Desktop plugins reach the backend exclusively through the generic ws
JSON-RPC door (host.request), but profile enumeration/creation only
existed on the dashboard REST router, which plugins cannot reach — so
anything 'one chat per agent profile'-shaped (bot rosters, profile
pickers, team panes) was impossible to build as a plugin.
- tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py: new @method handlers
* profiles.list — profiles + optional last_session preview per profile
(mirrors session.list's kanban/tool deny-list; best-effort per-profile
state.db probe degrades to null instead of failing the call)
* profiles.create — ws twin of POST /api/profiles (clone_from/clone_all/
no_skills/description), plus optional SOUL.md content and a best-effort
model+provider pin; mirrors the CLI flow (seed skills, safe alias)
Both run on the RPC pool, not the WS reader thread (list_profiles walks
skill trees; create copies bundles).
- SDK: host.openSession(id, { profile, intent }) — open a stored session
the way core surfaces do, soft-swapping to the owning profile's backend
first (ensureGatewayProfile), and host.newChat(profile) — fresh draft in
a named profile (same door as the sidebar's per-profile '+').
- Docs: desktop-plugin-sdk.md gains both surfaces.
First consumer: a Grok Bot-style 'Bots' roster plugin (one persistent
chat per agent profile with a New Agent dialog) built on exactly these
four doors.
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