Lars Barson

Vince private chat

This repo used to hold the public portfolio site. The old files were preserved in legacy-portfolio/.

Current goal

Build a private assistant web app for Lars that is:

• easy to deploy on Vercel
• simple to maintain
• portable enough to move to Cloudflare later
• locked down with basic auth first

Current state

• Next.js app scaffolded
• password login via secure cookie
• protected chat UI shell
• isolated server-side gateway client layer in lib/openclaw.ts
• current /api/chat is a stub so the shell can be tested safely before wiring live OpenClaw transport

Environment variables

Copy .env.example to .env.local for local dev and set values:

• APP_PASSWORD
• SESSION_COOKIE_SECRET
• OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_HTTP_URL
• OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN
• OPENCLAW_SESSION_KEY

Local dev

npm install
npm run dev

Next steps

1. Wire live OpenClaw chat transport over Gateway WebSocket.
2. Improve auth (single-user magic link, OAuth, or Cloudflare Access later).
3. Add conversation history + streaming.
4. Deploy to Vercel and connect the custom domain.