diff --git a/gateway/src/api.ts b/gateway/src/api.ts
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+++ b/gateway/src/api.ts
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+// The watch's REST API, as described in docs/api.md and typed in contract.ts.
+
+import type { BunRequest } from "bun";
+
+import type {
+  ErrorResponse,
+  NewThreadRequest,
+  NewThreadResponse,
+  PairRequest,
+  PairResponse,
+  ProjectsResponse,
+  PushRegistration,
+  RespondRequest,
+  SendMessageRequest,
+} from "./contract.ts";
+import type { Db, DeviceRow } from "./db.ts";
+import type { Hub } from "./hub.ts";
+import { HostError, type T3Host } from "./t3/host.ts";
+import { RpcError } from "./t3/rpc.ts";
+import type { ApprovalDecision, ModelSelection, ThreadShell } from "./t3/types.ts";
+import { buildFeed, buildThreadDetail, hostSummary, type SummaryCache } from "./views.ts";
+
+export interface ApiDeps {
+  db: Db;
+  hub: Hub;
+  cache: SummaryCache;
+  log?: (message: string) => void;
+}
+
+/** Wrong pairing codes allowed before every open code is voided. */
+const PAIR_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+const PAIR_WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60_000;
+const DECISIONS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<ApprovalDecision>([
+  "accept",
+  "acceptForSession",
+  "acceptAlways",
+  "decline",
+  "cancel",
+]);
+
+class HttpError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly status: number,
+    message: string,
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}
+
+const json = (body: unknown, status = 200) => Response.json(body, { status });
+const accepted = () => new Response(null, { status: 202 });
+
+export function createRoutes({ db, hub, cache, log = () => {} }: ApiDeps) {
+  let pairFailures: number[] = [];
+
+  /** Wraps a handler with device auth and error mapping. */
+  const authed =
+    <P extends string>(handler: (req: BunRequest<P>, device: DeviceRow) => Promise<Response> | Response) =>
+    (req: BunRequest<P>) =>
+      handle(async () => {
+        const token = req.headers.get("authorization")?.match(/^Bearer (.+)$/)?.[1];
+        const device = token ? db.devices.authenticate(token) : null;
+        if (!device) throw new HttpError(401, "This watch is not paired.");
+        return handler(req, device);
+      });
+
+  async function handle(run: () => Promise<Response> | Response): Promise<Response> {
+    try {
+      return await run();
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof HttpError) return json({ error: error.message } satisfies ErrorResponse, error.status);
+      if (error instanceof HostError) {
+        return json({ error: error.message } satisfies ErrorResponse, error.status === 503 ? 503 : 502);
+      }
+      if (error instanceof RpcError) return json({ error: error.message } satisfies ErrorResponse, 502);
+      log(`unhandled: ${error instanceof Error ? error.stack : String(error)}`);
+      return json({ error: "Something went wrong in the gateway." } satisfies ErrorResponse, 500);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const findHost = (hostId: string): T3Host => {
+    const host = hub.get(hostId);
+    if (!host) throw new HttpError(404, "Unknown host.");
+    return host;
+  };
+
+  const findThread = (hostId: string, threadId: string): { host: T3Host; thread: ThreadShell } => {
+    const host = findHost(hostId);
+    const thread = host.threads.get(threadId);
+    if (!thread) throw new HttpError(404, "Unknown thread.");
+    return { host, thread };
+  };
+
+  const resolveModel = (host: T3Host, projectId: string): ModelSelection | null =>
+    host.projects.get(projectId)?.defaultModelSelection ?? host.serverConfig?.settings?.defaultModelSelection ?? null;
+
+  return {
+    "/v1/health": {
+      GET: () => json({ ok: true, hosts: hub.list().map(hostSummary) }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/pair": {
+      POST: (req: BunRequest<"/v1/pair">) =>
+        handle(async () => {
+          const body = await readBody<PairRequest>(req);
+          const code = String(body.code ?? "").trim();
+          const name = String(body.deviceName ?? "").trim() || "Apple Watch";
+          pairFailures = pairFailures.filter((at) => Date.now() - at < PAIR_WINDOW_MS);
+          if (pairFailures.length >= PAIR_ATTEMPTS) throw new HttpError(429, "Too many attempts. Make a new code.");
+          if (!/^\d{6}$/.test(code) || !db.pairing.redeem(code)) {
+            pairFailures.push(Date.now());
+            if (pairFailures.length >= PAIR_ATTEMPTS) db.pairing.voidAll();
+            throw new HttpError(400, "That code is wrong or has expired.");
+          }
+          const deviceToken = `wc_${Buffer.from(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32))).toString("base64url")}`;
+          const deviceId = db.devices.create(name, deviceToken);
+          log(`paired device ${name} (${deviceId})`);
+          return json({ deviceId, deviceToken } satisfies PairResponse);
+        }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/device/push": {
+      PUT: authed<"/v1/device/push">(async (req, device) => {
+        const body = await readBody<PushRegistration>(req);
+        if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]{32,200}$/.test(body.apnsToken ?? "")) throw new HttpError(400, "apnsToken must be hex.");
+        if (body.apnsEnvironment !== "sandbox" && body.apnsEnvironment !== "production") {
+          throw new HttpError(400, "apnsEnvironment must be sandbox or production.");
+        }
+        db.devices.setPush(device.id, body.apnsToken.toLowerCase(), body.apnsEnvironment);
+        return new Response(null, { status: 204 });
+      }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/feed": {
+      GET: authed(async () => json(await buildFeed(hub.list(), cache))),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/projects": {
+      GET: authed(() =>
+        json({
+          hosts: hub.list().map((host) => ({
+            ...hostSummary(host),
+            projects: [...host.projects.values()]
+              .sort((a, b) => a.title.localeCompare(b.title))
+              .map((project) => ({ id: project.id, title: project.title, model: resolveModel(host, project.id)?.model ?? null })),
+          })),
+        } satisfies ProjectsResponse),
+      ),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/threads": {
+      POST: authed<"/v1/threads">(async (req) => {
+        const body = await readBody<NewThreadRequest>(req);
+        const text = String(body.text ?? "").trim();
+        if (!text) throw new HttpError(400, "Say what the thread should do.");
+        const host = findHost(String(body.hostId));
+        if (!host.projects.has(String(body.projectId))) throw new HttpError(404, "Unknown project.");
+        const modelSelection = resolveModel(host, body.projectId);
+        if (!modelSelection) throw new HttpError(400, "That project has no default model. Set one in T3 Code.");
+        const result = await host.launchThread({
+          commandId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+          creationSource: "mobile",
+          projectId: body.projectId,
+          title: titleFrom(text),
+          generateTitle: true,
+          modelSelection,
+          runtimeMode: host.serverConfig?.settings?.defaultRuntimeMode ?? "full-access",
+          interactionMode: "default",
+          workspaceStrategy: { type: "root" },
+          initialMessage: { messageId: crypto.randomUUID(), text, attachments: [] },
+        });
+        return json({ hostId: host.id, threadId: result.threadId } satisfies NewThreadResponse, 201);
+      }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId": {
+      GET: authed<"/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId">(async (req) => {
+        const { host, thread } = findThread(req.params.hostId, req.params.threadId);
+        return json(await buildThreadDetail(host, thread, cache));
+      }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/messages": {
