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Run local agent TUIs in a PTY so keyboard input works (opencode/kilocode on macOS) - #70
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…nput OpenTUI-based agents (OpenCode, Kilo Code) accept keyboard input only when they own a controlling PTY. Remotely that's provided by `ssh -tt`; locally they were launched as a child sharing the CLI's terminal, so on macOS typing and Ctrl-C did nothing once the agent TUI started. Wrap the local interactive launch in `script` to give the agent its own PTY (BSD form on macOS, util-linux -e -c form on Linux), falling back to a direct launch when `script` is unavailable. Verified on macOS: opencode launched directly in a PTY harness ignores keystrokes; the same agent wrapped in `script` reacts to them.
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Summary
Confirmed root cause of "can't type / Ctrl-C dead" in opencode and kilocode on local/macOS (both work remotely): OpenTUI agents only accept keyboard input when they own a controlling PTY. Remotely
ssh -ttprovides one; locally they were launched as a child sharing the CLI's terminal, so input was dead. (Verified it's not job control — the agent is foreground with the tty — and not opencode-specific — kilocode too.)Fix
Wrap the local interactive launch in
scriptso the agent gets its own PTY (BSD form on macOS, util-linux-e -cform on Linux), with a fallback to a direct launch whenscriptis unavailable.Reproduced AND verified (macOS, PTY harness)
script: keystrokes received. ✅opencode localflow with this fix: TUI reacts to keystrokes. ✅npm run typecheckclean; local in-process test passes.Final confirmation in a real Terminal.app session pending (the harness can't 100% emulate a real terminal), but this is repro-backed, not a guess.