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Open a lane's dev server from its channel

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
full-stack

Research direction

Start at apps/app/src/layout/layout.tsx, where the Browser Preview tab awaits a backend, and read docs/browser-tools.md to see what is currently excluded. Then trace the agent-browser foundation landed in #163 (#50) for how tabs are listed and navigated, and review #53 for how dev-server processes are started and managed. Done means opening a lane from its channel starts or attaches to that lane's dev server and surfaces a working preview in the Browser Preview tab.

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Description

Open a lane's dev server from the channel. On a local host, previews mostly mean running the app.

Status

The agent-browser foundation landed in #163 (#50): agents can list, navigate and inspect tabs in Ace's dedicated browser. That doesn't provide this issue's channel dev-server preview: the Browser Preview tab still awaits a backend (apps/app/src/layout/layout.tsx), and docs/browser-tools.md excludes Browser Preview and managed browser launch. Starting and managing the dev server process relates to #53.

Tracked by #5. Migrated from TODO.md — During dogfooding.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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