.
+    if (this.pending !== null) {
+      if (edit.kind === 'cancel') {
+        this.applyPendingCancel();
+      } else if (edit.kind === 'leader') {
+        this.quitFlow();
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const tab = buf.length === 1 && buf[0] === KEY.tab;
+
+    // A tab to a source of directories waits for its listing on the step it
+    // left. Any other key there acts on that step, so the flow stays on it
+    // and the listing no longer opens its step.
+    if (!tab && (this.step === 'dir' || this.step === 'source')) {
+      this.pathListingSeq = null;
+    }
+
+    // Tab moves a spawn to the next source the daemon offers. Adopt resumes
+    // a session in a directory that already holds one, so it stays on its
+    // directories.
+    if (tab) {
+      if (!this.resume && (this.step === 'dir' || this.step === 'source')) {
+        this.openNextSource();
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+
     switch (edit.kind) {
       case 'none': {
         return;
@@ -112,7 +333,7 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
         return;
       }
       case 'leader': {
-        this.deps.toBase();
+        this.quitFlow();
 
         return;
       }
@@ -131,9 +352,7 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
         return;
       }
       case 'input': {
-        this.input = edit.value;
-
-        this.render();
+        this.applyInput(edit.value);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -159,25 +378,25 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
         hint,
       });
     } else if (this.step === 'dir') {
-      const items = this.collectDirItems().map((d) => formatDir(d));
-
-      this.selected = Math.min(this.selected, Math.max(0, Math.min(items.length, 10) - 1));
-
-      drawPicker({
-        title: `${verb}: directory`,
-        items,
-        selected: this.selected,
-        input: this.input,
-        hint: 'type to filter, or a path (/ ~ .) · ↑↓ move · ⏎ select · esc cancel',
-      });
+      this.renderDirStep(verb);
+    } else if (this.step === 'source') {
+      this.renderSourceStep();
+    } else if (this.step === 'ref') {
+      this.renderRefStep();
+    } else if (this.step === 'target') {
+      this.renderTargetStep(verb);
+    } else if (this.step === 'confirm') {
+      this.renderConfirmStep();
     } else if (this.step === 'name') {
+      const where = this.isGitFlow() ? this.formatDestination() : formatDir(this.dir);
+
       drawPicker({
         title: `${verb}: name`,
         items: [],
         selected: -1,
         input: this.input,
         placeholder: formatDirName(this.dir),
-        hint: this.refusal ?? `session name for ${formatDir(this.dir)} · ⏎ accept · esc back`,
+        hint: this.refusal ?? `session name for ${where} · ⏎ accept · esc back`,
       });
     } else {
       drawPicker({
@@ -186,32 +405,262 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
         selected: -1,
         input: this.input,
         placeholder: 'optional — ⏎ to start interactive',
-        hint: this.refusal ?? 'first message for the session · ⏎ spawn · esc back',
+        hint:
+          this.pending?.label ??
+          this.refusal ??
+          'first message for the session · ⏎ spawn · esc back',
       });
     }
 
     this.deps.scheduleStatus();
   }
 
+  // Leaves the flow for the screen it came from, dropping every answer
+  // still on its way.
+  private quitFlow() {
+    this.stopFlow();
+    this.deps.toBase();
+  }
+
+  // Ends the flow's generation: no request it sent changes anything when
+  // its answer comes.
+  private stopFlow() {
+    this.generation += 1;
+    this.pending = null;
+    this.listingSeq = null;
+    this.pathListingSeq = null;
+  }
+
+  // Whether an answer belongs to a flow that has since ended.
+  private isStale(generation: number): boolean {
+    return generation !== this.generation;
+  }
+
+  private renderDirStep(verb: string) {
+    const items = this.collectDirItems().map((d) => this.dirLabels.get(d) ?? formatDir(d));
+
+    this.selected = Math.min(this.selected, Math.max(0, Math.min(items.length, 10) - 1));
+
+    drawPicker({
+      title: `${verb}: ${this.findSource()?.label ?? 'directory'}`,
+      items,
+      selected: this.selected,
+      input: this.input,
+      hint:
+        this.pending?.label ??
+        this.refusal ??
+        `type to filter, or a path (/ ~ .) · ↑↓ move · ⏎ select${this.formatTabHint()} · esc cancel`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  private renderTargetStep(verb: string) {
+    this.selected = Math.min(this.selected, this.targets.length - 1);
+
+    const git = this.isGitFlow();
+    const what = git ? 'the repository' : formatDir(this.dir);
+
+    drawPicker({
+      title: `${verb}: target`,
+      items: this.targets.map((t) => formatTargetPick(t)),
+      selected: this.selected,
+      input: '',
+      hint: this.refusal ?? `where ${what} runs · ↑↓ move · ⏎ select · esc back`,
+      dimmed: new Set(
+        this.targets.flatMap((t, i) =>
+          t.takesWorkspace || (!git && t.available && t.inPlace) ? [] : [i],
+        ),
+      ),
+    });
+  }
+
+  private renderSourceStep() {
+    const items = this.collectCandidateItems();
+
+    this.selected = Math.min(this.selected, Math.max(0, Math.min(items.length, 10) - 1));
+
+    const scope = this.listedScope === null ? '' : ` · ${this.listedScope}`;
+    const listing = this.listingSeq === null ? null : 'listing… · esc stops';
+
+    drawPicker({
+      title: `spawn: ${this.findSource()?.label ?? ''}${scope}`,
+      items: items.map((item) => item.label),
+      selected: items.length === 0 || items[0]?.notice === true ? -1 : this.selected,
+      input: this.input,
+      hint:
+        this.pending?.label ??
+        this.refusal ??
+        listing ??
+        `type to filter, or a git URL · ↑↓ move · ⏎ select${this.formatTabHint()} · esc back`,
+      dimmed: new Set(items.flatMap((item, i) => (item.notice === true ? [i] : []))),
+    });
+  }
+
+  private renderRefStep() {
+    const items = this.collectRefItems();
+
+    this.selected = Math.min(this.selected, Math.max(0, Math.min(items.length, 10) - 1));
+
+    drawPicker({
+      title: `spawn: ref · ${this.repo?.label ?? ''}`,
+      items: items.map((item) => formatRef(item, this.repo?.head ?? null)),
+      selected: items.length === 0 ? -1 : this.selected,
+      input: this.input,
+      hint:
+        this.pending?.label ??
+        this.refusal ??
+        'branch, tag, or full commit id · ↑↓ move · ⏎ select · esc back',
+    });
+  }
+
+  private renderConfirmStep() {
+    const ref = this.ref;
+    const target = this.findEffectiveTarget();
+    let refRow = '';
+
+    if (ref !== null) {
+      refRow = ref.ref === null ? `commit ${ref.sha}` : `${ref.ref} → ${ref.sha.slice(0, 12)}`;
+    }
+
+    drawPicker({
+      title: 'spawn: confirm',
+      items: [
+        `source  ${this.repo?.url ?? ''}`,
+        `ref     ${refRow}`,
+        `target  ${target === null ? 'default' : `${target.id} (${target.provider})`}`,
+        `dest    ${this.formatDestination()}`,
+        `agent   ${this.agent}`,
+      ],
+      selected: -1,
+      input: this.input,
+      placeholder: 'destination on the target',
+      hint: this.refusal ?? 'destination on the target · ⏎ continue · esc back',
+    });
+  }
+
+  // The source the flow is on, or null on the local directory flow.
+  private findSource(): AnnouncedSource | null {
+    return this.sources?.[this.sourceIndex] ?? null;
+  }
+
+  // Whether the flow is choosing a git repository rather than a directory.
+  private isGitFlow(): boolean {
+    return this.findSource()?.kind === 'git';
+  }
+
+  // The hint that Tab moves to the next source, when there is one to move
+  // to.
+  private formatTabHint(): string {
+    const sources = this.sources ?? [];
+
+    if (this.resume || sources.length < 2) {
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    const next = sources[(this.sourceIndex + 1) % sources.length];
+
+    return next === undefined ? '' : ` · tab ${next.label}`;
+  }
+
+  private applyInput(value: string) {
+    // The target step takes no text: its list is short and fixed.
+    if (this.step === 'target') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.input = value;
+
+    if (this.step === 'source') {
+      this.alternateURL = null;
+    }
+
+    // A pasted URL in the directory step is a repository, not a path, so
+    // the flow moves to the first source of repositories with it.
+    if (this.step === 'dir' && !this.resume && isGitURL(value) && !value.startsWith('/')) {
+      const index = this.sources?.findIndex((source) => source.kind === 'git') ?? -1;
+
+      if (index !== -1) {
+        this.openGitSource(index, value, { kind: 'none' });
+
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // Stops waiting on the request in flight. Its answer, when it comes, is
+  // dropped. A spawn goes on on the daemon, which lists the session once
+  // it starts, so the flow leaves rather than offer to spawn it again.
+  private applyPendingCancel() {
+    const cancelled = this.pending;
+
+    this.pending = null;
+
+    if (cancelled?.kind === 'spawn') {
+      this.quitFlow();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.refusal = 'cancelled · esc back';
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
   private applyCancel() {
+    // Esc leaves whatever step the flow is on, so a directory listing it
+    // was waiting on no longer opens its step.
+    this.pathListingSeq = null;
+
     if (this.step === 'agent') {
-      this.deps.toBase();
+      this.quitFlow();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Esc first stops a listing in flight, keeping the step.
+    if (this.step === 'source' && this.listingSeq !== null) {
+      this.listingSeq = null;
+      this.listedKey = null;
+      this.listNotice = 'listing stopped — type to enter one';
+
+      this.render();
 
       return;
     }
 
+    const typed = this.input;
+
     this.input = '';
 
     if (this.step === 'dir') {
-      this.selected = Math.max(
-        0,
-        this.picks.findIndex((p) => p.agent === this.agent),
-      );
+      this.openAgentStep();
+    } else if (this.step === 'source') {
+      this.sourceDraft = typed;
+
+      this.applySourceCancel();
+    } else if (this.step === 'ref') {
+      this.input = this.repo?.label ?? '';
+      this.repo = null;
+      this.step = 'source';
+    } else if (this.step === 'target') {
+      this.applyTargetCancel();
 
-      this.step = 'agent';
+      return;
+    } else if (this.step === 'confirm') {
+      this.openRefStep();
     } else if (this.step === 'name') {
-      this.step = 'dir';
+      if (this.isGitFlow()) {
+        this.input = this.buildDestination();
+        this.step = 'confirm';
+      } else {
+        this.openTargetStep(() => {
+          this.step = 'dir';
+        });
+      }
     } else {
+      this.input = this.name;
       this.step = 'name';
     }
 
@@ -219,6 +668,54 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
     this.render();
   }
 
