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nucleic/ios/NucleicRemote
NucleicandClaude Opus 4.8 277a76b85c iOS remote: transcript fidelity + mid-session controls & model catalog
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]>
2026-06-21 04:03:53 -07:00
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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 ../..):

  • TransportNWFrameChannel (NWConnection) + LANDiscovery (Bonjour _nucleic._tcp).
  • EngineNucleicProtocol.SyncClient runs the Noise handshake (XXpsk0 to pair, IK to reconnect), exchanges hello/welcome, and turns HostMsgs into a SyncClient.Event stream.
  • StateRemoteStore (ObservableObject) is the single on-device UI state, a pure projection of the host. Identity + pinned host live in IdentityStore (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 WiFi.

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).