+      POST: authed<"/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/messages">(async (req) => {
+        const { host, thread } = findThread(req.params.hostId, req.params.threadId);
+        const text = String((await readBody<SendMessageRequest>(req)).text ?? "").trim();
+        if (!text) throw new HttpError(400, "The message is empty.");
+        await host.dispatch({
+          type: "message.dispatch",
+          commandId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+          threadId: thread.id,
+          messageId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+          text,
+          attachments: [],
+          createdBy: "user",
+          creationSource: "mobile",
+          dispatchMode: { type: "queue_after_active" },
+        });
+        return accepted();
+      }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/respond": {
+      POST: authed<"/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/respond">(async (req) => {
+        const { host, thread } = findThread(req.params.hostId, req.params.threadId);
+        const body = await readBody<RespondRequest>(req);
+        if (thread.pendingRuntimeRequest?.id !== body.requestId) {
+          throw new HttpError(409, "That request was already answered.");
+        }
+        const base = { type: "runtime-request.respond", commandId: crypto.randomUUID(), threadId: thread.id, requestId: body.requestId } as const;
+        if ("decision" in body) {
+          if (!DECISIONS.has(body.decision)) throw new HttpError(400, "Unknown decision.");
+          await host.dispatch({ ...base, decision: body.decision });
+        } else if ("answers" in body && body.answers && typeof body.answers === "object") {
+          await host.dispatch({ ...base, answers: body.answers });
+        } else {
+          throw new HttpError(400, "Send a decision or answers.");
+        }
+        cache.forget(host, thread.id);
+        return accepted();
+      }),
+    },
+
+    "/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/stop": {
+      POST: authed<"/v1/threads/:hostId/:threadId/stop">(async (req) => {
+        const { host, thread } = findThread(req.params.hostId, req.params.threadId);
+        if (host.supports("threadStop")) {
+          await host.dispatch({ type: "thread.stop", commandId: crypto.randomUUID(), threadId: thread.id });
+        } else if (thread.activeRunId) {
+          await host.dispatch({
+            type: "run.interrupt",
+            commandId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+            threadId: thread.id,
+            runId: thread.activeRunId,
+          });
+        } else {
+          throw new HttpError(409, "Nothing is running.");
+        }
+        return accepted();
+      }),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function readBody<T>(req: Request): Promise<Partial<T> & T> {
+  try {
+    return (await req.json()) as Partial<T> & T;
+  } catch {
+    throw new HttpError(400, "The body must be JSON.");
+  }
+}
+
+/** A thread title from the first line of the prompt. T3 replaces it with a generated one. */
+function titleFrom(text: string): string {
+  const line = text.split("\n")[0]?.trim() ?? text;
+  return line.length > 80 ? `${line.slice(0, 79)}…` : line;
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/apns.ts b/gateway/src/apns.ts
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+++ b/gateway/src/apns.ts
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+// Sends push notifications through APNs with token-based auth: an ES256 JWT signed by the .p8 key
+// from the Apple Developer portal, over HTTP/2. No dependencies.
+
+import { createPrivateKey, sign, type KeyObject } from "node:crypto";
+import { connect, type ClientHttp2Session } from "node:http2";
+
+export interface ApnsConfig {
+  keyId: string;
+  teamId: string;
+  /** The .p8 key's PEM text. */
+  key: string;
+  /** The app's bundle ID. */
+  topic: string;
+}
+
+export interface ApnsNotification {
+  deviceToken: string;
+  environment: "sandbox" | "production";
+  payload: object;
+  /** Replaces an earlier notification with the same id on the device. */
+  collapseId?: string;
+}
+
+/** Device tokens APNs reported as no longer valid. */
+export type ApnsResult = { ok: true } | { ok: false; status: number; reason: string; tokenInvalid: boolean };
+
+const HOSTS = {
+  sandbox: "https://api.sandbox.push.apple.com",
+  production: "https://api.push.apple.com",
+} as const;
+
+// Apple rejects tokens older than an hour and throttles ones refreshed more often than every 20 minutes.
+const JWT_LIFETIME_MS = 40 * 60_000;
+
+export class Apns {
+  private readonly key: KeyObject;
+  private jwt: { value: string; issuedAt: number } | null = null;
+  private readonly sessions = new Map<string, ClientHttp2Session>();
+
+  constructor(private readonly config: ApnsConfig) {
+    this.key = createPrivateKey(config.key);
+  }
+
+  async send(notification: ApnsNotification): Promise<ApnsResult> {
+    const body = JSON.stringify(notification.payload);
+    const session = this.session(HOSTS[notification.environment]);
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const request = session.request({
+        ":method": "POST",
+        ":path": `/3/device/${notification.deviceToken}`,
+        authorization: `bearer ${this.token()}`,
+        "apns-topic": this.config.topic,
+        "apns-push-type": "alert",
+        "apns-priority": "10",
+        ...(notification.collapseId ? { "apns-collapse-id": notification.collapseId } : {}),
+        "content-type": "application/json",
+      });
+      let status = 0;
+      let response = "";
+      request.on("response", (headers) => {
+        status = Number(headers[":status"]);
+      });
+      request.setEncoding("utf8");
+      request.on("data", (chunk: string) => (response += chunk));
+      request.on("end", () => {
+        if (status === 200) return resolve({ ok: true });
+        const reason = safeReason(response);
+        resolve({
+          ok: false,
+          status,
+          reason,
+          tokenInvalid: status === 410 || reason === "BadDeviceToken" || reason === "DeviceTokenNotForTopic",
+        });
+      });
+      request.on("error", (error) => resolve({ ok: false, status: 0, reason: error.message, tokenInvalid: false }));
+      request.end(body);
+    });
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    for (const session of this.sessions.values()) session.close();
+    this.sessions.clear();
+  }
+
+  private session(origin: string): ClientHttp2Session {
+    const existing = this.sessions.get(origin);
+    if (existing && !existing.closed && !existing.destroyed) return existing;
+    const session = connect(origin);
+    session.on("error", () => this.sessions.delete(origin));
+    session.on("close", () => this.sessions.delete(origin));
+    this.sessions.set(origin, session);
+    return session;
+  }
+
+  private token(): string {
+    if (this.jwt && Date.now() - this.jwt.issuedAt < JWT_LIFETIME_MS) return this.jwt.value;
+    const issuedAt = Date.now();
+    const header = base64url(JSON.stringify({ alg: "ES256", kid: this.config.keyId }));
+    const claims = base64url(JSON.stringify({ iss: this.config.teamId, iat: Math.floor(issuedAt / 1000) }));
+    const signature = sign("sha256", Buffer.from(`${header}.${claims}`), { key: this.key, dsaEncoding: "ieee-p1363" });
+    this.jwt = { value: `${header}.${claims}.${signature.toString("base64url")}`, issuedAt };
+    return this.jwt.value;
+  }
+}
+
+const base64url = (text: string) => Buffer.from(text).toString("base64url");
+
+function safeReason(body: string): string {
+  try {
+    return (JSON.parse(body) as { reason?: string }).reason ?? body;
+  } catch {
+    return body;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/cli.ts b/gateway/src/cli.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/cli.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+// Operator commands. They edit the same SQLite file the running gateway reads, so changes apply
+// within a few seconds. In the container: `docker exec -it wristcode-gateway wristcode <command>`.
