chore(main): release 0.42.0 (#745)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
---


##
[0.42.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.41.0...v0.42.0)
(2026-06-05)


### Features

* **deps-dev:** bump obug from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 in the minor group
([#743](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/743))
([7ffb78c](7ffb78c572))
* Send message ids for assistant and user messages
([#750](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/750))
([18516a3](18516a3088))
* Update Claude Agent SDK to 0.3.165
([#746](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/746))
([23cbe6f](23cbe6f58f))


### Bug Fixes

* Prevent cross-family model matching in resolveModelPreference
([#731](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/731))
([f4704c1](f4704c168f))
* Prune tool cache per session after results
([#748](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/748))
([ec14211](ec14211056))
* Update to better utilize existing SDK data
([#747](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/747))
([398f763](398f763f71))

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.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10
 
       - name: Use Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       # Generating a GitHub token, so that PRs and tags created by
       # the release-please-action can trigger actions workflows.
       - name: Generate GitHub token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1
         id: generate-token
         with:
           # GitHub App ID secret name
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10
       # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
       - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e
         with:

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.31.1"
+  ".": "0.42.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,187 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.42.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.41.0...v0.42.0) (2026-06-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps-dev:** bump obug from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 in the minor group ([#743](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/743)) ([7ffb78c](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/7ffb78c57280fc32af77862896c0035ce0e690b7))
+* Send message ids for assistant and user messages ([#750](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/750)) ([18516a3](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/18516a3088f847a38f5eee0fe81ad5ca3e2a751c))
+* Update Claude Agent SDK to 0.3.165 ([#746](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/746)) ([23cbe6f](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/23cbe6f58fa9e10ad736f664c4cf94dbd1c6ad65))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Prevent cross-family model matching in resolveModelPreference ([#731](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/731)) ([f4704c1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/f4704c168f917e6710f2b3cd49e1fef49613a469))
+* Prune tool cache per session after results ([#748](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/748)) ([ec14211](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/ec142110561f680330c6976783805685c5c069ec))
+* Update to better utilize existing SDK data ([#747](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/747)) ([398f763](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/398f763f71bd2fe2ca9e8269de120d26a744b7a8))
+
+## [0.41.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.40.0...v0.41.0) (2026-06-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** upgrade to @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.3.162 ([#740](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/740)) ([add7e31](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/add7e31704581aa70febb6341ca0e8cee5d93b43))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Force cancellation when SDK query hangs ([#742](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/742)) ([cffea4b](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/cffea4be28e6def91027110433a99e80b1be8a0c)), closes [#680](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/680)
+
+## [0.40.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.39.0...v0.40.0) (2026-06-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps-dev:** bump the minor group with 2 updates ([#726](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/726)) ([51a370e](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/51a370e4feb8a74279698b156e35b96631a74d74))
+* **deps:** bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 ([#736](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/736)) ([9cda07b](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/9cda07ba9df27b48bd94332e365eed982e3f5613))
+* **deps:** bump the minor group with 50 updates ([#737](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/737)) ([32175b8](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/32175b83a0227d0baa1f7d7eedabe743b4b870e8))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Optimize local command marker stripping ([#738](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/738)) ([895422c](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/895422c72d5f955903f227dc6887df823d2730e6)), closes [#727](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/727)
+
+## [0.39.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.38.0...v0.39.0) (2026-05-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** update Claude Agent SDK to 0.3.156 ([#722](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/722)) ([3fb6db4](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/3fb6db4e5ee5bd1f431cf5d2ce5331ce983f9597))
+
+## [0.38.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.37.0...v0.38.0) (2026-05-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** bump to @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk 0.3.154 (Opus 4.8) ([#716](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/716)) ([a172885](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/a172885c80fc32c108a8501268a543641088f543))
+* Support Opus 4.8 ([#718](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/718)) ([98b54a0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/98b54a02c267cdef619becceccf6ef519fbf8f6f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove hide Claude auth flag handling ([#707](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/707)) ([7ed1daf](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/7ed1daf7b42088ad149e9bf742f764752b82d093))
+
+## [0.37.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.36.1...v0.37.0) (2026-05-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add 'Default' option to effort level config ([#701](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/701)) ([9e259d1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/9e259d128aa58dbb8107e53362781ca4e8ee071e))
+* **deps:** bump the claude-agent-sdk to 0.3.146 ([#700](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/700)) ([72875b2](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/72875b248c7b90a89638de2f1709eec9e2153e7e))
+* **deps:** bump the minor group with 13 updates ([#689](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/689)) ([f66bc31](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/f66bc31ae4bea73b48eeeb7f1db90c7d69cc0dac))
+* Emit tool calls for memory recall events ([#703](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/703)) ([a0bfb98](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/a0bfb98ba73eaf37e9c071e886c054f90a5d5629)), closes [#650](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/650)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid cross-version model alias matches ([#702](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/702)) ([e1e1c69](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/e1e1c69029ef08579c841e6fbdffb32a5b94df06))
+* Avoid redundant initial model sync ([#704](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/704)) ([b275f6f](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/b275f6ff7f0f2e21adedbd8e63a6fc3d63cbbb8d)), closes [#646](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/646)
+* Don't expose /clear in commands ([#705](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/705)) ([cfce130](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/cfce1307076e93f43a3ed8cc0134f9bb14a0f2d6))
+* emit  "cancelled" instead of "end_turn" when the session was interrupted. ([#694](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/694)) ([2414a6f](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/2414a6f98bec5bf50f3a13af528aa38d5a0fc974))
+* Recover prompt stream after a failed turn ([#706](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/706)) ([2711f50](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/2711f506d5799f0ae25160de311a4459ffb46c49)), closes [#654](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/654)
+
+## [0.36.1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.36.0...v0.36.1) (2026-05-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* flaky authentication bypass for gateway ([#686](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/686)) ([db852dc](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/db852dcf7c8e3b461fabb1bdcf0c80a27d1da77d))
+
+## [0.36.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.35.0...v0.36.0) (2026-05-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add experimental session delete support ([#682](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/682)) ([2162d5a](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/2162d5af62d493a82381bd88bc8fc67d376e358b))
+* Support experimental additionalDirectories field ([#684](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/684)) ([f37e9a0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/f37e9a0d47d8d201d98b2177083664a6781895cc))
+
+## [0.35.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.34.1...v0.35.0) (2026-05-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** bump actions/create-github-app-token from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0 ([#669](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/669)) ([47df1f2](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/47df1f2a0be57ddb8873ae8e341f748471c7bc53))
+* **deps:** bump hono from 4.12.18 to 4.12.19 in the minor group ([#671](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/671)) ([5d7165d](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/5d7165d96158da2ddf3087676cdb0a19d1ff57aa))
+* **deps:** update to claude-agent-sdk 0.3.143 ([#664](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/664)) ([27ca2e5](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/27ca2e5d40917887671cc4c39a854fd8f92c01e6))
+* Use SDK settings resolution for defaults ([#677](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/677)) ([eb1259c](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/eb1259cf88375ca3c20a219ab99f12f5488fb360))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add task hooks for plan state updates ([#676](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/676)) ([5ff7d50](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/5ff7d50f0ec7f34a7d9d901223aed73e2dbcce68))
+* render local-command-stdout messages instead of dropping them ([#649](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/649)) ([3b9b7d5](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/3b9b7d5a56defd925eb2038fa97b6484ad951587))
+
+## [0.34.1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.34.0...v0.34.1) (2026-05-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* load credential error for bedrock gateway ([#667](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/667)) ([8d76be3](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/8d76be356a3e74c58a7c93c3c201cca6a317d784))
+
+## [0.34.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.33.1...v0.34.0) (2026-05-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add bedrock gateway authentication ([#665](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/665)) ([002c63a](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/002c63a78b844c168d3dfc744cf408362a6adf97))
+
+## [0.33.1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.33.0...v0.33.1) (2026-05-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Honor availableModels settings allowlist ([#637](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/637)) ([867a3a0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/867a3a0de2a050592d79aa76d7dd3dd5b478162d)), closes [#620](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/620)
+
+## [0.33.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.32.0...v0.33.0) (2026-05-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** bump the minor group with 14 updates ([#631](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/631)) ([8b43ee8](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/8b43ee813f05f5087a213a7f42154e39d6bc4a5a))
+* **deps:** Update to claude-agent-sdk 0.2.132 ([#636](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/636)) ([0c8ff27](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/0c8ff277f2af8d3085cc1b5cf33891630dede0b1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Handle result origins in ACP agent ([#627](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/627)) ([dba1998](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/dba199839a25ba405f04b9d4409e647150fe0290))
+
+## [0.32.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.31.4...v0.32.0) (2026-05-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps-dev:** Bump nanoid from 3.3.11 to 3.3.12 ([#622](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/622)) ([c78ac62](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/c78ac62d05283e5683b87b198923818f9f556a03))
+* **deps:** Bump the minor group with 2 updates ([#619](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/619)) ([6ccd37c](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/6ccd37ce947fbd55691f676344b15ef1266191ad))
+* **deps:** update to @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk 0.2.126 ([#621](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/621)) ([becc3b8](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/becc3b86e60eb33e7823a0ef27d5aa99758750d7))
+* **deps:** Update to @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@0.2.123 ([#614](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/614)) ([5b93119](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/5b9311938d97f47400debd66f2b4792e50639c6b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* emit a real diff when Write overwrites an existing file ([#618](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/618)) ([8d7e220](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/8d7e22026e15d54208414bd9ad128eb86d41b451))
+
+## [0.31.4](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.31.3...v0.31.4) (2026-04-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* gate auto mode on model support ([#604](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/604)) ([ec47d34](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/ec47d3446fa22e5895621f57c0a4497dbe044505))
+
+## [0.31.3](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.31.2...v0.31.3) (2026-04-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Rename effort config category to thought_level ([#609](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/609)) ([76b4e96](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/76b4e9650832e59a6b4915ad898fc66a065022fa))
+
+## [0.31.2](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.31.1...v0.31.2) (2026-04-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* tolerate invalid values in settings.json ([#601](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/601)) ([67af018](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/commit/67af018d0216238d8f3cd5bad04a55200518239b))
+
 ## [0.31.1](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/compare/v0.31.0...v0.31.1) (2026-04-27)
 
 

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
-  "version": "0.31.1",
+  "version": "0.42.0",
   "description": "An ACP-compatible coding agent powered by the Claude Agent SDK (TypeScript)",
   "main": "dist/lib.js",
   "types": "dist/lib.d.ts",
@@ -60,22 +60,22 @@
   "author": "Zed Industries",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@agentclientprotocol/sdk": "0.20.0",
-    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "0.2.119",
+    "@agentclientprotocol/sdk": "0.24.0",
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "0.3.165",
     "zod": "^3.25.0 || ^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.89.0",
+    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.100.1",
     "@eslint/js": "10.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "25.6.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "8.59.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "8.59.0",
-    "eslint": "10.2.1",
+    "@types/node": "25.9.1",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "8.60.1",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "8.60.1",
+    "eslint": "10.4.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "10.1.8",
-    "globals": "17.5.0",
+    "globals": "17.6.0",
     "prettier": "3.8.3",
     "ts-node": "10.9.2",
     "typescript": "6.0.3",
-    "vitest": "4.1.5"
+    "vitest": "4.1.8"
   }
 }

src/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-// Load managed settings and apply environment variables
-import { loadManagedSettings, applyEnvironmentSettings } from "./utils.js";
+import { resolveSettings } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";
 import { claudeCliPath, runAcp } from "./acp-agent.js";
 
 if (process.argv.includes("--cli")) {
@@ -35,9 +34,13 @@ if (process.argv.includes("--cli")) {
     process.exit(1);
   });
 } else {
-  const managedSettings = loadManagedSettings();
-  if (managedSettings) {
-    applyEnvironmentSettings(managedSettings);
+  // Apply env vars from the managed-policy tier before any SDK call so the
+  // SDK subprocess inherits them. Going through resolveSettings (vs. a raw
+  // read of managed-settings.json) also picks up MDM sources on macOS and
+  // HKLM/HKCU on Windows.
+  const policy = await resolveSettings({ settingSources: [] });
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(policy.effective.env ?? {})) {
+    process.env[key] = value;
   }
 
