fix(plugins): preserve agent message provenance in timeline transforms (#8492)

Co-authored-by: luke <luopeihuan@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: RoundRedDot <roundreddot@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: paseo-bot[bot] <266920839+paseo-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.oxlintrc.json

@@ -406,10 +406,7 @@
     {
       "files": [
         "packages/app/src/app/_layout.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/app/pair-scan.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/adaptive-modal-sheet.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-method-modal.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/agent-status-dot.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/attachment-lightbox.tsx",
@@ -428,7 +425,6 @@
         "packages/app/src/components/hosts/host-picker.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/icons/paseo-logo.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/pair-link-modal.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/plan-card.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/provider-diagnostic-sheet.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/question-form-card.tsx",
@@ -543,14 +539,10 @@
         "packages/app/src/agent-skills/selection-sheet.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/agent-stream/chat-outline/rail.web.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/app/pair-scan.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/changelog/internal/changelog-sheet.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/command-center/command-center.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/adaptive-modal-sheet.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-method-modal.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/add-project-flow.tsx",
-        "packages/app/src/components/add-remote-ssh-host-modal.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/app-diagnostic-sheet.tsx",
         "packages/app/src/components/attachment-lightbox.tsx",

docs/design.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The authored interface ramp uses a 14px base. New native installs default to 15p
 Weight has three tiers, applied by role:
 
 - **Screen titles** — the title in app chrome — use `<ScreenTitle>` (`packages/app/src/components/headers/screen-title.tsx`), which renders `fontSize.base` at weight `400` on compact and `300` on desktop. The New workspace hero is the only larger product title; it uses `fontSize["2xl"]` (`packages/app/src/screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx`).
-- **Structural labels** use `fontWeight.medium`. This applies to section labels above a stack of rows (`packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx:519-523`, `packages/app/src/components/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx:63-67`), form field labels above an input inside a modal (`packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx:19-23`, `packages/app/src/components/pair-link-modal.tsx:24-28`), the title at the top of a modal/sheet/dialog (`packages/app/src/components/adaptive-modal-sheet.tsx:90-94`, `packages/app/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx:1607-1611`, `packages/app/src/components/welcome-screen.tsx:48-53`), action button labels in tight components such as the sidebar callout actions (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-callout.tsx:218-221`), and inline data emphasis on dense metadata rows (`packages/app/src/components/git-diff-pane.tsx:2322-2327`, `packages/app/src/components/file-explorer-pane.tsx:1115-1122`).
+- **Structural labels** use `fontWeight.medium`. This applies to section labels above a stack of rows (`packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx:519-523`, `packages/app/src/components/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog.tsx:63-67`), form field labels above an input inside a modal (`packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-modal.tsx:19-23`, `packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/pair-link-modal.tsx:24-28`), the title at the top of a modal/sheet/dialog (`packages/app/src/components/adaptive-modal-sheet.tsx:90-94`, `packages/app/src/components/ui/combobox.tsx:1607-1611`, `packages/app/src/components/welcome-screen.tsx:48-53`), action button labels in tight components such as the sidebar callout actions (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-callout.tsx:218-221`), and inline data emphasis on dense metadata rows (`packages/app/src/components/git-diff-pane.tsx:2322-2327`, `packages/app/src/components/file-explorer-pane.tsx:1115-1122`).
 - **Content** uses `fontWeight.normal`. This applies to settings rows (`packages/app/src/styles/settings.ts`), sidebar primary list-item titles (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx:2680-2686`, `packages/app/src/components/agent-list.tsx:572-578`), `<Button>` text (`packages/app/src/components/ui/button.tsx:80-84`), `<StatusBadge>` text (`packages/app/src/components/ui/status-badge.tsx:56-60`), and `<SidebarCallout>` titles (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-callout.tsx:175-180`).
 
 The rule, condensed: text that _names_ a surface or a group is `medium`. Text that lives _inside_ a surface or a group is `normal`. Top-of-screen titles are `<ScreenTitle>`, which is lighter still.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Five primitives. The pick is determined by option count, the need to search, and
 
 `<ContextMenu>` is for right-click and long-press on a target. The row is the trigger; there is no visible affordance. Used for incidental actions on workspace rows in the sidebar (`packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx`).
 
-`<AdaptiveModalSheet>` is for a focused task. Multi-field forms (`packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/pair-link-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/project-picker-modal.tsx`), confirmations with detail, anything that earns a backdrop. Bottom sheet on compact, centered card on desktop. Raw `Modal` is wrong for any of these.
+`<AdaptiveModalSheet>` is for a focused task. Multi-field forms (`packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/pair-link-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/project-picker-modal.tsx`), confirmations with detail, anything that earns a backdrop. Bottom sheet on compact, centered card on desktop. Raw `Modal` is wrong for any of these.
 
 `<AdaptiveModalSheet>` owns the presentation. Its content inset — the gutter that puts sheet content on the same rails as the sheet header — and compact bottom safe-area padding are the sheet's, not the caller's. A caller declares layout intent through `contentStyle` and never branches on form factor to add its own margins. If a sheet's first snap point is shorter than its header, content, and safe-area clearance, raise that snap point rather than moving the sheet container.
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Three themes is `DropdownMenu`. Thirty hosts is `Combobox`. A label and a value
 
 ## 7. Density and rhythm
 
-Settings detail pages, the projects detail page, and any list+detail content sit inside a centered, max-width 720 column (`packages/app/src/screens/settings-screen.tsx`, `packages/app/src/screens/projects-screen.tsx`). Lines stay readable, the eye does not have to track wide horizontal distances. Form modals carry their own narrower content frame (`packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx`).
+Settings detail pages, the projects detail page, and any list+detail content sit inside a centered, max-width 720 column (`packages/app/src/screens/settings-screen.tsx`, `packages/app/src/screens/projects-screen.tsx`). Lines stay readable, the eye does not have to track wide horizontal distances. Form modals carry their own narrower content frame (`packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-modal.tsx`).
 
 Workspace and chat surfaces use the full width — these are working surfaces, not reading surfaces. The composer carries `MAX_CONTENT_WIDTH` from `packages/app/src/constants/layout.ts` to keep lines readable while letting the workspace pane fill the rest.
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ New status pills use `<StatusBadge>`. Identity, shortcut, and interactive link b
 | List+detail (compact stack, desktop sidebar+pane)   | `packages/app/src/screens/settings-screen.tsx`, `packages/app/src/screens/projects-screen.tsx`                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | Detail card+row                                     | `packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx`, `packages/app/src/screens/settings/providers-section.tsx`                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | Section grouping inside a card list                 | `packages/app/src/screens/settings/settings-section.tsx`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| Form modal (label + input fields, primary + cancel) | `packages/app/src/components/add-host-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/pair-link-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/project-picker-modal.tsx`                                                                                                                                              |
+| Form modal (label + input fields, primary + cancel) | `packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/pair-link-modal.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/project-picker-modal.tsx`                                                                                                                    |
 | Destructive confirmation                            | `confirmDialog` invoked from `packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx:541-547`                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | Centered hero / first-run                           | `packages/app/src/components/welcome-screen.tsx`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | Sidebar list (workspaces, hosts)                    | `packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx`, `packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx`                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

docs/expo-router.md

@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ restore the same workspace and could repeat the crash.
 
 ## App-Wide Route Hops
 
+Keep Add host in `hosts/add-host`, opened through `useAddHost()`. It is an in-place
+flow; callers choose what happens after success. Settings opts into the new host’s
+Overview. Do not send callers to Settings with an `addHost` query parameter: a
+retained route replays that request when appearance changes remount its content.
+The flow provider and sheet host stay outside appearance keys so open drafts survive.
+
 When app-wide routes such as `/new`, `/settings`, or `/sessions` navigate back
 into a host workspace, use `navigateToWorkspace()`. Do not make the caller
 branch on its current route.

packages/app/e2e/browser/add-project-flow.spec.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { test, expect } from "../support/fixtures";
 import {
   addProjectFlow,
+  chooseAddHostFromProjectFlow,
   addProjectFlowBack,
   addProjectFlowHost,
   addProjectFlowInput,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from "../support/helpers/add-project-flow";
 import { gotoAppShell } from "../support/helpers/app";
 import {
+  disconnectAllHostsAndReload,
   addConnectedHostAndReload,
   addConnectedHostsAndReload,
   addOfflineHostAndReload,
@@ -69,6 +71,19 @@ async function expectProjectHasNoWorkspaces(projectId: string): Promise<void> {
 test.describe("Add Project command-center flow", () => {
   test.describe.configure({ timeout: 180_000 });
 
+  test("Add host replaces the project dialog when no hosts are connected", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await disconnectAllHostsAndReload(page);
+    await openAddProjectHostSelection(page);
+    const originalUrl = page.url();
+    await chooseAddHostFromProjectFlow(page);
+    await expect(addProjectFlow(page)).toBeHidden();
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+  });
+
   test("method selection shows the daemon's available project sources without search", async ({
     page,
   }) => {

packages/app/e2e/browser/file-explorer-context-actions.spec.ts

@@ -294,10 +294,17 @@ test("creates, renames, copies, and deletes entries through the file explorer",
 
   await entry("renamed.txt").click({ button: "right" });
   const deleteAction = page.getByTestId(/file-explorer-row-\d+-delete$/);
-  const deleteLabelColor = await deleteAction
-    .getByText("Delete", { exact: true })
-    .evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).color);
-  await expect(deleteAction.locator("svg")).toHaveCSS("stroke", deleteLabelColor);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const labelColor = await deleteAction
+        .getByText("Delete", { exact: true })
+        .evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).color);
+      const iconColor = await deleteAction
+        .locator("svg")
+        .evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).stroke);
+      return labelColor !== "" && iconColor === labelColor;
+    })
+    .toBe(true);
   const cancelledConfirmation = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
     page.once("dialog", async (dialog) => {
       const message = dialog.message();

packages/app/e2e/browser/new-workspace-entry.spec.ts

@@ -122,10 +122,14 @@ test.describe("New workspace entry points", () => {
       });
       const hostTrigger = page.getByTestId("host-picker-trigger");
       await expect(hostTrigger).toContainText("localhost", { timeout: 30_000 });
+      const originalUrl = page.url();
       await hostTrigger.click();
       await expect(page.getByTestId("new-workspace-host-picker-add-host")).toBeVisible();
       await page.getByTestId("new-workspace-host-picker-add-host").click();
-      await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/settings\/general\?addHost=/);
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
     } finally {
       await seeded.cleanup();
     }

packages/app/e2e/browser/settings-host-page.spec.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import {
+  openGlobalNewWorkspaceComposer,
+  fillNewWorkspaceDraft,
+  expectNewWorkspaceDraft,
+} from "../support/helpers/new-workspace";
 import { readFile, mkdir, rename, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { DaemonClient } from "@getpaseo/client/internal/daemon-client";
@@ -273,3 +278,71 @@ test("restart recovery host controls persist the opt-out and custom prompt", asy
   await expectRestartRecoveryPrompt(page, "Continue the interrupted work.");
   await editRestartRecoveryPrompt(page, "Resume working.");
 });
+
+test("sidebar Add host preserves its caller and stays closed after theme changes", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/open-project$/);
+  const originalUrl = page.url();
+  await openSidebarAddHost(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+  await closeAddHostAndChangeTheme(page);
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true })).toBeHidden();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+});
+
+async function openSidebarAddHost(page: import("@playwright/test").Page) {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Hosts", exact: true }).click();
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Add host", exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+async function closeAddHostAndChangeTheme(page: import("@playwright/test").Page) {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Close", exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true })).toBeHidden();
+  await page.keyboard.press("Control+Alt+t");
+}
+
+test("sidebar Add host completes without navigating", async ({ page }) => {
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/open-project$/);
+  const originalUrl = page.url();
+  await openSidebarAddHost(page);
+  await connectToTestHost(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Hosts", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("Settings Add host opens the saved host Overview", async ({ page }) => {
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await openSettings(page);
+  await addDirectHostFromSettings(page, { host: "127.0.0.1", port: Number(getE2EDaemonPort()) });
+  await expectSettingsHeader(page, "Overview");
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`/settings/hosts/${getServerId()}/host$`));
+});
+
+test("New workspace Add host preserves the prompt after connecting", async ({ page }) => {
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+  await openGlobalNewWorkspaceComposer(page);
+  await fillNewWorkspaceDraft(page, "Keep this unfinished prompt while I add a host.");
+  const originalUrl = page.url();
+  await openNewWorkspaceAddHost(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+  await connectToTestHost(page);
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(originalUrl);
+  await expectNewWorkspaceDraft(page, "Keep this unfinished prompt while I add a host.");
+});
+
+async function openNewWorkspaceAddHost(page: import("@playwright/test").Page) {
+  await page.getByTestId("host-picker-trigger").click();
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Add host", exact: true }).click();
+}
+
+async function connectToTestHost(page: import("@playwright/test").Page) {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Direct connection", exact: true }).click();
+  await page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Host", exact: true }).fill("127.0.0.1");
+  await page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Port", exact: true }).fill(String(getE2EDaemonPort()));
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Connect", exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("add-host-modal")).toBeHidden({ timeout: 30_000 });
+}

packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/add-project-flow.ts

@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ export async function expectAddProjectResultVisible(page: Page, text: string): P
     })
     .toBe(true);
 }
+
+export async function chooseAddHostFromProjectFlow(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Add host.*No connected hosts/ }).click();
+}

packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/hosts.ts

@@ -273,3 +273,25 @@ export async function reloadPreservingHostRegistry(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   );
   await page.reload();
 }
+
+export async function disconnectAllHostsAndReload(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ registryKey, nonceKey, disableSeedKey }) => {
+      const nonce = localStorage.getItem(nonceKey);
+      if (!nonce) throw new Error("Expected the e2e seed nonce");
+      const hosts = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(registryKey) ?? "[]");
+      for (const host of hosts) {
+        host.connections = [{ id: "offline", type: "directTcp", endpoint: "127.0.0.1:59999" }];
+        host.preferredConnectionId = "offline";
+      }
+      localStorage.setItem(registryKey, JSON.stringify(hosts));
+      localStorage.setItem(disableSeedKey, nonce);
+    },
+    {
+      registryKey: REGISTRY_KEY,
+      nonceKey: SEED_NONCE_KEY,
+      disableSeedKey: DISABLE_DEFAULT_SEED_ONCE_KEY,
+    },
+  );
+  await page.reload();
+}

packages/app/src/app/_layout.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AddHostProvider, AddHostFlowHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
 import { useActiveWorkspaceSelection } from "@/stores/navigation-active-workspace-store";
 import { useIsExplorerSidebarOpen } from "@/workspace-tabs/explorer-sidebar";
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppCon
   const surface = (
     <View style={layoutStyles.surfaceFill}>
       {workspaceChrome}
+      <AddHostFlowHost />
       <AppearanceStyleBoundary>
         {!isCompactLayout && appChromeLayout.sidebarToggleOwner === "window" ? (
           <WindowChromeRegion corners="top-left">
@@ -805,7 +807,6 @@ function RootStack() {
         <Stack.Screen name="open-project" />
         <Stack.Screen name="sessions" />
         <Stack.Screen name="schedules" />
-        <Stack.Screen name="pair-scan" />
       </Stack.Protected>
       <Stack.Screen name="h/[serverId]" />
       <Stack.Screen name="settings/hosts/[serverId]/index" />
@@ -890,11 +891,13 @@ function RootAppTree() {
     <GestureHandlerRootView style={flexStyle}>
       <View style={layoutStyles.surfaceFill}>
         <LucideProvider strokeWidth={ICON_STROKE_WIDTH}>
-          <RootProviders>
-            <RuntimeProviders>
-              <AppShell />
-            </RuntimeProviders>
-          </RootProviders>
+          <AddHostProvider>
+            <RootProviders>
+              <RuntimeProviders>
+                <AppShell />
+              </RuntimeProviders>
+            </RootProviders>
+          </AddHostProvider>
         </LucideProvider>
       </View>
     </GestureHandlerRootView>

packages/app/src/app/settings/[section].tsx

@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ function SettingsDaemonRedirect() {
 }
 
 export default function SettingsSectionRoute() {
-  const params = useLocalSearchParams<{ section?: string; addHost?: string }>();
+  const params = useLocalSearchParams<{ section?: string }>();
   const rawSection = typeof params.section === "string" ? params.section : "";
   const section: SettingsSectionSlug = isSettingsSectionSlug(rawSection) ? rawSection : "general";
-  const openAddHostIntent = typeof params.addHost === "string" ? params.addHost : null;
   const view = useMemo(() => ({ kind: "section" as const, section }), [section]);
 
   // COMPAT(settingsDaemonRedirect): added 2026-07-08, remove after 2027-01-08.
@@ -50,5 +49,5 @@ export default function SettingsSectionRoute() {
     );
   }
 
-  return <SettingsScreen view={view} openAddHostIntent={openAddHostIntent} />;
+  return <SettingsScreen view={view} />;
 }

packages/app/src/components/add-project-flow.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
 import { Modal } from "@/components/ui/modal";
 import { usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
 import { getHostRuntimeStore } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ import { useRecommendedProjectPaths } from "@/stores/session-store-hooks";
 import type { AddProjectFlowRequest } from "@/stores/add-project-flow-store";
 import type { Theme } from "@/styles/theme";
 import { shortenPath } from "@/utils/shorten-path";
-import { buildNewWorkspaceRoute, buildSettingsAddHostRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
+import { buildNewWorkspaceRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 
 interface AddProjectFlowProps {
   request: AddProjectFlowRequest;
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ function setPageStatus(
 // The product flow is intentionally one cohesive page-stack state machine.
 // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
 export function AddProjectFlow({ request, onClose }: AddProjectFlowProps) {
+  const addHost = useAddHost();
   const hosts = useHosts();
   const hostIds = useMemo(() => hosts.map((host) => host.serverId), [hosts]);
   const connectionStatuses = useHostRuntimeConnectionStatuses(hostIds);
@@ -616,9 +618,9 @@ export function AddProjectFlow({ request, onClose }: AddProjectFlowProps) {
           icon: Plus,
           testID: "add-project-flow-add-host",
           select: () => {
+            // The native project Modal must release its window before the root sheet opens.
             onClose();
-            usePanelStore.getState().showMobileAgent();
-            router.push(buildSettingsAddHostRoute(Date.now()));
+            addHost();
           },
         });
       }
@@ -717,6 +719,7 @@ export function AddProjectFlow({ request, onClose }: AddProjectFlowProps) {
     directoryPaths,
     githubQuery.data,
     host,
+    addHost,
     onClose,
     openAddedProject,
     page,

packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
 import { router } from "expo-router";
 import {
   CircleGauge,
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ import { usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
 import { useOwnsWindowChromeCorner, WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
 import { useCloseAgentListGesture } from "@/mobile-panels/gestures";
 import { MobilePanelOverlay } from "@/mobile-panels/presentation";
-import { buildSettingsAddHostRoute, buildSettingsRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
+import { buildSettingsRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 import { openHostOverview } from "@/navigation/settings-navigation";
 import { UsageSidebarItem, UsageSidebarRoot, useUsageSummary, useOpenSidebarUsage } from "@/usage";
 import { SidebarAgentListSkeleton } from "./sidebar-agent-list-skeleton";
@@ -177,14 +178,8 @@ export const LeftSidebar = memo(function LeftSidebar({ active }: { active: boole
     router.push(buildSettingsRoute());
   }, []);
 
-  const handleAddHostMobile = useCallback(() => {
-    showMobileAgent();
-    router.push(buildSettingsAddHostRoute(Date.now()));
-  }, [showMobileAgent]);
-
-  const handleAddHostDesktop = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push(buildSettingsAddHostRoute(Date.now()));
-  }, []);
+  const handleAddHostMobile = useAddHost();
+  const handleAddHostDesktop = handleAddHostMobile;
 
   const handleOpenHostSettingsMobile = useCallback(
     (serverId: string) => {

packages/app/src/components/markdown/renderer.test.ts

@@ -130,6 +130,186 @@ it("preserves empty table cells while escaping spoilers in cell text", () => {
   );
 });
 
+it("renders a table directly after a paragraph through the library parser", async () => {
+  const source = "**Notes**\n| Item | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n| A | one |\n| B | two |";
+  const separated = "**Notes**\n\n| Item | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n| A | one |\n| B | two |";
+  const flags = { hardSoftBreaks: true, latexMath: false };
+  const expected = await parseMarkdown(separated, flags);
+  expect(expected.children?.map((node) => node.type)).toEqual(["Paragraph", "Table"]);
+  expect(await parseMarkdown(prepareMarkdownSource(source).render(), flags)).toEqual(expected);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  [
+    "a quote",
+    "> Notes\n> | Item |\n> | --- |\n> | A |",
+    "> Notes\n>\n> | Item |\n> | --- |\n> | A |",
+    ["Document", ["Blockquote", "Paragraph", "Table"]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a list item",
+    "- Notes\n  | Item |\n  | --- |\n  | A |\n- Next",
+    "- Notes\n\n  | Item |\n  | --- |\n  | A |\n- Next",
+    ["Document", ["UnorderedList", ["ListItem", "Paragraph", "Table"], ["ListItem", "Paragraph"]]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a quoted list item",
+    "> - Notes\n>   | Item |\n>   | --- |\n>   | A |",
+    "> - Notes\n>\n>   | Item |\n>   | --- |\n>   | A |",
+    ["Document", ["Blockquote", ["UnorderedList", ["ListItem", "Paragraph", "Table"]]]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a quote inside a list item",
+    "- > Notes\n  > | Item |\n  > | --- |\n  > | A |",
+    "- > Notes\n  >\n  > | Item |\n  > | --- |\n  > | A |",
+    ["Document", ["UnorderedList", ["ListItem", ["Blockquote", "Paragraph", "Table"]]]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "aligned columns without outer pipes",
+    "Notes\nItem | Detail\n:--- | ---:\nA | one",
+    "Notes\n\nItem | Detail\n:--- | ---:\nA | one",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "an entity at the start of a header without outer pipes",
+    "Notes\nAT&T | Detail\n--- | ---\nA | one",
+    "Notes\n\nAT\\&T | Detail\n--- | ---\nA | one",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a local image at the start of a header without outer pipes",
+    "Notes\n![Local](assets/a.png) | Detail\n--- | ---\nA | one",
+    "Notes\n\nLocal | Detail\n--- | ---\nA | one",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "CRLF lines",
+    "Notes\r\n| Item |\r\n| --- |\r\n| A |",
+    "Notes\r\n\r\n| Item |\r\n| --- |\r\n| A |",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "CR lines",
+    "Notes\r| Item |\r| --- |\r| A |",
+    "Notes\r\r| Item |\r| --- |\r| A |",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a quote with CRLF lines",
+    "> Notes\r\n> | Item |\r\n> | --- |\r\n> | A |",
+    "> Notes\r\n>\r\n> | Item |\r\n> | --- |\r\n> | A |",
+    ["Document", ["Blockquote", "Paragraph", "Table"]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a list item with CRLF lines",
+    "- Notes\r\n  | Item |\r\n  | --- |\r\n  | A |\r\n- Next",
+    "- Notes\r\n\r\n  | Item |\r\n  | --- |\r\n  | A |\r\n- Next",
+    ["Document", ["UnorderedList", ["ListItem", "Paragraph", "Table"], ["ListItem", "Paragraph"]]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a quote with CR lines",
+    "> Notes\r> | Item |\r> | --- |\r> | A |",
+    "> Notes\r>\r> | Item |\r> | --- |\r> | A |",
+    ["Document", ["Blockquote", "Paragraph", "Table"]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a list item with CR lines",
+    "- Notes\r  | Item |\r  | --- |\r  | A |\r- Next",
+    "- Notes\r\r  | Item |\r  | --- |\r  | A |\r- Next",
+    ["Document", ["UnorderedList", ["ListItem", "Paragraph", "Table"], ["ListItem", "Paragraph"]]],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a non-interrupting ordered marker with tildes",
+    "Intro\n2. ~~~\n   Notes\n   | A |\n   | --- |\n   | x |",
+    "Intro\n2. ~~~\n   Notes\n\n   | A |\n   | --- |\n   | x |",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a non-interrupting ordered marker with backticks",
+    "Notes\n2. ```\n   | Item |\n   | --- |\n   | A |",
+    "Notes\n2. ```\n\n   | Item |\n   | --- |\n   | A |",
+    ["Document", "Paragraph", "Table"],
+  ],
+])("preserves tables after paragraphs in %s", async (_name, source, separated, expected) => {
+  const rendered = prepareMarkdownSource(source).render();
+  expect(rendered).toEqual(separated);
+  const flags = { hardSoftBreaks: true, latexMath: false };
+  function blocks(node: ASTNode): unknown {
+    if (node.type === "Paragraph" || node.type === "Table") return node.type;
+    return [node.type, ...(node.children ?? []).map(blocks)];
+  }
+  expect(blocks(await parseMarkdown(rendered, flags))).toEqual(expected);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  [
+    "a literal backslash",
+    "Notes\\\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+    "Notes\\\n\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+    "Notes\\",
+  ],
+  [
+    "an entity and literal backslash with LF lines",
+    "AT&T\\\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+    "AT\\&T\\\n\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+    "AT&T\\",
+  ],
+  [
+    "an entity and literal backslash with CRLF lines",
+    "AT&T\\\r\n| Item |\r\n| --- |\r\n| A |",
+    "AT\\&T\\\r\n\r\n| Item |\r\n| --- |\r\n| A |",
+    "AT&T\\",
+  ],
+  [
+    "an entity and literal backslash with CR lines",
+    "AT&T\\\r| Item |\r| --- |\r| A |",
+    "AT\\&T\\\r\r| Item |\r| --- |\r| A |",
+    "AT&T\\",
+  ],
+])(
+  "preserves paragraph text before an interrupting table in %s",
+  async (_name, source, separated, text) => {
+    const rendered = prepareMarkdownSource(source).render();
+    expect(rendered).toEqual(separated);
+    const tree = await parseMarkdown(rendered, { hardSoftBreaks: true, latexMath: false });
+    expect(tree.children?.map((node) => node.type)).toEqual(["Paragraph", "Table"]);
+    expect(tree.children?.[0]?.children?.map((node) => node.content).join("")).toEqual(text);
+  },
+);
+
+it.each([
+  "```yaml\n---\nkey: value\n---\n```\n",
+  "~~~md\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |\n~~~\n",
+  "````md\n```\n| Item |\n| --- |\n```\n`````\n",
+  "> ```md\n> | Item |\n> | --- |\n> ```\n",
+  "> ```md\n> Code\n",
+  "- ```md\n  Code\n",
+  "    ```\n\n",
+  "```not`a-fence\n",
+])("renders a table after a fence without changing its code: %s", async (prefix) => {
+  const table = "| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |";
+  const rendered = prepareMarkdownSource(`${prefix}Notes\n${table}`).render();
+  expect(rendered).toEqual(`${prefix}Notes\n\n${table}`);
+  const tree = await parseMarkdown(rendered, { hardSoftBreaks: true, latexMath: false });
+  expect(tree.children?.slice(-2).map((node) => node.type)).toEqual(["Paragraph", "Table"]);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  "| Item | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n" + "| A | one |\n".repeat(100),
+  "Notes\n\n| Item | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n" + "| A | one |\n".repeat(100),
+  "Notes\n\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+  "| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+  "```md\nNotes\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |\n```",
+  "```yaml\n---\nkey: value\n---\n```",
+  "```yaml\n---\nkey: value",
+  "~~~md\n| Item |\n| --- |\n| A |\n~~~",
+  "````md\n```\n| Item |\n| --- |\n```\n````",
+  "    Notes\n    | Item |\n    | --- |\n    | A |",
+  "Notes\n| Item | Detail |\n| --- |\n| A |",
+])("leaves separated tables and table-like text unchanged: %s", (source) => {
+  expect(prepareMarkdownSource(source).render()).toEqual(source);
+});
+
 it.each([
   "src/components/message.tsx",
   "C:\\repo\\file.ts",

