The host begins at every table size and may send a bot away

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0141G6xqLeNRYEtviLWSB5Up

template/src/lib/net/client.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export function makeApi<State, Input>() {
 		join: (roomId: string, name: string) => call<Seated>('POST', `/api/rooms/${roomId}/join`, { name }),
 		addBot: (roomId: string, token: string) => call<View>('POST', `/api/rooms/${roomId}/bot`, { token }),
 		begin: (roomId: string, token: string) => call<View>('POST', `/api/rooms/${roomId}/begin`, { token }),
+		unseat: (roomId: string, token: string, seat: SeatId) => call<View>('POST', `/api/rooms/${roomId}/unseat`, { token, seat }),
 		view: (roomId: string, token: string) => call<View>('GET', `/api/rooms/${roomId}?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`),
 		/** The gallery's view: no token, no seat, nothing any player could not see. */
 		watch: (roomId: string) => call<View>('GET', `/api/rooms/${roomId}`),

template/src/lib/net/room.svelte.ts

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ export class Room {
 		return this.act(() => api.addBot(this.roomId, this.token), 'The bot could not be seated.');
 	}
 
+	/** Send a bot away before the game begins; only the host may. */
+	unseat(seat: SeatId): Promise<boolean> {
+		return this.act(() => api.unseat(this.roomId, this.token, seat), 'The bot could not be sent away.');
+	}
+
 	say(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
 		if (this.spectating) return Promise.resolve(false);
 		return this.act(() => api.say(this.roomId, this.token, text), 'The table did not hear you.');
@@ -125,11 +130,12 @@ export class Room {
 		return new Room(seated.view, seated.token);
 	}
 
-	/** A room with a bot already seated, so a solo game is a ledger like any other. */
+	/** A room with a bot seated and the game begun, so a solo game is a ledger like any other. */
 	static async createWithBot(name: string): Promise<Room> {
 		const seated = await api.create(name, 2);
 		rememberSeat(seated.view.roomId, { seat: seated.seat, token: seated.token });
-		return new Room(await api.addBot(seated.view.roomId, seated.token), seated.token);
+		await api.addBot(seated.view.roomId, seated.token);
+		return new Room(await api.begin(seated.view.roomId, seated.token), seated.token);
 	}
 
 	static async join(roomId: string, name: string): Promise<Room> {