Session Sharing and Live Pairing

Pairing on a terminal usually means screen sharing, pasting logs into chat, or handing someone SSH access they should not keep. This concept imagines sharing a running VibeControls session directly, with access that is scoped, time-limited and visible to everyone involved.

From a session, a Create share link action opens a Share link dialog. It lists the people who already have access and their roles, such as owner, interactive and viewer. An Active links section shows each existing link with its mode, a lock icon, a truncated address and a usage count against its limit, along with copy and revoke controls. A form beneath creates a new link: a checkbox allows interactive control so the recipient can request the keyboard, an Expires menu offers one hour, four hours, 24 hours or no expiry, and an optional maximum number of uses defaults to unlimited.

The person on the other end sees a focused, branded page with only the shared terminal. A banner states who has control and how many people are watching, and the terminal output streams live with a named cursor for each participant. A Collaborators panel separates the person in control from those viewing, shows each person's role and offers a Request Control button, while a Session Info card shows when the link expires, the viewer's own role and the connection status. A view-only indicator keeps the current mode obvious.

Together, the two screens describe a pairing model in which the owner decides who can watch, who can type and for how long, and the keyboard changes hands by request rather than by sharing credentials. It builds on persistent browser sessions and complements the workspace audit trail that records what happens across the fleet.