auto: save WIP progress from rcc session

The Rust Agent tool only persisted queued metadata, so delegated work never actually ran. This change wires Agent into a detached background conversation path with isolated runtime, API client, session state, restricted tool subsets, and file-backed lifecycle/result updates.

Constraint: Keep the tool entrypoint in the tools crate and avoid copying the upstream TypeScript implementation
Rejected: Spawn an external claw process | less aligned with the requested in-process runtime/client design
Rejected: Leave execution in the CLI crate only | would keep tools::Agent as a metadata-only stub
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Tool subset mappings are curated guardrails; revisit them before enabling recursive Agent access or richer agent definitions
Tested: cargo build --release --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml
Tested: cargo test --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml
Not-tested: Live end-to-end background sub-agent run against Anthropic API credentials

.claude/sessions/session-1775009126105.json

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.claude/sessions/session-1775009583240.json

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.claude/sessions/session-1775009651284.json

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.claude/sessions/session-1775010002596.json

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.claude/sessions/session-1775010229294.json

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.claude/sessions/session-1775010237519.json

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PARITY.md

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+# PARITY GAP ANALYSIS
+
+Scope: read-only comparison between the original TypeScript source at `/home/bellman/Workspace/claude-code/src/` and the Rust port under `rust/crates/`.
+
+Method: compared feature surfaces, registries, entrypoints, and runtime plumbing only. No TypeScript source was copied.
+
+## Executive summary
+
+The Rust port has a good foundation for:
+- Anthropic API/OAuth basics
+- local conversation/session state
+- a core tool loop
+- MCP stdio/bootstrap support
+- CLAUDE.md discovery
+- a small but usable built-in tool set
+
+It is **not feature-parity** with the TypeScript CLI.
+
+Largest gaps:
+- **plugins** are effectively absent in Rust
+- **hooks** are parsed but not executed in Rust
+- **CLI breadth** is much narrower in Rust
+- **skills** are local-file only in Rust, without the TS registry/bundled pipeline
+- **assistant orchestration** lacks TS hook-aware orchestration and remote/structured transports
+- **services** beyond core API/OAuth/MCP are mostly missing in Rust
+
+---
+
+## tools/
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- `src/tools/` contains broad tool families including `AgentTool`, `AskUserQuestionTool`, `BashTool`, `ConfigTool`, `FileReadTool`, `FileWriteTool`, `GlobTool`, `GrepTool`, `LSPTool`, `ListMcpResourcesTool`, `MCPTool`, `McpAuthTool`, `ReadMcpResourceTool`, `RemoteTriggerTool`, `ScheduleCronTool`, `SkillTool`, `Task*`, `Team*`, `TodoWriteTool`, `ToolSearchTool`, `WebFetchTool`, `WebSearchTool`.
+- Tool execution/orchestration is split across `src/services/tools/StreamingToolExecutor.ts`, `src/services/tools/toolExecution.ts`, `src/services/tools/toolHooks.ts`, and `src/services/tools/toolOrchestration.ts`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- Tool registry is centralized in `rust/crates/tools/src/lib.rs` via `mvp_tool_specs()`.
+- Current built-ins include shell/file/search/web/todo/skill/agent/config/notebook/repl/powershell primitives.
+- Runtime execution is wired through `rust/crates/tools/src/lib.rs` and `rust/crates/runtime/src/conversation.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- No Rust equivalents for major TS tools such as `AskUserQuestionTool`, `LSPTool`, `ListMcpResourcesTool`, `MCPTool`, `McpAuthTool`, `ReadMcpResourceTool`, `RemoteTriggerTool`, `ScheduleCronTool`, `Task*`, `Team*`, and several workflow/system tools.
+- Rust tool surface is still explicitly an MVP registry, not a parity registry.
+- Rust lacks TS’s layered tool orchestration split.
+
+**Status:** partial core only.
+
+---
+
+## hooks/
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- Hook command surface under `src/commands/hooks/`.
+- Runtime hook machinery in `src/services/tools/toolHooks.ts` and `src/services/tools/toolExecution.ts`.
+- TS supports `PreToolUse`, `PostToolUse`, and broader hook-driven behaviors configured through settings and documented in `src/skills/bundled/updateConfig.ts`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- Hook config is parsed and merged in `rust/crates/runtime/src/config.rs`.
+- Hook config can be inspected via Rust config reporting in `rust/crates/commands/src/lib.rs` and `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs`.
+- Prompt guidance mentions hooks in `rust/crates/runtime/src/prompt.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- No actual hook execution pipeline in `rust/crates/runtime/src/conversation.rs`.
+- No PreToolUse/PostToolUse mutation/deny/rewrite/result-hook behavior.
+- No Rust `/hooks` parity command.
+
+**Status:** config-only; runtime behavior missing.
+
+---
+
+## plugins/
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- Built-in plugin scaffolding in `src/plugins/builtinPlugins.ts` and `src/plugins/bundled/index.ts`.
+- Plugin lifecycle/services in `src/services/plugins/PluginInstallationManager.ts` and `src/services/plugins/pluginOperations.ts`.
+- CLI/plugin command surface under `src/commands/plugin/` and `src/commands/reload-plugins/`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- No dedicated plugin subsystem appears under `rust/crates/`.
+- Repo-wide Rust references to plugins are effectively absent beyond text/help mentions.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- No plugin loader.
+- No marketplace install/update/enable/disable flow.
+- No `/plugin` or `/reload-plugins` parity.
+- No plugin-provided hook/tool/command/MCP extension path.
+
+**Status:** missing.
+
+---
+
+## skills/ and CLAUDE.md discovery
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- Skill loading/registry pipeline in `src/skills/loadSkillsDir.ts`, `src/skills/bundledSkills.ts`, and `src/skills/mcpSkillBuilders.ts`.
+- Bundled skills under `src/skills/bundled/`.
+- Skills command surface under `src/commands/skills/`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- `Skill` tool in `rust/crates/tools/src/lib.rs` resolves and reads local `SKILL.md` files.
+- CLAUDE.md discovery is implemented in `rust/crates/runtime/src/prompt.rs`.
+- Rust supports `/memory` and `/init` via `rust/crates/commands/src/lib.rs` and `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- No bundled skill registry equivalent.
+- No `/skills` command.
+- No MCP skill-builder pipeline.
+- No TS-style live skill discovery/reload/change handling.
+- No comparable session-memory / team-memory integration around skills.
+
+**Status:** basic local skill loading only.
+
+---
+
+## cli/
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- Large command surface under `src/commands/` including `agents`, `hooks`, `mcp`, `memory`, `model`, `permissions`, `plan`, `plugin`, `resume`, `review`, `skills`, `tasks`, and many more.
+- Structured/remote transport stack in `src/cli/structuredIO.ts`, `src/cli/remoteIO.ts`, and `src/cli/transports/*`.
+- CLI handler split in `src/cli/handlers/*`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- Shared slash command registry in `rust/crates/commands/src/lib.rs`.
+- Rust slash commands currently cover `help`, `status`, `compact`, `model`, `permissions`, `clear`, `cost`, `resume`, `config`, `memory`, `init`, `diff`, `version`, `export`, `session`.
+- Main CLI/repl/prompt handling lives in `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- Missing major TS command families: `/agents`, `/hooks`, `/mcp`, `/plugin`, `/skills`, `/plan`, `/review`, `/tasks`, and many others.
+- No Rust equivalent to TS structured IO / remote transport layers.
+- No TS-style handler decomposition for auth/plugins/MCP/agents.
+- JSON prompt mode is improved on this branch, but still not clean transport parity: empirical verification shows tool-capable JSON output can emit human-readable tool-result lines before the final JSON object.
+
+**Status:** functional local CLI core, much narrower than TS.
+
+---
+
+## assistant/ (agentic loop, streaming, tool calling)
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- Assistant/session surface at `src/assistant/sessionHistory.ts`.
+- Tool orchestration in `src/services/tools/StreamingToolExecutor.ts`, `src/services/tools/toolExecution.ts`, `src/services/tools/toolOrchestration.ts`.
+- Remote/structured streaming layers in `src/cli/structuredIO.ts` and `src/cli/remoteIO.ts`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- Core loop in `rust/crates/runtime/src/conversation.rs`.
+- Stream/tool event translation in `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs`.
+- Session persistence in `rust/crates/runtime/src/session.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- No TS-style hook-aware orchestration layer.
+- No TS structured/remote assistant transport stack.
+- No richer TS assistant/session-history/background-task integration.
+- JSON output path is no longer single-turn only on this branch, but output cleanliness still lags TS transport expectations.
+
+**Status:** strong core loop, missing orchestration layers.
+
+---
+
+## services/ (API client, auth, models, MCP)
+
+### TS exists
+Evidence:
+- API services under `src/services/api/*`.
+- OAuth services under `src/services/oauth/*`.
+- MCP services under `src/services/mcp/*`.
+- Additional service layers for analytics, prompt suggestion, session memory, plugin operations, settings sync, policy limits, team memory sync, notifier, voice, and more under `src/services/*`.
+
+### Rust exists
+Evidence:
+- Core Anthropic API client in `rust/crates/api/src/{client,error,sse,types}.rs`.
+- OAuth support in `rust/crates/runtime/src/oauth.rs`.
+- MCP config/bootstrap/client support in `rust/crates/runtime/src/{config,mcp,mcp_client,mcp_stdio}.rs`.
+- Usage accounting in `rust/crates/runtime/src/usage.rs`.
+- Remote upstream-proxy support in `rust/crates/runtime/src/remote.rs`.
+
+### Missing or broken in Rust
+- Most TS service ecosystem beyond core messaging/auth/MCP is absent.
+- No TS-equivalent plugin service layer.
+- No TS-equivalent analytics/settings-sync/policy-limit/team-memory subsystems.
+- No TS-style MCP connection-manager/UI layer.
+- Model/provider ergonomics remain thinner than TS.
+
+**Status:** core foundation exists; broader service ecosystem missing.
+
+---
+
+## Critical bug status in this worktree
+
+### Fixed
+- **Prompt mode tools enabled**
+  - `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs` now constructs prompt mode with `LiveCli::new(model, true, ...)`.
+- **Default permission mode = DangerFullAccess**
+  - Runtime default now resolves to `DangerFullAccess` in `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs`.
+  - Clap default also uses `DangerFullAccess` in `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/args.rs`.
+  - Init template writes `dontAsk` in `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/init.rs`.
+- **Streaming `{}` tool-input prefix bug**
+  - `rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs` now strips the initial empty object only for streaming tool input, while preserving legitimate `{}` in non-stream responses.
+- **Unlimited max_iterations**
+  - Verified at `rust/crates/runtime/src/conversation.rs` with `usize::MAX`.
+
+### Remaining notable parity issue
+- **JSON prompt output cleanliness**
+  - Tool-capable JSON mode now loops, but empirical verification still shows pre-JSON human-readable tool-result output when tools fire.

