---
summary: "Nodes: pairing, capabilities, permissions, and CLI helpers for canvas/camera/screen/system"
read_when:
  - Pairing iOS/Android nodes to a gateway
  - Using node canvas/camera for agent context
  - Adding new node commands or CLI helpers
title: "Nodes"
---

# Nodes

A **node** is a companion device (macOS/iOS/Android/headless) that connects to the Gateway **WebSocket** (same port as operators) with `role: "node"` and exposes a command surface (e.g. `canvas.*`, `camera.*`, `system.*`) via `node.invoke`. Protocol details: [Gateway protocol](/gateway/protocol).

Legacy transport: [Bridge protocol](/gateway/bridge-protocol) (TCP JSONL; deprecated/removed for current nodes).

macOS can also run in **node mode**: the menubar app connects to the Gateway’s WS server and exposes its local canvas/camera commands as a node (so `openclaw nodes …` works against this Mac).

Notes:

- Nodes are **peripherals**, not gateways. They don’t run the gateway service.
- Telegram/WhatsApp/etc. messages land on the **gateway**, not on nodes.

## Pairing + status

**WS nodes use device pairing.** Nodes present a device identity during `connect`; the Gateway
creates a device pairing request for `role: node`. Approve via the devices CLI (or UI).

Quick CLI:

```bash
openclaw devices list
openclaw devices approve <requestId>
openclaw devices reject <requestId>
openclaw nodes status
openclaw nodes describe --node <idOrNameOrIp>
```

Notes:

- `nodes status` marks a node as **paired** when its device pairing role includes `node`.
- `node.pair.*` (CLI: `openclaw nodes pending/approve/reject`) is a separate gateway-owned
  node pairing store; it does **not** gate the WS `connect` handshake.

## Remote node host (system.run)

Use a **node host** when your Gateway runs on one machine and you want commands
to execute on another. The model still talks to the **gateway**; the gateway
forwards `exec` calls to the **node host** when `host=node` is selected.

### What runs where

- **Gateway host**: receives messages, runs the model, routes tool calls.
- **Node host**: executes `system.run`/`system.which` on the node machine.
- **Approvals**: enforced on the node host via `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`.

### Start a node host (foreground)

On the node machine:

```bash
openclaw node run --host <gateway-host> --port 18789 --display-name "Build Node"
```

### Remote gateway via SSH tunnel (loopback bind)

If the Gateway binds to loopback (`gateway.bind=loopback`, default in local mode),
remote node hosts cannot connect directly. Create an SSH tunnel and point the
node host at the local end of the tunnel.

Example (node host -> gateway host):

```bash
# Terminal A (keep running): forward local 18790 -> gateway 127.0.0.1:18789
ssh -N -L 18790:127.0.0.1:18789 user@gateway-host

# Terminal B: export the gateway token and connect through the tunnel
export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN="<gateway-token>"
openclaw node run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 18790 --display-name "Build Node"
```

Notes:

- The token is `gateway.auth.token` from the gateway config (`~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` on the gateway host).
- `openclaw node run` reads `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` for auth.

### Start a node host (service)

```bash
openclaw node install --host <gateway-host> --port 18789 --display-name "Build Node"
openclaw node restart
```

### Pair + name

On the gateway host:

```bash
openclaw nodes pending
openclaw nodes approve <requestId>
openclaw nodes list
```

Naming options:

- `--display-name` on `openclaw node run` / `openclaw node install` (persists in `~/.openclaw/node.json` on the node).
- `openclaw nodes rename --node <id|name|ip> --name "Build Node"` (gateway override).

### Allowlist the commands

Exec approvals are **per node host**. Add allowlist entries from the gateway:

```bash
openclaw approvals allowlist add --node <id|name|ip> "/usr/bin/uname"
openclaw approvals allowlist add --node <id|name|ip> "/usr/bin/sw_vers"
```

Approvals live on the node host at `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`.

### Point exec at the node

Configure defaults (gateway config):

```bash
openclaw config set tools.exec.host node
openclaw config set tools.exec.security allowlist
openclaw config set tools.exec.node "<id-or-name>"
```

Or per session:

```
/exec host=node security=allowlist node=<id-or-name>
```

Once set, any `exec` call with `host=node` runs on the node host (subject to the
node allowlist/approvals).

Related:

- [Node host CLI](/cli/node)
- [Exec tool](/tools/exec)
- [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals)

## Invoking commands

Low-level (raw RPC):

```bash
openclaw nodes invoke --node <idOrNameOrIp> --command canvas.eval --params '{"javaScript":"location.href"}'
```

Higher-level helpers exist for the common “give the agent a MEDIA attachment” workflows.

## Screenshots (canvas snapshots)

If the node is showing the Canvas (WebView), `canvas.snapshot` returns `{ format, base64 }`.

CLI helper (writes to a temp file and prints `MEDIA:<path>`):

```bash
openclaw nodes canvas snapshot --node <idOrNameOrIp> --format png
openclaw nodes canvas snapshot --node <idOrNameOrIp> --format jpg --max-width 1200 --quality 0.9
```

### Canvas controls

```bash
openclaw nodes canvas present --node <idOrNameOrIp> --target https://example.com
openclaw nodes canvas hide --node <idOrNameOrIp>
openclaw nodes canvas navigate https://example.com --node <idOrNameOrIp>
openclaw nodes canvas eval --node <idOrNameOrIp> --js "document.title"
```

Notes:

- `canvas present` accepts URLs or local file paths (`--target`), plus optional `--x/--y/--width/--height` for positioning.
- `canvas eval` accepts inline JS (`--js`) or a positional arg.

### A2UI (Canvas)

```bash
openclaw nodes canvas a2ui push --node <idOrNameOrIp> --text "Hello"
openclaw nodes canvas a2ui push --node <idOrNameOrIp> --jsonl ./payload.jsonl
openclaw nodes canvas a2ui reset --node <idOrNameOrIp>
```

Notes:

- Only A2UI v0.8 JSONL is supported (v0.9/createSurface is rejected).