   // stdout is used to send messages to the client

src/lib.ts

@@ -10,25 +10,14 @@ export {
   type NewSessionMeta,
   type SDKMessageFilter,
 } from "./acp-agent.js";
-export {
-  loadManagedSettings,
-  applyEnvironmentSettings,
-  nodeToWebReadable,
-  nodeToWebWritable,
-  Pushable,
-  unreachable,
-} from "./utils.js";
+export { nodeToWebReadable, nodeToWebWritable, Pushable, unreachable } from "./utils.js";
 export {
   toolInfoFromToolUse,
   toDisplayPath,
   planEntries,
   toolUpdateFromToolResult,
 } from "./tools.js";
-export {
-  SettingsManager,
-  type ClaudeCodeSettings,
-  type SettingsManagerOptions,
-} from "./settings.js";
+export { SettingsManager, type SettingsManagerOptions } from "./settings.js";
 
 // Export types
 export type { ClaudePlanEntry } from "./tools.js";

src/settings.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as path from "node:path";
+// resolveSettings and filterEscalatingDefaultMode are marked @alpha in the
+// SDK; API may shift in a future release.
+import {
+  filterEscalatingDefaultMode,
+  resolveSettings,
+  type Settings,
+} from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";
 import { CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR } from "./acp-agent.js";
 
 /**
@@ -14,51 +21,10 @@ import { CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR } from "./acp-agent.js";
  * Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/iam#tool-specific-permission-rules
  */
 
-export interface PermissionSettings {
-  defaultMode?: string;
-}
-
-export interface ClaudeCodeSettings {
-  permissions?: PermissionSettings;
-  env?: Record<string, string>;
-  model?: string;
-  effortLevel?: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * Reads and parses a JSON settings file, returning an empty object if not found or invalid.
- * Silently ignores missing files (ENOENT) but logs warnings for other errors
- * (malformed JSON, permission errors, etc.) to aid debugging.
- */
-async function loadSettingsFile(
-  filePath: string | null,
-  logger?: { error: (...args: any[]) => void },
-): Promise<ClaudeCodeSettings> {
-  if (!filePath) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const content = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
-    return JSON.parse(content) as ClaudeCodeSettings;
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error instanceof Error && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT") {
-      return {};
-    }
-    logger?.error(`Failed to load settings from ${filePath}:`, error);
-    return {};
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Gets the enterprise settings path based on the current platform
- */
-export function getManagedSettingsPath(): string {
+function getManagedSettingsPath(): string {
   switch (process.platform) {
     case "darwin":
       return "/Library/Application Support/ClaudeCode/managed-settings.json";
-    case "linux":
-      return "/etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json";
     case "win32":
       return "C:\\Program Files\\ClaudeCode\\managed-settings.json";
     default:
@@ -72,23 +38,17 @@ export interface SettingsManagerOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Manages Claude Code settings from multiple sources with proper precedence.
+ * Manages Claude Code settings using the SDK's `resolveSettings` merge engine
+ * so the values we see match what `query()` would observe.
  *
- * Settings are loaded from (in order of increasing precedence):
- * 1. User settings (~/.claude/settings.json)
- * 2. Project settings (<cwd>/.claude/settings.json)
- * 3. Local project settings (<cwd>/.claude/settings.local.json)
- * 4. Enterprise managed settings (platform-specific path)
- *
- * The manager watches all settings files for changes and automatically reloads.
+ * Watches the user/project/local/managed settings files for changes and
+ * re-resolves through the SDK on update. Escalating `permissions.defaultMode`
+ * values from repo-committed sources are filtered out via
+ * `filterEscalatingDefaultMode`, matching the CLI's trust policy.
  */
 export class SettingsManager {
   private cwd: string;
-  private userSettings: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
-  private projectSettings: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
-  private localSettings: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
-  private enterpriseSettings: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
-  private mergedSettings: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
+  private effective: Settings = {};
   private watchers: fs.FSWatcher[] = [];
   private onChange?: () => void;
   private logger: { log: (...args: any[]) => void; error: (...args: any[]) => void };
@@ -126,98 +86,37 @@ export class SettingsManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the path to the user settings file
+   * Paths the SDK reads when resolving settings for this cwd. Watching the
+   * containing directories means we pick up file creation as well as edits.
    */
-  private getUserSettingsPath(): string {
-    return path.join(CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, "settings.json");
+  private getWatchedPaths(): string[] {
+    return [
+      path.join(CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, "settings.json"),
+      path.join(this.cwd, ".claude", "settings.json"),
+      path.join(this.cwd, ".claude", "settings.local.json"),
+      getManagedSettingsPath(),
+    ];
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the path to the project settings file
-   */
-  private getProjectSettingsPath(): string {
-    return path.join(this.cwd, ".claude", "settings.json");
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the path to the local project settings file
-   */
-  private getLocalSettingsPath(): string {
-    return path.join(this.cwd, ".claude", "settings.local.json");
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Loads settings from all sources
+   * Resolves the effective settings via the SDK and applies the CLI's trust
+   * filter for escalating `permissions.defaultMode` values.
    */
   private async loadAllSettings(): Promise<void> {
-    const [userSettings, projectSettings, localSettings, enterpriseSettings] = await Promise.all([
-      loadSettingsFile(this.getUserSettingsPath(), this.logger),
-      loadSettingsFile(this.getProjectSettingsPath(), this.logger),
-      loadSettingsFile(this.getLocalSettingsPath(), this.logger),
-      loadSettingsFile(getManagedSettingsPath(), this.logger),
-    ]);
-
-    this.userSettings = userSettings;
-    this.projectSettings = projectSettings;
-    this.localSettings = localSettings;
-    this.enterpriseSettings = enterpriseSettings;
-
-    this.mergeSettings();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Merges all settings sources with proper precedence.
-   * For permissions, rules from all sources are combined.
-   * Deny rules always take precedence during permission checks.
-   */
-  private mergeSettings(): void {
-    const allSettings = [
-      this.userSettings,
-      this.projectSettings,
-      this.localSettings,
-      this.enterpriseSettings,
-    ];
-
-    const merged: ClaudeCodeSettings = {};
-
-    for (const settings of allSettings) {
-      if (settings.env) {
-        merged.env = { ...merged.env, ...settings.env };
-      }
-
-      if (settings.model) {
-        merged.model = settings.model;
-      }
-
-      if (settings.effortLevel !== undefined) {
-        merged.effortLevel = settings.effortLevel;
-      }
-
-      if (settings.permissions?.defaultMode !== undefined) {
-        merged.permissions = {
-          ...merged.permissions,
-          defaultMode: settings.permissions.defaultMode,
-        };
-      }
+    try {
+      const resolved = await resolveSettings({ cwd: this.cwd });
+      this.effective = filterEscalatingDefaultMode(resolved);
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.error("Failed to resolve settings:", error);
+      this.effective = {};
     }
-
-    this.mergedSettings = merged;
   }
 
   /**
    * Sets up file watchers for all settings files
    */
   private setupWatchers(): void {
-    const paths = [
-      this.getUserSettingsPath(),
-      this.getProjectSettingsPath(),
-      this.getLocalSettingsPath(),
-      getManagedSettingsPath(),
-    ];
-
-    for (const filePath of paths) {
-      if (!filePath) continue;
-
+    for (const filePath of this.getWatchedPaths()) {
       try {
         const dir = path.dirname(filePath);
         const filename = path.basename(filePath);
@@ -268,8 +167,8 @@ export class SettingsManager {
   /**
    * Returns the current merged settings
    */
-  getSettings(): ClaudeCodeSettings {
-    return this.mergedSettings;
+  getSettings(): Settings {
+    return this.effective;
   }
 
   /**

src/tests/.claude/commands/say-hello.md

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ description: Say hello
 argument-hint: name
 ---
 
-Respond with "Hello $1" and nothing else.
+Respond with "Hello $ARGUMENTS" and nothing else.

src/tests/acp-agent-settings.test.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("ClaudeAcpAgent settings", () => {
         initializationResult: async () => ({
           models: [
             {
-              value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+              value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
               displayName: "Claude Sonnet 4.5",
               description: "Default",
             },
@@ -126,6 +126,31 @@ describe("ClaudeAcpAgent settings", () => {
     expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("acceptEdits");
   });
 
+  it("drops escalating defaultMode when it comes from project-tier settings", async () => {
+    // bypassPermissions in .claude/settings.json (a repo-committed tier) is
+    // filtered by the SDK's trust policy and clamps to 'default'.
+    const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(projectDir, ".claude"), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(
+      path.join(projectDir, ".claude", "settings.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: "bypassPermissions" } }),
+    );
+
+    const { getCapturedOptions } = mockQuery();
+
+    const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+    const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+    const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+      cwd: projectDir,
+      mcpServers: [],
+      _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(getCapturedOptions().permissionMode).toBe("default");
+    expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("default");
+  });
+
   it("defaults to 'default' when no permissions.defaultMode is set", async () => {
     const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
     await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
@@ -145,12 +170,12 @@ describe("ClaudeAcpAgent settings", () => {
     expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("default");
   });
 
-  it("throws when permissions.defaultMode is not a string", async () => {
+  it("falls back to 'default' when permissions.defaultMode is invalid", async () => {
     await fs.promises.writeFile(
       path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
       JSON.stringify({
         permissions: {
-          defaultMode: 123,
+          defaultMode: "not-a-real-mode",
         },
       }),
     );
@@ -158,18 +183,523 @@ describe("ClaudeAcpAgent settings", () => {
     const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
     await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
 
-    mockQuery();
+    const { getCapturedOptions } = mockQuery();
 
     const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
     const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
 
