allow to ask for remote host profiles and save token on first connection for later use

browser_cli/__init__.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class BrowserCLI:
         if self._browser is not None:
             return []
         targets = active_browser_targets()
-        if len(targets) <= 1:
+        if len(targets) <= 1 and not any(target.remote for target in targets):
             return []
         return targets
 
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ class BrowserCLI:
         results = []
         for target in self._multi_browser_targets():
             try:
-                data = send_command(command, args, profile=target.profile)
+                if target.remote:
+                    data = send_command(command, args, profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
+                else:
+                    data = send_command(command, args, profile=target.profile)
             except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
                 continue
             results.append((target, data))

browser_cli/cli.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from browser_cli.client import (
     REGISTRY_PATH,
     active_browser_targets,
     display_browser_name,
+    save_remote_token,
 )
 from browser_cli.platform import install_base_dir, is_windows
 
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ def main(ctx, browser, remote, token):
     ctx.obj["token"] = token
     if remote:
         os.environ["BROWSER_CLI_REMOTE"] = remote
+        if token:
+            save_remote_token(remote, token)
     if token:
         os.environ["BROWSER_CLI_TOKEN"] = token
 
@@ -249,6 +252,17 @@ def clients_group(ctx):
                     "extensionVersion": "disconnected",
                 })
 
+        for target in active_browser_targets():
+            if target.remote is None:
+                continue
+            try:
+                result = send_command("clients.list", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
+                for c in (result or []):
+                    c["profile"] = target.display_name
+                    all_clients.append(c)
+            except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
+                continue
+
     if not all_clients:
         console.print("[yellow]No browser clients found. Start a browser with the extension enabled first.[/yellow]")
         sys.exit(1)

browser_cli/client.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from browser_cli.platform import endpoint_for_alias, is_windows, registry_path
 
 REGISTRY_PATH = registry_path()
+REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", Path.home() / ".config")) / "browser-cli" / "remotes.json"
 
 
 class BrowserNotConnected(Exception):
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ class BrowserTarget:
     profile: str
     display_name: str
     socket_path: str
+    remote: str | None = None
+    token: str | None = None
 
 
 def _active_endpoints(reg: dict) -> dict:
@@ -47,17 +50,85 @@ def display_browser_name(profile_name: str, sock_path: str) -> str:
     return Path(sock_path).stem or profile_name
 
 
-def active_browser_targets() -> list[BrowserTarget]:
+def _load_remotes() -> dict[str, dict[str, str]]:
-    if not REGISTRY_PATH.exists():
+    if not REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH.exists():
-        return []
+        return {}
     try:
-        reg = json.loads(REGISTRY_PATH.read_text())
+        data = json.loads(REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     except Exception:
-        return []
+        return {}
-    return [
+    if not isinstance(data, dict):
-        BrowserTarget(profile=profile, display_name=display_browser_name(profile, sock_path), socket_path=sock_path)
+        return {}
-        for profile, sock_path in _active_endpoints(reg).items()
+    return {str(endpoint): cfg for endpoint, cfg in data.items() if isinstance(cfg, dict)}
-    ]
+
+
+def save_remote_token(endpoint: str, token: str | None) -> None:
+    """Persist the auth token for a remote endpoint used by this client."""
+    if not endpoint or not token:
+        return
+    remotes = _load_remotes()
+    current = remotes.get(endpoint, {})
+    current["token"] = token
+    remotes[endpoint] = current
+    REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH.write_text(json.dumps(remotes, indent=2, sort_keys=True), encoding="utf-8")
+    try:
+        REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH.chmod(0o600)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
+def token_for_remote(endpoint: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not endpoint:
+        return None
+    cfg = _load_remotes().get(endpoint) or {}
+    token = cfg.get("token")
+    return str(token) if token else None
+
+
+def _remote_display_name(endpoint: str, profile_name: str, display_name: str) -> str:
+    host, sep, port = endpoint.rpartition(":")
+    remote_name = host if sep and port == "8765" else endpoint
+    return f"{remote_name}:{display_name or profile_name}"
+
+
+def _remote_browser_targets() -> list[BrowserTarget]:
+    targets: list[BrowserTarget] = []
+    for endpoint, cfg in _load_remotes().items():
+        token = str(cfg.get("token") or "") or None
+        try:
+            remote_targets = send_command("browser-cli.targets", remote=endpoint, token=token)
+        except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
+            continue
+        for item in remote_targets or []:
+            profile = str(item.get("profile") or "default")
+            display = str(item.get("displayName") or profile)
+            targets.append(
+                BrowserTarget(
+                    profile=profile,
+                    display_name=_remote_display_name(endpoint, profile, display),
+                    socket_path="",
+                    remote=endpoint,
+                    token=token,
+                )
+            )
+    return targets
+
+
+def active_browser_targets(*, include_remotes: bool = True) -> list[BrowserTarget]:
+    targets: list[BrowserTarget] = []
+    if REGISTRY_PATH.exists():
+        try:
+            reg = json.loads(REGISTRY_PATH.read_text())
+        except Exception:
+            reg = {}
+        targets.extend(
+            BrowserTarget(profile=profile, display_name=display_browser_name(profile, sock_path), socket_path=sock_path)
+            for profile, sock_path in _active_endpoints(reg).items()
+        )
+    if include_remotes:
+        targets.extend(_remote_browser_targets())
+    return targets
 
