diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index 8465898d701..006d04f1cb3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async function getTerminalBackgroundColor(): Promise<"dark" | "light"> {
   })
 }
 
-export function tui(input: { url: string; args: Args; onExit?: () => Promise<void> }) {
+export function tui(input: { url: string; args: Args; directory?: string; onExit?: () => Promise<void> }) {
   // promise to prevent immediate exit
   return new Promise<void>(async (resolve) => {
     const mode = await getTerminalBackgroundColor()
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function tui(input: { url: string; args: Args; onExit?: () => Promise<voi
                 <KVProvider>
                   <ToastProvider>
                     <RouteProvider>
-                      <SDKProvider url={input.url}>
+                      <SDKProvider url={input.url} directory={input.directory}>
                         <SyncProvider>
                           <ThemeProvider mode={mode}>
                             <LocalProvider>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/attach.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/attach.ts
index 5d1a4ded206..561a8ced68d 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/attach.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/attach.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ export const AttachCommand = cmd({
       }),
   handler: async (args) => {
     if (args.dir) process.chdir(args.dir)
+    const directory = process.cwd()
     await tui({
       url: args.url,
       args: { sessionID: args.session },
+      directory,
     })
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sdk.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sdk.tsx
index 3ea7c90b700..4bcabaeaf54 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sdk.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sdk.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { batch, onCleanup, onMount } from "solid-js"
 
 export const { use: useSDK, provider: SDKProvider } = createSimpleContext({
   name: "SDK",
-  init: (props: { url: string }) => {
+  init: (props: { url: string; directory?: string }) => {
     const abort = new AbortController()
     const sdk = createOpencodeClient({
       baseUrl: props.url,
       signal: abort.signal,
+      directory: props.directory,
     })
 
     const emitter = createGlobalEmitter<{