Add lms launch XYZ

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ coverage
 .env
 .DS_Store
 .turbo
+
+plans/

package.json

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "@lmstudio/sdk": "^1.5.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "columnify": "^1.6.0",
+    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.6",
     "fast-glob": "^3.3.2",
     "fuzzy": "^0.1.3",
     "ink": "^6.5.1",
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/columnify": "^1.5.4",
+    "@types/cross-spawn": "^6.0.6",
     "@types/node": "^20.12.5",
     "@types/react": "^19.2.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.20.0",

src/Spinner.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ export class Spinner {
   private timer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
   private spinnerIndex = 0;
 
-  public constructor(private text: string) {
+  public constructor(
+    private text: string,
+    private readonly outputStream: NodeJS.WriteStream = process.stdout,
+  ) {
     this.timer = setInterval(() => {
       this.spinnerIndex++;
       this.refresh();
@@ -27,8 +30,8 @@ export class Spinner {
       clearInterval(this.timer);
       this.timer = null;
     }
-    process.stdout.write("\r\x1B[K");
-    process.stdout.write("\x1B[?25h");
+    this.outputStream.write("\r\x1B[K");
+    this.outputStream.write("\x1B[?25h");
   }
 
   public stopWithoutClear() {
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ export class Spinner {
       clearInterval(this.timer);
       this.timer = null;
     }
-    process.stdout.write("\x1B[?25h");
+    this.outputStream.write("\x1B[?25h");
   }
 
   public start() {
@@ -60,8 +63,8 @@ export class Spinner {
   }
 
   private refresh() {
-    process.stdout.write("\x1B[?25l");
-    process.stdout.write(
+    this.outputStream.write("\x1B[?25l");
+    this.outputStream.write(
       `\r${this.text} ${SPINNER_FRAMES[this.spinnerIndex % SPINNER_FRAMES.length]}`,
     );
   }

src/index.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { dev } from "./subcommands/dev/index.js";
 import { flags } from "./subcommands/flags.js";
 import { get } from "./subcommands/get.js";
 import { importCmd } from "./subcommands/importCmd.js";
+import { launch } from "./subcommands/launch/index.js";
 import { link } from "./subcommands/link/index.js";
 import { ls, ps } from "./subcommands/list.js";
 import { load } from "./subcommands/load.js";
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ Join our Discord:     ${chalk.blue("https://discord.gg/lmstudio")}`,
 
 addCommandsGroup("Local models", [chat, get, load, unload, ls, ps, importCmd], "#22D3EE");
 addCommandsGroup("Serve", [server, log], "#34D399");
+addCommandsGroup("Launch (Beta)", [launch], "#FB923C");
 addCommandsGroup("Remote Instances", [link], "#818CF8");
 addCommandsGroup("Runtime", [runtime], "#C084FC");
 addCommandsGroup("Develop & Publish (Beta)", [clone, push, dev, login, logout, whoami], "#F9A8D4");

src/subcommands/launch/adapters/aider.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { type LaunchContext, type ToolAdapter } from "../types.js";
+
+const COMMAND = "aider";
+
+async function writeModelMetadataFile(ctx: LaunchContext): Promise<string> {
+  const metadataPath = join(ctx.workDir, ".aider.model.metadata.json");
+  const metadata = {
+    [`lm_studio/${ctx.model}`]: {
+      max_input_tokens: ctx.contextLength,
+      litellm_provider: "lm_studio",
+      mode: "chat",
+    },
+  };
+  await writeFile(metadataPath, JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2), "utf-8");
+  return metadataPath;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Aider, via its LM Studio-native provider path. Env for the endpoint, CLI arg for model
+ * selection (no env equivalent exists). Verified against
+ * https://aider.chat/docs/llms/openai-compat.html
+ */
+export const aider: ToolAdapter = {
+  name: "aider",
+  displayName: "Aider",
+  command: COMMAND,
+  install: { pip: "aider-chat", url: "https://aider.chat/docs/llms/openai-compat.html" },
+  supportsContextHint: true,
+  async prepare(ctx) {
+    const env: Record<string, string> = {
+      LM_STUDIO_API_BASE: ctx.openaiBaseUrl,
+      // Must be non-empty -- aider's OpenAI-compatible client rejects an empty bearer token.
+      LM_STUDIO_API_KEY: ctx.apiKey !== "" ? ctx.apiKey : "lmstudio",
+    };
+    const args = ["--model", `lm_studio/${ctx.model}`];
+    if (ctx.contextLength !== undefined) {
+      const metadataPath = await writeModelMetadataFile(ctx);
+      args.push("--model-metadata-file", metadataPath);
+    }
+    return { command: COMMAND, args, env };
+  },
+};