+
+import { loadConfig } from "./config.ts";
+import { openDb } from "./db.ts";
+import { ORCHESTRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION, type EnvironmentDescriptor } from "./t3/types.ts";
+
+const USAGE = `wristcode <command>
+
+  host add <url> <pairing-credential> [--label <name>]
+      Connect a T3 Code server. Make the credential on that host with:
+      t3 auth pairing create --scope orchestration:read --scope orchestration:operate --label "WristCode gateway"
+      Run it again with a fresh credential to renew the gateway's token.
+  host list
+  host remove <id or label>
+  pair
+      Print a 6 digit code to enter on the watch. Good for 5 minutes.
+  device list
+  device revoke <id or name>`;
+
+const PAIRING_CODE_TTL_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+
+const db = openDb(loadConfig().dbPath);
+const [group, command, ...rest] = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+try {
+  await run();
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+} finally {
+  db.close();
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  switch (`${group} ${command ?? ""}`.trim()) {
+    case "host add":
+      return hostAdd(rest);
+    case "host list":
+      for (const host of db.hosts.list()) {
+        console.log(`${host.label}\t${host.url}\t${host.id}\ttoken expires ${host.token_expires_at ?? "unknown"}`);
+      }
+      return;
+    case "host remove":
+      if (!rest[0]) throw new Error(USAGE);
+      console.log(db.hosts.remove(rest[0]) ? "Removed." : "No such host.");
+      return;
+    case "pair": {
+      const code = String(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint32Array(1))[0]! % 1_000_000).padStart(6, "0");
+      db.pairing.create(code, PAIRING_CODE_TTL_MS);
+      console.log(`Enter this code on the watch within 5 minutes: ${code}`);
+      return;
+    }
+    case "device list":
+      for (const device of db.devices.list()) {
+        const state = device.revoked_at ? "revoked" : device.apns_token ? `push ${device.apns_env}` : "no push";
+        console.log(`${device.name}\t${device.id}\t${state}\tlast seen ${device.last_seen_at ?? "never"}`);
+      }
+      return;
+    case "device revoke":
+      if (!rest[0]) throw new Error(USAGE);
+      console.log(`Revoked ${db.devices.revoke(rest[0])} device(s).`);
+      return;
+    default:
+      console.log(USAGE);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Exchanges a T3 pairing credential for a bearer session and saves the host. */
+async function hostAdd(args: string[]) {
+  const labelFlag = args.indexOf("--label");
+  const label = labelFlag === -1 ? undefined : args[labelFlag + 1];
+  const [rawUrl, credential] = args.filter((_, index) => labelFlag === -1 || (index !== labelFlag && index !== labelFlag + 1));
+  if (!rawUrl || !credential) throw new Error(USAGE);
+  const url = new URL(rawUrl).origin;
+
+  const descriptor = await getJson<EnvironmentDescriptor>(`${url}/.well-known/t3/environment`);
+  if ((descriptor.orchestrationProtocolVersion ?? 1) !== ORCHESTRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION) {
+    throw new Error(`${url} speaks orchestration protocol ${descriptor.orchestrationProtocolVersion ?? 1}, this gateway speaks ${ORCHESTRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION}.`);
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${url}/oauth/token`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
+    body: new URLSearchParams({
+      grant_type: "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange",
+      subject_token: credential,
+      subject_token_type: "urn:t3:params:oauth:token-type:environment-bootstrap",
+      requested_token_type: "urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:access_token",
+      scope: "orchestration:read orchestration:operate",
+      client_label: "WristCode gateway",
+      client_device_type: "bot",
+    }),
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${url} refused the pairing credential (${response.status}): ${await response.text()}`);
+  const token = (await response.json()) as { access_token: string; expires_in?: number; scope?: string };
+  const scopes = token.scope?.split(" ") ?? [];
+  if (!scopes.includes("orchestration:read") || !scopes.includes("orchestration:operate")) {
+    throw new Error(`The credential only granted "${token.scope}". Make one with orchestration:read and orchestration:operate.`);
+  }
+
+  db.hosts.upsert({
+    id: descriptor.environmentId,
+    label: label ?? descriptor.label,
+    url,
+    environment_id: descriptor.environmentId,
+    token: token.access_token,
+    token_expires_at: token.expires_in ? new Date(Date.now() + token.expires_in * 1000).toISOString() : null,
+  });
+  console.log(`Added ${label ?? descriptor.label} (T3 ${descriptor.serverVersion}). The gateway connects within 15 seconds.`);
+}
+
+async function getJson<T>(url: string): Promise<T> {
+  const response = await fetch(url);
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${url} returned ${response.status}`);
+  return response.json() as Promise<T>;
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/config.ts b/gateway/src/config.ts
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index 0000000..dbc6ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Settings from the environment. Only the database path is needed to run. Without the APNs
+// settings the gateway still serves the watch, it just logs pushes instead of sending them.
