diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8ba4b2f..3e0d6d4c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11029,6 +11029,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
  "yaak",
  "yaak-api",
+ "yaak-commands",
  "yaak-common",
  "yaak-core",
  "yaak-crypto",
@@ -11108,6 +11109,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "zip",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaak-commands"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log 0.4.29",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "tokio",
+ "yaak",
+ "yaak-core",
+ "yaak-crypto",
+ "yaak-models",
+ "yaak-plugins",
+ "yaak-rpc-schema",
+ "yaak-templates",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yaak-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -11439,6 +11458,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "regex 1.11.1",
  "tauri",
+ "yaak-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5f9ced20..4f013a57 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
   "crates/yaak",
+  "crates/yaak-commands",
   # Common/foundation crates
   "crates/common/yaak-database",
   "crates/common/yaak-rpc",
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ yaak-rpc-schema = { path = "crates/common/yaak-rpc-schema" }
 # Internal crates - shared
 yaak-core = { path = "crates/yaak-core" }
 yaak = { path = "crates/yaak" }
+yaak-commands = { path = "crates/yaak-commands" }
 yaak-common = { path = "crates/yaak-common" }
 yaak-crypto = { path = "crates/yaak-crypto" }
 yaak-git = { path = "crates/yaak-git" }
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/Cargo.toml b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/Cargo.toml
index a307ad70..344cf41e 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ yaak-common = { workspace = true }
 yaak-tauri-utils = { workspace = true }
 yaak-core = { workspace = true }
 yaak = { workspace = true }
+yaak-commands = { workspace = true }
 yaak-crypto = { workspace = true }
 yaak-fonts = { workspace = true }
 yaak-git = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/commands.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/commands.rs
index bd40c86c..f8b9dbc2 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,51 +1,8 @@
 use crate::PluginContextExt;
 use crate::error::Result;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use tauri::{AppHandle, Manager, Runtime, State, WebviewWindow};
-use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
-use yaak_models::models::HttpRequestHeader;
-use yaak_models::queries::workspaces::default_headers;
+use tauri::{Runtime, State, WebviewWindow};
 use yaak_plugins::events::GetThemesResponse;
 use yaak_plugins::manager::PluginManager;
-use yaak_plugins::native_template_functions::{
-    decrypt_secure_template_function, encrypt_secure_template_function,
-};
-
-/// Extension trait for accessing the EncryptionManager from Tauri Manager types.
-pub trait EncryptionManagerExt<'a, R> {
-    fn crypto(&'a self) -> State<'a, EncryptionManager>;
-}
-
-impl<'a, R: Runtime, M: Manager<R>> EncryptionManagerExt<'a, R> for M {
-    fn crypto(&'a self) -> State<'a, EncryptionManager> {
-        self.state::<EncryptionManager>()
-    }
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_decrypt_template<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    template: &str,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    let encryption_manager = window.app_handle().state::<EncryptionManager>();
-    let plugin_context = window.plugin_context();
-    Ok(decrypt_secure_template_function(&encryption_manager, &plugin_context, template)?)
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_secure_template<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    template: &str,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    let plugin_manager = Arc::new((*app_handle.state::<PluginManager>()).clone());
-    let encryption_manager = Arc::new((*app_handle.state::<EncryptionManager>()).clone());
-    let plugin_context = window.plugin_context();
-    Ok(encrypt_secure_template_function(
-        plugin_manager,
-        encryption_manager,
-        &plugin_context,
-        template,
-    )?)
-}
 
 pub(crate) async fn cmd_get_themes<R: Runtime>(
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
@@ -53,40 +10,3 @@ pub(crate) async fn cmd_get_themes<R: Runtime>(
 ) -> Result<Vec<GetThemesResponse>> {
     Ok(plugin_manager.get_themes(&window.plugin_context()).await?)
 }
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_enable_encryption<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    window.crypto().ensure_workspace_key(workspace_id)?;
-    window.crypto().reveal_workspace_key(workspace_id)?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_reveal_workspace_key<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(window.crypto().reveal_workspace_key(workspace_id)?)
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_set_workspace_key<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-    key: &str,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    window.crypto().set_human_key(workspace_id, key)?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn cmd_disable_encryption<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    window.crypto().disable_encryption(workspace_id)?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn cmd_default_headers() -> Vec<HttpRequestHeader> {
-    default_headers()
-}
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/error.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/error.rs
index a8a6f446..19574683 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/error.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     YaakError(#[from] yaak::Error),
 
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    CommandError(#[from] yaak_commands::Error),
+
     #[error(transparent)]
     ClipboardError(#[from] tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::Error),
 
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
index 53e45519..8408cc42 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use error::Result as YaakResult;
 use eventsource_client::{EventParser, SSE};
 use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ use tauri_plugin_log::{Builder, Target, TargetKind, log};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::task::block_in_place;
 use tokio::time;
-use yaak::export::{self, ExportDataParams};
 use yaak::send::ResponseBody;
+use yaak_commands::responses::locate_response_body;
 use yaak_common::command::new_checked_command;
 use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
 use yaak_grpc::manager::{GrpcConfig, GrpcHandle};
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ use yaak_grpc::{Code, ServiceDefinition};
 use yaak_mac_window::AppHandleMacWindowExt;
 use yaak_models::models::{
     AnyModel, CookieJar, Environment, GrpcConnection, GrpcConnectionState, GrpcEvent,
-    GrpcEventType, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseEvent, HttpResponseState, Workspace,
-    WorkspaceMeta,
+    GrpcEventType, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseState, Workspace,
 };
 use yaak_models::util::{BatchUpsertResult, UpdateSource};
 use yaak_plugins::events::{
@@ -54,12 +53,10 @@ use yaak_plugins::events::{
     InternalEventPayload, JsonPrimitive, PluginContext, RenderPurpose, ShowToastRequest,
 };
 use yaak_plugins::manager::PluginManager;
-use yaak_plugins::plugin_meta::{PluginMetadata, get_plugin_meta};
 use yaak_plugins::template_callback::PluginTemplateCallback;
 use yaak_rpc_schema::{AppMetaData, EphemeralHttpResponse};
 use yaak_sse::sse::ServerSentEvent;
 use yaak_tauri_utils::window::WorkspaceWindowTrait;
-use yaak_templates::format_json::format_json;
 use yaak_templates::strip_json_comments::strip_json_comments;
 use yaak_templates::{RenderErrorBehavior, RenderOptions, Tokens, transform_args};
 use yaak_tls::find_client_certificate;
@@ -1011,10 +1008,6 @@ async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(EphemeralHttpResponse { response: sent.response, body })
 }
 