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008137143.json

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+{"messages":[],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008161929.json

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+{"messages":[{"blocks":[{"text":"hello","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"Hello! I'm Claude, an AI assistant built on Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK. I'm here to help you with software engineering tasks in your","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":141,"output_tokens":32}},{"blocks":[{"text":"who are you?","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"I'm Claude, an AI assistant built on Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK. I'm designed to help you with software engineering tasks, and I'm currently","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":182,"output_tokens":32}}],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008308936.json

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+{"messages":[],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008427969.json

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+{"messages":[],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008464519.json

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+{"messages":[],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775008997307.json

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rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009119214.json

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rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009126336.json

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+{"messages":[{"blocks":[{"text":"build","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"\n\nI'll build the Rust project.\n\n<tool_use>\n<server_name>shell</server_name>\n<tool_name","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":1963,"output_tokens":32}}],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009145469.json

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+{"messages":[],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009431231.json

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rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009769569.json

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+{"messages":[{"blocks":[{"text":"hello","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"\n\nHello! 👋 How can I help you today? I see you're working in a Rust project (`rusty-claude-cli`) with some changes to the argument parsing in `main.rs` — specifically loading the model from config with a fallback to a default. \n\nWhat would you like to work on?","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":324,"output_tokens":73}}],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009841982.json

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+{"messages":[{"blocks":[{"text":"--dangerously-skip-permissions","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"\n\nI see you're working in the `rusty-claude-cli` project. The git diff shows a simplification of the `max_tokens_for_model` function - collapsing sonnet/haiku/default cases into a single `else` branch returning 64,000.\n\nHow can I help you today? What would you like to work on?","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":2126,"output_tokens":81}}],"version":1}

rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775009869734.json

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rust/.claude/sessions/session-1775010047738.json

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+{"messages":[{"blocks":[{"text":"do youy have issues with bash tool calling?","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"\n\nNo, I don't have issues with the `bash` tool — it works fine for me. I can execute shell commands, run scripts, check file contents, build projects, run tests, etc.\n\nIs there something specific you're experiencing or a particular command you'd like me to run? If you've seen an error or unexpected behavior with a bash tool call, feel free to share the details and I'll look into it.","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":333,"output_tokens":92}},{"blocks":[{"text":"test it out","type":"text"}],"role":"user"},{"blocks":[{"text":"\n\nSure, let me run a few quick bash commands to verify everything works:","type":"text"},{"id":"toolu_01QyBjL69zgawKC1gqvqvww5","input":"{}{\"command\": \"echo \\\"Hello from bash! Date: $(date), Shell: $SHELL, PWD: $PWD\\\"\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"},{"id":"toolu_01SVSCJuMUv1XWx6D52rN2Kp","input":"{}{\"command\": \"uname -a\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"},{"id":"toolu_01VT7QAJKQUi8UWdu2RcNZmx","input":"{}{\"command\": \"ls -la --color=never | head -20\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":432,"output_tokens":172}},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01QyBjL69zgawKC1gqvqvww5","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01SVSCJuMUv1XWx6D52rN2Kp","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01VT7QAJKQUi8UWdu2RcNZmx","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"text":"Well, looks like you were right — there *is* an issue! The tool calls are failing with a JSON parsing error. Let me try again with the correct format:","type":"text"},{"id":"toolu_01MxrSFY7LsdjiTYEmi9zQ4f","input":"{}{\"command\": \"echo \\\"Hello from bash! Date: $(date), Shell: $SHELL, PWD: $PWD\\\"\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":750,"output_tokens":110}},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01MxrSFY7LsdjiTYEmi9zQ4f","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"id":"toolu_01REJA2MvdEz8CeCDTQBCJpp","input":"{}{\"command\": \"echo \\\"Hello from bash! Date: $(date), Shell: $SHELL, PWD: $PWD\\\"\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":901,"output_tokens":74}},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01REJA2MvdEz8CeCDTQBCJpp","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"id":"toolu_01FPqWmNjSqMyKx5GeuNAfHu","input":"{}{\"command\": \"echo hello\"}","name":"bash","type":"tool_use"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":1016,"output_tokens":52}},{"blocks":[{"is_error":true,"output":"invalid tool input JSON: trailing characters at line 1 column 3","tool_name":"bash","tool_use_id":"toolu_01FPqWmNjSqMyKx5GeuNAfHu","type":"tool_result"}],"role":"tool"},{"blocks":[{"text":"Yep, confirmed — there's definitely a bug. The error `\"trailing characters at line 1 column 3\"` suggests the JSON being sent for the `bash` tool input is malformed. It looks like there's an empty `{}` being prepended to the actual JSON payload, resulting in `{}{\"command\": \"...\"}` which is invalid JSON (two objects concatenated).\n\nThis is likely a bug in your Rust CLI's tool call serialization. Want me to look at the relevant code in `crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs` to track down the root cause?","type":"text"}],"role":"assistant","usage":{"cache_creation_input_tokens":0,"cache_read_input_tokens":0,"input_tokens":1109,"output_tokens":137}}],"version":1}

rust/Cargo.lock

@@ -1545,10 +1545,12 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "tools"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "api",
  "reqwest",
  "runtime",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

rust/crates/api/src/client.rs

@@ -311,9 +311,6 @@ impl AnthropicClient {
         request: &MessageRequest,
     ) -> Result<reqwest::Response, ApiError> {
         let request_url = format!("{}/v1/messages", self.base_url.trim_end_matches('/'));
-        let resolved_base_url = self.base_url.trim_end_matches('/');
-        eprintln!("[anthropic-client] resolved_base_url={resolved_base_url}");
-        eprintln!("[anthropic-client] request_url={request_url}");
         let request_builder = self
             .http
             .post(&request_url)
@@ -321,16 +318,6 @@ impl AnthropicClient {
             .header("content-type", "application/json");
         let mut request_builder = self.auth.apply(request_builder);
 
-        eprintln!(
-            "[anthropic-client] headers x-api-key={} authorization={} anthropic-version={ANTHROPIC_VERSION} content-type=application/json",
-            if self.auth.api_key().is_some() {
-                "[REDACTED]"
-            } else {
-                "<absent>"
-            },
-            self.auth.masked_authorization_header()
-        );
-
         request_builder = request_builder.json(request);
         request_builder.send().await.map_err(ApiError::from)
     }

rust/crates/api/src/lib.rs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ mod sse;
 mod types;
 
 pub use client::{
-    oauth_token_is_expired, read_base_url, resolve_saved_oauth_token,
-    resolve_startup_auth_source, AnthropicClient, AuthSource, MessageStream, OAuthTokenSet,
+    oauth_token_is_expired, read_base_url, resolve_saved_oauth_token, resolve_startup_auth_source,
+    AnthropicClient, AuthSource, MessageStream, OAuthTokenSet,
 };
 pub use error::ApiError;
 pub use sse::{parse_frame, SseParser};

rust/crates/runtime/src/conversation.rs

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ where
             tool_executor,
             permission_policy,
             system_prompt,
-            max_iterations: 16,
+            max_iterations: usize::MAX,
             usage_tracker,
         }
     }