+
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+import type { ApnsConfig } from "./apns.ts";
+
+export interface Config {
+  port: number;
+  dbPath: string;
+  apns: ApnsConfig | null;
+}
+
+export function loadConfig(env = process.env): Config {
+  const keyId = env.APNS_KEY_ID;
+  const teamId = env.APNS_TEAM_ID;
+  const key = env.APNS_KEY ?? (env.APNS_KEY_PATH ? readFileSync(env.APNS_KEY_PATH, "utf8") : undefined);
+  return {
+    port: Number(env.PORT ?? 8080),
+    dbPath: env.WRISTCODE_DB ?? "data/wristcode.sqlite",
+    apns:
+      keyId && teamId && key
+        ? { keyId, teamId, key: key.replace(/\\n/g, "\n"), topic: env.APNS_TOPIC ?? "org.gbrown.wristcode" }
+        : null,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/hub.ts b/gateway/src/hub.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0eb8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/hub.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// The set of T3 hosts, kept in step with the `hosts` table. The CLI edits the table and the running
+// gateway picks the change up on its next sync, so adding or renewing a host needs no restart.
+
+import type { Db, HostRow } from "./db.ts";
+import { T3Host, type HostOptions } from "./t3/host.ts";
+
+export class Hub {
+  private readonly hosts = new Map<string, { host: T3Host; row: HostRow }>();
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly db: Db,
+    private readonly options: HostOptions,
+  ) {}
+
+  /** Starts new hosts, restarts ones whose URL or token changed, and stops removed ones. */
+  sync() {
+    const rows = this.db.hosts.list();
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      seen.add(row.id);
+      const current = this.hosts.get(row.id);
+      if (current && current.row.url === row.url && current.row.token === row.token && current.row.label === row.label) {
+        current.row = row;
+        continue;
+      }
+      current?.host.stop();
+      const host = new T3Host(
+        { id: row.id, label: row.label, url: row.url, token: row.token, environmentId: row.environment_id },
+        this.options,
+      );
+      this.hosts.set(row.id, { host, row });
+      host.start();
+    }
+    for (const [id, { host }] of this.hosts) {
+      if (seen.has(id)) continue;
+      host.stop();
+      this.hosts.delete(id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  list(): T3Host[] {
+    return [...this.hosts.values()].map(({ host }) => host);
+  }
+
+  get(id: string): T3Host | undefined {
+    return this.hosts.get(id)?.host;
+  }
+
+  rows(): HostRow[] {
+    return [...this.hosts.values()].map(({ row }) => row);
+  }
+
+  stop() {
+    for (const { host } of this.hosts.values()) host.stop();
+    this.hosts.clear();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/main.ts b/gateway/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76000b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Starts the gateway: connects to every T3 host in the database, serves the watch API, and pushes
+// notifications.
+
+import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname } from "node:path";
+
+import { Apns } from "./apns.ts";
+import { createRoutes } from "./api.ts";
+import { loadConfig } from "./config.ts";
+import { openDb } from "./db.ts";
+import { Hub } from "./hub.ts";
+import { Notifier, type SendPush } from "./notify.ts";
+import { SummaryCache } from "./views.ts";
+
+const HOST_SYNC_MS = 15_000;
+const TOKEN_CHECK_MS = 6 * 60 * 60_000;
+
+const log = (message: string) => console.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`);
+
+const config = loadConfig();
+mkdirSync(dirname(config.dbPath), { recursive: true });
+const db = openDb(config.dbPath);
+const cache = new SummaryCache(log);
+const apns = config.apns ? new Apns(config.apns) : null;
+if (!apns) log("APNs is not configured. Pushes will only be logged.");
+
+const sendPush: SendPush = async (push) => {
+  const devices = db.devices.active().filter((device) => device.apns_token && device.apns_env);
+  if (!apns || devices.length === 0) {
+    log(`push (not sent): [${push.category}] ${push.title}: ${push.body}`);
+    return;
+  }
+  const payload = {
+    aps: {
+      alert: { title: push.title, ...(push.subtitle ? { subtitle: push.subtitle } : {}), body: push.body },
+      sound: "default",
+      category: push.category,
+      "thread-id": push.data.threadId || push.data.hostId,
+    },
+    ...push.data,
+  };
+  await Promise.all(
+    devices.map(async (device) => {
+      const result = await apns.send({
+        deviceToken: device.apns_token!,
+        environment: device.apns_env!,
+        payload,
+        collapseId: push.collapseId,
+      });
+      if (result.ok) return;
+      log(`APNs refused a push to ${device.name}: ${result.status} ${result.reason}`);
+      if (result.tokenInvalid) db.devices.clearPush(device.apns_token!);
+    }),
+  );
+};
+
+const notifier = new Notifier(sendPush, cache, log);
+const hub = new Hub(db, { onThreadChange: notifier.onThreadChange, onStatus: notifier.onHostStatus, log });
+hub.sync();
+setInterval(() => hub.sync(), HOST_SYNC_MS);
+notifier.checkTokenExpiry(hub.rows());
+setInterval(() => notifier.checkTokenExpiry(hub.rows()), TOKEN_CHECK_MS);
+
+const server = Bun.serve({
+  port: config.port,
+  routes: createRoutes({ db, hub, cache, log }),
+  fetch: () => Response.json({ error: "Not found." }, { status: 404 }),
+});
+log(`WristCode gateway listening on :${server.port} with ${hub.list().length} host(s)`);
+
+for (const signal of ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM"] as const) {
+  process.on(signal, () => {
+    log(`${signal}: shutting down`);
+    void server.stop();
+    hub.stop();
+    apns?.close();
+    db.close();
+    process.exit(0);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/notify.ts b/gateway/src/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6060c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// Decides when to push. A thread notifies when its phase becomes one the user cares about
+// (waiting for them, finished, failed), and again only after it moves on. A new approval on a
+// thread already waiting counts as a change, so each request notifies once. Nothing notifies while
+// a host loads its first snapshot, so a restart never replays old news.
