| # AIDE Desktop Shell Plan |
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| The production desktop target is a lightweight native shell around the existing web workbench and the local daemon. |
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| ## Boundary |
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| - **UI:** editor, panels, community views, model lanes, and user approvals. |
| - **Daemon:** filesystem, Git, terminal/task broker, model process lifecycle, workspace trust, audit log, and encrypted-sync adapters. |
| - **Model runtimes:** separate localhost processes using the AIDE model contract. |
| - **Community transports:** optional direct peers or user-selected relays; disabled by default. |
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| Tauri is the intended shell because it can provide a smaller offline desktop package than an Electron-only implementation. This environment does not currently have Rust/Tauri installed, so the daemon is the runnable first boundary. Do not label a Tauri binary available until it is compiled and smoke-tested on each target platform. |
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| The Tauri CLI is now pinned in the root package and the Rust project lives in `desktop/`. `desktop/prepare.mjs` stages only approved frontend assets, avoiding `node_modules` and build artifacts. Use `npm run desktop:dev` after installing platform prerequisites, or `npm run desktop:build` for a release build. A compiled binary is not claimed until that command succeeds on the target platform. |
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| ## Shell Acceptance Gates |
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| - Launches without network access. |
| - Restores workspace and unsaved editor state. |
| - Shows workspace trust before enabling tools. |
| - Starts and stops local model runtimes. |
| - Routes filesystem and Git operations through the daemon. |
| - Requires approval for writes, commands, sync, and publishing. |
| - Recovers from daemon/model crashes without losing local edits. |
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