-    await expect(
-      (agent as any).createSession({
+    const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+      cwd: projectDir,
+      mcpServers: [],
+      _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+    });
+
+    // Bad mode is ignored at the usage site; session creation must not throw.
+    expect(getCapturedOptions().permissionMode).toBe("default");
+    expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("default");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores model from settings when it is not a string", async () => {
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(
+      path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        model: 123,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const { setModelSpy } = mockQuery();
+
+    const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+    const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+    const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+      cwd: projectDir,
+      mcpServers: [],
+      _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+    });
+
+    // Bad model is ignored at the usage site; falls back to the first SDK model.
+    // No setModel call is needed because no override was applied — the SDK is
+    // already on its own default.
+    expect(setModelSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(response.configOptions?.find((o: any) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
+      "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe("auto mode availability per model", () => {
+    function mockQueryWithModels(models: any[]): {
+      getCapturedOptions: () => any;
+      setModelSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+      setPermissionModeSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    } {
+      let capturedOptions: any;
+      const setModelSpy = vi.fn();
+      const setPermissionModeSpy = vi.fn();
+      querySpy.mockImplementation(({ options }: any) => {
+        capturedOptions = options;
+        return {
+          initializationResult: async () => ({ models }),
+          setModel: setModelSpy,
+          setPermissionMode: setPermissionModeSpy,
+          supportedCommands: async () => [],
+        } as any;
+      });
+      return {
+        getCapturedOptions: () => capturedOptions,
+        setModelSpy,
+        setPermissionModeSpy,
+      };
+    }
+
+    it("omits `auto` from availableModes when the resolved model lacks supportsAutoMode", async () => {
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        {
+          value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Haiku",
+          description: "Fast",
+          // supportsAutoMode intentionally omitted
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
         cwd: projectDir,
         mcpServers: [],
         _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toThrow("Invalid permissions.defaultMode");
+      });
+
+      const modeIds: string[] = response.modes.availableModes.map((m: any) => m.id);
+      expect(modeIds).not.toContain("auto");
+      expect(modeIds).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining(["default", "acceptEdits", "plan", "dontAsk"]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("includes `auto` when the resolved model has supportsAutoMode: true", async () => {
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        {
+          value: "claude-opus-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Opus",
+          description: "Most capable",
+          supportsAutoMode: true,
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modeIds: string[] = response.modes.availableModes.map((m: any) => m.id);
+      expect(modeIds).toContain("auto");
+    });
+
+    it("clamps permissions.defaultMode='auto' to 'default' on a model that lacks supportsAutoMode", async () => {
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: "auto" } }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const { getCapturedOptions, setPermissionModeSpy } = mockQueryWithModels([
+        {
+          value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Haiku",
+          description: "Fast",
+          // supportsAutoMode intentionally omitted
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const errorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+      try {
+        const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+        const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+        const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+          cwd: projectDir,
+          mcpServers: [],
+          _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+        });
+
+        // Options.permissionMode is built before init resolves, so it still
+        // carries the user-typed value; the SDK was synced via
+        // setPermissionMode after we discovered the model can't honor it.
+        expect(getCapturedOptions().permissionMode).toBe("auto");
+        expect(setPermissionModeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("default");
+        expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("default");
+        expect(response.modes.availableModes.map((m: any) => m.id)).not.toContain("auto");
+
+        // A descriptive warning was logged so operators see the clamp.
+        const messages = errorSpy.mock.calls.map((c) => c.join(" "));
+        expect(messages.some((m) => m.includes("auto") && m.includes("claude-haiku-4-5"))).toBe(
+          true,
+        );
+      } finally {
+        errorSpy.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("does not clamp permissions.defaultMode='auto' on a model that supports auto", async () => {
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: "auto" } }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const { getCapturedOptions, setPermissionModeSpy } = mockQueryWithModels([
+        {
+          value: "claude-opus-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Opus",
+          description: "Most capable",
+          supportsAutoMode: true,
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      expect(getCapturedOptions().permissionMode).toBe("auto");
+      expect(setPermissionModeSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(response.modes.currentModeId).toBe("auto");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("availableModels allowlist from settings", () => {
+    function mockQueryWithModels(models: any[]): {
+      setModelSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    } {
+      const setModelSpy = vi.fn();
+      querySpy.mockImplementation(() => {
+        return {
+          initializationResult: async () => ({ models }),
+          setModel: setModelSpy,
+          supportedCommands: async () => [],
+        } as any;
+      });
+      return { setModelSpy };
+    }
+
+    it("restricts configOptions to the user's allowlist using their exact IDs", async () => {
+      // Reproduces the scenario from
+      // https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/620:
+      // user lists `claude-haiku-4-5` (no date pin) in availableModels, but
+      // the SDK still surfaces its `haiku` alias which resolves to a
+      // date-pinned variant the user doesn't have access to.
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: [
+            "claude-sonnet-4-6[1m]",
+            "claude-opus-4-6[1m]",
+            "claude-haiku-4-5",
+            "claude-opus-4-7[1m]",
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        {
+          value: "sonnet[1m]",
+          displayName: "Sonnet (1M context)",
+          description: "Sonnet 4.6 long context",
+        },
+        {
+          value: "opus[1m]",
+          displayName: "Opus (1M context)",
+          description: "Opus 1M context",
+        },
+        { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      expect(modelOption.options.map((o: any) => o.value)).toEqual([
+        "default",
+        "claude-sonnet-4-6[1m]",
+        "claude-opus-4-6[1m]",
+        "claude-haiku-4-5",
+        "claude-opus-4-7[1m]",
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("unions availableModels across user and project settings", async () => {
+      // https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#merge-behavior
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5"] }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(projectDir, ".claude"), { recursive: true });
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(projectDir, ".claude", "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-7[1m]"],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      // User and project entries are unioned and deduplicated.
+      expect(modelOption.options.map((o: any) => o.value)).toEqual([
+        "default",
+        "claude-haiku-4-5",
+        "claude-opus-4-7[1m]",
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns only the default entry when availableModels is an empty array", async () => {
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ availableModels: [] }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      expect(modelOption.options.map((o: any) => o.value)).toEqual(["default"]);
+    });
+
+    it("does not filter when availableModels is absent from settings", async () => {
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      expect(modelOption.options.map((o: any) => o.value)).toEqual(["default", "haiku"]);
+    });
+
+    it("passes the user's exact ID to setModel when it matches an SDK alias", async () => {
+      // Without the allowlist, the SDK would resolve `haiku` to a
+      // date-pinned variant. Forcing setModel to receive `claude-haiku-4-5`
+      // is exactly what the issue's workaround
+      // (`ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL`) achieves manually.
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5"],
+          model: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      const { setModelSpy } = mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-haiku-4-5");
+      expect(response.configOptions?.find((o: any) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
+        "claude-haiku-4-5",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("does not inherit display info across mismatched model versions", async () => {
+      // https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/639:
+      // when the SDK's `opus` alias resolves to Opus 4.7, an allowlist entry
+      // of `claude-opus-4-6` (or `claude-opus-4-6[1m]`) used to substring-match
+      // `opus` and inherit the "Opus 4.7" display info. With version-aware
+      // matching, these entries fall back to showing their literal ID rather
+      // than a misleading newer name.
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: [
+            "claude-opus-4-6",
+            "claude-opus-4-6[1m]",
+            "claude-opus-4-7",
+            "claude-opus-4-7[1m]",
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        {
+          value: "opus",
+          displayName: "Opus 4.7",
+          description: "Claude Opus 4.7 — complex tasks, higher cost",
+        },
+        {
+          value: "opus[1m]",
+          displayName: "Opus 4.7 (1M context)",
+          description: "Opus 4.7 with 1M context",
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      const byValue: Record<string, { name: string; description?: string }> = {};
+      for (const opt of modelOption.options) {
+        byValue[opt.value] = { name: opt.name, description: opt.description };
+      }
+
+      // 4-6 entries must NOT inherit the 4.7 SDK alias display info.
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6"].name).toBe("claude-opus-4-6");
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6"].description).toBe("");
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6[1m]"].name).toBe("claude-opus-4-6[1m]");
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6[1m]"].description).toBe("");
+
+      // 4-7 entries continue to inherit display info from a 4.7 SDK alias.
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-7"].name).toBe("Opus 4.7");
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-7[1m]"].name).toMatch(/Opus 4\.7/);
+    });
+
+    it("does not inherit display info across mismatched model families", async () => {
+      // https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp/issues/639:
+      // when the SDK's `opus` alias resolves to Opus 4.8, `claude-opus-4-6[1m]`
+      // fails the version check against `opus` but the tokenized matcher
+      // falls through to `sonnet[1m]` because the `1m` context hint alone
+      // is enough to score a match.
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: ["claude-opus-4-6", "claude-opus-4-6[1m]"],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      mockQueryWithModels([
+        { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "Default model" },
+        {
+          value: "sonnet",
+          displayName: "Sonnet",
+          description: "Sonnet 4.6 · Best for everyday tasks",
+        },
+        {
+          value: "sonnet[1m]",
+          displayName: "Sonnet (1M context)",
+          description: "Sonnet 4.6 for long sessions",
+        },
+        {
+          value: "opus",
+          displayName: "Opus 4.8",
+          description: "Claude Opus 4.8",
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "model");
+      const byValue: Record<string, { name: string; description?: string }> = {};
+      for (const opt of modelOption.options) {
+        byValue[opt.value] = { name: opt.name, description: opt.description };
+      }
+
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6[1m]"].name).toBe("claude-opus-4-6[1m]");
+      expect(byValue["claude-opus-4-6"].name).toBe("claude-opus-4-6");
+    });
   });
 
   it("resolves model aliases like opus[1m] to the correct model", async () => {
@@ -215,6 +745,102 @@ describe("ClaudeAcpAgent settings", () => {
     });
 
     expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-opus-4-6-1m");
-    expect(response.models.currentModelId).toBe("claude-opus-4-6-1m");
+    expect(response.configOptions?.find((o: any) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
+      "claude-opus-4-6-1m",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("skips the initial setModel when the resolved value matches the SDK's model list verbatim", async () => {
+    // Covers the launcher case from PR #646: the launcher bakes the model into
+    // ANTHROPIC_MODEL, the SDK already starts on that model, and a second
+    // setModel call would be a redundant round-trip (and on some launcher
+    // setups, more fragile than launch-time selection).
+    const originalEnv = process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL;
+    process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL = "claude-opus-4-6";
+
+    const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const setModelSpy = vi.fn();
+    querySpy.mockImplementation(() => {
+      return {
+        initializationResult: async () => ({
+          models: [
+            { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "" },
+            { value: "claude-sonnet-4-6", displayName: "Claude Sonnet 4.6", description: "" },
+            { value: "claude-opus-4-6", displayName: "Claude Opus 4.6", description: "" },
+          ],
+        }),
+        setModel: setModelSpy,
+        supportedCommands: async () => [],
+      } as any;
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+      const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+      const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+        cwd: projectDir,
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+      });
+
+      expect(setModelSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(response.configOptions?.find((o: any) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
+        "claude-opus-4-6",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      if (originalEnv === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL;
+      } else {
+        process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL = originalEnv;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("still calls setModel when the allowlist synthesizes a value the SDK has not surfaced", async () => {
+    // The allowlist may rewrite a model's `value` to the user's literal ID
+    // (e.g., `claude-haiku-4-5`) even when the SDK only exposed an alias
+    // (`haiku`). In that case the SDK has not independently arrived at the
+    // user's preferred ID, so we must sync via setModel.
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(
+      path.join(tempDir, "settings.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5"],
+        model: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const projectDir = path.join(tempDir, "project");
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const setModelSpy = vi.fn();
+    querySpy.mockImplementation(() => {
+      return {
+        initializationResult: async () => ({
+          models: [
+            { value: "default", displayName: "Default", description: "" },
+            { value: "haiku", displayName: "Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+          ],
+        }),
+        setModel: setModelSpy,
+        supportedCommands: async () => [],
+      } as any;
+    });
+
+    const { ClaudeAcpAgent } = await import("../acp-agent.js");
+    const agent: ClaudeAcpAgentType = new ClaudeAcpAgent(createMockClient());
+
+    const response = await (agent as any).createSession({
+      cwd: projectDir,
+      mcpServers: [],
+      _meta: { disableBuiltInTools: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-haiku-4-5");
+    expect(response.configOptions?.find((o: any) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
+      "claude-haiku-4-5",
+    );
   });
 });

