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Adds a browser build of the CLI so the docs Workbench Shell can run real commands in the page.

  • npm run build:browser writes dist-browser/: one entry module plus a chunk per command (381 commands, about 5 MiB in total, loaded only when a command runs).
  • runCommand(words, {env, fetch, write, signal}) runs one command and returns its exit code. Commands started together run one after another.
  • Aborting signal stops a following command (logs tail, event stream, calls watch, listen) the way Ctrl-C does.
  • Commands that need local files, a terminal, sockets or child processes, or that write binary output (calls media), stop with a message pointing to the installed CLI.
  • The output and exit codes are the installed CLI's. Each command runs its own oclif class.
  • Also bumps zod to 4.6.7 for GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5, which fails the production audit on every branch, and declares esbuild as a dev dependency.

Verification at fde26bb: npm test (1107 passed), typecheck, lint, format check, build, npm pack --dry-run and npm audit --omit=dev (0 vulnerabilities). The docs Workbench Shell sent message send text through this build in Chromium, with fixture API responses.

Limit: the pinned SDK (0.1.0-dev.20261004) accepts only the older signed key formats. Pasted opaque keys fail until the CLI moves to an SDK prerelease with opaque credentials. Client tokens work.

Add a browser build of the CLI (npm run build:browser) that runs the same
command classes as the installed CLI from a list of words, with the
environment, fetch and output writer passed in. Node built-ins and
local-only packages resolve to browser stand-ins; commands that need files,
the keychain, a terminal or a local server say they need the installed CLI.
Each command loads on demand.

The docs use it for their Shell, so its output, flags and errors match the
installed CLI.
A second command started while one runs now waits for it instead of
throwing. The fetch passed in must not call globalThis.fetch, which
points at it while a command runs.
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This pull request adds a browser entry point for running CLI commands, browser-compatible replacements for selected Node.js and local-only APIs, and scripts to generate the command registry and build a browser bundle.

Changes: Browser CLI runtime

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Browser runtime compatibility
src/browser/stubs/buffer*.ts, src/browser/stubs/path.ts, src/browser/stubs/process.ts, src/browser/stubs/events.ts, src/browser/stubs/crypto.ts, src/browser/stubs/misc.ts, src/browser/stubs/os.ts
Adds browser implementations for selected Node.js utilities, including Buffer operations, POSIX path helpers, process metadata, events, and crypto helpers.
Unsupported platform API stubs
src/browser/stubs/unsupported.ts, src/browser/stubs/fs*.ts, src/browser/stubs/packages.ts, src/browser/stubs/unavailable.ts
Adds filesystem and local-only package stubs. Unsupported operations use browser-specific errors; missing filesystem reads use ENOENT errors.
Command registry and execution
scripts/gen-browser-registry.mjs, src/browser/registry.gen.ts, src/browser/index.ts, test/browser/run.test.ts
Generates lazy command loaders and adds browser command parsing, resolution, and serialized execution. The runner supplies browser I/O, restores temporary globals, and returns command results. Tests cover command behavior, registry consistency, and browser utilities.
Browser bundle and build setup
scripts/build-browser.mjs, package.json, .gitignore, eslint.config.js
Adds a browser-targeted ESM build that applies stubs, writes a manifest, and reports bundle size. Adds the build command and excludes dist-browser from Git and ESLint.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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  participant runCommand
  participant COMMAND_LOADERS
  participant BrowserCommand
  Caller->>runCommand: Submit command words and BrowserIo
  runCommand->>COMMAND_LOADERS: Load resolved command
  COMMAND_LOADERS->>BrowserCommand: Import command module
  runCommand->>BrowserCommand: Run with browser I/O and temporary globals
  BrowserCommand-->>runCommand: Return or throw
  runCommand-->>Caller: Return exit code and command ID
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  • polymorfa/cli#80: Adds campaign command modules that the generated browser registry includes.
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Stopping a streaming command during chunk loading may not take effect, requiring a page reload before another command can run. Fixing the cancellation window before merge is advisable; the EventEmitter differences have narrower impact.

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- Line 9: Add esbuild as a direct devDependency in package.json and pin it
consistently with the project’s other build tools, so scripts/build-browser.mjs
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- Line 44: Update the command lookup in resolveCommand to check that id is an
own property of COMMAND_LOADERS, so inherited Object.prototype keys are treated
as unknown commands rather than invoked.
- Around line 128-135: Update BrowserIo with an optional cancellation signal and
connect it to the command’s existing abort path in runCommand. Ensure
cancellation aborts the active command but keep shared process and fetch state
in place, and the queue blocked, until command._run() actually settles; only
then restore shared state and allow the next command to run.
- Around line 152-159: Update the browser output contract used by
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- Write callbacks run, as Node's do once a chunk is flushed, so commands
  that wait for them (listen) continue. UTF-8 byte chunks are decoded;
  other bytes stop the command with the installed-CLI message, and
  calls media, whose output is binary PCM, is refused before it runs.
- BrowserIo takes an optional signal. Aborting calls the SIGINT
  listeners the running command registered, its existing stop path; the
  shared process and fetch are restored only after the command returns,
  and listeners it left behind are removed.
- The browser process and its streams are emitters with
  removeListener; a once() listener can be removed by its function.
- Inside double quotes, a backslash escapes only $, `, ", \ and newline.
- Commands resolve by own property, so "constructor" is unknown.
- esbuild is a declared dev dependency.
- zod 4.6.7 fixes GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5, which failed the production audit.

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is already aborted and stop with the abort exit result; also retain the abort
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call removes only the most recently added registration matching listener, rather
than filtering out every match; preserve the order and behavior of all remaining
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- A command interrupted while its code loads never starts (exit 130).
  An abort before the command registers its SIGINT listener reaches it
  when it is added, through newListener, which Node's process emits and
  the browser emitter now does too.
- removeListener removes only the most recent registration of a
  listener, and an unhandled error event is thrown, as in Node.
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