Add Lightpanda browser backend and MCP catalog option

code_puppy/agents/base_agent.py

@@ -1308,6 +1308,12 @@ def reload_code_generation_agent(self, message_group: Optional[str] = None):
             register_tools_for_agent,
         )
 
+        # Invalidate the project-local rules cache so a fresh read from the
+        # current working directory is performed on the next load_puppy_rules()
+        # call.  This is critical for /cd: the user may have switched to a
+        # different project that has its own AGENT.md (or none at all).
+        self._puppy_rules = None
+
         if message_group is None:
             message_group = str(uuid.uuid4())
 

code_puppy/command_line/core_commands.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def handle_cd_command(command: str) -> bool:
     # Use shlex.split to handle quoted paths properly
     import shlex
 
-    from code_puppy.messaging import emit_error, emit_info, emit_success
+    from code_puppy.messaging import emit_error, emit_info, emit_success, emit_warning
 
     try:
         tokens = shlex.split(command)
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@ def handle_cd_command(command: str) -> bool:
         if os.path.isdir(target):
             os.chdir(target)
             emit_success(f"Changed directory to: {target}")
+            # Reload the agent so the system prompt and project-local
+            # AGENT.md rules reflect the new working directory.  Without
+            # this, the LLM keeps receiving stale path information for the
+            # remainder of the session (the PydanticAgent instructions are
+            # baked in at construction time and never refreshed otherwise).
+            try:
+                from code_puppy.agents.agent_manager import get_current_agent
+
+                get_current_agent().reload_code_generation_agent()
+            except Exception as e:
+                emit_warning(
+                    f"Directory changed, but agent reload failed: {e}. "
+                    "You may need to run /agent or /model to force a refresh."
+                )
         else:
             emit_error(f"Not a directory: {dirname}")
         return True

code_puppy/mcp_/server_registry_catalog.py

@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ def get_environment_vars(self) -> List[str]:
         # Also check config for env vars (existing logic)
         if "env" in self.config:
             for _key, value in self.config["env"].items():
-                if isinstance(value, str) and value.startswith("$"):
+                if (
+                    isinstance(value, str)
+                    and value.startswith("$")
+                    and not value.startswith("${")
+                ):
                     var_name = value[1:]
                     if var_name not in env_vars:
                         env_vars.append(var_name)
@@ -460,6 +464,34 @@ def to_server_config(self, custom_name: Optional[str] = None, **cmd_args) -> Dic
         ),
     ),
     # ========== Web & Browser ==========
+    MCPServerTemplate(
+        id="lightpanda",
+        name="lightpanda",
+        display_name="Lightpanda Browser",
+        description="Headless browser automation using a Lightpanda CDP endpoint",
+        category="Web",
+        tags=["browser", "web", "scraping", "automation", "lightpanda", "cdp"],
+        type="stdio",
+        config={
+            "command": "npx",
+            "args": ["-y", "openclaw-lightpanda-mcp"],
+            "env": {"LIGHTPANDA_CDP_URL": "${cdp_url}"},
+            "timeout": 60,
+        },
+        requires=MCPServerRequirements(
+            command_line_args=[
+                {
+                    "name": "cdp_url",
+                    "prompt": "Lightpanda CDP URL",
+                    "default": "ws://127.0.0.1:9222",
+                    "required": False,
+                }
+            ],
+            required_tools=["node", "npm", "npx", "lightpanda"],
+            package_dependencies=["openclaw-lightpanda-mcp"],
+            system_requirements=["Running Lightpanda CDP endpoint"],
+        ),
+    ),
     MCPServerTemplate(
         id="puppeteer",
         name="puppeteer",

code_puppy/tools/browser/browser_control.py

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ async def browser_initialize(
 
         Args:
             headless: Run browser in headless mode (no GUI)
-            browser_type: Browser engine (chromium, firefox, webkit)
+            browser_type: Browser engine (chromium, firefox, webkit, lightpanda)
             homepage: Initial page to load
 
         Returns: