[saravmajestic]

Closes #1663.

Problem

Workspace rules are keyed by the link's git remote (rules/sync.ts, no_remote). In a project linked by path:

• learn status printed Workspace rules: not linked (run altimate-code link) for a linked project, and that command fixed nothing.
• learn sync said only "this project has no git remote".
• After adding a remote, link --workspace <id> --yes stopped early with "Already linked", so the link stayed path-only and rules stayed off. The interactive picker ("Kept … nothing changed") and the TUI picker ("Already linked … nothing changed") did the same.
• The docs didn't say rules need a remote.

Backend

No change needed. POST /bind (bind_existing in altimate-backend/app/api/bindings/api.py) already handles this. For the workspace the project is already bound to, it stores a remote the binding lacks on the existing row, if the caller owns the binding. The CLI never sent that request.

Changes

• link (headless + interactive) and the TUI link picker: when you pick the workspace the project is already linked to, and the link was found by path, has no remote, and the project has one now (addsRemoteToLink), the client sends POST /bind again. The link keeps its workspace and gains the remote, and the local record is updated. A link that already has a different remote isn't touched, because changing it is a re-link.
• learn status: before the first sync, the rules line comes from RulesSync.context. It now tells apart not linked, linked by path only (rules need a git remote), not signed in, learning off, and linked but not synced yet. This only makes network calls when nothing has synced.
• no_remote skip reason (learn sync, TUI toast): now explains what to do.
• Docs: new "Rules need a git remote" paragraph in configure/learn.md.

Tests

• test/cli/workspace-command.test.ts: headless remote fix; cases where addsRemoteToLink should and shouldn't fire.
• test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts: TUI picker binds again when the link gains a remote, and changes nothing otherwise.
• test/altimate/rules/rules.test.ts: a path-only binding reaches the new learn status line; the other gate outcomes.

bun test on those three files: 272 pass. bun run typecheck is clean.

Verification

Manual end-to-end check: the CLI ran from this branch's source against a local altimate-backend (development, started with start_server.sh) on the hackdev tenant, with a separate home and a fresh git project that had no remote.

Step	Result
link --create gh1663-e2e	Workspace 81 created; workspace status: "Matched by path"
learn status	Workspace rules: off — this project is linked by its path, and workspace rules need a git remote on the link (add a remote if the project has none, then run altimate-code link)
learn sync	Rules sync skipped: with the same reason
git remote add origin …, then learn sync	Still skipped; the link has no remote yet
link --workspace 81 (no --yes)	This project is linked by its path. Adding its git remote to the link, so workspace rules can sync. → Linked to "gh1663-e2e".
GET /datamate-project-bindings/by-remote and /by-path	Both return the same row (id 16, workspace 81) with repo_remote and project_path set: updated in place
workspace status	Matched by git remote: https://github.com/acme-e2e/gh1663-demo-…
learn sync	Synced: 0 team rules, 0 pending review. (exit 0)
learn status	Workspace rules: gh1663-e2e — 0 team rules; last sync …
link --workspace 81 again	No remote is added; it only confirms the link

The TUI picker was not checked by hand; its tests in test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts cover it.

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Walkthrough

A path-based workspace link can now gain a project’s Git remote through the CLI or on-demand picker. Workspace-rules sync messaging and documentation describe the remote requirement, and learn status reports the sync gate state.