packages/app/src/components/markdown/source.ts

@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ export function prepareMarkdownSource(
     !source.includes("![") &&
     !source.includes("||") &&
     !source.includes("&") &&
+    // Match content, header, and delimiter lines; quote-only lines count as blank.
+    !/^[\t >]*[^\t >\r\n][^\r\n]*(?:\r\n|\r|\n)[^\r\n]+(?:\r\n|\r|\n)(?=[\t >:|-]*\|)[\t >|]*:?-[-\t :|]*$/m.test(
+      source,
+    ) &&
     !(workspaceRoot && source.includes("]("))
   ) {
     return { images, ...metadata, render: () => source };
@@ -212,11 +216,25 @@ export function prepareMarkdownSource(
       if (lineEnd < end) split(lineEnd);
     }
   }
-  function visit(node: Nodes) {
-    const start = node.position?.start.offset;
-    const end = node.position?.end.offset;
-    if (start !== undefined && end !== undefined) {
+  function visit(node: Nodes, previous?: Nodes) {
+    const position = node.position;
+    if (position?.start.offset !== undefined && position.end.offset !== undefined) {
+      const start = position.start.offset;
+      const end = position.end.offset;
       if (node.type === "paragraph") splitStandaloneImages(node, start, end);
+      if (
+        node.type === "table" &&
+        previous?.type === "paragraph" &&
+        previous.position?.end.line === position.start.line - 1
+      ) {
+        // MD4C only recognizes a table header on the first line of a paragraph.
+        const lineStart =
+          Math.max(source.lastIndexOf("\n", start - 1), source.lastIndexOf("\r", start - 1)) + 1;
+        const newline = source.slice(lineStart - 2, lineStart).replace(/[^\r\n]/g, "");
+        const blank = source.slice(lineStart, start).replace(/[^>]/g, " ").trimEnd();
+        const boundary = lineStart - newline.length;
+        edits.push({ start: boundary, end: lineStart, text: `${newline}${blank}${newline}` });
+      }
       if (node.type === "link") {
         const title = workspaceHoverTitle(node, source.slice(start, end), workspaceRoot);
         if (title !== null)
@@ -244,7 +262,8 @@ export function prepareMarkdownSource(
         if (text !== source.slice(start, end)) edits.push({ start, end, text });
       }
     }
-    if ("children" in node) node.children.forEach(visit);
+    if ("children" in node)
+      node.children.forEach((child, index) => visit(child, node.children[index - 1]));
   }
   visit(getTree());
   return {

packages/app/src/components/welcome-screen.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Pressable, Text, View, ScrollView } from "react-native";
 import { useRouter } from "expo-router";
@@ -12,11 +13,7 @@ import {
   Terminal,
 } from "lucide-react-native";
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
-import type { HostProfile } from "@/types/host-connection";
 import { getHostRuntimeStore, isHostRuntimeConnected, useHosts } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
-import { AddHostModal } from "./add-host-modal";
-import { AddRemoteSshHostModal } from "./add-remote-ssh-host-modal";
-import { PairLinkModal } from "./pair-link-modal";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { resolveAppVersion } from "@/utils/app-version";
 import { formatVersionWithPrefix } from "@/desktop/updates/desktop-updates";
@@ -162,20 +159,13 @@ function useAnyHostOnline(serverIds: string[]): string | null {
   );
 }
 
-export interface WelcomeScreenProps {
-  onHostAdded?: (profile: HostProfile) => void;
-}
-
-export function WelcomeScreen({ onHostAdded }: WelcomeScreenProps) {
+export function WelcomeScreen() {
   const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
   const router = useRouter();
   const appVersion = resolveAppVersion();
   const appVersionText = formatVersionWithPrefix(appVersion);
-  const [isDirectOpen, setIsDirectOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [isRemoteSshOpen, setIsRemoteSshOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [isPasteLinkOpen, setIsPasteLinkOpen] = useState(false);
   const hosts = useHosts();
   const anyOnlineServerId = useAnyHostOnline(hosts.map((h) => h.serverId));
 
@@ -196,23 +186,10 @@ export function WelcomeScreen({ onHostAdded }: WelcomeScreenProps) {
     router.push("/settings");
   }, [router]);
 
-  const handleOpenDirect = useCallback(() => setIsDirectOpen(true), []);
-  const handleCloseDirect = useCallback(() => setIsDirectOpen(false), []);
-  const handleOpenRemoteSsh = useCallback(() => setIsRemoteSshOpen(true), []);
-  const handleCloseRemoteSsh = useCallback(() => setIsRemoteSshOpen(false), []);
-  const handleOpenPasteLink = useCallback(() => setIsPasteLinkOpen(true), []);
-  const handleClosePasteLink = useCallback(() => setIsPasteLinkOpen(false), []);
-  const handleScanQr = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push("/pair-scan?source=onboarding");
-  }, [router]);
-
-  const handleHostSaved = useCallback(
-    ({ profile }: { profile: HostProfile; serverId: string }) => {
-      onHostAdded?.(profile);
-      finishOnboarding();
-    },
-    [onHostAdded, finishOnboarding],
-  );
+  const handleOpenDirect = useAddHost({ method: "direct", onAdded: finishOnboarding });
+  const handleOpenRemoteSsh = useAddHost({ method: "ssh", onAdded: finishOnboarding });
+  const handleOpenPasteLink = useAddHost({ method: "link", onAdded: finishOnboarding });
+  const handleScanQr = useAddHost({ method: "scan", onAdded: finishOnboarding });
 
   const actions: WelcomeAction[] =
     isWeb || isFdroidBuild
@@ -316,24 +293,6 @@ export function WelcomeScreen({ onHostAdded }: WelcomeScreenProps) {
           </Button>
         </View>
         <Text style={styles.versionLabel}>{appVersionText}</Text>
-
-        <AddHostModal
-          visible={isDirectOpen}
-          onClose={handleCloseDirect}
-          onSaved={handleHostSaved}
-        />
-
-        <AddRemoteSshHostModal
-          visible={isRemoteSshOpen}
-          onClose={handleCloseRemoteSsh}
-          onSaved={handleHostSaved}
-        />
-
-        <PairLinkModal
-          visible={isPasteLinkOpen}
-          onClose={handleClosePasteLink}
-          onSaved={handleHostSaved}
-        />
       </ScrollView>
     </View>
   );

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/index.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useState, useMemo, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useStore } from "zustand";
+import { AddHostMethodModal } from "./internal/add-host-method-modal";
+import { AddHostModal } from "./internal/add-host-modal";
+import { AddRemoteSshHostModal } from "./internal/add-remote-ssh-host-modal";
+import { PairLinkModal } from "./internal/pair-link-modal";
+import { AdaptiveModalSheet } from "@/components/adaptive-modal-sheet";
+import { PairScanContent } from "./internal/scan";
+import { createAddHostFlow, type AddHostOptions, type AddHostSession } from "./internal/model";
+
+const Context = createContext<ReturnType<typeof createAddHostFlow> | null>(null);
+
+/** Owns the flow outside screen and appearance lifetimes. Callers own success navigation. */
+export function AddHostProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const [flow] = useState(createAddHostFlow);
+  return <Context.Provider value={flow}>{children}</Context.Provider>;
+}
+
+export function AddHostFlowHost() {
+  const flow = useContext(Context);
+  if (!flow) throw new Error("AddHostFlowHost requires AddHostProvider");
+  const session = useStore(flow.store, (state) => state.session);
+  return session ? <AddHostSessionView key={session.id} session={session} /> : null;
+}
+
+export function useAddHost({ method, onAdded }: AddHostOptions = {}) {
+  const flow = useContext(Context);
+  if (!flow) throw new Error("useAddHost requires AddHostProvider");
+  return useCallback(() => flow.open({ method, onAdded }), [flow, method, onAdded]);
+}
+
+function AddHostSessionView({ session }: { session: AddHostSession }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const method = useStore(session.step, (state) => state.method);
+  const back = useCallback(() => session.choose(null), [session]);
+  const direct = useCallback(() => session.choose("direct"), [session]);
+  const ssh = useCallback(() => session.choose("ssh"), [session]);
+  const link = useCallback(() => session.choose("link"), [session]);
+  const scan = useCallback(() => session.choose("scan"), [session]);
+  const scanned = useCallback((serverId: string) => session.complete({ serverId }), [session]);
+  const header = useMemo(
+    () => ({ title: t("pairing.scan.title"), back: { onPress: back } }),
+    [t, back],
+  );
+  return (
+    <>
+      <AddHostMethodModal
+        visible={method === null}
+        onClose={session.close}
+        onDirectConnection={direct}
+        onRemoteSsh={ssh}
+        onPasteLink={link}
+        onScanQr={scan}
+      />
+      <AddHostModal
+        visible={method === "direct"}
+        onClose={session.close}
+        onCancel={back}
+        onSaved={session.complete}
+      />
+      <AddRemoteSshHostModal
+        visible={method === "ssh"}
+        onClose={session.close}
+        onCancel={back}
+        onSaved={session.complete}
+      />
+      <PairLinkModal
+        visible={method === "link"}
+        onClose={session.close}
+        onCancel={back}
+        onSaved={session.complete}
+      />
+      {method === "scan" ? (
+        <AdaptiveModalSheet
+          header={header}
+          visible
+          onClose={session.close}
+          scrollable={false}
+          snapPoints={SCAN_SNAP_POINTS}
+          desktopHeight="85%"
+        >
+          <PairScanContent onConnected={scanned} onClose={back} />
+        </AdaptiveModalSheet>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+const SCAN_SNAP_POINTS = ["90%"];