+
+import { threadPhase, type Phase } from "./awareness.ts";
+import type { PushCategory, PushPayload } from "./contract.ts";
+import type { HostRow } from "./db.ts";
+import type { T3Host, ThreadChange } from "./t3/host.ts";
+import { trimText, type SummaryCache, type ThreadSummary } from "./views.ts";
+
+export interface Push {
+  title: string;
+  subtitle?: string;
+  body: string;
+  category: PushCategory;
+  data: PushPayload;
+  /** Replaces an earlier push about the same thing on the watch. */
+  collapseId: string;
+}
+
+export type SendPush = (push: Push) => Promise<void>;
+
+const NOTIFYING: ReadonlySet<Phase> = new Set(["waiting_for_approval", "waiting_for_input", "completed", "failed"]);
+const BODY_CHARS = 180;
+const SUMMARY_WAIT_MS = 3_000;
+const TOKEN_WARNING_MS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60_000;
+
+export class Notifier {
+  /** The last phase key seen per thread, `phase:requestId`. */
+  private readonly keys = new Map<string, string>();
+  /** Hosts already warned about, so each warning goes out once a day at most. */
+  private readonly warned = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly send: SendPush,
+    private readonly cache: SummaryCache,
+    private readonly log: (message: string) => void = () => {},
+  ) {}
+
+  onThreadChange = ({ host, previous, next, initial }: ThreadChange) => {
+    const id = `${host.id}:${(next ?? previous)?.id}`;
+    if (!next) {
+      this.keys.delete(id);
+      return;
+    }
+    const phase = threadPhase(next);
+    const key = `${phase}:${next.pendingRuntimeRequest?.id ?? ""}`;
+    const before = this.keys.get(id);
+    this.keys.set(id, key);
+    if (initial || phase === null || !NOTIFYING.has(phase) || key === before) return;
+    void this.notify(host, next, phase).catch((error: unknown) =>
+      this.log(`push for ${id} failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`),
+    );
+  };
+
+  /** Warns once when a host starts rejecting the gateway's token. */
+  onHostStatus = (host: T3Host) => {
+    if (host.status !== "auth_invalid") return;
+    this.warnHost(host.id, host.label, `T3 rejected the gateway's token. Pair ${host.label} again.`);
+  };
+
+  /** Warns about tokens that expire within a week. Run it daily. */
+  checkTokenExpiry(rows: HostRow[], now = Date.now()) {
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      if (!row.token_expires_at) continue;
+      const left = Date.parse(row.token_expires_at) - now;
+      if (left > TOKEN_WARNING_MS) continue;
+      const days = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(left / (24 * 60 * 60_000)));
+      this.warnHost(row.id, row.label, `The gateway's T3 token expires in ${days} day${days === 1 ? "" : "s"}. Pair ${row.label} again.`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private warnHost(hostId: string, label: string, body: string) {
+    const last = this.warned.get(hostId) ?? 0;
+    if (Date.now() - last < 24 * 60 * 60_000) return;
+    this.warned.set(hostId, Date.now());
+    void this.send({
+      title: label,
+      body,
+      category: "host",
+      data: { hostId, threadId: "" },
+      collapseId: `host:${hostId}`,
+    }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+
+  private async notify(host: T3Host, thread: NonNullable<ThreadChange["next"]>, phase: Phase) {
+    const summary = await Promise.race([
+      this.cache.get(host, thread).catch(() => undefined),
+      Bun.sleep(SUMMARY_WAIT_MS).then(() => undefined),
+    ]);
+    const project = host.projects.get(thread.projectId)?.title;
+    const requestId = thread.pendingRuntimeRequest?.id;
+    await this.send({
+      title: thread.title,
+      subtitle: project ? `${host.label} · ${project}` : host.label,
+      body: body(phase, thread.lastError ?? null, summary),
+      category: category(phase),
+      data: { hostId: host.id, threadId: thread.id, ...(requestId ? { requestId } : {}) },
+      collapseId: `${host.id}:${thread.id}`.slice(0, 64),
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+function category(phase: Phase): PushCategory {
+  switch (phase) {
+    case "waiting_for_approval":
+      return "approval";
+    case "waiting_for_input":
+      return "input";
+    case "failed":
+      return "failed";
+    default:
+      return "finished";
+  }
+}
+
+function body(phase: Phase, lastError: string | null, summary: ThreadSummary | undefined): string {
+  switch (phase) {
+    case "waiting_for_approval": {
+      const prompt = summary?.request?.prompt;
+      return prompt ? `Wants to run: ${trimText(prompt, BODY_CHARS)}` : "Needs your approval.";
+    }
+    case "waiting_for_input": {
+      const question = summary?.request?.questions[0]?.question;
+      return question ? trimText(question, BODY_CHARS) : "Has a question for you.";
+    }
+    case "failed":
+      return lastError ? trimText(lastError, BODY_CHARS) : "The run failed.";
+    default:
+      return summary?.lastAssistantMessage ? trimText(summary.lastAssistantMessage, BODY_CHARS) : "Finished.";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/t3/types.ts b/gateway/src/t3/types.ts
index 2afc15e..d59f995 100644
--- a/gateway/src/t3/types.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/t3/types.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export interface EnvironmentDescriptor {
 
 export interface ServerConfig {
   environment?: { capabilities?: Record<string, unknown> };
-  settings?: { defaultModelSelection?: ModelSelection | null };
+  settings?: { defaultModelSelection?: ModelSelection | null; defaultRuntimeMode?: string };
 }
 
 /** Commands sent through `orchestration.dispatchCommand`. */
diff --git a/gateway/src/views.ts b/gateway/src/views.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37887c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/views.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+// Turns T3 state into the shapes in contract.ts. Thread shells carry status but not text, so the
+// last message and the pending request's details come from each thread's bounded snapshot. Those
+// are large (hundreds of KB), so they are reduced to a small summary and cached per thread until
+// the thread's `updatedAt` moves.