Changes: Git remote linking and workspace rules

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add a remote to an existing link packages/opencode/src/altimate/workspace/api-client.ts, packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/link.ts, packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx, packages/opencode/test/cli/workspace-command.test.ts, packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts	The CLI and on-demand picker detect when a path-matched link can gain the project’s Git remote and update the binding. Tests cover eligible and ineligible link cases.
Report workspace-rules sync state packages/opencode/src/altimate/rules/sync.ts, packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/learn.ts, docs/docs/configure/learn.md, packages/opencode/test/altimate/rules/rules.test.ts	The no-remote sync reason gives linking guidance. learn status reports the sync gate state, and the documentation describes the Git remote requirement.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LinkCommand
  participant OnDemandPickerDialog
  participant addsRemoteToLink
  participant WorkspaceBinding
  LinkCommand->>addsRemoteToLink: Check path binding and project remote
  addsRemoteToLink-->>LinkCommand: Return whether remote can be added
  LinkCommand->>WorkspaceBinding: Call bindOrRebind with no existing binding
  OnDemandPickerDialog->>addsRemoteToLink: Check linked workspace and project identifier
  addsRemoteToLink-->>OnDemandPickerDialog: Return whether remote can be added
  OnDemandPickerDialog->>WorkspaceBinding: Call bindOrRebindInline

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Possibly related PRs

• AltimateAI/altimate-code#1605: Introduces the workspace-rules synchronization and link-aware status that this change extends.
• AltimateAI/altimate-code#1669: Also changes workspace-rules synchronization for linked projects.
• AltimateAI/altimate-code#1626: Uses the shared workspace-rules sync flow for host-session rule delivery and proposals.

Suggested reviewers: sahrizvi, ralphstodomingo

Merge Risk: Low · up to 1be3f

The change is mergeable with a focused test follow-up covering remote enrichment through the picker’s link command. No current production defect was established.

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Title check		The title names the two main changes: a path-linked project can gain its git remote through link, and learn status explains why rules are off. The changeset covers both (api-client addsRemoteToLink, l…
Linked Issues check		Issue #1663 requires three related coding outcomes. RulesSync.context now reports no_remote with guidance when a path-only binding lacks repoRemote, and learn status uses that context. `link.t…
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The title names the two main changes: a path-linked project can gain its git remote through link, and learn status explains why rules are off. The changeset covers both (api-client addsRemoteToLink, link.ts, workspace.tsx picker, learn.ts rulesNotSyncedLine). The title is long, at 103 characters, but it is specific and accurate.

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Issue #1663 requires three related coding outcomes. RulesSync.context now reports no_remote with guidance when a path-only binding lacks repoRemote, and learn status uses that context. link.ts and the TUI picker rebind the existing workspace when the project gains a remote, while preserving links with an existing remote. docs/docs/configure/learn.md documents the remote requirement. Tests cover the CLI, TUI, and status outcomes. The reported targeted tests pass and typecheck is clean.

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Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="packages/opencode/test/cli/workspace-command.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/test/cli/workspace-command.test.ts:390">
P2: This test depends on the runner checkout having an `origin` remote, so it is non-hermetic and can fail in source distributions or CI checkout configurations without one. Create a temporary repository with a known remote (or inject the identifier) and assert the exact remote passed to `bindOrRebind`.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts:1062">
P2: This assertion does not verify the behavior named by the test: the bind stub discards the project identifier, so the test passes even if the rebind omits the Git remote. Record the bind arguments and assert that the path-only flow sends `identifier.repoRemote` (and the project path) to `bindExisting`.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/link.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/link.ts:443">
P1: This new bind can act on a stale pre-check from a different account: `existing` is looked up before `actAs` is captured, while the mutation runs as `actAs`. Capture one credential before the pre-check and pass it to `getBindingForProject` so the lookup, list, and bind share the same account.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx:1329">
P1: This new bind trusts a pre-check performed before the dialog captured `listedAs`, so an account switch can turn a stale path-link result into a bind for a colliding workspace ID. Capture credentials before the pre-check and use that same credential for the lookup and dialog bind.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/learn.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/learn.ts:430">
P2: `learn status` still decides whether to query the live rules gate from `rules.linked`, which is only the presence of previously pulled local workspace state. After a prior sync, removing the remote leaves that state populated while `RulesSync.context()` returns `no_remote`, so status shows stale active rules instead of explaining that rules are off. Resolve the current binding before choosing the linked-state output, and clear or suppress the stale mirror when the gate is `no_remote`.</violation>
</file>

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[cubic-dev-ai]