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-method-modal.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+import { PressHighlight } from "@/components/ui/press-highlight";
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { Pressable, Text, View } from "react-native";
+import { Text, View } from "react-native";
 import { StyleSheet, withUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { QrCode, Link2, ClipboardPaste, Terminal } from "lucide-react-native";
-import { AdaptiveModalSheet, type SheetHeader } from "./adaptive-modal-sheet";
+import { AdaptiveModalSheet, type SheetHeader } from "@/components/adaptive-modal-sheet";
 import { isFdroidBuild } from "@/constants/build-profile";
 import { isNative } from "@/constants/platform";
 import { isElectronRuntime } from "@/desktop/host";
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export function AddHostMethodModal({
       onClose={onClose}
       testID="add-host-method-modal"
     >
-      <Pressable
+      <PressHighlight
         style={styles.option}
         onPress={handleDirect}
         accessibilityRole="button"
@@ -98,10 +99,10 @@ export function AddHostMethodModal({
             {t("pairing.connectionMethods.direct.description")}
           </Text>
         </View>
-      </Pressable>
+      </PressHighlight>
 
       {isElectronRuntime() ? (
-        <Pressable
+        <PressHighlight
           style={styles.option}
           onPress={handleRemoteSsh}
           accessibilityRole="button"
@@ -115,11 +116,11 @@ export function AddHostMethodModal({
               {t("pairing.connectionMethods.remoteSsh.description")}
             </Text>
           </View>
-        </Pressable>
+        </PressHighlight>
       ) : null}
 
       {isNative && !isFdroidBuild ? (
-        <Pressable
+        <PressHighlight
           style={styles.option}
           onPress={handleScan}
           accessibilityRole="button"
@@ -132,10 +133,10 @@ export function AddHostMethodModal({
               {t("pairing.connectionMethods.scanQr.description")}
             </Text>
           </View>
-        </Pressable>
+        </PressHighlight>
       ) : null}
 
-      <Pressable
+      <PressHighlight
         style={styles.option}
         onPress={handlePaste}
         accessibilityRole="button"
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export function AddHostMethodModal({
             {t("pairing.connectionMethods.pasteLink.description")}
           </Text>
         </View>
-      </Pressable>
+      </PressHighlight>
     </AdaptiveModalSheet>
   );
 }

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-host-modal.tsx

@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+import { PressHighlight } from "@/components/ui/press-highlight";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { Alert, Pressable, Text, View } from "react-native";
-import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
+import { Alert, Text, View } from "react-native";
+import { StyleSheet, withUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { Check, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, Eye, EyeOff, Link2 } from "lucide-react-native";
 import type { HostProfile } from "@/types/host-connection";
 import { useHosts, useHostMutations } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
 import { parseConnectionUri, serializeConnectionUri } from "@/utils/daemon-endpoints";
-import { buildConnectionFailureCopy } from "./connection-failure-copy";
-import { AdaptiveModalSheet, AdaptiveTextInput, type SheetHeader } from "./adaptive-modal-sheet";
+import { buildConnectionFailureCopy } from "@/components/connection-failure-copy";
+import {
+  AdaptiveModalSheet,
+  AdaptiveTextInput,
+  type SheetHeader,
+} from "@/components/adaptive-modal-sheet";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import { PairingTargetTracker } from "./pair-link-credentials";
-import { buildDirectConnectionUri } from "./direct-connection-host";
+import { PairingTargetTracker } from "@/components/pair-link-credentials";
+import { buildDirectConnectionUri } from "@/components/direct-connection-host";
 
 const FLEX_ONE_STYLE = { flex: 1 } as const;
 
@@ -188,7 +193,6 @@ export function AddHostModal({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
 }
 
 function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostModalProps) {
-  const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const daemons = useHosts();
   const { probeAndUpsertDirectConnection, beginLinkPairing } = useHostMutations();
@@ -207,10 +211,7 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
   const [inputResetKey, bumpInputResetKey] = useReducer((key: number) => key + 1, 0);
   const advancedTarget = useRef(new PairingTargetTracker("", true));
 
-  const connectIcon = useMemo(
-    () => <Link2 size={16} color={theme.colors.accentForeground} />,
-    [theme.colors.accentForeground],
-  );
+  const connectIcon = useMemo(() => <ThemedLink2 size={16} />, []);
   const hostFieldStyle = useMemo(() => [styles.field, styles.hostField], []);
   const portFieldStyle = useMemo(() => [styles.field, styles.portField], []);
   const checkboxStyle = useMemo(
@@ -415,8 +416,8 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
     setIsAdvancedOpen(false);
   }, [advancedUri, directConnectionLabels, host, isAdvancedOpen, password, port, useTls]);
 
-  const AdvancedIcon = isAdvancedOpen ? ChevronDown : ChevronRight;
-  const PasswordIcon = isPasswordVisible ? EyeOff : Eye;
+  const AdvancedIcon = isAdvancedOpen ? ThemedChevronDown : ThemedChevronRight;
+  const PasswordIcon = isPasswordVisible ? ThemedEyeOff : ThemedEye;
 
   return (
     <AdaptiveModalSheet
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
       <View style={styles.portRow}>
         <View style={hostFieldStyle}>
           <Text style={styles.label}>{t("pairing.direct.fields.host")}</Text>
-          <AdaptiveTextInput
+          <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
             testID="direct-host-input"
             nativeID="direct-host-input"
             accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.direct.fields.host")}
@@ -438,7 +439,6 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             resetKey={`direct-host-${inputResetKey}`}
             onChangeText={setHost}
             placeholder="localhost"
-            placeholderTextColor={theme.colors.foregroundMuted}
             style={styles.input}
             autoCapitalize="none"
             autoCorrect={false}
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
         </View>
         <View style={portFieldStyle}>
           <Text style={styles.label}>{t("pairing.direct.fields.port")}</Text>
-          <AdaptiveTextInput
+          <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
             testID="direct-port-input"
             nativeID="direct-port-input"
             accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.direct.fields.port")}
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             resetKey={`direct-port-${inputResetKey}`}
             onChangeText={setPort}
             placeholder="6767"
-            placeholderTextColor={theme.colors.foregroundMuted}
             style={styles.input}
             autoCapitalize="none"
             autoCorrect={false}
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
         </View>
       </View>
 
-      <Pressable
+      <PressHighlight
         style={styles.checkboxRow}
         onPress={handleToggleUseTls}
         disabled={isSaving}
@@ -482,17 +481,17 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
         <View style={checkboxStyle}>
           {useTls ? (
             <View testID="direct-ssl-toggle-checked">
-              <Check size={14} color={theme.colors.accentForeground} />
+              <ThemedCheck size={14} />
             </View>
           ) : null}
         </View>
         <Text style={styles.label}>{t("pairing.direct.fields.useSsl")}</Text>
-      </Pressable>
+      </PressHighlight>
 
       <View style={styles.field}>
         <Text style={styles.label}>{t("pairing.direct.fields.password")}</Text>
         <View style={styles.passwordRow}>
-          <AdaptiveTextInput
+          <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
             testID="direct-password-input"
             nativeID="direct-password-input"
             accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.direct.fields.password")}
@@ -500,7 +499,6 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             resetKey={`direct-password-${inputResetKey}`}
             onChangeText={setPassword}
             placeholder={t("pairing.direct.fields.optional")}
-            placeholderTextColor={theme.colors.foregroundMuted}
             style={passwordInputStyle}
             autoCapitalize="none"
             autoCorrect={false}
@@ -509,7 +507,7 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             returnKeyType="done"
             onSubmitEditing={handleSubmitEditing}
           />
-          <Pressable
+          <PressHighlight
             style={styles.iconButton}
             onPress={handleTogglePasswordVisibility}
             disabled={isSaving}
@@ -521,13 +519,13 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             }
             testID="direct-password-visibility-toggle"
           >
-            <PasswordIcon size={18} color={theme.colors.foregroundMuted} />
-          </Pressable>
+            <PasswordIcon size={18} />
+          </PressHighlight>
         </View>
       </View>
 
       <View style={styles.field}>
-        <Pressable
+        <PressHighlight
           style={styles.advancedToggle}
           onPress={handleToggleAdvanced}
           disabled={isSaving}
@@ -537,11 +535,11 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
           }
           testID="direct-host-advanced-toggle"
         >
-          <AdvancedIcon size={16} color={theme.colors.foregroundMuted} />
+          <AdvancedIcon size={16} />
           <Text style={styles.advancedText}>{t("pairing.direct.advanced.label")}</Text>
-        </Pressable>
+        </PressHighlight>
         {isAdvancedOpen ? (
-          <AdaptiveTextInput
+          <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
             testID="direct-host-uri-input"
             nativeID="direct-host-uri-input"
             accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.direct.fields.connectionUri")}
@@ -549,7 +547,6 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
             resetKey={`direct-host-uri-${inputResetKey}`}
             onChangeText={handleChangeAdvancedUri}
             placeholder="tcp://localhost:6767?ssl=true"
-            placeholderTextColor={theme.colors.foregroundMuted}
             style={styles.input}
             autoCapitalize="none"
             autoCorrect={false}
@@ -585,3 +582,23 @@ function AddHostModalContent({ visible, onClose, onCancel, onSaved }: AddHostMod
     </AdaptiveModalSheet>
   );
 }
+
+const ThemedLink2 = withUnistyles(Link2, (theme) => ({ color: theme.colors.accentForeground }));
+
+const ThemedCheck = withUnistyles(Check, (theme) => ({ color: theme.colors.accentForeground }));
+
+const ThemedChevronDown = withUnistyles(ChevronDown, (theme) => ({
+  color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
+}));
+
+const ThemedChevronRight = withUnistyles(ChevronRight, (theme) => ({
+  color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
+}));
+
+const ThemedEye = withUnistyles(Eye, (theme) => ({ color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted }));
+
+const ThemedEyeOff = withUnistyles(EyeOff, (theme) => ({ color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted }));
+
+const ThemedAdaptiveTextInput = withUnistyles(AdaptiveTextInput, (theme) => ({
+  placeholderTextColor: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
+}));

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/add-remote-ssh-host-modal.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { PressHighlight } from "@/components/ui/press-highlight";
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import {
-  Pressable,
   Text,
   View,
   type PressableStateCallbackType,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 import type { EditingTextInputHandle } from "@/components/ui/text-input";
 import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { DaemonConnectionTestError } from "@/utils/test-daemon-connection";
-import { AdaptiveModalSheet, type SheetHeader } from "./adaptive-modal-sheet";
+import { AdaptiveModalSheet, type SheetHeader } from "@/components/adaptive-modal-sheet";
 
 const FLEX_ONE_STYLE = { flex: 1 } as const;
 const ThemedTerminal = withUnistyles(Terminal);
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ export function AddRemoteSshHostModal({
     }
 
     clear();
-    onClose();
     onSaved?.({
       ...result,
       isNewHost: !hosts.some((profile) => profile.serverId === result.serverId),
     });
+    onClose();
   }, [clear, hosts, isSaving, onClose, onSaved, probeAndUpsertRemoteSshConnection, t]);
   const handleTargetChange = useCallback((value: string) => {
     targetRef.current = value;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export function AddRemoteSshHostModal({
               onSubmitEditing={handleSubmit}
             />
           </View>
-          <Pressable
+          <PressHighlight
             style={iconButtonStyle}
             onPress={handleTogglePasswordVisibility}
             disabled={isSaving}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export function AddRemoteSshHostModal({
             testID="remote-ssh-password-visibility-toggle"
           >
             {isPasswordVisible ? <ThemedEyeOff size={18} /> : <ThemedEye size={18} />}
-          </Pressable>
+          </PressHighlight>
         </View>
       </Field>
       <View style={styles.actions}>

