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Problem

Settling marks a thread's work as finished, but a project has no way to act on that. A worktree keeps whatever its work produced or started, such as build output, caches, or tools opened for that worktree, until someone cleans it up by hand. The only automatic step on settle today is closing idle terminals, and storage cleanup skips these worktrees, because it only removes worktrees whose ignored files are node_modules. Projects can already run an action when a worktree is created; there is no matching action for when its thread is done.

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A project action can now be marked Run in the thread's worktree when the thread settles ("runOnSettle": true in t3.json). It mirrors the existing setup action (runOnWorktreeCreate):

  • Contracts: optional runOnSettle on ProjectScript and on the t3.json script schema, so older stored scripts still decode.
  • Server: ThreadSettlementService already reacts to thread.settled by closing idle shells. After that, if the thread has its own worktree on disk, it runs the project's settle action there through ProjectSetupScriptRunner (new trigger: "settle"). Each run opens its own terminal, so it never types into an earlier settle shell that is still busy. Threads in the project's main checkout skip it, because other threads may still be working there. Manual and automatic settles both go through this event. Settling an already settled thread re-emits the event with the same settledAt, so the action runs once per settlement; a failed start is not recorded and runs again on the next event.
  • Runner fix needed for this: a clean run is supposed to close its own idle shell, but the close fired at the exit sentinel, while bash was still redrawing its prompt. closeIdle read that redraw as new activity and kept the shell, which then held the worktree open. In the dev run below this happened on all 3 settles before the fix. The runner now waits for the prompt (the partial line after the sentinel, capped at 1 s for shells with an empty prompt) before closing. Setup scripts go through the same code.
  • Web: a switch in the action editor, an "on settle" badge in project settings, "(on settle)" in the scripts menu, and import from t3.json. Like setup, a project has one settle action. Saving one clears the flag on the others through a shared releaseClaimedRoles helper, which replaces the three hand-written copies of that rule. A settle action is never picked as the primary run button.
  • Mobile: has no action editor; its menu label shows "(on settle)".
  • Docs: one paragraph in docs/user/thread-sidebar.md under "Settle finished work".

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There is no prior Ideas discussion for this. I'm submitting it as a focused option on the established project-action capability: actions can already run on a lifecycle event (worktree creation), and this adds the matching event at the other end of a worktree thread's life. It reuses the existing runner, terminal, and settlement paths and changes no defaults; nothing runs unless a project opts in. If you would rather discuss the direction first, I'm happy to open an Ideas discussion and follow its outcome.

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Focused tests:

  • vp test run src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts (apps/server): 25 passed. New cases: settling runs the settle action only for a thread whose worktree exists, skipping a thread in the shared checkout and one whose worktree was removed; a re-emitted settlement runs it once; a failed start runs again on the next event; trigger: "settle" selects the settle action and gives each run its own terminal; a clean run does not close its shell at the sentinel, only after the prompt. Each of the last four fails without its change.
  • vp test run src/projectScripts.test.ts (apps/web): 19 passed, covering settleProjectScript, primary-script choice (a settle action is never the run button), role release, and menu labels that name every role.
  • vp test run src/features/terminal/terminalMenu.test.ts (apps/mobile): 11 passed.
  • tsc --noEmit clean for contracts, shared, server, web, and mobile. vp lint adds no warnings to the touched files.

Manual end-to-end, vp run dev --home-dir /tmp/... on Linux, web client at 1920x1080:

  1. Added a project with a setup action mkdir -p target && echo built > target/out.txt and a settle action rm -rf target && echo "cleaned $PWD" >> /tmp/settle-proof.log, with new threads set to start in a new worktree.
  2. Sent one message. The worktree was created with target/out.txt.
  3. Chose Settle thread. The settle action ran in the thread's worktree: target/ was gone, and the log read cleaned <worktree path>.
  4. Before the runner fix, a bash with its working directory in the worktree was still running after every settle (3 of 3). After the fix, un-settling and settling 4 times removed target/ each time and left no shell in the worktree.

