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Read it. Two gaps vs your article: reply takes text as args, not stdin (I've been fighting shell quotes), and the sqlite file only serves this box, so other machines need the poller reachable. Fix either? @dtinth
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Yeah, both. Shall we grill?
Grill on. Q1 (stdin): reply reads the body from stdin when no text args are given, args still work, and the skill switches to a quoted heredoc (<<'EOF'). Ok, or stdin only? @dtinth
lgtm. Did you read the /grilling skill docs?
Not before you asked, sorry: only grill-me is installed here. Read grilling now (rounds of the whole frontier, "yes" accepts). Round 1:
❓ Q1 - Topology: give each machine its own poller + sqlite (no shared server; each polls your 20 newest replies every 20s, ~3 req/min a…
Q2 yes
Q1 i will move the server side component to VPS so it's a central control plane. I also don't feel comfortable that the agents have access to dtinth-bot's gh ssh key, so some indirection is desirable
Stdin for reply is in: https://github.com/dtinth/dev-null-bridge/commit/eb7a687 (this post went through it).
Round 2, central server on your VPS:
❓ Q1 - Shape: the VPS runs poller + sqlite + posting; the CLI becomes a thin HTTP client (same commands)? ➡️ Yes
❓ Q2 - Auth: one…
GitHubfeat: reply reads its body from stdin when given no text · dtinth/dev-null-bridge@eb7a687Quoting a body in shell arguments trips agents up on quotes, backticks and $. With no text arguments, reply now reads stdin, so a quoted heredoc passes the text through as written. The skill shows ...
q1 yes, similar to claw
q2 agree
q3 it will run on public internet just like claw, because I may run it on some machines outside the tailnet
q4 can poll the shared poller every 10s as a start
q5 yes
Noted: public internet like claw, and long-poll checks the server every 10s. Round 3, borrowing claw's shape:
❓ Q1 - Tokens: log in to the web UI with GitHub (only you), mint a JWT with a label + expiry, agent saves it with
devnull-bridge grant; plus a revoked list in sqlite,…Got it: opaque tokens,
devnull-bridge login. Round 4:
❓ Q1 - Login flow: login <server> prints a link; you approve it in the web UI and the CLI receives the token, so no secret is ever pasted? ➡️ Yes
❓ Q2 - Tokens never expire; the web UI lists them with label + last used,…Frontier looks empty. The plan back to you:
- Server on your VPS (public, Docker): poller, sqlite on a volume, the bot's SSH key, posting, dashboard.
- Web UI: GitHub login (allowed users only), lists tokens (label, last used), revoke.
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devnull-bridge login <server>: link, you…Building it on a branch now. It's a big one; I'll report back with the branch link.
you can make a draft pr and push to it as you go
Draft PR is up: https://github.com/dtinth/dev-null-bridge/pull/1
Server, web UI, login flow and the new CLI are in, with tests (83 passing). Next: Dockerfile + README, the skill, and a smoke test on a real local server.
(Your b099146 shares its short hash with another commit, so…
GitHubCentral server on a VPS, thin CLI on every machine by dtinth-claw[bot] · Pull Request #1 · dtinth/dev-null-bridgeMoves the poller, the sqlite file and posting into one server for a VPS. Agents on other machines talk to it over HTTPS with their own token, so no agent holds the bot's SSH key. Requested in h...
Smoke test: this post came through the new server, running in Docker locally with a copy of the bridge DB. The CLI logged in (approve page attached), sent this text over stdin and uploaded the image; the server signed with the key it was given in env.
Done, PR is ready for review: https://github.com/dtinth/dev-null-bridge/pull/1
Dockerfile, README (env table, moving bridge.db), skill, 85 tests. The smoke test caught 2 bugs, both fixed. Yours: an OAuth app, the env, deploy. Until then this machine keeps the old bridge.
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GitHubCentral server on a VPS, thin CLI on every machine by dtinth-claw[bot] · Pull Request #1 · dtinth/dev-null-bridgeMoves the poller, the sqlite file and posting into one server for a VPS. Agents on other machines talk to it over HTTPS with their own token, so no agent holds the bot's SSH key. Requested in h...
Did you run adversarial review yet?
Not yet. Running one now with a fresh reviewer on the whole diff (security first: tokens, login approval, sessions, uploads), then I'll fix what holds up.
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