+  private openAgentStep() {
+    this.selected = Math.max(
+      0,
+      this.picks.findIndex((p) => p.agent === this.agent),
+    );
+
+    this.step = 'agent';
+  }
+
+  // Leaves a git source step backwards: to the target step when the daemon
+  // has more than one target, else to the agent.
+  private applySourceCancel() {
+    if (this.targets.length >= 2) {
+      this.openTargetStep(() => {});
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.openAgentStep();
+  }
+
+  // Leaves the target step backwards: a directory goes back to its step,
+  // and a repository to the first source of directories, else the agent.
+  private applyTargetCancel() {
+    this.sourceAction = { kind: 'none' };
+
+    if (!this.isGitFlow()) {
+      this.step = 'dir';
+
+      process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+      this.render();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const index = this.sources?.findIndex((source) => source.kind === 'path') ?? -1;
+
+    if (index === -1) {
+      this.openAgentStep();
+      process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+      this.render();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void this.openPathSource(index, null);
+  }
+
   private applySubmit() {
     if (this.step === 'agent') {
       const pick = this.picks[this.selected];
@@ -230,22 +727,43 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
       }
 
       this.agent = pick.agent;
-      void this.openDirStep();
+      void this.openFirstSource();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.step === 'source') {
+      void this.applySourceSubmit();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.step === 'ref') {
+      void this.applyRefSubmit();
 
       return;
     }
 
     if (this.step === 'dir') {
-      const chosen =
-        this.collectDirItems()[this.selected] ??
-        resolvePathInput(this.input.trim(), process.cwd(), homedir());
+      void this.applyDirSubmit();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.step === 'target') {
+      this.applyTargetSubmit();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.step === 'confirm') {
+      if (!this.applyDestination(this.input.trim())) {
+        this.render();
 
-      if (chosen === null) {
         return;
       }
 
-      this.dir = chosen;
-      this.input = '';
+      this.input = this.name;
       this.step = 'name';
     } else if (this.step === 'name') {
       this.name = this.input.trim();
@@ -270,6 +788,74 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
     this.render();
   }
 
+  // Takes the directory step's choice: a listed or completed directory, a
+  // typed path, or else what the sources read the text as.
+  private async applyDirSubmit() {
+    const typed = this.input.trim();
+
+    const chosen =
+      this.collectDirItems()[this.selected] ?? resolvePathInput(typed, process.cwd(), homedir());
+
+    if (chosen !== null) {
+      this.applyDir(chosen);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (typed !== '' && this.sources !== null) {
+      await this.readTypedInput(typed, true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private applyDir(dir: string) {
+    this.dir = dir;
+    this.input = '';
+
+    this.openTargetStep(() => {
+      this.step = 'name';
+    });
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  private applyTargetSubmit() {
+    const pick = this.targets[this.selected];
+
+    if (pick === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const refusal = findTargetRefusal(pick, this.isGitFlow());
+
+    if (refusal !== null) {
+      this.refusal = refusal;
+
+      this.render();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // A default destination belongs to the target it was built for.
+    if (pick.id !== this.target?.id && !this.destinationEdited) {
+      this.destination = '';
+    }
+
+    this.target = pick;
+    this.input = '';
+
+    if (this.isGitFlow()) {
+      this.openSourceStep();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.step = 'name';
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
   /**
    * A typed path completes against the filesystem, like a shell; anything
    * else fuzzy-filters the merged list.
@@ -280,64 +866,489 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
       : collectPathCompletions(this.input, process.cwd(), homedir());
   }
 
-  private async openDirStep() {
-    let recent: string[] = [];
+  // The git source step's rows: the other URL form after a failed probe,
+  // the notice in place of a list the daemon could not give, or the listed
+  // candidates the input matches.
+  private collectCandidateItems(): {
+    label: string;
+    notice?: boolean;
+    candidate?: ListedCandidate;
+    url?: string;
+  }[] {
+    if (this.alternateURL !== null) {
+      return [{ label: `try ${this.alternateURL} instead`, url: this.alternateURL }];
+    }
 
-    try {
-      const answer = await this.deps.sendRequest('dirs.list');
+    if (this.listNotice !== null) {
+      return [{ label: this.listNotice, notice: true }];
+    }
 
-      const dirs = answer['dirs'];
+    const filter = isGitURL(this.input) ? '' : this.input.trim();
 
-      if (Array.isArray(dirs)) {
-        recent = dirs.filter((d): d is string => typeof d === 'string');
+    const byLabel = new Map(this.candidates.map((candidate) => [candidate.label, candidate]));
+
+    return pickMatches([...byLabel.keys()], filter).flatMap((label) => {
+      const candidate = byLabel.get(label);
+
+      if (candidate === undefined) {
+        return [];
       }
-    } catch {}
 
-    this.dirs = collectDirs({
-      cwd: process.cwd(),
-      recent,
-      roots: this.roots,
-      zoxide: await collectZoxideDirs(),
+      return [
+        {
+          label: candidate.detail === null ? label : `${label}  ${candidate.detail}`,
+          candidate,
+        },
+      ];
     });
+  }
 
-    this.input = '';
-    this.selected = 0;
-    this.step = 'dir';
+  // The ref step's rows: the default branch first, then every branch and
+  // tag in the order the upstream lists them, filtered by name.
+  private collectRefItems(): ProbedRef[] {
+    const refs = this.repo?.refs ?? [];
+    const head = this.repo?.head ?? null;
 
-    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
-    this.render();
+    const ordered = [
+      ...refs.filter((ref) => ref.kind === 'branch' && ref.name === head),
+      ...refs.filter((ref) => !(ref.kind === 'branch' && ref.name === head)),
+    ];
+
+    const names = pickMatches([...new Set(ordered.map((ref) => ref.name))], this.input.trim());
+
+    return names.flatMap((name) => ordered.filter((ref) => ref.name === name));
   }
 
-  private async spawn(prompt: string) {
-    try {
-      const ok = await this.deps.sendRequest('session.spawn', {
-        cwd: this.dir,
-        name: this.name,
-        prompt,
-        cols: cols(),
-        rows: this.deps.ptyRows(),
-        ...(this.resume ? { resume: true } : {}),
-        agent: this.agent,
-      });
+  // Opens the source after the current one, wrapping round.
+  private openNextSource() {
+    const sources = this.sources ?? [];
 