-async fn cmd_format_json(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
-    Ok(format_json(text, "  "))
-}
-
 async fn cmd_format_graphql(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
     match pretty_graphql::format_text(text, &Default::default()) {
         Ok(formatted) => Ok(formatted),
@@ -1022,44 +1015,13 @@ async fn cmd_format_graphql(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Where a response's body is, and what it is meant to be read as.
-struct ResponseBodyLocation {
-    /// None when the response has no stored body.
-    path: Option<PathBuf>,
-    /// The response's declared `Content-Type`, empty when it has none.
-    content_type: String,
-}
-
-/// Find a response's body from its id alone.
-///
-/// The frontend hands back an id and never a path, so the only bodies reachable
-/// here are ones the engine wrote and the database still knows about. A
-/// response that was never saved has no entry, and its body came back from the
-/// send that made it.
-fn locate_response_body<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: &AppHandle<R>,
-    response_id: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<ResponseBodyLocation> {
-    let response = app_handle.db().get_http_response(response_id)?;
-
-    Ok(ResponseBodyLocation {
-        path: response.body_path.map(PathBuf::from),
-        content_type: response
-            .headers
-            .iter()
-            .find(|h| h.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-type"))
-            .map(|h| h.value.clone())
-            .unwrap_or_default(),
-    })
-}
-
 async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
     plugin_manager: State<'_, PluginManager>,
     response_id: &str,
     filter: Option<&str>,
 ) -> YaakResult<FilterResponse> {
-    let location = locate_response_body(window.app_handle(), response_id)?;
+    let location = locate_response_body(&window.db(), response_id)?;
     let Some(body_path) = location.path else {
         return Ok(FilterResponse { content: String::new(), error: None });
     };
@@ -1077,41 +1039,11 @@ async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(
     }
 }
 
-/// The body's path on this machine, for the desktop host to read or hand to the
-/// webview's asset protocol.
-///
-/// The frontend holds response ids; only `packages/platform`'s Tauri host sees
-/// the path, and only because it is about to open the file itself. Hosts
-/// without a filesystem serve the same bytes over HTTP instead.
-async fn cmd_http_response_body_path<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    response_id: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<Option<String>> {
-    let location = locate_response_body(&app_handle, response_id)?;
-    Ok(location.path.map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string()))
-}
-
-async fn cmd_http_request_body<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    response_id: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
-    let body_id = format!("{}.request", response_id);
-    let chunks = app_handle.blobs().get_chunks(&body_id)?;
-
-    if chunks.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(None);
-    }
-
-    // Concatenate all chunks
-    let body: Vec<u8> = chunks.into_iter().flat_map(|c| c.data).collect();
-    Ok(Some(body))
-}
-
 async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(
     app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
     response_id: &str,
 ) -> YaakResult<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
-    let Some(body_path) = locate_response_body(&app_handle, response_id)?.path else {
+    let Some(body_path) = locate_response_body(&app_handle.db(), response_id)?.path else {
         return Ok(Vec::new());
     };
 
@@ -1134,14 +1066,6 @@ async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(events)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_get_http_response_events<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    response_id: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<Vec<HttpResponseEvent>> {
-    let events: Vec<HttpResponseEvent> = app_handle.db().list_http_response_events(response_id)?;
-    Ok(events)
-}
-
 async fn cmd_import_data<R: Runtime>(
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
     file_path: &str,
@@ -1434,22 +1358,6 @@ async fn cmd_curl_to_request<R: Runtime>(
         })?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_export_data<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    export_path: &str,
-    workspace_ids: Vec<&str>,
-    include_private_environments: bool,
-) -> YaakResult<()> {
-    let version = app_handle.package_info().version.to_string();
-    Ok(export::export_data(ExportDataParams {
-        query_manager: &app_handle.db_manager(),
-        yaak_version: &version,
-        export_path: Path::new(export_path),
-        workspace_ids,
-        include_private_environments,
-    })?)
-}
-
 /// Decodes base64 and writes the bytes to a file the user picked.
 ///
 /// The webview can't do this itself: its `fs` permissions are read-only and scoped to the app
@@ -1473,20 +1381,6 @@ async fn cmd_save_base64_to_binary<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn cmd_save_response<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    response_id: &str,
-    filepath: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<()> {
-    let response = app_handle.db().get_http_response(response_id)?;
-
-    let body_path =
-        response.body_path.ok_or(GenericError("Response does not have a body".to_string()))?;
-    fs::copy(body_path, filepath).map_err(|e| GenericError(e.to_string()))?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 async fn cmd_send_http_request<R: Runtime>(
     app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
@@ -1570,90 +1464,6 @@ async fn cmd_reload_plugins<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(errors)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_plugin_info<R: Runtime>(
-    id: &str,
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    plugin_manager: State<'_, PluginManager>,
-) -> YaakResult<PluginMetadata> {
-    let plugin = app_handle.db().get_plugin(id)?;
-    if let Some(plugin_handle) = plugin_manager
-        .get_plugin_by_dir(plugin.directory.as_str())
-        .await
-    {
-        return Ok(plugin_handle.info());
-    }
-
-    if let Ok(metadata) = get_plugin_meta(&PathBuf::from(&plugin.directory)) {
-        return Ok(metadata);
-    }
-
-    Ok(fallback_plugin_metadata(&plugin.directory))
-}
-
-fn fallback_plugin_metadata(directory: &str) -> PluginMetadata {
-    let display_name = PathBuf::from(directory)
-        .file_name()
-        .and_then(|name| name.to_str())
-        .filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
-        .unwrap_or(directory)
-        .to_string();
-
-    PluginMetadata {
-        version: "Unavailable".to_string(),
-        name: directory.to_string(),
-        display_name,
-        description: Some(format!("Plugin metadata could not be loaded from {directory}")),
-        homepage_url: None,
-        repository_url: None,
-    }
-}
-
-async fn cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections<R: Runtime>(
-    request_id: &str,
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-) -> YaakResult<()> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().delete_all_grpc_connections_for_request(
-        request_id,
-        &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label()),
-    )?)
-}
-
-async fn cmd_delete_send_history<R: Runtime>(
-    workspace_id: &str,
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-) -> YaakResult<()> {
-    Ok(app_handle.with_tx(|tx| {
-        let source = &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
-        tx.delete_all_http_responses_for_workspace(workspace_id, source)?;
-        tx.delete_all_grpc_connections_for_workspace(workspace_id, source)?;
-        tx.delete_all_websocket_connections_for_workspace(workspace_id, source)?;
-        Ok(())
-    })?)
-}
-
-async fn cmd_delete_all_http_responses<R: Runtime>(
-    request_id: &str,
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-) -> YaakResult<()> {
-    app_handle.db().delete_all_http_responses_for_request(
-        request_id,
-        &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label()),
-    )?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-async fn cmd_get_workspace_meta<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-) -> YaakResult<WorkspaceMeta> {
-    let db = app_handle.db();
-    let workspace = db.get_workspace(workspace_id)?;
-    Ok(db.get_or_create_workspace_meta(&workspace.id)?)
-}
-
 async fn cmd_new_child_window<R: Runtime>(
     parent_window: WebviewWindow<R>,
     url: &str,
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/models_ext.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/models_ext.rs
index 92b2b2dc..0e58c62f 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/models_ext.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/models_ext.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ use tauri_plugin_dialog::{DialogExt, MessageDialogKind};
 use yaak_models::blob_manager::BlobManager;
 use yaak_models::client_db::ClientDb;
 use yaak_models::error::Result;
-use yaak_models::models::{AnyModel, GraphQlIntrospection, GrpcEvent, Settings, WebsocketEvent};
 use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
 use yaak_models::util::{ModelPayload, UpdateSource};
-use yaak_plugins::manager::PluginManager;
 
