Background / Async / Remote mode: Kickoff in /agents when you are in the extension #8191

tomasz-stefaniak · 2025-10-10T20:17:55Z

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Background / Async / Remote mode: Kickoff in /agents when you are in the extension

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Summary by cubic

Adds Background Agents: a new mode to trigger long-running agents for your repo and a UI to list and open them. Addresses Linear CON-4203 by enabling agent creation tied to the current workspace and organization.

New Features
- Added “background” to MessageModes and ModeSelect with a new icon.
- Create background agents from editor content; auto-detect repo URL and branch; supports optional organizationId.
- List background agents in the GUI with status badges, 10s polling, and links to agent detail pages.
- VS Code messenger implements create/list handlers, repo detection, and GitHub integration prompts on errors.
- ControlPlaneClient exposes createBackgroundAgent and listBackgroundAgents (with org filtering) and new webview protocol messages.

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<file name="gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/AgentsList.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/AgentsList.tsx:40">
`setIsLoading(true)` runs before every polling request, so the list flips back to the loading spinner every 10s even when data is already shown. Please avoid resetting the loading state during background polls (e.g., only set it during the initial load or when data is actually empty).</violation>
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<file name="gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/BackgroundModeView.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/BackgroundModeView.tsx:19">
onCreateAgent is destructured here but never referenced, so passing the callback into BackgroundModeView has no effect. Remove the prop or wire it up where tasks are created.</violation>
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gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/AgentsList.tsx

gui/src/components/BackgroundMode/BackgroundModeView.tsx

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noting that this doesn't specify configYaml or agentFile so will always use the default agent

tomasz-stefaniak · 2025-10-14T21:56:10Z

Thanks @RomneyDa! It's fixed now

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tomasz-stefaniak added 7 commits October 9, 2025 12:42

feat: background agents

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feat: background agents

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improv: error handling

357c9b2

fix: requests

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fix: github connection

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feat: background agent creation

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fix: pass org id

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tomasz-stefaniak added 12 commits October 13, 2025 14:07

fix: list agents request

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fix: urls

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fix: urls

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fix: urls

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fix: local agents

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fix: personal agents

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fix: load agents

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improv: styles

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fix: agents

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improv: ui / ux

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improv: use void

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fix: failing tests

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tomasz-stefaniak added 3 commits October 13, 2025 18:07

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tomasz-stefaniak changed the title ~~Tomasz/con 4203~~ Background / Async / Remote mode: Kickoff in /agents when you are in the extension Oct 14, 2025

fix: type errors

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tomasz-stefaniak added 2 commits October 14, 2025 13:22

fix: specify agent

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fix: broken imports

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fix: open correct link

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