src/tests/additional-roots.test.ts

@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@ vi.mock("@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk", async () => ({
     capturedOptions = options;
     return {
       initializationResult: async () => ({
-        models: [{ value: "claude-sonnet-4-5", displayName: "Claude Sonnet", description: "Fast" }],
+        models: [
+          {
+            value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+            displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
+            description: "Fast",
+            supportsAutoMode: true,
+          },
+        ],
       }),
       setModel: async () => {},
+      setPermissionMode: async () => {},
       supportedCommands: async () => [],
       [Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {},
     };
@@ -68,4 +76,33 @@ describe("additionalRoots", () => {
     });
     expect(capturedOptions!.additionalDirectories).toEqual(["/workspace/shared", "", root]);
   });
+
+  it("prefers the official ACP additionalDirectories field over _meta.additionalRoots", async () => {
+    await agent.newSession({
+      cwd: "/test",
+      mcpServers: [],
+      additionalDirectories: ["/from/official"],
+      _meta: { additionalRoots: ["/from/meta"] },
+    });
+    expect(capturedOptions!.additionalDirectories).toEqual(["/from/official"]);
+  });
+
+  it("merges official ACP additionalDirectories with claudeCode SDK additionalDirectories", async () => {
+    await agent.newSession({
+      cwd: "/test",
+      mcpServers: [],
+      additionalDirectories: ["/from/official"],
+      _meta: { claudeCode: { options: { additionalDirectories: ["/from/sdk"] } } },
+    });
+    expect(capturedOptions!.additionalDirectories).toEqual(["/from/sdk", "/from/official"]);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to _meta.additionalRoots when the official field is omitted", async () => {
+    await agent.newSession({
+      cwd: "/test",
+      mcpServers: [],
+      _meta: { additionalRoots: ["/from/meta"] },
+    });
+    expect(capturedOptions!.additionalDirectories).toEqual(["/from/meta"]);
+  });
 });

src/tests/authorization.test.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,20 @@ import { AgentSideConnection } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
 const mockQuery = vi.hoisted(() =>
   vi.fn(() => ({
     initializationResult: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-      models: [{ value: "id", displayName: "name", description: "description" }],
+      models: [
+        { value: "id", displayName: "name", description: "description", supportsAutoMode: true },
+      ],
     }),
     setModel: vi.fn(),
+    setPermissionMode: vi.fn(),
     supportedCommands: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
   })),
 );
 
-vi.mock("@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk", () => ({
+vi.mock("@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk", async () => ({
+  ...(await vi.importActual<typeof import("@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk")>(
+    "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk",
+  )),
   query: mockQuery,
 }));
 
@@ -50,6 +56,9 @@ describe("authorization", () => {
     expect(initializeResponse.authMethods).not.toContainEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({ id: "gateway" }),
     );
+    expect(initializeResponse.authMethods).not.toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ id: "gateway-bedrock" }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("gateway auth offered when client advertises auth._meta.gateway capability", async () => {
@@ -62,11 +71,20 @@ describe("authorization", () => {
       } as any,
     });
     expect(initializeResponse.authMethods).toContainEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({ id: "gateway" }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "gateway",
+        _meta: { gateway: { protocol: "anthropic" } },
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(initializeResponse.authMethods).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "gateway-bedrock",
+        _meta: { gateway: { protocol: "bedrock" } },
+      }),
     );
   });
 
-  it("uses gateway env after gateway auth", async () => {
+  it("uses gateway env after anthropic gateway auth", async () => {
     const [agent, mockQuery] = await createAgentMock();
 
     const initializeResponse = await agent.initialize({
@@ -102,7 +120,7 @@ describe("authorization", () => {
       expect.objectContaining({
         options: expect.objectContaining({
           env: expect.objectContaining({
-            ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: "",
+            ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: " ",
             ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: "https://gateway.example",
             ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS: "x-api-key: test",
             userEnv: "userEnv",
@@ -112,6 +130,42 @@ describe("authorization", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("uses gateway env after gateway auth", async () => {
+    const [agent, mockQuery] = await createAgentMock();
+
+    await agent.initialize({
+      protocolVersion: 1,
+      clientCapabilities: {
+        auth: { terminal: true, _meta: { gateway: true } },
+      } as any,
+    });
+
+    await agent.authenticate({
+      methodId: "gateway-bedrock",
+      _meta: {
+        gateway: { baseUrl: "https://gateway.example", headers: { "custom-header": "test" } },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await agent.newSession({
+      cwd: "testRoot",
+      mcpServers: [],
+    });
+
+    expect(mockQuery).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        options: expect.objectContaining({
+          env: expect.objectContaining({
+            CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK: "1",
+            AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK: " ",
+            ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL: "https://gateway.example",
+            ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS: "custom-header: test",
+          }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("hide claude authentication without terminal-auth", async () => {
     const [agent] = await createAgentMock();
     vi.stubGlobal("process", { ...process, argv: ["--hide-claude-auth"] });

src/tests/create-session-options.test.ts

@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ vi.mock("@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk", async () => {
       return {
         initializationResult: async () => ({
           models: [
-            { value: "claude-sonnet-4-5", displayName: "Claude Sonnet", description: "Fast" },
+            {
+              value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+              displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
+              description: "Fast",
+              supportsAutoMode: true,
+            },
           ],
         }),
         setModel: async () => {},
+        setPermissionMode: async () => {},
         supportedCommands: async () => [],
         [Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {},
       };
@@ -414,7 +420,7 @@ describe("createSession options merging", () => {
           claudeCode: {
             options: {
               settings: {
-                model: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+                model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
                 modelOverrides: { "claude-opus-4-6": "meta-value" },
               },
             },
@@ -424,7 +430,7 @@ describe("createSession options merging", () => {
 
       // _meta settings take precedence; env var is ignored entirely
       expect(capturedOptions!.settings).toEqual({
-        model: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
         modelOverrides: { "claude-opus-4-6": "meta-value" },
       });
     });
@@ -467,4 +473,62 @@ describe("createSession options merging", () => {
     // ACP-provided MCP server should also be present
     expect(capturedOptions!.mcpServers).toHaveProperty("acp-server");
   });
+
+  describe("thinking config from MAX_THINKING_TOKENS", () => {
+    let originalMaxThinking: string | undefined;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      originalMaxThinking = process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS;
+      delete process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS;
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      if (originalMaxThinking !== undefined) {
+        process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS = originalMaxThinking;
+      } else {
+        delete process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS;
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("leaves thinking unset (SDK default) when env var is absent", async () => {
+      await agent.newSession({ cwd: "/test", mcpServers: [] });
+      expect(capturedOptions!.thinking).toBeUndefined();
+      // The deprecated option must not be set either.
+      expect(capturedOptions!.maxThinkingTokens).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("maps 0 to disabled thinking", async () => {
+      process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS = "0";
+      await agent.newSession({ cwd: "/test", mcpServers: [] });
+      expect(capturedOptions!.thinking).toEqual({ type: "disabled" });
+    });
+
+    it("maps a positive value to a fixed thinking budget", async () => {
+      process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS = "12000";
+      await agent.newSession({ cwd: "/test", mcpServers: [] });
+      expect(capturedOptions!.thinking).toEqual({ type: "enabled", budgetTokens: 12000 });
+    });
+
+    it("ignores a non-numeric value", async () => {
+      process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS = "lots";
+      await agent.newSession({ cwd: "/test", mcpServers: [] });
+      expect(capturedOptions!.thinking).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("lets a user-provided thinking option override the env default", async () => {
+      process.env.MAX_THINKING_TOKENS = "12000";
+      await agent.newSession({
+        cwd: "/test",
+        mcpServers: [],
+        _meta: {
+          claudeCode: {
+            options: {
+              thinking: { type: "adaptive" },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      expect(capturedOptions!.thinking).toEqual({ type: "adaptive" });
+    });
+  });
 });

src/tests/resolve-permission-mode.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { resolvePermissionMode } from "../acp-agent.js";
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { resolvePermissionMode, type Logger } from "../acp-agent.js";
+
+function mockLogger() {
+  const error = vi.fn<(...args: any[]) => void>();
+  const log = vi.fn<(...args: any[]) => void>();
+  const logger: Logger = { log, error };
+  return { logger, error, log };
+}
 
 describe("resolvePermissionMode", () => {
   it("returns 'default' when no mode is provided", () => {
@@ -26,18 +33,25 @@ describe("resolvePermissionMode", () => {
     expect(resolvePermissionMode("  dontAsk  ")).toBe("dontAsk");
   });
 
-  it("throws on non-string values", () => {
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode(123)).toThrow("expected a string");
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode(true)).toThrow("expected a string");
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode({})).toThrow("expected a string");
+  it("falls back to 'default' and logs on non-string values", () => {
+    for (const value of [123, true, {}]) {
+      const { logger, error } = mockLogger();
+      expect(resolvePermissionMode(value, logger)).toBe("default");
+      expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("expected a string"));
+    }
   });
 
-  it("throws on empty string", () => {
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode("")).toThrow("expected a non-empty string");
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode("  ")).toThrow("expected a non-empty string");
+  it("falls back to 'default' and logs on empty string", () => {
+    for (const value of ["", "  "]) {
+      const { logger, error } = mockLogger();
+      expect(resolvePermissionMode(value, logger)).toBe("default");
+      expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("expected a non-empty string"));
+    }
   });
 
-  it("throws on unknown mode", () => {
-    expect(() => resolvePermissionMode("yolo")).toThrow("Invalid permissions.defaultMode: yolo");
+  it("falls back to 'default' and logs on unknown mode", () => {
+    const { logger, error } = mockLogger();
+    expect(resolvePermissionMode("yolo", logger)).toBe("default");
+    expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("yolo"));
   });
 });

src/tests/session-config-options.test.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const MOCK_MODELS = {
   currentModelId: "claude-opus-4-5",
   availableModels: [
     { modelId: "claude-opus-4-5", name: "Claude Opus", description: "Most capable" },
-    { modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5", name: "Claude Sonnet", description: "Balanced" },
+    { modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6", name: "Claude Sonnet", description: "Balanced" },
   ],
 };
 
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ const MOCK_CONFIG_OPTIONS = [
     description: "Available effort levels for this model",
     type: "select",
     category: "effort",
-    currentValue: "high",
+    currentValue: "default",
     options: [
+      { value: "default", name: "Default" },
       { value: "low", name: "Low" },
       { value: "medium", name: "Medium" },
       { value: "high", name: "High" },
@@ -242,10 +243,10 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-6");
 
       const configUpdate = sessionUpdates.find(
         (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
         value: "sonnet",
       });
 
-      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-6");
     });
 
     it("resolves display name to model ID", async () => {
@@ -283,19 +284,19 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
         value: "Claude Sonnet",
       });
 
-      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-6");
     });
 
     it("still works with exact model ID", async () => {
       const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-6");
       const modelOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "model");
-      expect(modelOption?.currentValue).toBe("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(modelOption?.currentValue).toBe("claude-sonnet-4-6");
     });
 
     it("throws for completely invalid model value", async () => {
@@ -376,33 +377,30 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("unstable_setSessionModel sends config_option_update", () => {
+  describe("setSessionConfigOption(model) returns updated configOptions", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       populateSession();
     });
 
-    it("sends config_option_update when model is changed via setSessionModel", async () => {
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+    it("returns configOptions with the new model when changed", async () => {
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      const configUpdate = sessionUpdates.find(
-        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
-      );
-      expect(configUpdate).toBeDefined();
-      expect(configUpdate?.update).toMatchObject({
-        sessionUpdate: "config_option_update",
-        configOptions: expect.arrayContaining([
-          expect.objectContaining({ id: "model", currentValue: "claude-sonnet-4-5" }),
+      expect(response.configOptions).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({ id: "model", currentValue: "claude-sonnet-4-6" }),
         ]),
-      });
+      );
     });
 
     it("updates stored configOptions currentValue when model changes", async () => {
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+      await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const session = (
@@ -411,10 +409,10 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
         }
       ).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       const modelOption = session.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "model");
-      expect(modelOption?.currentValue).toBe("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(modelOption?.currentValue).toBe("claude-sonnet-4-6");
     });
 
