refactor: rename session_state to agent_list and add subscriptions

2026-07-29 12:01:31 +00:00 · 2026-01-30 13:39:40 +07:00
parent 5b32d0a56c
commit 0618dc6b0d
45 changed files with 2163 additions and 257 deletions
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ Run `npx expo-doctor` to diagnose version mismatches and native module issues.


 **CRITICAL: ALWAYS RUN TYPECHECK AFTER EVERY CHANGE.**
+
+## NEVER DO THESE THINGS
+
+- **NEVER restart the Paseo daemon/server** - The daemon is running in Tmux and managed by the user. Restarting it disrupts active sessions, loses state, and breaks workflows. If there's a connectivity issue, investigate the cause - do not restart.
+- **NEVER kill or restart processes in Tmux** without explicit user permission
+- **NEVER assume a timeout means the service needs restarting** - Timeouts can be transient network issues, not service failures
--- a/packages/app/src/components/grouped-agent-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/grouped-agent-list.tsx
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
    flex: 1,
  },
  listContent: {
-    paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[4],
    paddingTop: theme.spacing[2],
    paddingBottom: theme.spacing[4],
  },
@@ -626,7 +625,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
    justifyContent: "space-between",
    paddingVertical: theme.spacing[2],
    paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[3],
-    marginHorizontal: -theme.spacing[2],
    marginTop: theme.spacing[2],
    borderRadius: theme.borderRadius.md,
  },
@@ -643,6 +641,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
    backgroundColor: theme.colors.surface2,
  },
  sectionContainer: {
+    marginHorizontal: theme.spacing[2],
    marginBottom: theme.spacing[2],
  },
  sectionDragging: {
@@ -701,7 +700,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
  agentItem: {
    paddingVertical: theme.spacing[2],
    paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[3],
-    marginHorizontal: -theme.spacing[2],
+    marginLeft: theme.spacing[1],
    borderRadius: theme.borderRadius.lg,
    marginBottom: theme.spacing[1],
  },
--- a/packages/app/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx
@@ -78,11 +78,23 @@ function SearchInput({
  autoFocus = false,
 }: SearchInputProps): ReactElement {
  const { theme } = useUnistyles();
+  const inputRef = useRef<TextInput>(null);
  const InputComponent = Platform.OS === "web" ? TextInput : BottomSheetTextInput;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (autoFocus && IS_WEB && inputRef.current) {
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        inputRef.current?.focus();
+      }, 50);
+      return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+  }, [autoFocus]);
+
  return (
    <View style={styles.searchInputContainer}>
      <Search size={16} color={theme.colors.foregroundMuted} />
      <InputComponent
+        ref={inputRef as any}
        // @ts-expect-error - outlineStyle is web-only
        style={[styles.searchInput, IS_WEB && { outlineStyle: "none" }]}
        placeholder={placeholder}
@@ -91,7 +103,6 @@ function SearchInput({
        onChangeText={onChangeText}
        autoCapitalize="none"
        autoCorrect={false}
-        autoFocus={autoFocus}
        onSubmitEditing={onSubmitEditing}
      />
    </View>
--- a/packages/app/src/contexts/daemon-connections-context.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/contexts/daemon-connections-context.tsx
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useDaemonRegistry, type DaemonProfile } from "./daemon-registry-context";

 export type ConnectionState =
-  | { status: "idle"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; sessionReady: false; hasEverReceivedSessionState: false }
-  | { status: "connecting"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; sessionReady: false; hasEverReceivedSessionState: boolean }
-  | { status: "online"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string; sessionReady: boolean; hasEverReceivedSessionState: boolean }
-  | { status: "offline"; lastError: string | null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; sessionReady: false; hasEverReceivedSessionState: boolean }
-  | { status: "error"; lastError: string; lastOnlineAt: string | null; sessionReady: false; hasEverReceivedSessionState: boolean };
+  | { status: "idle"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; agentListReady: false; hasEverReceivedAgentList: false }
+  | { status: "connecting"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; agentListReady: false; hasEverReceivedAgentList: boolean }
+  | { status: "online"; lastError: null; lastOnlineAt: string; agentListReady: boolean; hasEverReceivedAgentList: boolean }
+  | { status: "offline"; lastError: string | null; lastOnlineAt: string | null; agentListReady: false; hasEverReceivedAgentList: boolean }
+  | { status: "error"; lastError: string; lastOnlineAt: string | null; agentListReady: false; hasEverReceivedAgentList: boolean };

 export type ConnectionStatus = ConnectionState["status"];

 type ConnectionStateUpdate =
  | { status: "idle" }
  | { status: "connecting"; lastOnlineAt?: string | null }
-  | { status: "online"; lastOnlineAt: string; sessionReady?: boolean }
+  | { status: "online"; lastOnlineAt: string; agentListReady?: boolean }
  | { status: "offline"; lastError?: string | null; lastOnlineAt?: string | null }
  | { status: "error"; lastError: string; lastOnlineAt?: string | null };

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ function createDefaultConnectionState(): ConnectionState {
    status: "idle",
    lastError: null,
    lastOnlineAt: null,
-    sessionReady: false,
-    hasEverReceivedSessionState: false,
+    agentListReady: false,
+    hasEverReceivedAgentList: false,
  };
 }

@@ -50,43 +50,43 @@ function resolveNextConnectionState(
        status: "idle",
        lastError: null,
        lastOnlineAt: existing.lastOnlineAt,
-        sessionReady: false,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState: false,
+        agentListReady: false,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList: false,
      };
    case "connecting":
      return {
        status: "connecting",
        lastError: null,
        lastOnlineAt: update.lastOnlineAt ?? existing.lastOnlineAt,
-        sessionReady: false,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState: existing.hasEverReceivedSessionState ?? false,
+        agentListReady: false,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList: existing.hasEverReceivedAgentList ?? false,
      };
    case "online":
-      const currentSessionReady = update.sessionReady ?? (existing.status === "online" ? existing.sessionReady : false);
+      const currentAgentListReady = update.agentListReady ?? (existing.status === "online" ? existing.agentListReady : false);

      return {
        status: "online",
        lastError: null,
        lastOnlineAt: update.lastOnlineAt,
-        sessionReady: currentSessionReady,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState:
-          currentSessionReady || existing.hasEverReceivedSessionState || false,
+        agentListReady: currentAgentListReady,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList:
+          currentAgentListReady || existing.hasEverReceivedAgentList || false,
      };
    case "offline":
      return {
        status: "offline",
        lastError: update.lastError ?? null,
        lastOnlineAt: update.lastOnlineAt ?? existing.lastOnlineAt,
-        sessionReady: false,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState: existing.hasEverReceivedSessionState ?? false,
+        agentListReady: false,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList: existing.hasEverReceivedAgentList ?? false,
      };
    case "error":
      return {
        status: "error",
        lastError: update.lastError,
        lastOnlineAt: update.lastOnlineAt ?? existing.lastOnlineAt,
-        sessionReady: false,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState: existing.hasEverReceivedSessionState ?? false,
+        agentListReady: false,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList: existing.hasEverReceivedAgentList ?? false,
      };
  }
 }
--- a/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ function normalizeAgentSnapshot(
    attentionReason: snapshot.attentionReason ?? null,
    attentionTimestamp,
    archivedAt,
+    labels: snapshot.labels,
  };
 }

@@ -411,6 +412,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
    | null
  >(null);
  const hasRequestedInitialSnapshotRef = useRef(false);
+  const agentUpdatesSubscriptionIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
  const sessionStateTimeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(
    null
  );
@@ -674,6 +676,15 @@ export function SessionProvider({
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!connectionSnapshot.isConnected) {
      hasRequestedInitialSnapshotRef.current = false;
+      const subscriptionId = agentUpdatesSubscriptionIdRef.current;
+      if (subscriptionId && client) {
+        try {
+          client.unsubscribeAgentUpdates(subscriptionId);
+        } catch {
+          // no-op
+        }
+      }
+      agentUpdatesSubscriptionIdRef.current = null;
      return;
    }
    if (hasRequestedInitialSnapshotRef.current) {
@@ -687,15 +698,21 @@ export function SessionProvider({

    let retryCount = 0;

-    const requestSessionState = () => {
+    const requestAgentList = () => {
      console.log(
-        `[Session] Requesting session_state (attempt ${retryCount + 1}/${
+        `[Session] Requesting agent_list (attempt ${retryCount + 1}/${
          MAX_RETRIES + 1
        })`,
        { serverId }
      );
      void client
-        .requestSessionState();
+        .requestAgentList({ filter: { labels: { ui: "true" } } });
+      if (!agentUpdatesSubscriptionIdRef.current) {
+        agentUpdatesSubscriptionIdRef.current = client.subscribeAgentUpdates({
+          subscriptionId: `app:${serverId}`,
+          filter: { labels: { ui: "true" } },
+        });
+      }

      if (sessionStateTimeoutRef.current) {
        clearTimeout(sessionStateTimeoutRef.current);
@@ -705,7 +722,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
        if (retryCount < MAX_RETRIES) {
          retryCount++;
          console.warn(
-            `[Session] session_state timeout, retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY_MS}ms`,
+            `[Session] agent_list timeout, retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY_MS}ms`,
            {
              serverId,
              attempt: retryCount,
@@ -714,11 +731,11 @@ export function SessionProvider({
          );

          setTimeout(() => {
-            requestSessionState();
+            requestAgentList();
          }, RETRY_DELAY_MS);
        } else {
          console.error(
-            `[Session] session_state failed after ${MAX_RETRIES} retries`,
+            `[Session] agent_list failed after ${MAX_RETRIES} retries`,
            { serverId }
          );

@@ -726,13 +743,13 @@ export function SessionProvider({
          updateConnectionStatus(serverId, {
            status: "online",
            lastOnlineAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-            sessionReady: true,
+            agentListReady: true,
          });
        }
      }, TIMEOUT_MS);
    };

-    requestSessionState();
+    requestAgentList();

    return () => {
      if (sessionStateTimeoutRef.current) {
@@ -744,10 +761,10 @@ export function SessionProvider({

  // Daemon message handlers - directly update Zustand store
  useEffect(() => {
-    console.log("[Session] Setting up session_state listener for", serverId);
+    console.log("[Session] Setting up agent_list listener for", serverId);

-    const unsubSessionState = client.on("session_state", (message) => {
-      if (message.type !== "session_state") return;
+    const unsubAgentList = client.on("agent_list", (message) => {
+      if (message.type !== "agent_list") return;

      if (sessionStateTimeoutRef.current) {
        clearTimeout(sessionStateTimeoutRef.current);
@@ -757,7 +774,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
      const { agents: agentsList } = message.payload;

      console.log(
-        "[Session] ✅ Received session_state:",
+        "[Session] ✅ Received agent_list:",
        agentsList.length,
        "agents"
      );
@@ -849,16 +866,57 @@ export function SessionProvider({
      updateConnectionStatus(serverId, {
        status: "online",
        lastOnlineAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-        sessionReady: true,
+        agentListReady: true,
      });
    });

-    const unsubAgentState = client.on("agent_state", (message) => {
-      if (message.type !== "agent_state") return;
-      const snapshot = message.payload;
-      const agent = normalizeAgentSnapshot(snapshot, serverId);
+    const unsubAgentUpdate = client.on("agent_update", (message) => {
+      if (message.type !== "agent_update") return;
+      const update = message.payload;

-      console.log("[Session] Agent state update:", agent.id, agent.status);
+      if (update.kind === "remove") {
+        const agentId = update.agentId;
+        previousAgentStatusRef.current.delete(agentId);
+
+        setAgents(serverId, (prev) => {
+          if (!prev.has(agentId)) {
+            return prev;
+          }
+          const next = new Map(prev);
+          next.delete(agentId);
+          return next;
+        });
+
+        setPendingPermissions(serverId, (prev) => {
+          if (prev.size === 0) {
+            return prev;
+          }
+          let changed = false;
+          const next = new Map(prev);
+          for (const [key, pending] of Array.from(next.entries())) {
+            if (pending.agentId === agentId) {
+              next.delete(key);
+              changed = true;
+            }
+          }
+          return changed ? next : prev;
+        });
+
+        setQueuedMessages(serverId, (prev) => {
+          if (!prev.has(agentId)) {
+            return prev;
+          }
+          const next = new Map(prev);
+          next.delete(agentId);
+          return next;
+        });
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const agent = normalizeAgentSnapshot(update.agent, serverId);
+
+      console.log("[Session] Agent update:", agent.id, agent.status);

      setAgents(serverId, (prev) => {
        const next = new Map(prev);
@@ -967,7 +1025,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
      });

      // NOTE: We don't update lastActivityAt on every stream event to prevent
-      // cascading rerenders. The agent_state handler updates agent.lastActivityAt
+      // cascading rerenders. The agent_update handler updates agent.lastActivityAt
      // on status changes, which is sufficient for sorting and display purposes.
    });

@@ -1462,8 +1520,8 @@ export function SessionProvider({
    });

    return () => {
-      unsubSessionState();
-      unsubAgentState();
+      unsubAgentList();
+      unsubAgentUpdate();
      unsubAgentStream();
      unsubAgentStreamSnapshot();
      unsubStatus();
@@ -1834,7 +1892,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
    [encodeImages, serverId, client, setAgentStreamTail]
  );

-  // Keep the ref updated so the agent_state handler can call it
+  // Keep the ref updated so the agent_update handler can call it
  sendAgentMessageRef.current = sendAgentMessage;

  const cancelAgentRun = useCallback(
@@ -1934,6 +1992,7 @@ export function SessionProvider({
      }
      return client.createAgent({
        config,
+        labels: { ui: "true" },
        ...(trimmedPrompt ? { initialPrompt: trimmedPrompt } : {}),
        ...(imagesData && imagesData.length > 0 ? { images: imagesData } : {}),
        ...(git ? { git } : {}),
@@ -2166,9 +2225,9 @@ export function SessionProvider({
      return;
    }
    try {
-      client.requestSessionState();
+      client.requestAgentList({ filter: { labels: { ui: "true" } } });
    } catch (error: any) {
-      console.error("[Session] Failed to refresh session:", error);
+      console.error("[Session] Failed to refresh agent list:", error);
    }
  }, [client, serverId]);

--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-aggregated-agents.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-aggregated-agents.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export function useAggregatedAgents(): AggregatedAgentsResult {
          attentionReason: agent.attentionReason,
          attentionTimestamp: agent.attentionTimestamp,
          archivedAt: agent.archivedAt,
+          labels: agent.labels,
        };
        allAgents.push(nextAgent);
      }
@@ -103,23 +104,23 @@ export function useAggregatedAgents(): AggregatedAgentsResult {
    const isConnecting = Array.from(connectionStates.entries()).some(([id, c]) => {
      const shortId = id.substring(0, 20);

-      // First-time connection (never received session state)
-      if (c.status === 'connecting' && !c.hasEverReceivedSessionState) {
+      // First-time connection (never received agent list)
+      if (c.status === 'connecting' && !c.hasEverReceivedAgentList) {
        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: first-time connecting`);
        return true;
      }
-      if (c.status === 'online' && !c.hasEverReceivedSessionState) {
-        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: online but no session_state yet`);
+      if (c.status === 'online' && !c.hasEverReceivedAgentList) {
+        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: online but no agent_list yet`);
        return true;
      }

-      // Reconnecting (have received session state before)
-      if (c.status === 'connecting' && c.hasEverReceivedSessionState) {
+      // Reconnecting (have received agent list before)
+      if (c.status === 'connecting' && c.hasEverReceivedAgentList) {
        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: reconnecting`);
        return true;
      }
-      if (c.status === 'online' && !c.sessionReady && c.hasEverReceivedSessionState) {
-        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: online but sessionReady=false (waiting for session_state)`);
+      if (c.status === 'online' && !c.agentListReady && c.hasEverReceivedAgentList) {
+        connectingReasons.push(`${shortId}: online but agentListReady=false (waiting for agent_list)`);
        return true;
      }

@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ export function useAggregatedAgents(): AggregatedAgentsResult {
      const connectionStatesArray = Array.from(connectionStates.entries()).map(([id, state]) => ({
        id: id.substring(0, 20) + (id.length > 20 ? '...' : ''),
        status: state.status,
-        sessionReady: state.sessionReady,
-        hasEverReceivedSessionState: state.hasEverReceivedSessionState,
+        agentListReady: state.agentListReady,
+        hasEverReceivedAgentList: state.hasEverReceivedAgentList,
      }));

      console.log('[useAggregatedAgents] States:', {
--- a/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen.tsx
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ function AgentScreenContent({
      title: "Agent",
      cwd: ".",
      model: null,
+      labels: {},
    };
  }, [resolvedAgentId, serverId, shouldUseOptimisticStream]);

--- a/packages/app/src/screens/agent/draft-agent-screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/agent/draft-agent-screen.tsx
@@ -273,13 +273,20 @@ export function DraftAgentScreen({
    if (!selectedServerId || !sessionAgents) {
      return [];
    }
-    const uniquePaths = new Set<string>();
+    const pathLastCreated = new Map<string, Date>();
    sessionAgents.forEach((agent) => {
-      if (agent.cwd) {
-        uniquePaths.add(agent.cwd);
+      if (agent.cwd && !agent.cwd.includes(".paseo/worktrees")) {
+        const existing = pathLastCreated.get(agent.cwd);
+        if (!existing || agent.createdAt > existing) {
+          pathLastCreated.set(agent.cwd, agent.createdAt);
+        }
      }
    });
-    return Array.from(uniquePaths).sort();
+    return Array.from(pathLastCreated.keys()).sort((a, b) => {
+      const aTime = pathLastCreated.get(a)!.getTime();
+      const bTime = pathLastCreated.get(b)!.getTime();
+      return bTime - aTime;
+    });
  }, [selectedServerId, sessionAgents]);

  const sessionClient = useSessionStore((state) =>
@@ -600,6 +607,7 @@ export function DraftAgentScreen({
      title: "New agent",
      cwd,
      model,
+      labels: {},
    };
  }, [
    machine.tag,
--- a/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export interface Agent {
  attentionReason?: "finished" | "error" | "permission" | null;
  attentionTimestamp?: Date | null;
  archivedAt?: Date | null;
+  labels: Record<string, string>;
 }

 export type ExplorerEntryKind = "file" | "directory";
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ export const useSessionStore = create<SessionStore>()(
          requiresAttention: agent.requiresAttention ?? false,
          attentionReason: agent.attentionReason ?? null,
          attentionTimestamp: agent.attentionTimestamp ?? null,
+          labels: agent.labels,
        });
      }
      return entries;
--- a/packages/app/src/types/agent-directory.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/types/agent-directory.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-import type { AgentLifecycleStatus } from "@server/server/agent/agent-manager";
-import type { AgentProvider } from "@server/server/agent/agent-sdk-types";
+import type { Agent } from "@/stores/session-store";

-export interface AgentDirectoryEntry {
-  id: string;
-  serverId: string;
-  title: string | null;
-  status: AgentLifecycleStatus;
-  lastActivityAt: Date;
-  cwd: string;
-  provider: AgentProvider;
-  requiresAttention?: boolean;
-  attentionReason?: "finished" | "error" | "permission" | null;
-  attentionTimestamp?: Date | null;
-  archivedAt?: Date | null;
-}
+export type AgentDirectoryEntry = Pick<
+  Agent,
+  | "id"
+  | "serverId"
+  | "title"
+  | "status"
+  | "lastActivityAt"
+  | "cwd"
+  | "provider"
+  | "requiresAttention"
+  | "attentionReason"
+  | "attentionTimestamp"
+  | "archivedAt"
+  | "labels"
+>;
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander'
+import { homedir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { createAgentCommand } from './commands/agent/index.js'
 import { createDaemonCommand } from './commands/daemon/index.js'
 import { createPermitCommand } from './commands/permit/index.js'
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import { runInspectCommand } from './commands/agent/inspect.js'
 import { runWaitCommand } from './commands/agent/wait.js'
 import { runAttachCommand } from './commands/agent/attach.js'
 import { withOutput } from './output/index.js'
+import { runSelfIdBridge } from '@paseo/server/self-id-bridge'

 const VERSION = '0.1.0'

@@ -142,5 +145,20 @@ export function createCli(): Command {
  // Worktree commands
  program.addCommand(createWorktreeCommand())

+  // Self-ID bridge command (for internal use by agents to call set_title/set_branch)
+  program
+    .command('self-id-bridge')
+    .description('Stdio-to-HTTP bridge for Agent Self-ID MCP (internal use)')
+    .option('--socket <path>', 'Unix socket path', join(process.env.PASEO_HOME ?? join(homedir(), '.paseo'), 'self-id-mcp.sock'))
+    .option('--agent-id <id>', 'Caller agent ID')
+    .option('--debug', 'Enable debug logging to stderr')
+    .action(async (options) => {
+      await runSelfIdBridge({
+        socketPath: options.socket,
+        agentId: options.agentId,
+        debug: options.debug,
+      })
+    })
+
  return program
 }
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/archive.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/archive.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ export async function runArchiveCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/attach.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/attach.ts
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ export async function runAttachCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait for session state to be populated
+    // Wait for agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/inspect.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/inspect.ts
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ export async function runInspectCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/logs.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/logs.ts
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ export async function runLogsCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait for session state to be populated
+    // Wait for agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ export async function runLsCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request and wait for session state to get agent information
-    await client.waitForSessionState()
+    // Request and wait for agent list
+    await client.waitForAgentList()

    let agents = client.listAgents()

--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/mode.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/mode.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ export async function runModeCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/send.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/send.ts
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ export async function runSendCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/stop.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/stop.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ export async function runStopCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    let agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/wait.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/wait.ts
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ export async function runWaitCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/daemon/status.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/daemon/status.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ export async function runStatusCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/allow.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/allow.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ export async function runAllowCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/deny.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/deny.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export async function runDenyCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/permit/ls.ts
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ export async function runLsCommand(options: PermitLsOptions, _command: Command):
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/worktree/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/worktree/ls.ts
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ export async function runLsCommand(
  }

  try {
-    // Request session state to get agent information
-    client.requestSessionState()
+    // Request agent list
+    client.requestAgentList()

-    // Wait a moment for the session state to be populated
+    // Wait a moment for the agent list to be populated
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))

    const agents = client.listAgents()
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/client.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/client.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export async function connectToDaemon(options?: ConnectOptions): Promise<DaemonC

  try {
    await Promise.race([connectPromise, timeoutPromise])
+    client.subscribeAgentUpdates({ subscriptionId: `cli:${process.pid}` })
    return client
  } catch (err) {
    await client.close().catch(() => {})
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  "type": "module",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./src/server/exports.ts",
-    "./utils/tool-call-parsers": "./src/utils/tool-call-parsers.ts"
+    "./utils/tool-call-parsers": "./src/utils/tool-call-parsers.ts",
+    "./self-id-bridge": "./src/self-id-bridge/index.ts"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "NODE_ENV=development tsx scripts/dev-runner.ts",
--- a/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client-v2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/client/daemon-client-v2.ts
@@ -110,14 +110,20 @@ export type ConnectionState =
  | { status: "disconnected"; reason?: string };

 export type DaemonEvent =
-  | { type: "agent_state"; agentId: string; payload: AgentSnapshotPayload }
+  | {
+      type: "agent_update";
+      agentId: string;
+      payload:
+        | { kind: "upsert"; agent: AgentSnapshotPayload }
+        | { kind: "remove"; agentId: string };
+    }
  | {
      type: "agent_stream";
      agentId: string;
      event: AgentStreamEventPayload;
      timestamp: string;
    }
-  | { type: "session_state"; agents: AgentSnapshotPayload[] }
+  | { type: "agent_list"; agents: AgentSnapshotPayload[] }
  | { type: "status"; payload: { status: string } & Record<string, unknown> }
  | { type: "agent_deleted"; agentId: string }
  | {
@@ -249,6 +255,10 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
  private connectionState: ConnectionState = { status: "idle" };
  private messageQueueLimit: number | null;
  private agentIndex: Map<string, AgentSnapshotPayload> = new Map();
+  private agentUpdateSubscriptions = new Map<
+    string,
+    { labels?: Record<string, string> } | undefined
+  >();
  private logger: Logger;
  private pendingSendQueue: PendingSend[] = [];

@@ -321,6 +331,7 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
          this.lastErrorValue = null;
          this.reconnectAttempt = 0;
          this.updateConnectionState({ status: "connected" });
+          this.resubscribeAgentUpdates();
          this.flushPendingSendQueue();
          this.resolveConnect();
        }),
@@ -645,41 +656,85 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
  }

