verify rpc and website gates

src/cli.ts

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ export async function main(): Promise<void> {
 			"alpha-login": { type: "boolean" },
 			"alpha-logout": { type: "boolean" },
 			"alpha-status": { type: "boolean" },
+			mode: { type: "string" },
 			model: { type: "string" },
 			"new-session": { type: "boolean" },
 			prompt: { type: "string" },
@@ -479,6 +480,10 @@ export async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
 	const explicitModelSpec = values.model ?? process.env.FEYNMAN_MODEL;
 	const explicitServiceTier = normalizeServiceTier(values["service-tier"] ?? process.env.FEYNMAN_SERVICE_TIER);
+	const mode = values.mode;
+	if (mode !== undefined && mode !== "text" && mode !== "json" && mode !== "rpc") {
+		throw new Error("Unknown mode. Use text, json, or rpc.");
+	}
 	if ((values["service-tier"] ?? process.env.FEYNMAN_SERVICE_TIER) && !explicitServiceTier) {
 		throw new Error("Unknown service tier. Use auto, default, flex, priority, or standard_only.");
 	}
@@ -515,6 +520,7 @@ export async function main(): Promise<void> {
 		sessionDir,
 		feynmanAgentDir,
 		feynmanVersion,
+		mode,
 		thinkingLevel,
 		explicitModelSpec,
 		oneShotPrompt: values.prompt,

src/pi/launch.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function launchPiChat(options: PiRuntimeOptions): Promise<void> {
 		throw new Error(`Promise polyfill not found: ${promisePolyfillPath}`);
 	}
 
-	if (process.stdout.isTTY) {
+	if (process.stdout.isTTY && options.mode !== "rpc") {
 		process.stdout.write("\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H");
 	}
 

src/pi/runtime.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export type PiRuntimeOptions = {
 	sessionDir: string;
 	feynmanAgentDir: string;
 	feynmanVersion?: string;
+	mode?: "text" | "json" | "rpc";
 	thinkingLevel?: string;
 	explicitModelSpec?: string;
 	oneShotPrompt?: string;
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ export function buildPiArgs(options: PiRuntimeOptions): string[] {
 		args.push("--system-prompt", readFileSync(paths.systemPromptPath, "utf8"));
 	}
 
+	if (options.mode) {
+		args.push("--mode", options.mode);
+	}
 	if (options.explicitModelSpec) {
 		args.push("--model", options.explicitModelSpec);
 	}