## Photos + videos (node camera)

Photos (`jpg`):

```bash
openclaw nodes camera list --node <idOrNameOrIp>
openclaw nodes camera snap --node <idOrNameOrIp>            # default: both facings (2 MEDIA lines)
openclaw nodes camera snap --node <idOrNameOrIp> --facing front
```

Video clips (`mp4`):

```bash
openclaw nodes camera clip --node <idOrNameOrIp> --duration 10s
openclaw nodes camera clip --node <idOrNameOrIp> --duration 3000 --no-audio
```

Notes:

- The node must be **foregrounded** for `canvas.*` and `camera.*` (background calls return `NODE_BACKGROUND_UNAVAILABLE`).
- Clip duration is clamped (currently `<= 60s`) to avoid oversized base64 payloads.
- Android will prompt for `CAMERA`/`RECORD_AUDIO` permissions when possible; denied permissions fail with `*_PERMISSION_REQUIRED`.

## Screen recordings (nodes)

Nodes expose `screen.record` (mp4). Example:

```bash
openclaw nodes screen record --node <idOrNameOrIp> --duration 10s --fps 10
openclaw nodes screen record --node <idOrNameOrIp> --duration 10s --fps 10 --no-audio
```

Notes:

- `screen.record` requires the node app to be foregrounded.
- Android will show the system screen-capture prompt before recording.
- Screen recordings are clamped to `<= 60s`.
- `--no-audio` disables microphone capture (supported on iOS/Android; macOS uses system capture audio).
- Use `--screen <index>` to select a display when multiple screens are available.

## Location (nodes)

Nodes expose `location.get` when Location is enabled in settings.

CLI helper:

```bash
openclaw nodes location get --node <idOrNameOrIp>
openclaw nodes location get --node <idOrNameOrIp> --accuracy precise --max-age 15000 --location-timeout 10000
```

Notes:

- Location is **off by default**.
- “Always” requires system permission; background fetch is best-effort.
- The response includes lat/lon, accuracy (meters), and timestamp.

## SMS (Android nodes)

Android nodes can expose `sms.send` when the user grants **SMS** permission and the device supports telephony.

Low-level invoke:

```bash
openclaw nodes invoke --node <idOrNameOrIp> --command sms.send --params '{"to":"+15555550123","message":"Hello from OpenClaw"}'
```

Notes:

- The permission prompt must be accepted on the Android device before the capability is advertised.
- Wi-Fi-only devices without telephony will not advertise `sms.send`.

## System commands (node host / mac node)

The macOS node exposes `system.run`, `system.notify`, and `system.execApprovals.get/set`.
The headless node host exposes `system.run`, `system.which`, and `system.execApprovals.get/set`.

Examples:

```bash
openclaw nodes run --node <idOrNameOrIp> -- echo "Hello from mac node"
openclaw nodes notify --node <idOrNameOrIp> --title "Ping" --body "Gateway ready"
```

Notes:

- `system.run` returns stdout/stderr/exit code in the payload.
- `system.notify` respects notification permission state on the macOS app.
- `system.run` supports `--cwd`, `--env KEY=VAL`, `--command-timeout`, and `--needs-screen-recording`.
- `system.notify` supports `--priority <passive|active|timeSensitive>` and `--delivery <system|overlay|auto>`.
- macOS nodes drop `PATH` overrides; headless node hosts only accept `PATH` when it prepends the node host PATH.
- On macOS node mode, `system.run` is gated by exec approvals in the macOS app (Settings → Exec approvals).
  Ask/allowlist/full behave the same as the headless node host; denied prompts return `SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED`.
- On headless node host, `system.run` is gated by exec approvals (`~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`).

## Exec node binding

When multiple nodes are available, you can bind exec to a specific node.
This sets the default node for `exec host=node` (and can be overridden per agent).

Global default:

```bash
openclaw config set tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"
```

Per-agent override:

```bash
openclaw config get agents.list
openclaw config set agents.list[0].tools.exec.node "node-id-or-name"
```

Unset to allow any node:

```bash
openclaw config unset tools.exec.node
openclaw config unset agents.list[0].tools.exec.node
```

## Permissions map

Nodes may include a `permissions` map in `node.list` / `node.describe`, keyed by permission name (e.g. `screenRecording`, `accessibility`) with boolean values (`true` = granted).

## Headless node host (cross-platform)

OpenClaw can run a **headless node host** (no UI) that connects to the Gateway
WebSocket and exposes `system.run` / `system.which`. This is useful on Linux/Windows
or for running a minimal node alongside a server.

Start it:

```bash
openclaw node run --host <gateway-host> --port 18789
```

Notes:

- Pairing is still required (the Gateway will show a node approval prompt).
- The node host stores its node id, token, display name, and gateway connection info in `~/.openclaw/node.json`.
- Exec approvals are enforced locally via `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`
  (see [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals)).
- On macOS, the headless node host prefers the companion app exec host when reachable and falls
  back to local execution if the app is unavailable. Set `OPENCLAW_NODE_EXEC_HOST=app` to require
  the app, or `OPENCLAW_NODE_EXEC_FALLBACK=0` to disable fallback.
- Add `--tls` / `--tls-fingerprint` when the Gateway WS uses TLS.

## Mac node mode

- The macOS menubar app connects to the Gateway WS server as a node (so `openclaw nodes …` works against this Mac).
- In remote mode, the app opens an SSH tunnel for the Gateway port and connects to `localhost`.


---
summary: "Location command for nodes (location.get), permission modes, and background behavior"
read_when:
  - Adding location node support or permissions UI
  - Designing background location + push flows
title: "Location Command"
---

# Location command (nodes)

## TL;DR

- `location.get` is a node command (via `node.invoke`).
- Off by default.
- Settings use a selector: Off / While Using / Always.
- Separate toggle: Precise Location.

## Why a selector (not just a switch)

OS permissions are multi-level. We can expose a selector in-app, but the OS still decides the actual grant.

- iOS/macOS: user can choose **While Using** or **Always** in system prompts/Settings. App can request upgrade, but OS may require Settings.
- Android: background location is a separate permission; on Android 10+ it often requires a Settings flow.
- Precise location is a separate grant (iOS 14+ “Precise”, Android “fine” vs “coarse”).

Selector in UI drives our requested mode; actual grant lives in OS settings.

