feat(web): copy an environment's MCP URL for outside agents

[juliusmarminge]

Part 3 of 3 for MCP sign-in from outside T3 Code (#15219 → #15220 → #15222). Based on #15220.

Problem

After #15220 an outside agent can sign in to an environment's /mcp, but the user has to work out the right URL themselves. For a T3 Connect environment that address isn't shown anywhere in the UI.

Fix

• Saved environments in Settings → Connections get Copy MCP URL in the row menu. The toast shows the URL and a claude mcp add example.
• The URL comes from environmentMcpUrl in client-runtime (shared with mobile if it ever wants it): the bearer profile's httpBaseUrl, or relay discovery's endpoint.httpBaseUrl for T3 Connect environments. It is offered only for https or loopback addresses, because MCP clients refuse plain-http token endpoints elsewhere, and never for SSH, whose address is a local forward.
• docs/user/remote-access.md gains "Connect an outside agent": add the URL, approve with a pairing code, which routes work, revoking in Connections, the 30-day sign-in.
• Mobile: no UI by design; it's a client of agents, not where you set them up.

Evidence

Same saved environment (a second dev server served over Tailscale https), same viewport, base vs head:

Before (main)	After

After choosing it:

The "Updates Available" toast in the before shot is unrelated dev noise.

Verification

• vp test run src/connection/presentation.test.ts (client-runtime): the https address yields /mcp, loopback http is allowed, and a plain-http tailnet IP yields nothing.
• Typecheck clean for web and client-runtime.

Model: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) via T3 Code's Claude Code harness.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	20.9 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.2 KiB	—	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	2	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: 6d125eb · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR introduces a new outside-agent MCP integration with sign-in and thread-control permissions, rather than merely changing presentation. The copied URL also has a reported credential-exposure risk when connection URLs contain userinfo.

Not approved because:

• 1 blocking correctness issue found at or above your repo's Minimum Blocking Severity

No code changes detected at 6d125eb. Prior analysis still applies.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Connections can derive and copy an environment MCP URL when one is available. The URL helper accepts HTTPS and loopback HTTP addresses. The remote-access documentation describes how an external agent connects, receives access, and can be revoked.

Changes

MCP URL access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Derive and validate environment MCP URLs packages/client-runtime/src/connection/presentation.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/connection/presentation.test.ts	environmentMcpUrl selects a base URL by connection type and returns an /mcp URL for HTTPS or loopback HTTP addresses. Tests cover HTTPS, loopback HTTP, and rejection of plain-HTTP LAN addresses.
Copy MCP URLs from Connections apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx, docs/user/remote-access.md	Connections offers a copy action when an MCP URL is available. It retains the latest defined relay HTTP base URL across discovery refreshes and shows success or error toasts. The documentation describes external agent setup, permissions, sign-in requirements, and revocation.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant SavedBackendListRow
  participant environmentMcpUrl
  participant Clipboard
  participant Toast
  SavedBackendListRow->>environmentMcpUrl: Derive URL from entry and relay base URL
  environmentMcpUrl-->>SavedBackendListRow: Return URL or null
  User->>SavedBackendListRow: Select Copy MCP URL when available
  SavedBackendListRow->>Clipboard: Copy MCP URL
  Clipboard-->>SavedBackendListRow: Return copy result
  SavedBackendListRow->>Toast: Show success or error

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Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cca40

Update the documentation before merge so users understand the full read-only scope.

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🟡 Medium settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx:1536

The success toast displays the MCP URL verbatim, so saved bearer connections with URL userinfo expose credentials such as user:password in the UI; the same credential-bearing URL is also copied. Strip username and password when constructing mcpUrl (for example in environmentMcpUrl) before both displaying and copying it.

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In file @apps/web/src/components/settings/ConnectionsSettings.tsx around line 1536:

The success toast displays the MCP URL verbatim, so saved bearer connections with URL userinfo expose credentials such as `user:password` in the UI; the same credential-bearing URL is also copied. Strip `username` and `password` when constructing `mcpUrl` (for example in `environmentMcpUrl`) before both displaying and copying it.

[juliusmarminge]

Replaced by #16337 (same commits, rebased on current main and stacked on #16336). Closing this one for the same reason as #15220.