feat: v0.9.2 Ask Claude on an alert starts an investigation session

- Ops Alerts → Ask Claude now calls `devdesk attach --investigate SESSION UID`. The server looks the alert up, writes the prompt and starts Claude in a new alert-<name> session with it as the first prompt, already sent. Prompts are stored in prompts/<session>.txt and consumed once by devdesk-claude-run. A session that is already running is just opened. - The prompt has the rule, query, summary, details and labels, and where it runs: the CT/VM id, the node it is on now, status and HA state, and `ssh <node> pct exec <id> --`. It reminds Claude that HA guests move (`devdesk guests <id>`), and gives aggregate rules a hint. - `devdesk guests`: Proxmox inventory over SSH (DEVDESK_PVE_NODES). pvesh gives the cluster view; each node gives lxc-info and guest-agent IPs. Cached in guests.json, keeping last-seen IPs for stopped guests; --alerts refreshes it in the background every 5 minutes. - Alerts carry uid, query, description and targets, matched by instance IP/host or by name; each card shows the target. - cmd_alerts moves to libexec/devdesk-ops.sh. Closes #39 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-11 11:24:49 -04:00
parent afdbf6eaec
commit e9e79572e1
14 changed files with 556 additions and 98 deletions
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ install: all
 	install -m 0755 libexec/devdesk-picker libexec/devdesk-claude-run libexec/devdesk-session-hook \
 		libexec/devdesk-tmux-ready libexec/devdesk-serve libexec/devdesk-statusline \
 		libexec/devdesk-deploy libexec/devdesk-state-hook libexec/devdesk-notify-matrix libexec/devdesk-guard $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
-	install -m 0644 libexec/devdesk-files.sh libexec/devdesk-inbox.sh libexec/devdesk-history.sh $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
+	install -m 0644 libexec/devdesk-files.sh libexec/devdesk-inbox.sh libexec/devdesk-history.sh libexec/devdesk-ops.sh \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
 	install -m 0755 build/ttyd $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/bin/ttyd
 	install -m 0644 dist/index.html share/tmux.conf share/claude-settings.json $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/assets
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ The tmux server runs in its own unit, so every Claude process lives in **that**
 - **File & image drop:** drag files onto the terminal or paste a screenshot.
  - They're uploaded through ttyd to `/var/lib/devdesk/uploads/<session>/` (25 MB max, pruned after 7 days), and the path is pasted into Claude.
  - For images, Claude attaches them itself.
- **Ops Alerts panel:** firing and pending Grafana alert rules, each with a link to the rule.
-  - **Ask Claude** types an investigation prompt into the current session without sending it.
-  - Configure `DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL`, plus a Viewer token in `DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE`.
+- **Ops Alerts panel:** firing and pending Grafana alert rules, each with a link to the rule and the Proxmox guest or node it's about, e.g. `→ CT 110 draupnir · monitor-02 · stopped`.
+  - **Ask Claude** starts Claude in a new session (`alert-<name>`) with the investigation already sent. The prompt has the rule, its query, summary and labels, and where it runs: the CT/VM id, the node it's on right now, and the `ssh <node> pct exec <id> --` line. Clicking it again just opens that session.
+  - Guests are matched by the alert's `instance` IP (or host name), else by name in the job or alert ("by name"). Aggregate rules with no labels (`count(up == 0)`) get a hint to run the inner query instead.
+  - **`devdesk guests [ID|IP|NAME]`** lists Proxmox CTs/VMs with the node each runs on now, status, HA state and IPs. Claude is told to use it before acting, because HA guests move. Stopped guests keep the IP they had when last seen running.
+  - Configure `DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL`, plus a Viewer token in `DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE`. For the guest lookup, set `DEVDESK_PVE_NODES` to a few Proxmox nodes reachable by root SSH key. VM IPs need the QEMU guest agent.
 - **Repo / CI panel:** branch, ahead/behind, uncommitted changes, HEAD's Gitea CI status and open PRs for the session's folder. When CI fails, **Ask Claude to fix CI** types a prompt to read the failed job's log.
 - **Files** (Ctrl+Shift+E), laid out like VS Code: an explorer tree (git colours, gitignored entries dimmed) and an editor with tabs (a click opens a preview tab, a double-click keeps it), **Go to file** (Ctrl+P in the pane), markdown previews (sanitized, with relative images), images, and a Changes view of uncommitted files with line counts, a **C** badge on files Claude edited, and diffs against HEAD. **@Claude** types `@path` into the prompt. Tabs and open folders are remembered per session. Paths can't leave the session folder.
  - **Editing:** text files are editable; ● marks unsaved tabs; Ctrl+S (or Save) writes atomically and keeps the file's mode and owner. If the file changed on disk since you opened it (Claude edited it), saving asks: Compare (a diff of disk vs yours), Overwrite or Cancel; a change on disk while you edit shows a banner instead of replacing your text. Unsaved edits are kept as drafts in the browser, so a reload or a session switch doesn't lose them. ＋ creates a file (folders as needed). The editor bundle (`/usr/share/devdesk/assets/editor.js`) loads over ttyd the first time and is cached by the browser.
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 #   devdesk end NAME             stop session NAME and forget it
 #   devdesk repo NAME            git + Gitea CI status of the session's folder (JSON)
 #   devdesk alerts               firing/pending Grafana alerts (JSON)
+#   devdesk guests [ID|IP|NAME]  Proxmox CTs/VMs: the node each runs on now, state, IPs
 #   devdesk ls                   list sessions
 #   devdesk pick                 interactive picker
 #
-# The web UI calls `devdesk attach --list | --repo NAME | --alerts | --upload SESSION FILE BYTES |
-# --new NAME [PROJECT] | --rename OLD NEW | --end NAME | --existing NAME`
+# The web UI calls `devdesk attach --list | --repo NAME | --alerts | --investigate SESSION UID |
+# --upload SESSION FILE BYTES | --new NAME [PROJECT] | --rename OLD NEW | --end NAME | --existing NAME`
 # through ttyd; those print JSON.
 set -euo pipefail

@@ -23,9 +24,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 . "$DEVDESK_LIBEXEC/devdesk-inbox.sh"
 # shellcheck source=libexec/devdesk-history.sh
 . "$DEVDESK_LIBEXEC/devdesk-history.sh"
+# shellcheck source=libexec/devdesk-ops.sh
+. "$DEVDESK_LIBEXEC/devdesk-ops.sh"

 usage() {
-    sed -n '2,12s/^# \{0,1\}//p' "$0"
+    sed -n '2,13s/^# \{0,1\}//p' "$0"
 }

