`mosaic fleet start` returned 0 over three dead panes. The launcher knew, and said the wrong thing at the wrong severity to the wrong layer. The pane runs `mosaic yolo <runtime>` under PANE_PATH with a cleared environment. When that binary is absent the pane dies in under a second, tmux destroys the session, and the diagnostic goes with it. The launcher then found no PANE_PID, printed a WARNING about the *heartbeat sidecar*, and exited 0 — so systemd logged "Finished ... successfully" and `fleet start` reported success. `fleet ps` was the only component telling the truth. Two changes, both in start-agent-session.sh: 1. Before any effect, resolve `mosaic` and the roster's runtime against PANE_PATH — the pane's own view of the path, not the launcher's. `mosaic yolo <runtime>` calls checkRuntime(runtime) and looks for a binary named exactly like the runtime, so this asks the same question the pane will ask a moment later, while an operator can still see the answer. Absent binary -> exit 69, code=missing-binary, no session created. 2. Replace the dead-pane WARNING+exit-0. An absent session one second after new-session is a runtime that died on startup, not a heartbeat problem -> exit 69, code=pane-did-not-survive, with the command to run by hand to see why. A present session with no pane PID after five attempts -> code=pane-pid-unresolved. Neither branch kills the session; destroying a possibly-live pane on a guess is worse than leaving it for inspection. Exit 69 (EX_UNAVAILABLE) is deliberate: the 64s already in this file mean the projection was bad, and here the data is fine and the host is not ready. Callers separate the cases by `code=`, the same way fail_env's codes share 64. This propagates for free. `fleet start` calls runChecked() for the holder and each agent, and runChecked throws on non-zero, so layers 4 and 5 stop lying without a TypeScript change. Two adjacent defects are left for a follow-up issue rather than widened into this diff: the per-agent loop aborts on the first failure instead of attempting all and reporting an aggregate, and runChecked's bare throw surfaces the launcher's message under a Node unhandled-rejection stack trace because program.parse() is synchronous. Tests: - test-start-agent-session.sh gains three cases: `mosaic` absent from the pane path, the runtime absent from the pane path, and a pane that does not survive. Each was verified individually red against the unmodified origin/next launcher. - The two cases asserting a valid launch now supply a pane PID. Until now the suite's one success path was itself a dead pane the launcher reported as fine. - The harness fakes `npm` so PANE_PATH stops depending on whatever the host has installed, and fails loudly if the host provides `mosaic` or `pi` in the system path, where the missing-binary cases would not be measurable at all. - test-fleet-units.sh gains a `pi` shim in its runtime bin. The real-tmux harness named `pi` in its roster and never installed it; the new preflight caught it. Refs #1241
@mosaicstack/mosaic
CLI package for the Mosaic self-hosted AI agent platform.
Usage
mosaic wizard # First-run setup wizard
mosaic gateway install # Install the gateway daemon
mosaic config show # View current configuration
mosaic config hooks list # Manage Claude hooks
Headless / CI Installation
Set MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES=1 (or ensure stdin is not a TTY) to skip all interactive prompts. The following environment variables control the install:
Gateway configuration (mosaic gateway install)
| Variable | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|
MOSAIC_STORAGE_TIER |
local |
No |
MOSAIC_GATEWAY_PORT |
14242 |
No |
MOSAIC_DATABASE_URL |
(none) | Yes if tier=team |
MOSAIC_VALKEY_URL |
(none) | Yes if tier=team |
MOSAIC_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
(none) | No |
MOSAIC_CORS_ORIGIN |
http://localhost:3000 |
No |
Admin user bootstrap
| Variable | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|
MOSAIC_ADMIN_NAME |
(none) | Yes (headless) |
MOSAIC_ADMIN_EMAIL |
(none) | Yes (headless) |
MOSAIC_ADMIN_PASSWORD |
(none) | Yes (headless) |
MOSAIC_ADMIN_PASSWORD must be at least 8 characters. In headless mode a missing or too-short password causes a non-zero exit.
Example: Docker / CI install
export MOSAIC_ASSUME_YES=1
export MOSAIC_ADMIN_NAME="Admin"
export MOSAIC_ADMIN_EMAIL="[email protected]"
export MOSAIC_ADMIN_PASSWORD="securepass123"
mosaic gateway install
Runtime launchers
mosaic claude # Launch Claude Code with Mosaic injection
mosaic yolo claude # …with --dangerously-skip-permissions
mosaic codex | opencode | pi
mosaic claudex (EXPERIMENTAL)
Runs GPT models inside the Claude Code harness by pointing Claude Code at a
local claude-code-proxy that
translates the Anthropic Messages API to a ChatGPT-subscription (Codex OAuth)
backend. This is not Anthropic Claude — model behavior, tool use, and output
quality may differ. Intended for evaluation, not production delivery.
mosaic claudex # launch (prompts through the proxy readiness gate)
mosaic yolo claudex # …with --dangerously-skip-permissions
mosaic claudex --print "hello" # trailing args are forwarded to Claude Code
Prerequisite: the claude-code-proxy binary must be installed and
authenticated (claude-code-proxy codex auth …). mosaic claudex runs a
preflight that verifies the binary, the OAuth state (triggering a device re-auth
if needed), and a trusted local listener before launching; it fails closed
if the proxy cannot be brought up with a verified identity.
Isolation (never touches your real Claude state). claudex always launches
against an isolated CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR (default ~/.config/mosaic/claudex/home).
The ambient CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR is deliberately ignored, and a guard proves the
resolved dir can never be — or live under — the real ~/.claude. A claudex
session therefore cannot mutate your normal Claude Code config.
No token leakage. claudex never reads the proxy's credential file. Claude
Code is handed only ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=unused pointed at the loopback proxy;
the entire credential-bearing env family (ANTHROPIC_*, AWS_*, GOOGLE_CLOUD_*,
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, *_TOKEN, *_KEY, *_SECRET, …) is stripped
from the composed environment. The Bedrock/Vertex routing switches
(CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK, CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX, and the _SKIP_*_AUTH
pair) are force-removed regardless of value — otherwise their mere presence
would route Claude Code to the real Anthropic API via AWS/GCP and bypass the
proxy. The proxy holds the real OAuth credential.
Model tiers (override via env).
| Tier | Env var | Default |
|---|---|---|
| primary (opus/sonnet) | ANTHROPIC_MODEL |
gpt-5.6-sol |
| small/fast (haiku) | ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL |
gpt-5.6-luna |
Operator-provided values win over the defaults. Additional overrides:
MOSAIC_CLAUDEX_CONFIG_DIR (isolated config dir), ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL (proxy
endpoint).
Hooks management
After running mosaic wizard, Claude hooks are installed in ~/.claude/hooks-config.json.
mosaic config hooks list # Show all hooks and enabled/disabled status
mosaic config hooks disable PostToolUse # Disable a hook (reversible)
mosaic config hooks enable PostToolUse # Re-enable a disabled hook
Set CLAUDE_HOME to override the default ~/.claude directory.