-    it("includes updated effort in config_option_update when model drops effort support", async () => {
+    it("drops effort from returned configOptions when model drops effort support", async () => {
       const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       session.modelInfos = [
         {
@@ -425,30 +423,25 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: false,
         },
       ];
 
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      const configUpdate = sessionUpdates.find(
-        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
-      );
-      expect(configUpdate).toBeDefined();
-      const effortOption = (configUpdate?.update as any).configOptions.find(
-        (o: any) => o.id === "effort",
-      );
+      const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
       expect(effortOption).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: undefined });
+      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: null });
     });
 
-    it("clamps effort in config_option_update when new model has different supported levels", async () => {
+    it("clamps effort in returned configOptions when new model has different supported levels", async () => {
       // Set current effort to "max" which the new model won't support
       const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       const effortOpt = session.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "effort");
@@ -463,7 +456,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high", "max"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: true,
@@ -471,39 +464,31 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      const configUpdate = sessionUpdates.find(
-        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
-      );
-      const effortOption = (configUpdate?.update as any).configOptions.find(
-        (o: any) => o.id === "effort",
-      );
+      const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
       expect(effortOption).toBeDefined();
-      expect(effortOption.currentValue).toBe("high");
-      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: "high" });
+      expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("default");
+      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: null });
     });
 
-    it("preserves effort in config_option_update when new model supports same level", async () => {
+    it("preserves effort in returned configOptions when new model supports same level", async () => {
       // Set effort to "low" first
       const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       const effortOpt = session.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "effort");
       if (effortOpt) effortOpt.currentValue = "low";
 
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      const configUpdate = sessionUpdates.find(
-        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
-      );
-      const effortOption = (configUpdate?.update as any).configOptions.find(
-        (o: any) => o.id === "effort",
-      );
+      const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
       expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("low");
       // Effort didn't change, so applyFlagSettings should NOT be called
       expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -532,7 +517,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const configUpdates = sessionUpdates.filter(
@@ -557,6 +542,31 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: "low" });
     });
 
+    it("calls applyFlagSettings with null effortLevel for 'default'", async () => {
+      // Set effort to a non-default value first
+      const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
+      const effortOpt = session.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "effort");
+      if (effortOpt) effortOpt.currentValue = "high";
+
+      await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
+        sessionId: SESSION_ID,
+        configId: "effort",
+        value: "default",
+      });
+
+      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: null });
+
+      // The SDK's applyFlagSettings travels over a JSON pipe and only clears a
+      // flag-layer key when an explicit `null` is sent — `undefined` is
+      // dropped during JSON.stringify, which would leave the previous effort
+      // override in place. Round-trip the call args through JSON to make sure
+      // the key actually reaches the SDK.
+      const calls = applyFlagSettingsSpy.mock.calls;
+      const lastCallArgs = calls[calls.length - 1]?.[0];
+      const serialized = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(lastCallArgs));
+      expect(serialized).toHaveProperty("effortLevel", null);
+    });
+
     it("updates effort currentValue in returned configOptions", async () => {
       const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
@@ -622,7 +632,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: false,
@@ -632,7 +642,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
@@ -650,7 +660,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: false,
@@ -660,16 +670,16 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: undefined });
+      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: null });
     });
 
     it("adds effort option when switching to a model that supports effort", async () => {
       const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       // Start with sonnet (no effort) as current
-      session.models = { ...session.models, currentModelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5" };
+      session.models = { ...session.models, currentModelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6" };
       session.modelInfos = [
         {
           value: "claude-opus-4-5",
@@ -679,7 +689,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: false,
@@ -696,8 +706,8 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
 
       const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
       expect(effortOption).toBeDefined();
-      // No previous effort, so defaults to "high" (the API default)
-      expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("high");
+      // No previous effort, so defaults to "default" (no effort override)
+      expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("default");
     });
 
     it("clamps effort to valid value when new model has different supported levels", async () => {
@@ -715,7 +725,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
           supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high", "max"],
         },
         {
-          value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
           displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
           description: "Balanced",
           supportsEffort: true,
@@ -726,15 +736,15 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
       expect(effortOption).toBeDefined();
-      // "max" is not in sonnet's levels, so should fall back to "high" (the API default)
-      expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("high");
-      // SDK should be told about the clamped value
-      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: "high" });
+      // "max" is not in sonnet's levels, so should fall back to "default" (no effort override)
+      expect(effortOption?.currentValue).toBe("default");
+      // SDK should be told to clear the effort override
+      expect(applyFlagSettingsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ effortLevel: null });
     });
 
     it("preserves effort value when new model supports the same level", async () => {
@@ -749,7 +759,7 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const effortOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "effort");
@@ -778,10 +788,10 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
         configId: "model",
-        value: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
-      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-5");
+      expect(setModelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("claude-sonnet-4-6");
     });
 
     it("setSessionMode also syncs configOptions", async () => {
@@ -795,10 +805,11 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
       expect(session.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "mode")?.currentValue).toBe("plan");
     });
 
-    it("setSessionModel also syncs configOptions", async () => {
-      await agent.unstable_setSessionModel({
+    it("setSessionConfigOption(model) also syncs configOptions", async () => {
+      await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
         sessionId: SESSION_ID,
-        modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       });
 
       const session = (
@@ -807,8 +818,350 @@ describe("session config options", () => {
         }
       ).sessions[SESSION_ID];
       expect(session.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "model")?.currentValue).toBe(
-        "claude-sonnet-4-5",
+        "claude-sonnet-4-6",
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("auto mode availability per model", () => {
+    /**
+     * Augment the session populated by `populateSession()` with a Haiku entry
+     * (no `supportsAutoMode`), Opus + Sonnet entries with `supportsAutoMode:
+     * true`, and seed `availableModes` so it currently includes `auto`. This
+     * exercises the per-model recomputation done by `applyConfigOptionValue`
+     * on a model switch.
+     */
+    function setupHaikuOpusSession(currentModeId: string = "default") {
+      const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
+      session.modelInfos = [
+        {
+          value: "claude-opus-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Opus",
+          description: "Most capable",
+          supportsEffort: true,
+          supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
+          supportsAutoMode: true,
+        },
+        {
+          value: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+          displayName: "Claude Sonnet",
+          description: "Balanced",
+          supportsEffort: true,
+          supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
+          supportsAutoMode: true,
+        },
+        {
+          value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+          displayName: "Claude Haiku",
+          description: "Fast",
+          supportsEffort: true,
+          supportedEffortLevels: ["low", "medium", "high"],
+          // supportsAutoMode intentionally omitted
+        },
+      ];
+      session.models = {
+        currentModelId: "claude-opus-4-5",
+        availableModels: [
+          { modelId: "claude-opus-4-5", name: "Claude Opus", description: "Most capable" },
+          { modelId: "claude-sonnet-4-6", name: "Claude Sonnet", description: "Balanced" },
+          { modelId: "claude-haiku-4-5", name: "Claude Haiku", description: "Fast" },
+        ],
+      };
+      session.modes = {
+        currentModeId,
+        availableModes: [
+          {
+            id: "auto",
+            name: "Auto",
+            description: "Use a model classifier to approve/deny permission prompts",
+          },
+          {
+            id: "default",
+            name: "Default",
+            description: "Standard behavior, prompts for dangerous operations",
+          },
+          {
+            id: "acceptEdits",
+            name: "Accept Edits",
+            description: "Auto-accept file edit operations",
+          },
+          { id: "plan", name: "Plan Mode", description: "Planning mode" },
+          {
+            id: "dontAsk",
+            name: "Don't Ask",
+            description: "Don't prompt for permissions, deny if not pre-approved",
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+      // Reflect the seeded availableModes/availableModels in configOptions so
+      // the pre-state matches what `createSession` would have produced for
+      // Opus, and `setSessionConfigOption` validation can accept the seeded
+      // model ids (notably the new Haiku entry).
+      session.configOptions = session.configOptions.map((o: any) => {
+        if (o.id === "mode") {
+          return {
+            ...o,
+            currentValue: currentModeId,
+            options: session.modes.availableModes.map((m: any) => ({
+              value: m.id,
+              name: m.name,
+              description: m.description,
+            })),
+          };
+        }
+        if (o.id === "model") {
+          return {
+            ...o,
+            currentValue: session.models.currentModelId,
+            options: session.models.availableModels.map((m: any) => ({
+              value: m.modelId,
+              name: m.name,
+              description: m.description,
+            })),
+          };
+        }
+        return o;
+      });
+      return session;
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      populateSession();
+    });
+
+    it("drops `auto` from available modes when switching to Haiku", async () => {
+      setupHaikuOpusSession("default");
+
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
+        sessionId: SESSION_ID,
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+      });
+
+      const modeOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "mode");
+      expect(modeOption).toBeDefined();
+      const modeValues = (modeOption as any).options.map((o: any) => o.value);
+      expect(modeValues).not.toContain("auto");
+      expect(modeValues).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining(["default", "acceptEdits", "plan", "dontAsk"]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("re-adds `auto` when switching from Haiku back to Opus", async () => {
+      const session = setupHaikuOpusSession("default");
+      // Pretend Haiku is the current model with no `auto`.
+      session.models.currentModelId = "claude-haiku-4-5";
+      session.modes.availableModes = session.modes.availableModes.filter(
+        (m: any) => m.id !== "auto",
+      );
+      const modeOpt = session.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "mode");
+      modeOpt.options = session.modes.availableModes.map((m: any) => ({
+        value: m.id,
+        name: m.name,
+        description: m.description,
+      }));
+
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
+        sessionId: SESSION_ID,
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-opus-4-5",
+      });
+
+      const modeOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "mode");
+      expect(modeOption).toBeDefined();
+      const modeValues = (modeOption as any).options.map((o: any) => o.value);
+      expect(modeValues).toContain("auto");
+
+      // The current mode ("default") is still valid on Opus, so no
+      // current_mode_update should have been emitted by the model switch.
+      const modeUpdates = sessionUpdates.filter(
+        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "current_mode_update",
+      );
+      expect(modeUpdates).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it("preserves the current mode when it remains valid after a model switch", async () => {
+      setupHaikuOpusSession("plan");
+
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
+        sessionId: SESSION_ID,
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+      });
+
+      // `plan` is in availableModes for both Opus and Haiku, so no clamp.
+      expect(setPermissionModeSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("default");
+
+      const modeUpdates = sessionUpdates.filter(
+        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "current_mode_update",
+      );
+      expect(modeUpdates).toHaveLength(0);
+
+      const modeOption = response.configOptions.find((o) => o.id === "mode");
+      expect((modeOption as any).currentValue).toBe("plan");
+    });
+
+    it("clamps mode and emits current_mode_update via setSessionConfigOption(model)", async () => {
+      // Switching Opus(auto) → Haiku clamps the mode to "default". The
+      // `current_mode_update` side effect must fire so clients learn about the
+      // clamp even though the request/response API returns the new
+      // configOptions rather than emitting a config_option_update.
+      setupHaikuOpusSession("auto");
+
+      const response = await agent.setSessionConfigOption({
+        sessionId: SESSION_ID,
+        configId: "model",
+        value: "claude-haiku-4-5",
+      });
+
+      expect(setPermissionModeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("default");
+
+      const modeUpdates = sessionUpdates.filter(
+        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "current_mode_update",
+      );
+      expect(modeUpdates).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect((modeUpdates[0].update as any).currentModeId).toBe("default");
+
+      // setSessionConfigOption is a request/response API: it returns the new
+      // configOptions in the response rather than emitting a
+      // config_option_update notification.
+      const configUpdates = sessionUpdates.filter(
+        (n) => n.update.sessionUpdate === "config_option_update",
+      );
+      expect(configUpdates).toHaveLength(0);
+
+      const modeOption = response.configOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === "mode");
+      expect(modeOption).toBeDefined();
+      expect((modeOption as any).currentValue).toBe("default");
+      expect((modeOption as any).options.map((o: any) => o.value)).not.toContain("auto");
+    });
+
+    it("rejects direct setSessionMode to `auto` when the active model does not offer it", async () => {
+      const session = setupHaikuOpusSession("default");
+      session.models.currentModelId = "claude-haiku-4-5";
+      session.modes.availableModes = session.modes.availableModes.filter(
+        (mode: any) => mode.id !== "auto",
+      );
+
+      await expect(agent.setSessionMode({ sessionId: SESSION_ID, modeId: "auto" })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Mode auto is not available in this session",
+      );
+
+      expect(setPermissionModeSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("auto");
+      expect(sessionUpdates).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("ExitPlanMode permission options filtered by availableModes", () => {
+    let capturedPermissionRequest: any;
+    let permissionResponse: any;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      capturedPermissionRequest = null;
+      permissionResponse = { outcome: { outcome: "cancelled" } };
+      // Replace the default mock client with one that captures the
+      // requestPermission call so we can assert on the offered options.
+      (agent as any).client = {
+        sessionUpdate: async (notification: SessionNotification) => {
+          sessionUpdates.push(notification);
+        },
+        requestPermission: async (params: any) => {
+          capturedPermissionRequest = params;
+          return permissionResponse;
+        },
+        readTextFile: async () => ({ content: "" }),
+        writeTextFile: async () => ({}),
+      };
+      populateSession();
+    });
+
+    it("omits the `auto` option on a model without supportsAutoMode", async () => {
+      const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
+      // Haiku-shaped session: availableModes does NOT include `auto`.
+      session.modes = {
+        currentModeId: "plan",
+        availableModes: [
+          { id: "default", name: "Default", description: "Standard" },
+          { id: "acceptEdits", name: "Accept Edits", description: "Auto-accept edits" },
+          { id: "plan", name: "Plan Mode", description: "Planning mode" },
+          { id: "dontAsk", name: "Don't Ask", description: "Deny if not pre-approved" },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      const canUseTool = (agent as any).canUseTool(SESSION_ID);
+      const signal = new AbortController().signal;
+      try {
+        await canUseTool(
+          "ExitPlanMode",
+          { plan: "do stuff" },
+          { signal, suggestions: undefined, toolUseID: "toolu_1" },
+        );
+      } catch {
+        // The mock client returns `cancelled`, which makes canUseTool throw.
+        // We only care about the captured requestPermission options.
+      }
+
+      expect(capturedPermissionRequest).not.toBeNull();
+      const optionIds = capturedPermissionRequest.options.map((o: any) => o.optionId);
+      expect(optionIds).not.toContain("auto");
+      expect(optionIds).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["default", "acceptEdits", "plan"]));
+    });
+
+    it("denies a selected `auto` option if the client did not receive that option", async () => {
+      const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
+      session.modes = {
+        currentModeId: "plan",
+        availableModes: [
+          { id: "default", name: "Default", description: "Standard" },
+          { id: "acceptEdits", name: "Accept Edits", description: "Auto-accept edits" },
+          { id: "plan", name: "Plan Mode", description: "Planning mode" },
+          { id: "dontAsk", name: "Don't Ask", description: "Deny if not pre-approved" },
+        ],
+      };
+      permissionResponse = { outcome: { outcome: "selected", optionId: "auto" } };
+
+      const canUseTool = (agent as any).canUseTool(SESSION_ID);
+      const result = await canUseTool(
+        "ExitPlanMode",
+        { plan: "do stuff" },
+        { signal: new AbortController().signal, suggestions: undefined, toolUseID: "toolu_2" },
+      );
+
+      expect(capturedPermissionRequest).not.toBeNull();
+      const optionIds = capturedPermissionRequest.options.map((o: any) => o.optionId);
+      expect(optionIds).not.toContain("auto");
+      expect(result.behavior).toBe("deny");
+      expect(sessionUpdates).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it("includes the `auto` option on a model with supportsAutoMode", async () => {
+      const session = (agent as unknown as { sessions: Record<string, any> }).sessions[SESSION_ID];
+      session.modes = {
+        currentModeId: "plan",
+        availableModes: [
+          { id: "auto", name: "Auto", description: "Use a model classifier" },
+          { id: "default", name: "Default", description: "Standard" },
+          { id: "acceptEdits", name: "Accept Edits", description: "Auto-accept edits" },
+          { id: "plan", name: "Plan Mode", description: "Planning mode" },
+          { id: "dontAsk", name: "Don't Ask", description: "Deny if not pre-approved" },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      const canUseTool = (agent as any).canUseTool(SESSION_ID);
+      const signal = new AbortController().signal;
+      try {
+        await canUseTool(
+          "ExitPlanMode",
+          { plan: "do stuff" },
+          { signal, suggestions: undefined, toolUseID: "toolu_3" },
+        );
+      } catch {
+        // mock returns cancelled
+      }
+
+      expect(capturedPermissionRequest).not.toBeNull();
+      const optionIds = capturedPermissionRequest.options.map((o: any) => o.optionId);
+      expect(optionIds).toContain("auto");
+    });
+  });
 });