 # Tab-separated running sessions: name, dir, attached clients, last activity, windows.
@@ -230,41 +233,6 @@ cmd_repo() {
         prs: $prs}'
 }

-# Firing and pending Grafana alert rules, most severe first.
-cmd_alerts() {
-    if [ -z "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL" ]; then
-        jq -cMn '{configured: false, alerts: []}'
-        return
-    fi
-    local raw
-    if ! raw=$({
-        if [ -r "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE" ]; then
-            # shellcheck disable=SC1003 # tr deletes whitespace, quotes and backslashes from the token
-            printf 'header = "Authorization: Bearer %s"\n' "$(tr -d '[:space:]"\\' <"$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE")"
-        fi
-    } | curl -fsS --max-time 6 -K - "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL/api/prometheus/grafana/api/v1/rules" 2>&1); then
-        jq -cMn --arg e "${raw:-no response}" '{configured: true, error: $e, alerts: []}'
-        return
-    fi
-    jq -cM --arg pub "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_PUBLIC_URL" '
-        def num: (tonumber? // .) | tostring;
-        {configured: true, checked: (now | floor), alerts: [
-            .data.groups[] | .name as $group | .file as $folder | .rules[]
-            | select(.state == "firing" or .state == "pending")
-            | . as $r
-            | ([.alerts[]? | select(.state == "Alerting" or .state == "Pending")]) as $active
-            | {name, state, severity: (.labels.severity // null), group: $group, folder: $folder,
-               since: (.activeAt // $active[0].activeAt // null),
-               summary: ((.annotations.summary // .annotations.description // "")
-                         | gsub("\\{\\{ *\\$value *\\}\\}"; ($active[0].value // "?" | num))),
-               instances: [$active[] | .labels
-                            | del(.__alert_rule_uid__, .__grafana_origin__, .alertname, .grafana_folder, .__name__, .severity)
-                            | to_entries | map("\(.key)=\(.value)") | join(" ")
-                            | select(. != "")],
-               url: "\($pub)/alerting/grafana/\(.uid)/view"}
-        ] | sort_by(if .severity == "critical" then 0 elif .severity == "warning" then 1 else 2 end)}' <<<"$raw"
-}
-
 # Receive a file for SESSION over the terminal: the browser waits for the ready
 # line, then sends exactly ceil(BYTES/3)*4 bytes of base64 as input.
 cmd_upload() {
@@ -323,6 +291,12 @@ cmd_attach() {
        dd_linger
        return
        ;;
+    --investigate)
+        shift
+        cmd_investigate "$@"
+        dd_linger
+        return
+        ;;
    --upload)
        shift
        cmd_upload "$@"
@@ -408,6 +382,7 @@ new) cmd_new "$@" ;;
 rename | mv) cmd_rename "$@" ;;
 repo) cmd_repo "$@" ;;
 alerts) cmd_alerts ;;
+guests) cmd_guests "$@" ;;
 ls | list) cmd_ls ;;
 --list) cmd_list ;;
 end) cmd_end "$@" ;;
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+devdesk (0.9.2) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * Ops Alerts → Ask Claude starts an investigation (#39):
+    - It opens a new session (alert-<name>) and starts Claude with the
+      prompt already sent, instead of typing it into the current session.
+      Clicking again opens the running session.
+    - The server writes the prompt from Grafana: rule, query, summary,
+      details, labels, and where the alert runs. That is the Proxmox CT/VM
+      id, the node it is on right now, its state and HA state, and the
+      `ssh <node> pct exec <id> --` line.
+    - Each alert card shows that guest or node.
+  * `devdesk guests [ID|IP|NAME]`: Proxmox guests with their current node,
+    status, HA state and IPs, read over SSH from DEVDESK_PVE_NODES. CT IPs
+    come from lxc-info, VM IPs from the guest agent. Cached in
+    /var/lib/devdesk/guests.json; stopped guests keep their last-seen IPs.
+
+ -- Jared Vititoe <jjvititoe1@gmail.com>  Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:23:53 -0400
+
 devdesk (0.9.1) bookworm; urgency=medium

  * Robustness (#12):
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL=http://10.10.10.49:3000
 DEVDESK_GRAFANA_PUBLIC_URL=https://dashboard.lotusguild.org
 DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE=/etc/devdesk/grafana-token

+# Proxmox nodes to ask where guests run (`devdesk guests`, and the CT/VM and node
+# shown on each alert and given to Claude by "Ask Claude"). Space-separated SSH
+# hosts; the first that answers gives the cluster view, then every online node is
+# asked for its containers' IPs, by node name. Needs root SSH keys to the nodes.
+# Empty = off.
+DEVDESK_PVE_NODES=
+
 # Claude Code binary and extra arguments for every session.
 CLAUDE_BIN=/root/.local/bin/claude
 CLAUDE_ARGS=
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ common_args() {
 }

 run_new() {
-    local args
+    local args prompt=() file="$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/prompts/$NAME.txt"
    mapfile -d '' args < <(common_args)
-    "$CLAUDE_BIN" -n "$NAME" "${args[@]}"
+    # A first prompt left by `devdesk attach --investigate` (Ops Alerts → Ask
+    # Claude, devdesk#39): sent once, right after the session name so options
+    # in CLAUDE_ARGS can't swallow it.
+    if [ -s "$file" ]; then
+        prompt=("$(cat "$file")")
+        rm -f "$file"
+    fi
+    "$CLAUDE_BIN" -n "$NAME" "${prompt[@]}" "${args[@]}"
 }

 run_resume() {
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dd_load_env
 : "${DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL:=}"
 : "${DEVDESK_GRAFANA_PUBLIC_URL:=$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL}"
 : "${DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE:=/etc/devdesk/grafana-token}"
+: "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:=}"
 : "${DEVDESK_UPLOAD_MAX:=26214400}"
 : "${DEVDESK_PUBLIC_URL:=}"
 : "${DEVDESK_MATRIX_WEBHOOK_FILE:=/etc/devdesk/matrix-webhook}"
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ dd_registry_set_claude() {
 dd_registry_remove() {
    dd_registry_update 'del(.sessions[$n])' --arg n "$1"
    rm -f "$DEVDESK_CONTEXT_DIR/$1.json" "$DEVDESK_STATUS_DIR/$1.json" "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/edits/$1.txt" \
-        "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/commands/$1.jsonl" "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/tags/$1.json"
+        "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/commands/$1.jsonl" "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/tags/$1.json" "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/prompts/$1.txt"
 }