 
 def _resolve_socket(profile: str | None = None) -> str:
@@ -76,7 +147,7 @@ def _resolve_socket(profile: str | None = None) -> str:
 
     # Auto-detect: error when multiple browser instances are active
     try:
-        active = active_browser_targets()
+        active = active_browser_targets(include_remotes=False)
         if len(active) > 1:
             aliases = [target.profile for target in active]
             examples = "\n".join(f"  browser-cli --browser {a} ..." for a in aliases)
@@ -101,7 +172,7 @@ def _resolve_socket(profile: str | None = None) -> str:
 def send_command(command: str, args: dict | None = None, profile: str | None = None, remote: str | None = None, token: str | None = None) -> Any:
     """Send a command to the browser and return the response data."""
     remote_endpoint = remote or os.environ.get("BROWSER_CLI_REMOTE")
-    resolved_token = token or os.environ.get("BROWSER_CLI_TOKEN")
+    resolved_token = token or os.environ.get("BROWSER_CLI_TOKEN") or token_for_remote(remote_endpoint)
     msg = {
         "id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
         "command": command,

browser_cli/commands/groups.py

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ def _handle(command, args=None, profile=None):
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
 
-def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None):
+def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None, remote=None, token=None):
     try:
+        if remote:
+            return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile, remote=remote, token=token)
         return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile)
     except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
         return None
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ def _multi_browser_targets():
     if root.obj.get("browser_explicit"):
         return []
     targets = active_browser_targets()
-    if len(targets) <= 1:
+    if len(targets) <= 1 and not any(target.remote for target in targets):
         return []
     return targets
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ def group_list():
     if targets:
         groups = []
         for target in targets:
-            result = _handle_multi("group.list", profile=target.profile)
+            result = _handle_multi("group.list", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if result is None:
                 continue
             groups.extend({**group, "browser": target.display_name} for group in result)
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def group_count():
         total = 0
         rows = 0
         for target in targets:
-            count = _handle_multi("group.count", profile=target.profile)
+            count = _handle_multi("group.count", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if count is None:
                 continue
             count = int(count or 0)

browser_cli/commands/serve.py

@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ def _proxy_request(client_sock:socket.socket, addr:tuple, profile:str|None, serv
       _log(addr, command, None, "DENIED", "bad token")
       return
 
+  if command == "browser-cli.targets":
+    from browser_cli.client import active_browser_targets
+    targets = [
+      {"profile": target.profile, "displayName": target.display_name}
+      for target in active_browser_targets(include_remotes=False)
+    ]
+    data = json.dumps({"id": msg_id, "success": True, "data": targets}).encode()
+    client_sock.sendall(struct.pack("<I", len(data)) + data)
+    _log(addr, command, None, "OK")
+    return
+
   resolved_profile = msg.get("_route") or profile
 
   strip = {"token", "_route"}

browser_cli/commands/session.py

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ def _handle(command, args=None, profile=None):
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
 
