Tesseract Manager

This skill manages the Tesseract application – pulling latest code, starting the dev server, and providing access URLs.

Quick Reference

Ports

When to Use This Skill

Trigger phrases:

• “pull tesseract”
• “start tesseract”
• “tesseract status”
• “launch tesseract”

What This Skill Does

1. Pull latest from GitHub to /home/yousuf/local_workspaces/tesseract
2. Check if Vite running on port 3000
3. Start Vite if not running
4. Provide URLs for localhost and Tailscale access

Execution Steps

Step 1: Pull Latest from GitHub

cd /home/yousuf/local_workspaces/tesseract && git pull

Step 2: Check if Vite is Running

curl -s http://localhost:3000 > /dev/null && echo "Vite: UP" || echo "Vite: DOWN"

Step 3: Start Vite if Not Running

cd /home/yousuf/local_workspaces/tesseract && npm run dev &

Step 4: Get Tailscale IP

ip -4 addr show tailscale0 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}'

Step 5: Provide Access URLs

After all steps, output:

Tesseract Ready

Localhost:
  http://localhost:3000

Android (Tailscale):
  http://<TAILSCALE_IP>:3000

Services:
  Web UI:   http://localhost:3000  [UP/DOWN]
  Firebase: tesseract-kb-app

Full Automated Script

Run all steps in sequence:

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Tesseract Pull & Start ==="

# 1. Pull latest
echo "[1/4] Pulling latest from GitHub..."
cd /home/yousuf/local_workspaces/tesseract && git pull

# 2. Check if Vite is running
echo "[2/4] Checking Vite status..."
VITE_UP=$(curl -s http://localhost:3000 > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "UP" || echo "DOWN")

# 3. Start Vite if not running
if [ "$VITE_UP" = "DOWN" ]; then
  echo "[3/4] Starting Vite dev server..."
  cd /home/yousuf/local_workspaces/tesseract && npm run dev &
  sleep 3
  VITE_UP=$(curl -s http://localhost:3000 > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "UP" || echo "DOWN")
else
  echo "[3/4] Vite already running"
fi

# 4. Get Tailscale IP
TAILSCALE_IP=$(ip -4 addr show tailscale0 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}' || echo "not connected")

# Output
echo ""
echo "[4/4] Status Report"
echo "========================================"
echo "  Tesseract"
echo "========================================"
echo ""
echo "Access URLs:"
echo "  Localhost:  http://localhost:3000"
echo "  Android:    http://$TAILSCALE_IP:3000"
echo ""
echo "Services:"
echo "  Web UI:     $VITE_UP"
echo "  Firebase:   tesseract-kb-app"
echo ""

if [ "$VITE_UP" = "DOWN" ]; then
  echo "WARNING: Vite failed to start. Check logs."
fi

Features

Tesseract provides:

• Thoughts – AI-powered note taking and organization
• Map – Neural visualization of knowledge connections
• Export – Information Mapping document generation from raw text/DOCX

Firebase Backend

Troubleshooting

Architecture

GitHub (yousufjoyian/tesseract)
    ↓ git pull
local_workspaces/tesseract
    ↓ npm run dev
Browser → localhost:3000 or Tailscale:3000
    ↓
Firebase (auth, firestore, functions)
    ↓
Gemini API (via geminiProxy function)

A2UI Embedding

For embedding Tesseract in the A2UI panel, use the generic a2ui-embed skill. See: ~/local_workspaces/skills/a2ui-embed/SKILL.md