 dd_registry_rename() {
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ dd_registry_rename() {
        fi
    done
    local f
-    for f in "edits/%s.txt" "commands/%s.jsonl" "tags/%s.json"; do
+    for f in "edits/%s.txt" "commands/%s.jsonl" "tags/%s.json" "prompts/%s.txt"; do
        # shellcheck disable=SC2059 # the pattern is ours
        if [ -f "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/$(printf "$f" "$1")" ]; then
            # shellcheck disable=SC2059
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash disable=SC2016 # single-quoted jq filters use jq variables
+# Ops (devdesk#39): Grafana alerts, the Proxmox guests they are about, and
+# "Ask Claude" investigations in a session of their own. Sourced by bin/devdesk.
+
+DEVDESK_GUESTS="$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/guests.json"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Proxmox guests
+# Which CT/VM has which IP, and on which node it runs right now: guests are HA
+# and move between nodes, so this is read live from the cluster, over SSH to the
+# nodes in DEVDESK_PVE_NODES (empty = off). Cached in guests.json, where a
+# stopped guest keeps the IPs it had when it was last seen running.
+
+# Cluster view, from any one node: guests (id, name, node, status, HA) and nodes.
+DD_PVE_INVENTORY='pvesh get /cluster/resources --type vm --output-format json && echo && pvesh get /cluster/status --output-format json'
+# Per node: its own addresses, then those of its running guests ("<id>\t<IPs>").
+IFS= read -r -d '' DD_PVE_NODE_SCAN <<'EOF' || true
+printf '%s\t%s\n' "$(hostname)" "$(hostname -I)"
+for id in $(lxc-ls --running 2>/dev/null); do
+    printf '%s\t%s\n' "$id" "$(lxc-info -n "$id" -iH 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')"
+done
+# VMs only through the QEMU guest agent, where one is configured; slow, so all at once.
+for f in /var/run/qemu-server/*.pid; do
+    id=${f##*/}
+    id=${id%.pid}
+    case $id in '' | *[!0-9]*) continue ;; esac
+    grep -qE '^agent: *(1|enabled=1)' "/etc/pve/qemu-server/$id.conf" 2>/dev/null || continue
+    printf '%s\t%s\n' "$id" "$(timeout 3 qm guest cmd "$id" network-get-interfaces 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -oE '"ip-address" *: *"[0-9.]+"' | grep -oE '[0-9.]+' | tr '\n' ' ')" &
+done
+wait
+EOF
+
+dd_pve_ssh() {
+    local host=$1
+    shift
+    timeout 12 "${DEVDESK_PVE_SSH:-ssh}" -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=4 "$host" "$@"
+}
+
+# Refresh guests.json. Returns non-zero if no node answered (the cache stays).
+dd_pve_scan() {
+    [ -n "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:-}" ] || return 1
+    local host inv="" tmp node ip pids=() rc=0
+    for host in $DEVDESK_PVE_NODES; do
+        inv=$(dd_pve_ssh "$host" "$DD_PVE_INVENTORY" 2>/dev/null) && jq -es 'length == 2' >/dev/null 2>&1 <<<"$inv" && break
+        inv=""
+    done
+    [ -n "$inv" ] || return 1
+    tmp=$(mktemp -d) || return 1
+    # Every online node at once: by name, or by its cluster address if the name doesn't answer.
+    while IFS=$'\t' read -r node ip; do
+        { dd_pve_ssh "$node" "$DD_PVE_NODE_SCAN" || dd_pve_ssh "$ip" "$DD_PVE_NODE_SCAN"; } >"$tmp/$node" 2>/dev/null </dev/null &
+        pids+=($!)
+    done < <(jq -rs '.[1][] | select(.type == "node" and .online == 1) | [.name, .ip] | @tsv' <<<"$inv")
+    [ ${#pids[@]} -eq 0 ] || wait "${pids[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    mkdir -p "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR"
+    # Scan lines: the first is "<node>\t<its IPs>", then "<CT id>\t<its IPs>".
+    if { cat "$tmp"/* 2>/dev/null || true; } | jq -cMRs --slurpfile inv <(jq -s . <<<"$inv") \
+        --slurpfile old <(cat "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" 2>/dev/null || echo '{}') --arg src "$host" '
+        def v4: [splits("[[:space:]]+") | select(test("^[0-9]{1,3}(\\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}$") and (startswith("127.") | not))];
+        (split("\n") | map(select(length > 0) | split("\t"))) as $rows
+        | ([$rows[] | select(.[0] | test("^[0-9]+$")) | {key: .[0], value: (.[1] // "" | v4)}] | from_entries) as $live
+        | ([$rows[] | select(.[0] | test("^[0-9]+$") | not) | {key: .[0], value: (.[1] // "" | v4)}] | from_entries) as $nodeips
+        | ([$old[0].guests[]? | {key: (.id | tostring), value: .ips}] | from_entries) as $prev
+        | {updated: (now | floor), source: $src,
+           nodes: [$inv[0][1][] | select(.type == "node")
+                   | {name, online: (.online == 1), ips: (([.ip] + ($nodeips[.name] // [])) | map(select(. != null)) | unique)}],
+           guests: [$inv[0][0][] | select(.vmid != null) | (.vmid | tostring) as $id
+                    | ($live[$id] // []) as $now
+                    | {id: .vmid, type, name, node, status, ha: (.hastate // null),
+                       ips: (if ($now | length) > 0 then $now else ($prev[$id] // []) end),
+                       ips_live: (($now | length) > 0)}]
+                  | sort_by(.id)}' >"$tmp/out" && [ -s "$tmp/out" ]; then
+        chmod 644 "$tmp/out"
+        mv -f "$tmp/out" "$DEVDESK_GUESTS"
+    else
+        rc=1
+    fi
+    rm -rf "$tmp"
+    return $rc
+}
+
+# Refresh, one scan at a time: "wait" for a running one (then scan again), else
+# skip when one is already running.
+dd_pve_refresh() {
+    mkdir -p "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR"
+    if [ "${1:-}" = wait ]; then
+        (flock -w 30 9 || exit 1; dd_pve_scan) 9>"$DEVDESK_GUESTS.lock"
+    else
+        (flock -n 9 || exit 0; dd_pve_scan) 9>"$DEVDESK_GUESTS.lock"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Seconds since guests.json was written (large when there is none).
+dd_guests_age() {
+    local m
+    m=$(stat -c %Y "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" 2>/dev/null) || { echo 999999; return; }
+    echo $(($(date +%s) - m))
+}
+
+# jq: locate the guest or node a host/label is about, given the guests.json
+# document as $g. A target: {kind: "ct"|"vm"|"node", id, name, node, status, ha,
+# ip, by: "ip"|"host"|"name"}.
+DD_LOCATE_JQ='
+def kindof: if .type == "qemu" then "vm" else "ct" end;
+def as_guest: {kind: kindof, id, name, node, status, ha};
+def as_node: {kind: "node", name, node: .name, status: (if .online then "online" else "offline" end)};
+def isv4: test("^[0-9]{1,3}(\\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}$");
+# "http://10.0.0.1:8080/x", "10.0.0.1:9100", "host.example.org:9100" -> the host
+def hostpart: sub("^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]*://"; "") | sub("/.*$"; "") | sub("^[^@]*@"; "") | sub(":[0-9]+$"; "") | ascii_downcase;
+def norm: ascii_downcase | gsub("[^a-z0-9]+"; "-");
+def by_host($g; $h):
+  if ($h | isv4) then
+    ([$g.nodes[]? | select(.ips | index([$h])) | as_node + {ip: $h, by: "ip"}]
+     + [$g.guests[]? | select(.ips | index([$h])) | as_guest + {ip: $h, by: "ip", ip_seen: (.ips_live | not)}]) | first
+  else
+    ($h | split(".")[0]) as $s
+    | ([$g.nodes[]? | select((.name | ascii_downcase) == $s) | as_node + {by: "host"}]
+       + [$g.guests[]? | select((.name | ascii_downcase) == $s) | as_guest + {by: "host"}]) | first
+  end;
+# A guest or node whose name appears as whole words in $v ("draupnir-node",
+# "compute-storage-01-ceph", "Draupnir Down"); the longest name wins.
+def by_name($g; $v):
+  ("-" + ($v | norm) + "-") as $t
+  | [($g.nodes[]? | as_node), ($g.guests[]? | as_guest)]
+  | map(select((.name // "" | norm) as $n | ($n | length) >= 4 and ($t | contains("-" + $n + "-"))))
+  | sort_by(-(.name | length)) | first | if . then . + {by: "name"} else empty end;
+# Targets of one alert (an element of the alerts list below): by each label
+# set: its instance (IP or host name), else its job; with no labels at all, by the
+# name of the alert itself ("Draupnir Down").
+def targets($g):
+  if ($g | type) != "object" then [] else
+    .name as $alert
+    | [.labelsets[] | (.instance // "" | hostpart) as $h
+       | if $h != "" then (by_host($g; $h) // by_name($g; .job // "") // {kind: "unknown", ip: $h})
+         elif .job then by_name($g; .job)
+         else empty end]
+    | if length == 0 then [by_name($g; $alert)] else . end
+    | map(select(. != null)) | unique_by([.kind, .id, .name, .ip]) | .[:6]
+  end;
+'
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- alerts
+
+# Firing and pending Grafana alert rules, most severe first, each with the
+# guests/nodes it is about (from the guest cache, refreshed in the background).
+cmd_alerts() {
+    if [ -z "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL" ]; then
+        jq -cMn '{configured: false, alerts: []}'
+        return
+    fi
+    local raw
+    if ! raw=$({
+        if [ -r "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE" ]; then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC1003 # tr deletes whitespace, quotes and backslashes from the token
