diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentBrowse.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentBrowse.tsx
index d1805031ff..401acc0311 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentBrowse.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentBrowse.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { AGENT_CATALOG_KIND } from "../../features/agents/catalog-envelope";
 import { ModelIcon } from "../../features/agents/ModelPicker";
 import type {
   AgentsClient,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import {
   type SharedAgent,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const pageSize = 200;
 type Importing = Readonly<{
   agents: AgentsClient;
   /** The types an import can be, which run on this computer. */
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
   onImported(): void;
 }>;
 
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentCreateDialog.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentCreateDialog.tsx
index 4d18e60747..4a39b41f19 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentCreateDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentCreateDialog.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { randomAgentAvatar } from "../../features/agents/avatar-packs";
 import type {
   Agent,
   AgentsClient,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
   NewAgent,
   AgentCreationRequest,
   AgentUpdateRequest,
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ const reveal = (element: HTMLElement | null) => {
 };
 
 /** Use each registered provider's icon in creation and library cards. */
-export function TypeIcon({ type }: { type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined }) {
+export function TypeIcon({ type }: { type: AgentTypeView | undefined }) {
   const Icon = type?.icon ?? RobotIcon;
   return <Icon size={16} aria-hidden="true" />;
 }
 
-const startingConfig = (type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined) => {
+const startingConfig = (type: AgentTypeView | undefined) => {
   try {
     return type?.defaults().config;
   } catch {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function AgentCreateDialog({
   update,
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
   community?: string | undefined;
   onClose(): void;
   onCreated(agent: Agent): void;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function AgentCreateDialog({
       "",
   );
   const type = types.find((item) => item.key === typeKey) ?? types[0];
-  const migration = (item: RegisteredAgentType | undefined) => {
+  const migration = (item: AgentTypeView | undefined) => {
     if (!edited || !item || item.key === edited.type) return undefined;
     try {
       return agents.previewRetype(edited.key, item.key);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function AgentCreateDialog({
     }
   };
   /** The agent's settings in `item`, with the requested instructions. */
-  const seed = (item: RegisteredAgentType | undefined) => {
+  const seed = (item: AgentTypeView | undefined) => {
     if (!update) return startingConfig(item);
     const { agent, request } = update;
     const config =
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export function AgentCreateDialog({
   const Create = type?.Create;
   const Model = type?.CreateModel;
   const close = () => setOpen(false);
-  const chooseModel = (item: RegisteredAgentType, next: unknown) => {
+  const chooseModel = (item: AgentTypeView, next: unknown) => {
     setTypeKey(item.key);
     setConfig(next);
     setDirty(true);
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentDefaults.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentDefaults.tsx
index 83cd29fe9d..91fa438e4c 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentDefaults.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentDefaults.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import type {
   AgentsClient,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import {
   ContributionBoundary,
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ function ProviderDefaults({
   type,
   provider,
 }: {
-  type: RegisteredAgentType;
-  provider: NonNullable<RegisteredAgentType["provider"]>;
+  type: AgentTypeView;
+  provider: NonNullable<AgentTypeView["provider"]>;
 }) {
   const state = useSyncExternalStore(
     provider.subscribe,
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentDetails.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentDetails.tsx
index 5ab46692d8..6115b19ff2 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentDetails.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type {
   Agent,
   AgentsClient,
   AgentConversation,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import {
   AgentArchiveRetry,
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export function AgentDetails({
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
   channels: readonly ChannelChoice[];
   memories: AgentMemories | undefined;
   onRemoved(): void;
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentSettingsHost.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentSettingsHost.tsx
index c61f873552..660db0fd4b 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentSettingsHost.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentSettingsHost.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   AgentSettingsHost,
   AgentsClient,
   Carry,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import { ArrowRightIcon } from "../../shared/design-system/icons";
 import { Button } from "../../shared/design-system/ui/Button";
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ const message = (error: unknown) =>
 export function useAgentSettingsHost(options: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
 }): {
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   settingsHost: AgentSettingsHost;
 };
 export function useAgentSettingsHost(options: {
   agents: AgentsClient | undefined;
   agent: Agent | undefined;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
 }): {
   agent: Agent | undefined;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   settingsHost: AgentSettingsHost | undefined;
 };
 export function useAgentSettingsHost({
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ export function useAgentSettingsHost({
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient | undefined;
   agent: Agent | undefined;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
 }): {
   agent: Agent | undefined;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   settingsHost: AgentSettingsHost | undefined;
 } {
   const [pendingType, setPendingType] = useState<{
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ function TypeField({
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
   dirty: boolean;
   selected: string;
   onSelect(type: { key: string; config: unknown } | undefined): void;
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function TypeField({
   const [checking, setChecking] = useState(false);
   const [configuring, setConfiguring] = useState(false);
   const [migration, setMigration] = useState<{
-    target: RegisteredAgentType;
+    target: AgentTypeView;
     preview: ReturnType<AgentsClient["previewRetype"]>;
   }>();
   const choose = (next: string) => {
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ export function MigrationPreview({
   preview,
   discardDraft,
 }: {
-  source: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
-  target: RegisteredAgentType;
+  source: AgentTypeView | undefined;
+  target: AgentTypeView;
   preview: ReturnType<AgentsClient["previewRetype"]>;
   discardDraft: boolean;
 }) {
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentTabs.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentTabs.tsx
index 7aa30617bf..517fb7d9c6 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentTabs.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentTabs.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   AgentConversation,
   AgentSettingsHost,
   AgentsClient,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import type { AgentMemories } from "../../features/agents/MemoryPanel";
 import { agentSections } from "../../features/agents/tabs";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { Tabs } from "../../shared/design-system/ui/Tabs";
 export function AgentTabs(props: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   channels: readonly ChannelChoice[];
   settingsHost: AgentSettingsHost;
   memories: AgentMemories | undefined;
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/AgentsPage.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/AgentsPage.tsx
index 2858b1813d..4e4a1d573d 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/AgentsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/AgentsPage.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import type {
   Agent,
   AgentsClient,
   FoundAgents,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
   Team,
   TeamPort,
 } from "../../features/agents/service";
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const message = (error: unknown) =>
   error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
 
