coursecast 0.2.2 → 0.2.4

package/README.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The engine is what writes the content. Pick with `--engine`:
 coursecast "learn rust" --engine gemini
 ```
 
-Gemini extras: `GEMINI_MODEL` overrides the model (default `gemini-3.5-flash`);
+Gemini extras: `GEMINI_MODEL` overrides the model (default `gemini-3.5-flash-lite`);
 `COURSECAST_RESEARCH=0` skips the web-search research pass (faster, cheaper, less current).
 
 ## All flags

package/bin/coursecast.mjs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 // coursecast — one prompt → a whole interactive course → deployed live.
 
-import { createCourse, deployDir } from '../src/index.mjs';
+import { createCourse, deployDir, detectProvider } from '../src/index.mjs';
 
 const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
 
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ USAGE
 
 OPTIONS
   --engine <id>      generation engine: claude-code (default), gemini, codex, stub
-  --model <id>       model hint passed to the engine (e.g. gemini-3.5-flash)
+  --model <id>       model hint passed to the engine (e.g. gemini-3.5-flash-lite)
   --storage <id>     progress storage: local (default, no setup), cloud (sync across devices)
-  --provider <id>    deploy target: vercel (default), netlify
+  --provider <id>    deploy target: vercel | netlify (auto-detects what you have installed)
   --lessons <n>      target number of lessons (default ~12)
   --concurrency <n>  how many lessons to generate at once (default 4)
   --deploy           deploy after generating (otherwise generate only)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   const engine = getFlag('engine', 'claude-code');
-  const provider = getFlag('provider', 'vercel');
+  const providerFlag = getFlag('provider', undefined);
   const model = getFlag('model', undefined);
   const storage = getFlag('storage', 'local');
   const out = getFlag('out', undefined);
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ async function main() {
     log(`✅  Course ready: ${res.lessons.length} lessons${res.failed.length ? ` (${res.failed.length} failed: ${res.failed.join(', ')})` : ''}`);
 
     if (has('deploy')) {
+      const provider = providerFlag || await detectProvider();
+      if (!providerFlag) log(`🔎  Provider: ${provider} (auto-detected — use --provider to override)`);
       const dep = await deployDir({
         dir, provider, prod: !has('preview'), dryRun: has('dry-run'), log,
       });
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ async function main() {
       else log(`\n🎉  Live at: ${dep.url}`);
     } else {
       log(`\nPreview locally:  npx serve "${dir}"   (or open ${dir}/index.html)`);
-      log(`Deploy:           coursecast "${topic}" --deploy --provider ${provider}`);
+      log(`Deploy:           coursecast "${topic}" --deploy`);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     log(`\n❌  ${e.message}`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "coursecast",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "description": "One prompt → a full interactive course — live widgets, quizzes, a mastery dashboard — rendered to self-contained HTML and deployed live.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/src/engines/gemini.mjs

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 // schema rather than inventing them from stale training data.
 //
 //   Requires: GEMINI_API_KEY   (free tier works — https://aistudio.google.com/apikey)
-//   Optional: GEMINI_MODEL     (default "gemini-3.5-flash"), COURSECAST_RESEARCH=0 to skip search.
+//   Optional: GEMINI_MODEL     (default "gemini-3.5-flash-lite"), COURSECAST_RESEARCH=0 to skip search.
 
 import { buildSyllabusPrompt, buildLessonPrompt, finalizeLesson, extractJsonObject } from './shared-prompts.mjs'
 
 export const name = 'gemini'
 
 const API = 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models'
-const DEFAULT_MODEL = process.env.GEMINI_MODEL || 'gemini-3.5-flash'
+const DEFAULT_MODEL = process.env.GEMINI_MODEL || 'gemini-3.5-flash-lite'
 const RESEARCH_ON = process.env.COURSECAST_RESEARCH !== '0'
 
 function apiKey() {

package/src/index.mjs

@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ async function loadEngine(id) {
   try { return await import(`./engines/${id}.mjs`); }
   catch { throw new Error(`Unknown engine "${id}". Available: claude-code, gemini, codex, stub.`); }
 }
+// Pick a deploy provider by what's actually installed: vercel first, then netlify.
+// Auto-detection beats a silent default (which pretended netlify didn't exist) and
+// beats prompting (which would break CI/scripted use).
+export async function detectProvider() {
+  for (const id of ['vercel', 'netlify']) {
+    const p = await loadProvider(id);
+    if (p.isAvailable()) return id;
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    'No deploy CLI found. Install one and log in:\n' +
+    '  vercel:   npm i -g vercel   && vercel login\n' +
+    '  netlify:  npm i -g netlify-cli && netlify login\n' +
+    '…or skip --deploy and host the folder anywhere that serves static files.'
+  );
+}
+
 async function loadProvider(id) {
   try { return await import(`./providers/${id}.mjs`); }
   catch { throw new Error(`Unknown provider "${id}". Available: vercel, netlify.`); }