-      const spawned = this.deps.toMirrorSession(ok['session']);
+    if (sources.length < 2) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-      if (spawned !== null) {
-        this.deps.upsertMirror(spawned);
+    this.openSource((this.sourceIndex + 1) % sources.length);
+  }
 
-        await this.deps.attach(spawned.id);
+  private openSource(index: number) {
+    const source = this.sources?.[index];
 
-        return;
+    if (source?.kind === 'path') {
+      void this.openPathSource(index, null);
+    } else if (source?.kind === 'git') {
+      this.openGitSource(index, '', { kind: 'none' });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Lists a source of directories and opens the directory step on it, with
+  // the client's own directory first. The flow stays where it is until the
+  // listing answers, and an answer that comes after the flow moved on is
+  // dropped.
+  private async openPathSource(index: number, scope: string | null) {
+    const source = this.sources?.[index];
+    const generation = this.generation;
+
+    this.requestSeq += 1;
+
+    const seq = this.requestSeq;
+
+    this.pathListingSeq = seq;
+
+    let candidates: ListedCandidate[] = [];
+
+    if (source !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        const answer = await this.deps.sendRequest('sources.list', {
+          source: source.id,
+          ...(scope === null ? {} : { scope }),
+        });
+
+        candidates = parseCandidates(answer['candidates']);
+      } catch {}
+    }
+
+    if (this.isStale(generation) || this.pathListingSeq !== seq) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.pathListingSeq = null;
+
+    const listed = candidates.flatMap((candidate) =>
+      candidate.pick.kind === 'path' ? [[candidate.pick.dir, candidate.label] as const] : [],
+    );
+
+    this.sourceIndex = index;
+
+    // A git listing dropped here never fills its candidates, so its source
+    // step lists again when it reopens.
+    if (this.listingSeq !== null) {
+      this.listingSeq = null;
+      this.listedKey = null;
+    }
+
+    this.dirLabels = new Map(listed);
+
+    this.dirs = [...new Set([process.cwd(), ...listed.map(([dir]) => dir)])];
+    this.input = '';
+    this.selected = 0;
+    this.step = 'dir';
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // Moves the flow to a source of git repositories, carrying the typed text
+  // across: the target step first when the daemon has more than one target
+  // and the flow had no repository target yet, then the source step, which
+  // acts as asked once it opens.
+  private openGitSource(index: number, draft: string, action: SourceStepAction) {
+    const fromGit = this.isGitFlow();
+
+    this.pathListingSeq = null;
+    this.sourceIndex = index;
+    this.sourceDraft = draft;
+    this.sourceAction = action;
+
+    if (fromGit) {
+      this.openSourceStep();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.targets.length >= 2) {
+      this.openTargetStep(() => {});
+      process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+      this.render();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.target = this.targets[0] ?? null;
+
+    this.openSourceStep();
+  }
+
+  // Opens the git source step with its draft, listing the source again
+  // when the source or the target changed since the last listing.
+  private openSourceStep() {
+    this.step = 'source';
+    this.input = this.sourceDraft;
+    this.selected = 0;
+    this.alternateURL = null;
+
+    const action = this.sourceAction;
+
+    this.sourceAction = { kind: 'none' };
+
+    const key = `${this.findSource()?.id ?? ''}\n${this.target?.id ?? ''}`;
+    const stale = this.listedKey !== key;
+
+    if (stale) {
+      this.listedKey = key;
+      this.candidates = [];
+      this.listedScope = null;
+      this.listNotice = null;
+    }
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+
+    // A scope a reading asked for is listed in place of the source's own
+    // default, for the target the step now has.
+    if (action.kind === 'browse') {
+      void this.loadCandidates(action.scope);
+    } else if (stale) {
+      void this.loadCandidates(null);
+    }
+
+    if (action.kind === 'probe') {
+      void this.checkRepoAccess(this.sourceDraft, action.url);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // The target every source request is made for: the chosen one, or none
+  // for the daemon's default when there is no choice to make.
+  private buildTargetParam(): Readonly<Record<string, string>> {
+    return this.target === null ? {} : { target: this.target.id };
+  }
+
+  // Lists the git source's candidates behind the step, under a scope or
+  // the source's own default. A daemon that cannot list them leaves a
+  // notice row. Typing goes on meanwhile, and Esc stops the listing.
+  private async loadCandidates(scope: string | null) {
+    const source = this.findSource();
+    const generation = this.generation;
+
+    if (source === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.requestSeq += 1;
+
+    const seq = this.requestSeq;
+
+    this.listingSeq = seq;
+
+    this.render();
+
+    let answer: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> | null = null;
+    let failure: unknown = null;
+
+    try {
+      const params = {
+        source: source.id,
+        ...(scope === null ? {} : { scope }),
+        ...this.buildTargetParam(),
+      };
+
+      answer = await this.deps.sendRequest('sources.list', params);
+    } catch (error) {
+      failure = error;
+    }
+
+    if (this.isStale(generation) || this.listingSeq !== seq) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // An answer for a source the flow has left fills nothing, so that
+    // source lists again when its step reopens.
+    if (this.findSource()?.id !== source.id) {
+      this.listingSeq = null;
+      this.listedKey = null;
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.listingSeq = null;
+
+    if (answer === null) {
+      this.candidates = [];
+      this.listedScope = scope;
+      this.listNotice = `${formatListFailure(failure)} — type to enter one`;
+    } else {
+      this.candidates = parseCandidates(answer['candidates']);