+
+import { threadPhase, type Phase } from "./awareness.ts";
+import type { Feed, FeedItem, HostSummary, Message, PendingRequest, ThreadDetail } from "./contract.ts";
+import type { T3Host } from "./t3/host.ts";
+import {
+  isApprovalRequest,
+  isUserInputRequest,
+  type BoundedThread,
+  type ThreadShell,
+} from "./t3/types.ts";
+
+const LAST_MESSAGE_CHARS = 280;
+const MESSAGE_CHARS = 2000;
+const MESSAGES_PER_THREAD = 20;
+const RECENT_WINDOW_MS = 24 * 60 * 60_000;
+const RECENT_LIMIT = 10;
+/** How long a feed request waits for summaries it does not have yet. */
+const SUMMARY_WAIT_MS = 2_000;
+
+export interface ThreadSummary {
+  messages: Message[];
+  lastAssistantMessage: string | null;
+  request: PendingRequest | null;
+}
+
+/** Trims text for a small screen: collapses whitespace and cuts at a word near `max`. */
+export function trimText(text: string, max: number): string {
+  const flat = text.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+  if (flat.length <= max) return flat;
+  const cut = flat.slice(0, max);
+  const space = cut.lastIndexOf(" ");
+  return `${(space > max * 0.6 ? cut.slice(0, space) : cut).trimEnd()}…`;
+}
+
+/** Reduces a bounded thread snapshot to what the watch shows. */
+export function summarize(bounded: BoundedThread, thread: ThreadShell): ThreadSummary {
+  const { messages, turnItems } = bounded.projection;
+  const visible = messages.filter(
+    (message) => message.text.trim().length > 0 && (message.role === "user" || message.role === "assistant"),
+  );
+  const lastAssistant = visible.findLast((message) => message.role === "assistant");
+  return {
+    messages: visible.slice(-MESSAGES_PER_THREAD).map((message) => ({
+      id: message.id,
+      role: message.role as Message["role"],
+      text: message.text.length > MESSAGE_CHARS ? `${message.text.slice(0, MESSAGE_CHARS)}…` : message.text,
+      createdAt: message.createdAt,
+    })),
+    lastAssistantMessage: lastAssistant ? trimText(lastAssistant.text, LAST_MESSAGE_CHARS) : null,
+    request: pendingRequest(thread, turnItems),
+  };
+}
+
+function pendingRequest(thread: ThreadShell, turnItems: BoundedThread["projection"]["turnItems"]): PendingRequest | null {
+  const pending = thread.pendingRuntimeRequest;
+  if (!pending || pending.kind === "auth_refresh") return null;
+  const base = { id: pending.id, kind: pending.kind, prompt: null, reason: null, options: [], questions: [] };
+  const item = turnItems.findLast(
+    (candidate) => (isApprovalRequest(candidate) || isUserInputRequest(candidate)) && candidate.requestId === pending.id,
+  );
+  if (item && isApprovalRequest(item)) {
+    const options = item.options?.length
+      ? item.options.map(({ decision, label }) => ({ decision, label }))
+      : [
+          { decision: "accept" as const, label: "Allow" },
+          { decision: "decline" as const, label: "Deny" },
+        ];
+    return { ...base, prompt: item.prompt ?? item.title ?? null, reason: item.reason ?? null, options };
+  }
+  if (item && isUserInputRequest(item)) {
+    return {
+      ...base,
+      questions: item.questions.map((question) => ({
+        id: question.id,
+        header: question.header,
+        question: question.question,
+        options: question.options.map((option) => ({ label: option.label, value: option.value ?? option.label })),
+        allowCustomAnswer: question.allowCustomAnswer ?? false,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+  // The turn item may not be in the bounded window yet. Offer the plain choices for approvals.
+  return pending.kind === "user_input"
+    ? base
+    : {
+        ...base,
+        options: [
+          { decision: "accept", label: "Allow" },
+          { decision: "decline", label: "Deny" },
+        ],
+      };
+}
+
+/** Per-thread summaries, refetched when a thread's `updatedAt` changes. */
+export class SummaryCache {
+  private readonly entries = new Map<string, { updatedAt: string; summary: ThreadSummary }>();
+  private readonly inflight = new Map<string, Promise<ThreadSummary>>();
+
+  constructor(private readonly log: (message: string) => void = () => {}) {}
+
+  /** The cached summary, if it matches the thread's current version. */
+  peek(host: T3Host, thread: ThreadShell): ThreadSummary | undefined {
+    const entry = this.entries.get(key(host, thread.id));
+    return entry?.updatedAt === thread.updatedAt ? entry.summary : undefined;
+  }
+
+  get(host: T3Host, thread: ThreadShell): Promise<ThreadSummary> {
+    const cached = this.peek(host, thread);
+    if (cached) return Promise.resolve(cached);
+    const k = `${key(host, thread.id)}@${thread.updatedAt}`;
+    const running = this.inflight.get(k);
+    if (running) return running;
+    const promise = host
+      .bounded(thread.id)
+      .then((bounded) => {
+        const summary = summarize(bounded, thread);
+        this.entries.set(key(host, thread.id), { updatedAt: thread.updatedAt, summary });
+        return summary;
+      })
+      .finally(() => this.inflight.delete(k));
+    this.inflight.set(k, promise);
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  forget(host: T3Host, threadId: string) {
+    this.entries.delete(key(host, threadId));
+  }
+}
+
+const key = (host: T3Host, threadId: string) => `${host.id}:${threadId}`;
+
+export const hostSummary = (host: T3Host): HostSummary => ({
+  id: host.id,
+  label: host.label,
+  status: host.status,
+  error: host.lastError,
+});
+
+function feedItem(host: T3Host, thread: ThreadShell, phase: Phase, summary: ThreadSummary | undefined): FeedItem {
+  return {
+    hostId: host.id,
+    hostLabel: host.label,
+    threadId: thread.id,
+    projectId: thread.projectId,
+    projectTitle: host.projects.get(thread.projectId)?.title ?? "",
+    title: thread.title,
+    phase,
+    updatedAt: thread.updatedAt,
+    lastMessage: summary?.lastAssistantMessage ?? null,
+    request: summary?.request ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Builds the feed across every host, waiting briefly for summaries it has not read yet. */
+export async function buildFeed(hosts: T3Host[], cache: SummaryCache, now = Date.now()): Promise<Feed> {
+  const candidates: Array<{ host: T3Host; thread: ThreadShell; phase: Phase }> = [];
+  for (const host of hosts) {
+    for (const thread of host.threads.values()) {
+      const phase = threadPhase(thread);
+      if (phase === null || thread.archivedAt || thread.deletedAt) continue;
+      if ((phase === "completed" || phase === "failed") && now - Date.parse(thread.updatedAt) > RECENT_WINDOW_MS) continue;