## Settings model

Per node device:

- `location.enabledMode`: `off | whileUsing | always`
- `location.preciseEnabled`: bool

UI behavior:

- Selecting `whileUsing` requests foreground permission.
- Selecting `always` first ensures `whileUsing`, then requests background (or sends user to Settings if required).
- If OS denies requested level, revert to the highest granted level and show status.

## Permissions mapping (node.permissions)

Optional. macOS node reports `location` via the permissions map; iOS/Android may omit it.

## Command: `location.get`

Called via `node.invoke`.

Params (suggested):

```json
{
  "timeoutMs": 10000,
  "maxAgeMs": 15000,
  "desiredAccuracy": "coarse|balanced|precise"
}
```

Response payload:

```json
{
  "lat": 48.20849,
  "lon": 16.37208,
  "accuracyMeters": 12.5,
  "altitudeMeters": 182.0,
  "speedMps": 0.0,
  "headingDeg": 270.0,
  "timestamp": "2026-01-03T12:34:56.000Z",
  "isPrecise": true,
  "source": "gps|wifi|cell|unknown"
}
```

Errors (stable codes):

- `LOCATION_DISABLED`: selector is off.
- `LOCATION_PERMISSION_REQUIRED`: permission missing for requested mode.
- `LOCATION_BACKGROUND_UNAVAILABLE`: app is backgrounded but only While Using allowed.
- `LOCATION_TIMEOUT`: no fix in time.
- `LOCATION_UNAVAILABLE`: system failure / no providers.

## Background behavior (future)

Goal: model can request location even when node is backgrounded, but only when:

- User selected **Always**.
- OS grants background location.
- App is allowed to run in background for location (iOS background mode / Android foreground service or special allowance).

Push-triggered flow (future):

1. Gateway sends a push to the node (silent push or FCM data).
2. Node wakes briefly and requests location from the device.
3. Node forwards payload to Gateway.

Notes:

- iOS: Always permission + background location mode required. Silent push may be throttled; expect intermittent failures.
- Android: background location may require a foreground service; otherwise, expect denial.

## Model/tooling integration

- Tool surface: `nodes` tool adds `location_get` action (node required).
- CLI: `openclaw nodes location get --node <id>`.
- Agent guidelines: only call when user enabled location and understands the scope.

## UX copy (suggested)

- Off: “Location sharing is disabled.”
- While Using: “Only when OpenClaw is open.”
- Always: “Allow background location. Requires system permission.”
- Precise: “Use precise GPS location. Toggle off to share approximate location.”


Okay so nodes support location via `location.get`. Brandon needs to:

1. Install the OpenClaw mobile app on his phone (iOS or Android)
2. Connect it to his gateway
3. Enable location in the app settings
4. Approve the pairing

Let me check if there's more info about installing the mobile app.


ansible.md
bun.md
development-channels.md
docker.md
index.md
installer.md
migrating.md
nix.md
node.md
uninstall.md
updating.md


Let me look at the main index or see if there's info about mobile apps. Actually, looking at the nodes docs, it mentions iOS/Android apps. Let me search for how to install the mobile app.

exec

grep -r -l "iOS\|Android\|mobile\|app store\|TestFlight" /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/docs/ 2>/dev/null | head -20


Let me read the iOS platform doc and the pairing doc.


---
summary: "iOS node app: connect to the Gateway, pairing, canvas, and troubleshooting"
read_when:
  - Pairing or reconnecting the iOS node
  - Running the iOS app from source
  - Debugging gateway discovery or canvas commands
title: "iOS App"
---

# iOS App (Node)

Availability: internal preview. The iOS app is not publicly distributed yet.

## What it does

- Connects to a Gateway over WebSocket (LAN or tailnet).
- Exposes node capabilities: Canvas, Screen snapshot, Camera capture, Location, Talk mode, Voice wake.
- Receives `node.invoke` commands and reports node status events.

## Requirements

- Gateway running on another device (macOS, Linux, or Windows via WSL2).
- Network path:
  - Same LAN via Bonjour, **or**
  - Tailnet via unicast DNS-SD (example domain: `openclaw.internal.`), **or**
  - Manual host/port (fallback).

## Quick start (pair + connect)

1. Start the Gateway:

```bash
openclaw gateway --port 18789
```

2. In the iOS app, open Settings and pick a discovered gateway (or enable Manual Host and enter host/port).

3. Approve the pairing request on the gateway host:

```bash
openclaw nodes pending
openclaw nodes approve <requestId>
```

4. Verify connection:

```bash
openclaw nodes status
openclaw gateway call node.list --params "{}"
```

## Discovery paths

### Bonjour (LAN)

The Gateway advertises `_openclaw-gw._tcp` on `local.`. The iOS app lists these automatically.

### Tailnet (cross-network)

If mDNS is blocked, use a unicast DNS-SD zone (choose a domain; example: `openclaw.internal.`) and Tailscale split DNS.
See [Bonjour](/gateway/bonjour) for the CoreDNS example.

### Manual host/port

In Settings, enable **Manual Host** and enter the gateway host + port (default `18789`).

## Canvas + A2UI

The iOS node renders a WKWebView canvas. Use `node.invoke` to drive it:

```bash
openclaw nodes invoke --node "iOS Node" --command canvas.navigate --params '{"url":"http://<gateway-host>:18793/__openclaw__/canvas/"}'
```

Notes:

- The Gateway canvas host serves `/__openclaw__/canvas/` and `/__openclaw__/a2ui/`.
- The iOS node auto-navigates to A2UI on connect when a canvas host URL is advertised.
- Return to the built-in scaffold with `canvas.navigate` and `{"url":""}`.

### Canvas eval / snapshot

```bash
openclaw nodes invoke --node "iOS Node" --command canvas.eval --params '{"javaScript":"(() => { const {ctx} = window.__openclaw; ctx.clearRect(0,0,innerWidth,innerHeight); ctx.lineWidth=6; ctx.strokeStyle=\"#ff2d55\"; ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(40,40); ctx.lineTo(innerWidth-40, innerHeight-40); ctx.stroke(); return \"ok\"; })()"}'
```

```bash
openclaw nodes invoke --node "iOS Node" --command canvas.snapshot --params '{"maxWidth":900,"format":"jpeg"}'
```

## Voice wake + talk mode

- Voice wake and talk mode are available in Settings.
- iOS may suspend background audio; treat voice features as best-effort when the app is not active.

## Common errors

- `NODE_BACKGROUND_UNAVAILABLE`: bring the iOS app to the foreground (canvas/camera/screen commands require it).
- `A2UI_HOST_NOT_CONFIGURED`: the Gateway did not advertise a canvas host URL; check `canvasHost` in [Gateway configuration](/gateway/configuration).
- Pairing prompt never appears: run `openclaw nodes pending` and approve manually.
- Reconnect fails after reinstall: the Keychain pairing token was cleared; re-pair the node.

## Related docs

- [Pairing](/gateway/pairing)
- [Discovery](/gateway/discovery)
- [Bonjour](/gateway/bonjour)


---
summary: "Pairing overview: approve who can DM you + which nodes can join"
read_when:
  - Setting up DM access control
  - Pairing a new iOS/Android node
  - Reviewing OpenClaw security posture
title: "Pairing"
---

# Pairing

“Pairing” is OpenClaw’s explicit **owner approval** step.
It is used in two places:

1. **DM pairing** (who is allowed to talk to the bot)
2. **Node pairing** (which devices/nodes are allowed to join the gateway network)

Security context: [Security](/gateway/security)

## 1) DM pairing (inbound chat access)

When a channel is configured with DM policy `pairing`, unknown senders get a short code and their message is **not processed** until you approve.

Default DM policies are documented in: [Security](/gateway/security)

Pairing codes:

- 8 characters, uppercase, no ambiguous chars (`0O1I`).
- **Expire after 1 hour**. The bot only sends the pairing message when a new request is created (roughly once per hour per sender).
- Pending DM pairing requests are capped at **3 per channel** by default; additional requests are ignored until one expires or is approved.

### Approve a sender

```bash
openclaw pairing list telegram
openclaw pairing approve telegram <CODE>
```

Supported channels: `telegram`, `whatsapp`, `signal`, `imessage`, `discord`, `slack`.

### Where the state lives

Stored under `~/.openclaw/credentials/`:

- Pending requests: `<channel>-pairing.json`
- Approved allowlist store: `<channel>-allowFrom.json`

Treat these as sensitive (they gate access to your assistant).

## 2) Node device pairing (iOS/Android/macOS/headless nodes)

Nodes connect to the Gateway as **devices** with `role: node`. The Gateway
creates a device pairing request that must be approved.

### Approve a node device

```bash
openclaw devices list
openclaw devices approve <requestId>
openclaw devices reject <requestId>
```

### Where the state lives

Stored under `~/.openclaw/devices/`:

- `pending.json` (short-lived; pending requests expire)
- `paired.json` (paired devices + tokens)

### Notes

- The legacy `node.pair.*` API (CLI: `openclaw nodes pending/approve`) is a
  separate gateway-owned pairing store. WS nodes still require device pairing.

## Related docs

- Security model + prompt injection: [Security](/gateway/security)
- Updating safely (run doctor): [Updating](/install/updating)
- Channel configs:
  - Telegram: [Telegram](/channels/telegram)
  - WhatsApp: [WhatsApp](/channels/whatsapp)
  - Signal: [Signal](/channels/signal)
  - iMessage: [iMessage](/channels/imessage)
  - Discord: [Discord](/channels/discord)
  - Slack: [Slack](/channels/slack)


So the iOS app is an "internal preview" and not publicly distributed yet. That's a problem - Brandon can't just download it from the App Store.Let me think about alternatives:

1. **OpenClaw iOS app** - not publicly available yet (internal preview)
2. **n8n with some location service** - could use a different location API
3. **Find My iPhone API** - Apple doesn't have a public API for this
4. **iOS Shortcuts + webhook** - Brandon could set up an iOS Shortcut that runs on Sunday morning, gets his location, and sends it to a webhook (n8n or directly to me via a webhook)
5. **Manual location** - just ask Brandon where he is
6. **Default store** - if he usually shops at the same place, just default to that

The iOS Shortcuts approach is probably the most practical. He could create a shortcut that:
1. Gets current location
2. Sends it to a webhook (n8n or OpenClaw)

Or we could just ask him where he shops and default to that store, with location being an optional enhancement later.Let me present these options.

Here's the situation:

**OpenClaw iOS App** — exists but is *internal preview only* (not on App Store yet). So that's out for now.

**Practical alternatives:**

1. **iOS Shortcut + Webhook** (recommended)
   - Create a Shortcut that grabs your location and POSTs to n8n
   - Trigger it manually Sunday morning, or set it to run automatically
   - n8n receives location → kicks off the grocery workflow

2. **Default Store** (simplest)
   - Tell me your usual grocery store(s) and we skip the location stuff entirely
   - Works great if you're a creature of habit

3. **Owntracks / GPS Logger app** (overkill)
   - Self-hosted location tracking
   - More infrastructure than this use case warrants

**My recommendation:** Start with option 2 (default store) and layer in the iOS Shortcut later if you want the "find deals near me" flexibility.

What stores do you typically hit? King Soopers? Costco? Sprouts? And do you rotate based on deals, or do you have a go-to?


[Discord _dev_random_ user id:627814644786135040 +1m 2026-02-04 16:48 MST] you need to check your memory, remember the stuff we said yestrday about me having to travel, katie, etc?
[message_id: 1468755029564457031]


Brandon is right - I should check my memory. He mentioned traveling, Katie, etc. Let me search my memory for this context.

Question: travel Katie Joshua Tree road trip grocery shopping location


No results? Let me check the memory files directly.


---
created: 2026-02-03T15:09
updated: 2026-02-04T00:18
---
# Link's Long-Term Memory

*Curated knowledge, decisions, and context that persists across sessions.*

---

## About Brandon

- **Name:** Brandon Wilson
- **Timezone:** America/Denver (MST)
- **Day Job:** Principal DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Lead at Hoag Digital (healthcare)
- **Side Ventures:** Collably, Carlyle Studios, Darkwaves Media, home-lab
- **Operating Style:** Systems thinker, automates aggressively, prefers boring durable infrastructure

## Core Principles (from Brandon)

- Security, privacy, compartmentalization matter deeply
- Work/personal boundary is sacred — never mix
- Prefers composable tools over all-in-one platforms
- Values reproducibility, documentation, explainability
- Wants me to challenge bad assumptions, not rubber-stamp
- Prefers explicit trade-offs over "best practices" hand-waving

## My Role

I'm **Link** — Brandon's Personal AI Chief of Staff.

Not a chatbot. Not a note-taker. I'm the coordination layer between Brandon's thoughts, systems, tools, and time.

**Prime Directive:** Protect focus, preserve context, and turn intent into durable progress.

## Active Projects

### Collably (collably.club)
- Creator collaboration platform (photographers, models, MUAs, stylists, videographers)
- Stack: Astro 5 frontend, Bun + Hono backend, AWS-native
- Goal: Creator-first LinkedIn × Instagram × Upwork

### OpenClaw / Agent Ecosystem
- This instance: personal Mac mini M4, 16GB RAM
- Chief-of-Staff agent model — autonomous but human-supervised

### Home-Lab / Media-Lab
- QNAP NAS, Raspberry Pi 5 cluster, Traefik
- Arr-suite (Radarr, Sonarr, etc.)

### Photography & Media
- Carlyle Studios, Darkwaves Media
- Adult / alt-culture content, magazine concepts

---

## Decisions Log

*Significant decisions and their rationale.*

### 2026-02-03 — Initial Setup
- **mDNS:** Disabled (security preference, no device discovery needed yet)
- **Memory system:** Local embeddings (privacy-first, no data leaves machine)
- **Obsidian integration:** Memory stored in Mind Palace vault at `Utility Bins/AI/Link/`

---

## Financial Context (via Monarch Money)

**Last Updated:** 2026-02-04

### Summary
- **Total Assets:** ~$33,500 (mostly 401k)
- **Total Debt:** ~$37,400 (credit cards)
- **Net Worth:** ~-$3,900

### Debt Breakdown (priority order)
1. Credit Card (...8445): $16,034 — *highest balance*
2. Credit Card (...4394): $9,594
3. Platinum Card (...2005): $4,380
4. West Elm Visa (...7089): $3,034
5. Loan document: $2,912
6. Jeep loan (...9537): $1,224 — *car payment*
7. Apple Card: $241

### Goals (to be defined)
- [ ] Get out of credit card debt
- [ ] Save for home down payment
- [ ] Buy a car (better than Jeep?)

### Brandon's Spending Rules (I enforce these)
- **Eating out:** NO by default. Saturday dinner only ($40 max).
- **Groceries:** Sunday $80, Wednesday $50
- **Fun money:** $0 weekdays, $20 Fri/Sat combined
- **Anything over $50:** Must text Link first

### Access
- Monarch Money API connected via `monarchmoney-enhanced` Python library
- Session stored at `~/.monarch-money/.mm/`
- Query script: `~/.monarch-money/query.py`
- Credentials pulled from 1Password (`Monarchmoney` item)
- Daily Financial Pulse cron: 6am PST → Signal

---

## Integrations

### n8n (n8n.disorganized.net)
- Orchestration platform for webhooks and automation
- 2FA enabled on account
- API key stored (expires March 5, 2026)
- Current workflows: GitHub issue router, PR review router, Deploy monitor

### Monarch Money
- Personal finance aggregation
- Python API access via patched `monarchmoney-enhanced` library
- Session persists for months
- Can query: accounts, budgets, cashflow, transactions

### Infrastructure Layout
| Service | Location | Notes |
|---------|----------|-------|
| Link (me) | Mac mini | AI brain |
| n8n | QNAP Docker | Staying here |
| Pi5-Link node | Raspberry Pi 5 | Connected, optional use |
| Mealie | QNAP Docker | Being set up |

### Pi5-Link Node
- IP: 192.168.7.7
- Gateway: 192.168.7.220:18789 (LAN binding)
- Paired and running as systemd user service

---

## Patterns I've Noticed

*Recurring themes in Brandon's decisions — to be populated over time.*

---

## Things to Remember

- Brandon struggles with keeping finances in order — wants help budgeting and debt payoff
- Monarch Money session may need refresh if API calls fail (run `~/.monarch-money/refresh_session.sh`)
- Brandon broke up with Katie, moving out of her place
- Feb 7-9: Road trip ABQ → Flagstaff → Phoenix → Joshua Tree
- Feb 9 - ~Mar 9: Living in Joshua Tree cabin ($1,250/month)
- Jeep lease ends end of March, 3000+ miles over at $0.20/mile
- Brandon prefers tea, not coffee
- Errand days: Sunday (big grocery $80) and Wednesday (restock $50)

---

## Boundaries & Constraints

- Do not mix work and personal data
- Do not store or infer sensitive personal attributes without asking
- When unsure about data sensitivity → ask first


There it is - I have this in my memory:

- Brandon broke up with Katie, moving out of her place
- Feb 7-9: Road trip ABQ → Flagstaff → Phoenix → Joshua Tree
- Feb 9 - ~Mar 9: Living in Joshua Tree cabin ($1,250/month)

So Brandon is:
1. Traveling this Friday-Sunday (Feb 7-9) on a road trip
2. Then living in Joshua Tree for about a month starting Feb 9

This completely changes the grocery shopping workflow! He won't be at a fixed location - he'll be:
- In different cities during the road trip (ABQ, Flagstaff, Phoenix)
- Then in Joshua Tree for a month

So the "find nearby grocery stores based on location" actually makes MORE sense now, not less. He'll need location-aware shopping assistance because he won't know the area.

Let me acknowledge this and adjust my thinking.

You're right — I have it, I just didn't connect the dots:

**Your situation:**
- Broke up with Katie, moving out
- **Feb 7-9:** Road trip ABQ → Flagstaff → Phoenix → Joshua Tree
- **Feb 9 - ~Mar 9:** Living in Joshua Tree cabin ($1,250/month)
- Jeep lease ends March, 3000+ miles over at $0.20/mile

So the grocery workflow makes *more* sense with location awareness — you won't know the local stores in Joshua Tree or along the road trip. You need something that adapts to where you are.

