Codeam Cli

Public source for the client-side bridges of CodeAgent Mobile — the workflow-continuity layer for AI coding agents.

• apps/cli — codeam-cli, the terminal bridge that wraps Claude Code in a PTY and streams it to any device
• apps/vsc-plugin — extension for VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf
• apps/jetbrains-plugin — plugin for the IntelliJ family (IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, Rider, GoLand, …)

What is CodeAgent Mobile? The supervision layer for agents already running in your IDE. Now that AI agents run for hours, not seconds, you no longer need to stare at a terminal — CodeAgent streams the session to your phone or web dashboard so you can approve diffs, redirect prompts, and stay in the loop async. Works with Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains AI, OpenAI Codex, Vertex AI, and any agent in your editor.

Install once in your IDE, pair with a QR, your workflow follows you across devices. See codeagent-mobile.com.

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Install (users)

CLI — codeam-cli

npm install -g codeam-cli
codeam pair   # generates a 6-character code
codeam        # starts Claude Code with mobile control

npm

VS Code / Cursor / Windsurf

• VS Code Marketplace → search for CodeAgent Mobile · listing
• Cursor / Open VSX → CodeAgentMobile/codeagent-mobile

JetBrains

• JetBrains Marketplace → CodeAgent-Mobile

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Environment variables

Every client (CLI + both plugins) reads the same two env vars to pick which API host it talks to. Priority order — first match wins:

Variable	Effect
CODEAM_API_URL	Full URL override. Use when pointing at a custom staging endpoint or a self-hosted instance. Example: CODEAM_API_URL=https://staging-api.example.com codeam pair.
CODEAM_TEST_MODE=1	Shortcut that routes every request at the dev preview (https://dev-api.codeagent-mobile.com) without you having to know the URL. Use this when pairing from dev.codeagent-mobile.com.
(none)	Defaults to production (https://api.codeagent-mobile.com).

The shortcut exists because prod + dev share Redis: a code generated against prod-api is also valid against dev-api, so a pair started in the dev webapp completes silently against prod (heartbeats keep going to the wrong host). CODEAM_TEST_MODE=1 flips every endpoint — pairing, command relay, SSE, chunk uploads, file watcher, history — in lockstep.

# Quick check it's active:
CODEAM_TEST_MODE=1 codeam doctor
# api      https://dev-api.codeagent-mobile.com
# mode     TEST_MODE — using dev preview

VS Code / JetBrains plugins read the same env vars from the host process — set them in your shell before launching the IDE. The apiBaseUrl setting in each plugin still works as a manual override (highest priority of all in the plugin context).

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Repository layout

codeagent-mobile-clients/
├── apps/
│   ├── cli/                 # codeam-cli (TypeScript · tsup · Node ≥ 18)
│   ├── vsc-plugin/          # VS Code extension (TypeScript · esbuild)
│   └── jetbrains-plugin/    # IntelliJ plugin (Kotlin · Gradle · JDK 17)
├── packages/
│   └── shared/              # @codeam/shared — chrome parser +
│                            # model pricing tables, bundled into CLI
│                            # and the VS Code extension at build time
├── package.json             # npm workspaces + root scripts
├── .github/workflows/       # CI (PRs) + Release (tag-triggered publish)
├── .eslintrc.json           # shared lint config (CLI + VS Code plugin)
├── .prettierrc              # shared formatter config
├── .editorconfig            # editor defaults
└── .nvmrc                   # Node version pin

The CLI and VS Code extension share a small TypeScript package (packages/shared) that holds the chunk-protocol parser and the model-pricing tables. At build time tsup (CLI) and esbuild (VS Code) inline it into each consumer's bundle, so neither published artifact depends on a separate package at runtime. The JetBrains plugin is Kotlin and does not consume the shared package.

