chat.saiden.dev

A quiet channel. Spike Jonze's Her (2013) as a chat UI.

chat.saiden.dev
  → Caddy reverse-proxy (TLS via Let's Encrypt)
  → FastAPI on marauder.saiden.dev:8765
      ├─ Google OAuth (authlib) + email whitelist
      └─ WebSocket → Anthropic API streaming

Status

Phase 3 — Her-aesthetic. UI plan in UI-PLAN.md. Phase 1 (ttyd + CF Tunnel) archived in _archive-ttyd/.

Local dev

cd ~/Projects/chat-saiden
uv sync
cp .env.example .env
# fill in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, COOKIE_SECURE=false
uv run python -m app.main
# → http://127.0.0.1:8765

Google OAuth redirect URI for local dev (add to your Google Cloud Console OAuth client): http://127.0.0.1:8765/auth/callback

Files

Path	What
app/main.py	FastAPI: OAuth, session, WS streaming, Anthropic client
app/templates/chat.html	Single-page UI (chat + operator prompt)
app/templates/denied.html	Whitelist-rejection page, Her-styled
app/static/chat.css	Design system: warm pastels, Cormorant + Caveat
app/static/chat.js	WebSocket, typewriter queue, label dedup, smooth scroll
pyproject.toml	uv deps
.env.example	env scaffold
UI-PLAN.md	Design doctrine (Her aesthetic translated to chat)
_archive-ttyd/	Phase 1 (ttyd + CF Tunnel + CF Access) — kept for reference

Deployment

Not deployed yet. Stages remaining:

1. Caddyfile on marauder.saiden.dev (reverse proxy chat.saiden.dev → :8765)
2. systemd unit for the FastAPI app
3. DNS swap: chat.saiden.dev CNAME → marauder.saiden.dev (currently broken — points to deleted CF tunnel from Phase 1)
4. Google OAuth client production redirect URI: https://chat.saiden.dev/auth/callback
5. Smoke test live

Persona

System prompt currently hardcoded as BT-7274 (placeholder). Will swap to a dedicated Samantha cart when authored — see EEMS subject project.samantha-cart.