fix(acp): sync native agent session titles (#1028)

* fix(acp): sync native session titles

* fix(acp): keep title refresh off turn path

* fix: reconcile native ACP titles with skill lookup

* fix: preserve OpenCode image tool instruction

cli/src/agent/acpSessionTitle.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { registerAcpSessionTitleSync } from './acpSessionTitle';
+import type { AcpSessionInfoUpdate } from './backends/acp/AcpSdkBackend';
+
+describe('registerAcpSessionTitleSync', () => {
+    it('forwards normalized unique ACP titles as HAPI summaries', () => {
+        let listener: ((update: AcpSessionInfoUpdate) => void) | null = null;
+        const backend = {
+            setSessionInfoUpdateListener(next: ((update: AcpSessionInfoUpdate) => void) | null) {
+                listener = next;
+            }
+        };
+        const sendClaudeSessionMessage = vi.fn();
+
+        registerAcpSessionTitleSync(backend, { sendClaudeSessionMessage });
+
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: '  Native Cursor Title  ' });
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native Cursor Title' });
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: '' });
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: null });
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Untitled' });
+        listener!({ sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'New session - 2026-07-12T15:30:03.251Z' });
+
+        expect(sendClaudeSessionMessage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(sendClaudeSessionMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            type: 'summary',
+            summary: 'Native Cursor Title',
+            leafUuid: expect.any(String)
+        });
+    });
+});

cli/src/agent/acpSessionTitle.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import type { ApiSessionClient } from '@/api/apiSession';
+import type { AcpSdkBackend } from '@/agent/backends/acp';
+
+type AcpSessionTitleBackend = Pick<AcpSdkBackend, 'setSessionInfoUpdateListener'>;
+type AcpSessionTitleClient = Pick<ApiSessionClient, 'sendClaudeSessionMessage'>;
+
+function isPlaceholderTitle(title: string): boolean {
+    return title === 'Untitled'
+        || /^(?:New|Child) session - \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T/.test(title);
+}
+
+/** Syncs agent-generated ACP session titles into HAPI session metadata. */
+export function registerAcpSessionTitleSync(
+    backend: AcpSessionTitleBackend,
+    client: AcpSessionTitleClient
+): void {
+    let lastTitle: string | null = null;
+
+    backend.setSessionInfoUpdateListener(({ title }) => {
+        if (typeof title !== 'string') {
+            return;
+        }
+        const normalizedTitle = title.trim();
+        if (!normalizedTitle || isPlaceholderTitle(normalizedTitle) || normalizedTitle === lastTitle) {
+            return;
+        }
+        lastTitle = normalizedTitle;
+        client.sendClaudeSessionMessage({
+            type: 'summary',
+            summary: normalizedTitle,
+            leafUuid: randomUUID()
+        });
+    });
+}

