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What a user gets

The default saved:kernel view now includes TUI, advisor and operator in that order for Claude-only, Codex-only and mixed kernels. Previously, a shared advisor/operator runtime hid the operator. Saved overrides, actual session bindings and named unavailable roles retain their existing behavior; the queue worker stays outside the default view.

Setup, onboarding and the getting-started guide describe the same three-role view, including the plain-terminal fallback.

How you verified it

Updated the default-view controls for all three runtime combinations and added unbound-operator cases for each single-provider kernel. Existing saved-override, partial, missing and dead binding controls are retained.

git diff --check passes. One isolated container stock build passed. The bounded comparison produced ten expected parent assertion failures and four preservation passes, then 91 affected head checks passed. The parent failures distinguish the prior membership/order; saved overrides and unrelated views remain covered. Normal PR CI supplies the full suite and typecheck. No native provider or GUI run was performed.

Anything you were unsure about

The existing composer preserves membership order; this change adds no layout engine or seat launch. Container controls exercise the service and injected providers, not a native GUI.

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    • Kernel terminal views now consistently display the TUI, advisor, and operator—in that order—for Claude-only, Codex-only, and mixed setups.
    • Plain-terminal setup guidance now includes all three views. The queue worker remains accessible through the TUI.

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The default kernel view now includes TUI, advisor, and operator in that order for all runtime combinations. Composed views carry an optional column count to terminal layout providers. Terminal guidance describes the three-role order.

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Kernel terminal view

Layer / File(s) Summary
Three-role kernel composition
packages/daemon/src/domain/terminal/terminal-service.ts, packages/daemon/test/terminal-service.test.ts, docs/reference/getting-started.md, docs/reference/help.md, packages/cli/src/commands/setup.ts, packages/daemon/assets/onboarding/02-self-and-competent-action.md
The default kernel view includes TUI, advisor, and operator in that order. Preview grids and plan fingerprints use the composed column count. Tests cover runtime combinations, bindings, and preview/open plans. Terminal guidance describes the same order, including the plain-terminal setup.
Provider grid geometry
packages/daemon/src/domain/terminal/terminal-provider.ts, packages/daemon/src/domain/terminal/herdr-adapter.ts, packages/daemon/src/domain/terminal/cmux-provider-adapter.ts, packages/daemon/test/terminal-provider-ride.test.ts
Composed views can specify a column count. Herdr and Cmux use that count when present and retain automatic grid calculation otherwise. Tests cover explicit columns and pane-count limits.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d2630

The three-role view is otherwise consistent with the supplied implementation and tests, but the manual terminal instructions need a missing-operator branch before users with an unbound operator can rely on that fallback.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to d2630

The change is limited to displaying existing conversations and preserving their intended layout. Existing session bindings, saved overrides and missing-session handling remain in place. No introduced security issue was established, but native terminal behavior and recovery after an interrupted open remain unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The expanded default displays an existing local operator conversation with interactive attachment, rather than creating a new seat or remote authority. Default derivation assigns local host ownership. The unchanged general rig-view path already derives all attachable seats interactively, so the change increases default visibility but does not establish increased maximum session authority through this service.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The existing terminal HTTP handlers contain no route-local bearer check and are mounted behind the global browser-boundary middleware. Neither the route nor its middleware registration changes in this PR. This is an existing access-control posture, not evidence of universal bearer authentication; effective deployment exposure remains unverified.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Cmux workspace creation remains a multi-step operation. Failures after creation can return without rollback in the inspected builder, while the adapter reports the page as degraded and uses fresh names for subsequent opens. This behavior predates the PR; degraded results are not proof that no surface or command was created. Recovery after process interruption remains unverified.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Align the manual terminal fallback with provider behavior by explicitly representing unavailable bindings and avoiding attachment attempts for missing roles. The updated commands request and attach the operator unconditionally; the consequences of an empty target were not verified.
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- Line 260: Update the operator handoff around the tmux split-window command to
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kernel_view="openrig-kernel-$(date +%s)-$$"
kernel_pane=$(tmux new-session -d -P -F '#{pane_id}' -s "$kernel_view" -n kernel "env -u TMUX tmux attach-session -t '=$tui_session'")
advisor_pane=$(tmux split-window -h -P -F '#{pane_id}' -t "$kernel_pane" "env -u TMUX tmux attach-session -t '=$advisor_session'")
tmux split-window -h -t "$advisor_pane" "env -u TMUX tmux attach-session -t '=$operator_session'"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Skip the operator attachment when its binding is missing.

If operator.agent has no canonicalSessionName, the operator prompt leaves operator_session empty. This command still creates a pane that attempts to attach to =, rather than reporting the operator as unavailable. Check the binding before creating the pane, and name the missing role in the handoff.

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Update the operator handoff around the tmux split-window command to check that
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binding is missing, skip the attachment and report that the operator is
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Approved at d2630b2 after two independent review rounds. The default saved:kernel view now includes TUI, advisor and operator on Claude-only, Codex-only and mixed kernels; before, a kernel whose advisor and operator shared a runtime hid the operator, which both shipped single-runtime kernels declare. The default view only now carries a column count, so herdr and cmux draw it as one row of three instead of a two-by-two grid with a blank; saved overrides and every other view keep the existing auto-grid, preview and planId use the same columns as open, and partial views cap the columns and still name absent roles. Guide, help, setup and onboarding text match. Tests fail on the parents and pass at the head; required CI is green.

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