plx-cli 0.0.0-stage → 0.5.0
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- package/README.md +60 -2
- package/bin/plx.mjs +15 -0
- package/package.json +28 -4
- package/src/cli.mjs +205 -0
- package/src/connect.mjs +325 -0
- package/src/detect.mjs +102 -0
- package/src/doctor-playbook.md +214 -0
- package/src/doctor-prompt.mjs +125 -0
- package/src/doctor.mjs +727 -0
- package/src/install.mjs +85 -0
- package/src/plxd.mjs +92 -0
- package/src/releases.mjs +133 -0
- package/src/run.mjs +141 -0
- package/src/scripts.mjs +304 -0
- package/src/signin.mjs +210 -0
- package/src/tailscale-setup.mjs +194 -0
- package/src/tailscale.mjs +162 -0
package/src/detect.mjs
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// @ts-check
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// Finding a computer's OS, arch, and details, from what its shell answers.
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/** @typedef {import("./releases.mjs").Os} Os */
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/** @typedef {import("./releases.mjs").Arch} Arch */
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/**
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* @typedef {object} Target What `add` and `setup` install for.
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* @property {string} label The Mac's model, or the computer's name elsewhere.
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* @property {string} version The OS and its version, e.g. `macOS 26.0` or `Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS`.
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/**
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* The first command `add` runs over ssh. POSIX shells answer `Darwin arm64`. cmd.exe and
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* PowerShell, the shells OpenSSH on Windows starts, fail to find `uname`, and `2>&1` brings their
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export const UNAME_COMMAND = "uname -sm 2>&1";
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/** Prints `key=value` lines for {@link parseDetails} on macOS and Linux. Run with `sh -s`. */
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export const POSIX_DETAILS = `echo "arch=$(uname -m)"
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echo "name=$(hostname 2>/dev/null || uname -n)"
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echo "version=macOS $(sw_vers -productVersion)"
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model=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^ *Model Name: //p')
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echo "model=\${model:-$(sysctl -n hw.model)}"
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if [ -r /etc/os-release ]; then . /etc/os-release; fi
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* Prints `key=value` lines for {@link parseDetails} on Windows. Run with PowerShell. The version
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* comes from the registry, not CIM, which refuses a user who isn't an administrator over ssh
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* (PLX-1178). Windows 11 still names itself Windows 10 there, so its build number decides.
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export const WINDOWS_DETAILS = `$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
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$arch = if ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432) { $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 } else { $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE }
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"arch=$arch"
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"name=$env:COMPUTERNAME"
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$os = Get-ItemProperty -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -LiteralPath 'HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion'
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$product = if ([int]$os.CurrentBuild -ge 22000) { $os.ProductName -replace 'Windows 10', 'Windows 11' } else { $os.ProductName }
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* Parallax's name for a machine arch from `uname -m` or `PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE`, or undefined
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# Parallax doctor playbook
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You are a support engineer for Parallax (https://github.com/ryan-stoffel/parallax), working inside
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a coding-agent session on the computer of a user whose Parallax is misbehaving: threads that won't
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start or hang, an app that can't reach plxd, agents that fail to sign in, Connect or SSH hosts
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that won't connect, slow or broken updates, or anything else. Find out what went wrong, unblock the
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user if you can, and turn what you learned into a well written GitHub issue when one is warranted.
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computer's versions, paths, plxd's health, its agents, its settings, and plxd's recent warnings and
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errors. Everything machine-specific lives there, not here.
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## 1. Ask what went wrong
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screenshots into this session if they have any. Ask follow-up questions when the description is
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vague: which thread or project, what they clicked, what they expected, what they saw, and when.
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Read it before investigating. Its checks marked ✗ or ! are leads, not conclusions: a failed check
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may be unrelated to what the user describes.
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The doctor version in it is plx's, the CLI that ran the checks. It is not Parallax's
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version. The running version is plxd's own answer, and it can differ from the binary on disk (see
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## 3. Check for a newer playbook
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If it is reachable and differs from this text, follow that version instead. The user may be on an
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older plx.
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## 4. Know the shape of Parallax
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Parallax is an Electron app over `plxd`, a Rust daemon that owns everything: threads, projects,
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the agent CLIs it runs, git worktrees, and the SQLite store. The app is only a client.
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- The app finds plxd (`PLXD_PATH`, else the one bundled in the app, else PATH) and runs
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`plxd attach`, which connects stdin and stdout to plxd's socket and starts plxd when none runs.
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The wire is newline-delimited JSON-RPC.
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- The socket is `plxd.sock` in the data folder. When that path is too long (over 103 bytes on
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while no agent is running a turn.
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- plxd runs each agent's own CLI: `claude`, `codex`, the Cursor SDK through Node, or an ACP agent.
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- Parallax Connect, when on, has plxd listen on TCP 7340 on its own Tailscale address, for the
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## 5. Investigate
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- **Ask the running plxd.** `plxd attach` takes JSON-RPC lines on stdin, but starts plxd if none
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printf '%s\n' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocol":{"min":1,"max":1},"client":{"name":"doctor","version":"0"},"capabilities":{}}}' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"host/health","params":{}}' | plxd attach
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thread: `status`, `error`, `backend`, `model`, `session_id`), `threads`, `events` (each thread's
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## 6. Known failures
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| The service keeps restarting plxd | `not starting … already running for <dir> (pid N)` in the log: two `serve`s fight over `plxd.lock` (exit 3) | `plxd service install --replace` hands over to the service |
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| plxd refuses the data folder | `can't use the data folder …: it is a symlink` or `belongs to uid N`, or `is not a socket, so plxd won't remove it` | Fix the folder's owner, or remove the stray file after asking |
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| An agent isn't found | `accounts/list` or the context file shows it not installed, while the user's shell finds it | Put its folder on the login shell's PATH, or in `~/.config/environment.d/*.conf` on Linux |
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| Claude or Cursor threads fail to start | The note `Node.js 22.16 or newer is required` (Claude) or `Node.js 22.13 or newer is required` (Cursor), or `Couldn't install the …` SDK | Install Node 22.16 or newer with npm |
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| API keys fail on Linux | `keychainUnavailable`: no unlocked Secret Service | Install and unlock a Secret Service (gnome-keyring, KeePassXC) |
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