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/glowup config now opens a settings screen in its own terminal window. Changes apply to the session that ran it as you make them, q keeps them, and Esc puts back what you had when it opened.

The screen is a config subcommand of the Go installer, glowup-installer config --run <dir>. It talks to its session through a run folder under $CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/glowup/remote/<run>/:

  • The TUI appends /glowup command lines to commands.jsonl and heartbeats by renaming a temp file onto open.
  • The session that created the run polls every 250 ms, runs each line through the same code the pane uses, and writes state.json back. Only that session reads the run, so the store has one writer.
  • Lines are allowlisted (hooks/remote.ts): pack, spinner, motion, bubbles, pet, color, setup and status-line fields only. No URLs, files, settings.json changes, exports or windows.
  • Esc restores the raw store keys saved at run start (undo.json) and reloads settings, so a key that was never stored stays absent.
  • Quitting removes open, and the session applies any lines still pending before it stops polling. Closing the window (SIGHUP) does the same.

Which window it opens (hooks/launch.ts):

  • Linux: a tmux window inside tmux; otherwise $TERMINAL, then the terminal you are in (Konsole, kitty, Ghostty, WezTerm, GNOME Terminal), then the system default through xdg-terminal-exec or x-terminal-emulator. xfce4-terminal, mate-terminal and terminator get -x; anything else gets -e. Launches go through setsid with the pipes closed, because process.run waits for them and kills at 30 s.
  • macOS: tmux first, then Ghostty, Terminal or iTerm by TERM_PROGRAM, kitty and WezTerm through open -na, and Terminal.app for anything else.
  • Windows: detected through OS=Windows_NT; cmd /c start opens the default terminal app.
  • When nothing can be opened, it prints the command to run, quoted for the shell (with & for PowerShell on Windows).

The binary is GLOWUP_BIN, a dev build at installer/glowup-installer, or a release download checked against checksums.txt and cached under ~/.local/share/glowup/bin/<version>/. A toast shows while it downloads.

The screen follows stoat's TUI: one framed pane with section tabs, dim labels, an accent ❯ on the focused row, a preview of the look beside it (from 78×23), and Clawd from 104 columns. It wears the look being edited: borders in the pack's style and color, the terminal's background and text color set to the pack's through OSC 11/10, and sel behind the focused row. The key bar is Bubbles help over the same key.Bindings the model matches, and the hex field is a Bubbles textinput that takes a pasted #FF8800. bubbles/v2 moves from indirect to direct in installer/go.mod; no new module.

The in-Claude pane is now /glowup config pane, and stays what /glowup config opens in the desktop Code tab.

Why

The pane inside Claude Code was hard to use: it shares the screen with the conversation and gets keys only after a click. A real terminal gives the settings room and normal keys. Binding the window to the session that opened it lets every change show live without a second writer to the store.

Tests run

  • pnpm check
  • pnpm test: 865 pass, via just ci, which also runs the installer Go tests, packs-check and the install.sh checks. All green on 845a6d7.
  • GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build ./... for the installer.
  • Tried in a live session with claude --plugin-dir . on Linux: a tmux window, a real Konsole window, TERMINAL=xterm beating Konsole, a module hot reload mid-run, /clear with the window open, q keeping a change and Esc undoing one.
  • macOS and Windows launches: unit-tested only. On Windows, check whether /glowup config returns at once or waits 30 s and prints the fallback while the window is open; if it waits, cmd /c start is passing its handles on, and PowerShell Start-Process is the fix.
  • The pack background through OSC 11: check it by eye in a real terminal window. Screenshots through aha cannot show it.

Docs

  • README and CHANGELOG updated, or no user-visible change

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • /glowup config now opens an interactive settings screen in a separate terminal where available. Changes apply to the active session, and Esc lets you undo changes made since opening.
    • In the desktop Code tab, /glowup config continues to open the settings pane. Use /glowup config pane to open that pane elsewhere.
    • The settings screen supports adjusting configuration options, colors, and ordered selections.
  • Documentation

    • Updated command help and setup guidance to explain the settings screen, pane access, and terminal availability.

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The not-answering clock runs from the oldest unanswered line. An empty
section no longer panics. ReadState drops a snapshot whose colors are not
all #rrggbb. A second TUI on a fresh run is refused. ctrl+c leaves the hex
input and undoes. Tests cover Esc before any change, the 100x30 switch and
the Clawd column at 126.

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The session that ran it owns a run directory and polls it every 250 ms,
running each line through runConfig and writing state.json back. Esc in
the TUI restores the store keys saved at run start. The pane stays for
sessions without a terminal and as /glowup config pane.

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-x for xfce4-terminal, mate-terminal and terminator; own-property lookup
for $TERMINAL; prefixed spawn/timeout errors and a missing checksums.txt
entry reported as such; one label for the desktop-default terminals;
kitty and WezTerm on macOS; owner written before undo.json; pet names
must be SAFE_NAME-shaped in the allowlist.

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The TUI removes open when it quits; the mod stops polling once it has seen open and it goes missing. Adds a test that the spinner row keeps the preview border in its column.

