HTTP/WebSocket/SSE/MCP are all streams. The transport is irrelevant.
- c.IPC() = local conclave (in-process)
- c.API() = remote streams (cross-machine)
- c.Drive() = connection config (WHERE), c.API() = transport (HOW)
- Protocol handlers register like Actions (permission by registration)
- Remote Action dispatch: "charon:agentic.status" → transparent cross-machine
- Maps current manual HTTP/SSE/MCP code in core/agent to single-line calls
- Full 13-subsystem map documented
Proved by: PHP5 stream lib that replaced curl when certs were broken.
Same principle — depend on stream primitive, not transport library.
Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
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