**Revised plan:**

For the **next 4+ weeks** (Joshua Tree), you'll need:
- Local grocery store discovery (probably limited options out there)
- Deal hunting for whatever's nearby

**Simplest path forward:**
1. **iOS Shortcut** that grabs location and sends to n8n webhook
2. **n8n workflow** receives location → searches for nearby grocery stores + deals → sends you a digest

Want me to draft the iOS Shortcut steps and the n8n workflow? Or should we wait until you're actually in Joshua Tree and know your routine better?

Also — this Sunday (Feb 9) you'll be arriving at Joshua Tree, so grocery shopping workflow probably doesn't kick in until Feb 16 at the earliest. We've got time.


[Discord _dev_random_ user id:627814644786135040 +55s 2026-02-04 16:49 MST] are you able to create the shortcut on the mac mini you're on and will it show up on my phone so I can run it?
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That's a great question. iCloud Shortcuts syncing - if Brandon has iCloud enabled and Shortcuts sync turned on, then yes, a shortcut created on the Mac mini would sync to his iPhone.

Let me check if I can actually create shortcuts from the command line. There's a `shortcuts` CLI on macOS that can run shortcuts, but I'm not sure if it can create them. Let me check.

shortcuts help 2>&1 || man shortcuts 2>&1 | head -50


OVERVIEW: Command-line utility for running shortcuts.

USAGE: shortcuts <subcommand>

OPTIONS:
  -h, --help              Show help information.

SUBCOMMANDS:
  run                     Run a shortcut.
  list                    List your shortcuts.
  view                    View a shortcut in Shortcuts.
  sign                    Sign a shortcut file.

  See 'shortcuts help <subcommand>' for detailed help.


So the `shortcuts` CLI can only run, list, view, and sign shortcuts - it can't create them programmatically. That's a limitation.

However, I could:
1. Create a `.shortcut` file manually (it's a plist/binary format, tricky but possible)
2. Give Brandon step-by-step instructions to create it himself
3. Look into whether there's another way

Actually, shortcuts files are binary plists and quite complex to create from scratch. The practical answer is:
- I can't easily create a shortcut from the CLI
- If Brandon creates one on his phone or Mac, it will sync via iCloud to all his devices
- I should give him simple steps to create it himself

Let me be honest with him about this.

Checked — the `shortcuts` CLI can only **run**, **list**, **view**, and **sign** shortcuts. It can't create them. Apple didn't give us that power from the command line. 😤

**So no**, I can't create it for you programmatically.

**But yes**, if you create it on your Mac (in the Shortcuts app) and you have iCloud Shortcuts sync enabled, it'll show up on your phone automatically.

**Two options:**

1. **You create it** — I'll give you the exact steps (it's like 4 actions, takes 2 minutes)

2. **I find/make a `.shortcut` file** — Shortcut files are shareable. I could try to build one manually (they're binary plists, annoying but doable) and you'd just double-click to import it.

Want me to try option 2, or should I just walk you through creating it? It's dead simple:
- Get Current Location
- Get contents of URL (POST to webhook)
- Done


[Discord _dev_random_ user id:627814644786135040 +43s 2026-02-04 16:50 MST] ok, first, let's design the n8n workflow, once that's done i'll know what i need to do to design and run the shortcut.
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Good plan - design the n8n workflow first, then we'll know:
1. What webhook URL the shortcut needs to POST to
2. What data format the shortcut needs to send
3. What the workflow does with that data

Let me design the workflow. Here's what it needs to do:

1. **Trigger**: Webhook receives location data from iOS Shortcut
2. **Find nearby stores**: Use the location to search for grocery stores
3. **Search for deals**: For each store, search for weekly ads and coupons
4. **Cross-reference shopping list**: Pull from Mealie or wherever Brandon keeps his list
5. **Format and send**: Send Brandon a digest via Signal

Let me think about this more carefully:

**Input (from iOS Shortcut):**
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Maybe a timestamp

**Process:**
1. Reverse geocode or use a places API to find nearby grocery stores
2. For each store (or top 2-3):
   - Search web for "[store name] weekly ad"
   - Search web for "[store name] digital coupons"
   - Maybe search for "[store name] [city] deals"
3. Optionally: Get shopping list from Mealie
4. AI summarization: Take all the deals/coupons and summarize what's relevant

**Output:**
- Send digest to Brandon via Signal (or whatever channel)

The tricky parts:
- Finding nearby grocery stores (Google Places API? Or just web search "grocery stores near [lat,lon]"?)
- Actually extracting useful deal info from store websites (most have weekly ads as PDFs or dynamic pages)
- Mealie integration for shopping list

Let me design this as a practical workflow.

Smart. Design the backend first, then the trigger is obvious.

**Sunday Grocery Assistant — n8n Workflow Design**

---

### Trigger
**Webhook** — receives POST from iOS Shortcut
```json
{
  "lat": 34.1347,
  "lon": -116.3131,
  "timestamp": "2026-02-16T09:00:00Z"
}
```

---

### Step 1: Find Nearby Grocery Stores
**Option A:** Google Places API (requires API key, costs money)
**Option B:** Web search "grocery stores near [lat, lon]" or reverse geocode to city then search

I'd lean toward **Option B** — use a free geocoding API (like Nominatim) to get the city/area, then web search for grocery stores there. Less precise but free and good enough.

---

### Step 2: Search for Deals
For each store found (top 2-3):
- Web search: `"[Store Name] weekly ad"`
- Web search: `"[Store Name] digital coupons"`
- Web search: `"[Store Name] [City] deals this week"`

---

### Step 3: Get Shopping List (Optional)
**Mealie API** — pull your current shopping list
- Endpoint: `https://mealie.disorganized.net/api/...`
- Need to check Mealie's API for shopping list endpoint

---

### Step 4: AI Summarization
Send all the search results + shopping list to an LLM:
> "Here are deals from nearby stores and my shopping list. What should I buy where to save the most money?"