src/tests/settings.test.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,57 @@ describe("SettingsManager", () => {
       expect(settings.model).toBe("claude-3-5-haiku");
     });
 
+    it("should expose availableModels from settings", async () => {
+      const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(claudeDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-7[1m]"],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      settingsManager = new SettingsManager(tempDir);
+      await settingsManager.initialize();
+
+      const settings = settingsManager.getSettings();
+      expect(settings.availableModels).toEqual(["claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-7[1m]"]);
+    });
+
+    it("should union and dedupe availableModels across sources", async () => {
+      // Per Claude Code docs: "When `availableModels` is set at multiple
+      // levels, such as user settings and project settings, arrays are
+      // merged and deduplicated."
+      // https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config#merge-behavior
+      const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(claudeDir, "settings.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          availableModels: ["claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-opus-4-7[1m]"],
+        }),
+      );
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(claudeDir, "settings.local.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          // claude-opus-4-7[1m] overlaps with project; should be deduped.
+          availableModels: ["claude-opus-4-7[1m]", "claude-sonnet-4-6[1m]"],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      settingsManager = new SettingsManager(tempDir);
+      await settingsManager.initialize();
+
+      const settings = settingsManager.getSettings();
+      expect(settings.availableModels).toEqual([
+        "claude-haiku-4-5",
+        "claude-opus-4-7[1m]",
+        "claude-sonnet-4-6[1m]",
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it("should merge permissions.defaultMode with later sources taking precedence", async () => {
       const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
       await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
@@ -90,4 +141,66 @@ describe("SettingsManager", () => {
       expect(settings.permissions?.defaultMode).toBe("plan");
     });
   });
+
+  describe("escalating defaultMode trust filter", () => {
+    // The SDK's filterEscalatingDefaultMode drops escalating values
+    // (bypassPermissions / auto / acceptEdits) that came from a repo-committed
+    // tier (.claude/settings.json), preventing a checked-in file from
+    // silently escalating permissions. Local (.claude/settings.local.json)
+    // and user-tier sources are not committed by convention, so escalating
+    // values from those tiers are preserved.
+
+    it.each(["bypassPermissions", "auto", "acceptEdits"] as const)(
+      "drops %s when set in project-tier settings",
+      async (mode) => {
+        const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
+        await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(
+          path.join(claudeDir, "settings.json"),
+          JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: mode } }),
+        );
+
+        settingsManager = new SettingsManager(tempDir);
+        await settingsManager.initialize();
+
+        expect(settingsManager.getSettings().permissions?.defaultMode).toBeUndefined();
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.each(["plan", "dontAsk"] as const)(
+      "preserves non-escalating %s from project-tier settings",
+      async (mode) => {
+        const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
+        await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(
+          path.join(claudeDir, "settings.json"),
+          JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: mode } }),
+        );
+
+        settingsManager = new SettingsManager(tempDir);
+        await settingsManager.initialize();
+
+        expect(settingsManager.getSettings().permissions?.defaultMode).toBe(mode);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it("preserves escalating defaultMode when it comes from local-tier settings", async () => {
+      // settings.local.json is git-ignored by convention, so the trust
+      // filter does not apply.
+      const claudeDir = path.join(tempDir, ".claude");
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(claudeDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        path.join(claudeDir, "settings.local.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ permissions: { defaultMode: "acceptEdits" } }),
+      );
+
+      settingsManager = new SettingsManager(tempDir);
+      await settingsManager.initialize();
+
+      expect(settingsManager.getSettings().permissions?.defaultMode).toBe("acceptEdits");
+    });
+  });
 });

src/tests/tools.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { AgentSideConnection, ClientCapabilities } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
 import { ImageBlockParam, ToolResultBlockParam } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk/resources";
 import {
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ import { toAcpNotifications, ToolUseCache, Logger } from "../acp-agent.js";
 import {
   toolUpdateFromToolResult,
   createPostToolUseHook,
+  createTaskHook,
   toolInfoFromToolUse,
   planEntries,
+  applyTaskCreate,
+  applyTaskUpdate,
+  parseTaskCreateOutput,
+  taskStateToPlanEntries,
+  TaskState,
 } from "../tools.js";
 
 describe("rawOutput in tool call updates", () => {
@@ -667,14 +673,19 @@ describe("Bash terminal output", () => {
   });
 
   describe("toAcpNotifications with clientCapabilities", () => {
-    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {
-      toolu_bash: {
-        type: "tool_use",
-        id: "toolu_bash",
-        name: "Bash",
-        input: { command: "ls -la" },
-      },
-    };
+    // Reset before each test: toAcpNotifications prunes the cache entry once it
+    // maps the tool_result, so a shared object would be empty by the 2nd test.
+    let toolUseCache: ToolUseCache;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      toolUseCache = {
+        toolu_bash: {
+          type: "tool_use",
+          id: "toolu_bash",
+          name: "Bash",
+          input: { command: "ls -la" },
+        },
+      };
+    });
 
     const bashResult: BetaBashCodeExecutionResultBlock = {
       type: "bash_code_execution_result",
@@ -786,11 +797,21 @@ describe("Bash terminal output", () => {
         { clientCapabilities: { _meta: { terminal_output: true } } },
       );
 