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/app.rs

@@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ mod tests {
     fn session_state_tracks_config_values() {
         let config = SessionConfig {
             model: "claude".into(),
-            permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+            permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             config: Some(PathBuf::from("settings.toml")),
             output_format: OutputFormat::Text,
         };
 
         assert_eq!(config.model, "claude");
-        assert_eq!(config.permission_mode, PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite);
+        assert_eq!(config.permission_mode, PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess);
         assert_eq!(config.config, Some(PathBuf::from("settings.toml")));
     }
 }

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/args.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[arg(long, default_value = "claude-opus-4-6")]
     pub model: String,
 
-    #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t = PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite)]
+    #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t = PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess)]
     pub permission_mode: PermissionMode,
 
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -99,4 +99,10 @@ mod tests {
         let logout = Cli::parse_from(["rusty-claude-cli", "logout"]);
         assert_eq!(logout.command, Some(Command::Logout));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_to_danger_full_access_permission_mode() {
+        let cli = Cli::parse_from(["rusty-claude-cli"]);
+        assert_eq!(cli.permission_mode, PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess);
+    }
 }

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/init.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 const STARTER_CLAUDE_JSON: &str = concat!(
     "{\n",
     "  \"permissions\": {\n",
-    "    \"defaultMode\": \"acceptEdits\"\n",
+    "    \"defaultMode\": \"dontAsk\"\n",
     "  }\n",
     "}\n",
 );
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ mod tests {
             concat!(
                 "{\n",
                 "  \"permissions\": {\n",
-                "    \"defaultMode\": \"acceptEdits\"\n",
+                "    \"defaultMode\": \"dontAsk\"\n",
                 "  }\n",
                 "}\n",
             )

rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ use serde_json::json;
 use tools::{execute_tool, mvp_tool_specs, ToolSpec};
 
 const DEFAULT_MODEL: &str = "claude-opus-4-6";
-const DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS: u32 = 32;
+fn max_tokens_for_model(model: &str) -> u32 {
+    if model.contains("opus") {
+        32_000
+    } else {
+        64_000
+    }
+}
 const DEFAULT_DATE: &str = "2026-03-31";
 const DEFAULT_OAUTH_CALLBACK_PORT: u16 = 4545;
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             output_format,
             allowed_tools,
             permission_mode,
-        } => LiveCli::new(model, false, allowed_tools, permission_mode)?
+        } => LiveCli::new(model, true, allowed_tools, permission_mode)?
             .run_turn_with_output(&prompt, output_format)?,
         CliAction::Login => run_login()?,
         CliAction::Logout => run_logout()?,
@@ -186,6 +192,10 @@ fn parse_args(args: &[String]) -> Result<CliAction, String> {
                 permission_mode = parse_permission_mode_arg(&flag[18..])?;
                 index += 1;
             }
+            "--dangerously-skip-permissions" => {
+                permission_mode = PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess;
+                index += 1;
+            }
             "--allowedTools" | "--allowed-tools" => {
                 let value = args
                     .get(index + 1)
@@ -263,7 +273,7 @@ fn resolve_model_alias(model: &str) -> &str {
     match model {
         "opus" => "claude-opus-4-6",
         "sonnet" => "claude-sonnet-4-6",
-        "haiku" => "claude-haiku-3-5-20241022",
+        "haiku" => "claude-haiku-4-5-20251213",
         _ => model,
     }
 }
@@ -340,7 +350,7 @@ fn default_permission_mode() -> PermissionMode {
         .ok()
         .as_deref()
         .and_then(normalize_permission_mode)
-        .map_or(PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite, permission_mode_from_label)
+        .map_or(PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess, permission_mode_from_label)
 }
 
 fn filter_tool_specs(allowed_tools: Option<&AllowedToolSet>) -> Vec<tools::ToolSpec> {
@@ -958,6 +968,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             model.clone(),
             system_prompt.clone(),
             enable_tools,
+            true,
             allowed_tools.clone(),
             permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1042,43 +1053,33 @@ impl LiveCli {
     }
 
     fn run_prompt_json(&mut self, input: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-        let client = AnthropicClient::from_auth(resolve_cli_auth_source()?)
-            .with_base_url(api::read_base_url());
-        let request = MessageRequest {
-            model: self.model.clone(),
-            max_tokens: DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
-            messages: vec![InputMessage {
-                role: "user".to_string(),
-                content: vec![InputContentBlock::Text {
-                    text: input.to_string(),
-                }],
-            }],
-            system: (!self.system_prompt.is_empty()).then(|| self.system_prompt.join("\n\n")),
-            tools: None,
-            tool_choice: None,
-            stream: false,
-        };
-        let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()?;
-        let response = runtime.block_on(client.send_message(&request))?;
-        let text = response
-            .content
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|block| match block {
-                OutputContentBlock::Text { text } => Some(text.as_str()),
-                OutputContentBlock::ToolUse { .. } => None,
-            })
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .join("");
+        let session = self.runtime.session().clone();
+        let mut runtime = build_runtime(
+            session,
+            self.model.clone(),
+            self.system_prompt.clone(),
+            true,
+            false,
+            self.allowed_tools.clone(),
+            self.permission_mode,
+        )?;
+        let mut permission_prompter = CliPermissionPrompter::new(self.permission_mode);
+        let summary = runtime.run_turn(input, Some(&mut permission_prompter))?;
+        self.runtime = runtime;
+        self.persist_session()?;
         println!(
             "{}",
             json!({
-                "message": text,
+                "message": final_assistant_text(&summary),
                 "model": self.model,
+                "iterations": summary.iterations,
+                "tool_uses": collect_tool_uses(&summary),
+                "tool_results": collect_tool_results(&summary),
                 "usage": {
-                    "input_tokens": response.usage.input_tokens,
-                    "output_tokens": response.usage.output_tokens,
-                    "cache_creation_input_tokens": response.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens,
-                    "cache_read_input_tokens": response.usage.cache_read_input_tokens,
+                    "input_tokens": summary.usage.input_tokens,
+                    "output_tokens": summary.usage.output_tokens,
+                    "cache_creation_input_tokens": summary.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens,
+                    "cache_read_input_tokens": summary.usage.cache_read_input_tokens,
                 }
             })
         );
@@ -1204,6 +1205,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             model.clone(),
             self.system_prompt.clone(),
             true,
+            true,
             self.allowed_tools.clone(),
             self.permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1246,6 +1248,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             self.model.clone(),
             self.system_prompt.clone(),
             true,
+            true,
             self.allowed_tools.clone(),
             self.permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1270,6 +1273,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             self.model.clone(),
             self.system_prompt.clone(),
             true,
+            true,
             self.allowed_tools.clone(),
             self.permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1304,6 +1308,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             self.model.clone(),
             self.system_prompt.clone(),
             true,
+            true,
             self.allowed_tools.clone(),
             self.permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1375,6 +1380,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
                     self.model.clone(),
                     self.system_prompt.clone(),
                     true,
+                    true,
                     self.allowed_tools.clone(),
                     self.permission_mode,
                 )?;
@@ -1404,6 +1410,7 @@ impl LiveCli {
             self.model.clone(),
             self.system_prompt.clone(),
             true,
+            true,
             self.allowed_tools.clone(),
             self.permission_mode,
         )?;
@@ -1871,14 +1878,15 @@ fn build_runtime(
     model: String,
     system_prompt: Vec<String>,
     enable_tools: bool,
+    emit_output: bool,
     allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>,
     permission_mode: PermissionMode,
 ) -> Result<ConversationRuntime<AnthropicRuntimeClient, CliToolExecutor>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
 {
     Ok(ConversationRuntime::new(
         session,
-        AnthropicRuntimeClient::new(model, enable_tools, allowed_tools.clone())?,
-        CliToolExecutor::new(allowed_tools),
+        AnthropicRuntimeClient::new(model, enable_tools, emit_output, allowed_tools.clone())?,
+        CliToolExecutor::new(allowed_tools, emit_output),
         permission_policy(permission_mode),
         system_prompt,
     ))
@@ -1935,6 +1943,7 @@ struct AnthropicRuntimeClient {
     client: AnthropicClient,
     model: String,
     enable_tools: bool,
+    emit_output: bool,
     allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>,
 }
 
