From 675817f0b259b2519beb54822b70bc3d2f3d0e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mehmet turac <mehmetturac@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 08:12:49 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): mention remote daemon host on ls connect failure
 (#1043)

---
 packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts  | 3 ++-
 packages/cli/tests/04-agent-ls.test.ts | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
index fa7308220..d79398666 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/agent/ls.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ export async function runLsCommand(
     const error: CommandError = {
       code: "DAEMON_NOT_RUNNING",
       message: `Cannot connect to daemon at ${host}: ${message}`,
-      details: "Start the daemon with: paseo daemon start",
+      details:
+        "Start the daemon with: paseo daemon start\nFor a remote daemon, pass --host <host:port> or set PASEO_HOST.",
     };
     throw error;
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/04-agent-ls.test.ts b/packages/cli/tests/04-agent-ls.test.ts
index 96fd4abf6..dee96c4b8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/04-agent-ls.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/04-agent-ls.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ try {
       output.toLowerCase().includes("connect") ||
       output.toLowerCase().includes("cannot");
     assert(hasError, "error message should mention connection issue");
+    assert(output.includes("--host <host:port>"), "error message should mention --host");
+    assert(output.includes("PASEO_HOST"), "error message should mention PASEO_HOST");
     console.log("✓ paseo ls handles daemon not running\n");
   }