implement TUI restart capability via MCP tool and CLI flag#546
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…#545) - Add shared restartTui() logic in restart-tui.ts (pkill + registry prune + relaunch) - Add TuiHandler with restart_tui MCP tool that terminates unresponsive TUI and spawns fresh client - Register TuiHandler in McpModule and export from handlers/index.ts - Add --restart flag to CLI tui command (cli.types.ts TuiOptions, parseArgs update) - Wire restart flag through runTui() with success/failure stderr output - Add unit tests for all new modules and updated flows
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Summary
Closes #545
Adds TUI restart capability through two entry points that share a single restart function:
restart_tuiMCP tool — AI agents can call this tool when the TUI becomes unresponsive or shows a blank screencodingbuddy tui --restartCLI flag — users can restart the TUI directly from the terminalChanges
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cli/restart-tui.ts— shared restart logic: kills existing TUI client viapkill, prunes stale registry entries, validates a live MCP server instance exists, then spawns a fresh TUI clientcli/restart-tui.spec.ts— unit tests forrestartTui()mcp/handlers/tui.handler.ts—TuiHandlerimplementingrestart_tuiMCP tool usingAbstractHandlerpatternmcp/handlers/tui.handler.spec.ts— unit tests forTuiHandlerModified Files
mcp/handlers/index.ts— exportTuiHandlermcp/mcp.module.ts— registerTuiHandleras NestJS providercli/cli.types.ts— addTuiOptionsinterface withrestart: booleancli/cli.ts— parse--restartflag intuicommand, pass torunTui()cli/run-tui.ts— handlerestartoption: callrestartTui()and print success/failure to stderrcli/cli.spec.ts— tests fortuiandtui --restartflag parsingcli/run-tui.spec.ts— tests for restart flow inrunTui()Test Plan
restartTui()returns error when no MCP server instances foundrestartTui()kills existing TUI client viapkillbefore relaunchingrestartTui()prunes registry before relaunchingrestart_tuiMCP tool returns{ success, reason, pid }on successrestart_tuiMCP tool returnsisError: truewhen restart fails or throwscodingbuddy tui --restartcallsrestartTui()and prints result to stderrcodingbuddy tui(without--restart) behavior unchangedrestart_tuiappears inlist_toolsoutput