cli/src/agent/backends/acp/AcpSdkBackend.test.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,92 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe('AcpSdkBackend', () => {
+    it('forwards ACP session_info_update titles without requiring an active prompt', () => {
+        const backend = new AcpSdkBackend({ command: 'agent' });
+        const updates: Array<{ sessionId: string | null; title: string | null }> = [];
+        backend.setSessionInfoUpdateListener((update) => updates.push(update));
+
+        const backendInternal = backend as unknown as {
+            handleSessionUpdate: (params: unknown) => void;
+        };
+        backendInternal.handleSessionUpdate({
+            sessionId: 'session-1',
+            update: {
+                sessionUpdate: ACP_SESSION_UPDATE_TYPES.sessionInfoUpdate,
+                title: 'Native session title'
+            }
+        });
+        backendInternal.handleSessionUpdate({
+            sessionId: 'session-1',
+            update: {
+                sessionUpdate: ACP_SESSION_UPDATE_TYPES.sessionInfoUpdate,
+                updatedAt: '2026-07-12T00:00:00Z'
+            }
+        });
+
+        expect(updates).toEqual([{ sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native session title' }]);
+    });
+
+    it('refreshes native titles through ACP session/list', async () => {
+        const backend = new AcpSdkBackend({ command: 'opencode' });
+        const calls: Array<{ method: string; params: unknown; options: unknown }> = [];
+        const backendInternal = backend as unknown as {
+            transport: {
+                sendRequest: (method: string, params: unknown, options?: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
+            } | null;
+        };
+        backendInternal.transport = {
+            sendRequest: async (method, params, options) => {
+                calls.push({ method, params, options });
+                return {
+                    sessions: [
+                        { sessionId: 'other', title: 'Other title' },
+                        { sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native OpenCode title' }
+                    ]
+                };
+            }
+        };
+        const updates: Array<{ sessionId: string | null; title: string | null }> = [];
+        backend.setSessionInfoUpdateListener((update) => updates.push(update));
+
+        await backend.refreshSessionInfo('session-1', '/workspace');
+
+        expect(calls).toEqual([{
+            method: 'session/list',
+            params: { cwd: '/workspace' },
+            options: { timeoutMs: 5000 }
+        }]);
+        expect(updates).toEqual([{ sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native OpenCode title' }]);
+    });
+
+    it('retries session/list while an asynchronously generated title is still a placeholder', async () => {
+        vi.useFakeTimers();
+        try {
+            const backend = new AcpSdkBackend({ command: 'opencode' });
+            const titles = ['New session - 2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z', 'Native OpenCode title'];
+            const backendInternal = backend as unknown as {
+                transport: { sendRequest: () => Promise<unknown> } | null;
+            };
+            backendInternal.transport = {
+                sendRequest: async () => ({
+                    sessions: [{ sessionId: 'session-1', title: titles.shift() }]
+                })
+            };
+            const updates: Array<{ sessionId: string | null; title: string | null }> = [];
+            backend.setSessionInfoUpdateListener((update) => updates.push(update));
+
+            await backend.refreshSessionInfo('session-1', '/workspace');
+            await vi.runAllTimersAsync();
+
+            expect(updates).toEqual([
+                { sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'New session - 2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z' },
+                { sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native OpenCode title' }
+            ]);
+        } finally {
+            vi.useRealTimers();
+        }
+    });
+
     it('hides the ACP stdio shell on Windows', () => {
         setPlatform('win32');
 
@@ -830,7 +916,7 @@ describe('AcpSdkBackend', () => {
 
     it('forwards title changes from session_info_update', () => {
         const backend = new AcpSdkBackend({ command: 'agent' });
-        const updates: Array<{ title?: string | null }> = [];
+        const updates: Array<{ sessionId: string | null; title: string | null }> = [];
         backend.setSessionInfoUpdateListener((update) => updates.push(update));
 
         const backendInternal = backend as unknown as {
@@ -869,8 +955,8 @@ describe('AcpSdkBackend', () => {
         });
 
         expect(updates).toEqual([
-            { title: 'Native ACP title' },
-            { title: null }
+            { sessionId: 'session-1', title: 'Native ACP title' },
+            { sessionId: 'session-1', title: null }
         ]);
     });
 

cli/src/agent/backends/acp/AcpSdkBackend.ts

@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ type AcpUsageUpdate = {
     contextWindow: number | undefined;
 };
 
-export type AcpSessionInfoUpdate = {
-    title?: string | null;
-};
-
 export type AcpModelDescriptor = {
     modelId: string;
     name?: string;
@@ -40,6 +36,11 @@ export type AcpSessionModelsMetadata = {
     currentModelId: string | null;
 };
 
+export type AcpSessionInfoUpdate = {
+    sessionId: string | null;
+    title: string | null;
+};
+
 export type AcpConfigOptionDescriptor = {
     id: string;
     category?: string;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export class AcpSdkBackend implements AgentBackend {
     private readonly pendingPermissions = new Map<string, PendingPermission>();
     private readonly sessionModelsMetadata = new Map<string, AcpSessionModelsMetadata>();
     private readonly sessionConfigOptions = new Map<string, AcpConfigOptionDescriptor[]>();
+    private readonly sessionInfoRefreshTimers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
     private readonly initialAvailableCommands = new Set<string>();
     private readonly sessionAvailableCommands = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
     private autoPermissionModeEnabled: boolean | null = null;
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ export class AcpSdkBackend implements AgentBackend {
     private static readonly UPDATE_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
     private static readonly PRE_PROMPT_UPDATE_QUIET_PERIOD_MS = 200;
     private static readonly PRE_PROMPT_UPDATE_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_MS = 1200;
+    private static readonly SESSION_TITLE_REFRESH_DELAYS_MS = [1000, 3000];
     // After the initial post-prompt drain, slow-tailing models (DeepSeek,
     // GPT-5.5, etc.) can keep sending agentMessageChunk notifications. We poll
     // drainBuffers() on a short interval so the UI keeps streaming smoothly,
@@ -411,11 +414,62 @@ export class AcpSdkBackend implements AgentBackend {
         this.usageUpdateListener = listener;
     }
 
