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Fixes #34010.

Problem

Command Code (ACP) sessions never see T3's MCP tools on Windows.

T3 injects the stdio bridge as an ACP mcpServers entry whose command is self.command — the T3 executable, T3 Code (Beta).exe. Command Code spawns stdio MCP servers with shell: true on Windows, so cmd.exe receives the unquoted path, splits it at the space, and the bridge exits immediately:

'C:\Users\...\t3code\T3' is not recognized as an internal or external command
[acp] mcp t3-code (editor): error, MCP server exited with code 1

The agent then runs without any mcp__t3-code__* tools; only the acp-mcp-call terminal fallback works.

Fix

Command Code handles ACP HTTP MCP servers correctly — it advertises mcpCapabilities.http: true, and when the same endpoint was offered as an HTTP entry it connected with all 71 tools ([acp] mcp t3-code (editor): 71 tools).

So detect local Command Code installs and set the existing per-flavor mcpOverHttp opt-in for them:

• commandPath basename cmdc / command-code / commandcode (any .exe/.cmd/.bat/.ps1), or
• a commandArgs entry under a command-code / cmdcode directory (T3's vendored node .../command-code/dist/index.mjs acp launcher)

mcpOverHttp stays opt-in per agent, because codex-acp 1.2.0 and pi-acp drop injected HTTP servers. Copilot keeps its existing opt-in and now shares the same flag.

Verification

• New mcpTransport.test.ts (4 cases): vendored launcher, global cmdc.cmd/cmdc, other local agents (node ... some-other-agent, claude-agent-acp.exe), registry agents.
• Extended the adapter transport test from fix(acp): Copilot threads get T3's tools #26968 (AcpRegistryAdapterV2.test.ts) with Command Code local-install cases: the HTTP entry on session/new and session/load, the stdio bridge without the capability, and stdio for other local agents that do advertise it.
• vp fmt --check and vp lint clean on the changed files; pnpm --filter @t3tools/provider-acp-registry typecheck clean.
• Confirmed against the shipped Command Code ACP agent (1.88.2): HTTP entry → 71 tools; stdio entry → MCP server exited with code 1.

Note: the package's full suite has 17 pre-existing failures when run on a Windows dev box (a test spawns a fake npm path); they are unrelated to this change and do not occur on CI.

Co-authored-by: CommandCodeBot noreply@commandcode.ai

Prior art

• [Bug]: MCP-over-ACP rejects mcp/message from agents on ACP schema >= 1.10 (connectionId vs serverId), leaving the agent with no T3 tools #30013 (open) — MCP-over-ACP rejects mcp/message for agents on ACP schema >= 1.10 and leaves them without T3 tools. Different cause: it only triggers for agents advertising mcpCapabilities.acp, which Command Code does not advertise.
• Copilot reports T3 pull request tools missing and only uses the terminal fallback after a follow-up #22806 (closed) — Copilot threads reported link_pull_request and list_thread_pull_requests missing and fell back to acp-mcp-call. Same symptom class, and the reason Copilot uses mcpOverHttp; this PR gives Command Code the same opt-in for a different underlying failure.

No existing issue or PR covers the Windows stdio-spawn failure for Command Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Matching local Command Code installations now automatically use the existing HTTP MCP route when supported, addressing the reported Windows stdio failure. This changes the default transport for those sessions and requires human review of that behavior change.

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Walkthrough

The adapter enables HTTP MCP transport for Copilot routing or matching local Command Code settings. Tests cover transport selection for Command Code and confirm that other agents continue to use stdio.

Changes: HTTP MCP transport selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Transport preference matching packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/mcpTransport.ts, packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/mcpTransport.test.ts, packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/AcpRegistrySupport.test.ts	Adds prefersHttpMcpTransport for local Command Code executable names or argument paths. Tests cover matching launchers and shims, other local agents, and registry agents. Windows tests check executable resolution and .cmd shim failure.
ACP adapter transport wiring and session coverage packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/adapter.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/AcpRegistryAdapterV2.test.ts	Enables HTTP MCP servers for Copilot routing or matching local settings. Copilot-specific behavior remains conditional on Copilot routing. Tests cover HTTP and stdio transport for Command Code and other local agents.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: radu028

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to db150

Command Code local installs now use HTTP MCP transport, while other local agents keep the stdio bridge. The earlier concern about Windows batch shims has been addressed, and no concrete merge-blocking risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(acp): give Command Code T3's MCP endpoint over HTTP" names the main change. The PR makes local Command Code installs use T3's HTTP MCP endpoint through the existing mcpOverHttp opt-in, …
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Fix (Change), Scope via the linked issue #34010 and prior-art context, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the Windows stdio-s…
Linked Issues check		Issue #34010 requires that a local Command Code ACP provider, added as a cmdc binary or as a node .../command-code/dist/index.mjs acp launcher, receives T3 MCP tools without the failing stdio brid…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes add Command Code transport detection, connect it to ACP MCP server selection in adapter.ts, and keep Copilot behavior through the shared mcpOverHttp flag. Test changes in `mcpTransport…

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The title "fix(acp): give Command Code T3's MCP endpoint over HTTP" names the main change. The PR makes local Command Code installs use T3's HTTP MCP endpoint through the existing mcpOverHttp opt-in, which the summary and objectives both confirm. It follows the conventional commit form the template asks for and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Fix (Change), Scope via the linked issue #34010 and prior-art context, and Verification sections. The Problem section explains the Windows stdio-spawn failure with reproduction output, and the Verification section lists focused tests, lint and typecheck results, and a manual check against Command Code 1.88.2. It also states what was not checked, namely the full suite failures on a Windows dev box. The template's Scope section asks for a linked bug issue, and the PR links #34010. The description does not state the Windows verification gap explicitly beyond the test-suite note, and the template's agent-model line is absent. These gaps are minor.