@@ -1942,6 +1951,7 @@ impl AnthropicRuntimeClient {
     fn new(
         model: String,
         enable_tools: bool,
+        emit_output: bool,
         allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         Ok(Self {
@@ -1950,6 +1960,7 @@ impl AnthropicRuntimeClient {
                 .with_base_url(api::read_base_url()),
             model,
             enable_tools,
+            emit_output,
             allowed_tools,
         })
     }
@@ -1970,7 +1981,7 @@ impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
     fn stream(&mut self, request: ApiRequest) -> Result<Vec<AssistantEvent>, RuntimeError> {
         let message_request = MessageRequest {
             model: self.model.clone(),
-            max_tokens: DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
+            max_tokens: max_tokens_for_model(&self.model),
             messages: convert_messages(&request.messages),
             system: (!request.system_prompt.is_empty()).then(|| request.system_prompt.join("\n\n")),
             tools: self.enable_tools.then(|| {
@@ -1994,6 +2005,12 @@ impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
                 .await
                 .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
             let mut stdout = io::stdout();
+            let mut sink = io::sink();
+            let out: &mut dyn Write = if self.emit_output {
+                &mut stdout
+            } else {
+                &mut sink
+            };
             let mut events = Vec::new();
             let mut pending_tool: Option<(String, String, String)> = None;
             let mut saw_stop = false;
@@ -2006,22 +2023,23 @@ impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
                 match event {
                     ApiStreamEvent::MessageStart(start) => {
                         for block in start.message.content {
-                            push_output_block(block, &mut stdout, &mut events, &mut pending_tool)?;
+                            push_output_block(block, out, &mut events, &mut pending_tool, true)?;
                         }
                     }
                     ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockStart(start) => {
                         push_output_block(
                             start.content_block,
-                            &mut stdout,
+                            out,
                             &mut events,
                             &mut pending_tool,
+                            true,
                         )?;
                     }
                     ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockDelta(delta) => match delta.delta {
                         ContentBlockDelta::TextDelta { text } => {
                             if !text.is_empty() {
-                                write!(stdout, "{text}")
-                                    .and_then(|()| stdout.flush())
+                                write!(out, "{text}")
+                                    .and_then(|()| out.flush())
                                     .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
                                 events.push(AssistantEvent::TextDelta(text));
                             }
@@ -2034,6 +2052,10 @@ impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
                     },
                     ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockStop(_) => {
                         if let Some((id, name, input)) = pending_tool.take() {
+                            // Display tool call now that input is fully accumulated
+                            writeln!(out, "\n{}", format_tool_call_start(&name, &input))
+                                .and_then(|()| out.flush())
+                                .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
                             events.push(AssistantEvent::ToolUse { id, name, input });
                         }
                     }
@@ -2076,11 +2098,67 @@ impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
                 })
                 .await
                 .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
-            response_to_events(response, &mut stdout)
+            response_to_events(response, out)
         })
     }
 }
 
+fn final_assistant_text(summary: &runtime::TurnSummary) -> String {
+    summary
+        .assistant_messages
+        .last()
+        .map(|message| {
+            message
+                .blocks
+                .iter()
+                .filter_map(|block| match block {
+                    ContentBlock::Text { text } => Some(text.as_str()),
+                    _ => None,
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("")
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+fn collect_tool_uses(summary: &runtime::TurnSummary) -> Vec<serde_json::Value> {
+    summary
+        .assistant_messages
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|message| message.blocks.iter())
+        .filter_map(|block| match block {
+            ContentBlock::ToolUse { id, name, input } => Some(json!({
+                "id": id,
+                "name": name,
+                "input": input,
+            })),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn collect_tool_results(summary: &runtime::TurnSummary) -> Vec<serde_json::Value> {
+    summary
+        .tool_results
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|message| message.blocks.iter())
+        .filter_map(|block| match block {
+            ContentBlock::ToolResult {
+                tool_use_id,
+                tool_name,
+                output,
+                is_error,
+            } => Some(json!({
+                "tool_use_id": tool_use_id,
+                "tool_name": tool_name,
+                "output": output,
+                "is_error": is_error,
+            })),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 fn slash_command_completion_candidates() -> Vec<String> {
     slash_command_specs()
         .iter()
@@ -2089,28 +2167,73 @@ fn slash_command_completion_candidates() -> Vec<String> {
 }
 
 fn format_tool_call_start(name: &str, input: &str) -> String {
+    let parsed: serde_json::Value =
+        serde_json::from_str(input).unwrap_or(serde_json::Value::String(input.to_string()));
+
+    let detail = match name {
+        "bash" | "Bash" => parsed
+            .get("command")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .map(|cmd| truncate_for_summary(cmd, 120))
+            .unwrap_or_default(),
+        "read_file" | "Read" => parsed
+            .get("file_path")
+            .or_else(|| parsed.get("path"))
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("?")
+            .to_string(),
+        "write_file" | "Write" => {
+            let path = parsed
+                .get("file_path")
+                .or_else(|| parsed.get("path"))
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("?");
+            let lines = parsed
+                .get("content")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .map_or(0, |c| c.lines().count());
+            format!("{path} ({lines} lines)")
+        }
+        "edit_file" | "Edit" => {
+            let path = parsed
+                .get("file_path")
+                .or_else(|| parsed.get("path"))
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("?");
+            path.to_string()
+        }
+        "glob_search" | "Glob" => parsed
+            .get("pattern")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("?")
+            .to_string(),
+        "grep_search" | "Grep" => parsed
+            .get("pattern")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("?")
+            .to_string(),
+        "web_search" | "WebSearch" => parsed
+            .get("query")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or("?")
+            .to_string(),
+        _ => summarize_tool_payload(input),
+    };
+
+    let border = "─".repeat(name.len() + 6);
     format!(
-        "Tool call
-  Name             {name}
-  Input            {}",
-        summarize_tool_payload(input)
+        "\x1b[38;5;245m╭─ \x1b[1;36m{name}\x1b[0;38;5;245m ─╮\x1b[0m\n\x1b[38;5;245m│\x1b[0m {detail}\n\x1b[38;5;245m╰{border}╯\x1b[0m"
     )
 }
 
 fn format_tool_result(name: &str, output: &str, is_error: bool) -> String {
-    let status = if is_error { "error" } else { "ok" };
-    format!(
-        "### Tool `{name}`
-
-- Status: {status}
-- Output:
-
-```json
-{}
-```
-",
-        prettify_tool_payload(output)
-    )
+    let icon = if is_error {
+        "\x1b[1;31m✗\x1b[0m"
+    } else {
+        "\x1b[1;32m✓\x1b[0m"
+    };
+    let summary = truncate_for_summary(output.trim(), 200);
+    format!("{icon} \x1b[38;5;245m{name}:\x1b[0m {summary}")
 }
 
 fn summarize_tool_payload(payload: &str) -> String {
@@ -2121,13 +2244,6 @@ fn summarize_tool_payload(payload: &str) -> String {
     truncate_for_summary(&compact, 96)
 }
 
-fn prettify_tool_payload(payload: &str) -> String {
-    match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(payload) {
-        Ok(value) => serde_json::to_string_pretty(&value).unwrap_or_else(|_| payload.to_string()),
-        Err(_) => payload.to_string(),
-    }
-}
-
 fn truncate_for_summary(value: &str, limit: usize) -> String {
     let mut chars = value.chars();
     let truncated = chars.by_ref().take(limit).collect::<String>();
@@ -2140,9 +2256,10 @@ fn truncate_for_summary(value: &str, limit: usize) -> String {
 
 fn push_output_block(
     block: OutputContentBlock,
-    out: &mut impl Write,
+    out: &mut (impl Write + ?Sized),
     events: &mut Vec<AssistantEvent>,
     pending_tool: &mut Option<(String, String, String)>,
+    streaming_tool_input: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), RuntimeError> {
     match block {
         OutputContentBlock::Text { text } => {
@@ -2154,15 +2271,18 @@ fn push_output_block(
             }
         }
         OutputContentBlock::ToolUse { id, name, input } => {
-            writeln!(
-                out,
-                "
-{}",
-                format_tool_call_start(&name, &input.to_string())
-            )
-            .and_then(|()| out.flush())
-            .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
-            *pending_tool = Some((id, name, input.to_string()));
+            // During streaming, the initial content_block_start has an empty input ({}).
+            // The real input arrives via input_json_delta events. In
+            // non-streaming responses, preserve a legitimate empty object.
+            let initial_input = if streaming_tool_input
+                && input.is_object()
+                && input.as_object().is_some_and(serde_json::Map::is_empty)
+            {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                input.to_string()
+            };
+            *pending_tool = Some((id, name, initial_input));
         }
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -2170,13 +2290,13 @@ fn push_output_block(
 
 fn response_to_events(
     response: MessageResponse,
-    out: &mut impl Write,
+    out: &mut (impl Write + ?Sized),
 ) -> Result<Vec<AssistantEvent>, RuntimeError> {
     let mut events = Vec::new();
     let mut pending_tool = None;
 
     for block in response.content {
-        push_output_block(block, out, &mut events, &mut pending_tool)?;
+        push_output_block(block, out, &mut events, &mut pending_tool, false)?;
         if let Some((id, name, input)) = pending_tool.take() {
             events.push(AssistantEvent::ToolUse { id, name, input });
         }
@@ -2194,13 +2314,15 @@ fn response_to_events(
 
 struct CliToolExecutor {
     renderer: TerminalRenderer,
+    emit_output: bool,
     allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>,
 }
 