+            printf 'header = "Authorization: Bearer %s"\n' "$(tr -d '[:space:]"\\' <"$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_TOKEN_FILE")"
+        fi
+    } | curl -fsS --max-time 6 -K - "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL/api/prometheus/grafana/api/v1/rules" 2>&1); then
+        jq -cMn --arg e "${raw:-no response}" '{configured: true, error: $e, alerts: []}'
+        return
+    fi
+    if [ -n "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:-}" ] && [ "$(dd_guests_age)" -gt 300 ]; then
+        setsid -f "$0" guests --refresh </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 3>&- || true
+    fi
+    jq -cM --arg pub "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_PUBLIC_URL" --slurpfile g <(cat "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" 2>/dev/null || echo null) "$DD_LOCATE_JQ"'
+        def num: (tonumber? // .) | tostring;
+        ($g[0]) as $guests
+        | {configured: true, checked: (now | floor), pve: ($guests != null), alerts: [
+            .data.groups[] | .name as $group | .file as $folder | .rules[]
+            | select(.state == "firing" or .state == "pending")
+            | ([.alerts[]? | select(.state == "Alerting" or .state == "Pending")]) as $active
+            | {uid, name, state, severity: (.labels.severity // null), group: $group, folder: $folder,
+               query: (.query // null),
+               since: (.activeAt // $active[0].activeAt // null),
+               summary: ((.annotations.summary // .annotations.description // "")
+                         | gsub("\\{\\{ *\\$value *\\}\\}"; ($active[0].value // "?" | num))),
+               description: (if .annotations.summary then (.annotations.description // null) else null end),
+               labelsets: [$active[] | .labels
+                            | del(.__alert_rule_uid__, .__grafana_origin__, .alertname, .grafana_folder, .__name__, .severity)
+                            | select(length > 0)],
+               url: "\($pub)/alerting/grafana/\(.uid)/view"}
+            | .instances = [.labelsets[] | to_entries | map("\(.key)=\(.value)") | join(" ")]
+            | .targets = targets($guests)
+        ] | sort_by(if .severity == "critical" then 0 elif .severity == "warning" then 1 else 2 end)}' <<<"$raw"
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- guests command
+
+# devdesk guests [--json] [--cached] [FILTER...]: Proxmox guests with their node,
+# state and IPs, fresh from the cluster (the cache if no node answers).
+# FILTER matches an id, an IP, or part of a name or node.
+cmd_guests() {
+    local json="" cached="" filters=()
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+        case $1 in
+        --json) json=1 ;;
+        --cached) cached=1 ;;
+        --refresh)
+            dd_pve_refresh
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        -*) dd_die "usage: devdesk guests [--json] [--cached] [ID|IP|NAME...]" ;;
+        *) filters+=("$1") ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
+    [ -n "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:-}" ] || dd_die "no Proxmox nodes configured (DEVDESK_PVE_NODES in /etc/devdesk/env.local)"
+    if [ -z "$cached" ] && ! dd_pve_refresh wait; then
+        [ -s "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" ] || dd_die "no Proxmox node answered ($DEVDESK_PVE_NODES)"
+        printf 'devdesk: no Proxmox node answered; showing what was known %s minutes ago\n' "$(($(dd_guests_age) / 60))" >&2
+    fi
+    [ -s "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" ] || dd_die "nothing known yet: run devdesk guests without --cached"
+    local select='[.guests[] | . as $x | select(($f | length) == 0 or any($f[]; . as $q
+        | ($x.id | tostring) == $q or ($x.ips | index([$q])) or ($x.name | ascii_downcase | contains($q | ascii_downcase))
+          or ($x.node | ascii_downcase | contains($q | ascii_downcase))))]'
+    local f
+    f=$(printf '%s\n' "${filters[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -cs 'map(select(length > 0))')
+    if [ -n "$json" ]; then
+        jq -cM --argjson f "$f" "{updated, nodes, guests: $select}" "$DEVDESK_GUESTS"
+        return
+    fi
+    jq -rM --argjson f "$f" "$select"' as $g
+        | if ($g | length) == 0 then "no matching guests" else
+          (["ID", "TYPE", "NAME", "NODE", "STATUS", "HA", "IP"] | @tsv),
+          ($g[] | [(.id | tostring), (if .type == "qemu" then "vm" else "ct" end), .name, .node, .status, (.ha // "-"),
+                   ((.ips | join(",")) + (if (.ips | length) > 0 and (.ips_live | not) then " (last seen)" else "" end) | if . == "" then "-" else . end)] | @tsv)
+          end' "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" | column -t -s $'\t'
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- investigate
+
+# The opening prompt for an investigation of alert $a (one element of the
+# alerts output), with $since already readable.
+DD_PROMPT_JQ='
+def ref: if .kind == "ct" then "CT \(.id) \"\(.name)\"" elif .kind == "vm" then "VM \(.id) \"\(.name)\"" else "Proxmox node \(.name)" end;
+def state: [(if .status then .status else empty end), (if .ha then "HA state \(.ha)" else empty end)] | join(", ");
+def how:
+  if .kind == "ct" then "commands inside it: `ssh \(.node) pct exec \(.id) -- <command>`"
+  elif .kind == "vm" then "commands inside it (needs the guest agent): `ssh \(.node) qm guest exec \(.id) -- <command>`"
+  else "reach it with `ssh \(.name)`" end;
+def where:
+  if .kind == "unknown" then "- \(.ip) is not a Proxmox guest or node that DevDesk knows (`devdesk guests` lists them all)."
+  elif .kind == "node" then "- \(if .ip then "\(.ip) is " else "" end)\(ref)\(if .by == "name" then " (probably: matched by name)" else "" end), \(.status); \(how)"
+  else "- \(if .by == "name" then "Probably " else "" end)\(if .ip then "\(.ip) is " else "" end)\(ref) on node \(.node)"
+       + "\(if .by == "name" then " (matched by name, not by IP)" elif .ip_seen then " (its IP when last seen running)" else "" end), \(state); \(how)"
+  end;
+$a
+| ([.targets[] | select(.kind == "ct" or .kind == "vm")] | first) as $guest
+| [
+  "Investigate this Grafana alert and find the cause. Look first and change nothing yet: tell me what you found and what you would change, then wait for my go-ahead.",
+  "",
+  "Alert: \(.name) (\(.severity // "no severity"), \(.state) since \($since))",
+  "Rule: \(.folder) / \(.group), uid \(.uid). Look at it with the grafana MCP server: \(.url)",
+  (if .query then "Query: `\(.query)`" else empty end),
+  (if .summary != "" then "Summary: \(.summary)" else empty end),
+  (if .description then "Details: \(.description)" else empty end),
+  (if (.instances | length) > 0 then "Firing for: \(.instances | join("; "))"
+   else "Firing for: no labels. The rule aggregates, so it does not say what it is about: run the inner query to find the series"
+        + (if $pve then ", then `devdesk guests <IP>` shows which Proxmox guest each one is and where it runs." else "." end) end),
+  (if $pve and (.targets | length) > 0 then
+     ("", "Where it runs (Proxmox, looked up just now):"),
+     (.targets[] | where),
+     (if $guest then "Guests are HA and can migrate between nodes, so check again before acting: `devdesk guests \($guest.id)` shows where it is now." else empty end)
+   else empty end)
+  ] | join("\n")'
+
+# --investigate SESSION RULE_UID: start Claude in a new session SESSION with an
+# investigation of that alert as its first prompt. An existing session is left as
+# it is: {"ok":true,"session":…,"started":false}.
+cmd_investigate() {
+    [ $# -eq 2 ] || dd_die "usage: devdesk attach --investigate SESSION ALERT_RULE_UID"
+    local name=$1 uid=$2 alerts alert since prompt dir pve=false
+    dd_valid_name "$name" || dd_die "invalid session name: $name"
+    [[ $uid =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$ ]] || dd_die "invalid alert rule id: $uid"
+    if dd_server_up && dd_tmux has-session -t "=$name" 2>/dev/null; then
+        jq -cMn --arg s "$name" '{ok: true, session: $s, started: false}'
+        return
+    fi
+    [ -n "$DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL" ] || dd_die "Grafana is not configured"
+    # Where the guests are right now (HA moves them); the cache if no node answers.
+    [ -z "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:-}" ] || dd_pve_refresh wait || true
+    alerts=$(cmd_alerts)
+    alert=$(jq -cM --arg uid "$uid" '.alerts[] | select(.uid == $uid)' <<<"$alerts" | head -n1)
+    if [ -z "$alert" ]; then
+        dd_die "$(jq -rM 'if .error then "Grafana unreachable: \(.error)" else "that alert is no longer firing" end' <<<"$alerts")"
+    fi
+    since=$(jq -rM '.since // empty' <<<"$alert")
+    since=$(date -d "$since" '+%a %-d %b %H:%M %Z' 2>/dev/null || echo "${since:-an unknown time}")
+    [ -s "$DEVDESK_GUESTS" ] && [ -n "${DEVDESK_PVE_NODES:-}" ] && pve=true
+    prompt=$(jq -rnM --argjson a "$alert" --arg since "$since" --argjson pve "$pve" "$DD_PROMPT_JQ") || dd_die "could not write the prompt"
+    # devdesk-claude-run sends this once, as the new conversation's first prompt.
+    mkdir -p "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/prompts"
+    (umask 077 && printf '%s\n' "$prompt" >"$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/prompts/$name.txt")
+    # A new conversation, even if an earlier investigation used this name (that
+    # one stays in Search past conversations).
+    dd_registry_update 'if .sessions[$n] then .sessions[$n] |= del(.claude_session_id, .claude_source, .fork) else . end' --arg n "$name"
+    dir=$(dd_resolve_dir "$name")
+    dd_ensure_server
+    create_detached "$name" "$dir"
+    jq -cMn --arg s "$name" '{ok: true, session: $s, started: true}'
+}
@@ -927,3 +927,132 @@ fake_convo() {
    run devdesk attach --presence alpha off
    [ ! -e "$TMP/presence/${sid#\$}" ]
 }
+
+# A fake Proxmox cluster for `devdesk guests`: DEVDESK_PVE_SSH answers the
+# inventory (pvesh) from $FAKE_PVE/inventory and each node's scan from node-<name>.
+fake_pve() {
+    export FAKE_PVE="$TMP/pve" DEVDESK_PVE_SSH="$TMP/fake-ssh" DEVDESK_PVE_NODES="down-node large1"
+    mkdir -p "$FAKE_PVE"
+    cat >"$DEVDESK_PVE_SSH" <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+while [ "${1:-}" = -o ]; do shift 2; done
+case $1:$2 in
+down-node:*) exit 255 ;;
+*:*pvesh*) cat "$FAKE_PVE/inventory" ;;
+*) cat "$FAKE_PVE/node-$1" 2>/dev/null || exit 255 ;;
+esac
+EOF
+    chmod +x "$DEVDESK_PVE_SSH"
+    pve_state running
+    printf 'large1\t10.10.10.2 10.10.90.10 fe80::1\n139\t10.10.10.27 \n102\t127.0.0.1 10.10.10.23 \n' >"$FAKE_PVE/node-large1"
+}
+
+# Draupnir (CT 110) running on monitor-02, or stopped (and so absent from the node scan).
+pve_state() {
+    printf '%s\n' \
+        '[{"vmid":110,"name":"draupnir","node":"monitor-02","status":"'"$1"'","type":"lxc","hastate":"'"${1/running/started}"'"},' \
+        ' {"vmid":139,"name":"nginxproxymanager","node":"large1","status":"running","type":"lxc","hastate":"started"},' \
+        ' {"vmid":102,"name":"homeAssistant","node":"large1","status":"running","type":"qemu"}]' \
+        '[{"id":"cluster","type":"cluster"},{"name":"large1","ip":"10.10.90.10","online":1,"type":"node"},' \
+        ' {"name":"monitor-02","ip":"10.10.10.9","online":1,"type":"node"}]' >"$FAKE_PVE/inventory"
+    if [ "$1" = running ]; then
+        printf 'monitor-02\t10.10.10.9\n110\t10.10.10.24\n' >"$FAKE_PVE/node-monitor-02"
+    else
+        printf 'monitor-02\t10.10.10.9\n' >"$FAKE_PVE/node-monitor-02"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Grafana's rules API, served from a file.
+fake_grafana() {
+    export DEVDESK_GRAFANA_URL="file://$TMP/grafana" DEVDESK_GRAFANA_PUBLIC_URL=https://grafana.example
+    mkdir -p "$TMP/grafana/api/prometheus/grafana/api/v1"
+    jq -n '{data: {groups: [{name: "Bots", file: "Matrix", rules: [
+        {uid: "u-draupnir", name: "Draupnir Down", state: "firing", query: "up{job=\"draupnir-node\"}", labels: {severity: "critical"},
+         annotations: {summary: "Draupnir is unreachable", description: "Cannot scrape 10.10.10.24:9100"},
+         alerts: [{state: "Alerting", activeAt: "2026-10-11T07:10:00Z", value: "0", labels: {instance: "10.10.10.24:9100", job: "draupnir-node", alertname: "Draupnir Down"}}]},
+        {uid: "u-ceph", name: "Ceph Unhealthy", state: "firing", query: "ceph_health_status", labels: {severity: "warning"},
+         annotations: {summary: "status={{ $value }}"},
+         alerts: [{state: "Alerting", value: "1e+00", labels: {instance: "http://10.10.10.2:9283/metrics", job: "ceph"}}]},
+        {uid: "u-count", name: "Exporter Down", state: "firing", query: "count(up == 0)", labels: {},
+         annotations: {summary: "{{ $value }} down"}, alerts: [{state: "Alerting", value: "2", labels: {alertname: "Exporter Down"}}]},
+        {uid: "u-lan", name: "Printer Offline", state: "pending", query: "up", labels: {},
+         annotations: {}, alerts: [{state: "Pending", value: "0", labels: {instance: "10.99.0.1:9100"}}]},
+        {uid: "u-ok", name: "Fine", state: "inactive", alerts: []}]}]}}' >"$TMP/grafana/api/prometheus/grafana/api/v1/rules"
+}
+
+@test "guests: where each CT/VM runs, from any node that answers; stopped ones keep their last IP (#39)" {
+    fake_pve
+    run devdesk guests
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ $output == *"110"*"draupnir"*"monitor-02"*"running"*"started"*"10.10.10.24"* ]]
+    [[ $output == *"102"*"vm"*"homeAssistant"*"large1"*"10.10.10.23"* ]]
+    [[ $output != *"127.0.0.1"* ]]
+    run devdesk guests --json 10.10.10.27
+    [ "$(jq -r '[.guests[].id] | join(",")' <<<"$output")" = 139 ]
+    [ "$(jq -r '.nodes[] | select(.name == "large1") | .ips | join(",")' <<<"$output")" = 10.10.10.2,10.10.90.10 ]
+    # Draupnir stops: its IP is remembered, marked as last seen.
+    pve_state stopped
+    run devdesk guests drau
+    [[ $output == *"stopped"*"10.10.10.24 (last seen)"* ]]
+    # No node answers: the cache, with a warning.
+    run env DEVDESK_PVE_NODES=down-node devdesk guests draupnir
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ $output == *"no Proxmox node answered"*"10.10.10.24"* ]]
+    run env DEVDESK_PVE_NODES= devdesk guests
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ $output == *"DEVDESK_PVE_NODES"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "alerts name the guest or node each one is about (#39)" {
+    fake_pve
+    fake_grafana
+    devdesk guests >/dev/null
+    pve_state stopped
+    devdesk guests >/dev/null
+    run devdesk alerts
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    t() { jq -c --arg u "$1" '.alerts[] | select(.uid == $u) | .targets | map({kind, id, name, node, by})' <<<"$output"; }
+    [ "$(t u-draupnir)" = '[{"kind":"ct","id":110,"name":"draupnir","node":"monitor-02","by":"ip"}]' ]
+    [ "$(t u-ceph)" = '[{"kind":"node","id":null,"name":"large1","node":"large1","by":"ip"}]' ]
+    [ "$(t u-count)" = '[]' ]
+    [ "$(t u-lan)" = '[{"kind":"unknown","id":null,"name":null,"node":null,"by":null}]' ]
+    [ "$(jq -r '.alerts[] | select(.uid == "u-ceph") | .summary' <<<"$output")" = "status=1" ]
+    [ "$(jq -r '[.alerts[].uid] | join(",")' <<<"$output")" = u-draupnir,u-ceph,u-count,u-lan ]
+    # Never seen running: matched by the name in its job label instead.
+    rm "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/guests.json"
+    devdesk guests >/dev/null
+    run devdesk alerts
+    [ "$(t u-draupnir)" = '[{"kind":"ct","id":110,"name":"draupnir","node":"monitor-02","by":"name"}]' ]
+}
+
+@test "investigate starts Claude in its own session with the alert and where it runs (#39)" {
+    fake_pve
+    fake_grafana
+    devdesk guests >/dev/null
+    start_server
+    run devdesk attach --investigate alert-draupnir-down u-draupnir
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(jq -c . <<<"$output")" = '{"ok":true,"session":"alert-draupnir-down","started":true}' ]
+    claude_args alert-draupnir-down >/dev/null
+    log="$FAKE_LOG/alert-draupnir-down"
+    grep -q '^-n alert-draupnir-down Investigate this Grafana alert' "$log"
+    grep -q 'Alert: Draupnir Down (critical, firing since' "$log"
+    grep -q 'Query: `up{job="draupnir-node"}`' "$log"
+    grep -q '10.10.10.24 is CT 110 "draupnir" on node monitor-02, running, HA state started; commands inside it: `ssh monitor-02 pct exec 110 -- <command>`' "$log"
+    grep -q '`devdesk guests 110` shows where it is now' "$log"
+    # The prompt is sent once: not again when Claude is resumed.
+    [ ! -e "$DEVDESK_STATE_DIR/prompts/alert-draupnir-down.txt" ]
+    run devdesk attach --investigate alert-draupnir-down u-draupnir
+    [ "$(jq -r .started <<<"$output")" = false ]
+    # Aggregates get a hint instead; alerts that resolved meanwhile are refused.
+    run devdesk attach --investigate exporters u-count
+    claude_args exporters >/dev/null
+    grep -q 'The rule aggregates' "$FAKE_LOG/exporters"
+    run grep -c 'Where it runs' "$FAKE_LOG/exporters"
+    [ "$output" = 0 ]
+    run devdesk attach --investigate gone u-ok
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ $output == *"no longer firing"* ]]
+    run devdesk attach --investigate 'bad name' u-ok
+    [[ $output == *"invalid session name"* ]]
+}
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Ops Alerts panel: firing/pending Grafana alert rules (`devdesk attach --alerts`),
-// each with an "Ask Claude" button that types an investigation prompt into the
-// current session (without pressing Enter).
+// the Proxmox guest or node each is about (CT id, the node it runs on now), and
+// an "Ask Claude" button that starts an investigation in a session of its own
+// (devdesk#39).