src/subcommands/launch/adapters/claude.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { type ToolAdapter } from "../types.js";
+
+const COMMAND = "claude";
+const CLAUDE_FIRST_PARTY_MODEL_ID_RE = /^claude-/i;
+
+/**
+ * Claude Code. Env-only: base URL is the bare origin (Claude Code appends `/v1/messages` itself).
+ * Verified against https://code.claude.com/docs/en/env-vars and https://lmstudio.ai/blog/claudecode.
+ */
+export const claude: ToolAdapter = {
+  name: "claude",
+  aliases: ["claude-code"],
+  displayName: "Claude Code",
+  command: COMMAND,
+  install: { npm: "@anthropic-ai/claude-code", url: "https://lmstudio.ai/blog/claudecode" },
+  supportsContextHint: true,
+  async prepare(ctx) {
+    const env: Record<string, string> = {
+      ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: ctx.origin, // NOT ctx.openaiBaseUrl -- no /v1 suffix here
+      ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: ctx.apiKey,
+      ANTHROPIC_MODEL: ctx.model,
+      // Pin all four tiers so background/subagent calls don't target a nonexistent Anthropic
+      // model id.
+      ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL: ctx.model,
+      ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL: ctx.model,
+      ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL: ctx.model,
+      ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_FABLE_MODEL: ctx.model,
+    };
+    const notes: string[] = [];
+    if (ctx.contextLength !== undefined) {
+      env.CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW = String(ctx.contextLength);
+    }
+    if (CLAUDE_FIRST_PARTY_MODEL_ID_RE.test(ctx.model)) {
+      notes.push(
+        `Model id "${ctx.model}" starts with "claude-"; Claude Code will assume a first-party ` +
+          `200K window and ignore CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW. Load with ` +
+          `"lms load --identifier <other-name>" to avoid this.`,
+      );
+    }
+    // args is empty on purpose: any passthrough "--model" the user typed after "claude" is
+    // forwarded untouched by index.ts, and Claude Code's own --model flag takes precedence over
+    // the env vars above, so nothing here needs to inject or dedupe a --model arg.
+    return { command: COMMAND, args: [], env, notes };
+  },
+};

src/subcommands/launch/adapters/codex.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { type ToolAdapter } from "../types.js";
+
+const COMMAND = "codex";
+// A synthetic provider id, scoped to this invocation only (never written to any config file).
+const PROVIDER_ID = "lmslaunch";
+
+/**
+ * Codex CLI. Ships the explicit custom-provider `-c` override form (portable across versions)
+ * rather than assuming a built-in "lmstudio"/"oss" provider exists in the installed release.
+ * Uses wire_api=responses: current Codex removed Chat Completions support (Feb 2026) and only
+ * speaks the Responses API, which LM Studio serves at /v1/responses. See the note for the legacy
+ * chat fallback (older Codex + older LM Studio).
+ */
+export const codex: ToolAdapter = {
+  name: "codex",
+  displayName: "Codex CLI",
+  command: COMMAND,
+  install: { npm: "@openai/codex" },
+  supportsContextHint: true,
+  async prepare(ctx) {
+    const args = [
+      "-c",
+      `model_providers.${PROVIDER_ID}.base_url=${ctx.openaiBaseUrl}`,
+      "-c",
+      `model_providers.${PROVIDER_ID}.wire_api=responses`,
+      "-c",
+      // Names the env var Codex reads the bearer token from. Without env_key the custom provider
+      // sends no Authorization header, so `--api-key` can't authenticate a secured LM Studio endpoint.
+      `model_providers.${PROVIDER_ID}.env_key=OPENAI_API_KEY`,
+      "-c",
+      `model_provider=${PROVIDER_ID}`,
+      "-c",
+      `model=${ctx.model}`,
+      "-c",
+      "sandbox_mode=workspace-write",
+    ];
+    if (ctx.contextLength !== undefined) {
+      args.push("-c", `model_context_window=${ctx.contextLength}`);
+    }
+    const env: Record<string, string> = {
+      // Referenced by model_providers.<id>.env_key above; Codex forwards it as the bearer token.
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: ctx.apiKey,
+    };
+    const notes = [
+      `Temporary Codex provider ("${PROVIDER_ID}") using wire_api=responses (current Codex dropped ` +
+        `Chat Completions; LM Studio serves /v1/responses). On a pre-2026 Codex without Responses ` +
+        `support, override after "--": -c model_providers.${PROVIDER_ID}.wire_api=chat`,
+    ];
+    return { command: COMMAND, args, env, notes };
+  },
+};

src/subcommands/launch/adapters/copilot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { type ToolAdapter } from "../types.js";
+
+const COMMAND = "copilot";
+
+/**
+ * GitHub Copilot CLI (the standalone `@github/copilot` package, NOT `gh copilot`). Env-only.
+ * Verified names against https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/customize-copilot/use-byok-models
+ */
+export const copilot: ToolAdapter = {
+  name: "copilot",
+  displayName: "GitHub Copilot CLI",
+  command: COMMAND,
+  install: { npm: "@github/copilot" },
+  // No verified per-tool context knob: context lives entirely in the model load (layer 1).
+  supportsContextHint: false,
+  async prepare(ctx) {
+    const env: Record<string, string> = {
+      COPILOT_PROVIDER_BASE_URL: ctx.openaiBaseUrl,
+      COPILOT_MODEL: ctx.model,
+      COPILOT_PROVIDER_API_KEY: ctx.apiKey,
+      COPILOT_PROVIDER_TYPE: "openai",
+      COPILOT_OFFLINE: "true", // do not contact GitHub servers
+    };
+    return { command: COMMAND, args: [], env };
+  },
+};