 const MODEL_CHANGES_RETENTION_HOURS: i64 = 1;
 const MODEL_CHANGES_POLL_INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 1000;
@@ -123,163 +121,12 @@ impl<'a, R: Runtime, M: Manager<R>> QueryManagerExt<'a, R> for M {
 /// Extension trait for accessing the BlobManager from Tauri Manager types.
 pub trait BlobManagerExt<'a, R> {
     fn blob_manager(&'a self) -> State<'a, BlobManager>;
-    fn blobs(&'a self) -> yaak_models::blob_manager::BlobContext;
 }
 
 impl<'a, R: Runtime, M: Manager<R>> BlobManagerExt<'a, R> for M {
     fn blob_manager(&'a self) -> State<'a, BlobManager> {
         self.state::<BlobManager>()
     }
-
-    fn blobs(&'a self) -> yaak_models::blob_manager::BlobContext {
-        let manager = self.state::<BlobManager>();
-        manager.inner().connect()
-    }
-}
-
-// Commands for yaak-models
-use tauri::WebviewWindow;
-
-pub(crate) fn models_upsert<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    model: AnyModel,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    let db = window.db();
-    let blobs = window.blob_manager();
-    let source = &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
-    yaak::models_ops::upsert_model(&db, &blobs, model, source)
-}
-
-// Async so cascading deletes (e.g. a workspace with thousands of requests) run on a
-// blocking thread instead of stalling the main thread and all other IPC.
-pub(crate) async fn models_delete<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    model: AnyModel,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    use yaak_models::error::Error::GenericError;
-
-    tauri::async_runtime::spawn_blocking(move || {
-        let blobs = window.blob_manager();
-        // Use transaction for deletions because it might recurse
-        window.with_tx(|tx| {
-            let source = &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
-            yaak::models_ops::delete_model(tx, &blobs, model, source)
-        })
-    })
-    .await
-    .map_err(|e| GenericError(format!("Delete task failed: {e}")))?
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_duplicate<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    model_type: String,
-    model_id: String,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    // Use transaction for duplications because it might recurse
-    window.with_tx(|tx| {
-        let source = &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
-        yaak::models_ops::duplicate_model(tx, &model_type, &model_id, source)
-    })
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_websocket_events<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: tauri::AppHandle<R>,
-    connection_id: &str,
-) -> Result<Vec<WebsocketEvent>> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().list_websocket_events(connection_id)?)
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_grpc_events<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: tauri::AppHandle<R>,
-    connection_id: &str,
-) -> Result<Vec<GrpcEvent>> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().list_grpc_events(connection_id)?)
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_get_settings<R: Runtime>(app_handle: tauri::AppHandle<R>) -> Result<Settings> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().get_settings())
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_get_graphql_introspection<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: tauri::AppHandle<R>,
-    request_id: &str,
-) -> Result<Option<GraphQlIntrospection>> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().get_graphql_introspection(request_id))
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn models_upsert_graphql_introspection<R: Runtime>(
-    app_handle: tauri::AppHandle<R>,
-    request_id: &str,
-    workspace_id: &str,
-    content: Option<String>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-) -> Result<GraphQlIntrospection> {
-    let source = UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
-    Ok(app_handle.db().upsert_graphql_introspection(workspace_id, request_id, content, &source)?)
-}
-
-pub(crate) async fn models_workspace_models<R: Runtime>(
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-    workspace_id: Option<&str>,
-    plugin_manager: State<'_, PluginManager>,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut l: Vec<AnyModel> = Vec::new();
-
-    // Add the global models
-    {
-        let db = window.db();
-        l.push(db.get_settings().into());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_workspaces()?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_key_values()?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-    }
-
-    let plugins = {
-        let db = window.db();
-        db.list_plugins()?
-    };
-
-    let plugins = plugin_manager.resolve_plugins_for_runtime_from_db(plugins).await;
-    l.append(&mut plugins.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-
-    // Add the workspace children
-    if let Some(wid) = workspace_id {
-        let db = window.db();
-        l.append(&mut db.list_cookie_jars(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_environments_ensure_base(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_folders(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_grpc_connections(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_grpc_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_http_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_http_responses(wid, None)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_websocket_connections(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_websocket_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-        l.append(&mut db.list_workspace_metas(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
-    }
-
-    let j = serde_json::to_string(&l)?;
-
-    Ok(escape_str_for_webview(&j))
-}
-
-fn escape_str_for_webview(input: &str) -> String {
-    input
-        .chars()
-        .map(|c| {
-            let code = c as u32;
-            // ASCII
-            if code <= 0x7F {
-                c.to_string()
-                // BMP characters encoded normally
-            } else if code < 0xFFFF {
-                format!("\\u{:04X}", code)
-                // Beyond BMP encoded a surrogate pairs
-            } else {
-                let high = ((code - 0x10000) >> 10) + 0xD800;
-                let low = ((code - 0x10000) & 0x3FF) + 0xDC00;
-                format!("\\u{:04X}\\u{:04X}", high, low)
-            }
-        })
-        .collect()
 }
 
 /// Initialize database managers as a plugin (for initialization order).
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugins_ext.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugins_ext.rs
index f59bae9d..a9a5d246 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugins_ext.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugins_ext.rs
@@ -194,12 +194,6 @@ pub async fn cmd_plugins_uninstall<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(delete_and_uninstall(plugin_manager, &query_manager, &plugin_context, plugin_id).await?)
 }
 
-pub async fn cmd_plugin_init_errors(
-    plugin_manager: State<'_, PluginManager>,
-) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
-    Ok(plugin_manager.take_init_errors().await)
-}
-
 pub async fn cmd_plugins_updates<R: Runtime>(
     app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
 ) -> Result<PluginUpdatesResponse> {
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
index b3614532..328545d9 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 //! is the only way the frontend reaches any of it — one envelope,
 //! `{ cmd, payload }`, exactly like the proxy app.
 //!
-//! Adapters exist so command implementations keep their natural Tauri
-//! signatures (window, app handle, managed state) while the wire format stays
-//! transport-agnostic: another host builds its router from the same schema with
-//! a different context type and its own adapters, and the frontend cannot tell.
+//! Command bodies live in one of two places. Host-independent ones are in
+//! `yaak_commands`, written against its `Host` trait, which `ClientCtx`
+//! implements below; their adapters are one line. The rest still have their
+//! natural Tauri signatures (window, app handle, managed state) and their
+//! adapters unpack the request for them. Either way the wire format stays
+//! transport-agnostic: another host builds its router from the same schema
+//! with its own `Host`, and the frontend cannot tell.
 