 import { el } from './dom.js';
+import { slugify } from './protocol.js';

 const SEVERITY = {
  critical: 'lt-chip-critical',
@@ -18,14 +20,24 @@ function age(iso) {
  return `${Math.floor(s / 86400)}d`;
 }

-export function investigatePrompt(alert) {
-  const where = alert.instances?.length ? ` on ${alert.instances.join('; ')}` : '';
-  return `Investigate the ${alert.state} Grafana alert "${alert.name}"`
-    + ` (${alert.severity || 'no severity'}, ${alert.folder} / ${alert.group}${where}, since ${alert.since}).`
-    + ` Summary: ${alert.summary || 'n/a'}. Use the grafana MCP server to look at the rule and the related`
-    + ' metrics, find the cause, and tell me what you would change before changing anything.';
+// "CT 110 draupnir · monitor-02 · stopped", "node compute-storage-01".
+function targetLabel(t) {
+  if (t.kind === 'unknown') return null;
+  const what = t.kind === 'node' ? `node ${t.name}` : `${t.kind.toUpperCase()} ${t.id} ${t.name}`;
+  const parts = [what, t.kind === 'node' ? null : t.node, t.status === 'running' || t.status === 'online' ? null : t.status];
+  return parts.filter(Boolean).join(' · ') + (t.by === 'name' ? ' (by name)' : '');
 }