  // ============================================================================
-  // Voice Conversation RPC
+  // Agent List RPC
  // ============================================================================

-  requestSessionState(requestId?: string): void {
-    const resolvedRequestId = this.createRequestId(requestId);
+  requestAgentList(options?: { filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> }; requestId?: string }): void {
+    const resolvedRequestId = this.createRequestId(options?.requestId);
    const message = SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({
-      type: "request_session_state",
+      type: "request_agent_list",
      requestId: resolvedRequestId,
+      ...(options?.filter ? { filter: options.filter } : {}),
    });
    this.sendSessionMessage(message);
  }

-  async waitForSessionState(timeout = 5000, requestId?: string): Promise<void> {
-    const resolvedRequestId = this.createRequestId(requestId);
+  subscribeAgentUpdates(options?: {
+    subscriptionId?: string;
+    filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> };
+  }): string {
+    const subscriptionId = options?.subscriptionId ?? crypto.randomUUID();
+    this.agentUpdateSubscriptions.set(subscriptionId, options?.filter?.labels);
    const message = SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({
-      type: "request_session_state",
+      type: "subscribe_agent_updates",
+      subscriptionId,
+      ...(options?.filter ? { filter: options.filter } : {}),
+    });
+    this.sendSessionMessage(message);
+    return subscriptionId;
+  }
+
+  unsubscribeAgentUpdates(subscriptionId: string): void {
+    this.agentUpdateSubscriptions.delete(subscriptionId);
+    const message = SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({
+      type: "unsubscribe_agent_updates",
+      subscriptionId,
+    });
+    this.sendSessionMessage(message);
+  }
+
+  private resubscribeAgentUpdates(): void {
+    if (this.agentUpdateSubscriptions.size === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    for (const [subscriptionId, labels] of this.agentUpdateSubscriptions) {
+      const message = SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({
+        type: "subscribe_agent_updates",
+        subscriptionId,
+        ...(labels ? { filter: { labels } } : {}),
+      });
+      this.sendSessionMessage(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async waitForAgentList(timeout = 5000, options?: { filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> }; requestId?: string }): Promise<void> {
+    const resolvedRequestId = this.createRequestId(options?.requestId);
+    const message = SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({
+      type: "request_agent_list",
      requestId: resolvedRequestId,
+      ...(options?.filter ? { filter: options.filter } : {}),
    });

-    // First check the existing message queue in case session_state was already received
+    // First check the existing message queue in case agent_list was already received
    for (const msg of this.messageQueue) {
-      if (msg.type === "session_state") {
+      if (msg.type === "agent_list") {
        return;
      }
    }

-    // If not in queue, wait for the session_state message
+    // If not in queue, wait for the agent_list message
    await this.sendSessionMessageOrThrow(message);
    return this.waitFor(
-      (msg) => msg.type === "session_state" ? undefined : null,
+      (msg) => msg.type === "agent_list" ? undefined : null,
      timeout,
      { skipQueue: false }
    );
  }

+  // ============================================================================
+  // Voice Conversation RPC
+  // ============================================================================
+
  async loadVoiceConversation(
    voiceConversationId: string,
    requestId?: string
@@ -805,7 +860,7 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
      throw new Error(status.error);
    }

-    return this.waitForAgentState(
+    return this.waitForAgentUpsert(
      status.agentId,
      (snapshot) => snapshot.status === "idle",
      60000
@@ -935,7 +990,7 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
    await this.sendSessionMessageOrThrow(message);
    const status = await statusPromise;

-    return this.waitForAgentState(
+    return this.waitForAgentUpsert(
      status.agentId,
      (snapshot) => snapshot.status === "idle",
      60000
@@ -998,7 +1053,7 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
    if (payload.error) {
      throw new Error(payload.error);
    }
-    return this.waitForAgentState(agentId, () => true, 10000);
+    return this.waitForAgentUpsert(agentId, () => true, 10000);
  }

  // ============================================================================
@@ -1824,7 +1879,7 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
  // Waiting / Streaming Helpers
  // ============================================================================

-  async waitForAgentState(
+  async waitForAgentUpsert(
    agentId: string,
    predicate: (snapshot: AgentSnapshotPayload) => boolean,
    timeout = 60000
@@ -1835,9 +1890,13 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
    }
    return this.waitFor(
      (msg) => {
-        if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agentId) {
-          if (predicate(msg.payload)) {
-            return msg.payload;
+        if (
+          msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+          msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+          msg.payload.agent.id === agentId
+        ) {
+          if (predicate(msg.payload.agent)) {
+            return msg.payload.agent;
          }
        }
        return null;
@@ -1891,12 +1950,16 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {

    for (const msg of this.messageQueue) {
      updatePendingPermissions(msg);
-      if (msg.type !== "agent_state" || msg.payload.id !== agentId) {
+      if (
+        msg.type !== "agent_update" ||
+        msg.payload.kind !== "upsert" ||
+        msg.payload.agent.id !== agentId
+      ) {
        continue;
      }
-      const status = msg.payload.status;
+      const status = msg.payload.agent.status;
      const hasPendingPermissions =
-        (msg.payload.pendingPermissions?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
+        (msg.payload.agent.pendingPermissions?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
        pendingPermissionIds.size > 0;
      if (status === "running" || hasPendingPermissions) {
        sawRunningInQueue = true;
@@ -1904,14 +1967,14 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
      }
      // Return immediately if we have pending permissions (even if still running)
      if (sawRunningInQueue && hasPendingPermissions) {
-        return msg.payload;
+        return msg.payload.agent;
      }
      if (
        sawRunningInQueue &&
        (status === "idle" || status === "error") &&
        !hasPendingPermissions
      ) {
-        queuedIdle = msg.payload;
+        queuedIdle = msg.payload.agent;
      }
    }
    if (queuedIdle) {
@@ -1930,10 +1993,14 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
    return this.waitFor(
      (msg) => {
        updatePendingPermissions(msg);
-        if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agentId) {
-          const status = msg.payload.status;
+        if (
+          msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+          msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+          msg.payload.agent.id === agentId
+        ) {
+          const status = msg.payload.agent.status;
          const hasPendingPermissions =
-            (msg.payload.pendingPermissions?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
+            (msg.payload.agent.pendingPermissions?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
            pendingPermissionIds.size > 0;
          if (status === "running" || hasPendingPermissions) {
            sawRunning = true;
@@ -1941,14 +2008,14 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
          // Return if we have pending permissions (even if still running)
          // OR if agent is idle/error with no pending permissions (after having run)
          if (sawRunning && hasPendingPermissions) {
-            return msg.payload;
+            return msg.payload.agent;
          }
          if (
            sawRunning &&
            (status === "idle" || status === "error") &&
            !hasPendingPermissions
          ) {
-            return msg.payload;
+            return msg.payload.agent;
          }
        }
        return null;
@@ -2298,12 +2365,16 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
  }

  private handleSessionMessage(msg: SessionOutboundMessage): void {
-    if (msg.type === "session_state") {
+    if (msg.type === "agent_list") {
      this.agentIndex = new Map(
        msg.payload.agents.map((agent) => [agent.id, agent])
      );
-    } else if (msg.type === "agent_state") {
-      this.agentIndex.set(msg.payload.id, msg.payload);
+    } else if (msg.type === "agent_update") {
+      if (msg.payload.kind === "upsert") {
+        this.agentIndex.set(msg.payload.agent.id, msg.payload.agent);
+      } else if (msg.payload.kind === "remove") {
+        this.agentIndex.delete(msg.payload.agentId);
+      }
    } else if (msg.type === "agent_deleted") {
      this.agentIndex.delete(msg.payload.agentId);
    }
@@ -2367,10 +2438,13 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {

  private toEvent(msg: SessionOutboundMessage): DaemonEvent | null {
    switch (msg.type) {
-      case "agent_state":
+      case "agent_update":
        return {
-          type: "agent_state",
-          agentId: msg.payload.id,
+          type: "agent_update",
+          agentId:
+            msg.payload.kind === "upsert"
+              ? msg.payload.agent.id
+              : msg.payload.agentId,
          payload: msg.payload,
        };
      case "agent_stream":
@@ -2380,8 +2454,8 @@ export class DaemonClientV2 {
          event: msg.payload.event,
          timestamp: msg.payload.timestamp,
        };
-      case "session_state":
-        return { type: "session_state", agents: msg.payload.agents };
+      case "agent_list":
+        return { type: "agent_list", agents: msg.payload.agents };
      case "status":
        return { type: "status", payload: msg.payload };
      case "agent_deleted":
--- a/packages/server/src/self-id-bridge/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/self-id-bridge/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/**
+ * Agent Self-ID Bridge
+ *
+ * Bridges stdio MCP transport to HTTP-over-Unix-socket transport.
+ * This allows coding agents (which only support stdio or HTTP MCP) to
+ * call set_title and set_branch on the Paseo daemon.
+ *
+ * Architecture:
+ *   Coding Agent (Claude Code / Codex)
+ *        |
+ *        | stdio (newline-delimited JSON-RPC)
+ *        v
+ *   paseo self-id-bridge (this module)
+ *        |
+ *        | HTTP over Unix socket (${PASEO_HOME}/self-id-mcp.sock)
+ *        v
+ *   Paseo Daemon (Agent Self-ID MCP Server)
+ */
+
+import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
+import http from "node:http";
+
+export interface SelfIdBridgeOptions {
+  socketPath: string;
+  agentId?: string;
+  debug?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface JsonRpcRequest {
+  jsonrpc: "2.0";
+  method: string;
+  params?: unknown;
+  id?: string | number | null;
+}
+
+interface JsonRpcResponse {
+  jsonrpc: "2.0";
+  result?: unknown;
+  error?: { code: number; message: string; data?: unknown };
+  id: string | number | null;
+}
+
+function log(debug: boolean, ...args: unknown[]): void {
+  if (debug) {
+    console.error("[self-id-bridge]", ...args);
+  }
+}
+
+function makeHttpRequest(
+  socketPath: string,
+  urlPath: string,
+  body: string,
+  headers: Record<string, string>
+): Promise<{ status: number; headers: http.IncomingHttpHeaders; body: string }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = http.request(
+      {
+        socketPath,
+        path: urlPath,
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+          "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(body),
+          ...headers,
+        },
+      },
+      (res) => {
+        const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+        res.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk));
+        res.on("end", () => {
+          resolve({
+            status: res.statusCode ?? 500,
+            headers: res.headers,
+            body: Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf-8"),
+          });
+        });
+        res.on("error", reject);
+      }
+    );
+    req.on("error", reject);
+    req.write(body);
+    req.end();
+  });
+}
+
+function writeResponse(response: JsonRpcResponse): void {
+  const line = JSON.stringify(response);
+  process.stdout.write(line + "\n");
+}
+
+function writeError(id: string | number | null, code: number, message: string): void {
+  writeResponse({
+    jsonrpc: "2.0",
+    error: { code, message },
+    id,
+  });
+}
+
+export async function runSelfIdBridge(options: SelfIdBridgeOptions): Promise<void> {
+  const { socketPath, agentId, debug = false } = options;
+
+  log(debug, `Starting Self-ID bridge to ${socketPath}`);
+  if (agentId) {
+    log(debug, `Agent ID: ${agentId}`);
+  }
+
+  let mcpSessionId: string | null = null;
+  let protocolVersion: string | null = null;
+
+  const rl = createInterface({
+    input: process.stdin,
+    crlfDelay: Infinity,
+  });
+
+  for await (const line of rl) {
+    if (!line.trim()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let request: JsonRpcRequest;
+    try {
+      request = JSON.parse(line);
+    } catch {
+      log(debug, "Failed to parse JSON:", line);
+      writeError(null, -32700, "Parse error");
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    log(debug, "Request:", request.method, request.id);
+
+    // Build headers
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+      "Accept": "application/json, text/event-stream",
+    };
+    if (mcpSessionId) {
+      headers["mcp-session-id"] = mcpSessionId;
+    }
+    if (protocolVersion && request.method !== "initialize") {
+      headers["mcp-protocol-version"] = protocolVersion;
+    }
+
+    // Build URL with callerAgentId if provided
+    let path = "/";
+    if (agentId) {
+      path = `/?callerAgentId=${encodeURIComponent(agentId)}`;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const response = await makeHttpRequest(
+        socketPath,
+        path,
+        JSON.stringify(request),
+        headers
+      );
+
+      log(debug, "Response status:", response.status);
+
+      // Check for session ID in response headers
+      const newSessionId = response.headers["mcp-session-id"];
+      if (typeof newSessionId === "string" && newSessionId !== mcpSessionId) {
+        mcpSessionId = newSessionId;
+        log(debug, "Session ID:", mcpSessionId);
+      }
+
+      // Handle content type
+      const contentType = response.headers["content-type"] ?? "";
+
+      if (contentType.includes("text/event-stream")) {
+        // SSE response - parse events and write each as a line
+        const events = parseSSE(response.body);
+        for (const event of events) {
+          if (event.data) {
+            process.stdout.write(event.data + "\n");
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        // JSON response - write as-is
+        const jsonResponse = JSON.parse(response.body) as JsonRpcResponse;
+
+        // Extract protocol version from initialize response
+        if (request.method === "initialize" && jsonResponse.result) {
+          const result = jsonResponse.result as { protocolVersion?: string };
+          if (result.protocolVersion) {
+            protocolVersion = result.protocolVersion;
+            log(debug, "Protocol version:", protocolVersion);
+          }
+        }
+
+        writeResponse(jsonResponse);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Unknown error";
+      log(debug, "HTTP error:", message);
+
+      // Check if it's a connection error
+      if (message.includes("ENOENT") || message.includes("ECONNREFUSED")) {
+        writeError(
+          request.id ?? null,
+          -32603,
+          `Paseo daemon unreachable at ${socketPath}. Is the daemon running?`
+        );
+      } else {
+        writeError(request.id ?? null, -32603, `Internal error: ${message}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  log(debug, "stdin closed, exiting");
+}
+
+interface SSEEvent {
+  event?: string;
+  data?: string;
+  id?: string;
+}
+
+function parseSSE(body: string): SSEEvent[] {
+  const events: SSEEvent[] = [];
+  let currentEvent: SSEEvent = {};
+  let dataLines: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const line of body.split("\n")) {
+    if (line === "") {
+      // End of event
+      if (dataLines.length > 0) {
+        currentEvent.data = dataLines.join("\n");
+      }
+      if (Object.keys(currentEvent).length > 0) {
+        events.push(currentEvent);
+      }
+      currentEvent = {};
+      dataLines = [];
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (line.startsWith(":")) {
+      // Comment, ignore
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const colonIndex = line.indexOf(":");
+    if (colonIndex === -1) {
+      // Field with no value
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const field = line.slice(0, colonIndex);
+    let value = line.slice(colonIndex + 1);
+    if (value.startsWith(" ")) {
+      value = value.slice(1);
+    }
+
+    switch (field) {
+      case "event":
+        currentEvent.event = value;
+        break;
+      case "data":
+        dataLines.push(value);
+        break;
+      case "id":
+        currentEvent.id = value;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Handle final event if no trailing newline
+  if (dataLines.length > 0) {
+    currentEvent.data = dataLines.join("\n");
+  }
+  if (Object.keys(currentEvent).length > 0) {
+    events.push(currentEvent);
+  }
+
+  return events;
+}
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-management-mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-management-mcp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,875 @@
+/**
+ * Agent Management MCP Server
+ *
+ * Purpose: Managing agents from the UI/voice assistant LLM
+ * Transport: In-memory (runs in-process with the voice assistant LLM)
+ * Server name: "paseo-agent-management"
+ *
+ * Tools:
+ * - create_agent
+ * - wait_for_agent
+ * - send_agent_prompt
+ * - get_agent_status
+ * - list_agents
+ * - cancel_agent
+ * - kill_agent
+ * - get_agent_activity
+ * - set_agent_mode
+ * - list_pending_permissions
+ * - respond_to_permission
+ *
+ * No callerAgentId needed - voice assistant is not an agent.
+ */
+
+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { ensureValidJson } from "../json-utils.js";
+import type { Logger } from "pino";
+
+import type {
+  AgentPromptInput,
+  AgentProvider,
+  AgentPermissionRequest,
+} from "./agent-sdk-types.js";
+import type {
+  AgentManager,
+  ManagedAgent,
+  WaitForAgentResult,
+} from "./agent-manager.js";
+import {
+  AgentPermissionRequestPayloadSchema,
+  AgentPermissionResponseSchema,
+  AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema,
+  serializeAgentSnapshot,
+} from "../messages.js";
+import { toAgentPayload } from "./agent-projections.js";
+import { curateAgentActivity } from "./activity-curator.js";
+import { AGENT_PROVIDER_DEFINITIONS } from "./provider-registry.js";
+import { AgentStorage } from "./agent-storage.js";
+import { createWorktree } from "../../utils/worktree.js";
+import { WaitForAgentTracker } from "./wait-for-agent-tracker.js";
+import { injectLeadingPaseoInstructionTag } from "./paseo-instructions-tag.js";
+
+export interface AgentManagementMcpOptions {
+  agentManager: AgentManager;
+  agentStorage: AgentStorage;
+  paseoHome?: string;
+  logger: Logger;
+}
+
+const AgentProviderEnum = z.enum(
+  AGENT_PROVIDER_DEFINITIONS.map((definition) => definition.id) as [
+    AgentProvider,
+    ...AgentProvider[],
+  ]
+);
+
+const AgentStatusEnum = z.enum([
+  "initializing",
+  "idle",
+  "running",
+  "error",
+  "closed",
+]);
+
+// 50 seconds - surface friendly message before SDK tool timeout (~60s)
+const AGENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 50000;
+
+function expandPath(path: string): string {
+  if (path.startsWith("~/") || path === "~") {
+    return resolve(homedir(), path.slice(2));
+  }
+  return resolve(path);
+}
+
+async function waitForAgentWithTimeout(
+  agentManager: AgentManager,
+  agentId: string,
+  options?: {
+    signal?: AbortSignal;
+    waitForActive?: boolean;
+  }
+): Promise<WaitForAgentResult> {
+  const timeoutController = new AbortController();
+  const combinedController = new AbortController();
+
+  const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+    timeoutController.abort(new Error("wait timeout"));
+  }, AGENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+  const forwardAbort = (reason: unknown) => {
+    if (!combinedController.signal.aborted) {
+      combinedController.abort(reason);
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (options?.signal) {
+    if (options.signal.aborted) {
+      forwardAbort(options.signal.reason);
+    } else {
+      options.signal.addEventListener(
+        "abort",
+        () => forwardAbort(options.signal!.reason),
+        { once: true }
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  timeoutController.signal.addEventListener(
+    "abort",
+    () => forwardAbort(timeoutController.signal.reason),
+    { once: true }
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const result = await agentManager.waitForAgentEvent(agentId, {
+      signal: combinedController.signal,
+      waitForActive: options?.waitForActive,
+    });
+    return result;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.message === "wait timeout") {
+      const snapshot = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+      const timeline = agentManager.getTimeline(agentId);
+      const recentActivity = curateAgentActivity(timeline.slice(-5));
+      const message = `Awaiting the agent timed out. This does not mean the agent failed - call wait_for_agent again to continue waiting.\n\nRecent activity:\n${recentActivity}`;
+      return {
+        status: snapshot?.lifecycle ?? "idle",
+        permission: null,
+        lastMessage: message,
+      };
+    }
+    throw error;
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+  }
+}
+
+function startAgentRun(
+  agentManager: AgentManager,
+  agentId: string,
+  prompt: AgentPromptInput,
+  logger: Logger
+): void {
+  const iterator = agentManager.streamAgent(agentId, prompt);
+  void (async () => {
+    try {
+      for await (const _ of iterator) {
+        // Events are broadcast via AgentManager subscribers.
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error({ err: error, agentId }, "Agent stream failed");
+    }
+  })();
+}
+
+function sanitizePermissionRequest(
+  permission: AgentPermissionRequest | null | undefined
+): AgentPermissionRequest | null {
+  if (!permission) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const sanitized: AgentPermissionRequest = { ...permission };
+  if (sanitized.title === undefined) {
+    delete sanitized.title;
+  }
+  if (sanitized.description === undefined) {
+    delete sanitized.description;
+  }
+  if (sanitized.input === undefined) {
+    delete sanitized.input;
+  }
+  if (sanitized.suggestions === undefined) {
+    delete sanitized.suggestions;
+  }
+  if (sanitized.metadata === undefined) {
+    delete sanitized.metadata;
+  }
+  return sanitized;
+}
+
+async function resolveAgentTitle(
+  agentStorage: AgentStorage,
+  agentId: string,
+  logger: Logger
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const record = await agentStorage.get(agentId);
+    return record?.title ?? null;
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error({ err: error, agentId }, "Failed to load agent title");
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function serializeSnapshotWithMetadata(
+  agentStorage: AgentStorage,
+  snapshot: ManagedAgent,
+  logger: Logger
+) {
+  const title = await resolveAgentTitle(agentStorage, snapshot.id, logger);
+  return serializeAgentSnapshot(snapshot, { title });
+}
+
+export async function createAgentManagementMcpServer(
+  options: AgentManagementMcpOptions
+): Promise<McpServer> {
+  const { agentManager, agentStorage, logger } = options;
+  const childLogger = logger.child({
+    module: "agent",
+    component: "agent-management-mcp",
+  });
+  const waitTracker = new WaitForAgentTracker(logger);
+
+  const server = new McpServer({
+    name: "paseo-agent-management",
+    version: "1.0.0",
+  });
+
+  const inputSchema = {
+    cwd: z
+      .string()
+      .describe(
+        "Required working directory for the agent (absolute, relative, or ~)."
+      ),
+    title: z
+      .string()
+      .trim()
+      .min(1, "Title is required")
+      .max(60, "Title must be 60 characters or fewer")
+      .describe(
+        "Short descriptive title (<= 60 chars) summarizing the agent's focus."
+      ),
+    agentType: AgentProviderEnum.optional().describe(
+      "Optional agent implementation to spawn. Defaults to 'claude'."
+    ),
+    initialPrompt: z
+      .string()
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "Optional task to start immediately after creation (non-blocking)."
+      ),
+    initialMode: z
+      .string()
+      .describe("Required session mode to configure before the first run."),
+    worktreeName: z
+      .string()
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "Optional git worktree branch name (lowercase alphanumerics + hyphen)."
+      ),
+    baseBranch: z
+      .string()
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "Required when worktreeName is set: the base branch to diff/merge against."
+      ),
+    background: z
+      .boolean()
+      .optional()
+      .default(false)
+      .describe(
+        "Run agent in background. If false (default), waits for completion or permission request. If true, returns immediately."
+      ),
+  };
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "create_agent",
+    {
+      title: "Create Agent",
+      description:
+        "Create a new Claude or Codex agent tied to a working directory. Optionally run an initial prompt immediately or create a git worktree for the agent.",
+      inputSchema,
+      outputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        type: AgentProviderEnum,
+        status: AgentStatusEnum,
+        cwd: z.string(),
+        currentModeId: z.string().nullable(),
+        availableModes: z.array(
+          z.object({
+            id: z.string(),
+            label: z.string(),
+            description: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+          })
+        ),
+        lastMessage: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+        permission: AgentPermissionRequestPayloadSchema.nullable().optional(),
+      },
+    },
+    async (args) => {
+      const {
+        cwd,
+        agentType,
+        initialPrompt,
+        initialMode,
+        worktreeName,
+        baseBranch,
+        background = false,
+        title,
+      } = args as {
+        cwd: string;
+        agentType?: AgentProvider;
+        initialPrompt?: string;
+        initialMode: string;
+        worktreeName?: string;
+        baseBranch?: string;
+        background?: boolean;
+        title: string;
+      };
+
+      let resolvedCwd = expandPath(cwd);
+
+      if (worktreeName) {
+        if (!baseBranch) {
+          throw new Error("baseBranch is required when creating a worktree");
+        }
+        const worktree = await createWorktree({
+          branchName: worktreeName,
+          cwd: resolvedCwd,
+          baseBranch,
+          worktreeSlug: worktreeName,
+          paseoHome: options.paseoHome,
+        });
+        resolvedCwd = worktree.worktreePath;
+      }
+
+      const provider: AgentProvider = agentType ?? "claude";
+      const normalizedTitle = title?.trim() ?? null;
+      const snapshot = await agentManager.createAgent({
+        provider,
+        cwd: resolvedCwd,
+        modeId: initialMode,
+        title: normalizedTitle ?? undefined,
+      });
+
+      if (initialPrompt) {
+        const initialPromptWithInstructions = injectLeadingPaseoInstructionTag(
+          initialPrompt,
+          snapshot.config.paseoPromptInstructions
+        );
+        try {
+          agentManager.recordUserMessage(
+            snapshot.id,
+            initialPromptWithInstructions
+          );
+        } catch (error) {
+          childLogger.error(
+            { err: error, agentId: snapshot.id },
+            "Failed to record initial prompt"
+          );
+        }
+
+        try {
+          startAgentRun(
+            agentManager,
+            snapshot.id,
+            initialPromptWithInstructions,
+            childLogger
+          );
+
+          if (!background) {
+            const result = await waitForAgentWithTimeout(
+              agentManager,
+              snapshot.id,
+              { waitForActive: true }
+            );
+
+            const responseData = {
+              agentId: snapshot.id,
+              type: provider,
+              status: result.status,
+              cwd: snapshot.cwd,
+              currentModeId: snapshot.currentModeId,
+              availableModes: snapshot.availableModes,
+              lastMessage: result.lastMessage,
+              permission: sanitizePermissionRequest(result.permission),
+            };
+            const validJson = ensureValidJson(responseData);
+
+            return {
+              content: [],
+              structuredContent: validJson,
+            };
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          childLogger.error(
+            { err: error, agentId: snapshot.id },
+            "Failed to run initial prompt"
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({
+          agentId: snapshot.id,
+          type: provider,
+          status: snapshot.lifecycle,
+          cwd: snapshot.cwd,
+          currentModeId: snapshot.currentModeId,
+          availableModes: snapshot.availableModes,
+          lastMessage: null,
+          permission: null,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "wait_for_agent",
+    {
+      title: "Wait For Agent",
+      description:
+        "Block until the agent requests permission or the current run completes. Returns the pending permission (if any) and recent activity summary.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z
+          .string()
+          .describe("Agent identifier returned by the create_agent tool"),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        status: AgentStatusEnum,
+        permission: AgentPermissionRequestPayloadSchema.nullable(),
+        lastMessage: z.string().nullable(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId }, { signal }) => {
+      const abortController = new AbortController();
+      const cleanupFns: Array<() => void> = [];
+
+      const cleanup = () => {
+        while (cleanupFns.length) {
+          const fn = cleanupFns.pop();
+          try {
+            fn?.();
+          } catch {
+            // ignore cleanup errors
+          }
+        }
+      };
+
+      const forwardExternalAbort = () => {
+        if (!abortController.signal.aborted) {
+          const reason = signal?.reason ?? new Error("wait_for_agent aborted");
+          abortController.abort(reason);
+        }
+      };
+
+      if (signal) {
+        if (signal.aborted) {
+          forwardExternalAbort();
+        } else {
+          signal.addEventListener("abort", forwardExternalAbort, {
+            once: true,
+          });
+          cleanupFns.push(() =>
+            signal.removeEventListener("abort", forwardExternalAbort)
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      const unregister = waitTracker.register(agentId, (reason) => {
+        if (!abortController.signal.aborted) {
+          abortController.abort(
+            new Error(reason ?? "wait_for_agent cancelled")
+          );
+        }
+      });
+      cleanupFns.push(unregister);
+
+      try {
+        const result: WaitForAgentResult = await waitForAgentWithTimeout(
+          agentManager,
+          agentId,
+          { signal: abortController.signal }
+        );
+
+        const validJson = ensureValidJson({
+          agentId,
+          status: result.status,
+          permission: sanitizePermissionRequest(result.permission),
+          lastMessage: result.lastMessage,
+        });
+
+        return {
+          content: [],
+          structuredContent: validJson,
+        };
+      } finally {
+        cleanup();
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "send_agent_prompt",
+    {
+      title: "Send Agent Prompt",
+      description:
+        "Send a task to a running agent. Returns immediately after the agent begins processing.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        prompt: z.string(),
+        sessionMode: z
+          .string()
+          .optional()
+          .describe("Optional mode to set before running the prompt."),
+        background: z
+          .boolean()
+          .optional()
+          .default(false)
+          .describe(
+            "Run agent in background. If false (default), waits for completion or permission request. If true, returns immediately."
+          ),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+        status: AgentStatusEnum,
+        lastMessage: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+        permission: AgentPermissionRequestPayloadSchema.nullable().optional(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId, prompt, sessionMode, background = false }) => {
+      const snapshot = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+      if (!snapshot) {
+        throw new Error(`Agent ${agentId} not found`);
+      }
+
+      if (snapshot.lifecycle === "running" || snapshot.pendingRun) {
+        childLogger.debug(
+          { agentId },
+          "Interrupting active run before sending new prompt"
+        );
+        try {
+          const cancelled = await agentManager.cancelAgentRun(agentId);
+          if (!cancelled) {
+            childLogger.warn(
+              { agentId },
+              "Agent reported running but no active run was cancelled"
+            );
+          }
+          waitTracker.cancel(agentId, "Agent run interrupted by new prompt");
+
+          const maxWaitMs = 5000;
+          const pollIntervalMs = 50;
+          const startTime = Date.now();
+          while (Date.now() - startTime < maxWaitMs) {
+            const current = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+            if (!current) {
+              throw new Error(
+                `Agent ${agentId} not found during cancellation wait`
+              );
+            }
+            if (current.lifecycle !== "running" && !current.pendingRun) {
+              break;
+            }
+            await new Promise((resolve) =>
+              setTimeout(resolve, pollIntervalMs)
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          childLogger.error(
+            { err: error, agentId },
+            "Failed to interrupt agent"
+          );
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (sessionMode) {
+        await agentManager.setAgentMode(agentId, sessionMode);
+      }
+
+      try {
+        agentManager.recordUserMessage(agentId, prompt);
+      } catch (error) {
+        childLogger.error(
+          { err: error, agentId },
+          "Failed to record user message"
+        );
+      }
+
+      startAgentRun(agentManager, agentId, prompt, childLogger);
+
+      if (!background) {
+        const result = await waitForAgentWithTimeout(agentManager, agentId, {
+          waitForActive: true,
+        });
+
+        const responseData = {
+          success: true,
+          status: result.status,
+          lastMessage: result.lastMessage,
+          permission: sanitizePermissionRequest(result.permission),
+        };
+        const validJson = ensureValidJson(responseData);
+
+        return {
+          content: [],
+          structuredContent: validJson,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const currentSnapshot = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+
+      const responseData = {
+        success: true,
+        status: currentSnapshot?.lifecycle ?? "idle",
+        lastMessage: null,
+        permission: null,
+      };
+      const validJson = ensureValidJson(responseData);
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: validJson,
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "get_agent_status",
+    {
+      title: "Get Agent Status",
+      description:
+        "Return the latest snapshot for an agent, including lifecycle state, capabilities, and pending permissions.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        status: AgentStatusEnum,
+        snapshot: AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema,
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId }) => {
+      const snapshot = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+      if (!snapshot) {
+        throw new Error(`Agent ${agentId} not found`);
+      }
+
+      const structuredSnapshot = await serializeSnapshotWithMetadata(
+        agentStorage,
+        snapshot,
+        childLogger
+      );
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({
+          status: snapshot.lifecycle,
+          snapshot: structuredSnapshot,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "list_agents",
+    {
+      title: "List Agents",
+      description: "List all live agents managed by the server.",
+      inputSchema: {},
+      outputSchema: {
+        agents: z.array(AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema),
+      },
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const snapshots = agentManager.listAgents();
+      const agents = await Promise.all(
+        snapshots.map((snapshot) =>
+          serializeSnapshotWithMetadata(agentStorage, snapshot, childLogger)
+        )
+      );
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ agents }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "cancel_agent",
+    {
+      title: "Cancel Agent Run",
+      description:
+        "Abort the agent's current run but keep the agent alive for future tasks.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId }) => {
+      const success = await agentManager.cancelAgentRun(agentId);
+      if (success) {
+        waitTracker.cancel(agentId, "Agent run cancelled");
+      }
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ success }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "kill_agent",
+    {
+      title: "Kill Agent",
+      description: "Terminate an agent session permanently.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId }) => {
+      await agentManager.closeAgent(agentId);
+      waitTracker.cancel(agentId, "Agent terminated");
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ success: true }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "get_agent_activity",
+    {
+      title: "Get Agent Activity",
+      description:
+        "Return recent agent timeline entries as a curated summary.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        limit: z
+          .number()
+          .optional()
+          .describe(
+            "Optional limit for number of activities to include (most recent first)."
+          ),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        updateCount: z.number(),
+        currentModeId: z.string().nullable(),
+        content: z.string(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId, limit }) => {
+      const timeline = agentManager.getTimeline(agentId);
+      const snapshot = agentManager.getAgent(agentId);
+
+      const activitiesToCurate = limit ? timeline.slice(-limit) : timeline;
+
+      const curatedContent = curateAgentActivity(activitiesToCurate);
+      const totalCount = timeline.length;
+      const shownCount = activitiesToCurate.length;
+
+      let countHeader: string;
+      if (limit && shownCount < totalCount) {
+        countHeader = `Showing ${shownCount} of ${totalCount} ${totalCount === 1 ? "activity" : "activities"} (limited to ${limit})`;
+      } else {
+        countHeader = `Showing all ${totalCount} ${totalCount === 1 ? "activity" : "activities"}`;
+      }
+
+      const contentWithCount = `${countHeader}\n\n${curatedContent}`;
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({
+          agentId,
+          updateCount: timeline.length,
+          currentModeId: snapshot?.currentModeId ?? null,
+          content: contentWithCount,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "set_agent_mode",
+    {
+      title: "Set Agent Session Mode",
+      description:
+        "Switch the agent's session mode (plan, bypassPermissions, read-only, auto, etc.).",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        modeId: z.string(),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+        newMode: z.string(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId, modeId }) => {
+      await agentManager.setAgentMode(agentId, modeId);
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ success: true, newMode: modeId }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "list_pending_permissions",
+    {
+      title: "List Pending Permissions",
+      description:
+        "Return all pending permission requests across all agents with the normalized payloads.",
+      inputSchema: {},
+      outputSchema: {
+        permissions: z.array(
+          z.object({
+            agentId: z.string(),
+            status: AgentStatusEnum,
+            request: AgentPermissionRequestPayloadSchema,
+          })
+        ),
+      },
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const permissions = agentManager.listAgents().flatMap((agent) => {
+        const payload = toAgentPayload(agent);
+        return payload.pendingPermissions.map((request) => ({
+          agentId: agent.id,
+          status: payload.status,
+          request,
+        }));
+      });
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ permissions }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "respond_to_permission",
+    {
+      title: "Respond To Permission",
+      description:
+        "Approve or deny a pending permission request with an AgentManager-compatible response payload.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        agentId: z.string(),
+        requestId: z.string(),
+        response: AgentPermissionResponseSchema,
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ agentId, requestId, response }) => {
+      await agentManager.respondToPermission(agentId, requestId, response);
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({ success: true }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  return server;
+}
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-projections.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-projections.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function toStoredAgentRecord(
      ? agent.lastUserMessageAt.toISOString()
      : null,
    title: options?.title ?? null,
-    labels: agent.labels && Object.keys(agent.labels).length > 0 ? agent.labels : undefined,
+    labels: agent.labels,
    lastStatus: agent.lifecycle,
    lastModeId: agent.currentModeId ?? config?.modeId ?? null,
    config: config ?? null,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function toAgentPayload(
    pendingPermissions: sanitizePendingPermissions(agent.pendingPermissions),
    persistence: sanitizePersistenceHandle(agent.persistence),
    title: options?.title ?? null,
-    labels: agent.labels && Object.keys(agent.labels).length > 0 ? agent.labels : undefined,
+    labels: agent.labels,
  };

