701e9f2bdf feat(new-workspace): add "None" agent option that opens only the setup script (#25617)
* feat(new-workspace): add "None" agent option that opens only the setup script

New workspaces previously required choosing an agent or a blank terminal,
so a setup script that launches its own agent always ran next to an extra
shell. The quick-create agent picker and Settings > Agents now offer
"None (setup script only)": when setup runs, the workspace opens with just
the Setup tab focused; without a setup script it falls back to a blank
terminal.

The default is stored as defaultTuiAgent 'blank' plus a new optional
newWorkspaceSetupOnly flag, so clients and servers that only know 'blank'
degrade to a blank terminal instead of rejecting an unknown value.

Closes stablyai/orca#25247

* fix(new-workspace): honor the "None" default for CLI-created workspaces

"None (setup script only)" only took effect in the new-workspace dialog.
A workspace created with `orca worktree create` still opened a blank
terminal first and left it selected, because the main process builds
those tabs and never read the setting.

The main-process tab provisioning now skips the blank terminal when the
default is "None" and a setup script runs in its own tab, so Setup is the
only tab. The same rule applies to CLI creates that activate the
workspace, and to dialog creates the user navigated away from before
they finished. A split setup or repo default tabs still get their shell.

The setup-only check moved to src/shared so main and renderer share it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(new-workspace): register the CLI activation caller and stay under the line limit

The CLI activation path now passes providesInitialSurface for the "None"
default, so it has to appear in the test that lists every caller using
that option; the full test run failed without it.

Merging main pushed worktree-creation-flow-execute.ts to 301 lines against
the 300-line limit. Naming the background-create condition brings it back
to 300 with no behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(new-workspace): open a blank terminal when the setup-only Setup tab fails to spawn

The "None" default skips the blank shell because the Setup tab will be the
only surface. If that spawn fails, the workspace was left with no terminal.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style: format the setup-only fallback terminal call

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(workspace): save None through host settings and honor per-create choices

* fix(settings): clear None when legacy clients choose a blank terminal

* fix(settings): clarify None with split or skipped setup

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Neil <neil@stably.ai>
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Mobile Companion

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Parallel Worktrees

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Also in the box:

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  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

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