Brennan Benson 07b5c083bd AI fix actions use the + menu's agent picker and remember chat or terminal (#31310)
* Source control actions start chats and terminals on their saved model

A "start an agent" action's model lived only in free-text CLI arguments, which a native chat
never reads, so AI Fix opened a chat on the default model. Each action now saves a structured
model and effort that both routes apply: chat create options, or the agent's own flags in a
terminal (winning over the same flag in CLI arguments). Desktop, dialog, fix-checks and mobile
launches carry it; Settings rows get Model/Effort selects and the CLI arguments field says it is
terminal-only.

Tracked in STA-11102.

* Name the model in the repository override note

* Type the dialog's model hand-off; keep Agent in English in Japanese copy

* fix: preserve action chat model choices through launch

* Preserve action selection ownership across chat launches

* Keep terminal host contract fixtures aligned with preflight

* fix: wait for action Settings agent inventory

* fix: consolidate direct agent routing imports

* fix: use standard action option labels

* fix: align action launch contracts with shared types

* fix: sync action option localization metadata

* test: provide action Settings inventory in mounted fixtures

* Keep action options row height stable while loading

* Let each Source Control action choose its chat permission mode

An action's saved chat choice may now carry a permission mode, with or without a model;
"Same as new chats" saves nothing. A model is replaced only when the action names one,
so a permission-only choice keeps the chat's remembered model and options.

* fix(native-chat): leave older hosts their own permission mode and keep action options readable

- An action's saved permission mode is sent only to hosts that advertise
  agentSession.create.options-mode.v1. Older hosts get no mode, in create
  options or a later setOption, so the chat starts on that host's new-chat
  default, as a phone launch to such a host already does. Hosts from
  1.4.225 to 1.4.227 refused a mode their tables lacked (OpenCode, Grok,
  OMP), leaving the action unable to start.
- Settings action rows give Model and Permissions full rows in the options
  column so saved values are readable; the loading placeholder reserves the
  same rows.
- Remove two unused locale keys; fix two stale comments.
- Tests: the older-host create carries no permission mode; a permission
  mode picked alone keeps the remembered model on an acquired create.

* fix(settings): reserve one options row while loading an action with nothing saved

Terminal and permissions-only rows no longer shrink when loading ends; a chat
agent with a model list may grow by its Model row once known.

* fix(native-chat): keep the create options mode a checked literal type

* fix(settings): share verified action option fields

* fix(settings): keep action selectors on standard typography

* feat(agents): Create worktree and continuation pickers offer chat or CLI per agent, like the "+" menu

The Create worktree, Create folder and session-continuation agent pickers now
list the same rows as the tab bar "+" menu: chat agents first, each with a
terminal button that picks the agent's CLI instead, then the agents that only
run in a terminal, labelled "(CLI)". A terminal pick shows as "Claude (CLI)"
and starts the agent in a terminal even when chats are the default.
A continuation into a subfolder shows chat as unavailable there.

* fix(agents): picker rows keep the combobox item spacing instead of restyling CommandItem

* chore: drop accidental lockfile churn

* fix(agents): type the surface picker's props and the composer's agent rows

* fix(agents): submit the picker selection captured by each form

* test(agents): include repository identity in continuation fixture

* Keep the launch files under their length limits after the main merge

The structured route imports its result types where they are defined, and the two older-host
action-launch tests share one setup helper.

* feat(source-control): Source Control AI actions pick chat or CLI with the unified agent picker, and saved actions remember it

The shared Source Control AI action dialog (commit/push failure fix, checks
fix, resolve conflicts, resolve comments, PR-page fix checks) now lists the
same rows as the tab-bar "+" menu: chat rows with a hover terminal button,
and "(CLI)" rows. The pick carries chat-or-terminal into the launch.

- One inventory: the dialog's own detection is gone; agent list, default
  selection, status copy, Start gating and auto-start all read the same
  host observation the "+" menu reads (the worktree's host, or the repo's
  host for the PR page's not-yet-created workspace).
- The captured launch choice threads through runSourceControlAgentActionStart
  into launchAgentInNewTab, and on the PR page through the fix dialog into
  both launchWorkItemDirect planning sites.
- Saved recipes gain optional `surface: 'chat' | 'terminal'`, bound to the
  recipe agent like launchPreferences: normalized, inherited, copied on
  Customize, dropped on agent change, compared for receipts and matches.
  A pick saves a surface only where the agent had a chat row.
- Default paths (split-button primary, fix checks with and without a
  workspace, saved auto-start) request a terminal only for a saved
  terminal; a saved chat follows the settings route so it can still fall
  back to a terminal.
- Settings rows are unchanged here; the dialog layout keeps following the
  settings route.