+      // Fresh cache: the withSupport call above already consumed the entry,
+      // since toAcpNotifications prunes the tool_use once it maps the result.
+      const toolUseCacheWithoutSupport: ToolUseCache = {
+        toolu_bash: {
+          type: "tool_use",
+          id: "toolu_bash",
+          name: "Bash",
+          input: { command: "ls -la" },
+        },
+      };
       const withoutSupport = toAcpNotifications(
         [toolResult],
         "assistant",
         "test-session",
-        toolUseCache,
+        toolUseCacheWithoutSupport,
         mockClient,
         mockLogger,
       );
@@ -842,6 +863,31 @@ describe("Bash terminal output", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("toolUseCache pruning", () => {
+    it("retains the tool_use entry until its result, then prunes it", () => {
+      const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+      const toolUse = {
+        type: "tool_use" as const,
+        id: "toolu_read",
+        name: "Read",
+        input: { file_path: "/tmp/x.txt" },
+      };
+
+      // tool_use is cached and kept (the matching result hasn't arrived yet).
+      toAcpNotifications([toolUse], "assistant", "s", toolUseCache, mockClient, mockLogger);
+      expect(toolUseCache.toolu_read).toBeDefined();
+
+      // tool_result resolves it, so the entry is pruned to bound memory.
+      const toolResult: ToolResultBlockParam = {
+        type: "tool_result",
+        tool_use_id: "toolu_read",
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: "hello" }],
+      };
+      toAcpNotifications([toolResult], "assistant", "s", toolUseCache, mockClient, mockLogger);
+      expect(toolUseCache.toolu_read).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("post-tool-use hook sends diff content for Edit tool", () => {
     it("should include content and locations from structuredPatch in hook update", async () => {
       const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
@@ -1056,6 +1102,162 @@ describe("Bash terminal output", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("post-tool-use hook sends diff content for Write tool", () => {
+    // Regression: previously the dispatch only invoked
+    // toolUpdateFromDiffToolResponse for `Edit`, so a Write that
+    // overwrote an existing file (FileWriteOutput.type === "update")
+    // showed a "creation" diff (oldText: null, full new content) at
+    // tool_use time and was never corrected after the tool ran.
+    it("should emit a real diff for Write of an existing file (type: update)", async () => {
+      const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+      const hookUpdates: any[] = [];
+      const mockClientWithUpdate = {
+        sessionUpdate: async (notification: any) => {
+          hookUpdates.push(notification);
+        },
+      } as unknown as AgentSideConnection;
+
+      toAcpNotifications(
+        [
+          {
+            type: "tool_use" as const,
+            id: "toolu_write_update",
+            name: "Write",
+            input: {
+              file_path: "/Users/test/project/file.ts",
+              content: "line1\nNEW line2\nline3",
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+        "assistant",
+        "test-session",
+        toolUseCache,
+        mockClientWithUpdate,
+        mockLogger,
+      );
+
+      const hook = createPostToolUseHook(mockLogger);
+      await hook(
+        {
+          hook_event_name: "PostToolUse",
+          tool_name: "Write",
+          tool_input: {
+            file_path: "/Users/test/project/file.ts",
+            content: "line1\nNEW line2\nline3",
+          },
+          tool_response: {
+            type: "update",
+            filePath: "/Users/test/project/file.ts",
+            content: "line1\nNEW line2\nline3",
+            originalFile: "line1\nold line2\nline3",
+            structuredPatch: [
+              {
+                oldStart: 1,
+                oldLines: 3,
+                newStart: 1,
+                newLines: 3,
+                lines: [" line1", "-old line2", "+NEW line2", " line3"],
+              },
+            ],
+            userModified: false,
+          },
+          tool_use_id: "toolu_write_update",
+          session_id: "test-session",
+          transcript_path: "/tmp/test",
+          cwd: "/tmp",
+        },
+        "toolu_write_update",
+        { signal: AbortSignal.abort() },
+      );
+
+      expect(hookUpdates).toHaveLength(1);
+      const hookUpdate = hookUpdates[0].update;
+      expect(hookUpdate._meta.claudeCode.toolName).toBe("Write");
+      expect(hookUpdate.content).toEqual([
+        {
+          type: "diff",
+          path: "/Users/test/project/file.ts",
+          oldText: "line1\nold line2\nline3",
+          newText: "line1\nNEW line2\nline3",
+        },
+      ]);
+      expect(hookUpdate.locations).toEqual([{ path: "/Users/test/project/file.ts", line: 1 }]);
+    });
+
+    it("should still emit a sensible diff for Write of a brand-new file (type: create)", async () => {
+      const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+      const hookUpdates: any[] = [];
+      const mockClientWithUpdate = {
+        sessionUpdate: async (notification: any) => {
+          hookUpdates.push(notification);
+        },
+      } as unknown as AgentSideConnection;
+
+      toAcpNotifications(
+        [
+          {
+            type: "tool_use" as const,
+            id: "toolu_write_create",
+            name: "Write",
+            input: {
+              file_path: "/Users/test/project/new.ts",
+              content: "first\nsecond",
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+        "assistant",
+        "test-session",
+        toolUseCache,
+        mockClientWithUpdate,
+        mockLogger,
+      );
+
+      const hook = createPostToolUseHook(mockLogger);
+      await hook(
+        {
+          hook_event_name: "PostToolUse",
+          tool_name: "Write",
+          tool_input: {
+            file_path: "/Users/test/project/new.ts",
+            content: "first\nsecond",
+          },
+          tool_response: {
+            type: "create",
+            filePath: "/Users/test/project/new.ts",
+            content: "first\nsecond",
+            originalFile: null,
+            structuredPatch: [
+              {
+                oldStart: 0,
+                oldLines: 0,
+                newStart: 1,
+                newLines: 2,
+                lines: ["+first", "+second"],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          tool_use_id: "toolu_write_create",
+          session_id: "test-session",
+          transcript_path: "/tmp/test",
+          cwd: "/tmp",
+        },
+        "toolu_write_create",
+        { signal: AbortSignal.abort() },
+      );
+
+      expect(hookUpdates).toHaveLength(1);
+      const hookUpdate = hookUpdates[0].update;
+      expect(hookUpdate.content).toEqual([
+        {
+          type: "diff",
+          path: "/Users/test/project/new.ts",
+          oldText: null,
+          newText: "first\nsecond",
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("post-tool-use hook preserves terminal _meta", () => {
     it("should send terminal_output and terminal_exit as separate notifications, and hook should only have claudeCode", async () => {
       const clientCapabilities: ClientCapabilities = {
@@ -1385,3 +1587,404 @@ describe("toAcpNotifications - TodoWrite with undefined input regression", () =>
     expect(planUpdates).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe("parseTaskCreateOutput", () => {
+  it("parses JSON-string content", () => {
+    const parsed = parseTaskCreateOutput(JSON.stringify({ task: { id: "1", subject: "X" } }));
+    expect(parsed).toEqual({ task: { id: "1", subject: "X" } });
+  });
+
+  it("parses array-of-text-block content", () => {
+    const parsed = parseTaskCreateOutput([
+      { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify({ task: { id: "2", subject: "Y" } }) },
+    ]);
+    expect(parsed).toEqual({ task: { id: "2", subject: "Y" } });
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined for non-JSON content", () => {
+    expect(parseTaskCreateOutput("not json")).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(parseTaskCreateOutput([{ type: "text", text: "not json" }])).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined when task.id is missing", () => {
+    expect(parseTaskCreateOutput(JSON.stringify({ task: { subject: "X" } }))).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("applyTaskCreate / applyTaskUpdate", () => {
+  it("creates an entry on TaskCreate when both input and output are present", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskCreate(
+      state,
+      { subject: "Write tests", description: "Cover Task* flow", activeForm: "Writing tests" },
+      { task: { id: "1", subject: "Write tests" } },
+    );
+    expect(state.get("1")).toEqual({
+      subject: "Write tests",
+      status: "pending",
+      activeForm: "Writing tests",
+      description: "Cover Task* flow",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op when the output has no task ID", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskCreate(state, { subject: "X", description: "Y" }, undefined);
+    expect(state.size).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("updates fields by task ID and keeps insertion order in plan entries", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskCreate(state, { subject: "A", description: "" }, { task: { id: "1", subject: "A" } });
+    applyTaskCreate(state, { subject: "B", description: "" }, { task: { id: "2", subject: "B" } });
+    applyTaskUpdate(state, { taskId: "1", status: "in_progress" });
+    expect(taskStateToPlanEntries(state)).toEqual([
+      { content: "A", status: "in_progress", priority: "medium" },
+      { content: "B", status: "pending", priority: "medium" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("removes entries when status is 'deleted'", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskCreate(state, { subject: "A", description: "" }, { task: { id: "1", subject: "A" } });
+    applyTaskUpdate(state, { taskId: "1", status: "deleted" });
+    expect(state.size).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("creates a placeholder entry when TaskUpdate carries a subject for an unseen task", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskUpdate(state, { taskId: "5", subject: "Late arrival", status: "in_progress" });
+    expect(state.get("5")).toEqual({
+      subject: "Late arrival",
+      status: "in_progress",
+      activeForm: undefined,
+      description: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("skips TaskUpdate for an unseen task when no subject is available", () => {
+    const state: TaskState = new Map();
+    applyTaskUpdate(state, { taskId: "5", status: "in_progress" });
+    // Without a subject we'd render an empty-content plan entry, so the
+    // update is dropped instead of synthesizing a blank placeholder.
+    expect(state.has("5")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("toAcpNotifications - Task* tools", () => {
+  const mockClient = {} as AgentSideConnection;
+  const mockLogger: Logger = { log: () => {}, error: () => {} };
+
+  it("suppresses tool_call for TaskCreate/TaskUpdate/TaskList/TaskGet on tool_use", () => {
+    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map();
+
+    const notifications = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        { type: "tool_use", id: "1", name: "TaskCreate", input: { subject: "A", description: "" } },
+        {
+          type: "tool_use",
+          id: "2",
+          name: "TaskUpdate",
+          input: { taskId: "1", status: "in_progress" },
+        },
+        { type: "tool_use", id: "3", name: "TaskList", input: {} },
+        { type: "tool_use", id: "4", name: "TaskGet", input: { taskId: "1" } },
+      ] as any,
+      "assistant",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(notifications).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(taskState.size).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("emits a plan snapshot after a TaskCreate tool_result and accumulates state", () => {
+    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map();
+
+    toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_use",
+          id: "1",
+          name: "TaskCreate",
+          input: { subject: "First", description: "" },
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "assistant",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    const created = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_result",
+          tool_use_id: "1",
+          content: JSON.stringify({ task: { id: "1", subject: "First" } }),
+          is_error: false,
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "user",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(created).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(created[0].update).toMatchObject({
+      sessionUpdate: "plan",
+      entries: [{ content: "First", status: "pending", priority: "medium" }],
+    });
+
+    // A second TaskCreate accumulates rather than replacing.
+    toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_use",
+          id: "2",
+          name: "TaskCreate",
+          input: { subject: "Second", description: "" },
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "assistant",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    const second = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_result",
+          tool_use_id: "2",
+          content: JSON.stringify({ task: { id: "2", subject: "Second" } }),
+          is_error: false,
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "user",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(second[0].update).toMatchObject({
+      sessionUpdate: "plan",
+      entries: [
+        { content: "First", status: "pending", priority: "medium" },
+        { content: "Second", status: "pending", priority: "medium" },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("emits a plan snapshot reflecting status changes after a TaskUpdate tool_result", () => {
+    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {};
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map([["1", { subject: "First", status: "pending" as const }]]);
+    toolUseCache["update-1"] = {
+      type: "tool_use",
+      id: "update-1",
+      name: "TaskUpdate",
+      input: { taskId: "1", status: "completed" },
+    };
+
+    const notifications = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_result",
+          tool_use_id: "update-1",
+          content: JSON.stringify({
+            success: true,
+            taskId: "1",
+            updatedFields: ["status"],
+          }),
+          is_error: false,
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "user",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(notifications).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(notifications[0].update).toMatchObject({
+      sessionUpdate: "plan",
+      entries: [{ content: "First", status: "completed", priority: "medium" }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("suppresses TaskList and TaskGet tool_result without touching task state", () => {
+    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {
+      "list-1": { type: "tool_use", id: "list-1", name: "TaskList", input: {} },
+      "get-1": { type: "tool_use", id: "get-1", name: "TaskGet", input: { taskId: "1" } },
+    };
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map([
+      ["1", { subject: "Existing", status: "in_progress" as const }],
+    ]);
+
+    const notifications = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        { type: "tool_result", tool_use_id: "list-1", content: "...", is_error: false },
+        { type: "tool_result", tool_use_id: "get-1", content: "...", is_error: false },
+      ] as any,
+      "user",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(notifications).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(taskState.get("1")).toEqual({ subject: "Existing", status: "in_progress" });
+  });
+
+  it("does not apply TaskCreate/TaskUpdate when the tool_result reports an error", () => {
+    const toolUseCache: ToolUseCache = {
+      "create-1": {
+        type: "tool_use",
+        id: "create-1",
+        name: "TaskCreate",
+        input: { subject: "A", description: "" },
+      },
+    };
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map();
+
+    const notifications = toAcpNotifications(
+      [
+        {
+          type: "tool_result",
+          tool_use_id: "create-1",
+          content: "task creation failed",
+          is_error: true,
+        },
+      ] as any,
+      "user",
+      "test-session",
+      toolUseCache,
+      mockClient,
+      mockLogger,
+      { taskState },
+    );
+
+    expect(notifications).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(taskState.size).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createTaskHook", () => {
+  it("registers a task on TaskCreated and fires onChange", async () => {
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map();
+    let changes = 0;
+    const hook = createTaskHook({
+      taskState,
+      onChange: async () => {
+        changes++;
+      },
+    });
+
+    await hook(
+      {
+        hook_event_name: "TaskCreated",
+        task_id: "t-1",
+        task_subject: "Investigate flaky test",
+        task_description: "Repro and fix",
+      } as any,
+      undefined,
+      { signal: new AbortController().signal },
+    );
+
+    expect(taskState.get("t-1")).toEqual({
+      subject: "Investigate flaky test",
+      status: "pending",
+      description: "Repro and fix",
+    });
+    expect(changes).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("does not clobber an existing entry on TaskCreated", async () => {
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map([
+      ["t-1", { subject: "Investigate flaky test", status: "in_progress" as const }],
+    ]);
+    let changes = 0;
+    const hook = createTaskHook({
+      taskState,
+      onChange: async () => {
+        changes++;
+      },
+    });
+
+    await hook(
+      {
+        hook_event_name: "TaskCreated",
+        task_id: "t-1",
+        task_subject: "Investigate flaky test",
+      } as any,
+      undefined,
+      { signal: new AbortController().signal },
+    );
+
+    expect(taskState.get("t-1")?.status).toBe("in_progress");
+    expect(changes).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("marks a task completed on TaskCompleted", async () => {
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map([
+      ["t-1", { subject: "Investigate flaky test", status: "in_progress" as const }],
+    ]);
+    let changes = 0;
+    const hook = createTaskHook({
+      taskState,
+      onChange: async () => {
+        changes++;
+      },
+    });
+
+    await hook(
+      {
+        hook_event_name: "TaskCompleted",
+        task_id: "t-1",
+        task_subject: "Investigate flaky test",
+      } as any,
+      undefined,
+      { signal: new AbortController().signal },
+    );
+
+    expect(taskState.get("t-1")?.status).toBe("completed");
+    expect(changes).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op for unrelated hook events", async () => {
+    const taskState: TaskState = new Map();
+    let changes = 0;
+    const hook = createTaskHook({
+      taskState,
+      onChange: async () => {
+        changes++;
+      },
+    });
+
+    await hook({ hook_event_name: "PostToolUse", tool_name: "Read" } as any, undefined, {
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+    });
+
+    expect(taskState.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(changes).toBe(0);
+  });
+});