+function targetTitle(t) {
+  const how = t.kind === 'ct' ? `ssh ${t.node} pct exec ${t.id} -- …`
+    : t.kind === 'vm' ? `ssh ${t.node} qm guest exec ${t.id} -- …` : `ssh ${t.name}`;
+  const note = t.by === 'name' ? '\nMatched by name, not by IP (the guest has not been seen running with this IP).'
+    : t.ip_seen ? '\nIts IP when it was last seen running.' : '';
+  return `${how}${t.ha ? `\nHA state: ${t.ha}` : ''}${note}`;
+}
+
+export const alertSession = (alert) => slugify(`alert-${alert.name}`).toLowerCase().slice(0, 48) || 'alert';
+
 export function renderAlerts(root, data) {
  const list = root.querySelector('.dd-alert-list');
  const note = root.querySelector('.dd-alerts-note');
@@ -59,11 +71,14 @@ export function renderAlerts(root, data) {
      el('a', { class: 'dd-alert-name', href: a.url, target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener', title: `${a.folder} / ${a.group}` }, a.name),
      el('span', { class: 'dd-muted dd-alert-age' }, age(a.since))),
    a.instances?.length ? el('div', { class: 'dd-muted dd-alert-instances' }, a.instances.join(' · ')) : null,
+    ...(a.targets ?? []).map((t) => {
+      const label = targetLabel(t);
+      return label ? el('div', { class: `dd-alert-where${t.by === 'name' ? ' is-guess' : ''}`, title: targetTitle(t) }, label) : null;
+    }),
    a.summary ? el('div', { class: 'dd-alert-summary' }, a.summary) : null,
    el('div', { class: 'dd-ask-row' },
-      el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'lt-btn lt-btn-sm dd-ask', 'data-ask-claude': investigatePrompt(a), title: 'Type the prompt into the current session (not sent)' }, 'Ask Claude'),
      el('button', {
-        type: 'button', class: 'lt-btn lt-btn-ghost lt-btn-sm dd-ask', 'data-ask-claude': investigatePrompt(a),
-        'data-ask-session': `alert-${a.name}`, title: 'Open a separate ops session for this alert and type the prompt there (not sent)',
-      }, 'In a new session')))));
+        type: 'button', class: 'lt-btn lt-btn-sm dd-ask', 'data-investigate': a.uid, 'data-session': alertSession(a),
+        title: `Start Claude in a new session (${alertSession(a)}) on this alert, with the rule, the query and where it runs (CT id, node)`,
+      }, 'Ask Claude')))));
 }
@@ -376,6 +376,15 @@ export async function sessionAction(action, ...args) {
  throw new Error(message.replace(/^devdesk:\s*/, ''));
 }

