From dee16181fe0e9146e1849305d4909ddd3e14c1b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 14:51:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] engine: explicit layer/prop params bypass selection-based
 enablement

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 crates/engine/src/lib.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 89bfe04f..f93caa18 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ impl Session {
     pub fn execute(&mut self, id: &str, params: Value) -> Result<Value> {
         let spec = commands::find(id).ok_or_else(|| EngineError::UnknownCommand(id.to_string()))?;
         if let Err(why) = (spec.enabled)(self) {
-            return Err(EngineError::Disabled(id.to_string(), why));
+            // Explicit targets (agents, scripts) don't need a UI selection.
+            let explicit = ["layer", "layers", "prop", "keys"].iter().any(|k| params.get(k).is_some()) && commands::has_comp(self).is_ok();
+            if !explicit {
+                return Err(EngineError::Disabled(id.to_string(), why));
+            }
         }
         let r = (spec.run)(self, &params)?;
         if spec.journal {