+      this.listedScope = typeof answer['scope'] === 'string' ? answer['scope'] : scope;
+
+      this.listNotice =
+        this.candidates.length === 0 && this.listedScope !== null
+          ? `nothing listed for ${this.listedScope}`
+          : null;
+    }
+
+    // The list answers behind the flow, so only the source step's own
+    // selection starts over.
+    if (this.step === 'source') {
+      this.selected = 0;
+
+      process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+      this.render();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Takes the git source step's choice: the other URL form on offer, a
+  // typed git URL, what the source reads typed text as, the selected
+  // candidate, or else what another source reads the text as.
+  private async applySourceSubmit() {
+    const typed = this.input.trim();
+    const item = this.collectCandidateItems()[this.selected];
+
+    if (item?.url !== undefined) {
+      await this.checkRepoAccess(item.url, item.url);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (isGitURL(typed)) {
+      await this.checkRepoAccess(typed, typed);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (typed !== '') {
+      const reading = await this.sendInterpret(this.sourceIndex, typed);
+
+      if (reading === null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (canTakeReading('git', reading)) {
+        this.applyReading(this.sourceIndex, reading, typed);
+
+        return;
       }
+    }
+
+    const candidate = item?.candidate;
+
+    if (candidate?.pick.kind === 'git') {
+      await this.checkRepoAccess(candidate.label, candidate.pick.url);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (typed !== '') {
+      await this.readTypedInput(typed, false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Asks the sources in order what typed text is, the flow's own first when
+  // asked, and moves the flow to the first that reads it as something its
+  // kind takes. Text none reads is refused with the reason.
+  private async readTypedInput(typed: string, withOwn: boolean) {
+    const order = (this.sources ?? []).flatMap((_, index) =>
+      index === this.sourceIndex ? [] : [index],
+    );
+
+    for (const index of withOwn ? [this.sourceIndex, ...order] : order) {
+      const reading = await this.sendInterpret(index, typed);
+
+      if (reading === null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (canTakeReading(this.sources?.[index]?.kind, reading)) {
+        this.applyReading(index, reading, typed);
+
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.refusal = `no source reads ${typed} · esc back`;
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // Asks one source what typed text is. Null when Esc cancelled the
+  // request; a refused request reads as nothing.
+  private async sendInterpret(index: number, typed: string): Promise<Interpretation | null> {
+    const source = this.sources?.[index];
+
+    if (source === undefined) {
+      return { kind: 'none' };
+    }
+
+    const answered = await this.sendPending('interpret', `reading ${typed}…`, 'sources.interpret', {
+      source: source.id,
+      input: typed,
+      ...(source.kind === 'git' ? this.buildTargetParam() : {}),
+    });
+
+    if (answered === null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return answered.ok ? parseInterpretation(answered.answer) : { kind: 'none' };
+  }
+
+  // Moves the flow to what a source read typed text as: its scope listed,
+  // the directory chosen, or the repository probed.
+  private applyReading(index: number, reading: Interpretation, typed: string) {
+    if (reading.kind === 'none') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (reading.kind === 'path') {
+      this.sourceIndex = index;
+
+      this.applyDir(reading.dir);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const scope = reading.kind === 'browse' ? reading.scope : null;
+
+    if (this.sources?.[index]?.kind === 'path') {
+      void this.openPathSource(index, scope);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // The step lists the scope or probes the repository once it opens,
+    // after any target step, so the request is made for the spawn's target.
+    if (index !== this.sourceIndex || this.step !== 'source') {
+      const action: SourceStepAction =
+        reading.kind === 'git'
+          ? { kind: 'probe', url: reading.url }
+          : { kind: 'browse', scope: reading.scope };
+
+      const draft = reading.kind === 'git' ? typed : '';
+
+      this.openGitSource(index, draft, action);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (reading.kind === 'browse') {
+      this.input = '';
+      void this.loadCandidates(reading.scope);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void this.checkRepoAccess(typed, reading.url);
+  }
+
+  // Sends a request the step waits on, and answers with its result, or
+  // null when Esc cancelled it before the answer came.
+  private async sendPending(
+    kind: PendingRequest['kind'],
+    label: string,
+    m: string,
+    p: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>,
+  ): Promise<
+    | { readonly ok: true; readonly answer: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> }
+    | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: unknown }
+    | null
+  > {
+    this.requestSeq += 1;
+
+    const seq = this.requestSeq;
+    const generation = this.generation;
+    const esc = kind === 'spawn' ? 'esc stops waiting; the session still lists' : 'esc cancels';
+
+    this.pending = { label: `${label} · ${esc}`, seq, kind };
+
+    this.render();
+
+    let result:
+      | { readonly ok: true; readonly answer: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> }
+      | { readonly ok: false; readonly error: unknown };
+
+    try {
+      result = { ok: true, answer: await this.deps.sendRequest(m, p) };
     } catch (error) {
-      // A refused spawn keeps the picker on the step that sent it, with the
-      // entered text back in the input, so the user can fix the cause and
-      // retry or back out.
-      const reason =
-        error instanceof DaemonError ? `${error.code}: ${error.message}` : String(error);
+      result = { ok: false, error };
+    }
 
