Webchat: auto-start server and simplify config

src/cli/program.test.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const monitorWebProvider = vi.fn();
 const logWebSelfId = vi.fn();
 const waitForever = vi.fn();
 const monitorTelegramProvider = vi.fn();
-const startWebChatServer = vi.fn(async () => ({ port: 18788, token: null }));
+const startWebChatServer = vi.fn(async () => ({ port: 18788 }));
+const ensureWebChatServerFromConfig = vi.fn(async () => ({ port: 18788 }));
 
 const runtime = {
   log: vi.fn(),
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ vi.mock("../telegram/monitor.js", () => ({
 }));
 vi.mock("../webchat/server.js", () => ({
   startWebChatServer,
+  ensureWebChatServerFromConfig,
   getWebChatServer: () => null,
 }));
 vi.mock("./deps.js", () => ({
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ describe("cli program", () => {
     await program.parseAsync(["webchat", "--json"], { from: "user" });
     expect(startWebChatServer).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify({ port: 18788, token: null, basePath: "/webchat/", host: "127.0.0.1" }),
+      JSON.stringify({ port: 18788, basePath: "/webchat/", host: "127.0.0.1" }),
     );
   });
 });

src/cli/program.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ import {
   setHeartbeatsEnabled,
   type WebMonitorTuning,
 } from "../provider-web.js";
-import { startWebChatServer, getWebChatServer } from "../webchat/server.js";
+import {
+  startWebChatServer,
+  getWebChatServer,
+  ensureWebChatServerFromConfig,
+} from "../webchat/server.js";
 import { defaultRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
 import {
@@ -509,6 +513,16 @@ Examples:
         ),
       );
       try {
+        // Start loopback web chat server unless disabled.
+        const webchatServer = await ensureWebChatServerFromConfig();
+        if (webchatServer) {
+          defaultRuntime.log(
+            info(
+              `webchat listening on http://127.0.0.1:${webchatServer.port}/webchat/`,
+            ),
+          );
+        }
+
         await monitorWebProvider(
           Boolean(opts.verbose),
           undefined,
@@ -748,7 +762,6 @@ Shows token usage per session when the agent reports it; set inbound.reply.agent
       const server = await startWebChatServer(port);
       const payload = {
         port: server.port,
-        token: server.token ?? null,
         basePath: "/webchat/",
         host: "127.0.0.1",
       };