Current Architecture: Konui ↔ Konsole ↔ Claude

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Current Architecture: Konui ↔ Konsole ↔ ClaudeData Flow Overview┌─────────────────┐
│ Browser Client  │
└────────┬────────┘
        │ POST /api/konsole/dashboard/stream
        │ {prompt, requestId, images}
        ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Konui Server (port 8666)            │
│ • Health check konsole              │
│ • Get/create session file           │
│ • Wrap prompt with kontask template │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────┘
                 │ POST /sessions/{id}/prompt
                 │ JSON body to konsole
                 ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Konsole Server (port 8020)          │
│ • Manage session lifecycle          │
│ • Spawn Claude CLI subprocess       │
│ • Parse stream-json stdout          │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────┘
                 │ claude --output-format stream-json
                 │ --resume {claudeSessionId}
                 ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Claude Code CLI (subprocess)        │
│ stdout: line-delimited JSON         │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
Protocol at Each HopHopProtocolFormat
Browser → KonuiHTTP POSTJSON body
Konui ← BrowserSSEtext/event-stream
Konui → KonsoleHTTP POSTJSON body
Konsole ← KonuiSSEtext/event-stream
Konsole → Claudestdin (CLI arg)Prompt string
Claude → Konsolestdoutstream-json (NDJSON)
Claude stream-json Events{"type":"system","session_id":"uuid","subtype":"init"}
{"type":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use",...}]}}
{"type":"user","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_result",...}]}}
{"type":"result","result":"final response","usage":{...}}
Key Fileskonui/src/router.ts:1295Dashboard stream handler
konui/src/konsole-client.ts:218sendPromptToKonsole()
konsole/src/main.ts:263HTTP route handler
konsole/src/stream.ts:221processPrompt() + SSE
konsole/src/claude.ts:43spawnClaude() subprocess
Key Insight for Quick TurnThe current architecture already routes everything through konsole. Konui never talks directly to Claude. This means adding chat sessions to konsole is the right approach - we just need to:

• Add a new session type (chat) that uses API instead of CLI
• Add session pooling for warm sessions
• Add provider abstraction layer

The SSE streaming infrastructure already exists and can be reused.

Hop	Protocol	Format
Browser → Konui	HTTP POST	JSON body
Konui ← Browser	SSE	text/event-stream
Konui → Konsole	HTTP POST	JSON body
Konsole ← Konui	SSE	text/event-stream
Konsole → Claude	stdin (CLI arg)	Prompt string
Claude → Konsole	stdout	stream-json (NDJSON)

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Type General

Status Completed

Scope vibetools

Tags architecturekonsolekonuistreaming

Created 5 Jan 2026, 11:44 am

Updated 5 Jan 2026, 11:44 am

Timing

⏱️ 167.7s

15 tools

● TTFE 3% ● Thinking 48% ● Tools 49%

Created By claude

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konui/src/router.ts:1295	Dashboard stream handler
konui/src/konsole-client.ts:218	sendPromptToKonsole()
konsole/src/main.ts:263	HTTP route handler
konsole/src/stream.ts:221	processPrompt() + SSE
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