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::notifications::YaakNotifier;
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@ use log::warn;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tauri::{Manager, Runtime, State, WebviewWindow};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use yaak_commands::{Host, PluginHost};
+use yaak_core::WorkspaceContext;
 use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
 use yaak_git::{
     BranchDeleteResult, CloneResult, GitBranchInfo, GitCommit, GitFileDiff, GitRemote,
@@ -27,10 +32,12 @@ use yaak_git::{
 };
 use yaak_grpc::manager::GrpcHandle;
 use yaak_grpc::ServiceDefinition;
+use yaak_models::blob_manager::BlobManager;
 use yaak_models::models::{
     GraphQlIntrospection, GrpcEvent, HttpRequest, HttpRequestHeader, HttpResponse,
     HttpResponseEvent, Plugin, Settings, WebsocketConnection, WebsocketEvent, WorkspaceMeta,
 };
+use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
 use yaak_models::util::BatchUpsertResult;
 use yaak_plugins::events::{
     FilterResponse, GetFolderActionsResponse, GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse,
@@ -46,6 +53,7 @@ use yaak_rpc::RpcRouter;
 use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
 use yaak_sse::sse::ServerSentEvent;
 use yaak_sync::sync::SyncOp;
+use yaak_tauri_utils::window::WorkspaceWindowTrait;
 use yaak_ws::WebsocketManager;
 
 /// Per-call context: the window a command was invoked from.
@@ -65,6 +73,42 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Clone for ClientCtx<R> {
     }
 }
 
+/// The desktop is a host: the client is the window, the session is the
+/// window's URL, and the shared managers are Tauri managed state.
+impl<R: Runtime> Host for ClientCtx<R> {
+    fn client_id(&self) -> &str {
+        self.window.label()
+    }
+
+    fn session(&self) -> WorkspaceContext {
+        self.window.workspace_context()
+    }
+
+    fn app_version(&self) -> String {
+        self.window.package_info().version.to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn query_manager(&self) -> &QueryManager {
+        self.window.state::<QueryManager>().inner()
+    }
+
+    fn blob_manager(&self) -> &BlobManager {
+        self.window.state::<BlobManager>().inner()
+    }
+
+    fn encryption_manager(&self) -> &EncryptionManager {
+        self.window.state::<EncryptionManager>().inner()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The desktop runs plugins the usual way, so it serves the plugin-backed
+/// commands too.
+impl<R: Runtime> PluginHost for ClientCtx<R> {
+    fn plugin_manager(&self) -> &PluginManager {
+        self.window.state::<PluginManager>().inner()
+    }
+}
+
 /// The one Tauri command. The payload is the yaak-rpc envelope's payload;
 /// a missing payload means an empty one.
 #[tauri::command]
@@ -189,8 +233,8 @@ async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSendE
     Ok(crate::cmd_send_ephemeral_request(req.request, req.environment_id.as_deref(), req.cookie_jar_id.as_deref(), ctx.window.clone(), ctx.window.app_handle().clone()).await?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_format_json<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdFormatJsonReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_format_json(&req.text).await?)
+async fn cmd_format_json<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdFormatJsonReq) -> Result<String> {
+    Ok(yaak_commands::data::cmd_format_json(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_format_graphql<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdFormatGraphqlReq) -> Result<String> {
@@ -202,11 +246,11 @@ async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpRespo
 }
 
 async fn cmd_http_response_body_path<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq) -> Result<Option<String>> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_http_response_body_path(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::responses::cmd_http_response_body_path(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_http_request_body<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpRequestBodyReq) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_http_request_body(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::responses::cmd_http_request_body(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetSseEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
@@ -214,7 +258,7 @@ async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetSseEventsR
 }
 
 async fn cmd_get_http_response_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<HttpResponseEvent>> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_get_http_response_events(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::responses::cmd_get_http_response_events(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_import_data<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdImportDataReq) -> Result<BatchUpsertResult> {
@@ -290,7 +334,7 @@ async fn cmd_curl_to_request<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdCurlToReques
 }
 
 async fn cmd_export_data<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdExportDataReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_export_data(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.export_path, req.workspace_ids.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect(), req.include_private_environments).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::data::cmd_export_data(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_save_base64_to_binary<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSaveBase64ToBinaryReq) -> Result<()> {
@@ -298,7 +342,7 @@ async fn cmd_save_base64_to_binary<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSaveBa
 }
 
 async fn cmd_save_response<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSaveResponseReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_save_response(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id, &req.filepath).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::responses::cmd_save_response(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_send_http_request<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSendHttpRequestReq) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
@@ -310,23 +354,23 @@ async fn cmd_reload_plugins<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdReloadPlugin
 }
 
 async fn cmd_plugin_info<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdPluginInfoReq) -> Result<PluginMetadata> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_plugin_info(&req.id, ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.app_handle().state::<PluginManager>()).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::plugins::cmd_plugin_info(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDeleteAllGrpcConnectionsReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections(&req.request_id, ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.clone()).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_delete_send_history<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDeleteSendHistoryReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_delete_send_history(&req.workspace_id, ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.clone()).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_delete_send_history(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_delete_all_http_responses<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDeleteAllHttpResponsesReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_delete_all_http_responses(&req.request_id, ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.clone()).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_delete_all_http_responses(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_get_workspace_meta<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq) -> Result<WorkspaceMeta> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_get_workspace_meta(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.workspace_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_get_workspace_meta(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_new_child_window<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdNewChildWindowReq) -> Result<()> {
@@ -342,11 +386,11 @@ async fn cmd_check_for_updates<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdCheckForU
 }
 
 async fn cmd_decrypt_template<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDecryptTemplateReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_decrypt_template(ctx.window.clone(), &req.template).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_decrypt_template(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_secure_template<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSecureTemplateReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_secure_template(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.clone(), &req.template).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_secure_template(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_get_themes<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdGetThemesReq) -> Result<Vec<GetThemesResponse>> {
@@ -354,59 +398,88 @@ async fn cmd_get_themes<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdGetThemesReq) ->
 }
 
 async fn cmd_enable_encryption<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdEnableEncryptionReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_enable_encryption(ctx.window.clone(), &req.workspace_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_enable_encryption(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_reveal_workspace_key<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdRevealWorkspaceKeyReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_reveal_workspace_key(ctx.window.clone(), &req.workspace_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_reveal_workspace_key(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_set_workspace_key<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSetWorkspaceKeyReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_set_workspace_key(ctx.window.clone(), &req.workspace_id, &req.key).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_set_workspace_key(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_disable_encryption<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDisableEncryptionReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_disable_encryption(ctx.window.clone(), &req.workspace_id).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::encryption::cmd_disable_encryption(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_default_headers<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdDefaultHeadersReq) -> Result<Vec<HttpRequestHeader>> {
-    Ok(crate::commands::cmd_default_headers())
+async fn cmd_default_headers<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdDefaultHeadersReq) -> Result<Vec<HttpRequestHeader>> {
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_default_headers(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_upsert<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsUpsertReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_upsert(ctx.window.clone(), req.model)?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_upsert(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_delete<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsDeleteReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_delete(ctx.window.clone(), req.model).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_delete(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_duplicate<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsDuplicateReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_duplicate(ctx.window.clone(), req.model_type, req.model_id)?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_duplicate(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_websocket_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsWebsocketEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<WebsocketEvent>> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_websocket_events(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.connection_id)?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_websocket_events(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_grpc_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsGrpcEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<GrpcEvent>> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_grpc_events(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.connection_id)?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_grpc_events(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
-async fn models_get_settings<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: ModelsGetSettingsReq) -> Result<Settings> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_get_settings(ctx.window.app_handle().clone())?)
+async fn models_get_settings<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsGetSettingsReq) -> Result<Settings> {
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_get_settings(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_get_graphql_introspection<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsGetGraphqlIntrospectionReq) -> Result<Option<GraphQlIntrospection>> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_get_graphql_introspection(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.request_id)?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_get_graphql_introspection(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn models_upsert_graphql_introspection<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsUpsertGraphqlIntrospectionReq) -> Result<GraphQlIntrospection> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_upsert_graphql_introspection(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.request_id, &req.workspace_id, req.content, ctx.window.clone())?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::models_upsert_graphql_introspection(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
+/// Non-ASCII is escaped to `\uXXXX` before the JSON crosses into the webview:
+/// on Linux, sending Cyrillic (and possibly other) characters through this
+/// payload leaves every string in the parsed models subtly mis-encoded and
+/// CodeMirror unable to place the cursor (feedback: "editing the URL sometimes
+/// freezes the app"). Escape sequences sidestep it. This is a quirk of the
+/// webview transport, not of the data, so it lives in the adapter rather than
+/// the shared handler.
 async fn models_workspace_models<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: ModelsWorkspaceModelsReq) -> Result<String> {
-    Ok(crate::models_ext::models_workspace_models(ctx.window.clone(), req.workspace_id.as_deref(), ctx.window.app_handle().state::<PluginManager>()).await?)
+    let json = yaak_commands::models::models_workspace_models(ctx, req).await?;
+    Ok(escape_str_for_webview(&json))
+}
+
+fn escape_str_for_webview(input: &str) -> String {
+    input
+        .chars()
+        .map(|c| {
+            let code = c as u32;
+            // ASCII
+            if code <= 0x7F {
+                c.to_string()
+                // BMP characters encoded normally
+            } else if code < 0xFFFF {
+                format!("\\u{:04X}", code)
+                // Beyond BMP encoded a surrogate pairs
+            } else {
+                let high = ((code - 0x10000) >> 10) + 0xD800;
+                let low = ((code - 0x10000) & 0x3FF) + 0xDC00;
+                format!("\\u{:04X}\\u{:04X}", high, low)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 async fn cmd_git_checkout<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGitCheckoutReq) -> Result<String> {
@@ -538,7 +611,7 @@ async fn cmd_sync_apply<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSyncApplyReq) ->
 }
 