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…n follows the look's border

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One framed pane with tabs, a look beside it, bubbles/help and bubbles/textinput,
sizes from 36x13, and terminal colors taken from the look.

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…es, and undo.json is checked

An absent reducedMotion key now falls back to the plugin option, a missing open
means no more lines will come rather than ignore the ones already written, and
an undo.json without all seven keys is refused. An undo keeps the docked tab and
skips start-up toasts. The installer binary is looked up before a run exists,
with a toast before a download, and the Windows fallback command starts with &
when its path is quoted.

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…s the border, the title shows the pack description

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…h question

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This change adds a separate-terminal configuration TUI and file-based communication with the active plugin session. It adds platform-specific launch and installer handling, keeps the existing settings pane available through /glowup config pane, and updates the installer preview rendering.

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Configuration TUI

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session protocol and state handling
.docket/ledger.jsonl, hooks/remote.ts, hooks/register.tsx, hooks/host.ts, installer/internal/configtui/snapshot.go, test/remote*.test.ts, test/remote-wiring.test.ts, test/kit*
The plugin creates run directories, writes state snapshots, and polls validated command records. Undo restores stored values and removes keys that were absent. Tests cover run lifecycle, polling, undo, and file metadata behavior.
TUI editing, rendering, and entry point
installer/internal/configtui/*, installer/main.go, installer/go.mod
The Go installer dispatches the config subcommand to a new TUI. The TUI renders settings, sends edits through the run files, and supports navigation, color editing, and undo. Tests cover the command handling, layout, and setting controls.
Platform launch and command routing
hooks/launch.ts, hooks/register.tsx, hooks/command.ts, hooks/help.ts, docs/commands.md, docs/install.md, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, test/launch.test.ts, test/configpane-wiring.test.ts, test/command.test.ts, test/export.test.ts
The plugin selects a terminal and obtains a version-matched installer when needed. /glowup config routes to the TUI outside the desktop pane case, while /glowup config pane opens the pane. Documentation and tests describe the launch and fallback behavior.
Shared TUI preview rendering
installer/internal/tui/clawd.go, installer/internal/tui/model.go, installer/internal/tui/preview.go, installer/internal/tui/tui_test.go
Preview sizing uses a supplied width. Pet labels reflect the selected pet, and Clawd’s bubble uses the selected border style.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Command as /glowup config
  participant Plugin as hooks/register.tsx
  participant Terminal
  participant TUI as configtui
  participant RunFiles as Session run files
  User->>Command: Request configuration
  Command->>Plugin: Route config request
  Plugin->>Terminal: Launch TUI with run directory
  Terminal->>TUI: Start config process
  TUI->>RunFiles: Append edit or undo record
  Plugin->>RunFiles: Poll command records
  Plugin->>Plugin: Apply edit or restore settings
  Plugin->>RunFiles: Write updated snapshot
  TUI->>RunFiles: Read snapshot
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func Preview(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick int) string { return PreviewAt(l, c, tick, PreviewWidth) }

// PreviewAt is Preview at an outer width of width cells, border included.
func PreviewAt(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick, width int) string {
inner := width - 4 // the box minus border and one cell of padding each side
p := paint{bg: l.Bg}
col := l.Colors
sp := p.blank(1)
bd := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color(l.BorderColor)).Background(lipgloss.Color(l.Bg))
box := borderOf(l.Pack.Border)
box := BorderOf(l.Pack.Border)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Guard PreviewAt against small widths.

If width is below 4, inner becomes negative. Then strings.Repeat(box.Bottom, inner-2) at Line 198 panics. strings.Repeat(box.Top, width-2) at Line 221 panics for width below 2. The current caller passes the fixed previewW, so this is not reachable now. PreviewAt is exported, so a future caller can trigger it. Clamp width to a minimum.

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 func PreviewAt(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick, width int) string {
+	width = max(width, 8)
 	inner := width - 4 // the box minus border and one cell of padding each side
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func Preview(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick int) string { return PreviewAt(l, c, tick, PreviewWidth) }
// PreviewAt is Preview at an outer width of width cells, border included.
func PreviewAt(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick, width int) string {
inner := width - 4 // the box minus border and one cell of padding each side
p := paint{bg: l.Bg}
col := l.Colors
sp := p.blank(1)
bd := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color(l.BorderColor)).Background(lipgloss.Color(l.Bg))
box := borderOf(l.Pack.Border)
box := BorderOf(l.Pack.Border)
func Preview(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick int) string { return PreviewAt(l, c, tick, PreviewWidth) }
// PreviewAt is Preview at an outer width of width cells, border included.
func PreviewAt(l Look, c claude.Choice, tick, width int) string {
width = max(width, 8)
inner := width - 4 // the box minus border and one cell of padding each side
p := paint{bg: l.Bg}
col := l.Colors
sp := p.blank(1)
bd := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color(l.BorderColor)).Background(lipgloss.Color(l.Bg))
box := BorderOf(l.Pack.Border)
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CI clones the repo elsewhere, so the hard-coded manifest path read as a
dev version and the download toast never fired.

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