+      candidates.push({ host, thread, phase });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const byNewest = (a: { thread: ThreadShell }, b: { thread: ThreadShell }) =>
+    b.thread.updatedAt.localeCompare(a.thread.updatedAt);
+  const needsYou = candidates
+    .filter(({ phase }) => phase === "waiting_for_approval" || phase === "waiting_for_input")
+    .sort((a, b) =>
+      (a.thread.pendingRuntimeRequest?.createdAt ?? "").localeCompare(b.thread.pendingRuntimeRequest?.createdAt ?? ""),
+    );
+  const working = candidates.filter(({ phase }) => phase === "starting" || phase === "running").sort(byNewest);
+  const recent = candidates
+    .filter(({ phase }) => phase === "completed" || phase === "failed")
+    .sort(byNewest)
+    .slice(0, RECENT_LIMIT);
+
+  const shown = [...needsYou, ...working, ...recent];
+  const missing = shown
+    .filter(({ host, thread }) => !cache.peek(host, thread))
+    .map(({ host, thread }) => cache.get(host, thread).catch(() => undefined));
+  if (missing.length > 0) await Promise.race([Promise.all(missing), Bun.sleep(SUMMARY_WAIT_MS)]);
+
+  const toItem = ({ host, thread, phase }: (typeof candidates)[number]) =>
+    feedItem(host, thread, phase, cache.peek(host, thread));
+  return {
+    needsYou: needsYou.map(toItem),
+    working: working.map(toItem),
+    recent: recent.map(toItem),
+    hosts: hosts.map(hostSummary),
+  };
+}
+
+/** One thread with its recent messages. Fetches the summary if it is not cached. */
+export async function buildThreadDetail(host: T3Host, thread: ThreadShell, cache: SummaryCache): Promise<ThreadDetail> {
+  const summary = await cache.get(host, thread);
+  const phase = threadPhase(thread) ?? (thread.status === "failed" ? "failed" : "completed");
+  return {
+    item: feedItem(host, thread, phase, summary),
+    messages: summary.messages,
+    canStop: thread.activeRunId !== null,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/gateway/test/notify.test.ts b/gateway/test/notify.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43235f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/test/notify.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+
+import { Notifier, type Push } from "../src/notify.ts";
+import type { T3Host } from "../src/t3/host.ts";
+import type { ThreadShell } from "../src/t3/types.ts";
+import { SummaryCache } from "../src/views.ts";
+
+const host = {
+  id: "host-1",
+  label: "Mac mini",
+  projects: new Map([["project-1", { id: "project-1", title: "wristcode" }]]),
+  bounded: () => Promise.reject(new Error("offline")),
+} as unknown as T3Host;
+
+const shell = (overrides: Partial<ThreadShell> = {}): ThreadShell => ({
+  id: "thread-1",
+  projectId: "project-1",
+  title: "Watch app scaffold",
+  createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  status: "running",
+  activeRunId: "run-1",
+  pendingRuntimeRequest: null,
+  modelSelection: { instanceId: "claudeAgent", model: "claude-opus-5-5" },
+  lineage: { relationshipToParent: null },
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const request = (id: string) => ({ id, kind: "command", createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z" });
+
+function setup() {
+  const pushes: Push[] = [];
+  const notifier = new Notifier(async (push) => void pushes.push(push), new SummaryCache());
+  let previous: ThreadShell | undefined;
+  const change = (next: ThreadShell | undefined, initial = false) => {
+    notifier.onThreadChange({ host, previous, next, initial });
+    previous = next;
+  };
+  // Pushes are sent after a summary lookup, which fails fast here.
+  const settle = () => Bun.sleep(5);
+  return { pushes, change, settle, notifier };
+}
+
+describe("Notifier", () => {
+  it("stays quiet while loading the first snapshot", async () => {
+    const { pushes, change, settle } = setup();
+    change(shell({ status: "completed" }), true);
+    change(shell({ status: "completed" }));
+    await settle();
+    expect(pushes).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("notifies once when a running thread finishes", async () => {
+    const { pushes, change, settle } = setup();
+    change(shell(), true);
+    change(shell({ status: "completed" }));
+    change(shell({ status: "completed", updatedAt: "2026-11-01T09:01:00.000Z" }));
+    await settle();
+    expect(pushes.map((push) => [push.category, push.subtitle, push.data.threadId])).toEqual([
+      ["finished", "Mac mini · wristcode", "thread-1"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("notifies for each new approval request, with its request id", async () => {
+    const { pushes, change, settle } = setup();
+    change(shell(), true);
+    change(shell({ pendingRuntimeRequest: request("r1") }));
+    change(shell({ pendingRuntimeRequest: request("r2") }));
+    await settle();
+    expect(pushes.map((push) => [push.category, push.data.requestId])).toEqual([
+      ["approval", "r1"],
+      ["approval", "r2"],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not announce a turn the user stopped", async () => {
+    const { pushes, change, settle } = setup();
+    change(shell(), true);
+    change(shell({ status: "completed", latestRunStopRequested: true }));
+    await settle();
+    expect(pushes).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("reports failures with the server's error", async () => {
+    const { pushes, change, settle } = setup();
+    change(shell(), true);
+    change(shell({ status: "failed", lastError: "Provider quota exceeded" }));
+    await settle();
+    expect(pushes.map((push) => [push.category, push.body])).toEqual([["failed", "Provider quota exceeded"]]);
+  });
+
+  it("warns about a token that expires within a week, once a day", async () => {
+    const { pushes, notifier } = setup();
+    const row = {
+      id: "host-1",
+      label: "Mac mini",
+      url: "https://t3mac.gbrown.org",
+      environment_id: "host-1",
+      token: "t",
+      token_expires_at: new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 24 * 60 * 60_000).toISOString(),
+      created_at: "",
+    };
+    notifier.checkTokenExpiry([row]);
+    notifier.checkTokenExpiry([row]);
+    expect(pushes.map((push) => [push.category, push.body])).toEqual([
+      ["host", "The gateway's T3 token expires in 3 days. Pair Mac mini again."],
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gateway/test/rpc.test.ts b/gateway/test/rpc.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d73003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/test/rpc.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// The RPC client against an in-process server that frames messages the way Effect RPC does.