-def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None):
+def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None, remote=None, token=None):
     try:
+        if remote:
+            return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile, remote=remote, token=token)
         return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile)
     except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
         return None
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ def _multi_browser_targets():
     if root.obj.get("browser_explicit"):
         return []
     targets = active_browser_targets()
-    if len(targets) <= 1:
+    if len(targets) <= 1 and not any(target.remote for target in targets):
         return []
     return targets
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ def session_list():
     if targets:
         sessions = []
         for target in targets:
-            result = _handle_multi("session.list", profile=target.profile)
+            result = _handle_multi("session.list", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if result is None:
                 continue
             sessions.extend({**session, "browser": target.display_name} for session in result)

browser_cli/commands/tabs.py

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ def _handle(command, args=None, profile=None):
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
 
-def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None):
+def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None, remote=None, token=None):
     try:
+        if remote:
+            return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile, remote=remote, token=token)
         return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile)
     except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
         return None
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ def _multi_browser_targets():
     if root.obj.get("browser_explicit"):
         return []
     targets = active_browser_targets()
-    if len(targets) <= 1:
+    if len(targets) <= 1 and not any(target.remote for target in targets):
         return []
     return targets
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ def tabs_list():
     if targets:
         tabs = []
         for target in targets:
-            result = _handle_multi("tabs.list", profile=target.profile)
+            result = _handle_multi("tabs.list", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if result is None:
                 continue
             tabs.extend({**tab, "browser": target.display_name} for tab in result)
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ def tabs_count(pattern):
         total = 0
         rows = 0
         for target in targets:
-            count = _handle_multi("tabs.count", {"pattern": pattern}, profile=target.profile)
+            count = _handle_multi("tabs.count", {"pattern": pattern}, profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if count is None:
                 continue
             count = int(count or 0)

browser_cli/commands/windows.py

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ def _handle(command, args=None, profile=None):
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
 
-def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None):
+def _handle_multi(command, args=None, profile=None, remote=None, token=None):
     try:
+        if remote:
+            return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile, remote=remote, token=token)
         return send_command(command, args or {}, profile=profile)
     except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError):
         return None
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ def _multi_browser_targets():
     if root.obj.get("browser_explicit"):
         return []
     targets = active_browser_targets()
-    if len(targets) <= 1:
+    if len(targets) <= 1 and not any(target.remote for target in targets):
         return []
     return targets
 
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ def windows_list():
     if targets:
         windows = []
         for target in targets:
-            result = _handle_multi("windows.list", profile=target.profile)
+            result = _handle_multi("windows.list", profile=target.profile, remote=target.remote, token=target.token)
             if result is None:
                 continue
             windows.extend({**window, "browser": target.display_name} for window in result)

tests/conftest.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def browser():
     """Returns a connected send_command callable for the testing profile, or skips the test."""
     try:
         send_command("tabs.list", profile=TEST_BROWSER_PROFILE)
-    except BrowserNotConnected:
+    except (BrowserNotConnected, RuntimeError) as e:
         pytest.skip(
-            "Browser 'testing' not connected — start Brave/Chrome with the extension loaded for that profile"
+            f"Browser 'testing' not connected — start Brave/Chrome with the extension loaded for that profile ({e})"
         )
 
     def _browser(command, args=None):