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/model.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { createAddHostFlow } from "./model";
+
+describe("add host flow", () => {
+  it("closes before notifying the consumer and ignores duplicate completion", () => {
+    const flow = createAddHostFlow();
+    const added: string[] = [];
+    flow.open({
+      onAdded: (serverId) => {
+        expect(flow.store.getState().session).toBeNull();
+        added.push(serverId);
+      },
+    });
+    const session = flow.store.getState().session!;
+    session.choose("direct");
+    session.complete({ serverId: "new-host" });
+    session.complete({ serverId: "new-host" });
+    expect(added).toEqual(["new-host"]);
+  });
+
+  it("cancels without a success action and accepts a fresh request", () => {
+    const flow = createAddHostFlow();
+    const added: string[] = [];
+    flow.open({ onAdded: (id) => added.push(id) });
+    const cancelled = flow.store.getState().session!;
+    cancelled.choose("scan");
+    cancelled.close();
+    expect(flow.store.getState().session).toBeNull();
+    flow.open({ method: "link" });
+    const current = flow.store.getState().session!;
+    cancelled.complete({ serverId: "late-result" });
+    cancelled.close();
+    expect(flow.store.getState().session).toBe(current);
+    expect(current.step.getState()).toEqual({ method: "link" });
+    expect(added).toEqual([]);
+    current.complete({ serverId: "new-host" });
+    expect(flow.store.getState().session).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns to method selection within the same request", () => {
+    const flow = createAddHostFlow();
+    flow.open();
+    const session = flow.store.getState().session!;
+    session.choose("ssh");
+    session.choose(null);
+    expect(flow.store.getState().session).toBe(session);
+    expect(session.step.getState()).toEqual({ method: null });
+  });
+});

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { createStore, type StoreApi } from "zustand/vanilla";
+
+export type AddHostMethod = "direct" | "ssh" | "link" | "scan";
+export interface AddHostOptions {
+  method?: AddHostMethod;
+  onAdded?: (serverId: string) => void;
+}
+
+export interface AddHostSession {
+  id: number;
+  step: StoreApi<{ method: AddHostMethod | null }>;
+  choose(method: AddHostMethod | null): void;
+  close(): void;
+  complete(result: { serverId: string }): void;
+}
+
+export function createAddHostFlow() {
+  const store = createStore<{ session: AddHostSession | null }>(() => ({ session: null }));
+  let nextId = 0;
+  function createSession(options: AddHostOptions) {
+    const step = createStore<{ method: AddHostMethod | null }>(() => ({
+      method: options.method ?? null,
+    }));
+    const session = {
+      id: ++nextId,
+      step,
+      choose(method: AddHostMethod | null) {
+        step.setState({ method });
+      },
+      close() {
+        if (store.getState().session === session) store.setState({ session: null });
+      },
+      complete({ serverId }: { serverId: string }) {
+        if (store.getState().session !== session) return;
+        session.close();
+        options.onAdded?.(serverId);
+      },
+    };
+    return session;
+  }
+  return {
+    store,
+    open(options: AddHostOptions = {}) {
+      store.setState({ session: createSession(options) });
+    },
+  };
+}

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/pair-link-modal.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Alert, Text, View } from "react-native";
-import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
+import { StyleSheet, withUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { Link } from "lucide-react-native";
 import type { HostProfile } from "@/types/host-connection";
 import { useHosts, useHostMutations, type PasswordRequiredPairing } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
 import { parseRelayConnectionUri } from "@/utils/daemon-endpoints";
 import { parseConnectionOfferFromUrl } from "@getpaseo/protocol/connection-offer";
-import { AdaptiveModalSheet, AdaptiveTextInput, type SheetHeader } from "./adaptive-modal-sheet";
+import {
+  AdaptiveModalSheet,
+  AdaptiveTextInput,
+  type SheetHeader,
+} from "@/components/adaptive-modal-sheet";
 import { getConnectionAuthFailureReason } from "@/utils/test-daemon-connection";
-import { PairingTargetTracker } from "./pair-link-credentials";
+import { PairingTargetTracker } from "@/components/pair-link-credentials";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import type { EditingTextInputHandle } from "@/components/ui/text-input";
 
@@ -100,7 +104,6 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
   onCancel,
   onSaved,
 }: PairLinkModalProps) {
-  const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const daemons = useHosts();
   const { beginLinkPairing } = useHostMutations();
@@ -126,10 +129,7 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
     resetPasswordInput();
   }, []);
 
-  const pairIcon = useMemo(
-    () => <Link size={16} color={theme.colors.accentForeground} />,
-    [theme.colors.accentForeground],
-  );
+  const pairIcon = useMemo(() => <ThemedLink size={16} />, []);
 
   const handleClose = useCallback(() => {
     if (isSaving) return;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
 
       <View style={styles.field}>
         <Text style={styles.label}>{t("pairing.link.label")}</Text>
-        <AdaptiveTextInput
+        <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
           ref={inputRef}
           initialValue={initialUrl}
           testID="pair-link-input"
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
           accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.link.label")}
           onChangeText={handleChangeOfferUrl}
           placeholder="https://app.paseo.sh/#offer=..."
-          placeholderTextColor={theme.colors.foregroundMuted}
           style={styles.input}
           autoFocus
           autoCapitalize="none"
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
           <Text style={styles.label}>
             {t("pairing.hostPassword.title", { host: parsedHostLabel(offerUrlRef.current) })}
           </Text>
-          <AdaptiveTextInput
+          <ThemedAdaptiveTextInput
             testID="pair-link-password-input"
             resetKey={`pair-link-password-${passwordResetKey}`}
             accessibilityLabel={t("pairing.hostPassword.label")}
@@ -274,3 +273,9 @@ function PairLinkModalContent({
     </AdaptiveModalSheet>
   );
 }
+
+const ThemedLink = withUnistyles(Link, (theme) => ({ color: theme.colors.accentForeground }));
+
+const ThemedAdaptiveTextInput = withUnistyles(AdaptiveTextInput, (theme) => ({
+  placeholderTextColor: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
+}));

packages/app/src/hosts/add-host/internal/scan.tsx

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { Pressable, Text, View } from "react-native";
-import { useLocalSearchParams, useRouter, type Href } from "expo-router";
+import { Text, View } from "react-native";
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
-import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
+import { StyleSheet } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { CameraView, useCameraPermissions } from "expo-camera";
 import type { BarcodeScanningResult, BarcodeSettings } from "expo-camera";
 import { getHostRuntimeStore } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
-import { openPairScan } from "@/hosts/pair-scan-model";
-import { buildHostRootRoute, buildSettingsHostRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
+import { openPairScan } from "./pair-scan-model";
 import { isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
-import { BackHeader } from "@/components/headers/back-header";
-import { PairLinkModal } from "@/components/pair-link-modal";
+import { PairLinkModal } from "./pair-link-modal";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
@@ -113,50 +110,26 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   },
 }));
 
-export default function PairScanScreen() {
-  const { theme } = useUnistyles();
+export function PairScanContent({
+  onConnected,
+  onClose,
+}: {
+  onConnected: (serverId: string) => void;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
-  const router = useRouter();
-  const params = useLocalSearchParams<{
-    source?: string;
-  }>();
-  const source = typeof params.source === "string" ? params.source : "settings";
-
   const [permission, requestPermission] = useCameraPermissions();
 
-  const navigateToPairedHost = useCallback(
-    (serverId: string) => {
-      if (source === "onboarding") {
-        router.replace(buildHostRootRoute(serverId));
-        return;
-      }
-      router.replace(buildSettingsHostRoute(serverId));
-    },
-    [router, source],
-  );
-
   const [scan] = useState(() =>
     openPairScan({
-      importConnectionLink: (link) =>
-        getHostRuntimeStore().importConnectionLink(
-          link,
-          source === "onboarding" ? "hostRoot" : "hostSettings",
-        ),
-      onConnected: navigateToPairedHost,
+      importConnectionLink: (link) => getHostRuntimeStore().importConnectionLink(link, "hostRoot"),
+      onConnected,
     }),
   );
   const scanState = useSyncExternalStore(scan.subscribe, scan.getState, scan.getState);
   useEffect(() => () => scan.close(), [scan]);
 
-  const closeToSource = useCallback(() => {
-    try {
-      router.back();
-    } catch {
-      router.replace("/" as Href);
-    }
-  }, [router]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isWeb) return;
     if (permission && permission.granted) return;
@@ -169,35 +142,29 @@ export default function PairScanScreen() {
     [scan],
   );
 
-  const handleRouterBack = useCallback(() => router.back(), [router]);
   const savePasswordPairing = useCallback(
-    ({ serverId }: { serverId: string }) => navigateToPairedHost(serverId),
-    [navigateToPairedHost],
+    ({ serverId }: { serverId: string }) => onConnected(serverId),
+    [onConnected],
   );
   const handleRequestPermission = useCallback(() => {
     void requestPermission();
   }, [requestPermission]);
 
   const bodyStyle = useMemo(
-    () => [styles.body, { paddingBottom: insets.bottom + theme.spacing[6] }],
-    [insets.bottom, theme.spacing],
-  );
-  const helperTextStyle = useMemo(
-    () => [styles.helperText, { color: theme.colors.foreground }],
-    [theme.colors.foreground],
+    () => [styles.body, { paddingBottom: insets.bottom + 24 }],
+    [insets.bottom],
   );
 
   if (isWeb) {
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
-        <BackHeader title={t("pairing.scan.title")} onBack={handleRouterBack} />
         <View style={bodyStyle}>
           <View style={styles.permissionCard}>
             <Text style={styles.permissionTitle}>{t("pairing.scan.webUnavailableTitle")}</Text>
             <Text style={styles.permissionBody}>{t("pairing.scan.webUnavailableBody")}</Text>
-            <Pressable style={styles.permissionButton} onPress={closeToSource}>
-              <Text style={styles.permissionButtonText}>{t("pairing.scan.backToSettings")}</Text>
-            </Pressable>
+            <Button style={styles.permissionButton} onPress={onClose}>
+              <Text style={styles.permissionButtonText}>{t("common.actions.back")}</Text>
+            </Button>
           </View>
         </View>
       </View>
@@ -208,16 +175,14 @@ export default function PairScanScreen() {
 
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>
-      <BackHeader title={t("pairing.scan.title")} onBack={closeToSource} />
-
       <View style={bodyStyle}>
         {!granted ? (
           <View style={styles.permissionCard}>
             <Text style={styles.permissionTitle}>{t("pairing.scan.cameraPermissionTitle")}</Text>
             <Text style={styles.permissionBody}>{t("pairing.scan.cameraPermissionBody")}</Text>
-            <Pressable style={styles.permissionButton} onPress={handleRequestPermission}>
+            <Button style={styles.permissionButton} onPress={handleRequestPermission}>
               <Text style={styles.permissionButtonText}>{t("pairing.scan.grantPermission")}</Text>
-            </Pressable>
+            </Button>
           </View>
         ) : (
           <View style={styles.cameraWrap}>
@@ -235,10 +200,10 @@ export default function PairScanScreen() {
                 <View style={[styles.corner, styles.cornerBR]} />
               </View>
               {scanState.status === "pairing" ? (
-                <Text style={helperTextStyle}>{t("pairing.scan.pairing")}</Text>
+                <Text style={styles.helperText}>{t("pairing.scan.pairing")}</Text>
               ) : null}
               {scanState.status === "stopped" && scanState.error ? (
-                <Text style={helperTextStyle}>{scanState.error}</Text>
+                <Text style={styles.helperText}>{scanState.error}</Text>
               ) : null}
               {scanState.status === "stopped" ? (
                 <Button

packages/app/src/hosts/host-chooser.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
 import { Modal } from "@/components/ui/modal";
-import { usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
 import { createElement, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Pressable, ScrollView, Text, View, type PressableStateCallbackType } from "react-native";
 import {
   EditingTextInput as TextInput,
   type EditingTextInputHandle,
 } from "@/components/ui/text-input";
-import { router } from "expo-router";
 import { Server } from "lucide-react-native";
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/overlay-root";
 import { useHosts } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
 import { orderHostsLocalFirst, type HostProfile } from "@/types/host-connection";
-import { buildSettingsAddHostRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 
 type HostFilter = (host: HostProfile) => boolean;
 type HostChoiceHandler = (serverId: string) => void | Promise<void>;
@@ -65,6 +63,7 @@ function matchesHostQuery(host: HostProfile, query: string): boolean {
 }
 
 export function useHostChooser() {
+  const addHost = useAddHost();
   const hosts = useHosts();
   const localServerId = useLocalDaemonServerId();
   const open = useHostChooserStore((state) => state.open);
@@ -76,13 +75,7 @@ export function useHostChooser() {
       );
 
       if (availableHosts.length === 0) {
-        (
-          input.onNoHosts ??
-          (() => {
-            usePanelStore.getState().showMobileAgent();
-            router.push(buildSettingsAddHostRoute(Date.now()));
-          })
-        )();
+        (input.onNoHosts ?? addHost)();
         return false;
       }
 