-      this.refusal = `${reason} · ⏎ retry · esc back`;
-      this.input = this.resume ? this.name : prompt;
+    if (this.isStale(generation) || this.pending?.seq !== seq) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    this.pending = null;
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Checks that the daemon's host can read the repository at this URL for
+  // the spawn's target, and opens the ref step with its refs. A failure
+  // stays on the source step with git's error and offers the other URL
+  // form the daemon returns, when there is one.
+  private async checkRepoAccess(label: string, url: string) {
+    const probed = await this.sendPending('probe', `checking access to ${url}…`, 'git.probe', {
+      url,
+      ...this.buildTargetParam(),
+    });
+
+    if (probed === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!probed.ok) {
+      this.alternateURL = findAlternateURL(probed.error);
+      this.selected = 0;
+      this.refusal = `${formatError(probed.error)} · esc back`;
+      this.input = label;
 
       process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
       this.render();
@@ -345,6 +1356,594 @@ export class SpawnPicker<TMirror extends { readonly id: string }> {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.deps.toBase();
+    const repo = buildProbedRepo(label, url, probed.answer);
+
+    // A destination typed for one repository is not meant for another.
+    if (repo.url !== this.destinationRepoURL) {
+      this.destinationEdited = false;
+      this.destination = '';
+    }
+
+    this.repo = repo;
+    this.ref = null;
+
+    this.openRefStep();
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // Reads the repository's refs again after the commit the spawn pinned
+  // left the upstream, and opens the ref step on them with the refusal.
+  private async refreshRefs(reason: string) {
+    const repo = this.repo;
+
+    if (repo === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.openRefStep();
+
+    const probed = await this.sendPending('probe', `re-reading refs of ${repo.url}…`, 'git.probe', {
+      url: repo.url,
+      ...this.buildTargetParam(),
+    });
+
+    if (probed === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (probed.ok) {
+      this.repo = buildProbedRepo(repo.label, repo.url, probed.answer);
+      this.refusal = `refs re-read · ${reason} · esc back`;
+    } else {
+      this.refusal = `${reason} · ${formatError(probed.error)} · esc back`;
+    }
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  private openRefStep() {
+    this.step = 'ref';
+    this.input = this.ref === null ? '' : (this.ref.ref ?? this.ref.sha);
+    this.selected = 0;
   }
+
+  private async applyRefSubmit() {
+    const typed = this.input.trim();
+    const named = this.repo?.refs.find((ref) => ref.name === typed);
+    const item = this.collectRefItems()[this.selected];
+
+    if (named !== undefined) {
+      this.applyRef({ ref: named.name, sha: named.sha });
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (FULL_SHA_PATTERN.test(typed)) {
+      this.applyRef({ ref: null, sha: typed });
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // An abbreviated commit id could name another commit by the time the
+    // clone runs, so only a full one pins the checkout.
+    if (SHORT_SHA_PATTERN.test(typed)) {
+      this.refusal = 'full commit id required · esc back';
+
+      this.render();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (item !== undefined) {
+      this.applyRef({ ref: item.name, sha: item.sha });
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (typed === '' || this.repo === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // A ref the listing leaves out, such as `refs/tags/v1`, is resolved by
+    // the daemon the way the spawn would resolve it.
+    const probed = await this.sendPending('probe', `resolving ${typed}…`, 'git.probe', {
+      url: this.repo.url,
+      ref: typed,
+      ...this.buildTargetParam(),
+    });
+
+    if (probed === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const resolved =
+      probed.ok && isRecord(probed.answer['resolved']) ? probed.answer['resolved'] : {};
+
+    if (typeof resolved['sha'] === 'string') {
+      this.applyRef({ ref: typed, sha: resolved['sha'] });
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.refusal = probed.ok
+      ? `the daemon resolved no commit for ${typed} · esc back`
+      : `${formatError(probed.error)} · esc back`;
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  private applyRef(ref: ChosenRef) {
+    // A default destination belongs to the commit it was built for.
+    if (!this.destinationEdited) {
+      this.destination = '';
+    }
+
+    this.ref = ref;
+    this.input = '';
+
+    this.openConfirmStep();
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // Opens the confirm screen with the destination the user last accepted,
+  // else the default under the target's workspace root. A root the target
+  // cannot take leaves the destination empty with the reason.
+  private openConfirmStep() {
+    this.step = 'confirm';
+    this.destinationAttempt = 1;
+
+    if (this.destination === '' && this.repo !== null && this.ref !== null) {
+      const target = this.findEffectiveTarget();
+
+      const root = resolveWorkspaceRoot(this.workspaces, {
+        id: target?.id ?? 'local',
+        inPlace: target?.inPlace ?? true,
+      });
+
+      if (root.ok) {
+        this.destinationRepoURL = this.repo.url;
+
+        this.destination = buildWorkspaceDestination({
+          root: root.root,
+          url: this.repo.url,
+          ref: this.ref.ref,
+          sha: this.ref.sha,
+        });
+      } else {
+        this.refusal = root.message;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.input = this.buildDestination();
+  }
+
+  // Takes the confirm screen's destination: absolute on its target, with a
+  // leading `~` expanded only on the daemon's own machine. False, with the
+  // reason shown, when the target cannot take it.
+  private applyDestination(typed: string): boolean {
+    const inPlace = this.findEffectiveTarget()?.inPlace ?? true;
+
+    const dir =
+      inPlace && (typed === '~' || typed.startsWith('~/'))
+        ? `${resolveHomeDir()}${typed.slice(1)}`
+        : typed;
+
+    if (!dir.startsWith('/')) {
+      this.refusal = inPlace
+        ? 'the destination must be an absolute path'