Not checked: Windows (PowerShell) and fish shells in a real run, the desktop Electron shell, and the native mobile app.

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Action editor before and after

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export function primaryProjectScript(scripts: ReadonlyArray<ProjectScript>): ProjectScript | null {
const regular = scripts.find((script) => !script.runOnWorktreeCreate);
const regular = scripts.find((script) => !script.runOnWorktreeCreate && !script.runOnSettle);
return regular ?? scripts[0] ?? null;

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🟡 Medium src/projectScripts.ts:111

primaryProjectScript returns a runOnSettle script as the primary action when no regular script exists, allowing the Run … control to invoke cleanup manually instead of only during settlement. Return null when no regular script is available rather than falling back to scripts[0].

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return regular ?? null;
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`primaryProjectScript` returns a `runOnSettle` script as the primary action when no regular script exists, allowing the `Run …` control to invoke cleanup manually instead of only during settlement. Return `null` when no regular script is available rather than falling back to `scripts[0]`.

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Fixed in 7dd5368. primaryProjectScript now falls back to the first script that is not a settle action, and returns null when only settle actions exist. Covered in projectScripts.test.ts.

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if (thread.worktreePath === null || !(yield* fileSystem.exists(thread.worktreePath))) {
return;
}
const run = yield* projectScripts.runForThread({

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🟠 High orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts:531

A later settle can send the cleanup command to an unrelated foreground process instead of executing it. closeIdle leaves terminals with running subprocesses open, while runForThread reuses the deterministic settle-<script id> terminal; after a failed settle or user-started command, open returns that live session and write targets the foreground process rather than a shell prompt. Use a fresh terminal id for each invocation or avoid reusing an active settle terminal.

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In file @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts around line 531:

A later settle can send the cleanup command to an unrelated foreground process instead of executing it. `closeIdle` leaves terminals with running subprocesses open, while `runForThread` reuses the deterministic `settle-<script id>` terminal; after a failed settle or user-started command, `open` returns that live session and `write` targets the foreground process rather than a shell prompt. Use a fresh terminal id for each invocation or avoid reusing an active settle terminal.

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Fixed in 7dd5368. Each settle now opens its own terminal (settle-<script id>-<random>), so a later settle never writes into an earlier settle shell that is still busy. A clean run closes its shell; a failed one stays open for a look. The runner test now asserts that two settle runs get different terminals.

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if (script.runOnWorktreeCreate) return `${script.name} (setup)`;
return script.runOnSettle ? `${script.name} (on settle)` : script.name;

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🟡 Medium terminal/terminalMenu.ts:158

A script with both runOnWorktreeCreate and runOnSettle is labeled only (setup), so the mobile menu hides that it also runs when the thread settles. Handle the combined case explicitly so both lifecycle roles are shown.

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if (script.runOnWorktreeCreate) return `${script.name} (setup)`;
return script.runOnSettle ? `${script.name} (on settle)` : script.name;
if (script.runOnWorktreeCreate && script.runOnSettle) return `${script.name} (setup, on settle)`;
if (script.runOnWorktreeCreate) return `${script.name} (setup)`;
return script.runOnSettle ? `${script.name} (on settle)` : script.name;
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apps/web/src/components/ProjectScriptsControl.tsx:197

The mutually exclusive ternary at script.runOnWorktreeCreate hides the settle role when a script has both flags. Both roles are independently supported (and the import path above can create such a script from t3.json), so a script configured to run at setup and settle is rendered only as (setup), incorrectly omitting that it will also execute on settlement.

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A script with both `runOnWorktreeCreate` and `runOnSettle` is labeled only `(setup)`, so the mobile menu hides that it also runs when the thread settles. Handle the combined case explicitly so both lifecycle roles are shown.