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ def test_clients_remote_uses_remote_endpoint_without_local_registry():
 
     with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True), patch(
         "browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", Path("/nonexistent/browser-cli-registry.json")
-    ), patch("browser_cli.cli.send_command", side_effect=fake_send_command) as send_command:
+    ), patch("browser_cli.cli.send_command", side_effect=fake_send_command) as send_command, patch(
+        "browser_cli.cli.save_remote_token"
+    ):
         result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["--remote", "127.0.0.1:8765", "--token", "test", "clients"])
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -551,3 +553,32 @@ def test_convert_html_to_markdown_indents_multiline_list_items():
         "- Unternehmensdaten → RAG → KI-Orchestrierung →\n"
         "  Local LLMs / API Modelle / Spezialmodelle"
     ) in markdown
+
+def test_remote_token_is_saved_when_passed_on_cli():
+    endpoint = "browser-host.example:8765"
+    with patch("browser_cli.cli.save_remote_token") as save_remote_token:
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["--remote", endpoint, "--token", "secret", "completion", "bash", "--script"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    save_remote_token.assert_called_once_with(endpoint, "secret")
+
+
+def test_tabs_list_multi_browser_queries_remote_target():
+    endpoint = "browser-host.example:8765"
+    remote_target = BrowserTarget(
+        "work",
+        "browser-host.example:work",
+        "",
+        remote=endpoint,
+        token="secret",
+    )
+
+    with patch("browser_cli.commands.tabs.active_browser_targets", return_value=[remote_target, BrowserTarget("local", "local", "/tmp/local.sock")]), patch(
+        "browser_cli.commands.tabs.send_command",
+        return_value=[{"id": 1, "windowId": 1, "active": True, "title": "Remote", "url": "https://example.com"}],
+    ) as send_command:
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["tabs", "list"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    send_command.assert_any_call("tabs.list", {}, profile="work", remote=endpoint, token="secret")
+    assert "browser-host.example:work" in result.output

tests/test_client.py

@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
-from browser_cli.client import BrowserNotConnected, _resolve_socket, active_browser_targets, display_browser_name
+from browser_cli.client import (
+    BrowserNotConnected,
+    _resolve_socket,
+    active_browser_targets,
+    display_browser_name,
+    save_remote_token,
+    token_for_remote,
+)
 from browser_cli.platform import endpoint_for_alias
 
 def test_resolve_socket_raises_when_registry_missing(monkeypatch):
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ def test_active_browser_targets_filters_stale_entries(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.REGISTRY_PATH", registry_path)
 
-    targets = active_browser_targets()
+    targets = active_browser_targets(include_remotes=False)
 
     assert len(targets) == 1
     assert targets[0].profile == "work"
@@ -77,7 +84,45 @@ def test_active_browser_targets_keeps_windows_registry_entries(monkeypatch, tmp_
     monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.REGISTRY_PATH", registry_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.is_windows", lambda: True)
 
-    targets = active_browser_targets()
+    targets = active_browser_targets(include_remotes=False)
 
     assert len(targets) == 1
     assert targets[0].socket_path == r"\\.\pipe\browser-cli-work"
+
+
+def test_save_remote_token_persists_per_endpoint(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    remotes_path = tmp_path / "remotes.json"
+    monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH", remotes_path)
+
+    endpoint = "browser-host.example:8765"
+
+    save_remote_token(endpoint, "secret-token")
+
+    assert token_for_remote(endpoint) == "secret-token"
+    assert json.loads(remotes_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) == {
+        endpoint: {"token": "secret-token"}
+    }
+
+
+def test_active_browser_targets_includes_remote_targets(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    remotes_path = tmp_path / "remotes.json"
+    endpoint = "browser-host.example:8765"
+    remotes_path.write_text(json.dumps({endpoint: {"token": "secret-token"}}), encoding="utf-8")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.REGISTRY_PATH", tmp_path / "missing-registry.json")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.REMOTE_REGISTRY_PATH", remotes_path)
+
+    def fake_send_command(command, args=None, profile=None, remote=None, token=None):
+        assert command == "browser-cli.targets"
+        assert remote == endpoint
+        assert token == "secret-token"
+        return [{"profile": "work", "displayName": "work"}]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("browser_cli.client.send_command", fake_send_command)
+
+    targets = active_browser_targets()
+
+    assert len(targets) == 1
+    assert targets[0].profile == "work"
+    assert targets[0].display_name == "browser-host.example:work"
+    assert targets[0].remote == endpoint
+    assert targets[0].token == "secret-token"