[aidan] fix/app-selection: surface real app workspace path in selection so the builder edits in place

backend/apps/outputs/models.py

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, model_validator
+import os
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, computed_field, model_validator
 from typing import Literal, Optional, Any
 from uuid import uuid4
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from backend.config.paths import OUTPUTS_WORKSPACE_DIR
+
 
 class Output(BaseModel):
     id: str = Field(default_factory=lambda: uuid4().hex)
@@ -49,6 +53,14 @@ class Output(BaseModel):
             data.pop("backend_code", None)
         return data
 
+    @computed_field
+    @property
+    def workspace_path(self) -> str:
+        """Absolute on-disk folder for this app, resolved from workspace_id. API-only (excluded from the saved JSON since it's machine-specific and re-derivable); lets the frontend show the real edit path when an App card is selected."""
+        if not self.workspace_id:
+            return ""
+        return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(OUTPUTS_WORKSPACE_DIR, self.workspace_id))
+
     @property
     def frontend_code(self) -> str:
         return self.files.get("index.html", "")

backend/apps/outputs/workspace_io.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def load_all() -> list[Output]:
 
 
 def save(output: Output):
-    atomic_write_json(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, f"{output.id}.json"), output.model_dump())
+    atomic_write_json(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, f"{output.id}.json"), output.model_dump(exclude={"workspace_path"}))
 
 
 def load(output_id: str) -> Output:

frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/sendHelpers.ts

@@ -79,13 +79,23 @@ export function appendSelectedElements(trimmed: string, selectedEls: SelectedEle
       lines.push(`   browser_id: ${el.semanticData.selectId}`);
       if (url) lines.push(`   URL: ${url}`);
       lines.push(`   (Use BrowserAgent with this browser_id to interact with it, or CreateBrowserAgent for a new browser)`);
+    } else if (el.semanticType === 'view-card') {
+      const appName = typeof el.semanticData?.name === 'string' ? el.semanticData.name : (el.semanticLabel || 'Untitled App');
+      const appPath = typeof el.semanticData?.path === 'string' ? el.semanticData.path : '';
+      lines.push(`${i + 1}. [App Card] ${appName}`);
+      if (appPath) {
+        lines.push(`   Workspace path: ${appPath}`);
+        lines.push(`   (Edit this app's files in place at the path above. Don't recreate it or write files elsewhere.)`);
+      } else {
+        // No resolved path means the app's folder is gone or unsaved; tell the agent rather than emit a confusing opaque id.
+        lines.push(`   (This app has no on-disk workspace yet; ask the user to save or reopen it before editing.)`);
+      }
     } else if (el.semanticType && el.semanticData) {
       const typeLabel = {
         'agent-card': 'Agent Card',
         'message': 'Message',
         'tool-call': 'Tool Call',
         'tool-group': 'Tool Group',
-        'view-card': 'App Card',
         'browser-card': 'Browser Card',
         'workflow-card': 'Workflow Card',
         'workflows-hub-card': 'Workflows Hub',

frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
     <Box
       data-select-type="view-card"
       data-select-id={output.id}
-      data-select-meta={JSON.stringify({ name: output.name, description: output.description })}
+      data-select-meta={JSON.stringify({ name: output.name, description: output.description, path: output.workspace_path })}
       onPointerDownCapture={() => onBringToFront?.(output.id, 'view')}
       onClick={(e: React.MouseEvent) => {
         if (justDraggedRef.current) return;

frontend/src/shared/state/outputsSlice.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export interface Output {
   /** Linkage so reopening App Builder reattaches to the in-progress session and workspace. */
   session_id?: string | null;
   workspace_id?: string | null;
+  /** Backend-resolved absolute on-disk folder for this app; API-only, empty when no workspace_id. */
+  workspace_path?: string;
   created_at: string;
   updated_at: string;
   /** App publishing to {slug}.openswarm.host. Server-managed; mirrored here after a publish/unpublish. */