* Import Source Control action ids and the agent setter once in the recipe test

* One action settings section for chat and terminal launches

A Source Control action's Model, model options and Permissions now apply whether it opens a
chat or a terminal; terminals receive them as the agent's own flags, and a repository's own
CLI arguments keep the flags it sets. Extra CLI arguments stay terminal-only.

* Make saved source control starts explicit and preserve recipe intent

* fix(source-control-ai): one terminal projection for saved action choices

Ask in a terminal now states its permission instead of leaving it to the
user's own config: Claude and Grok pass --permission-mode default, Codex
passes -a on-request -s read-only -c approvals_reviewer="user" (the
interactive CLI has no untrusted policy, so a read-only sandbox is what
asks before edits). Agents whose CLI has no flag for a mode show the
existing "Applies to chats only" hint.

The strict launch-preferences projection now requires the launch agent at
every caller, composes model ids through the resolver's own step, carries
a mode only where the agent's terminal has a flag for it, and the local
string wire keeps booleans as 'true'/'false', so Cursor Thinking/Fast reach
the terminal and an OpenCode permission-only choice is not refused.

The argument parser knows flag arity, so removing a boolean permission
flag keeps other options' values, following positionals and '--'.
Pre-admission and executor share one terminal admission check on the
options the terminal will receive. Customize with Save launches the recipe
as it will resolve once saved; legacy partial repository overrides are
edited as the complete recipe they resolve to. Empty Extra CLI arguments
start collapsed.

* fix(source-control-ai): an edited repository action saves complete

Every Settings edit of a repository action (agent, model, permission,
prompt or arguments) now starts from the complete recipe the action
resolves to, whether its stored override is owned or a legacy partial.
The resolved agent selection is kept (never an agent only detected to run
a default), an explicit null args clear stays null, and empty args stay
empty instead of being dropped. Clearing the last preference therefore
means the action agent's own defaults rather than re-inheriting Global.

The action text draft is lossless: unset or cleared prompt and args stay
so until the user types, and the inputs show them as empty, so saving a
prompt no longer writes empty args that suppress the agent's default
flags. Untouched sibling actions are not rewritten by the edit.

* Keep source control correction and completion independent of launch eligibility

* fix(settings): style the Extra CLI arguments toggle through Button's own variant and size

CI's changed-code quality check refuses restyle classes on Button and
CollapsibleContent. Use the ghost variant at size xs with a margin, and
put the content spacing on a plain inner wrapper.

* Verify saved action launches and lossless repository reloads

* Update review refresh consumer after React commit

* Preserve independent source control actions and phone option precedence

* Repair launch contract test fixtures

* Save source control action choices before starting the agent

* Report source control recipe write failures without holding agent launch

* fix: keep saved action and restart launch recipes consistent

* Report pull request action save failures and correct recipe boundary types

* fix: describe inherited arguments and chat-only permissions accurately

* test: check repository action settings fixture type

* test: map saved action options into terminal compiler inputs

* Strip Unicode format characters from check log excerpts

* test: remove redundant source control action runner cases

* fix: retain saved action controls during agent detection

* fix(i18n): retire obsolete Portuguese action labels

* test: align folder launch fallback mock with outcome export

* test: complete source control recovery controller fixture

* Keep action argument visibility aligned with selected launch route

* fix: carry resolved connector launch intent and mode together

* fix: share host agent preferences across source control actions

* fix: keep preference refresh tied to observation inputs

* Fix optional agent preference contracts and typed fixtures

* Require preference keys while preserving undefined values

* test: pin shared action launch branches to recorded agent output

* test: preserve saved source control choices through detection and migration

* test: align launch fixtures with integrated result contract

* test: retain recipe and restart contracts after main integration

* Unify Source Control action permission settings

* Keep native Ask copy with its owning change

* Preserve action drafts and old-host permission intent

* Consume rejected Source Control action saves

* Follow the moved Settings persistence fixture

* Keep permission integration contracts in the cross-version test project

* Include the action permission inheritance label in English catalogs

* Align launch contracts with shared permission recipes

* Preserve settings snapshot for Source Control recovery

* Align saved action persistence fixture with shared agent picker

* Keep Source Control action controls within their Settings columns

* Use primitive variants for compact action settings controls

* Avoid returning from the launch test store setter

* Show action arguments only for terminal defaults and widen recipe rows

* Apply terminal-only action arguments visibility to repository overrides

* Align action permission control with model controls

* Use shared settings label for action permissions

* Hide action model controls until argument migration ships

* Show action arguments for explicit CLI picks

* Preserve Unicode joiners in check log excerpts
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