-    /** Forwards ACP `session_info_update` metadata independently of prompt turns. */
+    /** Forwards stable ACP session metadata updates independently of prompt streaming. */
     setSessionInfoUpdateListener(listener: ((update: AcpSessionInfoUpdate) => void) | null): void {
         this.sessionInfoUpdateListener = listener;
     }
 
+    /** Reads the agent's persisted native title through stable ACP session/list. */
+    async refreshSessionInfo(sessionId: string, cwd: string): Promise<void> {
+        const existingTimer = this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.get(sessionId);
+        if (existingTimer) {
+            clearTimeout(existingTimer);
+            this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.delete(sessionId);
+        }
+        await this.refreshSessionInfoAttempt(sessionId, cwd, 0);
+    }
+
+    private async refreshSessionInfoAttempt(sessionId: string, cwd: string, retryIndex: number): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.transport) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            const response = await this.transport.sendRequest('session/list', { cwd }, { timeoutMs: 5000 });
+            if (!isObject(response) || !Array.isArray(response.sessions)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            const match = response.sessions.find((entry) =>
+                isObject(entry) && asString(entry.sessionId) === sessionId
+            );
+            if (!isObject(match) || (typeof match.title !== 'string' && match.title !== null)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            this.sessionInfoUpdateListener?.({ sessionId, title: match.title });
+            if (match.title === null || !this.isPlaceholderSessionTitle(match.title)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            const delayMs = AcpSdkBackend.SESSION_TITLE_REFRESH_DELAYS_MS[retryIndex];
+            if (delayMs === undefined) {
+                return;
+            }
+            const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+                this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.delete(sessionId);
+                void this.refreshSessionInfoAttempt(sessionId, cwd, retryIndex + 1);
+            }, delayMs);
+            timer.unref();
+            this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.set(sessionId, timer);
+        } catch (error) {
+            logger.debug('[ACP] session/list title refresh unavailable', error);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private isPlaceholderSessionTitle(title: string): boolean {
+        const normalizedTitle = title.trim();
+        return normalizedTitle.length === 0
+            || normalizedTitle === 'Untitled'
+            || /^(?:New|Child) session - \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T/.test(normalizedTitle);
+    }
+
     async prompt(
         sessionId: string,
         content: PromptContent[],
@@ -579,6 +633,10 @@ export class AcpSdkBackend implements AgentBackend {
 
     async disconnect(): Promise<void> {
         if (!this.transport) return;
+        for (const timer of this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.values()) {
+            clearTimeout(timer);
+        }
+        this.sessionInfoRefreshTimers.clear();
         this.messageHandler?.drainBuffers();
         this.messageHandler = null;
         this.activeSessionId = null;
@@ -603,19 +661,19 @@ export class AcpSdkBackend implements AgentBackend {
         if (sessionId) {
             this.captureAvailableCommands(sessionId, update);
         }
-        this.captureSessionInfoUpdate(update);
+        this.forwardSessionInfoUpdate(sessionId, update);
         this.captureUsageUpdate(update);
         this.messageHandler?.handleUpdate(update);
     }
 