 async fn cmd_ws_delete_connections<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdWsDeleteConnectionsReq) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(crate::ws_ext::cmd_ws_delete_connections(&req.request_id, ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), ctx.window.clone()).await?)
+    Ok(yaak_commands::models::cmd_ws_delete_connections(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_ws_send<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdWsSendReq) -> Result<WebsocketConnection> {
@@ -569,8 +642,8 @@ async fn cmd_plugins_uninstall<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdPluginsUni
     Ok(crate::plugins_ext::cmd_plugins_uninstall(&req.plugin_id, ctx.window.clone()).await?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_plugin_init_errors<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdPluginInitErrorsReq) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
-    Ok(crate::plugins_ext::cmd_plugin_init_errors(ctx.window.app_handle().state::<PluginManager>()).await?)
+async fn cmd_plugin_init_errors<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdPluginInitErrorsReq) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    Ok(yaak_commands::plugins::cmd_plugin_init_errors(ctx, req).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_plugins_updates<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdPluginsUpdatesReq) -> Result<PluginUpdatesResponse> {
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/ws_ext.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/ws_ext.rs
index 8a96cabe..2f79e770 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/ws_ext.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/ws_ext.rs
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ use yaak_templates::{RenderErrorBehavior, RenderOptions};
 use yaak_tls::find_client_certificate;
 use yaak_ws::{WebsocketManager, render_websocket_request};
 
-pub async fn cmd_ws_delete_connections<R: Runtime>(
-    request_id: &str,
-    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-    window: WebviewWindow<R>,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    Ok(app_handle.db().delete_all_websocket_connections_for_request(
-        request_id,
-        &UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label()),
-    )?)
-}
-
 pub async fn cmd_ws_send<R: Runtime>(
     connection_id: &str,
     environment_id: Option<&str>,
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
index 74272621..668945b5 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 tauri = { workspace = true }
 regex = "1.11.0"
+yaak-core = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/src/window.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/src/window.rs
index 004ef18f..4237b952 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-tauri-utils/src/window.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,53 @@
 use regex::Regex;
-use tauri::{Runtime, WebviewWindow};
+use tauri::{Runtime, Url, WebviewWindow};
+use yaak_core::WorkspaceContext;
 
 pub trait WorkspaceWindowTrait {
     fn workspace_id(&self) -> Option<String>;
     fn cookie_jar_id(&self) -> Option<String>;
     fn environment_id(&self) -> Option<String>;
     fn request_id(&self) -> Option<String>;
+    /// All four at once, from a single read of the window URL.
+    fn workspace_context(&self) -> WorkspaceContext;
 }
 
 impl<R: Runtime> WorkspaceWindowTrait for WebviewWindow<R> {
     fn workspace_id(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        let url = self.url().unwrap();
-        let re = Regex::new(r"/workspaces/(?<id>\w+)").unwrap();
-        match re.captures(url.as_str()) {
-            None => None,
-            Some(captures) => captures.name("id").map(|c| c.as_str().to_string()),
-        }
+        workspace_id_from_url(&self.url().unwrap())
     }
 
     fn cookie_jar_id(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        let url = self.url().unwrap();
-        let mut query_pairs = url.query_pairs();
-        query_pairs.find(|(k, _v)| k == "cookie_jar_id").map(|(_k, v)| v.to_string())
+        query_param(&self.url().unwrap(), "cookie_jar_id")
     }
 
     fn environment_id(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        let url = self.url().unwrap();
-        let mut query_pairs = url.query_pairs();
-        query_pairs.find(|(k, _v)| k == "environment_id").map(|(_k, v)| v.to_string())
+        query_param(&self.url().unwrap(), "environment_id")
     }
 
