Support Controller API sessions in Agents App#311608
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1. use the new api to create a session 2. make sure those Claude sessions are setting the correct metadata that Agents need 3. document this hidden special contract that we've depended on Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds first-class support in the Agents sessions UI for Claude sessions created via the ChatSessionItemController API, ensuring sessions are created with real URIs up front and are grouped under the correct workspace label using ChatSessionItem.metadata.
Changes:
- Route Claude “first message” sending through
IChatSessionsService.createNewChatSessionItemto avoid the untitled→commit→swap flow. - Populate
ChatSessionItem.metadata.workingDirectoryPathfor new Claude sessions (and propagate metadata on fork) so Agents grouping doesn’t fall back to “Unknown”. - Document the implicit metadata contract relied on by Agents session grouping.
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| src/vs/sessions/contrib/copilotChatSessions/browser/copilotChatSessionsProvider.ts | Adds a Claude-specific controller-based first-chat send path that creates real session URIs up front. |
| src/vs/sessions/SESSIONS_PROVIDER.md | Documents the ChatSessionItem.metadata contract and key priority used for workspace/repo grouping. |
| extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/claudeChatSessionContentProvider.ts | Sets Claude session item metadata (working directory) on new sessions and copies metadata on fork. |
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Co-authored-by: Copilot copilot@github.com