-    private captureSessionInfoUpdate(update: unknown): void {
-        if (!isObject(update)) return;
-        if (asString(update.sessionUpdate) !== ACP_SESSION_UPDATE_TYPES.sessionInfoUpdate) return;
-        if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(update, 'title')) return;
-
-        const title = update.title;
-        if (typeof title !== 'string' && title !== null) return;
-        this.sessionInfoUpdateListener?.({ title });
+    private forwardSessionInfoUpdate(sessionId: string | null, update: unknown): void {
+        if (!isObject(update) || update.sessionUpdate !== ACP_SESSION_UPDATE_TYPES.sessionInfoUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (typeof update.title !== 'string' && update.title !== null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.sessionInfoUpdateListener?.({ sessionId, title: update.title });
     }
 
     private captureUsageUpdate(update: unknown): void {

cli/src/claude/utils/startHappyServer.test.ts

@@ -110,4 +110,23 @@ describe('startHappyServer skill_lookup', () => {
             'display_image'
         ])
     })
+
+    it('does not expose change_title when native ACP titles are enabled', async () => {
+        const sessionClient = {
+            updateMetadata: vi.fn(),
+            sendAgentMessage: vi.fn(),
+            sendClaudeSessionMessage: vi.fn()
+        } as unknown as ApiSessionClient
+        const server = await startHappyServer(sessionClient, { enableChangeTitle: false })
+        stopServer = server.stop
+        const mcp = new Client({ name: 'hapi-test', version: '1.0.0' })
+        client = mcp
+
+        await mcp.connect(new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(new URL(server.url)))
+        const tools = await mcp.listTools()
+
+        expect(server.toolNames).toEqual(['display_image'])
+        expect(tools.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(['display_image'])
+    })
+
 })

cli/src/claude/utils/startHappyServer.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { resolveSkill } from "@/modules/common/skills";
 
 type StartHappyServerOptions = {
     emitTitleSummary?: boolean;
+    enableChangeTitle?: boolean;
     skillLookup?: {
         workingDirectory: string;
         flavor: string;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ type StartHappyServerOptions = {
 function createHapiMcpServer(
     client: ApiSessionClient,
     emitTitleSummary: boolean,
+    enableChangeTitle: boolean,
     skillLookup: StartHappyServerOptions['skillLookup']
 ): McpServer {
     const handler = async (title: string) => {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ function createHapiMcpServer(
         name: z.string().trim().min(1).max(128).describe('Exact skill name shown by HAPI skill autocomplete'),
     });
 
+    if (enableChangeTitle) {
         mcp.registerTool<any, any>('change_title', {
             description: 'Change the title of the current chat session',
             title: 'Change Chat Title',
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ function createHapiMcpServer(
                 isError: true,
             };
         });
+    }
 
     mcp.registerTool<any, any>('display_image', {
         description: 'Display a local image file inline in the current HAPI chat session',
@@ -218,11 +222,12 @@ function readMcpSessionId(req: IncomingMessage): string | undefined {
 
 export async function startHappyServer(client: ApiSessionClient, options: StartHappyServerOptions = {}) {
     const emitTitleSummary = options.emitTitleSummary ?? true;
+    const enableChangeTitle = options.enableChangeTitle ?? true;
     const transports = new Map<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport>();
     const mcps = new Map<string, McpServer>();
 
     const createMcpTransport = () => {
-        const mcp = createHapiMcpServer(client, emitTitleSummary, options.skillLookup);
+        const mcp = createHapiMcpServer(client, emitTitleSummary, enableChangeTitle, options.skillLookup);
         const transport = new StreamableHTTPServerTransport({
             sessionIdGenerator: () => randomUUID(),
             onsessioninitialized: (sessionId) => {
@@ -276,7 +281,7 @@ export async function startHappyServer(client: ApiSessionClient, options: StartH
         hapiMcpUrl: mcpUrl,
     }));
 
-    const toolNames = ['change_title', 'display_image'];
+    const toolNames = enableChangeTitle ? ['change_title', 'display_image'] : ['display_image'];
     if (options.skillLookup) {
         toolNames.push('skill_lookup');
     }

cli/src/codex/utils/buildHapiMcpBridge.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface HapiMcpBridge {
 
 export interface HapiMcpBridgeOptions {
     emitTitleSummary?: boolean;
+    enableChangeTitle?: boolean;
     skillLookup?: {
         workingDirectory: string;
         flavor: string;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export async function buildHapiMcpBridge(
 