  const usage = sanitizeUsage(agent.lastUsage);
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-self-id-mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-self-id-mcp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/**
+ * Agent Self-ID MCP Server
+ *
+ * Purpose: Agents identifying themselves (title, branch)
+ * Transport: Stdio bridge → Unix socket (${PASEO_HOME}/self-id-mcp.sock)
+ * Server name: "paseo-agent-self-id"
+ *
+ * Tools:
+ * - set_title - Set agent's display title
+ * - set_branch - Rename git branch (Paseo worktrees only)
+ *
+ * Requires callerAgentId - must know which agent is calling.
+ */
+
+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { ensureValidJson } from "../json-utils.js";
+import type { Logger } from "pino";
+
+import type { AgentManager } from "./agent-manager.js";
+import {
+  isPaseoOwnedWorktreeCwd,
+  validateBranchSlug,
+} from "../../utils/worktree.js";
+import {
+  NotGitRepoError,
+  renameCurrentBranch,
+} from "../../utils/checkout-git.js";
+
+export interface AgentSelfIdMcpOptions {
+  agentManager: AgentManager;
+  paseoHome?: string;
+  /**
+   * ID of the agent that is connecting to this MCP server.
+   * Required - this server only works for managed agents.
+   */
+  callerAgentId: string;
+  logger: Logger;
+}
+
+type ToolErrorCode = "NOT_ALLOWED" | "NOT_GIT_REPO" | "INVALID_BRANCH";
+
+class AgentSelfIdToolError extends Error {
+  readonly code: ToolErrorCode;
+
+  constructor(code: ToolErrorCode, message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "AgentSelfIdToolError";
+    this.code = code;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function createAgentSelfIdMcpServer(
+  options: AgentSelfIdMcpOptions
+): Promise<McpServer> {
+  const { agentManager, callerAgentId, logger } = options;
+  const childLogger = logger.child({
+    module: "agent",
+    component: "agent-self-id-mcp",
+    callerAgentId,
+  });
+
+  const server = new McpServer({
+    name: "paseo-agent-self-id",
+    version: "1.0.0",
+  });
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "set_title",
+    {
+      title: "Set Agent Title",
+      description: "Update the agent's title in the registry.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        title: z
+          .string()
+          .min(1)
+          .max(60)
+          .describe("Short descriptive title (<= 60 chars)."),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+        title: z.string(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ title }) => {
+      const agent = agentManager.getAgent(callerAgentId);
+      if (!agent) {
+        throw new Error(`Agent ${callerAgentId} not found`);
+      }
+
+      const normalizedTitle = title.trim();
+      if (!normalizedTitle) {
+        throw new AgentSelfIdToolError("NOT_ALLOWED", "Title cannot be empty");
+      }
+      if (normalizedTitle.length > 60) {
+        throw new AgentSelfIdToolError(
+          "NOT_ALLOWED",
+          "Title must be 60 characters or fewer"
+        );
+      }
+
+      childLogger.debug({ title: normalizedTitle }, "Setting agent title");
+      await agentManager.setTitle(agent.id, normalizedTitle);
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({
+          success: true,
+          title: normalizedTitle,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  server.registerTool(
+    "set_branch",
+    {
+      title: "Set Agent Branch",
+      description:
+        "Rename the current git branch. Allowed only inside Paseo-owned worktrees.",
+      inputSchema: {
+        name: z
+          .string()
+          .min(1)
+          .describe(
+            "Git branch name (lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, slashes)."
+          ),
+      },
+      outputSchema: {
+        success: z.boolean(),
+        branch: z.string(),
+      },
+    },
+    async ({ name }) => {
+      const agent = agentManager.getAgent(callerAgentId);
+      if (!agent) {
+        throw new Error(`Agent ${callerAgentId} not found`);
+      }
+
+      const validation = validateBranchSlug(name);
+      if (!validation.valid) {
+        throw new AgentSelfIdToolError(
+          "INVALID_BRANCH",
+          validation.error ?? "Invalid branch name"
+        );
+      }
+
+      let ownership;
+      try {
+        ownership = await isPaseoOwnedWorktreeCwd(agent.cwd, {
+          paseoHome: options.paseoHome,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        const notGitError =
+          error instanceof NotGitRepoError
+            ? error
+            : new NotGitRepoError(agent.cwd);
+        throw new AgentSelfIdToolError("NOT_GIT_REPO", notGitError.message);
+      }
+
+      if (!ownership.allowed) {
+        throw new AgentSelfIdToolError(
+          "NOT_ALLOWED",
+          "Branch renames are only allowed inside Paseo-owned worktrees"
+        );
+      }
+
+      childLogger.debug({ branch: name }, "Renaming branch");
+      const result = await renameCurrentBranch(agent.cwd, name);
+      if (result.currentBranch !== name) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Branch rename failed (expected ${name}, got ${result.currentBranch ?? "unknown"})`
+        );
+      }
+
+      return {
+        content: [],
+        structuredContent: ensureValidJson({
+          success: true,
+          branch: name,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+  );
+
+  return server;
+}
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-storage.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const STORED_AGENT_SCHEMA = z.object({
  lastActivityAt: z.string().optional(),
  lastUserMessageAt: z.string().nullable().optional(),
  title: z.string().nullable().optional(),
-  labels: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  labels: z.record(z.string()).default({}),
  lastStatus: AgentStatusSchema.default("closed"),
  lastModeId: z.string().nullable().optional(),
  config: SERIALIZABLE_CONFIG_SCHEMA,
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-client-v2.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-client-v2.e2e.test.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ describe("daemon client v2 E2E", () => {
  test("handles session actions", async () => {
    expect(ctx.client.isConnected).toBe(true);