P1: This new bind can act on a stale pre-check from a different account: existing is looked up before actAs is captured, while the mutation runs as actAs. Capture one credential before the pre-check and pass it to getBindingForProject so the lookup, list, and bind share the same account.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/link.ts, line 443:

<comment>This new bind can act on a stale pre-check from a different account: `existing` is looked up before `actAs` is captured, while the mutation runs as `actAs`. Capture one credential before the pre-check and pass it to `getBindingForProject` so the lookup, list, and bind share the same account.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -436,6 +438,11 @@ export const LinkCommand = cmd({
     const targetId = Number(pick)
+    if (targetId === currentId && existing && addsRemoteToLink(identifier, existing)) {
+      prompts.log.info(ADDING_REMOTE_MESSAGE)
+      await bindOrRebind(identifier, targetId, null, true, args.directory, actAs)
+      return
+    }
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P1: This new bind trusts a pre-check performed before the dialog captured listedAs, so an account switch can turn a stale path-link result into a bind for a colliding workspace ID. Capture credentials before the pre-check and use that same credential for the lookup and dialog bind.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx, line 1329:

<comment>This new bind trusts a pre-check performed before the dialog captured `listedAs`, so an account switch can turn a stale path-link result into a bind for a colliding workspace ID. Capture credentials before the pre-check and use that same credential for the lookup and dialog bind.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -1319,6 +1323,12 @@ function OnDemandPickerDialog(props: OnDemandPickerProps) {
+        if (option.value === props.currentlyLinkedDatamateId && props.addsRemote) {
+          // A plain bind to the linked workspace: the service stores the remote on the existing link.
+          props.api.ui.toast({ variant: "info", message: ADDING_REMOTE_MESSAGE })
+          void bindOrRebindInline(props.api, props.identifier, option.value, undefined, listedAs)
+          return
+        }
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: This test depends on the runner checkout having an origin remote, so it is non-hermetic and can fail in source distributions or CI checkout configurations without one. Create a temporary repository with a known remote (or inject the identifier) and assert the exact remote passed to bindOrRebind.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/opencode/test/cli/workspace-command.test.ts, line 390:

<comment>This test depends on the runner checkout having an `origin` remote, so it is non-hermetic and can fail in source distributions or CI checkout configurations without one. Create a temporary repository with a known remote (or inject the identifier) and assert the exact remote passed to `bindOrRebind`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -380,6 +380,33 @@ describe("link --workspace / --create without prompting", () => {
+      getBindingForProject: async () => pathOnly,
+      bindOrRebind: async (i, id, e) => void (seen.push(i.repoRemote, e), f.calls.push(`bind:${id}`)),
+    })
+    await linkHeadless({ directory: dir, workspace: "35", yes: false }, f.deps)
+    expect(process.exitCode ?? 0).toBe(0)
+    // A plain bind (no "current" link) to the same workspace: the service stores the remote on the existing link.
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: This assertion does not verify the behavior named by the test: the bind stub discards the project identifier, so the test passes even if the rebind omits the Git remote. Record the bind arguments and assert that the path-only flow sends identifier.repoRemote (and the project path) to bindExisting.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts, line 1062:

<comment>This assertion does not verify the behavior named by the test: the bind stub discards the project identifier, so the test passes even if the rebind omits the Git remote. Record the bind arguments and assert that the path-only flow sends `identifier.repoRemote` (and the project path) to `bindExisting`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -1054,6 +1054,24 @@ describe("link dialogs: a workspace that already has this project's name", () =>
+    const { h, dialog } = await picker([{ id: 2, name: "analytics", ownerId: ME }], linked)
+    dialog.onSelect({ value: 2 })
+    await settle()
+    expect(calls.bind).toEqual([2])
+    expect(h.toasts.some((m) => m.includes("Adding its git remote"))).toBe(true)
+  })
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: learn status still decides whether to query the live rules gate from rules.linked, which is only the presence of previously pulled local workspace state. After a prior sync, removing the remote leaves that state populated while RulesSync.context() returns no_remote, so status shows stale active rules instead of explaining that rules are off. Resolve the current binding before choosing the linked-state output, and clear or suppress the stale mirror when the gate is no_remote.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/learn.ts, line 430:

<comment>`learn status` still decides whether to query the live rules gate from `rules.linked`, which is only the presence of previously pulled local workspace state. After a prior sync, removing the remote leaves that state populated while `RulesSync.context()` returns `no_remote`, so status shows stale active rules instead of explaining that rules are off. Resolve the current binding before choosing the linked-state output, and clear or suppress the stale mirror when the gate is `no_remote`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -426,8 +427,12 @@ const StatusCommand = effectCmd({
       const rules = status.rules
-      if (!rules.linked) out("Workspace rules: not linked (run `altimate-code link`)")
-      else {
+      if (!rules.linked) {
+        // Nothing synced yet: the rules gate says why (not linked, linked by path only, signed out, ...).
+        const [{ RulesSync }, { Instance }] = await Promise.all([import("../../altimate/rules/sync"), import("@/project/instance")])
</file context>

[coderabbitai]

Nitpick comments: 1

packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts: 1

1058-1059: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a command-level test for the path-only addsRemote case.

The "linked by path only" test passes addsRemote: true directly into OnDemandPickerDialog. The picker helper spreads those props in, so the addsRemoteToLink(...) call in runOnDemandPicker does not run for this case. The only test that reaches runOnDemandPicker mocks getBindingForProject to null, so addsRemote is always false there. A change that drops or miscomputes addsRemote at workspace.tsx:1467 would not fail the suite.

Cover the call site in a test that runs the link flow:

• Mock WorkspaceApi.getBindingForProject to resolve a path-matched binding with no repo_remote.
• Use an identifier that has a repoRemote. addsRemoteToLink returns false without one.
• Run the flow through runIntegrations and select "link".
• Render the dialog that the link action replaces, as the setup-dialog tests do.
• Select the linked workspace and assert that bind runs for it.

This is a refactor-priority coverage gap. The current call site computes addsRemote as written, so no production failure is established.

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Review comment at @packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts
around lines 1058 - 1059:
Add a command-level test that exercises the path-only `addsRemote` case through
`runIntegrations` and selects “link,” rather than passing `addsRemote` directly
to `picker`. Mock `WorkspaceApi.getBindingForProject` to return a path-matched
binding without `repo_remote`, use an identifier with a `repoRemote`, render the
dialog produced by the link action, then select the linked workspace and assert
that `bind` runs for it.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @packages/opencode/test/altimate/plugin/workspace.test.ts:
- Around line 1058-1059: Add a command-level test that exercises the path-only
`addsRemote` case through `runIntegrations` and selects “link,” rather than
passing `addsRemote` directly to `picker`. Mock
`WorkspaceApi.getBindingForProject` to return a path-matched binding without
`repo_remote`, use an identifier with a `repoRemote`, render the dialog produced
by the link action, then select the linked workspace and assert that `bind` runs
for it.

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• packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx
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Peer review (Claude + Codex, 1 convergence round): approved

No blocking issues. The change matches #1663: learn status explains the path-only case, a path link gains the remote when you pick the same workspace (CLI, interactive and TUI), and the docs say rules need a remote. Leaving a link that already has a different remote untouched is the right boundary. The two MINORs inline are worth a follow-up.

Nits

• Adding a remote goes through bindExisting → trackLinked(..., "bind_existing"), so each remote-add counts as a new link in telemetry. Consider a distinct source such as "add_remote".
• When nothing has synced yet, learn status now resolves the binding over the network. Errors are caught, so this only adds latency offline.

Missing tests: the interactive picker's add-remote path; the link --create re-run after a remote is added (link.ts:~1157); bind failures (409 or forbidden) on the add-remote path, including the TUI toast; an end-to-end learn status that calls the gate, since only rulesNotSyncedLine is unit-tested; learn status --json.