     const happyServer = await startHappyServer(client, {
         emitTitleSummary: options.emitTitleSummary,
+        enableChangeTitle: options.enableChangeTitle,
         skillLookup: options.skillLookup
     });
     const bridgeCommand = getHappyCliCommand([
@@ -87,11 +89,12 @@ export async function buildHapiMcpBridge(
         '--tools',
         happyServer.toolNames.join(',')
     ]);
-    const tools: Record<string, McpServerToolConfig> = {
-        change_title: {
+    const tools: Record<string, McpServerToolConfig> = {};
+    if (options.enableChangeTitle !== false) {
+        tools.change_title = {
             approval_mode: 'approve'
-        }
         };
+    }
     if (options.skillLookup) {
         tools.skill_lookup = {
             approval_mode: 'approve'

cli/src/cursor/cursorAcpRemoteLauncher.test.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ vi.mock('./utils/cursorAcpBackend', () => ({
             respondToPermission: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             onStderrError: vi.fn(),
             setUsageUpdateListener: vi.fn(),
+            setSessionInfoUpdateListener: vi.fn(),
+            refreshSessionInfo: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             onPermissionRequest: vi.fn(),
             registerExtensionRequestHandler: vi.fn(),
             disconnect: vi.fn(async () => {})

cli/src/cursor/cursorAcpRemoteLauncher.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { cursorPassThroughStatusMessage, parseCursorSpecialCommand } from './cur
 import { buildCursorModelsSeedPayload, seedCursorModelsCache } from '@/modules/common/cursorModels';
 import { readSharedCursorModelsCache } from '@/modules/common/cursorModelsSharedCache';
 import type { AcpSdkBackend } from '@/agent/backends/acp';
+import { registerAcpSessionTitleSync } from '@/agent/acpSessionTitle';
 class CursorAcpRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
     private readonly session: CursorSession;
     private backend: ReturnType<typeof createCursorAcpBackend> | null = null;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class CursorAcpRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
         const messageBuffer = this.messageBuffer;
 
         const { server: happyServer, mcpServers } = await buildHapiMcpBridge(session.client, {
+            enableChangeTitle: false,
             skillLookup: { workingDirectory: session.path, flavor: 'cursor' }
         });
         this.happyServer = happyServer;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ class CursorAcpRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
             addDirs: session.cursorAddDirs
         });
         this.backend = backend;
+        registerAcpSessionTitleSync(backend, session.client);
         this.recordCursorNativeWorktreeMetadata();
 
         backend.setUsageUpdateListener((message) => this.handleAgentMessage(message));
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ class CursorAcpRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
                 await backend.prompt(acpSessionId, promptContent, (message) => {
                     this.handleAgentMessage(message);
                 });
+                void backend.refreshSessionInfo(acpSessionId, session.path);
             } catch (error) {
                 logger.warn('[cursor-acp] prompt failed', error);
                 const errMsg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);

cli/src/kimi/kimiRemoteLauncher.test.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ vi.mock('./utils/kimiBackend', () => ({
         cancelPrompt: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         respondToPermission: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         onStderrError: vi.fn(),
+        setSessionInfoUpdateListener: vi.fn(),
+        refreshSessionInfo: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         onPermissionRequest: vi.fn(),
         disconnect: vi.fn(async () => {})
     }))

cli/src/kimi/kimiRemoteLauncher.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { registerAcpSessionTitleSync } from '@/agent/acpSessionTitle';
 import { logger } from '@/ui/logger';
 import { buildHapiMcpBridge } from '@/codex/utils/buildHapiMcpBridge';
 import { convertAgentMessage } from '@/agent/messageConverter';
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class KimiRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
         const messageBuffer = this.messageBuffer;
 
         const { server: happyServer, mcpServers } = await buildHapiMcpBridge(session.client, {
+            enableChangeTitle: false,
             skillLookup: { workingDirectory: session.path, flavor: 'kimi' }
         });
         this.happyServer = happyServer;
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ class KimiRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
 
         const backend = createKimiBackend();
         this.backend = backend;
+        registerAcpSessionTitleSync(backend, session.client);
 
         backend.onStderrError((error) => {
             logger.debug('[kimi-remote] stderr error', error);
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ class KimiRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
                 await backend.prompt(acpSessionId, promptContent, (message: AgentMessage) => {
                     this.handleAgentMessage(message);
                 });
+                void backend.refreshSessionInfo(acpSessionId, session.path);
             } catch (error) {
                 const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
                 logger.warn('[kimi-remote] prompt failed', { message: errorMessage });