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Issue #34010 requires that a local Command Code ACP provider, added as a cmdc binary or as a node .../command-code/dist/index.mjs acp launcher, receives T3 MCP tools without the failing stdio bridge. At the reviewed head, prefersHttpMcpTransport in packages/provider-acp-registry/src/server/mcpTransport.ts returns true for local settings whose executable basename matches cmdc, command-code, or commandcode (optional .exe), and for local settings with an argument matching a command-code dist/index|cli.mjs or node_modules/command-code/ path. makeAcpRegistryAdapterV2 in adapter.ts uses this function to set mcpOverHttp, so the session gets the HTTP MCP entry. Non-Command Code local agents and registry agents keep stdio. Copilot keeps its opt-in through the same flag. Tests cover the vendored launcher, global cmdc, other local agents, and registry agents. Minor discrepancies, not blocking: the PR description says detection covers .cmd/.bat/.ps1 extensions and a cmdcode directory, but the code accepts only an optional .exe and does not match a cmdcode directory. The tests expect stdio for a .cmd shim, which matches the code. The issue's own repro cases are covered. Windows desktop and signed-in Command Code behavior were not verified, as the PR notes.

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The changes add Command Code transport detection, connect it to ACP MCP server selection in adapter.ts, and keep Copilot behavior through the shared mcpOverHttp flag. Test changes in mcpTransport.test.ts, AcpRegistryAdapterV2.test.ts, and AcpRegistrySupport.test.ts cover this detection, its session new and load paths, and Windows executable resolution for cmdc. These support #34010. The Copilot deferred-tool header behavior is preserved for Copilot only, per the comment on the current head. No demonstrated unrelated behavior was found in the reviewed summary.

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Narrow the Command Code detection patterns to reduce false positives.

COMMAND_CODE_PATH_SEGMENT matches any commandArgs entry that contains a command-code or cmdcode directory segment. A different local agent, such as a wrapper that lives in a directory named command-code, switches to HTTP MCP transport. The injected HTTP server is dropped by some agents (per the comment in acpMcpContext). This agent then has no T3 MCP tools.

The match is narrow enough for the known vendored layout, so the risk is low. A tighter match would require the argument to be a script path under that directory, for example by checking for node_modules/command-code or the entry file name.

Separately, the retrieved learning says .ps1 cannot be spawned directly on Windows. This matcher does not spawn anything, so .ps1 matching is acceptable. It only selects a transport.

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Merged current main without rebasing and preserved Copilot deferred MCP tools alongside Command Code HTTP selection. Corrected the adapter test so only Copilot expects the deferred-tool header. The change remains five files. Two independent code reviews approved bd70037928fcb1b11b5ac8750cfe874fe6b7c152.

Blacksmith verification is blocked: two allocated workers failed SSH connectivity with "No route to host" and source sync timed out before dependencies or checks could run. Typecheck, lint, focused tests and vp run check:changed are unverified for this head. Windows desktop and signed-in Command Code remain unverified.

The following evidence is retained from the earlier verification run; it was not repeated in this run.

Verified in a real dev environment

Linux VM, vp run dev, web client driven with Playwright. Head 69a51b1, base github/main ba4d01c. Same setup on both:

• Command Code 1.88.5 from npm, added through Settings > Providers > Add provider > Local ACP command. Executable .../node_modules/.bin/cmdc, argument acp.
• No Command Code account here, so the instance runs with CMD_LOCAL_ONLY=1, a placeholder COMMAND_CODE_API_KEY, and a BYOK providers.json that sends claude-haiku-5-5 through the local Claude proxy.
• Project demo-repo (a real git repo). Prompt: "Call the mcp__t3-code__t3_project_list tool and reply with only the project names it returns."

Before (main): Command Code launched T3's stdio bridge as a child process. The tool call worked on Linux because Command Code only uses shell: true on win32.

command-code
  \_ node /home/user/main/apps/server/src/bin.ts acp-mcp-bridge
POST /mcp user agents (server trace): 7 × "node"

After (PR): same prompt and same answer, but no bridge child. Command Code connects to T3's /mcp endpoint itself.

command-code            (no acp-mcp-bridge child)
POST /mcp user agents (server trace): 8 × "commandcode/0.1.0"

Also checked on the PR:

• Vendored launcher shape (node .../node_modules/command-code/dist/index.mjs acp): matched. The turn answered, it made 4 /mcp calls as commandcode/0.1.0, and there was no bridge child.
• session/load: I restarted the dev server and sent a follow-up in the existing Command Code thread. The provider log shows session/load succeeded. It made 4 more /mcp calls as commandcode/0.1.0, and the agent answered "There are 2 projects."
• Other local ACP agent keeps stdio: claude-agent-acp added as a Local ACP command still spawned bin.ts acp-mcp-bridge and answered with the project list.
• Claude provider (claude-haiku-5-5): the same prompt still works.
• CI on 69a51b1 is green.

Follow-up turn after the server restart (session/load over HTTP):

https://uploads-production-47e4.up.railway.app/files/cdb99253-90a4-45a8-894a-4ab05f2ab319/pr-command-code-resume.mp4

Not verified

• The Windows failure itself (cmd.exe splitting T3 Code (Beta).exe at the space). It needs Windows and the packaged desktop app. On Linux, main's stdio bridge works, so this run proves the transport switch, not the Windows symptom.
• A signed-in Command Code account. Turns used BYOK in local-only mode. The ACP initialize/session/new path and the HTTP MCP connection are the same, but the hosted Command Code models were not exercised.
• Copilot, which shares the same mcpOverHttp flag. No Copilot CLI or subscription here; it is covered only by the existing adapter test.

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