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Build from source

Clone, then install per-app dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/edgar-durand/codeagent-mobile-clients.git
cd codeagent-mobile-clients
(cd apps/cli && npm install)
(cd apps/vsc-plugin && npm install)

Root convenience scripts:

Script	What it does
npm run build:cli	Build codeam-cli → apps/cli/dist/
npm run dev:cli	tsup --watch for the CLI
npm run test:cli	Vitest for the CLI
npm run publish:cli	npm publish (from apps/cli)
npm run build:vsc-plugin	Build + vsce package → apps/vsc-plugin/*.vsix
npm run publish:vsc-plugin	Publish to VS Code Marketplace (needs .env with PAT)
npm run publish:vsc-plugin:cursor	Publish to Open VSX (needs .env with OVSX_TOKEN)
npm run build:jetbrains-plugin	gradlew clean buildPlugin → apps/jetbrains-plugin/build/distributions/*.zip
npm run reinstall:jetbrains-plugin	Rebuild + reinstall into local WebStorm (dev helper)

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 18 (CLI + VSC plugin)
• Python 3 (CLI — required at runtime for the PTY helper on macOS / Linux; Windows falls back to direct spawn)
• JDK 17 (JetBrains plugin — the root scripts pin JAVA_HOME to Homebrew's openjdk@17; adjust if yours lives elsewhere)
• Gradle — the wrapper (gradlew) is committed, no global install needed

Build everything at once

npm run build:cli
npm run build:vsc-plugin
npm run build:jetbrains-plugin

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Releases & changelogs

Each app ships independently and keeps its own version number and changelog:

App	Current	Changelog	Registry
codeam-cli	2.0.0	apps/cli/CHANGELOG.md	npm
VS Code plugin	2.0.0	apps/vsc-plugin/CHANGELOG.md	VS Code Marketplace · Open VSX
JetBrains plugin	2.0.0	apps/jetbrains-plugin/CHANGELOG.md	JetBrains Marketplace

From 2.0.0 onwards all three clients ship under the same version line. Pushing a single tag vX.Y.Z releases [email protected] to npm, the VS Code extension X.Y.Z to both the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX, and the JetBrains plugin X.Y.Z to the JetBrains Marketplace stable channel via the automated release workflow. Pre-release tags (vX.Y.Z-rc.N) skip the JetBrains marketplace push — the .zip is still attached to the GitHub Release for manual upload to a non-stable channel.

Publishing secrets (PAT, OVSX_TOKEN, CERTIFICATE_CHAIN, PRIVATE_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD, PUBLISH_TOKEN) live in local .env files and are gitignored — they never land in this repo.

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Architecture (where this fits in)

┌─────────────────────┐   REST + WebSocket   ┌────────────────────┐
│  Mobile app / Web   │  ───────────────────▶│ CodeAgent backend  │
│  dashboard          │                       │                    │
└─────────────────────┘                       └─────────┬──────────┘
                                                        │ WebSocket / HTTP poll
                                                        ▼
                                              ┌────────────────────┐
                                              │   THIS REPO        │
                                              │ ──────────────     │
                                              │ • codeam-cli       │
                                              │ • VS Code plugin   │
                                              │ • JetBrains plugin │
                                              └──────────┬─────────┘
                                                         │ PTY / IDE APIs
                                                         ▼
                                              ┌────────────────────┐
                                              │  Claude Code /     │
                                              │  OpenAI Codex /    │
                                              │  Copilot / Cursor  │
                                              │  / JetBrains AI…   │
                                              └────────────────────┘

The clients never talk to each other. Each one connects to the backend relay and relays commands to whichever local agent (Claude Code via PTY, Copilot Chat via the VS Code API, IntelliJ terminal, etc.) the user has selected.

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Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please:

1. Open an issue first for non-trivial changes so we can align on scope.
2. Keep changes scoped to one app when possible.
3. Run npm run test:cli (CLI) and make sure npm run build:* succeeds before opening a PR.

For backend / mobile app / web dashboard issues, use the in-app Help & FAQ — those sources aren't in this repo.

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License

MIT © Edgar Durand