---

### Step 5: Deliver
**Send to Signal** (or Discord, whatever you prefer for this)

---

### Questions before I build it:

1. **Mealie API** — want me to poke at the Mealie instance and figure out the shopping list endpoint?
2. **Delivery channel** — Signal like the financial pulse, or somewhere else?
3. **Timing** — should this also have a cron trigger (Sunday 8am) that prompts you to share location, or purely on-demand via the Shortcut?


[Discord _dev_random_ user id:627814644786135040 +5m 2026-02-04 16:56 MST] 1. yeah check the mealie docs for that stuff. it's running the latest version 3.10.2 released 9 minutes ago. 2. deliver via signal as well 3. maybe run this before the 6am financial pulse, as that doc will need to take this one into acocunt on sundays. make sense?
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Brandon wants:
1. Me to check Mealie docs for API - shopping list endpoint
2. Deliver via Signal
3. Run BEFORE the 6am financial pulse on Sundays, so the financial pulse can incorporate the grocery info

That last point is smart - the Sunday financial pulse should know about the grocery shopping plan and budget.

Let me:
1. Look up Mealie API docs for shopping list
2. Design the workflow timing

For timing, if financial pulse is at 6am, maybe grocery workflow runs at 5:30am? That gives it time to complete before the financial pulse.

Actually, there's a better design:
- Grocery workflow runs at 5:30am Sunday, sends location request to Brandon
- Brandon triggers the shortcut when he wakes up
- Or... the grocery workflow could just run and prompt Brandon to share his location

Wait, the workflow needs Brandon's location to find nearby stores. So either:
A) Cron at 5:30am sends Brandon a "share your location" prompt, he runs the shortcut, workflow continues
B) Brandon runs the shortcut whenever on Sunday morning, that triggers the whole thing
C) Cron runs, uses last known location or a default

Option B seems simplest - Brandon runs the shortcut when he's ready to think about groceries, that triggers everything.

But Brandon said "run this before the 6am financial pulse" - so maybe he wants it automated? Let me think...

Actually, the flow could be:
1. 5:30am Sunday: Cron sends Brandon a Signal message "Ready to plan groceries? Run your Location Shortcut"
2. Brandon wakes up, sees the message, runs the shortcut
3. Shortcut POSTs location to n8n webhook
4. n8n workflow runs: find stores, find deals, get Mealie list, summarize
5. n8n sends grocery briefing to Signal
6. 6am: Financial pulse runs, and on Sundays it includes a reminder about the $80 grocery budget

7. I need to pull the shopping list from Mealie's API first to understand what data I'm working with.

Makes total sense. Sunday morning flow:
1. **~5:30am** — Grocery workflow preps, maybe prompts you to share location
2. **You run Shortcut** — sends location, triggers the deal hunt
3. **6am** — Financial pulse runs, incorporates grocery budget reminder for Sundays

Let me check Mealie's API for shopping list access:


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Good info! Mealie has:- Shopping lists
- API access- Event subscriptions (webhooks)
- Interactive API documentation (Swagger)

The Swagger docs should be accessible at the Mealie instance itself. Let me check Brandon's Mealie instance for the API docs.


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## Usage

## Getting a Token

Mealie supports long-live api tokens in the user frontend. These can be created on the /user/profile/api-tokens page.

## Key Components

### Exploring Your Local API

On your local installation you can access interactive API documentation that provides curl examples and expected results. This allows you to easily test and interact with your API to identify places to include your own functionality. You can visit the documentation at http://<your-mealie-site>/docs or see the example at the [Demo Site](https://demo.mealie.io/docs).

Recipes extras are a key feature of the Mealie API. They allow you to create custom json key/value pairs within a recipe to reference from 3rd part applications. You can use these keys to contain information to trigger automation or custom messages to relay to your desired device.

For example you could add {"message": "Remember to thaw the chicken"} to a recipe and use the webhooks built into mealie to send that message payload to a destination to be processed.

#### Shopping List and Food Extras

Similarly to recipes, extras are supported on shopping lists, shopping list items, and foods. At this time they are only accessible through the API. Extras for these objects allow for rich integrations between the Mealie shopping list and your favorite list manager, such as Todoist, Trello, or any other list manager with an API.

To keep shopping lists in sync, for instance, you can store your Trello list id on your Mealie shopping list:

{"trello_list_id": "5abbe4b7ddc1b351ef961414"}

Now if an update is made to your shopping list, you know which Trello list also needs to be updated. Similarly, you can also keep track of individual cards on your Trello list by storing data on shopping list items:

{"trello_card_id": "bab414bde415cd715efb9361"}

Sometimes you may want to exclude certain foods from syncing to your external list, such as water, so you can add a custom property to your "water" food:

{"trello_exclude_food": "true"}

You can combine your custom data definitions with our Event Subscriptions API, enabling you to keep your external list up-to-date in real time.

### Pagination and Filtering

Most document types share a uniform pagination and filtering API (e.g. GET /api/recipes). These allow you to filter by an arbitrary combination of criteria and return only a certain number of documents (i.e. a single "page" of documents).

The pagination API allows you to limit how many documents you return in each call. This is important when serving data to an application, as you don't want to wait for a huge payload every time you load a page. You may also not want to render all documents at once, opting to render only a few at a time.

The perPage parameter tells Mealie how many documents to return (this is similar to LIMIT in SQL). If you want to keep fetching more data in batches, first determine your batch size (in other words: how many documents you want per-page), then make additional calls by changing the page parameter. If your perPage size is 30, then page 1 will return the first 30 documents, page 2 will return the next 30 documents, etc.

Many applications will keep track of the query and adjust the page parameter appropriately, but some applications can't do this, or a particular implementation may make this difficult. The response includes pagination guides to help you find the next page and previous page. Here is a sample response:

{
 "page": 2,
 "per_page": 5,
 "total": 23,
 "total_pages": 5,
 "data": [...],
 "next": "/recipes?page=3&per_page=5&order_by=name&order_direction=asc",
 "previous": "/recipes?page=1&per_page=5&order_by=name&order_direction=asc"
}

Notice that the route does not contain the baseurl (e.g. https://mymealieapplication.com/api).
There are a few shorthands available to reduce the number of calls for certain common requests:

- if you want to return all results, effectively disabling pagination, set perPage = -1 (and fetch the first page)

- if you want to fetch the last page, set page = -1

#### Filtering

The queryFilter parameter enables fine-grained control over your query. You can filter by any combination of attributes connected by logical operators (AND, OR). You can also group attributes together using parenthesis. For string, date, or datetime literals, you should surround them in double quotes (e.g. "Pasta Fagioli"). If there are no spaces in your literal (such as dates) the API will probably parse it correctly, but it's recommended that you use quotes anyway.

