diff --git a/packages/sdk/create-sdk/tests/create.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/create-sdk/tests/create.spec.ts
index 9d75700bb9..04a251351d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/create-sdk/tests/create.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/create-sdk/tests/create.spec.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ describe('CreateWizard and scaffolder', () => {
     expect(index).toContain('SdkBootContext')
     expect(index).toContain('ctx.agents.create')
     expect(index).toContain('agentOptions: { model: "deepseek-v4-flash" }')
+    expect(index).not.toContain('AgentId')
     const tsconfig = parseGeneratedTsConfig(await readFile(join(target, 'tsconfig.base.json'), 'utf8'))
     const manifest = parseGeneratedPackageManifest(await readFile(join(target, 'package.json'), 'utf8'))
     expect(tsconfig.compilerOptions.types).toEqual(['node'])
diff --git a/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/app.ts b/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/app.ts
index a89f2c84ae..e4ff11af20 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/app.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/app.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-helper/features/builtin/app
  */
 
+import { JsExpression } from '../../documents/cordis-yaml-file.ts'
 import { featureId } from '../../ids.ts'
 import type { ProjectProfile } from '../../project/types.ts'
 import {
@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ class AppOption extends FeatureOption {
             name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-stdio',
             config: {
               welcome: 'agent REPL ready. Give it a coding task.',
-              agent: 'main',
+              sessionId: new JsExpression('process.env.DSH_SDK_SESSION_ID'),
             },
-          }, ['welcome', 'agent'], config => [
+          }, ['welcome', 'sessionId'], config => [
             ...optionalString(config, 'welcome'),
-            ...requiredString(config, 'agent'),
+            ...config.sessionId instanceof JsExpression ? [] : requiredString(config, 'sessionId'),
           ]),
         ])
       case 'embed':
diff --git a/packages/sdk/helper/src/templates/assets/index.ts.tpl b/packages/sdk/helper/src/templates/assets/index.ts.tpl
index d0315db80c..4c3099199c 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/helper/src/templates/assets/index.ts.tpl
+++ b/packages/sdk/helper/src/templates/assets/index.ts.tpl
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 import { startSDK, type SdkBootContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts'
 {{else}}
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
-import { AgentId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
 import { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 import { startSDK, type SdkBootContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts'
 {{/if}}
 
 /** Boot this project's cordis.yml when invoked by dsh-scripts. */
 export async function main(boot: SdkBootContext) {
-  const ctx = await startSDK(new URL('./cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
 {{#if isStdio}}
   const model = boot.args.model
   if (typeof model !== 'string' || model.length === 0) throw new Error('stdio startup requires --model=<name>')
@@ -17,24 +15,26 @@ export async function main(boot: SdkBootContext) {
   if (resume !== undefined && (typeof resume !== 'string' || resume.length === 0)) {
     throw new Error('stdio startup requires --resume=<session-id>')
   }
+  const sessionId = SessionId(resume ?? `main-session-${randomUUID()}`)
+  process.env.DSH_SDK_SESSION_ID = sessionId
+{{/if}}
+  const ctx = await startSDK(new URL('./cordis.yml', import.meta.url))
+{{#if isStdio}}
   if (resume === undefined) {
     await ctx.agents.create({
-      agentId: AgentId('main'),
-      sessionId: SessionId(`main-session-${randomUUID()}`),
+      sessionId,
       meta: { cwd: boot.cwd },
       agentOptions: { model },
     })
   } else {
     await ctx.agents.resume({
-      agentId: AgentId('main'),
-      resumeSessionId: SessionId(resume),
+      resumeSessionId: sessionId,
       agentOptions: { model },
     })
   }
 {{else}}
 {{#if isEmbed}}
   await ctx.agents.create({
-    agentId: AgentId('main'),
     sessionId: SessionId(`main-session-${randomUUID()}`),
     meta: { cwd: boot.cwd },
     agentOptions: { model: {{modelLiteral}} },
diff --git a/packages/sdk/helper/tests/project.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
index d55bb16be9..13fc046a04 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ describe('SdkProject and ProjectEditSession', () => {
     expect(index).toContain('SdkBootContext')
     expect(index).toContain('agents.create')
     expect(index).toContain('boot.args.resume')
+    expect(index).not.toContain('AgentId')
+    expect(index).toContain('const sessionId = SessionId(resume ?? `main-session-${randomUUID()}`)')
+    expect(index).toContain('process.env.DSH_SDK_SESSION_ID = sessionId')
+    expect(index).toContain('resumeSessionId: sessionId')
     expect(project.packageManifest().scripts).toEqual({
       dev: 'dsh-sdk dev index.ts -- --model="deepseek-v4-flash"',
       build: 'dsh-sdk build',
@@ -175,7 +179,11 @@ describe('SdkProject and ProjectEditSession', () => {
       config: 'dsh-sdk config',
     })
     expect(await readFile(join(project.root, '.env.example'), 'utf8')).toContain('EXA_API_KEY=')
-    expect(project.cordis.entry('stdio')?.config).toMatchObject({ agent: 'main' })
+    expect(project.cordis.entry('stdio')?.config?.sessionId).toMatchObject({
+      source: 'process.env.DSH_SDK_SESSION_ID',
+    })
+    expect(await readFile(join(project.root, 'cordis.yml'), 'utf8'))
+      .toContain('sessionId: !!js process.env.DSH_SDK_SESSION_ID')
     expect(project.cordis.entry('stdio')?.config).not.toHaveProperty('model')
     expect(project.cordis.entry('agent-loop')?.config).toEqual({ agents: [] })
     expect(project.cordis.entry('system-prompt')?.config?.persona).toContain('{{cwd}}')
@@ -286,7 +294,10 @@ describe('SdkProject and ProjectEditSession', () => {
     const embed = (await embedEdit.commit()).project
     expect(embed.profile.runInterface).toBe('embed')
     expect(await readFile(join(embed.root, 'README.md'), 'utf8')).toContain('Embed the harness')
-    expect(await readFile(join(embed.root, 'index.ts'), 'utf8')).toContain('agents.create')
+    const embedIndex = await readFile(join(embed.root, 'index.ts'), 'utf8')
+    expect(embedIndex).toContain('agents.create')
+    expect(embedIndex).toContain("import { SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'")
+    expect(embedIndex).not.toContain('AgentId')
 
     await writeFile(join(embed.root, 'README.md'), '# Custom README\n')
     const modified = await SdkProject.open(embed.root)