[hkaltai]

MINOR: this branch no longer falls back to deps.approve, so a rejected bind now fails a link that used to succeed.

if (addsRemoteToLink(identifier, lookup)) {
  deps.print(ADDING_REMOTE_MESSAGE)
  await deps.bindOrRebind(identifier, lookup.datamate.id, null, actAs)
  return
}

Confirmed from the client code: if POST /bind returns 409, link --workspace <same> --yes (and the --create re-run at ~1157) exits 1 without recording approval. The 409 can come from the new remote already being bound elsewhere, for example to a teammate's private workspace that /by-remote hides. The error also says Already linked to "X". Re-run altimate-code link to switch., which is confusing when the user picked X. The same applies at link.ts:441 and in the TUI picker (workspace.tsx:1326). Not verified: whether a non-owner's bind can return 200 without storing the remote. If it can, the CLI says "Linked to …" while rules stay off.

Suggestion: if the add-remote bind fails, warn ("Could not add the git remote to the link (…); workspace rules stay off") and fall through to the existing approve path, so the command still exits 0. After a successful bind, warn when res.binding.repo_remote is still null.

Reviewed with independent Claude and Codex reviewers.

[hkaltai]

MINOR: the reason only reaches the human output. learn status --json returns before this gate runs, so a JSON consumer still sees only rules.linked: false and can't tell a path-only link from an unlinked project, which is the confusion the issue reports.

Suggestion: compute the gate before the args.json return and add e.g. rules.gate: { status, code, reason }. Separately, a nit: pass await RulesService.effectiveLearn(learn, root, Instance.directory) rather than the raw learn, as learn sync and line ~395 already do, so this line and the real sync gate use the same input.

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[ralphstodomingo]

Approving, with one request about merge order.

Merge order: please land this together with #1669 or after it, in the same release or a later one, not before it. This turns rules sync on for projects that were linked by path only, and those should get it together with #1669's changes.

What I checked, by reading at 1be3f731cc (I didn't run the suites):

• addsRemoteToLink fires only for a link matched by path that has no remote, in a project that has one now. The lookup tries the remote first, so a remote that is already linked is never sent again here.
• On the server, binding the same workspace again adds the missing remote to the caller's own link and answers 409 for anyone else's, as the description says.
• The headless, interactive and TUI paths all end in recordApprovedBinding, so the local record gains the remote too. Errors go through the existing link-failed handling, and the TUI path through its try/catch and toast.
• The learn status lines before the first sync, and the new no_remote reason, read well. The binding lookup that learn status now makes is disclosed in the description.

No inline comments.

Appendix — complexity delta (altimate-code#1670)

1931f6907c → 1be3f731cc · only functions this diff touches · advisory, not a gate.

Function	File	Cognitive	CCN	Status
alreadyLinked L1123	packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/link.ts	4 → 5 ▲	3 → 4 ▲	trivial
AlreadyLinkedDialog L965	packages/opencode/src/plugin/tui/altimate/workspace.tsx	20 =	255 → 259 ▲	hard to follow
(anonymous) L303	packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/learn.ts	0 =	11 → 12 ▲	trivial

Summary: 7 touched · 3 rose · 0 improved · 2 new (max cognitive 4) · net cognitive Δ +6

ℹ️ How to read these numbers

Cognitive (Sonar spec) counts breaks in linear reading flow — each if/loop/catch/ternary/boolean-operator switch adds 1, and nesting makes every further break cost more. It approximates how much you must hold in your head to follow the function: 0–5 trivial · 6–10 easy · 11–15 moderate (15 = Sonar's recommended per-function cap) · 16–25 hard to follow · >25 needs decomposition.

CCN (cyclomatic) counts independent paths — also the minimum number of test cases for full branch coverage of the function.

Only functions this diff touches are measured, as deltas — pre-existing complexity is not counted against this change. Rising numbers aren't automatically wrong; they're where review attention should go. Test files excluded.

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🔁 @saravmajestic — this change was promoted to the help-docs hub: https://github.com/AltimateAI/help-docs/pull/149 — please review/merge to keep the docs in sync.

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