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import type { Server, ServerWebSocket } from "bun";
+
+import { RpcError, RpcSocket } from "../src/t3/rpc.ts";
+
+type Frame = { _tag: string; id?: string; requestId?: string; tag?: string; payload?: unknown };
+
+let server: Server<undefined> | undefined;
+afterEach(() => server?.stop(true));
+
+/** Starts a server whose `onRequest` decides how to answer each Request frame. */
+function serve(onRequest: (ws: ServerWebSocket<undefined>, frame: Frame, received: Frame[]) => void) {
+  const received: Frame[] = [];
+  server = Bun.serve({
+    port: 0,
+    fetch: (req, srv) => (srv.upgrade(req) ? undefined : new Response("no", { status: 400 })),
+    websocket: {
+      message(ws, data) {
+        const frame = JSON.parse(String(data)) as Frame;
+        received.push(frame);
+        if (frame._tag === "Request") onRequest(ws, frame, received);
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  return { url: `ws://localhost:${server.port}`, received };
+}
+
+const send = (ws: ServerWebSocket<undefined>, frame: object) => ws.send(JSON.stringify(frame));
+
+describe("RpcSocket", () => {
+  it("resolves a unary call with its success value", async () => {
+    const { url } = serve((ws, frame) =>
+      send(ws, { _tag: "Exit", requestId: frame.id, exit: { _tag: "Success", value: { echoed: frame.payload } } }),
+    );
+    const socket = await RpcSocket.connect(url);
+    expect(await socket.call("server.probe", { a: 1 })).toEqual({ echoed: { a: 1 } });
+    socket.close();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects with the server's typed error", async () => {
+    const error = { _tag: "EnvironmentAuthorizationError", message: "missing scope", requiredScope: "orchestration:operate" };
+    const { url } = serve((ws, frame) =>
+      send(ws, { _tag: "Exit", requestId: frame.id, exit: { _tag: "Failure", cause: [{ _tag: "Fail", error }] } }),
+    );
+    const socket = await RpcSocket.connect(url);
+    const failure = await socket.call("orchestration.dispatchCommand", {}).catch((e: unknown) => e);
+    expect(failure).toBeInstanceOf(RpcError);
+    expect((failure as RpcError).error).toEqual(error);
+    socket.close();
+  });
+
+  it("acks every chunk so the server sends the next one", async () => {
+    const { url, received } = serve((ws, frame) => {
+      // Like Effect RPC, send one chunk, then wait for its Ack before the next.
+      const values = [[1, 2], [3]];
+      const next = () => {
+        const value = values.shift();
+        if (value) send(ws, { _tag: "Chunk", requestId: frame.id, values: value });
+        else send(ws, { _tag: "Exit", requestId: frame.id, exit: { _tag: "Success", value: null } });
+      };
+      const waitForAck = setInterval(() => {
+        const acks = received.filter((f) => f._tag === "Ack").length;
+        if (acks === 2 - values.length) next();
+        if (values.length === 0 && acks === 2) clearInterval(waitForAck);
+      }, 2);
+      next();
+    });
+    const socket = await RpcSocket.connect(url);
+    const seen: unknown[] = [];
+    await socket.stream("orchestration.subscribeShell", {}, (value) => seen.push(value)).done;
+    expect(seen).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(received.filter((f) => f._tag === "Ack")).toHaveLength(2);
+    socket.close();
+  });
+
+  it("fails pending calls when the socket closes", async () => {
+    const { url } = serve((ws) => ws.close());
+    const socket = await RpcSocket.connect(url);
+    expect(socket.call("server.probe", {})).rejects.toThrow("socket closed");
+    await socket.closed;
+  });
+
+  it("closes a silent socket", async () => {
+    // This server never answers Pings.
+    const { url } = serve(() => {});
+    const socket = await RpcSocket.connect(url, { pingIntervalMs: 10, silenceTimeoutMs: 40 });
+    await socket.closed;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gateway/test/views.test.ts b/gateway/test/views.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b19f84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/test/views.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+
+import type { BoundedThread, ThreadShell } from "../src/t3/types.ts";
+import { summarize, trimText } from "../src/views.ts";
+
+const thread = (overrides: Partial<ThreadShell> = {}): ThreadShell => ({
+  id: "thread-1",
+  projectId: "project-1",
+  title: "Receipt OCR",
+  createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  status: "running",
+  activeRunId: "run-1",
+  pendingRuntimeRequest: null,
+  modelSelection: { instanceId: "claudeAgent", model: "claude-opus-5-5" },
+  lineage: { relationshipToParent: null },
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const message = (role: string, text: string, id = text) => ({
+  id,
+  role,
+  text,
+  createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+});
+
+const bounded = (turnItems: BoundedThread["projection"]["turnItems"], messages = [message("assistant", "Tests written.")]) =>
+  ({ snapshotSequence: 1, projection: { thread: thread(), messages, turnItems } }) as BoundedThread;
+
+describe("trimText", () => {
+  it("collapses whitespace and cuts at a word", () => {
+    expect(trimText("one  two\n\nthree", 50)).toBe("one two three");
+    expect(trimText("alpha beta gamma delta", 15)).toBe("alpha beta…");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("summarize", () => {
+  it("takes the last assistant message and skips empty or system ones", () => {
+    const summary = summarize(
+      bounded([], [message("user", "Add OCR"), message("assistant", "Done, all green."), message("system", "noise"), message("assistant", " ")]),
+      thread(),
+    );
+    expect(summary.lastAssistantMessage).toBe("Done, all green.");
+    expect(summary.messages.map((m) => m.role)).toEqual(["user", "assistant"]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the pending approval's prompt and options", () => {
+    const summary = summarize(
+      bounded([
+        {
+          type: "approval_request",
+          requestId: "r1",
+          requestKind: "command",
+          prompt: "bun test --filter ocr",
+          options: [
+            { decision: "accept", label: "Allow once" },
+            { decision: "acceptAlways", label: "Always allow", warning: "Applies to every thread" },
+            { decision: "decline", label: "Deny" },
+          ],
+        } as BoundedThread["projection"]["turnItems"][number],
+      ]),
+      thread({ pendingRuntimeRequest: { id: "r1", kind: "command", createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z" } }),
+    );
+    expect(summary.request).toEqual({
+      id: "r1",
+      kind: "command",
+      prompt: "bun test --filter ocr",
+      reason: null,
+      options: [
+        { decision: "accept", label: "Allow once" },
+        { decision: "acceptAlways", label: "Always allow" },
+        { decision: "decline", label: "Deny" },
+      ],
+      questions: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("offers Allow and Deny when the approval's turn item is not loaded yet", () => {
+    const summary = summarize(
+      bounded([]),
+      thread({ pendingRuntimeRequest: { id: "r9", kind: "file-change", createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z" } }),
+    );
+    expect(summary.request?.options.map((o) => o.decision)).toEqual(["accept", "decline"]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads questions, using the label when an option has no value", () => {
+    const summary = summarize(
+      bounded([
+        {
+          type: "user_input_request",
+          requestId: "q1",
+          questions: [
+            { id: "db", header: "Database", question: "Which database?", options: [{ label: "SQLite", description: "" }] },
+          ],
+        } as BoundedThread["projection"]["turnItems"][number],
+      ]),
+      thread({ pendingRuntimeRequest: { id: "q1", kind: "user_input", createdAt: "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z" } }),
+    );
+    expect(summary.request?.questions).toEqual([
+      { id: "db", header: "Database", question: "Which database?", options: [{ label: "SQLite", value: "SQLite" }], allowCustomAnswer: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+});