-    const sessionStatePromise = waitForSignal(15000, (resolve) => {
-      const unsubscribe = ctx.client.on("session_state", (message) => {
-        if (message.type !== "session_state") {
+    const agentListPromise = waitForSignal(15000, (resolve) => {
+      const unsubscribe = ctx.client.on("agent_list", (message) => {
+        if (message.type !== "agent_list") {
          return;
        }
        resolve(message);
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ describe("daemon client v2 E2E", () => {
    expect(loadResult.voiceConversationId).toBe(voiceConversationId);
    expect(typeof loadResult.messageCount).toBe("number");

-    const sessionState = await sessionStatePromise;
-    expect(Array.isArray(sessionState.payload.agents)).toBe(true);
+    const agentList = await agentListPromise;
+    expect(Array.isArray(agentList.payload.agents)).toBe(true);

    const listResult = await ctx.client.listVoiceConversations();
    expect(Array.isArray(listResult.conversations)).toBe(true);
@@ -128,9 +128,12 @@ describe("daemon client v2 E2E", () => {
    async () => {
      const cwd = tmpCwd();

-      const agentStatePromise = waitForSignal(15000, (resolve) => {
-        const unsubscribe = ctx.client.on("agent_state", (message) => {
-          if (message.type !== "agent_state") {
+      const agentUpdatePromise = waitForSignal(15000, (resolve) => {
+        const unsubscribe = ctx.client.on("agent_update", (message) => {
+          if (message.type !== "agent_update") {
+            return;
+          }
+          if (message.payload.kind !== "upsert") {
            return;
          }
          resolve(message);
@@ -173,8 +176,8 @@ describe("daemon client v2 E2E", () => {
        ctx.client.listAgents().some((entry) => entry.id === agent.id)
      ).toBe(true);

-      const agentState = await agentStatePromise;
-      expect(agentState.payload.id).toBe(agent.id);
+      const agentUpdate = await agentUpdatePromise;
+      expect(agentUpdate.payload.agent.id).toBe(agent.id);
      const createdStatus = await createdStatusPromise;
      expect(
        (createdStatus.payload as { agentId?: string }).agentId
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ describe("daemon client v2 E2E", () => {

      if (nextMode) {
        await ctx.client.setAgentMode(agent.id, nextMode);
-        const modeState = await ctx.client.waitForAgentState(
+        const modeState = await ctx.client.waitForAgentUpsert(
          agent.id,
          (snapshot) => snapshot.currentModeId === nextMode,
          15000
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/agent-operations.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/agent-operations.e2e.test.ts
@@ -156,8 +156,12 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
            const queue = ctx.client.getMessageQueue();
            for (let i = startPosition; i < queue.length; i++) {
              const msg = queue[i];
-              if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agent.id) {
-                if (msg.payload.status === "running") {
+              if (
+                msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+                msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+                msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+              ) {
+                if (msg.payload.agent.status === "running") {
                  sawRunning = true;
                  clearTimeout(timeout);
                  resolve();
@@ -206,14 +210,18 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
              const queue = ctx.client.getMessageQueue();
              for (let i = queueStart; i < queue.length; i++) {
                const msg = queue[i];
-                if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agent.id) {
+                if (
+                  msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+                  msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+                  msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+                ) {
                  if (
-                    msg.payload.status === "idle" ||
-                    msg.payload.status === "error"
+                    msg.payload.agent.status === "idle" ||
+                    msg.payload.agent.status === "error"
                  ) {
                    clearTimeout(timeout);
                    clearInterval(interval);
-                    resolve(msg.payload);
+                    resolve(msg.payload.agent);
                    return;
                  }
                }
@@ -284,11 +292,11 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
        // Switch to "read-only" mode
        await ctx.client.setAgentMode(agent.id, "read-only");

-        // Wait for agent_state update reflecting the new mode
+        // Wait for agent_update upsert reflecting the new mode
        const stateAfterModeSwitch = await new Promise<AgentSnapshotPayload>(
          (resolve, reject) => {
            const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-              reject(new Error("Timeout waiting for mode change in agent_state"));
+              reject(new Error("Timeout waiting for mode change in agent_update"));
            }, 10000);

            const checkForModeChange = (): void => {
@@ -296,13 +304,14 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
              for (let i = startPosition; i < queue.length; i++) {
                const msg = queue[i];
                if (
-                  msg.type === "agent_state" &&
-                  msg.payload.id === agent.id &&
-                  msg.payload.currentModeId === "read-only"
+                  msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+                  msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+                  msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id &&
+                  msg.payload.agent.currentModeId === "read-only"
                ) {
                  clearTimeout(timeout);
                  clearInterval(interval);
-                  resolve(msg.payload);
+                  resolve(msg.payload.agent);
                  return;
                }
              }
@@ -333,7 +342,7 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {

        await ctx.client.setAgentMode(agent.id, "full-access");

-        // Wait for agent_state update
+        // Wait for agent_update upsert
        const stateAfterFullAccess = await new Promise<AgentSnapshotPayload>(
          (resolve, reject) => {
            const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -345,13 +354,14 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
              for (let i = position2; i < queue.length; i++) {
                const msg = queue[i];
                if (
-                  msg.type === "agent_state" &&
-                  msg.payload.id === agent.id &&
-                  msg.payload.currentModeId === "full-access"
+                  msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+                  msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+                  msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id &&
+                  msg.payload.agent.currentModeId === "full-access"
                ) {
                  clearTimeout(timeout);
                  clearInterval(interval);
-                  resolve(msg.payload);
+                  resolve(msg.payload.agent);
                  return;
                }
              }
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/checkout-debug.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/checkout-debug.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function testMultiAgentSequence() {
  // Subscribe to all events for debugging
  const unsub = client.subscribe((event) => {
    console.log(`[Event] type=${event.type}`);
-    if (event.type === "session_state") {
+    if (event.type === "agent_list") {
      console.log(`  ${event.agents.length} agents`);
      agents.length = 0;
      for (const a of event.agents) {
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ async function testMultiAgentSequence() {
  });

  // Also log ALL raw messages
-  client.on("session_state", (msg: any) => {
-    console.log(`[RAW session_state] agents=${msg.agents?.length}`);
+  client.on("agent_list", (msg: any) => {
+    console.log(`[RAW agent_list] agents=${msg.agents?.length}`);
  });

  // Also log raw messages for debugging
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ async function testMultiAgentSequence() {
    console.log("Connected to daemon");
    console.log(`Connection state: ${JSON.stringify(client.getConnectionState())}`);

-    // Request session state (the app does this after connecting)
-    console.log("Requesting session state...");
-    client.requestSessionState();
+    // Request agent list (the app does this after connecting)
+    console.log("Requesting agent list...");
+    client.requestAgentList();

-    // Wait a bit for session state to arrive
-    console.log("Waiting 3s for session state...");
+    // Wait a bit for agent list to arrive
+    console.log("Waiting 3s for agent list...");
    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 3000));

    if (agents.length === 0) {
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/permissions-codex.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/permissions-codex.e2e.test.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
        await ctx.client.sendMessage(agent.id, "List the files in the current directory.");

        // Wait for agent to start running
-        await ctx.client.waitForAgentState(
+        await ctx.client.waitForAgentUpsert(
          agent.id,
          (snapshot) => snapshot.status === "running",
          10000
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
        // Wait for agent to become idle after cancellation
        // Don't use waitForAgentIdle because it requires seeing "running" first,
        // but we already saw it above. Just wait for "idle" or "error".
-        await ctx.client.waitForAgentState(
+        await ctx.client.waitForAgentUpsert(
          agent.id,
          (snapshot) =>
            snapshot.status === "idle" || snapshot.status === "error",
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {

        await ctx.client.setAgentMode(agent.id, "full-access");