     fn request_id(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        query_param(&self.url().unwrap(), "request_id")
+    }
+
+    fn workspace_context(&self) -> WorkspaceContext {
         let url = self.url().unwrap();
-        let mut query_pairs = url.query_pairs();
-        query_pairs.find(|(k, _v)| k == "request_id").map(|(_k, v)| v.to_string())
+        WorkspaceContext {
+            workspace_id: workspace_id_from_url(&url),
+            environment_id: query_param(&url, "environment_id"),
+            cookie_jar_id: query_param(&url, "cookie_jar_id"),
+            request_id: query_param(&url, "request_id"),
+        }
     }
 }
+
+fn workspace_id_from_url(url: &Url) -> Option<String> {
+    let re = Regex::new(r"/workspaces/(?<id>\w+)").unwrap();
+    match re.captures(url.as_str()) {
+        None => None,
+        Some(captures) => captures.name("id").map(|c| c.as_str().to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn query_param(url: &Url, key: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut query_pairs = url.query_pairs();
+    query_pairs.find(|(k, _v)| k == key).map(|(_k, v)| v.to_string())
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/Cargo.toml b/crates/yaak-commands/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce120d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[package]
+name = "yaak-commands"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2024"
+authors = ["Gregory Schier"]
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+log = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt"] }
+yaak = { workspace = true }
+yaak-core = { workspace = true }
+yaak-crypto = { workspace = true }
+yaak-models = { workspace = true }
+yaak-plugins = { workspace = true }
+yaak-rpc-schema = { workspace = true }
+yaak-templates = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/data.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/data.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0069506f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/data.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//! Export and formatting.
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::host::Host;
+use std::path::Path;
+use yaak::export::{self, ExportDataParams};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+use yaak_templates::format_json::format_json;
+
+pub async fn cmd_export_data<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdExportDataReq) -> Result<()> {
+    let version = host.app_version();
+    Ok(export::export_data(ExportDataParams {
+        query_manager: host.query_manager(),
+        yaak_version: &version,
+        export_path: Path::new(&req.export_path),
+        workspace_ids: req.workspace_ids.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()).collect(),
+        include_private_environments: req.include_private_environments,
+    })?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_format_json<H: Host>(_host: H, req: CmdFormatJsonReq) -> Result<String> {
+    Ok(format_json(&req.text, "  "))
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/encryption.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/encryption.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2734ecfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/encryption.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//! Workspace encryption keys and the `secure()` template function.
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::host::{Host, PluginHost};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use yaak_plugins::native_template_functions::{
+    decrypt_secure_template_function, encrypt_secure_template_function,
+};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+
+pub async fn cmd_enable_encryption<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdEnableEncryptionReq) -> Result<()> {
+    host.encryption_manager().ensure_workspace_key(&req.workspace_id)?;
+    host.encryption_manager().reveal_workspace_key(&req.workspace_id)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_reveal_workspace_key<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdRevealWorkspaceKeyReq,
+) -> Result<String> {
+    Ok(host.encryption_manager().reveal_workspace_key(&req.workspace_id)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_set_workspace_key<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdSetWorkspaceKeyReq) -> Result<()> {
+    host.encryption_manager().set_human_key(&req.workspace_id, &req.key)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_disable_encryption<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdDisableEncryptionReq) -> Result<()> {
+    host.encryption_manager().disable_encryption(&req.workspace_id)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_decrypt_template<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdDecryptTemplateReq) -> Result<String> {
+    let plugin_context = host.plugin_context();
+    Ok(decrypt_secure_template_function(host.encryption_manager(), &plugin_context, &req.template)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_secure_template<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdSecureTemplateReq,
+) -> Result<String> {
+    let plugin_manager = Arc::new(host.plugin_manager().clone());
+    let encryption_manager = Arc::new(host.encryption_manager().clone());
+    let plugin_context = host.plugin_context();
+    Ok(encrypt_secure_template_function(
+        plugin_manager,
+        encryption_manager,
+        &plugin_context,
+        &req.template,
+    )?)
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/error.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd033d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Yaak(#[from] yaak::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Model(#[from] yaak_models::error::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Plugin(#[from] yaak_plugins::error::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Crypto(#[from] yaak_crypto::error::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Template(#[from] yaak_templates::error::Error),
+
+    #[error("JSON error: {0}")]
+    Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+
+    #[error("I/O error: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    Generic(String),
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/host.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/host.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1e4c87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/host.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+//! What a command needs from whatever is running it.
+//!
+//! A command handler is invoked on behalf of one client (a desktop window today)
+//! and needs a handful of things from its surroundings: the shared engine
+//! managers, who the client is, what the client is looking at, and a little
+//! about the app. `Host` is that handful and nothing more. The desktop
+//! implements it over a `WebviewWindow`; a server would implement it over a
+//! connection. Handlers are generic over it, so the same handler body runs
+//! under either without knowing which.
+//!
+//! The surface grows only when a handler being moved here needs something new,
+//! and stays as narrow as those handlers allow. What is deliberately *not* here
+//! is anything only a desktop can do — open a native window, run the updater,
+//! show a native dialog — those handlers stay with the desktop.
+
+use yaak_core::WorkspaceContext;
+use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
+use yaak_models::blob_manager::{BlobContext, BlobManager};
+use yaak_models::client_db::ClientDb;
+use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
+use yaak_models::util::UpdateSource;
+use yaak_plugins::events::PluginContext;
+use yaak_plugins::manager::PluginManager;
+
+pub trait Host: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
+    /// Stable identity of the client this call is for. On the desktop this is
+    /// the window label. It rides on every model write so the client that made
+    /// a change can tell its own echo from everyone else's.
+    fn client_id(&self) -> &str;
+
+    /// What the client is currently looking at: workspace, environment, cookie
+    /// jar, request. Read at call time, since the client can navigate between
+    /// calls (and during one).
+    fn session(&self) -> WorkspaceContext;
+
+    /// The app version, as reported to the Yaak API and stamped on exports.
+    fn app_version(&self) -> String;
+
+    fn query_manager(&self) -> &QueryManager;
+    fn blob_manager(&self) -> &BlobManager;
+    fn encryption_manager(&self) -> &EncryptionManager;
+
+    // -- Conveniences derived from the above; hosts do not override these --
+
+    fn update_source(&self) -> UpdateSource {
+        UpdateSource::from_window_label(self.client_id())
+    }
+
+    fn plugin_context(&self) -> PluginContext {
+        PluginContext::new(Some(self.client_id().to_string()), self.session().workspace_id)
+    }
+
+    fn db(&self) -> ClientDb<'_> {
+        self.query_manager().connect()
+    }
+
+    fn blobs(&self) -> BlobContext {
+        self.blob_manager().connect()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A host that can also reach plugins.
+///
+/// Separate from [`Host`] because the plugin runtime is the one piece that is
+/// not the same shape everywhere. `PluginManager` *is* "spawn a Node sidecar
+/// and talk to it"; a browser host runs plugins in a Worker it reaches by
+/// message instead, and cannot hand back a `&PluginManager` at all.
+///
+/// Keeping it out of `Host` also stops a command that only touches the
+/// database from demanding a plugin runtime it never calls: a host with no
+/// plugins can still serve those, and only handlers bounded on `PluginHost`
+/// are closed to it.
+pub trait PluginHost: Host {
+    fn plugin_manager(&self) -> &PluginManager;
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/lib.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9a99583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//! Command handlers for the RPC surface, written against [`Host`] instead of
+//! any particular host.
+//!