 impl CliToolExecutor {
-    fn new(allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>) -> Self {
+    fn new(allowed_tools: Option<AllowedToolSet>, emit_output: bool) -> Self {
         Self {
             renderer: TerminalRenderer::new(),
+            emit_output,
             allowed_tools,
         }
     }
@@ -2221,17 +2343,21 @@ impl ToolExecutor for CliToolExecutor {
             .map_err(|error| ToolError::new(format!("invalid tool input JSON: {error}")))?;
         match execute_tool(tool_name, &value) {
             Ok(output) => {
+                if self.emit_output {
                     let markdown = format_tool_result(tool_name, &output, false);
                     self.renderer
                         .stream_markdown(&markdown, &mut io::stdout())
                         .map_err(|error| ToolError::new(error.to_string()))?;
+                }
                 Ok(output)
             }
             Err(error) => {
+                if self.emit_output {
                     let markdown = format_tool_result(tool_name, &error, true);
                     self.renderer
                         .stream_markdown(&markdown, &mut io::stdout())
                         .map_err(|stream_error| ToolError::new(stream_error.to_string()))?;
+                }
                 Err(ToolError::new(error))
             }
         }
@@ -2338,6 +2464,10 @@ fn print_help_to(out: &mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()> {
         out,
         "  --permission-mode MODE     Set read-only, workspace-write, or danger-full-access"
     )?;
+    writeln!(
+        out,
+        "  --dangerously-skip-permissions  Skip all permission checks"
+    )?;
     writeln!(out, "  --allowedTools TOOLS       Restrict enabled tools (repeatable; comma-separated aliases supported)")?;
     writeln!(
         out,
@@ -2386,11 +2516,13 @@ mod tests {
         format_model_switch_report, format_permissions_report, format_permissions_switch_report,
         format_resume_report, format_status_report, format_tool_call_start, format_tool_result,
         normalize_permission_mode, parse_args, parse_git_status_metadata, print_help_to,
-        render_config_report, render_memory_report, render_repl_help, resolve_model_alias,
-        resume_supported_slash_commands, status_context, CliAction, CliOutputFormat, SlashCommand,
-        StatusUsage, DEFAULT_MODEL,
+        push_output_block, render_config_report, render_memory_report, render_repl_help,
+        resolve_model_alias, response_to_events, resume_supported_slash_commands, status_context,
+        CliAction, CliOutputFormat, SlashCommand, StatusUsage, DEFAULT_MODEL,
     };
-    use runtime::{ContentBlock, ConversationMessage, MessageRole, PermissionMode};
+    use api::{MessageResponse, OutputContentBlock, Usage};
+    use runtime::{AssistantEvent, ContentBlock, ConversationMessage, MessageRole, PermissionMode};
+    use serde_json::json;
     use std::path::PathBuf;
 
     #[test]
@@ -2400,7 +2532,7 @@ mod tests {
             CliAction::Repl {
                 model: DEFAULT_MODEL.to_string(),
                 allowed_tools: None,
-                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             }
         );
     }
@@ -2419,7 +2551,7 @@ mod tests {
                 model: DEFAULT_MODEL.to_string(),
                 output_format: CliOutputFormat::Text,
                 allowed_tools: None,
-                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             }
         );
     }
@@ -2440,7 +2572,7 @@ mod tests {
                 model: "claude-opus".to_string(),
                 output_format: CliOutputFormat::Json,
                 allowed_tools: None,
-                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             }
         );
     }
@@ -2460,7 +2592,7 @@ mod tests {
                 model: "claude-opus-4-6".to_string(),
                 output_format: CliOutputFormat::Text,
                 allowed_tools: None,
-                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             }
         );
     }
@@ -2469,7 +2601,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn resolves_known_model_aliases() {
         assert_eq!(resolve_model_alias("opus"), "claude-opus-4-6");
         assert_eq!(resolve_model_alias("sonnet"), "claude-sonnet-4-6");
-        assert_eq!(resolve_model_alias("haiku"), "claude-haiku-3-5-20241022");
+        assert_eq!(resolve_model_alias("haiku"), "claude-haiku-4-5-20251213");
         assert_eq!(resolve_model_alias("claude-opus"), "claude-opus");
     }
 
@@ -2515,7 +2647,7 @@ mod tests {
                         .map(str::to_string)
                         .collect()
                 ),
-                permission_mode: PermissionMode::WorkspaceWrite,
+                permission_mode: PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess,
             }
         );
     }
@@ -2921,11 +3053,107 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn tool_rendering_helpers_compact_output() {
         let start = format_tool_call_start("read_file", r#"{"path":"src/main.rs"}"#);
-        assert!(start.contains("Tool call"));
+        assert!(start.contains("read_file"));
         assert!(start.contains("src/main.rs"));
 
         let done = format_tool_result("read_file", r#"{"contents":"hello"}"#, false);
-        assert!(done.contains("Tool `read_file`"));
+        assert!(done.contains("read_file:"));
         assert!(done.contains("contents"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn push_output_block_skips_empty_object_prefix_for_tool_streams() {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let mut events = Vec::new();
+        let mut pending_tool = None;
+
+        push_output_block(
+            OutputContentBlock::ToolUse {
+                id: "tool-1".to_string(),
+                name: "read_file".to_string(),
+                input: json!({}),
+            },
+            &mut out,
+            &mut events,
+            &mut pending_tool,
+            true,
+        )
+        .expect("tool block should accumulate");
+
+        assert!(events.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            pending_tool,
+            Some(("tool-1".to_string(), "read_file".to_string(), String::new(),))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn response_to_events_preserves_empty_object_json_input_outside_streaming() {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let events = response_to_events(
+            MessageResponse {
+                id: "msg-1".to_string(),
+                kind: "message".to_string(),
+                model: "claude-opus-4-6".to_string(),
+                role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                content: vec![OutputContentBlock::ToolUse {
+                    id: "tool-1".to_string(),
+                    name: "read_file".to_string(),
+                    input: json!({}),
+                }],
+                stop_reason: Some("tool_use".to_string()),
+                stop_sequence: None,
+                usage: Usage {
+                    input_tokens: 1,
+                    output_tokens: 1,
+                    cache_creation_input_tokens: 0,
+                    cache_read_input_tokens: 0,
+                },
+                request_id: None,
+            },
+            &mut out,
+        )
+        .expect("response conversion should succeed");
+
+        assert!(matches!(
+            &events[0],
+            AssistantEvent::ToolUse { name, input, .. }
+                if name == "read_file" && input == "{}"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn response_to_events_preserves_non_empty_json_input_outside_streaming() {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let events = response_to_events(
+            MessageResponse {
+                id: "msg-2".to_string(),
+                kind: "message".to_string(),
+                model: "claude-opus-4-6".to_string(),
+                role: "assistant".to_string(),
+                content: vec![OutputContentBlock::ToolUse {
+                    id: "tool-2".to_string(),
+                    name: "read_file".to_string(),
+                    input: json!({ "path": "rust/Cargo.toml" }),
+                }],
+                stop_reason: Some("tool_use".to_string()),
+                stop_sequence: None,
+                usage: Usage {
+                    input_tokens: 1,
+                    output_tokens: 1,
+                    cache_creation_input_tokens: 0,
+                    cache_read_input_tokens: 0,
+                },
+                request_id: None,
+            },
+            &mut out,
+        )
+        .expect("response conversion should succeed");
+
+        assert!(matches!(
+            &events[0],
+            AssistantEvent::ToolUse { name, input, .. }
+                if name == "read_file" && input == "{\"path\":\"rust/Cargo.toml\"}"
+        ));
+    }
 }

rust/crates/tools/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ license.workspace = true
 publish.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+api = { path = "../api" }
 runtime = { path = "../runtime" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true

rust/crates/tools/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use api::{
+    read_base_url, AnthropicClient, ContentBlockDelta, InputContentBlock, InputMessage,
+    MessageRequest, MessageResponse, OutputContentBlock, StreamEvent as ApiStreamEvent, ToolChoice,
+    ToolDefinition, ToolResultContentBlock,
+};
 use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 use runtime::{
-    edit_file, execute_bash, glob_search, grep_search, read_file, write_file, BashCommandInput,
-    GrepSearchInput, PermissionMode,
+    edit_file, execute_bash, glob_search, grep_search, load_system_prompt, read_file, write_file,
+    ApiClient, ApiRequest, AssistantEvent, BashCommandInput, ContentBlock, ConversationMessage,
+    ConversationRuntime, GrepSearchInput, MessageRole, PermissionMode, PermissionPolicy,
+    RuntimeError, Session, TokenUsage, ToolError, ToolExecutor,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
@@ -702,7 +709,7 @@ struct SkillOutput {
     prompt: String,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct AgentOutput {
     #[serde(rename = "agentId")]
     agent_id: String,
@@ -718,6 +725,20 @@ struct AgentOutput {
     manifest_file: String,
     #[serde(rename = "createdAt")]
     created_at: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "startedAt", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    started_at: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(rename = "completedAt", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    completed_at: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct AgentJob {
+    manifest: AgentOutput,
+    prompt: String,
+    system_prompt: Vec<String>,
+    allowed_tools: BTreeSet<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -1323,7 +1344,18 @@ fn resolve_skill_path(skill: &str) -> Result<std::path::PathBuf, String> {
     Err(format!("unknown skill: {requested}"))
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_AGENT_MODEL: &str = "claude-opus-4-6";
+const DEFAULT_AGENT_SYSTEM_DATE: &str = "2026-03-31";
+const DEFAULT_AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS: usize = 32;
+
 fn execute_agent(input: AgentInput) -> Result<AgentOutput, String> {
+    execute_agent_with_spawn(input, spawn_agent_job)
+}
+
+fn execute_agent_with_spawn<F>(input: AgentInput, spawn_fn: F) -> Result<AgentOutput, String>
+where
+    F: FnOnce(AgentJob) -> Result<(), String>,
+{
     if input.description.trim().is_empty() {
         return Err(String::from("description must not be empty"));
     }
@@ -1337,6 +1369,7 @@ fn execute_agent(input: AgentInput) -> Result<AgentOutput, String> {
     let output_file = output_dir.join(format!("{agent_id}.md"));
     let manifest_file = output_dir.join(format!("{agent_id}.json"));
     let normalized_subagent_type = normalize_subagent_type(input.subagent_type.as_deref());
+    let model = resolve_agent_model(input.model.as_deref());
     let agent_name = input
         .name
         .as_deref()
@@ -1344,6 +1377,8 @@ fn execute_agent(input: AgentInput) -> Result<AgentOutput, String> {
         .filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
         .unwrap_or_else(|| slugify_agent_name(&input.description));
     let created_at = iso8601_now();
+    let system_prompt = build_agent_system_prompt(&normalized_subagent_type)?;
+    let allowed_tools = allowed_tools_for_subagent(&normalized_subagent_type);
 
     let output_contents = format!(
         "# Agent Task
@@ -1367,21 +1402,514 @@ fn execute_agent(input: AgentInput) -> Result<AgentOutput, String> {
         name: agent_name,
         description: input.description,
         subagent_type: Some(normalized_subagent_type),
-        model: input.model,
-        status: String::from("queued"),
+        model: Some(model),
+        status: String::from("running"),
         output_file: output_file.display().to_string(),
         manifest_file: manifest_file.display().to_string(),
-        created_at,
+        created_at: created_at.clone(),
+        started_at: Some(created_at),
+        completed_at: None,
+        error: None,
     };
-    std::fs::write(
-        &manifest_file,
-        serde_json::to_string_pretty(&manifest).map_err(|error| error.to_string())?,
-    )
-    .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    write_agent_manifest(&manifest)?;
+
+    let manifest_for_spawn = manifest.clone();
+    let job = AgentJob {
+        manifest: manifest_for_spawn,
+        prompt: input.prompt,
+        system_prompt,
+        allowed_tools,
+    };
+    if let Err(error) = spawn_fn(job) {
+        let error = format!("failed to spawn sub-agent: {error}");
+        persist_agent_terminal_state(&manifest, "failed", None, Some(error.clone()))?;
+        return Err(error);
+    }
 