Here are several examples of filters. These filter strings are not surrounded in quotes for ease of reading, but they are strings, so they will probably be in quotes in your language.

##### Simple Filters

Here is an example of a filter to find a recipe with the name "Pasta Fagioli":

name = "Pasta Fagioli"

This filter will find all recipes created on or after a particular date:

createdAt >= "2021-02-22"

NOTE: The API uses Python's [dateutil parser](https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/stable/parser.html), which parses many different date/datetime formats.

This filter will find all units that have useAbbreviation disabled:

useAbbreviation = false

This filter will find all foods that are not named "carrot":

name <> "carrot"

##### Keyword Filters

The API supports many SQL keywords, such as IS NULL and IN, as well as their negations (e.g. IS NOT NULL and NOT IN).

Here is an example of a filter that returns all recipes where the "last made" value is not null:

lastMade IS NOT NULL

This filter will find all recipes that don't start with the word "Test":

name NOT LIKE "Test%"

NOTE: for more information on this, [check out the SQL "LIKE" operator](https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_like.asp)

This filter will find all recipes that have particular slugs:

slug IN ["pasta-fagioli", "delicious-ramen"]

##### Placeholder Keywords

You can use placeholders to insert dynamic values as opposed to static values. Currently the only supported placeholder keyword is $NOW, to insert the current date/time.

$NOW can optionally be paired with basic offsets. Here is an example of a filter which gives you recipes not made within the past 30 days:

lastMade <= "$NOW-30d"

Supported offset operations include:

- - for subtracting a time (i.e. in the past)

- + for adding a time (i.e. in the future)

Supported offset intervals include:

- y for years

- m for months

- d for days

- H for hours

- M for minutes

- S for seconds

Note that intervals are case sensitive (e.g. s is an invalid interval).

##### Nested Property filters

When querying tables with relationships, you can filter properties on related tables. For instance, if you want to query all recipes owned by a particular user:

user.username = "SousChef20220320"

This timeline event filter will return all timeline events for recipes that were created after a particular date:

recipe.createdAt >= "2023-02-25"

This recipe filter will return all recipes that contain a particular set of tags:

tags.name CONTAINS ALL ["Easy", "Cajun"]

##### Compound Filters

You can combine multiple filter statements using logical operators (AND, OR).

This filter will only return recipes named "Pasta Fagioli" or "Grandma's Brisket":

name = "Pasta Fagioli" OR name = "Grandma's Brisket"

This filter will return all recipes created before a particular date, except for the one named "Ultimate Vegan Ramen Recipe With Miso Broth":

createdAt < "January 2nd, 2014" AND name <> "Ultimate Vegan Ramen Recipe With Miso Broth"

This filter will return three particular recipes:

name = "Pasta Fagioli" OR name = "Grandma's Brisket" OR name = "Ultimate Vegan Ramen Recipe With Miso Broth"

##### Advanced Filters

You can have multiple filter groups combined by logical operators. You can define a filter group with parenthesis.

Here's a filter that will find all recipes updated between two particular times, but exclude the "Pasta Fagioli" recipe:

(updatedAt > "2022-07-17T15:47:00Z" AND updatedAt < "2022-07-17T15:50:00Z") AND name <> "Pasta Fagioli"

#### Advanced Ordering

Pagination supports orderBy, orderByNullPosition, and orderDirection params to change how you want your query results to be ordered. These can be fine-tuned for more advanced use-cases.

##### Order By

The pagination orderBy attribute allows you to sort your query results by a particular attribute. Sometimes, however, [you may want to sort by more than one attribute](https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_orderby.asp). This can be achieved by passing a comma-separated string to the orderBy parameter. For instance, if you want to sort recipes by their last made datetime, then by their created datetime, you can pass the following orderBy string:

lastMade, createdAt

Similar to the standard SQL ORDER BY logic, your attribute orders will be applied sequentially. In the above example, first recipes will be sorted by lastMade, then any recipes with an identical lastMade value are sorted by createdAt. In addition, standard SQL rules apply when handling results with null values (such as when joining related tables). You can apply the NULLS FIRST and NULLS LAST SQL expressions by setting the orderByNullPosition to "first" or "last". If left empty, the default SQL behavior is applied, [which is different depending on which database you're using](https://learnsql.com/blog/how-to-order-rows-with-nulls/).

##### Order Direction

The query will be ordered in ascending or descending order, depending on what you pass to the pagination orderDirection param. You can either specify "asc" or "desc".

When sorting by multiple attributes, if you also want one or more of those sorts to be different directions, you can specify them with a colon. For instance, if, like our previous example, say you want to sort by lastMade and createdAt. However, this time, you want to sort by lastMade ascending, but createdAt descending. You could pass this orderBy string:

lastMade:asc, createdAt:desc

In the above example, whatever you pass to orderDirection will be ignored. If, however, you only specify the direction on one attribute, all other attributes will use the orderDirection value.

Consider this orderBy string:

lastMade:asc, createdAt, slug

And this orderDirection value:

desc

This will result in a recipe query where all recipes are sorted by lastMade ascending, then createdAt descending, and finally slug descending.

Similar to query filters, when querying tables with relationships, you can order by properties on related tables. For instance, if you want to query all foods with labels, sorted by label name, you could use this orderBy value:

label.name
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Good info! So Mealie has:- Interactive API docs at `/docs` on the instance
- Shopping lists with items and extras
- Pagination and filtering APILet me check Brandon's Mealie instance's Swagger docs to get the exact shopping list endpoints.


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The Swagger UI is there but it's JavaScript-rendered so I can't easily fetch it. Let me try the OpenAPI JSON endpoint which should have all the API definitions.