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- apps/web/src/components/ProjectScriptsControl.tsx:197 -- The mutually exclusive ternary at `script.runOnWorktreeCreate` hides the settle role when a script has both flags. Both roles are independently supported (and the import path above can create such a script from `t3.json`), so a script configured to run at setup and settle is rendered only as `(setup)`, incorrectly omitting that it will also execute on settlement.

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Fixed in 7dd5368, in both places. Web and mobile now share one projectScriptMenuLabel in @t3tools/shared/projectScripts that names every role, so a script with both flags reads Name (setup, on settle). Covered in projectScripts.test.ts.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces a cross-cutting, opt-in lifecycle that executes project commands in thread worktrees when they settle and manages asynchronous terminal cleanup. The workflow has meaningful filesystem and process side effects, with unresolved findings concerning terminal reuse and settle-role behavior.

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Project scripts can now run when a thread settles. The change adds the settle role to script contracts and web settings, selects and runs the script during cleanup for threads with existing worktrees, and updates script labels to show lifecycle roles.

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Settle scripts

Layer / File(s) Summary
Settle script model and role selection
packages/contracts/src/project.ts, packages/contracts/src/t3ProjectFile.ts, packages/shared/src/projectScripts.ts, apps/web/src/projectScripts.ts, apps/web/src/projectScripts.test.ts, packages/shared/src/t3ProjectFile.test.ts
Script contracts and helpers support the settle role and its selection. Primary-script selection excludes scripts assigned to lifecycle roles. Tests cover role lookup, labels, and releasing claimed roles.
Settle script configuration
apps/web/src/components/projectScriptEditor.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/*, apps/web/src/components/ProjectScriptsControl.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/terminal/terminalMenu.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadGitControls.tsx, docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
The editor, imports, and settings preserve the settle role. Saving a script releases overlapping roles from other scripts. Script labels show enabled lifecycle roles, and the documentation describes settle-script behavior.
Run settle scripts during cleanup
apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.ts
Settled-thread cleanup runs the settle script only when the thread has an existing worktree. The runner selects the requested script, assigns settle runs unique terminal IDs by default, and waits briefly for the shell prompt after detecting completion.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ThreadSettlementServiceV2
  participant ProjectSetupScriptRunner
  participant TerminalService
  ThreadSettlementServiceV2->>ProjectSetupScriptRunner: Run settle script for an existing worktree
  ProjectSetupScriptRunner->>TerminalService: Open terminal and write script command
  TerminalService-->>ProjectSetupScriptRunner: Send completion sentinel and prompt output
  ProjectSetupScriptRunner-->>ThreadSettlementServiceV2: Complete observed run
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  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/terminal/terminalMenu.ts: Removed projectScriptMenuLabel, which returned the script name with “(setup)” appended when runOnWorktreeCreate was true, and otherwise returned the name.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadGitControls.tsx: TerminalMenuSession remains imported from the terminal module, while projectScriptMenuLabel is now imported from @t3tools/shared/projectScripts instead of that module.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts: The test adds the Fiber import to fork and join the observed settle completion.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts: The terminal mock gains a closeIdle spy that succeeds without side effects.
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Comment thread apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts
A project action can now be marked to run on settle. When a thread in its
own worktree settles, manually or automatically, the server runs that action
in the worktree, so a command like `cargo clean` frees the build output of
finished work. Threads in the project's main checkout skip it. The action
is set from the action editor or with `runOnSettle` in t3.json, shows an
"on settle" badge, and a project has at most one, like the setup action.

The setup script runner now waits for the shell's prompt after its exit
sentinel before closing an idle shell; closing at the sentinel read the
prompt redraw as new activity and left a fast script's shell open.
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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of Theo

Landed in #16290 (079e4bc). Your commit went in unchanged with you as author, and the squash commit credits you as co-author. On top of it we added a fix for a thread re-engaged during cleanup, a header-menu fix for settle-only projects, and the rebase onto current main. Thanks for this, @spoukyii.

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