+        : 'the destination must be an absolute path on the target; ~ is not expanded there';
+
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (dir !== this.buildDestination()) {
+      this.destination = dir;
+      this.destinationAttempt = 1;
+      this.destinationEdited = true;
+    }
+
+    this.destinationRepoURL = this.repo?.url ?? null;
+    this.dir = this.buildDestination();
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // The destination with the suffix a refused spawn added.
+  private buildDestination(): string {
+    return this.destinationAttempt === 1
+      ? this.destination
+      : `${this.destination}-${this.destinationAttempt}`;
+  }
+
+  private formatDestination(): string {
+    return `${this.findEffectiveTarget()?.id ?? 'local'}:${this.buildDestination()}`;
+  }
+
+  // The target the spawn runs on: the chosen one, else the daemon's
+  // default, else null when the daemon lists no targets.
+  private findEffectiveTarget(): TargetPick | null {
+    return this.target ?? this.targets.find((t) => t.isDefault) ?? null;
+  }
+
+  // Opens the target step when the daemon has more than one target, and
+  // the fallback step otherwise. The chosen target is selected, else for a
+  // repository the default when it takes a workspace and the first target
+  // that does when it does not, else the default.
+  private openTargetStep(fallback: () => void) {
+    if (this.targets.length < 2) {
+      // The one target is the spawn's, default or not, so the spawn names it
+      // and its provider decides whether a directory runs in place.
+      this.target = this.targets[0] ?? null;
+
+      fallback();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const preferred =
+      this.target ??
+      (this.isGitFlow()
+        ? (this.targets.find((t) => t.isDefault && t.takesWorkspace) ??
+          this.targets.find((t) => t.takesWorkspace))
+        : undefined) ??
+      this.targets.find((t) => t.isDefault);
+
+    this.selected = Math.max(
+      0,
+      this.targets.findIndex((t) => t.id === preferred?.id),
+    );
+
+    this.input = '';
+    this.step = 'target';
+  }
+
+  // Reads the daemon's targets and sources once the agent is chosen, and
+  // opens the first source: the first of directories for an adopt, and the
+  // local directory flow for a daemon that offers no sources.
+  private async openFirstSource() {
+    const generation = this.generation;
+    let listed: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> = {};
+
+    try {
+      listed = await this.deps.sendRequest('agents.list');
+    } catch {}
+
+    if (this.isStale(generation)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const picks = collectTargetPicks(listed);
+
+    // An adopt resumes a session from its history on this host, which a
+    // fresh checkout elsewhere does not hold, so it is offered only the
+    // targets that run here.
+    this.targets = this.resume ? picks.filter((t) => t.available && t.inPlace) : picks;
+
+    const announced = parseAnnouncedSources(listed['sources']);
+    const index = this.resume ? announced.findIndex((source) => source.kind === 'path') : 0;
+
+    if (announced.length > 0 && index !== -1) {
+      this.sources = announced;
+
+      this.openSource(index);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.sources = null;
+
+    await this.openLocalDirs(generation);
+  }
+
+  // The local directory flow of a daemon that offers no sources: the
+  // client's own directory, the daemon's spawn history, the configured
+  // roots, and zoxide's list on this host.
+  private async openLocalDirs(generation: number) {
+    let recent: string[] = [];
+
+    try {
+      const answer = await this.deps.sendRequest('dirs.list');
+
+      const dirs = answer['dirs'];
+
+      if (Array.isArray(dirs)) {
+        recent = dirs.filter((d): d is string => typeof d === 'string');
+      }
+    } catch {}
+
+    const zoxide = await collectZoxideDirs();
+
+    if (this.isStale(generation)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.dirs = collectDirs({ cwd: process.cwd(), recent, roots: this.roots, zoxide });
+
+    this.dirLabels = new Map();
+
+    this.sourceIndex = -1;
+    this.input = '';
+    this.selected = 0;
+    this.step = 'dir';
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  private async spawn(prompt: string) {
+    const params = {
+      cwd: this.dir,
+      name: this.name,
+      prompt,
+      cols: cols(),
+      rows: this.deps.ptyRows(),
+      ...(this.resume ? { resume: true } : {}),
+      agent: this.agent,
+      ...this.buildSourceParams(),
+    };
+
+    const label = this.isGitFlow() ? 'materializing the workspace…' : 'spawning…';
+
+    const spawned = await this.sendPending('spawn', label, 'session.spawn', params);
+
+    if (spawned === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!spawned.ok) {
+      this.applySpawnRefusal(spawned.error, prompt);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const session = this.deps.toMirrorSession(spawned.answer['session']);
+
+    if (session === null) {
+      this.quitFlow();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.stopFlow();
+    this.deps.upsertMirror(session);
+
+    await this.deps.attach(session.id);
+  }
+
+  // A refused git workspace spawn returns to the step that can fix it. Any
+  // other refusal keeps the picker on the step that sent it, with the
+  // entered text back in the input, so the user can fix the cause and retry
+  // or back out.
+  private applySpawnRefusal(error: unknown, prompt: string) {
+    const reason = formatError(error);
+    const code = error instanceof DaemonError ? error.code : 'internal';
+    const step = this.isGitFlow() ? pickRefusalStep(code) : null;
+
+    if (step === 'ref') {
+      void this.refreshRefs(reason);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (step === 'destination') {
+      this.destinationAttempt += 1;
+      this.step = 'confirm';
+      this.input = this.buildDestination();
+      this.refusal = `${reason} · ⏎ use ${this.buildDestination()} · esc back`;
+    } else if (step === 'source') {
+      this.input = this.repo?.label ?? '';
+      this.repo = null;
+      this.step = 'source';
+      this.refusal = `${reason} · esc back`;
+    } else if (step === 'confirm') {
+      const phase =
+        error instanceof DaemonError && typeof error.data?.['phase'] === 'string'
