From 79fe1c4b7b0fa51f1208ca402703ec05399e5c6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:55:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Convert file paths to file:// URLs for server compatibility

---
 src/components/prompt-input.tsx |  4 ++--
 src/types/attachment.ts         | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/prompt-input.tsx b/src/components/prompt-input.tsx
index 05220355..2fd69113 100644
--- a/src/components/prompt-input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/prompt-input.tsx
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
     const alreadyAttached = existingAttachments.some((att) => att.source.type === "file" && att.source.path === path)
 
     if (!alreadyAttached) {
-      const attachment = createFileAttachment(path, filename)
+      const attachment = createFileAttachment(path, filename, "text/plain", undefined, props.instanceFolder)
       addAttachment(props.instanceId, props.sessionId, attachment)
     }
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
       const filename = file.name
       const mime = file.type || "text/plain"
 
-      const attachment = createFileAttachment(path, filename, mime)
+      const attachment = createFileAttachment(path, filename, mime, undefined, props.instanceFolder)
       addAttachment(props.instanceId, props.sessionId, attachment)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/types/attachment.ts b/src/types/attachment.ts
index f087b7cc..ce15cb04 100644
--- a/src/types/attachment.ts
+++ b/src/types/attachment.ts
@@ -52,12 +52,21 @@ export function createFileAttachment(
   filename: string,
   mime: string = "text/plain",
   data?: Uint8Array,
+  workspaceRoot?: string,
 ): Attachment {
+  let fileUrl = path
+  if (workspaceRoot && !path.startsWith("file://")) {
+    const absolutePath = path.startsWith("/") ? path : `${workspaceRoot}/${path}`
+    fileUrl = `file://${absolutePath}`
+  } else if (!path.startsWith("file://") && path.startsWith("/")) {
+    fileUrl = `file://${path}`
+  }
+
   return {
     id: crypto.randomUUID(),
     type: "file",
     display: `@${filename}`,
-    url: path,
+    url: fileUrl,
     filename,
     mediaType: mime,
     source: {