 /** The type's one-line summary of an agent; its title when it has none. */
-function summaryOf(agent: Agent, type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined) {
+function summaryOf(agent: Agent, type: AgentTypeView | undefined) {
   if (agent.place === "elsewhere") return "On another device";
   if (agent.unfinished) return "Setup unfinished";
   if (!type) return "Type unavailable";
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ type InventoryProps = {
   service: AgentsClient;
   agents: readonly Agent[];
   selected: string | undefined;
-  typeOf(agent: Agent): RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  typeOf(agent: Agent): AgentTypeView | undefined;
   onSelect(pubkey?: string): void;
   onBuild(pubkey: string): void;
   newAgent: ReactNode;
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ function InventoryCard({
 }: Omit<React.ComponentProps<typeof AgentCard>, "agent"> & {
   agent: Agent;
   service: AgentsClient;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   onBuild(): void;
   onRemoved(): void;
   /** Whether it is the community's main agent and can be made it. */
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ function AgentPeek({
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   channels: readonly ChannelChoice[];
   onClose(): void;
 }) {
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ function ImportAgents({
   onPendingChange,
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
-  types: readonly RegisteredAgentType[];
+  types: readonly AgentTypeView[];
   /** The section its entry point imports. */
   only: "agents" | "teams";
   onImported(): void;
diff --git a/src/bundled/agents/ProviderDialog.tsx b/src/bundled/agents/ProviderDialog.tsx
index f480357e24..fe0b054f7f 100644
--- a/src/bundled/agents/ProviderDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/agents/ProviderDialog.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ProviderDialogFooter } from "../../features/agents/ProviderDialogActions";
 import { useState, useSyncExternalStore, type RefObject } from "react";
-import type { RegisteredAgentType } from "../../features/agents/service";
+import type { AgentTypeView } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import {
   ContributionBoundary,
   contributionKey,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function ProviderDialog({
   finalFocus,
   onClose,
 }: {
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   finalFocus: RefObject<HTMLButtonElement | null>;
   onClose(): void;
 }) {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ function ManagedProviderDialog({
   finalFocus,
   onClose,
 }: {
-  type: RegisteredAgentType;
-  provider: NonNullable<RegisteredAgentType["provider"]>;
+  type: AgentTypeView;
+  provider: NonNullable<AgentTypeView["provider"]>;
   finalFocus: RefObject<HTMLButtonElement | null>;
   onClose(): void;
 }) {
diff --git a/src/features/agents/service.ts b/src/features/agents/service.ts
index 3464462147..f7380fcaaf 100644
--- a/src/features/agents/service.ts
+++ b/src/features/agents/service.ts
@@ -1193,8 +1193,37 @@ export type Agents = {
 /** What the app's screens use of the agents. It leaves out what only running
  * agents and plugin entries use (registration, tools, wakes, relay access,
  * storage), so agents can later run in another page with screens as clients. */
+/** An agent type as screens see it: what it shows, its config functions, and
+ * the reads and calls screens make. Its runtime (`run`, `runOnce`, hosted
+ * provisioning, session listing and `expose`) stays with the service. */
+export type AgentTypeView<Config = unknown> = Contribution<
+  Pick<
+    AgentType<Config>,
+    | "id"
+    | "title"
+    | "description"
+    | "icon"
+    | "Peek"
+    | "Create"
+    | "CreateModel"
+    | "tabs"
+    | "provider"
+    | "models"
+    | "usage"
+    | keyof AgentTypeConfig
+  > &
+    Readonly<{
+      /** Present when the type is hosted. */
+      remote?: object;
+      sessionControls?: Pick<
+        NonNullable<AgentType<Config>["sessionControls"]>,
+        "scope" | "subscribe"
+      >;
+    }>
+>;
 export type AgentsClient = Omit<
   Agents,
+  | "types"
   | "addAttentionSource"
   | "attentionProviders"
   | "register"
@@ -1207,7 +1236,8 @@ export type AgentsClient = Omit<
   | "core"
   | "storage"
   | "note"
->;
+> &
+  Readonly<{ types(): readonly AgentTypeView[] }>;
 declare module "@deepseek-ai/cordis" {
   interface Context {
     agents: Agents;
diff --git a/src/features/agents/tabs.tsx b/src/features/agents/tabs.tsx
index 1d44e8d814..3b7ee099ec 100644
--- a/src/features/agents/tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/features/agents/tabs.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type {
   AgentConversation,
   AgentSettingsHost,
   AgentsClient,
-  RegisteredAgentType,
+  AgentTypeView,
 } from "./service";
 import { AgentSaveButton } from "./AgentSaveButton";
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function agentSections({
 }: {
   agents: AgentsClient;
   agent: Agent;
-  type: RegisteredAgentType | undefined;
+  type: AgentTypeView | undefined;
   channels: readonly ChannelChoice[];
   conversation?: AgentConversation | undefined;
   settingsHost?: AgentSettingsHost;