     Ok(manifest)
 }
 
+fn spawn_agent_job(job: AgentJob) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let thread_name = format!("clawd-agent-{}", job.manifest.agent_id);
+    std::thread::Builder::new()
+        .name(thread_name)
+        .spawn(move || {
+            let result =
+                std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| run_agent_job(&job)));
+            match result {
+                Ok(Ok(())) => {}
+                Ok(Err(error)) => {
+                    let _ =
+                        persist_agent_terminal_state(&job.manifest, "failed", None, Some(error));
+                }
+                Err(_) => {
+                    let _ = persist_agent_terminal_state(
+                        &job.manifest,
+                        "failed",
+                        None,
+                        Some(String::from("sub-agent thread panicked")),
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .map(|_| ())
+        .map_err(|error| error.to_string())
+}
+
+fn run_agent_job(job: &AgentJob) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let mut runtime = build_agent_runtime(job)?.with_max_iterations(DEFAULT_AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS);
+    let summary = runtime
+        .run_turn(job.prompt.clone(), None)
+        .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    let final_text = final_assistant_text(&summary);
+    persist_agent_terminal_state(&job.manifest, "completed", Some(final_text.as_str()), None)
+}
+
+fn build_agent_runtime(
+    job: &AgentJob,
+) -> Result<ConversationRuntime<AnthropicRuntimeClient, SubagentToolExecutor>, String> {
+    let model = job
+        .manifest
+        .model
+        .clone()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_AGENT_MODEL.to_string());
+    let allowed_tools = job.allowed_tools.clone();
+    let api_client = AnthropicRuntimeClient::new(model, allowed_tools.clone())?;
+    let tool_executor = SubagentToolExecutor::new(allowed_tools);
+    Ok(ConversationRuntime::new(
+        Session::new(),
+        api_client,
+        tool_executor,
+        agent_permission_policy(),
+        job.system_prompt.clone(),
+    ))
+}
+
+fn build_agent_system_prompt(subagent_type: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
+    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    let mut prompt = load_system_prompt(
+        cwd,
+        DEFAULT_AGENT_SYSTEM_DATE.to_string(),
+        std::env::consts::OS,
+        "unknown",
+    )
+    .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    prompt.push(format!(
+        "You are a background sub-agent of type `{subagent_type}`. Work only on the delegated task, use only the tools available to you, do not ask the user questions, and finish with a concise result."
+    ));
+    Ok(prompt)
+}
+
+fn resolve_agent_model(model: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    model
+        .map(str::trim)
+        .filter(|model| !model.is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_AGENT_MODEL)
+        .to_string()
+}
+
+fn allowed_tools_for_subagent(subagent_type: &str) -> BTreeSet<String> {
+    let tools = match subagent_type {
+        "Explore" => vec![
+            "read_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "WebFetch",
+            "WebSearch",
+            "ToolSearch",
+            "Skill",
+            "StructuredOutput",
+        ],
+        "Plan" => vec![
+            "read_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "WebFetch",
+            "WebSearch",
+            "ToolSearch",
+            "Skill",
+            "TodoWrite",
+            "StructuredOutput",
+            "SendUserMessage",
+        ],
+        "Verification" => vec![
+            "bash",
+            "read_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "WebFetch",
+            "WebSearch",
+            "ToolSearch",
+            "TodoWrite",
+            "StructuredOutput",
+            "SendUserMessage",
+            "PowerShell",
+        ],
+        "claude-code-guide" => vec![
+            "read_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "WebFetch",
+            "WebSearch",
+            "ToolSearch",
+            "Skill",
+            "StructuredOutput",
+            "SendUserMessage",
+        ],
+        "statusline-setup" => vec![
+            "bash",
+            "read_file",
+            "write_file",
+            "edit_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "ToolSearch",
+        ],
+        _ => vec![
+            "bash",
+            "read_file",
+            "write_file",
+            "edit_file",
+            "glob_search",
+            "grep_search",
+            "WebFetch",
+            "WebSearch",
+            "TodoWrite",
+            "Skill",
+            "ToolSearch",
+            "NotebookEdit",
+            "Sleep",
+            "SendUserMessage",
+            "Config",
+            "StructuredOutput",
+            "REPL",
+            "PowerShell",
+        ],
+    };
+    tools.into_iter().map(str::to_string).collect()
+}
+
+fn agent_permission_policy() -> PermissionPolicy {
+    mvp_tool_specs().into_iter().fold(
+        PermissionPolicy::new(PermissionMode::DangerFullAccess),
+        |policy, spec| policy.with_tool_requirement(spec.name, spec.required_permission),
+    )
+}
+
+fn write_agent_manifest(manifest: &AgentOutput) -> Result<(), String> {
+    std::fs::write(
+        &manifest.manifest_file,
+        serde_json::to_string_pretty(manifest).map_err(|error| error.to_string())?,
+    )
+    .map_err(|error| error.to_string())
+}
+
+fn persist_agent_terminal_state(
+    manifest: &AgentOutput,
+    status: &str,
+    result: Option<&str>,
+    error: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    append_agent_output(
+        &manifest.output_file,
+        &format_agent_terminal_output(status, result, error.as_deref()),
+    )?;
+    let mut next_manifest = manifest.clone();
+    next_manifest.status = status.to_string();
+    next_manifest.completed_at = Some(iso8601_now());
+    next_manifest.error = error;
+    write_agent_manifest(&next_manifest)
+}
+
+fn append_agent_output(path: &str, suffix: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    use std::io::Write as _;
+
+    let mut file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+        .append(true)
+        .open(path)
+        .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    file.write_all(suffix.as_bytes())
+        .map_err(|error| error.to_string())
+}
+
+fn format_agent_terminal_output(status: &str, result: Option<&str>, error: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    let mut sections = vec![format!("\n## Result\n\n- status: {status}\n")];
+    if let Some(result) = result.filter(|value| !value.trim().is_empty()) {
+        sections.push(format!("\n### Final response\n\n{}\n", result.trim()));
+    }
+    if let Some(error) = error.filter(|value| !value.trim().is_empty()) {
+        sections.push(format!("\n### Error\n\n{}\n", error.trim()));
+    }
+    sections.join("")
+}
+
+struct AnthropicRuntimeClient {
+    runtime: tokio::runtime::Runtime,
+    client: AnthropicClient,
+    model: String,
+    allowed_tools: BTreeSet<String>,
+}
+
+impl AnthropicRuntimeClient {
+    fn new(model: String, allowed_tools: BTreeSet<String>) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let client = AnthropicClient::from_env()
+            .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?
+            .with_base_url(read_base_url());
+        Ok(Self {
+            runtime: tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().map_err(|error| error.to_string())?,
+            client,
+            model,
+            allowed_tools,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl ApiClient for AnthropicRuntimeClient {
+    fn stream(&mut self, request: ApiRequest) -> Result<Vec<AssistantEvent>, RuntimeError> {
+        let tools = tool_specs_for_allowed_tools(Some(&self.allowed_tools))
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|spec| ToolDefinition {
+                name: spec.name.to_string(),
+                description: Some(spec.description.to_string()),
+                input_schema: spec.input_schema,
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let message_request = MessageRequest {
+            model: self.model.clone(),
+            max_tokens: 32_000,
+            messages: convert_messages(&request.messages),
+            system: (!request.system_prompt.is_empty()).then(|| request.system_prompt.join("\n\n")),
+            tools: (!tools.is_empty()).then_some(tools),
+            tool_choice: (!self.allowed_tools.is_empty()).then_some(ToolChoice::Auto),
+            stream: true,
+        };
+
+        self.runtime.block_on(async {
+            let mut stream = self
+                .client
+                .stream_message(&message_request)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
+            let mut events = Vec::new();
+            let mut pending_tool: Option<(String, String, String)> = None;
+            let mut saw_stop = false;
+
+            while let Some(event) = stream
+                .next_event()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?
+            {
+                match event {
+                    ApiStreamEvent::MessageStart(start) => {
+                        for block in start.message.content {
+                            push_output_block(block, &mut events, &mut pending_tool, true);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockStart(start) => {
+                        push_output_block(
+                            start.content_block,
+                            &mut events,
+                            &mut pending_tool,
+                            true,
+                        );
+                    }
+                    ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockDelta(delta) => match delta.delta {
+                        ContentBlockDelta::TextDelta { text } => {
+                            if !text.is_empty() {
+                                events.push(AssistantEvent::TextDelta(text));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        ContentBlockDelta::InputJsonDelta { partial_json } => {
+                            if let Some((_, _, input)) = &mut pending_tool {
+                                input.push_str(&partial_json);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    ApiStreamEvent::ContentBlockStop(_) => {
+                        if let Some((id, name, input)) = pending_tool.take() {
+                            events.push(AssistantEvent::ToolUse { id, name, input });
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ApiStreamEvent::MessageDelta(delta) => {
+                        events.push(AssistantEvent::Usage(TokenUsage {
+                            input_tokens: delta.usage.input_tokens,
+                            output_tokens: delta.usage.output_tokens,
+                            cache_creation_input_tokens: 0,
+                            cache_read_input_tokens: 0,
+                        }));
+                    }
+                    ApiStreamEvent::MessageStop(_) => {
+                        saw_stop = true;
+                        events.push(AssistantEvent::MessageStop);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !saw_stop
+                && events.iter().any(|event| {
+                    matches!(event, AssistantEvent::TextDelta(text) if !text.is_empty())
+                        || matches!(event, AssistantEvent::ToolUse { .. })
+                })
+            {
+                events.push(AssistantEvent::MessageStop);
+            }
+
+            if events
+                .iter()
+                .any(|event| matches!(event, AssistantEvent::MessageStop))
+            {
+                return Ok(events);
+            }
+
+            let response = self
+                .client
+                .send_message(&MessageRequest {
+                    stream: false,
+                    ..message_request.clone()
+                })
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| RuntimeError::new(error.to_string()))?;
+            Ok(response_to_events(response))
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+struct SubagentToolExecutor {
+    allowed_tools: BTreeSet<String>,
+}
+
+impl SubagentToolExecutor {
+    fn new(allowed_tools: BTreeSet<String>) -> Self {
+        Self { allowed_tools }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToolExecutor for SubagentToolExecutor {
+    fn execute(&mut self, tool_name: &str, input: &str) -> Result<String, ToolError> {
+        if !self.allowed_tools.contains(tool_name) {
+            return Err(ToolError::new(format!(
+                "tool `{tool_name}` is not enabled for this sub-agent"
+            )));
+        }
+        let value = serde_json::from_str(input)
+            .map_err(|error| ToolError::new(format!("invalid tool input JSON: {error}")))?;
+        execute_tool(tool_name, &value).map_err(ToolError::new)
+    }
+}
+
+fn tool_specs_for_allowed_tools(allowed_tools: Option<&BTreeSet<String>>) -> Vec<ToolSpec> {
+    mvp_tool_specs()
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|spec| allowed_tools.is_none_or(|allowed| allowed.contains(spec.name)))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn convert_messages(messages: &[ConversationMessage]) -> Vec<InputMessage> {
+    messages
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|message| {
+            let role = match message.role {
+                MessageRole::System | MessageRole::User | MessageRole::Tool => "user",
+                MessageRole::Assistant => "assistant",
+            };
+            let content = message
+                .blocks
+                .iter()
+                .map(|block| match block {
+                    ContentBlock::Text { text } => InputContentBlock::Text { text: text.clone() },
+                    ContentBlock::ToolUse { id, name, input } => InputContentBlock::ToolUse {
+                        id: id.clone(),
+                        name: name.clone(),
+                        input: serde_json::from_str(input)
+                            .unwrap_or_else(|_| serde_json::json!({ "raw": input })),
+                    },
+                    ContentBlock::ToolResult {
+                        tool_use_id,
+                        output,
+                        is_error,
+                        ..
+                    } => InputContentBlock::ToolResult {
+                        tool_use_id: tool_use_id.clone(),
+                        content: vec![ToolResultContentBlock::Text {
+                            text: output.clone(),
+                        }],
+                        is_error: *is_error,
+                    },
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            (!content.is_empty()).then(|| InputMessage {
+                role: role.to_string(),
+                content,
+            })
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn push_output_block(
+    block: OutputContentBlock,
+    events: &mut Vec<AssistantEvent>,
+    pending_tool: &mut Option<(String, String, String)>,
+    streaming_tool_input: bool,
+) {
+    match block {
+        OutputContentBlock::Text { text } => {
+            if !text.is_empty() {
+                events.push(AssistantEvent::TextDelta(text));
+            }
+        }
+        OutputContentBlock::ToolUse { id, name, input } => {
+            let initial_input = if streaming_tool_input
+                && input.is_object()
+                && input.as_object().is_some_and(serde_json::Map::is_empty)
+            {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                input.to_string()
+            };
+            *pending_tool = Some((id, name, initial_input));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn response_to_events(response: MessageResponse) -> Vec<AssistantEvent> {
+    let mut events = Vec::new();
+    let mut pending_tool = None;
+
+    for block in response.content {
+        push_output_block(block, &mut events, &mut pending_tool, false);
+        if let Some((id, name, input)) = pending_tool.take() {
+            events.push(AssistantEvent::ToolUse { id, name, input });
+        }
+    }
+
+    events.push(AssistantEvent::Usage(TokenUsage {
+        input_tokens: response.usage.input_tokens,
+        output_tokens: response.usage.output_tokens,
+        cache_creation_input_tokens: response.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens,
+        cache_read_input_tokens: response.usage.cache_read_input_tokens,
+    }));
+    events.push(AssistantEvent::MessageStop);
+    events
+}
+
+fn final_assistant_text(summary: &runtime::TurnSummary) -> String {
+    summary
+        .assistant_messages
+        .last()
+        .map(|message| {
+            message
+                .blocks
+                .iter()
+                .filter_map(|block| match block {
+                    ContentBlock::Text { text } => Some(text.as_str()),
+                    _ => None,
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("")
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
 fn execute_tool_search(input: ToolSearchInput) -> ToolSearchOutput {
     let deferred = deferred_tool_specs();
@@ -2373,6 +2901,7 @@ fn parse_skill_description(contents: &str) -> Option<String> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::collections::BTreeSet;
     use std::fs;
     use std::io::{Read, Write};
     use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener};
@@ -2381,7 +2910,12 @@ mod tests {
     use std::thread;
     use std::time::Duration;
 
-    use super::{execute_tool, mvp_tool_specs};
+    use super::{
+        agent_permission_policy, allowed_tools_for_subagent, execute_agent_with_spawn,
+        execute_tool, final_assistant_text, mvp_tool_specs, persist_agent_terminal_state,
+        AgentInput, AgentJob, SubagentToolExecutor,
+    };
+    use runtime::{ApiRequest, AssistantEvent, ConversationRuntime, RuntimeError, Session};
     use serde_json::json;
 
     fn env_lock() -> &'static Mutex<()> {
@@ -2773,32 +3307,48 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
         let dir = temp_path("agent-store");
         std::env::set_var("CLAWD_AGENT_STORE", &dir);
+        let captured = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None::<AgentJob>));
+        let captured_for_spawn = Arc::clone(&captured);
 
