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# E-WIRE-006

> Doctor found no visible agent surface mounted, so users have no way to open the agent.

```text wiring/surface theme={null}
broken: no visible agent surface is mounted — <VendoProvider> renders nothing
by itself; add <VendoOverlay /> (the launcher pill + panel) or render your own
surface (<VendoThread />, <VendoToolResult>, the BYO embeds)
```

`check: wiring/surface` · `error_code: E-WIRE-006` · `doctor exits: 1`

## What you're seeing

The app loads and looks right. There is nothing on the page to open the
agent with: no pill, no panel, no trigger. Every other check can be green and
a user opening the app still sees nothing.

## Why

`<VendoProvider>` is a context provider; it carries the wire and renders no
UI of its own. Doctor scanned your source and found none of the surface
markers: `<VendoOverlay`, `<VendoThread`, `<VendoTrigger`, `<VendoPalette`,
`<VendoSlot`, the BYO embeds (`<VendoToolResult`, `<VendoAppEmbed`,
`<VendoApprovalEmbed`), or the surface-driving hooks (`useVendoOverlay(`,
`useVendoThread(`, `useSlotApp(`).

## The fix

Mount `<VendoOverlay />`, the launcher pill plus panel, anywhere inside the
provider.

```tsx app/layout.tsx {1,5} theme={null}
import { VendoProvider, VendoOverlay } from "@vendoai/vendo/react";

<VendoProvider baseUrl="/api/vendo">
  {children}
  <VendoOverlay />
</VendoProvider>
```

Already rendering tool output through `<VendoToolResult>` in your own chat
UI? That passes this check as-is; no overlay needed. Re-run
`npx vendo doctor` once a surface is mounted.

## Related errors

* [E-WIRE-004](/production/troubleshooting/e-wire-004): provider mount, one level up from the surface
* [E-WIRE-003](/production/troubleshooting/e-wire-003): the route the surface talks to
* [E-WIRE-005](/production/troubleshooting/e-wire-005): dependency declared, the layer below wiring
* [E-WIRE-010](/production/troubleshooting/e-wire-010): legacy provider name that can hide this same check