@@ -98,7 +91,7 @@ export function useHostChooser() {
       });
       return true;
     },
-    [hosts, localServerId, open],
+    [hosts, localServerId, open, addHost],
   );
 }
 

packages/app/src/plugins/timeline/projection.test.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,45 @@ function thought(text: string, status: "loading" | "ready" = "loading"): StreamI
 }
 
 describe("plugin timeline projection", () => {
+  it.each(["message", "finished", "errored", "permission-required", "closed"] as const)(
+    "preserves immutable agent-message provenance for %s cards",
+    (event) => {
+      const agentMessage = {
+        event,
+        sender: { id: "remote::reviewer", title: "QA question-timing #7014/#7000/#6809" },
+        text: "The original message, including **Markdown**.",
+      };
+      const source: StreamItem = {
+        kind: "tool_call",
+        id: "message-1",
+        timestamp: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+        payload: {
+          source: "agent",
+          data: {
+            provider: "codex",
+            callId: "delivery-1",
+            name: "agent_message",
+            status: "completed",
+            error: null,
+            detail: { type: "plain_text", text: agentMessage.text, icon: "bot" },
+            agentMessage,
+          },
+        },
+      };
+      const inspect: TimelineItemTransform = ({ item }) => {
+        expect(item.type).toBe("tool_call");
+        if (item.type !== "tool_call") throw new Error("Expected a tool call");
+        expect(item.agentMessage).toEqual(agentMessage);
+        expect(item.agentMessage).not.toBe(agentMessage);
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(item.agentMessage)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Object.isFrozen(item.agentMessage?.sender)).toBe(true);
+        return undefined;
+      };
+      expect(projectPluginTimelineItems([source], inspect)).toEqual([source]);
+      expect(Object.isFrozen(agentMessage.sender)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
   it("does not expose mutable tool detail from stream state", () => {
     const detail = { type: "read" as const, filePath: "/repo/original.ts" };
     const source: StreamItem = {

packages/app/src/plugins/timeline/projection.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ function cloneAndFreeze<T>(value: T): T {
 }
 
 function sourceToolCallTimelineItem(data: AgentToolCallData): ToolCallTimelineItem {
-  const { callId, name, status, error, detail, metadata } = data;
+  const { callId, name, status, error, detail, metadata, agentMessage } = data;
   const base = {
     type: "tool_call" as const,
     callId,
     name,
     detail,
     ...(metadata ? { metadata } : {}),
+    ...(agentMessage ? { agentMessage } : {}),
   };
   switch (status) {
     case "running":

packages/app/src/screens/new-workspace-screen.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
 import type {
   CreateAgentRequestOptions,
   CreateWorkspaceRequestOptions,
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import { getHostRuntimeStore } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { router } from "expo-router";
 import { Text, View } from "react-native";
 import { StyleSheet } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { createNameId } from "mnemonic-id";
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import type { KeyboardActionId } from "@/keyboard/keyboard-action-dispatcher";
 import { useFormPreferences } from "@/hooks/use-form-preferences";
 import type { CreateAgentInitialValues } from "@/hooks/use-agent-form-state";
 import { toErrorMessage } from "@/utils/error-messages";
-import { buildSettingsAddHostRoute } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 import {
   getHostProjectId,
   getWorktreeSupportForHostProject,
@@ -1166,9 +1165,7 @@ export function NewWorkspaceScreen({
     openAddProjectPicker(selectedServerId);
   }, [openAddProjectPicker, selectedServerId]);
 
-  const handleAddHost = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push(buildSettingsAddHostRoute(Date.now()));
-  }, []);
+  const handleAddHost = useAddHost();
 
   const openPicker = useCallback(() => {
     setPickerOpen(true);

packages/app/src/screens/settings-screen.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useAddHost } from "@/hosts/add-host";
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { ComponentType, ReactNode } from "react";
 import {
   Alert,
@@ -74,10 +75,6 @@ import { WindowChromeRegion, WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window
 import { confirmDialog } from "@/utils/confirm-dialog";
 import { BackHeader } from "@/components/headers/back-header";
 import { PageLayout } from "@/components/page-layout";
-import { AddHostMethodModal } from "@/components/add-host-method-modal";
-import { AddHostModal } from "@/components/add-host-modal";
-import { AddRemoteSshHostModal } from "@/components/add-remote-ssh-host-modal";
-import { PairLinkModal } from "@/components/pair-link-modal";
 import { KeyboardShortcutsSection } from "@/screens/settings/keyboard-shortcuts-section";
 import { EditorSection } from "@/screens/settings/editor-section";
 import { FilesSection } from "@/screens/settings/files-section";
@@ -1089,21 +1086,15 @@ function SettingsSidebar({
 
 export interface SettingsScreenProps {
   view: SettingsView;
-  openAddHostIntent?: string | null;
 }
 
-export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: SettingsScreenProps) {
+export default function SettingsScreen({ view }: SettingsScreenProps) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const voiceAudioEngine = useVoiceAudioEngineOptional();
   const { settings, isLoading: settingsLoading, updateSettings } = useAppSettings();
-  const [isAddHostMethodVisible, setIsAddHostMethodVisible] = useState(false);
-  const [isDirectHostVisible, setIsDirectHostVisible] = useState(false);
-  const [isRemoteSshVisible, setIsRemoteSshVisible] = useState(false);
-  const [isPasteLinkVisible, setIsPasteLinkVisible] = useState(false);
   const [isPlaybackTestRunning, setIsPlaybackTestRunning] = useState(false);
   const [playbackTestResult, setPlaybackTestResult] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const lastOpenedAddHostIntentRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const isDesktopApp = isElectronRuntime();
   const appVersion = resolveAppVersion();
   const appVersionText = formatVersionWithPrefix(appVersion);
@@ -1164,50 +1155,10 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
     }
   }, [isPlaybackTestRunning, t, voiceAudioEngine]);
 
-  const closeAddConnectionFlow = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(false);
-    setIsDirectHostVisible(false);
-    setIsRemoteSshVisible(false);
-    setIsPasteLinkVisible(false);
-  }, []);
-
-  const goBackToAddConnectionMethods = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsDirectHostVisible(false);
-    setIsRemoteSshVisible(false);
-    setIsPasteLinkVisible(false);
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(true);
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleAddHost = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(true);
-  }, []);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!openAddHostIntent || lastOpenedAddHostIntentRef.current === openAddHostIntent) {
-      return;
-    }
-    lastOpenedAddHostIntentRef.current = openAddHostIntent;
-    handleAddHost();
-  }, [handleAddHost, openAddHostIntent]);
-
-  const handleSelectDirectConnection = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(false);
-    setIsDirectHostVisible(true);
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleSelectRemoteSsh = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(false);
-    setIsRemoteSshVisible(true);
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleSelectPasteLink = useCallback(() => {
-    setIsAddHostMethodVisible(false);
-    setIsPasteLinkVisible(true);
-  }, []);
-
   const handleHostAdded = useCallback(
-    ({ serverId }: { serverId: string }) => {
-      const target = buildSettingsHostSectionRoute(serverId, "connections");
+    (serverId: string) => {
+      selectSettingsHost(serverId);
+      const target = buildSettingsHostSectionRoute(serverId, "host");
       if (isCompactLayout) {
         router.push(target);
       } else {
@@ -1217,6 +1168,8 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
     [isCompactLayout, router],
   );
 
+  const handleAddHost = useAddHost({ onAdded: handleHostAdded });
+
   const handleSelectSection = useCallback(
     (section: SettingsSectionSlug) => {
       const target = buildSettingsSectionRoute(section);
@@ -1272,14 +1225,6 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
     [activeHostServerId, handleAddHost, isCompactLayout, router],
   );
 
-  const handleScanQr = useCallback(() => {
-    closeAddConnectionFlow();
-    router.push({
-      pathname: "/pair-scan",
-      params: { source: "settings" },
-    });
-  }, [closeAddConnectionFlow, router]);
-
   const handleHostRemoved = useCallback(() => {
     const fallback = buildSettingsSectionRoute("general");
     if (isCompactLayout) {
@@ -1388,37 +1333,6 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
     );
   }
 
-  const addHostModals = (
-    <>
-      <AddHostMethodModal
-        visible={isAddHostMethodVisible}
-        onClose={closeAddConnectionFlow}
-        onDirectConnection={handleSelectDirectConnection}
-        onRemoteSsh={handleSelectRemoteSsh}
-        onPasteLink={handleSelectPasteLink}
-        onScanQr={handleScanQr}
-      />
-      <AddHostModal
-        visible={isDirectHostVisible}
-        onClose={closeAddConnectionFlow}
-        onCancel={goBackToAddConnectionMethods}
-        onSaved={handleHostAdded}
-      />
-      <AddRemoteSshHostModal
-        visible={isRemoteSshVisible}
-        onClose={closeAddConnectionFlow}
-        onCancel={goBackToAddConnectionMethods}
-        onSaved={handleHostAdded}
-      />
-      <PairLinkModal
-        visible={isPasteLinkVisible}
-        onClose={closeAddConnectionFlow}
-        onCancel={goBackToAddConnectionMethods}
-        onSaved={handleHostAdded}
-      />
-    </>
-  );
-
   // Mobile root: full-screen sidebar-as-list.
   if (isCompactLayout && view.kind === "root") {
     return (
@@ -1436,7 +1350,6 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
             layout="mobile"
           />
         </ScrollView>
-        {addHostModals}
       </View>
     );
   }
@@ -1447,7 +1360,6 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
         <PageLayout title={detailTitle} onBack={handleBackFromDetail}>
           {content}
         </PageLayout>
-        {addHostModals}
       </View>
     );
   }
@@ -1482,7 +1394,6 @@ export default function SettingsScreen({ view, openAddHostIntent = null }: Setti
           </View>
         </WindowChromeRegion>
       </View>
-      {addHostModals}
     </View>
   );
 }

packages/app/src/utils/host-routes.test.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   buildOpenProjectRoute,
   resolveKnownHostRoute,
   buildSessionsRoute,
-  buildSettingsAddHostRoute,
   buildProjectSettingsRoute,
   buildProjectsSettingsRoute,
   decodeFilePathFromPathSegment,
@@ -185,14 +184,6 @@ describe("workspace route parsing", () => {
 });
 
 describe("projects settings routes", () => {
-  it("buildSettingsAddHostRoute opens settings with the add-host flag", () => {
-    expect(buildSettingsAddHostRoute()).toBe("/settings/general?addHost=1");
-  });
-
-  it("buildSettingsAddHostRoute accepts a repeatable intent id", () => {
-    expect(buildSettingsAddHostRoute("retry 1")).toBe("/settings/general?addHost=retry%201");
-  });
-
   it("buildProjectsSettingsRoute scopes the list to a host", () => {
     expect(buildProjectsSettingsRoute("host a")).toBe("/settings/hosts/host%20a/projects");
   });

packages/app/src/utils/host-routes.ts

@@ -553,10 +553,6 @@ export function buildSettingsSectionRoute(section: SettingsSectionSlug) {
   return `/settings/${section}` as const;
 }
 
-export function buildSettingsAddHostRoute(intentId: string | number = "1") {
-  return `/settings/general?addHost=${encodeURIComponent(String(intentId))}` as const;
-}
-
 export function buildSettingsHostRoute(serverId: string) {
   const normalized = trimNonEmpty(serverId);
   if (!normalized) {

packages/desktop/e2e/browser-tabs.e2e.mjs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { experimental_createMCPClient } from "ai";
 import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js";
 import { chromium } from "playwright";
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { hideDeveloperToasts } from "../../app/e2e/support/developer-ui.mjs";
 import { runAppearanceFontSizeRegression } from "./appearance-font-size.electron.mjs";
 import { runAdaptiveThemeRegression } from "./appearance-theme.electron.mjs";
@@ -198,6 +199,20 @@ async function waitForDesktopStatus(page) {
   );
 }
 