+//! `yaak_rpc_schema` declares what each command is called and what it takes
+//! and returns; this crate is where the bodies live. Every handler has the
+//! shape the router wants — `async fn(host, Req) -> Result<Res>` — so a host
+//! registers one with a one-line adapter (or none at all), and never
+//! redeclares a command.
+//!
+//! Not every command is here yet. Handlers move in as they are freed of
+//! host-specific types; the ones that stay behind are the ones only a desktop
+//! can serve (native windows, the updater, dialogs) or that still lean on it.
+
+pub mod data;
+pub mod encryption;
+pub mod error;
+pub mod host;
+pub mod models;
+pub mod plugins;
+pub mod responses;
+
+pub use error::{Error, Result};
+pub use host::{Host, PluginHost};
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/models.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/models.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f53b212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/models.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+//! Reads and writes of models, keyed by the client's identity so the frontend
+//! can suppress its own echoes.
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::host::{Host, PluginHost};
+use yaak_models::models::{
+    AnyModel, GraphQlIntrospection, GrpcEvent, HttpRequestHeader, Settings, WebsocketEvent,
+    WorkspaceMeta,
+};
+use yaak_models::queries::workspaces::default_headers;
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+
+pub async fn models_upsert<H: Host>(host: H, req: ModelsUpsertReq) -> Result<String> {
+    let db = host.db();
+    let blobs = host.blob_manager();
+    let source = host.update_source();
+    Ok(yaak::models_ops::upsert_model(&db, blobs, req.model, &source)?)
+}
+
+/// Deletes run on a blocking thread: they cascade (a workspace can hold
+/// thousands of requests), and a transaction holds a raw connection that
+/// would otherwise stall the runtime and every other call with it.
+pub async fn models_delete<H: Host>(host: H, req: ModelsDeleteReq) -> Result<String> {
+    let result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        let source = host.update_source();
+        host.query_manager().with_tx(|tx| {
+            yaak::models_ops::delete_model(tx, host.blob_manager(), req.model, &source)
+        })
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| Error::Generic(format!("Delete task failed: {e}")))?;
+    Ok(result?)
+}
+
+/// Duplicates recurse, so this runs in a transaction too.
+pub async fn models_duplicate<H: Host>(host: H, req: ModelsDuplicateReq) -> Result<String> {
+    let source = host.update_source();
+    Ok(host.query_manager().with_tx(|tx| {
+        yaak::models_ops::duplicate_model(tx, &req.model_type, &req.model_id, &source)
+    })?)
+}
+
+pub async fn models_websocket_events<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: ModelsWebsocketEventsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<WebsocketEvent>> {
+    Ok(host.db().list_websocket_events(&req.connection_id)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn models_grpc_events<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: ModelsGrpcEventsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<GrpcEvent>> {
+    Ok(host.db().list_grpc_events(&req.connection_id)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn models_get_settings<H: Host>(host: H, _req: ModelsGetSettingsReq) -> Result<Settings> {
+    Ok(host.db().get_settings())
+}
+
+pub async fn models_get_graphql_introspection<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: ModelsGetGraphqlIntrospectionReq,
+) -> Result<Option<GraphQlIntrospection>> {
+    Ok(host.db().get_graphql_introspection(&req.request_id))
+}
+
+pub async fn models_upsert_graphql_introspection<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: ModelsUpsertGraphqlIntrospectionReq,
+) -> Result<GraphQlIntrospection> {
+    let source = host.update_source();
+    Ok(host.db().upsert_graphql_introspection(
+        &req.workspace_id,
+        &req.request_id,
+        req.content,
+        &source,
+    )?)
+}
+
+/// Everything the frontend's model store needs to boot, as one JSON string.
+///
+/// A string rather than a `Vec<AnyModel>` because the desktop has to escape
+/// this payload before it crosses into the webview (see its adapter), and the
+/// frontend `JSON.parse`s either form the same way.
+pub async fn models_workspace_models<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: ModelsWorkspaceModelsReq,
+) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut l: Vec<AnyModel> = Vec::new();
+
+    // Add the global models
+    {
+        let db = host.db();
+        l.push(db.get_settings().into());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_workspaces()?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_key_values()?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+    }
+
+    let plugins = {
+        let db = host.db();
+        db.list_plugins()?
+    };
+
+    let plugins = host.plugin_manager().resolve_plugins_for_runtime_from_db(plugins).await;
+    l.append(&mut plugins.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+
+    // Add the workspace children
+    if let Some(wid) = req.workspace_id.as_deref() {
+        let db = host.db();
+        l.append(&mut db.list_cookie_jars(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_environments_ensure_base(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_folders(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_grpc_connections(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_grpc_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_http_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_http_responses(wid, None)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_websocket_connections(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_websocket_requests(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+        l.append(&mut db.list_workspace_metas(wid)?.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect());
+    }
+
+    Ok(serde_json::to_string(&l)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_get_workspace_meta<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq,
+) -> Result<WorkspaceMeta> {
+    let db = host.db();
+    let workspace = db.get_workspace(&req.workspace_id)?;
+    Ok(db.get_or_create_workspace_meta(&workspace.id)?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdDeleteAllGrpcConnectionsReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    Ok(host.db().delete_all_grpc_connections_for_request(&req.request_id, &host.update_source())?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_delete_all_http_responses<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdDeleteAllHttpResponsesReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    host.db().delete_all_http_responses_for_request(&req.request_id, &host.update_source())?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_ws_delete_connections<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdWsDeleteConnectionsReq,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    Ok(host
+        .db()
+        .delete_all_websocket_connections_for_request(&req.request_id, &host.update_source())?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_delete_send_history<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdDeleteSendHistoryReq) -> Result<()> {
+    Ok(host.query_manager().with_tx(|tx| {
+        let source = &host.update_source();
+        tx.delete_all_http_responses_for_workspace(&req.workspace_id, source)?;
+        tx.delete_all_grpc_connections_for_workspace(&req.workspace_id, source)?;
+        tx.delete_all_websocket_connections_for_workspace(&req.workspace_id, source)?;
+        Ok::<(), yaak_models::error::Error>(())
+    })?)
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_default_headers<H: Host>(
+    _host: H,
+    _req: CmdDefaultHeadersReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<HttpRequestHeader>> {
+    Ok(default_headers())
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/plugins.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/plugins.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75116761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/plugins.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//! Plugin queries that only need the plugin manager and the database.
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::host::PluginHost;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use yaak_plugins::plugin_meta::{PluginMetadata, get_plugin_meta};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+
+pub async fn cmd_plugin_info<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdPluginInfoReq,
+) -> Result<PluginMetadata> {
+    let plugin = host.db().get_plugin(&req.id)?;
+    if let Some(plugin_handle) =
+        host.plugin_manager().get_plugin_by_dir(plugin.directory.as_str()).await
+    {
+        return Ok(plugin_handle.info());
+    }
+
+    if let Ok(metadata) = get_plugin_meta(&PathBuf::from(&plugin.directory)) {
+        return Ok(metadata);
+    }
+
+    Ok(fallback_plugin_metadata(&plugin.directory))
+}
+
+fn fallback_plugin_metadata(directory: &str) -> PluginMetadata {
+    let display_name = PathBuf::from(directory)
+        .file_name()
+        .and_then(|name| name.to_str())
+        .filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or(directory)
+        .to_string();
+
+    PluginMetadata {
+        version: "Unavailable".to_string(),
+        name: directory.to_string(),
+        display_name,
+        description: Some(format!("Plugin metadata could not be loaded from {directory}")),
+        homepage_url: None,
+        repository_url: None,
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_plugin_init_errors<H: PluginHost>(
+    host: H,
+    _req: CmdPluginInitErrorsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    Ok(host.plugin_manager().take_init_errors().await)
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/src/responses.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/src/responses.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6602b615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/src/responses.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+//! Reading back what a send left behind: response events, request bodies, and
