Summary

Fixes #2494. Removes the silent type-erasure pattern as unknown as Parameters<typeof X>[0] across ui/src/ui/ (63 occurrences, 9 files). The double-cast through unknown bypassed structural verification that the source class/Host type satisfies the target Host interface — the root enabler of regressions like #2493 where upstream field additions silently broke the fork.

Depends on #2493 (merged as bb0e29a158), which restored the connectGeneration/serverVersion/chatStreamSegments fields on RemoteClawApp that this refactor's type-check now enforces.

Acceptance Criteria

• Zero occurrences of as unknown as Parameters<typeof X>[0] in ui/src/ui/ (grep -rnE 'as unknown as Parameters' ui/src/ui/ returns nothing).
• pnpm tsgo passes.
• pnpm check (format + typecheck + lint) passes.
• pnpm test — verified via CI (local pnpm test:ui failure set matches origin/main baseline; these are pre-existing and not in the CI contract).
• Chat dashboard still connects to gateway — the structural check RemoteClawApp → GatewayHost → ToolStreamHost is now compile-enforced, so any future field drift produces a TS error.
• No new @ts-ignore / @ts-expect-error / as unknown as casts added to silence surfaced errors — every error resolved at the source class/type.

Approach

Three-layer fix, mechanical not behavioral:

1. Source-class fixes (app.ts)

• Removed private modifier from 19 RemoteClawApp fields already referenced externally via Host contracts (connectGeneration, chatHasAutoScrolled, toolStreamById, popStateHandler, etc.). private was blocking the structural check without preventing the runtime access.
• Narrowed chatToolMessages: unknown[] → Record<string, unknown>[] to match ToolStreamHost. The cast was hiding this divergence.
• Dropped all 21 this as ... casts entirely — RemoteClawApp now structurally satisfies every Host interface it is passed to.

2. Host-type intersections

Host types are now composed to reflect the call graph:

```ts
SettingsHost = PollingHost & ScrollHost & ChatHost & { ...settings-specific }
GatewayHost = SettingsHost & ToolStreamHost & { ...gateway-specific }
LifecycleHost = SettingsHost & GatewayHost & PollingHost & ScrollHost & { ...lifecycle }
```

`ChatHost`, `PollingHost`, `ScrollHost`, `ToolStreamHost` exported. Pass-through functions (`sendChatMessageNow`, `flushChatQueue`, `handleSendChat`) typed with explicit intersections where the source-specific type is too narrow.

3. Surfaced divergences fixed at the source

The refactor surfaced two real divergences previously hidden by the casts:

• `RemoteClawApp.chatToolMessages`: was `unknown[]`, `ToolStreamHost` expects `Record<string, unknown>[]`. Runtime code in `app-tool-stream.ts` already produces structured records — type was wrong. Fixed in class.
• `GatewayHost.presenceStatus`: was `StatusSummary | null`, runtime code in `controllers/presence.ts` assigns strings like `"No instances yet."`. Fixed in Host type.

Scope

AC #1 is strict (`grep` returns nothing in entire `ui/src/ui/`). The issue body's "Known hotspots" listed only `app.ts` (21) + `app-lifecycle.ts` (10+) = 31+, but the real directory-wide count was 63 across 9 files. This PR addresses all of them:

Out-of-scope patterns retained: `as unknown as RemoteClawApp` (different target, not matched by AC #1 grep); the single-cast `as Parameters[0]` in `controllers/chat.ts:61` (runtime-narrowed type assertion, not silent erasure).

Impact

Prevents the regression class described in #2493's investigation (partial-sync dropping class-side changes). Next time upstream adds a required field to `LifecycleHost` / `GatewayHost` / `ToolStreamHost` / `ChatHost` / `SettingsHost` / `ScrollHost` / `PollingHost` / `CompactionHost` and the fork-side `RemoteClawApp` misses the corresponding initializer, TypeScript now catches it at compile time. The `unknown` safety net is gone.

Test plan

• `pnpm tsgo` passes
• `pnpm check` passes (format + typecheck + lint)
• Fork gates (zombie-imports, stub-debt, throwing-stub-callers, obsolescence-audit, rebrand-leakage) pass
• No new silencing patterns (`@ts-ignore`, `@ts-expect-error`, `as unknown as`)
• Full `pnpm test` (CI will run)

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