src/tools.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import {
   FileWriteInput,
   GlobInput,
   GrepInput,
+  TaskCreateInput,
+  TaskCreateOutput,
+  TaskUpdateInput,
   TodoWriteInput,
   WebFetchInput,
   WebSearchInput,
@@ -367,6 +370,40 @@ export function toolInfoFromToolUse(
       };
     }
 
+    case "TaskCreate": {
+      const input = toolUse.input as TaskCreateInput | undefined;
+      return {
+        title: input?.subject ? `Create task: ${input.subject}` : "Create task",
+        kind: "think",
+        content: [],
+      };
+    }
+
+    case "TaskUpdate": {
+      const input = toolUse.input as TaskUpdateInput | undefined;
+      return {
+        title: input?.subject ? `Update task: ${input.subject}` : "Update task",
+        kind: "think",
+        content: [],
+      };
+    }
+
+    case "TaskList": {
+      return {
+        title: "List tasks",
+        kind: "think",
+        content: [],
+      };
+    }
+
+    case "TaskGet": {
+      return {
+        title: "Get task",
+        kind: "think",
+        content: [],
+      };
+    }
+
     case "ExitPlanMode": {
       const planInput = toolUse.input as { plan?: string } | undefined;
       return {
@@ -669,6 +706,103 @@ export function planEntries(input: { todos: ClaudePlanEntry[] } | undefined): Pl
   }));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Per-session task list accumulated from Task* tool calls (TaskCreate /
+ * TaskUpdate). The headless/SDK session emits these as incremental tool
+ * calls keyed by task ID, replacing the snapshot-style TodoWrite tool.
+ * Iteration order is insertion order (Map semantics), matching the order
+ * tasks are created.
+ */
+export type TaskEntry = {
+  subject: string;
+  status: "pending" | "in_progress" | "completed";
+  activeForm?: string;
+  description?: string;
+};
+export type TaskState = Map<string, TaskEntry>;
+
+/**
+ * Best-effort parse of a TaskCreate tool_result content into the structured
+ * TaskCreateOutput. The SDK delivers tool outputs either as a string or as
+ * an array of TextBlockParam-like blocks containing JSON text; try both.
+ */
+export function parseTaskCreateOutput(content: unknown): TaskCreateOutput | undefined {
+  const tryParse = (text: string): TaskCreateOutput | undefined => {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
+      if (
+        parsed &&
+        typeof parsed === "object" &&
+        parsed.task &&
+        typeof parsed.task.id === "string"
+      ) {
+        return parsed as TaskCreateOutput;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // ignore
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  if (typeof content === "string") {
+    return tryParse(content);
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+    for (const block of content) {
+      if (block && typeof block === "object" && "type" in block && block.type === "text") {
+        const text = (block as { text?: unknown }).text;
+        if (typeof text === "string") {
+          const parsed = tryParse(text);
+          if (parsed) return parsed;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export function applyTaskCreate(
+  state: TaskState,
+  input: TaskCreateInput | undefined,
+  output: TaskCreateOutput | undefined,
+): void {
+  const taskId = output?.task?.id;
+  if (!taskId || !input) return;
+  state.set(taskId, {
+    subject: input.subject,
+    status: "pending",
+    activeForm: input.activeForm,
+    description: input.description,
+  });
+}
+
+export function applyTaskUpdate(state: TaskState, input: TaskUpdateInput | undefined): void {
+  if (!input?.taskId) return;
+  if (input.status === "deleted") {
+    state.delete(input.taskId);
+    return;
+  }
+  const existing = state.get(input.taskId);
+  // Without a subject from either the existing entry or the update payload,
+  // we'd produce a plan entry with empty `content` — drop the update.
+  const subject = input.subject ?? existing?.subject;
+  if (!subject) return;
+  state.set(input.taskId, {
+    subject,
+    status: input.status ?? existing?.status ?? "pending",
+    activeForm: input.activeForm ?? existing?.activeForm,
+    description: input.description ?? existing?.description,
+  });
+}
+
+export function taskStateToPlanEntries(state: TaskState): PlanEntry[] {
+  return Array.from(state.values()).map((task) => ({
+    content: task.subject,
+    status: task.status,
+    priority: "medium",
+  }));
+}
+
 export function markdownEscape(text: string): string {
   let escape = "```";
   for (const [m] of text.matchAll(/^```+/gm)) {
@@ -679,7 +813,7 @@ export function markdownEscape(text: string): string {
   return escape + "\n" + text + (text.endsWith("\n") ? "" : "\n") + escape;
 }
 
-interface EditToolResponseHunk {
+interface DiffToolResponseHunk {
   oldStart: number;
   oldLines: number;
   newStart: number;
@@ -687,23 +821,24 @@ interface EditToolResponseHunk {
   lines: string[];
 }
 
-interface EditToolResponse {
+interface DiffToolResponse {
   filePath?: string;
-  structuredPatch?: EditToolResponseHunk[];
+  structuredPatch?: DiffToolResponseHunk[];
 }
 
 /**
- * Builds diff ToolUpdate content from the structured Edit toolResponse provided
- * by the PostToolUse hook. Unlike parsing the plain unified diff string, this uses
- * the pre-parsed structuredPatch which supports multiple replacement sites (replaceAll)
- * and always includes context lines for better readability.
+ * Builds diff ToolUpdate content from the structured toolResponse provided by
+ * the PostToolUse hook for diff-producing tools (Edit, Write). Unlike parsing
+ * the plain unified diff string, this uses the pre-parsed structuredPatch
+ * which supports multiple replacement sites (replaceAll) and always includes
+ * context lines for better readability.
  */
-export function toolUpdateFromEditToolResponse(toolResponse: unknown): {
+export function toolUpdateFromDiffToolResponse(toolResponse: unknown): {
   content?: ToolCallContent[];
   locations?: ToolCallLocation[];
 } {
   if (!toolResponse || typeof toolResponse !== "object") return {};
-  const response = toolResponse as EditToolResponse;
+  const response = toolResponse as DiffToolResponse;
   if (!response.filePath || !Array.isArray(response.structuredPatch)) return {};
 
   const content: ToolCallContent[] = [];
@@ -796,3 +931,38 @@ export const createPostToolUseHook =
     }
     return { continue: true };
   };
+
+/**
+ * Hook callback for `TaskCreated` / `TaskCompleted` events. The SDK fires
+ * these for both user-facing TaskCreate tool calls and subagent task
+ * creation, giving us `task_id` + `task_subject` without having to parse
+ * tool_result payloads.
+ *
+ * Populating `taskState` from the hook means a later `TaskUpdate` (which
+ * typically only carries `taskId` + `status`) finds an existing entry with
+ * a real subject, instead of synthesizing a placeholder with empty content.
+ */
+export const createTaskHook =
+  (options: { taskState: TaskState; onChange?: () => Promise<void> }): HookCallback =>
+  async (input): Promise<{ continue: boolean }> => {
+    const taskId =
+      "task_id" in input && typeof input.task_id === "string" ? input.task_id : undefined;
+    if (!taskId) return { continue: true };
+
+    if (input.hook_event_name === "TaskCreated") {
+      if (!input.task_subject) return { continue: true };
+      if (options.taskState.has(taskId)) return { continue: true };
+      options.taskState.set(taskId, {
+        subject: input.task_subject,
+        status: "pending",
+        description: input.task_description,
+      });
+      if (options.onChange) await options.onChange();
+    } else if (input.hook_event_name === "TaskCompleted") {
+      const existing = options.taskState.get(taskId);
+      if (!existing || existing.status === "completed") return { continue: true };
+      options.taskState.set(taskId, { ...existing, status: "completed" });
+      if (options.onChange) await options.onChange();
+    }
+    return { continue: true };
+  };

src/utils.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 import { Readable, Writable } from "node:stream";
 import { WritableStream, ReadableStream } from "node:stream/web";
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { Logger } from "./acp-agent.js";
-import { ClaudeCodeSettings, getManagedSettingsPath } from "./settings.js";
 
 // Useful for bridging push-based and async-iterator-based code.
 export class Pushable<T> implements AsyncIterable<T> {
@@ -89,19 +87,3 @@ export function unreachable(value: never, logger: Logger = console) {
 export function sleep(time: number): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, time));
 }
-
-export function loadManagedSettings(): ClaudeCodeSettings | null {
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(getManagedSettingsPath(), "utf8")) as ClaudeCodeSettings;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-export function applyEnvironmentSettings(settings: ClaudeCodeSettings): void {
-  if (settings.env) {
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(settings.env)) {
-      process.env[key] = value;
-    }
-  }
-}