+// Ops Alerts → Ask Claude (devdesk#39): start Claude in SESSION on alert rule UID.
+// The server looks the alert up and writes the prompt. {session, started}.
+export async function investigateAlert(session, uid) {
+  const output = stripAnsi(await runCommand(['--investigate', session, uid], 40000)).trim();
+  if (/"ok"\s*:\s*true/.test(output)) return parseListOutput(output);
+  const message = output.split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean).pop() || 'no response';
+  throw new Error(message.replace(/^devdesk:\s*/, ''));
+}
+
 function concat(chunks) {
  const total = chunks.reduce((n, c) => n + c.length, 0);
  const out = new Uint8Array(total);
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 import { THEMES, createTerminal, loadFonts } from './term.js';
 import { getTheme, initTheme, onThemeChange, toggleTheme } from './theme.js';
 import {
-  TtydConnection, fetchAlerts, fetchRepo, fetchToken, sessionAction, uploadFile, AuthExpiredError, UnauthorizedError,
+  TtydConnection, fetchAlerts, fetchRepo, fetchToken, investigateAlert, sessionAction, uploadFile, AuthExpiredError, UnauthorizedError,
 } from './connection.js';
-import { parseTitle, pasteSafe, sessionFromSearch, slugify } from './protocol.js';
+import { parseTitle, pasteSafe, sessionFromSearch } from './protocol.js';
 import { SessionsPanel, recentNames, rememberSession, sessionStatus } from './sessions.js';
 import { renderAlerts } from './alerts.js';
 import { renderRepo } from './repo.js';
@@ -595,36 +595,28 @@ async function toggleNotifications() {
  }
 }

-// "In a new session" (devdesk#18): open (or reuse) a session for this alert,
-// wait until its Claude is up (SessionStart sets it idle), then type the
-// prompt without sending it.
-let pendingAsk = null;
-function askInSession(name, text) {
+// Ops Alerts → Ask Claude (devdesk#39): the server starts Claude in a session of
+// its own with the alert, its rule and where it runs (CT id, node) as the first
+// prompt; then we open that session. A session already running is just opened.
+async function investigate(button) {
+  const { investigate: uid, session } = button.dataset;
+  if (!uid || !session || button.disabled) return;
  closeDrawerIfNarrow();
-  pendingAsk = { session: name, text, until: Date.now() + 60000 };
-  connect(name);
-  toast.info(`Opening ${name}; the prompt will be typed when Claude is ready`);
-  const tick = async () => {
-    if (!pendingAsk || pendingAsk.session !== name) return;
-    if (Date.now() > pendingAsk.until) {
-      toast.warning(`${name}: Claude didn't start in time; the prompt was not typed`);
-      pendingAsk = null;
-      return;
-    }
+  button.disabled = true;
+  const label = button.textContent;
+  button.textContent = 'Starting…';
+  try {
+    const result = await investigateAlert(session, uid);
+    if (result.started) toast.success(`Claude is on it in ${session}`);
+    else toast.info(`${session} is already running: opening it`);
    await sessionsPanel.reload();
-    const s = sessionsPanel.data?.sessions?.find((x) => x.name === name);
-    const ready = s && ['idle', 'waiting', 'working'].includes(sessionStatus(s).key);
-    if (ready && state.session === name && state.conn?.isOpen) {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        term.paste(pasteSafe(pendingAsk.text));
-        term.focus();
-        pendingAsk = null;
-      }, 800);
-      return;
-    }
-    setTimeout(tick, 1500);
-  };
-  setTimeout(tick, 1500);
+    connect(session, { existing: true });
+  } catch (error) {
+    toast.error(`Ask Claude: ${error.message}`);
+  } finally {
+    button.disabled = false;
+    button.textContent = label;
+  }
 }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- history & usage
@@ -1189,11 +1181,11 @@ async function boot() {
      onData: (_data, meta) => onSessionData(meta),
    },
  });
-  bindAskClaude($('sidebar'), (text, session) => {
-    if (session) {
-      askInSession(slugify(session).slice(0, 48) || 'alert', text);
-      return;
-    }
+  $('widget-alerts').addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+    const button = event.target.closest('[data-investigate]');
+    if (button) investigate(button);
+  });
+  bindAskClaude($('sidebar'), (text) => {
    // Alert text is untrusted: no control characters (a newline would run it in a
    // shell window, CR would submit), and bracketed paste around it (devdesk#2).
    term.paste(pasteSafe(text));
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-// "Ask Claude": any [data-ask-claude] button (Ops Alerts, Repo/CI) types its
-// prompt into a session without pressing Enter, so you can review it before
-// sending: the current session, or (data-ask-session) a separate one, e.g. an
-// ops session per alert (devdesk#18).
+// "Ask Claude": any [data-ask-claude] button (Repo/CI) types its prompt into the
+// current session without pressing Enter, so you can review it before sending.
+// (Ops Alerts start their own session instead: devdesk#39.)

 export function bindAskClaude(root, send) {
  root.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
    const button = event.target.closest('[data-ask-claude]');
    if (!button || button.disabled) return;
-    send(button.dataset.askClaude, button.dataset.askSession || null);
+    send(button.dataset.askClaude);
  });
 }
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ body.dd-sidebar-open .dd-sidebar {
 .dd-alert-name { font-weight: 700; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 .dd-alert-age { margin-left: auto; white-space: nowrap; }
 .dd-alert-instances { overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+.dd-alert-where { color: var(--accent-cyan); font-family: var(--font-mono); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+.dd-alert-where::before { content: "\2192  "; color: var(--text-muted); }
+.dd-alert-where.is-guess { color: var(--text-secondary); }
 .dd-alert-summary { color: var(--text-secondary); }
 .dd-alert .dd-ask { align-self: flex-start; margin-top: 2px; }
 .dd-all-clear { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-sm); color: var(--accent-green); font-size: 0.74rem; }