Function openDeepLink

src/utils/desktopDeepLink.ts:168–200

* Opens a deep link URL using the platform-specific mechanism. * Returns true if the command succeeded, false otherwise.

(deepLinkUrl: string)

 * Returns true if the command succeeded, false otherwise.
 */
async function openDeepLink(deepLinkUrl: string): Promise<boolean> {
  const platform = process.platform
  logForDebugging(`Opening deep link: ${deepLinkUrl}`)

  if (platform === 'darwin') {
    if (isDevMode()) {
      // In dev mode, `open` launches a bare Electron binary (without app code)
      // because setAsDefaultProtocolClient registers just the Electron executable.
      // Use AppleScript to route the URL to the already-running Electron app.
      const { code } = await execFileNoThrow('osascript', [
        '-e',
        `tell application "Electron" to open location "${deepLinkUrl}"`,
      ])
      return code === 0
    }
    const { code } = await execFileNoThrow('open', [deepLinkUrl])
    return code === 0
  } else if (platform === 'linux') {
    const { code } = await execFileNoThrow('xdg-open', [deepLinkUrl])
    return code === 0
  } else if (platform === 'win32') {
    // On Windows, use cmd /c start to open URLs
    const { code } = await execFileNoThrow('cmd', [
      '/c',
      'start',
      '',
      deepLinkUrl,
    ])
    return code === 0
  }

  return false
}

/**
 * Build and open a deep link to resume the current session in Claude Desktop.