+          ? ` while ${error.data['phase']}`
+          : '';
+
+      this.step = 'confirm';
+      this.input = this.buildDestination();
+      this.refusal = `${reason}${phase} · esc back`;
+    } else {
+      this.refusal = `${reason} · ⏎ retry · esc back`;
+      this.input = this.resume ? this.name : prompt;
+    }
+
+    process.stdout.write(ansi.clear);
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  // What the spawn sends for its source. A git repository goes as a git
+  // workspace at the commit the confirm screen showed, with the ref it was
+  // chosen by. A chosen target goes with the spawn; a local directory runs
+  // in place when the spawn's target is on the daemon's own machine, and is
+  // materialized at the same path from its pushed HEAD on any other.
+  private buildSourceParams(): Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> {
+    const target = this.buildTargetParam();
+
+    if (this.isGitFlow() && this.repo !== null && this.ref !== null) {
+      return {
+        ...target,
+        workspace: {
+          kind: 'git',
+          url: this.repo.url,
+          ...(this.ref.ref === null ? {} : { ref: this.ref.ref }),
+          sha: this.ref.sha,
+        },
+      };
+    }
+
+    const effective = this.findEffectiveTarget();
+
+    if (effective === null || effective.inPlace) {
+      return target;
+    }
+
+    return { ...target, workspace: { kind: 'path', path: this.dir } };
+  }
+}
+
+function formatTargetPick(pick: TargetPick): string {
+  const notes = [
+    pick.provider,
+    ...(pick.isDefault ? ['default'] : []),
+    ...(pick.available ? [] : ['unavailable']),
+    ...(pick.available && !pick.takesWorkspace ? ['no workspace'] : []),
+  ];
+
+  return `${pick.id}  ${notes.join(' · ')}`;
+}
+
+// Why a source cannot run on a target, or null when it can. A git
+// repository needs a target that takes a workspace; a local directory also
+// runs in place on the daemon's own machine.
+function findTargetRefusal(pick: TargetPick, git: boolean): string | null {
+  if (!pick.available) {
+    return `target '${pick.id}' is unavailable on this daemon · esc back`;
+  }
+
+  if (!pick.takesWorkspace && (git || !pick.inPlace)) {
+    return `target '${pick.id}' cannot take a workspace · esc back`;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+// Whether a source of a kind can act on a reading: a scope it lists, or a
+// pick of its own kind.
+function canTakeReading(
+  kind: AnnouncedSource['kind'] | undefined,
+  reading: Interpretation,
+): boolean {
+  return reading.kind === 'browse' || (reading.kind !== 'none' && reading.kind === kind);
+}
+
+function formatRef(ref: ProbedRef, head: string | null): string {
+  const notes = [
+    ...(ref.kind === 'tag' ? ['tag'] : []),
+    ...(ref.kind === 'branch' && ref.name === head ? ['default'] : []),
+    ref.sha.slice(0, 7),
+  ];
+
+  return `${ref.name}  ${notes.join(' · ')}`;
+}
+
+function formatError(error: unknown): string {
+  return error instanceof DaemonError ? `${error.code}: ${error.message}` : String(error);
+}
+
+// Why the daemon gave no list, in the words the notice row uses.
+function formatListFailure(error: unknown): string {
+  if (!(error instanceof DaemonError)) {
+    return String(error);
+  }
+
+  if (error.code === 'unknown_method') {
+    return 'this daemon cannot list sources';
+  }
+
+  return error.message;
+}
+
+// The other URL form a refused probe holds, or null when it holds none.
+function findAlternateURL(error: unknown): string | null {
+  const alternates = error instanceof DaemonError ? error.data?.['alternates'] : undefined;
+  const first: unknown = Array.isArray(alternates) ? alternates[0] : undefined;
+
+  return typeof first === 'string' ? first : null;
+}
+
+function buildProbedRepo(
+  label: string,
+  url: string,
+  answer: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>,
+): ProbedRepo {
+  return {
+    label,
+    url: typeof answer['url'] === 'string' ? answer['url'] : url,
+    head: typeof answer['head'] === 'string' ? answer['head'] : null,
+    refs: parseProbedRefs(answer['refs']),
+  };
+}
+
+function parseAnnouncedSources(raw: unknown): AnnouncedSource[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(raw)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return raw.flatMap((entry: unknown): AnnouncedSource[] =>
+    isRecord(entry) &&
+    typeof entry['id'] === 'string' &&
+    typeof entry['label'] === 'string' &&
+    (entry['kind'] === 'git' || entry['kind'] === 'path')
+      ? [{ id: entry['id'], label: entry['label'], kind: entry['kind'] }]
+      : [],
+  );
+}
+
+function parseCandidates(raw: unknown): ListedCandidate[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(raw)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return raw.flatMap((entry: unknown): ListedCandidate[] => {
+    if (!isRecord(entry) || typeof entry['label'] !== 'string') {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const pick = parsePick(entry['pick']);
+
+    return pick === null
+      ? []
+      : [
+          {
+            label: entry['label'],
+            detail: typeof entry['detail'] === 'string' ? entry['detail'] : null,
+            pick,
+          },
+        ];
+  });
+}
+
+function parseInterpretation(answer: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>): Interpretation {
+  if (answer['kind'] === 'browse' && typeof answer['scope'] === 'string') {
+    return { kind: 'browse', scope: answer['scope'] };
+  }
+
+  return parsePick(answer) ?? { kind: 'none' };
+}
+
+function parsePick(raw: unknown): SourcePick | null {
+  if (!isRecord(raw)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (raw['kind'] === 'path' && typeof raw['dir'] === 'string') {
+    return { kind: 'path', dir: raw['dir'] };
+  }
+
+  if (raw['kind'] === 'git' && typeof raw['url'] === 'string') {
+    return { kind: 'git', url: raw['url'] };
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+function parseProbedRefs(raw: unknown): ProbedRef[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(raw)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return raw.flatMap((entry: unknown): ProbedRef[] =>
+    isRecord(entry) &&
+    typeof entry['name'] === 'string' &&
+    typeof entry['sha'] === 'string' &&
+    (entry['kind'] === 'branch' || entry['kind'] === 'tag')
+      ? [{ name: entry['name'], kind: entry['kind'], sha: entry['sha'] }]
+      : [],
+  );
 }