-        // Wait for mode change to be reflected in agent_state
+        // Wait for mode change to be reflected in agent_update
        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
          const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
            reject(new Error("Timeout waiting for full-access mode change"));
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
            for (let i = modeStartPosition; i < queue.length; i++) {
              const msg = queue[i];
              if (
-                msg.type === "agent_state" &&
-                msg.payload.id === agent.id &&
-                msg.payload.currentModeId === "full-access"
+                msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+                msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+                msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id &&
+                msg.payload.agent.currentModeId === "full-access"
              ) {
                clearTimeout(timeout);
                clearInterval(interval);
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/persistence.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/persistence.e2e.test.ts
@@ -381,7 +381,13 @@ describe("daemon E2E", () => {
          return null;
        }

-        const transcriptFile = findTranscriptFile(sessionsDir, sessionId!);
+        let transcriptFile: string | null = null;
+        const transcriptWaitStart = Date.now();
+        while (Date.now() - transcriptWaitStart < 10000) {
+          transcriptFile = findTranscriptFile(sessionsDir, sessionId!);
+          if (transcriptFile) break;
+          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
+        }

        // Verify transcript file exists
        expect(transcriptFile).not.toBeNull();
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/self-id-mcp.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/self-id-mcp.e2e.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import {
+  createDaemonTestContext,
+  type DaemonTestContext,
+} from "../test-utils/index.js";
+
+describe("self-id MCP e2e", () => {
+  let ctx: DaemonTestContext;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    ctx = await createDaemonTestContext();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await ctx.cleanup();
+  }, 60000);
+
+  test("UI agent can call set_title to change its title", async () => {
+    // Create a Claude agent with ui=true label (triggers MCP injection)
+    const agent = await ctx.client.createAgent({
+      provider: "claude",
+      cwd: "/tmp",
+      title: "Initial Title",
+      labels: { ui: "true" },
+    });
+
+    expect(agent.id).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(agent.title).toBe("Initial Title");
+
+    // Send a message asking the agent to call set_title
+    await ctx.client.sendMessage(
+      agent.id,
+      "Use the set_title MCP tool to change your title to 'Updated via MCP'. Only call set_title, nothing else."
+    );
+
+    // Wait for agent to complete (MCP tools may auto-approve without permission)
+    // If a permission is requested, approve it
+    let finalState = await ctx.client.waitForAgentIdle(agent.id, 120000);
+
+    // Check if we got blocked on permission
+    if (finalState.status === "running" && finalState.pendingPermissions?.length) {
+      const permission = finalState.pendingPermissions[0];
+      await ctx.client.respondToPermission(agent.id, permission.id, {
+        behavior: "allow",
+      });
+      finalState = await ctx.client.waitForAgentIdle(agent.id, 60000);
+    }
+
+    // Log final state for debugging if not idle
+    if (finalState.status !== "idle") {
+      console.error(
+        "Agent did not reach idle state:",
+        JSON.stringify(finalState, null, 2)
+      );
+    }
+
+    expect(finalState.status).toBe("idle");
+    expect(finalState.lastError).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Verify the title was changed via set_title
+    expect(finalState.title).toBe("Updated via MCP");
+  }, 180000);
+});
--- a/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/streaming.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/daemon-e2e/streaming.e2e.test.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {
        let lastState: AgentSnapshotPayload | null = null;

        while (Date.now() - startTime < maxWaitMs) {
-          // Check agent_state messages in the queue
+          // Check agent_update upserts in the queue
          const queue = ctx.client.getMessageQueue();

          // Look for pattern: user_message (msg2) -> ... -> running -> ... -> idle/error
@@ -368,13 +368,21 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {
                sawMsg2UserMessage = true;
              }
            }
-            if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agent.id) {
-              if (sawMsg2UserMessage && msg.payload.status === "running") {
+            if (
+              msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+              msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+              msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+            ) {
+              if (sawMsg2UserMessage && msg.payload.agent.status === "running") {
                sawRunningAfterMsg2 = true;
              }
-              if (sawRunningAfterMsg2 && (msg.payload.status === "idle" || msg.payload.status === "error")) {
+              if (
+                sawRunningAfterMsg2 &&
+                (msg.payload.agent.status === "idle" ||
+                  msg.payload.agent.status === "error")
+              ) {
                sawIdleAfterRunning = true;
-                lastState = msg.payload;
+                lastState = msg.payload.agent;
              }
            }
          }
@@ -502,8 +510,12 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {

        // Subscribe to all messages for logging
        const unsubscribe = ctx.client.on((event) => {
-          if (event.type === "agent_state" && event.agentId === agent.id) {
-            log(`[EVENT] agent_state: status=${event.payload.status}`);
+          if (
+            event.type === "agent_update" &&
+            event.agentId === agent.id &&
+            event.payload.kind === "upsert"
+          ) {
+            log(`[EVENT] agent_update: status=${event.payload.agent.status}`);
          } else if (event.type === "agent_stream" && event.agentId === agent.id) {
            const evt = event.event;
            if (evt.type === "timeline") {
@@ -564,8 +576,12 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {
        const queueBeforeStop = ctx.client.getMessageQueue();
        let lastStatus = "unknown";
        for (const msg of queueBeforeStop) {
-          if (msg.type === "agent_state" && msg.payload.id === agent.id) {
-            lastStatus = msg.payload.status;
+          if (
+            msg.type === "agent_update" &&
+            msg.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+            msg.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+          ) {
+            lastStatus = msg.payload.agent.status;
          }
        }
        log(`agent status before Stop: ${lastStatus}`);
@@ -670,9 +686,13 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {

          for (let i = startPosition; i < queue.length; i++) {
            const m = queue[i];
-            if (m.type === "agent_state" && m.payload.id === agent.id) {
-              if (m.payload.status === "running") currentRunningCount++;
-              lastState = m.payload;
+            if (
+              m.type === "agent_update" &&
+              m.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+              m.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+            ) {
+              if (m.payload.agent.status === "running") currentRunningCount++;
+              lastState = m.payload.agent;
            }
          }

@@ -695,8 +715,12 @@ describeWithClaude("daemon E2E", () => {

        for (let i = startPosition; i < queue.length; i++) {
          const m = queue[i];
-          if (m.type === "agent_state" && m.payload.id === agent.id) {
-            stateChanges.push(m.payload.status);
+          if (
+            m.type === "agent_update" &&
+            m.payload.kind === "upsert" &&
+            m.payload.agent.id === agent.id
+          ) {
+            stateChanges.push(m.payload.agent.status);
          }
          if (
            m.type === "agent_stream" &&
--- a/packages/server/src/server/pid-lock.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/pid-lock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { open, readFile, unlink, mkdir } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { hostname } from "node:os";
+
+export interface PidLockInfo {
+  pid: number;
+  startedAt: string;
+  hostname: string;
+  uid: number;
+  sockPath: string;
+}
+
+export class PidLockError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    message: string,
+    public readonly existingLock?: PidLockInfo
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "PidLockError";
+  }
+}
+
+function isPidRunning(pid: number): boolean {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function getPidFilePath(paseoHome: string): string {
+  return join(paseoHome, "paseo.pid");
+}
+
+export async function acquirePidLock(
+  paseoHome: string,
+  sockPath: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  const pidPath = getPidFilePath(paseoHome);
+
+  // Ensure paseoHome directory exists
+  if (!existsSync(paseoHome)) {
+    await mkdir(paseoHome, { recursive: true });
+  }
+
+  // Try to read existing lock
+  let existingLock: PidLockInfo | null = null;
+  try {
+    const content = await readFile(pidPath, "utf-8");
+    existingLock = JSON.parse(content) as PidLockInfo;
+  } catch {
+    // No existing lock or invalid JSON - that's fine
+  }
+
+  // Check if existing lock is stale
+  if (existingLock) {
+    if (isPidRunning(existingLock.pid)) {
+      throw new PidLockError(
+        `Another Paseo daemon is already running (PID ${existingLock.pid}, started ${existingLock.startedAt})`,
+        existingLock
+      );
+    }
+    // Stale lock - remove it
+    await unlink(pidPath).catch(() => {});
+  }
+
+  // Create new lock with exclusive flag
+  const lockInfo: PidLockInfo = {
+    pid: process.pid,
+    startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    hostname: hostname(),
+    uid: process.getuid?.() ?? 0,
+    sockPath,
+  };
+
+  let fd;
+  try {
+    fd = await open(pidPath, "wx");
+    await fd.write(JSON.stringify(lockInfo));
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    if (err.code === "EEXIST") {
+      // Race condition - another process created the file
+      // Re-read and check
+      try {
+        const content = await readFile(pidPath, "utf-8");
+        const raceLock = JSON.parse(content) as PidLockInfo;
+        throw new PidLockError(
+          `Another Paseo daemon is already running (PID ${raceLock.pid})`,
+          raceLock
+        );
+      } catch (innerErr) {
+        if (innerErr instanceof PidLockError) throw innerErr;
+        throw new PidLockError("Failed to acquire PID lock due to race condition");
+      }
+    }
+    throw err;
+  } finally {
+    await fd?.close();
+  }
+}
+
+export async function releasePidLock(paseoHome: string): Promise<void> {
+  const pidPath = getPidFilePath(paseoHome);
+  try {
+    // Only remove if it's our lock
+    const content = await readFile(pidPath, "utf-8");
+    const lock = JSON.parse(content) as PidLockInfo;
+    if (lock.pid === process.pid) {
+      await unlink(pidPath);
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore errors - lock may already be gone
+  }
+}
+
+export async function getPidLockInfo(
+  paseoHome: string
+): Promise<PidLockInfo | null> {
+  const pidPath = getPidFilePath(paseoHome);
+  try {
+    const content = await readFile(pidPath, "utf-8");
+    return JSON.parse(content) as PidLockInfo;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function isLocked(
+  paseoHome: string
+): Promise<{ locked: boolean; info?: PidLockInfo }> {
+  const info = await getPidLockInfo(paseoHome);
+  if (!info) {
+    return { locked: false };
+  }
+  if (!isPidRunning(info.pid)) {
+    return { locked: false, info };
+  }
+  return { locked: true, info };
+}
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, stat } from "fs/promises";
 import { exec } from "child_process";
 import { promisify, inspect } from "util";
 import { join, resolve, sep } from "path";
+import http from "http";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { streamText, stepCountIs } from "ai";
@@ -290,10 +291,17 @@ export class Session {
  private agentManager: AgentManager;
  private readonly agentStorage: AgentStorage;
  private readonly agentMcpRoute: string;
+  private readonly mcpSocketPath: string;
  private readonly downloadTokenStore: DownloadTokenStore;
  private readonly pushTokenStore: PushTokenStore;
  private readonly providerRegistry: ReturnType<typeof buildProviderRegistry>;
  private unsubscribeAgentEvents: (() => void) | null = null;
+  private agentUpdatesSubscription:
+    | {
+        subscriptionId: string;
+        filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> };
+      }
+    | null = null;
  private clientActivity: {
    deviceType: "web" | "mobile";
    focusedAgentId: string | null;
@@ -313,6 +321,7 @@ export class Session {
    agentManager: AgentManager,
    agentStorage: AgentStorage,
    agentMcpRoute: string,
+    mcpSocketPath: string,
    stt: OpenAISTT | null,
    tts: OpenAITTS | null,
    terminalManager: TerminalManager | null,
@@ -327,6 +336,7 @@ export class Session {
    this.agentManager = agentManager;
    this.agentStorage = agentStorage;
    this.agentMcpRoute = agentMcpRoute;
+    this.mcpSocketPath = mcpSocketPath;
    this.terminalManager = terminalManager;
    this.voiceConversationStore = voiceConversationStore;
    this.abortController = new AbortController();
@@ -369,7 +379,7 @@ export class Session {
   * Send initial state to client after connection
   */
  public async sendInitialState(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.sendSessionState();
+    await this.sendAgentList();
  }