cli/src/opencode/opencodeRemoteLauncher.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const harness = vi.hoisted(() => ({
     setConfigOptionArgs: [] as Array<{ sessionId: string; configId: string; value: string }>,
     promptCount: 0,
     promptContents: [] as unknown[],
+    refreshSessionInfoCalls: [] as Array<{ sessionId: string; cwd: string }>,
+    bridgeOptions: null as { enableChangeTitle?: boolean; skillLookup?: { workingDirectory: string; flavor: string } } | null,
     events: [] as string[],
     setModelImpl: null as null | ((sessionId: string, modelId: string) => Promise<void>),
     setConfigOptionImpl: null as null | ((sessionId: string, configId: string, value: string) => Promise<void>),
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ vi.mock('./utils/opencodeBackend', () => ({
         cancelPrompt: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         respondToPermission: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         onStderrError: vi.fn(),
+        setSessionInfoUpdateListener: vi.fn(),
+        refreshSessionInfo: vi.fn(async (sessionId: string, cwd: string) => {
+            harness.refreshSessionInfoCalls.push({ sessionId, cwd });
+        }),
         onPermissionRequest: vi.fn(),
         disconnect: vi.fn(async () => {}),
         getSessionModelsMetadata: vi.fn(() => undefined),
@@ -53,10 +59,13 @@ vi.mock('./utils/opencodeBackend', () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock('@/codex/utils/buildHapiMcpBridge', () => ({
-    buildHapiMcpBridge: async () => ({
+    buildHapiMcpBridge: async (_client: unknown, options?: { enableChangeTitle?: boolean; skillLookup?: { workingDirectory: string; flavor: string } }) => {
+        harness.bridgeOptions = options ?? null;
+        return {
             server: { stop: () => {} },
             mcpServers: {}
-    })
+        };
+    }
 }));
 
 vi.mock('./utils/permissionHandler', () => ({
@@ -131,6 +140,7 @@ function createSessionStub(items: Array<{ message: string; mode: OpencodeMode }>
             }
         },
         sendAgentMessage(_message: unknown) {},
+        sendClaudeSessionMessage(_message: unknown) {},
         sendUserMessage(_text: string) {},
         sendSessionEvent(event: { type: string; [key: string]: unknown }) {
             sessionEvents.push(event);
@@ -172,6 +182,8 @@ describe('opencodeRemoteLauncher inline model switch', () => {
         harness.setConfigOptionArgs = [];
         harness.promptCount = 0;
         harness.promptContents = [];
+        harness.refreshSessionInfoCalls = [];
+        harness.bridgeOptions = null;
         harness.events = [];
         harness.setModelImpl = null;
         harness.setConfigOptionImpl = null;
@@ -188,6 +200,8 @@ describe('opencodeRemoteLauncher inline model switch', () => {
 
         expect(JSON.stringify(harness.promptContents[0])).toContain('$name');
         expect(JSON.stringify(harness.promptContents[0])).toContain('skill_lookup');
+        expect(JSON.stringify(harness.promptContents[0])).toContain('hapi_display_image');
+        expect(JSON.stringify(harness.promptContents[0])).not.toContain('hapi_change_title');
         expect(JSON.stringify(harness.promptContents[1])).not.toContain('skill_lookup');
     });
 
@@ -199,6 +213,15 @@ describe('opencodeRemoteLauncher inline model switch', () => {
 
         await opencodeRemoteLauncher(session as never);
 
+        expect(harness.bridgeOptions).toEqual({
+            enableChangeTitle: false,
+            skillLookup: { workingDirectory: '/tmp/hapi-opencode-test', flavor: 'opencode' }
+        });
+        expect(harness.refreshSessionInfoCalls).toEqual([
+            { sessionId: 'acp-session-1', cwd: '/tmp/hapi-opencode-test' },
+            { sessionId: 'acp-session-1', cwd: '/tmp/hapi-opencode-test' }
+        ]);
+
         expect(harness.setModelArgs).toEqual([
             { sessionId: 'acp-session-1', modelId: 'mlx/qwen3:0.6b', flavor: 'opencode' }
         ]);
@@ -409,6 +432,7 @@ describe('opencodeRemoteLauncher inline model switch', () => {
         expect(content[0]?.text).toContain('You are in plan mode');
         expect(content[0]?.text).toContain('Do not execute tools');
         expect(content[0]?.text).toContain('design the fix');
+        expect(content[0]?.text).not.toContain('hapi_change_title');
     });
 
     it('registers a listOpencodeModels RPC handler that returns the backend cache', async () => {
@@ -428,6 +452,8 @@ describe('opencodeRemoteLauncher inline model switch', () => {
             cancelPrompt: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             respondToPermission: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             onStderrError: vi.fn(),
+            setSessionInfoUpdateListener: vi.fn(),
+            refreshSessionInfo: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             onPermissionRequest: vi.fn(),
             disconnect: vi.fn(async () => {}),
             getSessionModelsMetadata: vi.fn((sessionId: string) => {

cli/src/opencode/opencodeRemoteLauncher.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { registerAcpSessionTitleSync } from '@/agent/acpSessionTitle';
 import { logger } from '@/ui/logger';
 import { buildHapiMcpBridge } from '@/codex/utils/buildHapiMcpBridge';
 import { convertAgentMessage } from '@/agent/messageConverter';
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import type { OpencodeMode, PermissionMode } from './types';
 import { RPC_METHODS } from '@hapi/protocol/rpcMethods';
 import { createOpencodeBackend } from './utils/opencodeBackend';
 import { OpencodePermissionHandler } from './utils/permissionHandler';
-import { PLAN_MODE_INSTRUCTION, TITLE_INSTRUCTION } from './utils/systemPrompt';
+import { OPENCODE_NATIVE_TOOL_INSTRUCTION, PLAN_MODE_INSTRUCTION } from './utils/systemPrompt';
 import { resolveThoughtLevelEffort } from './thoughtLevelEffort';
 
 type OpencodeRemoteLauncherOptions = {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class OpencodeRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
         const messageBuffer = this.messageBuffer;
 
         const { server: happyServer, mcpServers } = await buildHapiMcpBridge(session.client, {
+            enableChangeTitle: false,
             skillLookup: { workingDirectory: session.path, flavor: 'opencode' }
         });
         this.happyServer = happyServer;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ class OpencodeRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
             cwd: session.path
         });
         this.backend = backend;
+        registerAcpSessionTitleSync(backend, session.client);
 
         backend.onStderrError((error) => {
             logger.debug('[opencode-remote] stderr error', error);
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ class OpencodeRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
                 messageText = `${PLAN_MODE_INSTRUCTION}\n\n${messageText}`;
             }
             if (!this.instructionsSent) {
-                messageText = `${TITLE_INSTRUCTION}\n\n${messageText}`;
+                messageText = `${OPENCODE_NATIVE_TOOL_INSTRUCTION}\n\n${messageText}`;
                 this.instructionsSent = true;
             }
 
@@ -289,6 +292,7 @@ class OpencodeRemoteLauncher extends RemoteLauncherBase {
                 await backend.prompt(acpSessionId, promptContent, (message: AgentMessage) => {
                     this.handleAgentMessage(message);
                 });
+                void backend.refreshSessionInfo(acpSessionId, session.path);
             } catch (error) {
                 logger.warn('[opencode-remote] prompt failed', error);
                 session.sendSessionEvent({

cli/src/opencode/utils/systemPrompt.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ export const TITLE_INSTRUCTION = trimIdent(`
     ${SKILL_LOOKUP_INSTRUCTION}
 `);
 
+/**
+ * Tool instructions for native ACP sessions. Title updates come from ACP, so
+ * advertise only the MCP tools that remain available to the model.
+ */
+export const OPENCODE_NATIVE_TOOL_INSTRUCTION = trimIdent(`
+    When you create or find a local image file that the user should see, call the tool "hapi_display_image" with the image path so HAPI can show it inline.
+    ${SKILL_LOOKUP_INSTRUCTION}
+`);
+
 /**
  * The system prompt to inject for OpenCode sessions.
  */