IPC Channels

All IPC handlers live in packages/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts. The context bridge in preload.ts exposes window.api to the renderer.

chat:*

Channel	Direction	Description
chat:send	renderer → main	Start a streaming AI request
chat:complete	renderer → main	Headless completion — returns { text: string } with the full response. No conversation messages created, no stream events sent to renderer. Used by pipeline steps and background processing.
chat:stream:chunk	main → renderer	Delta text chunk from provider
chat:stream:end	main → renderer	Stream completed
chat:stream:error	main → renderer	Stream error
chat:abort	renderer → main	Abort active stream

mcp:*

Channel	Direction	Description
mcp:list-tools	renderer → main	List tools from all active MCP servers
mcp:call-tool	renderer → main	Execute a tool call
mcp:status	renderer → main	Get connection status of all servers
mcp:refresh	renderer → main	Re-connect all servers

settings:*

Channel	Direction	Description
settings:get	renderer → main	Read settings from electron-store
settings:set	renderer → main	Write settings to electron-store
settings:open-file	renderer → main	Open settings.json in the system default editor
settings:export	renderer → main	Export settings to a user-chosen .json file
settings:import	renderer → main	Import settings from a .json file, merging with current

updater:*

Channel	Direction	Description
updater:check	renderer → main	Check for updates via Cloudflare Worker GET /latest
updater:download	renderer → main	Open download URL in system browser

feedback:*

Channel	Direction	Description
feedback:submit	renderer → main	Post feedback to Cloudflare Worker POST /feedback → GitHub Issue

extensions:*

Channel	Direction	Description
extensions:get-installed	renderer → main	Scan userData/extensions/, read each subdirectory's manifest.json, return InstalledExtensionInfo[]. Silent-fail for missing/invalid manifests.