+async function settleDesktopStartup(page) {
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("button", { name: "Desktop browser workspace 1", exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: timeoutMs });
+  // The dev launcher supplies its package directory as an open-project request.
+  // Before the local host connects, that request opens the connection prompt.
+  // Finish startup before exercising the unrelated Settings/browser workflows.
+  const connectionPrompt = page.getByTestId("add-host-method-modal");
+  if (await connectionPrompt.isVisible()) {
+    await connectionPrompt.getByRole("button", { name: "Close", exact: true }).click();
+    await expect(connectionPrompt).toBeHidden();
+  }
+}
+
 async function startTargetPage() {
   const server = createServer((_request, response) => {
     response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" });
@@ -1208,6 +1223,7 @@ async function main() {
     const page = await waitForAppPage(browser, expoPort);
     await hideDeveloperToasts(page);
     const status = await waitForDesktopStatus(page);
+    await settleDesktopStartup(page);
 
     const checkPluginLinks = () =>
       runPluginLinksRegression({

packages/server/src/terminal/worker-terminal-manager.test.ts

@@ -1623,13 +1623,26 @@ it.each([1, 4])(
   async (version) => {
     const paseoHome = createTemporaryHome();
     const old = await leaveWorkerWithTerminal(paseoHome, version);
+    const [record] = await workerRecords(paseoHome);
+    const program = record!.terminals.find((entry) => entry.id === old.terminalId)!;
+    const inspector = createTerminalWorkerProcessInspector();
 
     manager = await startRealWorkerManager({ paseoHome });
 
-    await waitForCondition(
-      () => !isProcessAlive(old.workerPid) && !isProcessAlive(old.programPid),
-      10000,
-    );
+    expect(await readUnconfirmedTerminalCleanup(paseoHome)).toEqual([]);
+    // Startup launches a replacement worker after cleanup. Either old PID may already
+    // belong to another process, so verify that the recorded birth identities are gone.
+    for (const original of [{ pid: record!.pid, ...record!.identity }, program]) {
+      await expect
+        .poll(
+          async () =>
+            !isProcessAlive(original.pid) ||
+            classifyTerminalProgramProcess(original, await inspector.inspect(original.pid))
+              .status === "unrelated",
+          { timeout: 10000 },
+        )
+        .toBe(true);
+    }
     expect(manager.getTerminal(old.terminalId)).toBeUndefined();
     const workers = await workerRecords(paseoHome);
     expect(workers).toHaveLength(1);

packages/website/e2e/mockups.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const desktopName =
 async function openHomepage(page: Page) {
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1512, height: 930 });
   await page.goto("/");
-  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Build", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Parallel agents", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
 }
 
 async function viewPhones(page: Page) {
@@ -59,3 +59,42 @@ test("desktop mockup corners shrink in proportion on a phone", async ({ page })
   await resizeToPhone(page);
   await expect.poll(() => cornerProportion(mockup)).toBeCloseTo(desktopCorner, 3);
 });
+
+/** Opacity as rendered: the element's own times every ancestor's. */
+async function renderedOpacity(locator: Locator) {
+  return locator.evaluate((element) => {
+    let opacity = 1;
+    for (let node: Element | null = element; node; node = node.parentElement) {
+      opacity *= Number.parseFloat(getComputedStyle(node).opacity);
+    }
+    return opacity;
+  });
+}
+
+test("the plugin demo plays through to the panel the agent built", async ({ page }) => {
+  await openHomepage(page);
+  const builtPanelRow = page.getByText("Add Gruvbox theme", { exact: true });
+  expect(await renderedOpacity(builtPanelRow)).toBe(0);
+
+  // Hydration can reset the scroll position, so keep the demo in view until it finishes.
+  const heading = page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Ask Paseo to change Paseo" });
+  await expect(async () => {
+    await heading.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+    expect(await renderedOpacity(builtPanelRow)).toBe(1);
+  }).toPass({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  expect(await renderedOpacity(page.getByText("Review queue is in your sidebar."))).toBe(1);
+});
+
+test("the plugin demo shows its finished state when motion is reduced", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.emulateMedia({ reducedMotion: "reduce" });
+  await openHomepage(page);
+  const builtPanelRow = page.getByText("Add Gruvbox theme", { exact: true });
+  const panel = builtPanelRow.locator("xpath=ancestor::div[contains(@class, 'md:border-l')]");
+  const heading = page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Ask Paseo to change Paseo" });
+
+  await expect(async () => {
+    await heading.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+    expect(await renderedOpacity(builtPanelRow)).toBe(1);
+  }).toPass({ timeout: 2_000 });
+  expect(await panel.evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).transform)).toBe("none");
+});

packages/website/src/components/landing-page.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { PLUGINS_LINKED } from "~/plugins/launch";
+import { categoryHref } from "~/plugins/links";
+import type { CategorySlug } from "~/plugins/categories";
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import {
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   ExternalLink,
   Gem,
   GitFork,
-  LayoutPanelLeft,
+  GitPullRequest,
   Laptop,
   Lock,
   Merge,
@@ -19,16 +21,17 @@ import {
   Smartphone,
   Terminal,
   Users,
-  Workflow,
   type LucideIcon,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import {
   motion,
   AnimatePresence,
   useInView,
+  useReducedMotion,
   useScroll,
   useTransform,
   type Transition,
+  type Variants,
 } from "framer-motion";
 
 // Shared motion presets — hoisted so every JSX site receives the same object
@@ -86,7 +89,14 @@ import {
   PiIcon,
 } from "~/components/agent-icons";
 import { DiscordIcon, GitHubIcon, SlackIcon } from "~/components/brand-icons";
-import { MobileChat, MobileDiff, MobileSidebar, PhoneFrame } from "~/components/mockup";
+import {
+  MobileChat,
+  MobileDiff,
+  MobileSidebar,
+  PhoneFrame,
+  type ToolCall,
+  ToolCallRow,
+} from "~/components/mockup";
 import { FAQItem } from "~/components/faq-item";
 import { SiteFooter } from "~/components/site-footer";
 import { SponsorSection, SponsorsSection } from "~/components/sponsorship";
@@ -132,8 +142,8 @@ export function LandingPage({ title, subtitle }: LandingPageProps) {
             <SocialProofWall />
             <MultiProviderSection />
             <TurnkeySection />
-            <AutomationSection />
             <ExtensibleSection />
+            <AutomationSection />
             <SponsorsSection placement="page" />
             <SponsorSection />
             <PhilosophySection />
@@ -703,41 +713,50 @@ function AutomationDetail({ kind }: { kind: AutomationKind }) {
   );
 }
 
+const MCP_AGENT_CALLS: ToolCall[] = [
+  { kind: "paseo", label: "Create agent", detail: "Fix #412: retry flaky relay handshake" },
+  { kind: "paseo", label: "Create agent", detail: "Fix #417: group schedules by project" },
+];
+
 function McpAutomationTranscript() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  return (
+    <AgentTurn request={t("landing.automation.transcriptRequest")}>
+      <AgentText>{t("landing.automation.transcriptPlan")}</AgentText>
+      <ToolCalls calls={MCP_AGENT_CALLS} />
+      <AgentText>{t("landing.automation.transcriptDone")}</AgentText>
+    </AgentTurn>
+  );
+}
+
+/** A user message and the agent's reply, laid out like the app's timeline. */
+function AgentTurn({ request, children }: { request: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
     <div className="space-y-5">
-      <div className="ml-auto w-fit max-w-xl rounded-xl rounded-tr-none bg-white/[0.07] px-4 py-3">
-        <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-white/75">
-          {t("landing.automation.transcriptRequest")}
-        </p>
-      </div>
-      <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
-        <Bot className="mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" strokeWidth={1.5} />
-        <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-4">
-          <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-white/55">
-            {t("landing.automation.transcriptPlan")}
-          </p>
-          <div className="space-y-2 font-mono text-[11px]">
-            <McpAgentCall issue="#412" provider="claude/opus-4.6" />
-            <McpAgentCall issue="#417" provider="codex/gpt-5.6-sol" />
-          </div>
-          <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-white/55">
-            {t("landing.automation.transcriptDone")}
-          </p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
+      <UserMessage>{request}</UserMessage>
+      <div className="space-y-3">{children}</div>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-function McpAgentCall({ issue, provider }: { issue: string; provider: string }) {
+function UserMessage({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1 rounded-md border border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.025] px-3 py-2">
-      <span className="text-sky-300/80">create_agent</span>
-      <span className="text-white/25">{issue}</span>
-      <span className="text-white/35">{provider}</span>
-      <span className="text-white/25">worktree</span>
+    <div className="ml-auto w-fit max-w-md rounded-xl bg-white/[0.07] px-4 py-3">
+      <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-white/80">{children}</p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function AgentText({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-white/80">{children}</p>;
+}
+
+function ToolCalls({ calls }: { calls: ReadonlyArray<ToolCall> }) {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      {calls.map((call) => (
+        <ToolCallRow key={`${call.kind}:${call.detail}`} call={call} />
+      ))}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -842,17 +861,16 @@ function ExtensibleSection() {
       title={t("landing.plugins.title")}
       description={t("landing.plugins.description")}
     >
-      <div className="space-y-8">
-        <ProductLead icon={Puzzle} title={t("landing.plugins.lead")} actions={pluginActions} />
-        <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
-          {PLUGIN_CAPABILITIES.map((capability) => (
-            <FeatureCard
-              key={capability.key}
-              icon={capability.icon}
-              title={t(`landing.plugins.${capability.key}Title`)}
-              description={t(`landing.plugins.${capability.key}Description`)}
-            />
-          ))}
+      <div className="space-y-12">
+        <SelfModifyDemo />
+        <div className="space-y-6">
+          <ProductLead
+            icon={Puzzle}
+            title={t("landing.plugins.libraryTitle")}
+            description={t("landing.plugins.libraryDescription")}
+            actions={pluginActions}
+          />
+          <PluginCategoryLinks />
         </div>
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between">
           <p className="text-sm text-white/45">{t("landing.plugins.license")}</p>
@@ -872,6 +890,156 @@ function ExtensibleSection() {
   );
 }
 
+const PLUGIN_BUILD_CALLS: ToolCall[] = [
+  { kind: "read", detail: "paseo-plugin/SKILL.md" },
+  { kind: "shell", detail: "paseo plugin init review-queue" },
+  { kind: "write", detail: "review-queue/index.ts" },
+  { kind: "write", detail: "review-queue/review-queue.client.tsx" },
+  { kind: "shell", detail: "paseo plugin install ./review-queue" },
+];
+
+// The demo plays once when it scrolls into view: the prompt, then each timeline
+// item in turn, then the panel the agent built slides in and fills.
+const DEMO_STEP_SECONDS = 0.45;
+const DEMO_STEPS = {
+  prompt: 0,
+  plan: 1.4,
+  firstCall: 2.2,
+} as const;
+const DEMO_DONE_STEP = DEMO_STEPS.firstCall + PLUGIN_BUILD_CALLS.length;
+const DEMO_PANEL_STEP = DEMO_DONE_STEP + 1;
+
+const DEMO_ITEM_VARIANTS: Variants = {
+  hidden: { opacity: 0, y: 6 },
+  shown: (step: number) => ({
+    opacity: 1,
+    y: 0,
+    transition: { delay: step * DEMO_STEP_SECONDS, duration: 0.35, ease: "easeOut" },
+  }),
+};
+const DEMO_PANEL_VARIANTS: Variants = {
+  hidden: { opacity: 0, x: "100%" },
+  shown: {
+    opacity: 1,
+    x: 0,
+    transition: {
+      delay: DEMO_PANEL_STEP * DEMO_STEP_SECONDS,
+      duration: 0.6,
+      ease: [0.22, 0.61, 0.36, 1],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/** One piece of the demo that fades in at its step. */
+function DemoItem({ step, children }: { step: number; children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <motion.div variants={DEMO_ITEM_VARIANTS} custom={step}>
+      {children}
+    </motion.div>
+  );
+}
+
+/** The ask on the left, the panel it produced on the right. */
+function SelfModifyDemo() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  // Visitors who ask for reduced motion get the finished demo, with no slide or staging.
+  const reduceMotion = useReducedMotion();
+  return (
+    <motion.div
+      initial={reduceMotion ? "shown" : "hidden"}
+      whileInView="shown"
+      viewport={VIEWPORT_60}
+      className="grid min-h-[22rem] grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)] overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-white/10 bg-black/20 md:grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_17rem]"
+    >
+      <div className="space-y-5 p-5 md:p-6">
+        <DemoItem step={DEMO_STEPS.prompt}>
+          <UserMessage>{t("landing.plugins.request")}</UserMessage>
+        </DemoItem>
+        <div className="space-y-3">
+          <DemoItem step={DEMO_STEPS.plan}>
+            <AgentText>{t("landing.plugins.plan")}</AgentText>
+          </DemoItem>
+          <div>
+            {PLUGIN_BUILD_CALLS.map((call, index) => (
+              <DemoItem key={`${call.kind}:${call.detail}`} step={DEMO_STEPS.firstCall + index}>
+                <ToolCallRow call={call} />
+              </DemoItem>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+          <DemoItem step={DEMO_DONE_STEP}>
+            <AgentText>{t("landing.plugins.done")}</AgentText>
+          </DemoItem>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <ReviewQueuePreview />
+    </motion.div>
+  );
+}
+
+const REVIEW_QUEUE = [
+  { number: "#418", title: "Retry flaky relay handshake", author: "ana", age: "12m" },
+  { number: "#415", title: "Group schedules by project", author: "kenji", age: "1h" },
+  { number: "#409", title: "Add Gruvbox theme", author: "lea", age: "3h" },
+] as const;
+
+/** The panel the agent just built, docked like a real sidebar panel. */
+function ReviewQueuePreview() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  return (
+    <motion.div
+      variants={DEMO_PANEL_VARIANTS}
+      className="border-t border-white/10 bg-white/[0.025] p-4 md:border-t-0 md:border-l"
+    >
+      <div className="mb-3 flex items-center gap-2">
+        <GitPullRequest className="h-4 w-4 text-muted-foreground" strokeWidth={1.5} />
+        <span className="text-sm font-medium text-white/85">{t("landing.plugins.panelTitle")}</span>
+        <span className="ml-auto rounded-full bg-white/[0.07] px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] text-white/55">
+          {REVIEW_QUEUE.length}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+      <div className="space-y-1">
+        {REVIEW_QUEUE.map((pr, index) => (
+          <DemoItem key={pr.number} step={DEMO_PANEL_STEP + 1.2 + index * 0.4}>
+            <div className="rounded-md px-2 py-2 hover:bg-white/[0.04]">
+              <p className="truncate text-xs text-white/80">{pr.title}</p>
+              <p className="mt-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] text-white/35">
+                {pr.number} · {pr.author} · {pr.age}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </DemoItem>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </motion.div>
+  );
+}
+
+const SHOWCASE_CATEGORIES = [
+  "themes",
+  "sidebar",
+  "workspaces",
+  "providers",
+  "orchestration",
+  "git",
+] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<CategorySlug>;
+
+function PluginCategoryLinks() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const localize = useLocalizePath();
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+      {SHOWCASE_CATEGORIES.map((category) => (
+        <a
+          key={category}
+          href={localize(categoryHref(category))}
+          className="rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.025] px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-white/70 transition-colors hover:border-white/15 hover:bg-white/[0.06] hover:text-white"
+        >
+          {t(`plugins.categories.${category}.label`)}
+        </a>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 const PLUGINS_BROWSE = PLUGINS_LINKED
   ? { href: "/plugins", external: false }
   : { href: "https://paseo.cafe", external: true };
@@ -899,12 +1067,6 @@ function PluginActions() {
   );
 }
 
