Bring NucleicRemote closer to desktop parity in two areas (the core sync loop was already at parity — shared protocol, control scope). Transcript fidelity (iOS): a client-side TranscriptProjection coalesces streaming text by messageID and folds each tool call's lifecycle (start/deltas/complete/result/fileChange) into one expandable card — fixing the duplicate started+completed rows. Adds Markdown bubbles, the gold Orchestra card for Task/Agent spawns, and the previously-dropped usage/cost, rate-limit, file-change, turn-boundary and session-started rows, plus a context-window % header badge. Mid-session controls + model catalog (protocol/host/iOS): project the host ModelCatalog over the wire as WireModelCatalog (in Welcome); add 5 control-scope setters (setSessionModel/Effort/Auto/AutoShip/ShipBranch) backed by the existing AppStore.mutateSession + SessionController hooks; enrich WireSessionSummary with model/effort/auto/autoShip/shipBranch/ contextInputTokens (all forward-compatible). The composer gains a model picker and a catalog-driven effort menu (per-backend caps: Codex→xhigh, Grok→auto), and the session header gains a model/effort/auto/autoship control bar. Tests: CBOR round-trips for the new messages, Welcome.modelCatalog, the new summary fields, forward-compat decode of old bytes, and the setters reaching the host. Verified in the Simulator (NUCLEIC_DEMO=1). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
NucleicRemote (iPhone client)
The thin iOS remote client for Nucleic (PLAN milestone M4). It's a pure projection of the
Mac host over LAN: monitor sessions, read transcripts/diffs, answer approvals, and send
follow-up input — scope approve. No local git or CLI; the Mac is the single authority
(see docs/UX_IOS.md and docs/SYNC_PROTOCOL.md).
Architecture
All wire/crypto logic is shared with the Mac via the NucleicProtocol SwiftPM library
(this Xcode project links it as a local package at ../..):
- Transport —
NWFrameChannel(NWConnection) +LANDiscovery(Bonjour_nucleic._tcp). - Engine —
NucleicProtocol.SyncClientruns the Noise handshake (XXpsk0 to pair, IK to reconnect), exchanges hello/welcome, and turnsHostMsgs into aSyncClient.Eventstream. - State —
RemoteStore(ObservableObject) is the single on-device UI state, a pure projection of the host. Identity + pinned host live inIdentityStore(Keychain + UserDefaults). - UI — SwiftUI:
SessionsView(attention-first list),SessionDetailView(transcript/diff + status-driven action area),ApprovalCardView(Face ID gate on high-risk),PairingScannerView(QR),SettingsView.
Build & run
# Resolves the local NucleicProtocol package automatically.
xcodebuild -project ios/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj \
-scheme NucleicRemote \
-destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 17 Pro' build
Or open NucleicRemote.xcodeproj in Xcode and run. To pair, start the sync server on the Mac
(Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add iPhone shows the QR), then scan it. On a real device, both must be
on the same Wi‑Fi.
Status
The full pair → list → subscribe → approve → reconnect path is implemented and the protocol/
server side is covered by tests in Tests/NucleicProtocolTests and Tests/NucleicCoreTests.
Push notifications / Live Activity (UX_IOS §5.1/§5.3) are the M5 follow-up (needs the relay).