-        let result = execute_tool(
-            "Agent",
-            &json!({
-                "description": "Audit the branch",
-                "prompt": "Check tests and outstanding work.",
-                "subagent_type": "Explore",
-                "name": "ship-audit"
-            }),
+        let manifest = execute_agent_with_spawn(
+            AgentInput {
+                description: "Audit the branch".to_string(),
+                prompt: "Check tests and outstanding work.".to_string(),
+                subagent_type: Some("Explore".to_string()),
+                name: Some("ship-audit".to_string()),
+                model: None,
+            },
+            move |job| {
+                *captured_for_spawn
+                    .lock()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner) = Some(job);
+                Ok(())
+            },
         )
         .expect("Agent should succeed");
         std::env::remove_var("CLAWD_AGENT_STORE");
 
-        let output: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&result).expect("valid json");
-        assert_eq!(output["name"], "ship-audit");
-        assert_eq!(output["subagentType"], "Explore");
-        assert_eq!(output["status"], "queued");
-        assert!(output["createdAt"].as_str().is_some());
-        let manifest_file = output["manifestFile"].as_str().expect("manifest file");
-        let output_file = output["outputFile"].as_str().expect("output file");
-        let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(output_file).expect("agent file exists");
+        assert_eq!(manifest.name, "ship-audit");
+        assert_eq!(manifest.subagent_type.as_deref(), Some("Explore"));
+        assert_eq!(manifest.status, "running");
+        assert!(!manifest.created_at.is_empty());
+        assert!(manifest.started_at.is_some());
+        assert!(manifest.completed_at.is_none());
+        let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&manifest.output_file).expect("agent file exists");
         let manifest_contents =
-            std::fs::read_to_string(manifest_file).expect("manifest file exists");
+            std::fs::read_to_string(&manifest.manifest_file).expect("manifest file exists");
         assert!(contents.contains("Audit the branch"));
         assert!(contents.contains("Check tests and outstanding work."));
         assert!(manifest_contents.contains("\"subagentType\": \"Explore\""));
+        assert!(manifest_contents.contains("\"status\": \"running\""));
+        let captured_job = captured
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner)
+            .clone()
+            .expect("spawn job should be captured");
+        assert_eq!(captured_job.prompt, "Check tests and outstanding work.");
+        assert!(captured_job.allowed_tools.contains("read_file"));
+        assert!(!captured_job.allowed_tools.contains("Agent"));
 
         let normalized = execute_tool(
             "Agent",
@@ -2827,6 +3377,195 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn agent_fake_runner_can_persist_completion_and_failure() {
+        let _guard = env_lock()
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        let dir = temp_path("agent-runner");
+        std::env::set_var("CLAWD_AGENT_STORE", &dir);
+
+        let completed = execute_agent_with_spawn(
+            AgentInput {
+                description: "Complete the task".to_string(),
+                prompt: "Do the work".to_string(),
+                subagent_type: Some("Explore".to_string()),
+                name: Some("complete-task".to_string()),
+                model: Some("claude-sonnet-4-6".to_string()),
+            },
+            |job| {
+                persist_agent_terminal_state(
+                    &job.manifest,
+                    "completed",
+                    Some("Finished successfully"),
+                    None,
+                )
+            },
+        )
+        .expect("completed agent should succeed");
+
+        let completed_manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(&completed.manifest_file)
+            .expect("completed manifest should exist");
+        let completed_output =
+            std::fs::read_to_string(&completed.output_file).expect("completed output should exist");
+        assert!(completed_manifest.contains("\"status\": \"completed\""));
+        assert!(completed_output.contains("Finished successfully"));
+
+        let failed = execute_agent_with_spawn(
+            AgentInput {
+                description: "Fail the task".to_string(),
+                prompt: "Do the failing work".to_string(),
+                subagent_type: Some("Verification".to_string()),
+                name: Some("fail-task".to_string()),
+                model: None,
+            },
+            |job| {
+                persist_agent_terminal_state(
+                    &job.manifest,
+                    "failed",
+                    None,
+                    Some(String::from("simulated failure")),
+                )
+            },
+        )
+        .expect("failed agent should still spawn");
+
+        let failed_manifest =
+            std::fs::read_to_string(&failed.manifest_file).expect("failed manifest should exist");
+        let failed_output =
+            std::fs::read_to_string(&failed.output_file).expect("failed output should exist");
+        assert!(failed_manifest.contains("\"status\": \"failed\""));
+        assert!(failed_manifest.contains("simulated failure"));
+        assert!(failed_output.contains("simulated failure"));
+
+        let spawn_error = execute_agent_with_spawn(
+            AgentInput {
+                description: "Spawn error task".to_string(),
+                prompt: "Never starts".to_string(),
+                subagent_type: None,
+                name: Some("spawn-error".to_string()),
+                model: None,
+            },
+            |_| Err(String::from("thread creation failed")),
+        )
+        .expect_err("spawn errors should surface");
+        assert!(spawn_error.contains("failed to spawn sub-agent"));
+        let spawn_error_manifest = std::fs::read_dir(&dir)
+            .expect("agent dir should exist")
+            .filter_map(Result::ok)
+            .map(|entry| entry.path())
+            .filter(|path| path.extension().and_then(|ext| ext.to_str()) == Some("json"))
+            .find_map(|path| {
+                let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).ok()?;
+                contents
+                    .contains("\"name\": \"spawn-error\"")
+                    .then_some(contents)
+            })
+            .expect("failed manifest should still be written");
+        assert!(spawn_error_manifest.contains("\"status\": \"failed\""));
+        assert!(spawn_error_manifest.contains("thread creation failed"));
+
+        std::env::remove_var("CLAWD_AGENT_STORE");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn agent_tool_subset_mapping_is_expected() {
+        let general = allowed_tools_for_subagent("general-purpose");
+        assert!(general.contains("bash"));
+        assert!(general.contains("write_file"));
+        assert!(!general.contains("Agent"));
+
+        let explore = allowed_tools_for_subagent("Explore");
+        assert!(explore.contains("read_file"));
+        assert!(explore.contains("grep_search"));
+        assert!(!explore.contains("bash"));
+
+        let plan = allowed_tools_for_subagent("Plan");
+        assert!(plan.contains("TodoWrite"));
+        assert!(plan.contains("StructuredOutput"));
+        assert!(!plan.contains("Agent"));
+
+        let verification = allowed_tools_for_subagent("Verification");
+        assert!(verification.contains("bash"));
+        assert!(verification.contains("PowerShell"));
+        assert!(!verification.contains("write_file"));
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    struct MockSubagentApiClient {
+        calls: usize,
+        input_path: String,
+    }
+
+    impl runtime::ApiClient for MockSubagentApiClient {
+        fn stream(&mut self, request: ApiRequest) -> Result<Vec<AssistantEvent>, RuntimeError> {
+            self.calls += 1;
+            match self.calls {
+                1 => {
+                    assert_eq!(request.messages.len(), 1);
+                    Ok(vec![
+                        AssistantEvent::ToolUse {
+                            id: "tool-1".to_string(),
+                            name: "read_file".to_string(),
+                            input: json!({ "path": self.input_path }).to_string(),
+                        },
+                        AssistantEvent::MessageStop,
+                    ])
+                }
+                2 => {
+                    assert!(request.messages.len() >= 3);
+                    Ok(vec![
+                        AssistantEvent::TextDelta("Scope: completed mock review".to_string()),
+                        AssistantEvent::MessageStop,
+                    ])
+                }
+                _ => panic!("unexpected mock stream call"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn subagent_runtime_executes_tool_loop_with_isolated_session() {
+        let _guard = env_lock()
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        let path = temp_path("subagent-input.txt");
+        std::fs::write(&path, "hello from child").expect("write input file");
+
+        let mut runtime = ConversationRuntime::new(
+            Session::new(),
+            MockSubagentApiClient {
+                calls: 0,
+                input_path: path.display().to_string(),
+            },
+            SubagentToolExecutor::new(BTreeSet::from([String::from("read_file")])),
+            agent_permission_policy(),
+            vec![String::from("system prompt")],
+        );
+
+        let summary = runtime
+            .run_turn("Inspect the delegated file", None)
+            .expect("subagent loop should succeed");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            final_assistant_text(&summary),
+            "Scope: completed mock review"
+        );
+        assert!(runtime
+            .session()
+            .messages
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|message| message.blocks.iter())
+            .any(|block| matches!(
+                block,
+                runtime::ContentBlock::ToolResult { output, .. }
+                    if output.contains("hello from child")
+            )));
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(path);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn agent_rejects_blank_required_fields() {
         let missing_description = execute_tool(