Module remote 

Remote client support for rpi --connect.

rpi is a Rust replacement for the TS pi CLI, not a wrapper around it, so this module owns rpi’s own wire contract instead of depending on any external implementation. The design borrows the shape of the TS packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/ layer (commands on stdin, responses + events on stdout, a session abstraction the UI can render), but every type here is native Rust.

Pieces:

• protocol — the shared wire types (protocol::RemoteEvent, protocol::RemoteCommand, protocol::RemoteResponse) used by both the --mode rpc server and the --connect client, so the contract has a single source of truth.
• client — the TCP JSON-RPC connection to a rpi --server endpoint.
• session — the client-side transcript + state the UI renders.

The client itself (--connect) is built on top of these types: a TCP JSONL connection, a remote session that folds the event stream into a transcript, and a terminal UI that renders it. The client holds no local agent resources — no provider, tools, extensions, or session files.

Modules

client

TCP JSON-RPC client for the rpi --server endpoint.

protocol

Shared wire protocol for rpi’s headless RPC mode (--mode rpc, the server) and the remote client (--connect).

session

Client-side session model: folds the server’s event stream into a render-friendly transcript plus a small amount of session state.

tui

Terminal UI for rpi --connect: renders a remote session’s transcript and forwards input as protocol commands.