  /**
@@ -500,10 +510,56 @@ export class Session {
   */
  private async initializeAgentMcp(): Promise<void> {
    try {
-      // Connect to the local MCP server using localhost
-      const agentMcpUrl = `http://127.0.0.1:6767${this.agentMcpRoute}`;
+      // Create a custom fetch that uses the Unix socket
+      const socketFetch = async (
+        input: string | URL,
+        init?: RequestInit
+      ): Promise<Response> => {
+        const url = new URL(input.toString());
+        const path = url.pathname + url.search;
+
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          const req = http.request(
+            {
+              socketPath: this.mcpSocketPath,
+              path,
+              method: init?.method ?? "GET",
+              headers: {
+                ...Object.fromEntries(
+                  new Headers(init?.headers).entries()
+                ),
+              },
+            },
+            (res: import("http").IncomingMessage) => {
+              const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+              res.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => chunks.push(chunk));
+              res.on("end", () => {
+                const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
+                resolve(
+                  new Response(body, {
+                    status: res.statusCode ?? 500,
+                    statusText: res.statusMessage ?? "",
+                    headers: new Headers(
+                      res.headers as Record<string, string>
+                    ),
+                  })
+                );
+              });
+              res.on("error", reject);
+            }
+          );
+          req.on("error", reject);
+          if (init?.body) {
+            req.write(init.body);
+          }
+          req.end();
+        });
+      };
+
+      // Connect to the local MCP server using Unix socket
      const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
-        new URL(agentMcpUrl)
+        new URL(`http://localhost${this.agentMcpRoute}`),
+        { fetch: socketFetch as typeof fetch }
      );

      this.agentMcpClient = await experimental_createMCPClient({
@@ -535,7 +591,7 @@ export class Session {
    this.unsubscribeAgentEvents = this.agentManager.subscribe(
      (event) => {
        if (event.type === "agent_state") {
-          void this.forwardAgentState(event.agent);
+          void this.forwardAgentUpdate(event.agent);
          return;
        }

@@ -674,18 +730,42 @@ export class Session {
    }
  }

-  private async forwardAgentState(agent: ManagedAgent): Promise<void> {
+  private matchesAgentFilter(
+    agent: AgentSnapshotPayload,
+    filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> }
+  ): boolean {
+    if (!filter?.labels) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return Object.entries(filter.labels).every(
+      ([key, value]) => agent.labels[key] === value
+    );
+  }
+
+  private async forwardAgentUpdate(agent: ManagedAgent): Promise<void> {
    try {
+      const subscription = this.agentUpdatesSubscription;
+      if (!subscription) {
+        return;
+      }
+
      const payload = await this.buildAgentPayload(agent);
+      const matches = this.matchesAgentFilter(payload, subscription.filter);
+
+      if (matches) {
+        this.emit({
+          type: "agent_update",
+          payload: { kind: "upsert", agent: payload },
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
      this.emit({
-        type: "agent_state",
-        payload,
+        type: "agent_update",
+        payload: { kind: "remove", agentId: payload.id },
      });
    } catch (error) {
-      this.sessionLogger.error(
-        { err: error },
-        "Failed to emit agent state"
-      );
+      this.sessionLogger.error({ err: error }, "Failed to emit agent update");
    }
  }

@@ -711,8 +791,23 @@ export class Session {
          this.handleAudioPlayed(msg.id);
          break;

-        case "request_session_state":
-          await this.sendSessionState();
+        case "request_agent_list":
+          await this.sendAgentList(msg.filter);
+          break;
+
+        case "subscribe_agent_updates":
+          this.agentUpdatesSubscription = {
+            subscriptionId: msg.subscriptionId,
+            filter: msg.filter,
+          };
+          break;
+
+        case "unsubscribe_agent_updates":
+          if (
+            this.agentUpdatesSubscription?.subscriptionId === msg.subscriptionId
+          ) {
+            this.agentUpdatesSubscription = null;
+          }
          break;

        case "load_voice_conversation_request":
@@ -966,8 +1061,8 @@ export class Session {
      },
    });

-    // Send current session state (live agents and commands)
-    await this.sendSessionState();
+    // Send current agent list
+    await this.sendAgentList();
  }

  /**
@@ -1117,6 +1212,13 @@ export class Session {
        requestId,
      },
    });
+
+    if (this.agentUpdatesSubscription) {
+      this.emit({
+        type: "agent_update",
+        payload: { kind: "remove", agentId },
+      });
+    }
  }

  private async handleArchiveAgentRequest(
@@ -1275,7 +1377,7 @@ export class Session {

    try {
      const snapshot = await this.ensureAgentLoaded(agentId);
-      await this.forwardAgentState(snapshot);
+      await this.forwardAgentUpdate(snapshot);

      // Send timeline snapshot after hydration (if any)
      const timelineSize = this.emitAgentTimelineSnapshot(snapshot);
@@ -1354,7 +1456,7 @@ export class Session {
        undefined,
        { labels }
      );
-      await this.forwardAgentState(snapshot);
+      await this.forwardAgentUpdate(snapshot);

      const trimmedPrompt = initialPrompt?.trim();
      if (trimmedPrompt) {
@@ -1459,7 +1561,7 @@ export class Session {
        overrides
      );
      await this.agentManager.primeAgentHistory(snapshot.id);
-      await this.forwardAgentState(snapshot);
+      await this.forwardAgentUpdate(snapshot);
      const timelineSize = this.emitAgentTimelineSnapshot(snapshot);
      if (requestId) {
        this.emit({
@@ -1529,7 +1631,7 @@ export class Session {
        );
      }
      await this.agentManager.primeAgentHistory(agentId);
-      await this.forwardAgentState(snapshot);
+      await this.forwardAgentUpdate(snapshot);
      const timelineSize = this.emitAgentTimelineSnapshot(snapshot);
      if (requestId) {
        this.emit({
@@ -3403,9 +3505,9 @@ export class Session {
  }

  /**
-   * Send current session state (live agents and commands) to client
+   * Send agent list to client, optionally filtered by labels
   */
-  private async sendSessionState(): Promise<void> {
+  private async sendAgentList(filter?: { labels?: Record<string, string> }): Promise<void> {
    try {
      // Get live agents with session modes
      const agentSnapshots = this.agentManager.listAgents();
@@ -3421,24 +3523,32 @@ export class Session {
        .filter((record) => !liveIds.has(record.id) && !record.internal)
        .map((record) => this.buildStoredAgentPayload(record));

-      const agents = [...liveAgents, ...persistedAgents];
+      let agents = [...liveAgents, ...persistedAgents];

-      // Emit session state
+      // Filter by labels if filter provided
+      if (filter?.labels) {
+        const filterLabels = filter.labels;
+        agents = agents.filter((agent) =>
+          Object.entries(filterLabels).every(([key, value]) => agent.labels[key] === value)
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Emit agent list
      this.emit({
-        type: "session_state",
+        type: "agent_list",
        payload: {
          agents,
        },
      });

      this.sessionLogger.debug(
-        { agentCount: agents.length },
-        `Sent session state: ${agents.length} agents`
+        { agentCount: agents.length, filter },
+        `Sent agent list: ${agents.length} agents`
      );
    } catch (error) {
      this.sessionLogger.error(
        { err: error },
-        "Failed to send session state"
+        "Failed to send agent list"
      );
    }
  }
--- a/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/daemon-test-context.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/daemon-test-context.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export async function createDaemonTestContext(
    url: `ws://127.0.0.1:${daemon.port}/ws`,
  });
  await client.connect();
+  client.subscribeAgentUpdates({ subscriptionId: "test" });

  return {
    daemon,
--- a/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/paseo-daemon.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/paseo-daemon.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export async function createTestPaseoDaemon(
    const config: PaseoDaemonConfig = {
      listen: `${listenHost}:${port}`,
      paseoHome,
+      selfIdMcpSocketPath: path.join(paseoHome, "self-id-mcp.sock"),
      corsAllowedOrigins: options.corsAllowedOrigins ?? [],
      agentMcpRoute: "/mcp/agents",
      agentMcpAllowedHosts: [`127.0.0.1:${port}`, `localhost:${port}`, `${listenHost}:${port}`],
--- a/packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/shared/messages.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export const AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema = z.object({
  lastUsage: AgentUsageSchema.optional(),
  lastError: z.string().optional(),
  title: z.string().nullable(),
-  labels: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  labels: z.record(z.string()).default({}),
  requiresAttention: z.boolean().optional(),
  attentionReason: z.enum(["finished", "error", "permission"]).nullable().optional(),
  attentionTimestamp: z.string().nullable().optional(),
@@ -279,9 +279,25 @@ export const AudioPlayedMessageSchema = z.object({
  id: z.string(),
 });

-export const RequestSessionStateMessageSchema = z.object({
-  type: z.literal("request_session_state"),
+export const RequestAgentListMessageSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("request_agent_list"),
  requestId: z.string(),
+  filter: z.object({
+    labels: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  }).optional(),
+});
+
+export const SubscribeAgentUpdatesMessageSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("subscribe_agent_updates"),
+  subscriptionId: z.string(),
+  filter: z.object({
+    labels: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  }).optional(),
+});
+
+export const UnsubscribeAgentUpdatesMessageSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("unsubscribe_agent_updates"),
+  subscriptionId: z.string(),
 });

 export const LoadVoiceConversationRequestMessageSchema = z.object({
@@ -379,7 +395,7 @@ export const CreateAgentRequestMessageSchema = z.object({
    mimeType: z.string(), // e.g., "image/jpeg", "image/png"
  })).optional(),
  git: GitSetupOptionsSchema.optional(),
-  labels: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  labels: z.record(z.string()).default({}),
  requestId: z.string(),
 });

@@ -720,7 +736,9 @@ export const SessionInboundMessageSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("type", [
  RealtimeAudioChunkMessageSchema,
  AbortRequestMessageSchema,
  AudioPlayedMessageSchema,
-  RequestSessionStateMessageSchema,
+  RequestAgentListMessageSchema,
+  SubscribeAgentUpdatesMessageSchema,
+  UnsubscribeAgentUpdatesMessageSchema,
  LoadVoiceConversationRequestMessageSchema,
  ListVoiceConversationsRequestMessageSchema,
  DeleteVoiceConversationRequestMessageSchema,
@@ -945,9 +963,18 @@ export const VoiceConversationLoadedMessageSchema = z.object({
  }),
 });

-export const AgentStateMessageSchema = z.object({
-  type: z.literal("agent_state"),
-  payload: AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema,
+export const AgentUpdateMessageSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("agent_update"),
+  payload: z.discriminatedUnion("kind", [
+    z.object({
+      kind: z.literal("upsert"),
+      agent: AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema,
+    }),
+    z.object({
+      kind: z.literal("remove"),
+      agentId: z.string(),
+    }),
+  ]),
 });

 export const AgentStreamMessageSchema = z.object({
@@ -981,8 +1008,8 @@ export const AgentStatusMessageSchema = z.object({
  }),
 });

-export const SessionStateMessageSchema = z.object({
-  type: z.literal("session_state"),
+export const AgentListMessageSchema = z.object({
+  type: z.literal("agent_list"),
  payload: z.object({
    agents: z.array(AgentSnapshotPayloadSchema),
  }),
@@ -1419,11 +1446,11 @@ export const SessionOutboundMessageSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("type", [
  InitializeAgentResponseMessageSchema,
  ArtifactMessageSchema,
  VoiceConversationLoadedMessageSchema,
-  AgentStateMessageSchema,
+  AgentUpdateMessageSchema,
  AgentStreamMessageSchema,
  AgentStreamSnapshotMessageSchema,
  AgentStatusMessageSchema,
-  SessionStateMessageSchema,
+  AgentListMessageSchema,
  ListVoiceConversationsResponseMessageSchema,
  DeleteVoiceConversationResponseMessageSchema,
  AgentPermissionRequestMessageSchema,
@@ -1470,13 +1497,13 @@ export type ArtifactMessage = z.infer<typeof ArtifactMessageSchema>;
 export type VoiceConversationLoadedMessage = z.infer<
  typeof VoiceConversationLoadedMessageSchema
 >;
-export type AgentStateMessage = z.infer<typeof AgentStateMessageSchema>;
+export type AgentUpdateMessage = z.infer<typeof AgentUpdateMessageSchema>;
 export type AgentStreamMessage = z.infer<typeof AgentStreamMessageSchema>;
 export type AgentStreamSnapshotMessage = z.infer<
  typeof AgentStreamSnapshotMessageSchema
 >;
 export type AgentStatusMessage = z.infer<typeof AgentStatusMessageSchema>;
-export type SessionStateMessage = z.infer<typeof SessionStateMessageSchema>;
+export type AgentListMessage = z.infer<typeof AgentListMessageSchema>;
 export type ListVoiceConversationsResponseMessage = z.infer<
  typeof ListVoiceConversationsResponseMessageSchema
 >;