-const PLUGIN_CAPABILITIES = [
-  { icon: LayoutPanelLeft, key: "ui" },
-  { icon: Workflow, key: "lifecycle" },
-  { icon: Bot, key: "providers" },
-] as const;
-
 const PRINCIPLES = [
   { icon: Lock, key: "private" },
   { icon: Compass, key: "independent" },

packages/website/src/components/mockup/chat.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import {
   AudioLines,
-  BookOpen,
   Brain,
   ChevronDown,
   CircleDot,
   Copy,
-  FilePenLine,
+  Eye,
   LoaderCircle,
   ListTodo,
   Mic,
+  Pencil,
   Plus,
   ShieldOff,
   Split,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 import type * as React from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { DiffStat } from "./atoms";
-import { CodexIcon } from "./icons";
+import { CodexIcon, PaseoMark } from "./icons";
 
 // Icons passed as props are hoisted so they are not rebuilt on every render.
 const MODEL_ICON = <CodexIcon size={13} />;
@@ -94,70 +94,62 @@ export function AgentTranscript() {
   );
 }
 
-interface PluginToolCall {
-  kind: "read" | "shell" | "write";
-  label: string;
-  detail: string;
+/**
+ * A collapsed tool call as the app's timeline shows it. Built-in tools carry a
+ * fixed label; Paseo MCP tools name their action, such as "Create agent".
+ */
+export type ToolCall =
+  | { kind: "read" | "write" | "shell"; detail: string }
+  | { kind: "paseo"; label: string; detail: string };
+
+const BUILT_IN_LABELS = { read: "Read", write: "Write", shell: "Shell" } as const;
+
+function toolCallLabel(call: ToolCall): string {
+  return call.kind === "paseo" ? call.label : BUILT_IN_LABELS[call.kind];
 }
 
-const PLUGIN_TOOL_CALLS: PluginToolCall[] = [
-  { kind: "read", label: "Read", detail: "paseo-plugin/SKILL.md" },
-  {
-    kind: "shell",
-    label: "Shell",
-    detail: "paseo plugin init ~/dev/release-radar",
-  },
-  {
-    kind: "write",
-    label: "Write",
-    detail: "~/dev/release-radar/index.ts",
-  },
-  {
-    kind: "write",
-    label: "Write",
-    detail: "~/dev/release-radar/release-radar.client.tsx",
-  },
-  {
-    kind: "shell",
-    label: "Shell",
-    detail: "npm install && npm run typecheck",
-  },
-  {
-    kind: "shell",
-    label: "Shell",
-    detail: "paseo plugin install ~/dev/release-radar",
-  },
+const PLUGIN_TOOL_CALLS: ToolCall[] = [
+  { kind: "read", detail: "paseo-plugin/SKILL.md" },
+  { kind: "shell", detail: "paseo plugin init ~/dev/release-radar" },
+  { kind: "write", detail: "~/dev/release-radar/index.ts" },
+  { kind: "write", detail: "~/dev/release-radar/release-radar.client.tsx" },
+  { kind: "shell", detail: "npm install && npm run typecheck" },
+  { kind: "shell", detail: "paseo plugin install ~/dev/release-radar" },
 ];
 
 const PLUGIN_DISCOVERY_CALLS = PLUGIN_TOOL_CALLS.slice(0, 1);
 const PLUGIN_BUILD_CALLS = PLUGIN_TOOL_CALLS.slice(1, 4);
 const PLUGIN_INSTALL_CALLS = PLUGIN_TOOL_CALLS.slice(4);
 
-function PluginToolIcon({ kind }: { kind: PluginToolCall["kind"] }) {
-  if (kind === "read") return <BookOpen size={14} />;
-  if (kind === "write") return <FilePenLine size={14} />;
+function ToolCallIcon({ kind }: { kind: ToolCall["kind"] }) {
+  if (kind === "read") return <Eye size={14} />;
+  if (kind === "write") return <Pencil size={14} />;
+  if (kind === "paseo") return <PaseoMark size={14} />;
   return <SquareTerminal size={14} />;
 }
 
-function PluginToolRow({ call }: { call: PluginToolCall }) {
+/**
+ * One tool call row, drawn like the app's collapsed timeline item
+ * (`packages/app/src/components/message.tsx`): icon, label, then the summary,
+ * all muted and in the UI font.
+ */
+export function ToolCallRow({ call }: { call: ToolCall }) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-center gap-[9px] py-[5px] text-[12.5px] leading-[18px]">
-      <span className="text-mock-fg-muted">
-        <PluginToolIcon kind={call.kind} />
-      </span>
-      <span className="shrink-0 text-mock-fg">{call.label}</span>
-      <span className="min-w-0 truncate font-mono text-[11.5px] text-mock-fg-muted">
-        {call.detail}
+    <div className="flex items-center gap-[8px] py-[5px] text-[12.5px] leading-[18px] text-mock-fg-muted">
+      <span className="shrink-0">
+        <ToolCallIcon kind={call.kind} />
       </span>
+      <span className="shrink-0">{toolCallLabel(call)}</span>
+      <span className="min-w-0 truncate">{call.detail}</span>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-function PluginToolGroup({ calls }: { calls: PluginToolCall[] }) {
+function PluginToolGroup({ calls }: { calls: ToolCall[] }) {
   return (
     <div>
       {calls.map((call) => (
-        <PluginToolRow key={`${call.label}:${call.detail}`} call={call} />
+        <ToolCallRow key={`${call.kind}:${call.detail}`} call={call} />
       ))}
     </div>
   );

packages/website/src/components/mockup/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { ClaudeIcon, CodexIcon, SourceControlIcon } from "./icons";
+export { type ToolCall, ToolCallRow } from "./chat";
 export { DESIGN_HEIGHT, DESIGN_WIDTH } from "./geometry";
 export { PhoneFrame } from "./mobile/frame";
 export { MobileChat } from "./mobile/chat";

packages/website/src/i18n/resources/en.json

@@ -375,19 +375,18 @@
       "otherHostComment": "# Target another host"
     },
     "plugins": {
-      "title": "Extend it with plugins",
-      "description": "Add new panels and functionality that work in desktop, web and mobile",
-      "lead": "Plugins",
+      "title": "Ask Paseo to change Paseo",
+      "description": "Agents in Paseo can change the whole UI without a restart, even on mobile.",
+      "request": "Add a sidebar panel with the PRs waiting on my review.",
+      "plan": "I'll build it as a local plugin and install it.",
+      "done": "Review queue is in your sidebar.",
+      "panelTitle": "Review queue",
+      "libraryTitle": "400+ community plugins",
+      "libraryDescription": "Built by developers on the same plugin API your agents use",
       "browse": "Browse plugins",
       "docs": "Plugin docs",
       "license": "Paseo is Apache 2.0.",
-      "fork": "Fork the repo",
-      "uiTitle": "UI",
-      "uiDescription": "Screens, workspace panels, sidebar items, slash commands, and themes",
-      "lifecycleTitle": "Agent lifecycle",
-      "lifecycleDescription": "Change config and MCP servers, answer permissions, and follow up",
-      "providersTitle": "Providers",
-      "providersDescription": "Add a coding agent as a provider, used like the built-in ones"
+      "fork": "Fork the repo"
     },
     "philosophy": {
       "title": "Philosophy",
@@ -447,10 +446,10 @@
     },
     "mockup": {
       "alt": "Paseo desktop app with coding agents, a conversation, and a code diff open side by side",
-      "build": "Build",
-      "review": "Review",
-      "ship": "Ship",
-      "extend": "Extend",
+      "build": "Parallel agents",
+      "review": "Code review",
+      "ship": "Pull requests",
+      "extend": "Plugins",
       "app": {
         "newWorkspace": "New workspace",
         "history": "History",

packages/website/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN.json

@@ -375,19 +375,18 @@
       "otherHostComment": "# 指定另一台主机"
     },
     "plugins": {
-      "title": "用插件扩展",
-      "description": "添加新的面板和功能，在桌面端、网页端和移动端都能使用",
-      "lead": "插件",
+      "title": "让 Paseo 修改 Paseo",
+      "description": "Paseo 里的 Agent 可以修改整个界面，无需重启，在移动端也一样。",
+      "request": "在侧边栏加一个面板，列出等待我审查的 PR。",
+      "plan": "我会把它做成本地插件并安装。",
+      "done": "审查队列已出现在你的侧边栏。",
+      "panelTitle": "审查队列",
+      "libraryTitle": "400 多个社区插件",
+      "libraryDescription": "开发者用的是和你的 Agent 相同的插件 API",
       "browse": "浏览插件",
       "docs": "插件文档",
       "license": "Paseo 采用 Apache 2.0 许可证。",
-      "fork": "Fork 仓库",
-      "uiTitle": "界面",
-      "uiDescription": "页面、工作区面板、侧边栏项目、斜杠命令和主题",
-      "lifecycleTitle": "Agent 生命周期",
-      "lifecycleDescription": "修改配置和 MCP 服务器、响应权限请求、发送后续消息",
-      "providersTitle": "Provider",
-      "providersDescription": "把编程 Agent 添加为 Provider，用法与内置 Provider 相同"
+      "fork": "Fork 仓库"
     },
     "philosophy": {
       "title": "理念",
@@ -447,10 +446,10 @@
     },
     "mockup": {
       "alt": "Paseo 桌面应用，并排打开了编程 Agent、一段对话和一份代码 diff",
-      "build": "构建",
-      "review": "审查",
-      "ship": "发布",
-      "extend": "扩展",
+      "build": "并行 Agent",
+      "review": "代码审查",
+      "ship": "Pull Request",
+      "extend": "插件",
       "app": {
         "newWorkspace": "新建工作区",
         "history": "历史",