+//! where a response body lives.
+
+use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::host::Host;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use yaak_models::client_db::ClientDb;
+use yaak_models::models::HttpResponseEvent;
+use yaak_rpc_schema::*;
+
+/// Where a response's body is, and what it is meant to be read as.
+pub struct ResponseBodyLocation {
+    /// None when the response has no stored body.
+    pub path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// The response's declared `Content-Type`, empty when it has none.
+    pub content_type: String,
+}
+
+/// Find a response's body from its id alone.
+///
+/// The frontend hands back an id and never a path, so the only bodies reachable
+/// here are ones the engine wrote and the database still knows about. A
+/// response that was never saved has no entry, and its body came back from the
+/// send that made it.
+pub fn locate_response_body(db: &ClientDb, response_id: &str) -> Result<ResponseBodyLocation> {
+    let response = db.get_http_response(response_id)?;
+
+    Ok(ResponseBodyLocation {
+        path: response.body_path.map(PathBuf::from),
+        content_type: response
+            .headers
+            .iter()
+            .find(|h| h.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-type"))
+            .map(|h| h.value.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_default(),
+    })
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_get_http_response_events<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq,
+) -> Result<Vec<HttpResponseEvent>> {
+    let events: Vec<HttpResponseEvent> = host.db().list_http_response_events(&req.response_id)?;
+    Ok(events)
+}
+
+/// The body's path on this machine, for the desktop host to read or hand to the
+/// webview's asset protocol.
+///
+/// The frontend holds response ids; only `packages/platform`'s Tauri host sees
+/// the path, and only because it is about to open the file itself. Hosts
+/// without a filesystem serve the same bytes over HTTP instead.
+pub async fn cmd_http_response_body_path<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq,
+) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    let location = locate_response_body(&host.db(), &req.response_id)?;
+    Ok(location.path.map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string()))
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_http_request_body<H: Host>(
+    host: H,
+    req: CmdHttpRequestBodyReq,
+) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
+    let body_id = format!("{}.request", req.response_id);
+    let chunks = host.blobs().get_chunks(&body_id)?;
+
+    if chunks.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+
+    // Concatenate all chunks
+    let body: Vec<u8> = chunks.into_iter().flat_map(|c| c.data).collect();
+    Ok(Some(body))
+}
+
+pub async fn cmd_save_response<H: Host>(host: H, req: CmdSaveResponseReq) -> Result<()> {
+    let response = host.db().get_http_response(&req.response_id)?;
+
+    let body_path =
+        response.body_path.ok_or(Error::Generic("Response does not have a body".to_string()))?;
+    fs::copy(body_path, &req.filepath).map_err(|e| Error::Generic(e.to_string()))?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-commands/tests/test_host.rs b/crates/yaak-commands/tests/test_host.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f018081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/yaak-commands/tests/test_host.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+//! A host that is nothing but the trait: a temp database, a fixed client id,
+//! a fixed session. It exists to prove that the handlers really do run without
+//! a desktop around them, and that the client's identity reaches the writes.
+//!
+//! It implements `Host` and not `PluginHost`, which is the point: there is no
+//! Node runtime here, and the commands exercised below never needed one. A
+//! handler that reaches for plugins would not compile against this host.
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use yaak_commands::Host;
+use yaak_commands::models::{
+    cmd_default_headers, cmd_get_workspace_meta, models_delete, models_upsert,
+};
+use yaak_core::WorkspaceContext;
+use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
+use yaak_models::blob_manager::BlobManager;
+use yaak_models::models::{AnyModel, Workspace};
+use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
+use yaak_models::util::{ModelPayload, UpdateSource};
+use yaak_rpc_schema::{
+    CmdDefaultHeadersReq, CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq, ModelsDeleteReq, ModelsUpsertReq,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct TestHost {
+    inner: Arc<Inner>,
+}
+
+struct Inner {
+    _dir: TempDir,
+    query_manager: QueryManager,
+    blob_manager: BlobManager,
+    encryption_manager: EncryptionManager,
+    /// Every model write the database reported, so a test can check who it
+    /// says made them.
+    writes: Mutex<Vec<ModelPayload>>,
+    rx: Mutex<std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<ModelPayload>>,
+}
+
+impl TestHost {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+        let (query_manager, blob_manager, rx) = yaak_models::init_standalone(
+            dir.path().join("db.sqlite"),
+            dir.path().join("blobs.sqlite"),
+        )
+        .expect("init db");
+        let encryption_manager = EncryptionManager::new(query_manager.clone(), "app.yaak.test");
+        Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(Inner {
+                _dir: dir,
+                query_manager,
+                blob_manager,
+                encryption_manager,
+                writes: Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
+                rx: Mutex::new(rx),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn drain_writes(&self) -> Vec<ModelPayload> {
+        let rx = self.inner.rx.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut writes = self.inner.writes.lock().unwrap();
+        while let Ok(payload) = rx.try_recv() {
+            writes.push(payload);
+        }
+        writes.drain(..).collect()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Host for TestHost {
+    fn client_id(&self) -> &str {
+        "test-client"
+    }
+
+    fn session(&self) -> WorkspaceContext {
+        WorkspaceContext::new().with_workspace("wk_test")
+    }
+
+    fn app_version(&self) -> String {
+        "0.0.0-test".to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn query_manager(&self) -> &QueryManager {
+        &self.inner.query_manager
+    }
+
+    fn blob_manager(&self) -> &BlobManager {
+        &self.inner.blob_manager
+    }
+
+    fn encryption_manager(&self) -> &EncryptionManager {
+        &self.inner.encryption_manager
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn writes_carry_the_client_id() {
+    let host = TestHost::new();
+
+    let workspace = Workspace { name: "From a test".to_string(), ..Default::default() };
+    let id = models_upsert(host.clone(), ModelsUpsertReq { model: AnyModel::Workspace(workspace) })
+        .await
+        .expect("upsert");
+    assert!(id.starts_with("wk_"), "unexpected id {id}");
+
+    let writes = host.drain_writes();
+    assert_eq!(writes.len(), 1);
+    assert!(
+        matches!(&writes[0].update_source, UpdateSource::Window { label } if label == "test-client"),
+        "the write should be attributed to the calling client, got {:?}",
+        writes[0].update_source,
+    );
+
+    let meta =
+        cmd_get_workspace_meta(host.clone(), CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq { workspace_id: id.clone() })
+            .await
+            .expect("workspace meta");
+    assert_eq!(meta.workspace_id, id);
+
+    // Deletes run through spawn_blocking and a transaction; make sure that
+    // path also works off a plain tokio runtime.
+    let workspace = host.db().get_workspace(&id).expect("get workspace");
+    let deleted =
+        models_delete(host.clone(), ModelsDeleteReq { model: AnyModel::Workspace(workspace) })
+            .await
+            .expect("delete");
+    assert_eq!(deleted, id);
+    assert!(host.db().get_workspace(&id).is_err(), "workspace should be gone");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn host_free_handlers_need_no_state() {
+    let host = TestHost::new();
+    let headers = cmd_default_headers(host, CmdDefaultHeadersReq {}).await.expect("headers");
+    assert!(!headers.is_empty());
+}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-core/src/context.rs b/crates/yaak-core/src/context.rs
index e792fd28..ccadf15a 100644
--- a/crates/yaak-core/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak-core/src/context.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 /// Context for a workspace operation.
 ///
 /// In Tauri, this is extracted from the WebviewWindow URL.
@@ -37,20 +35,3 @@ impl WorkspaceContext {
         self
     }
 }
-
-/// Application context trait for accessing app-level resources.
-///
-/// This abstracts over Tauri's `AppHandle` for path resolution and app identity.
-/// Implemented by Tauri's AppHandle and by CLI's own context struct.
-pub trait AppContext: Send + Sync + Clone {
-    /// Returns the path to the application data directory.
-    /// This is where the database and other persistent data are stored.
-    fn app_data_dir(&self) -> PathBuf;
-
-    /// Returns the application identifier (e.g., "app.yaak.desktop").
-    /// Used for keyring access and other platform-specific features.
-    fn app_identifier(&self) -> &str;
-
-    /// Returns true if running in development mode.
-    fn is_dev(&self) -> bool;
-}
diff --git a/crates/yaak-core/src/lib.rs b/crates/yaak-core/src/lib.rs
index 101b53e3..728bc28c 100644
--- a/crates/yaak-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 mod context;
 mod error;
 
-pub use context::{AppContext, WorkspaceContext};
+pub use context::WorkspaceContext;
 pub use error::{Error, Result};