The README/docs explained how the system works but not how to get it up
and running, and there was no way to tell a healthy node from a
half-configured one. Two additions close that gap.
castle doctor — a read-only preflight/postflight check. It inspects
setup *and* runtime (CLI on PATH, uv, lingering; repo:, control plane
registered, dashboard built; gateway/api running + listening, specs
generated; and — under tls=acme — DNS-plugin Caddy, provider token,
:443 bind; tunnel config for public services) and, for anything not
green, prints the exact next command. Exit 0 when nothing failed
(warnings allowed), 1 otherwise, so it doubles as a scriptable smoke
test after install/deploy. Agents can lean on it the same way they use
`castle tool list`.
Docs — the quick start now leads with prerequisites and one command
(install.sh installs the CLI + registers the control plane, so the old
manual `uv tool install` step is gone), adds a `castle doctor` verify
step, and gains an "exposure ladder" table framing the three rungs
(localhost → LAN HTTPS → public) that link the deep DNS/TLS/tunnel docs.
install.sh's closing summary and the AGENTS.md CLI reference mention
doctor too.
Moves the ~/.castle/{programs,deployments} dir creation and the minimal
castle.yaml (gateway.port: 9000) into install.sh's create_directories — seeded
only when absent, never clobbering an existing config. Drops the stale 'code/'
dir (program source lives in /data/repos now). README quick-start no longer
does the manual mkdir/printf; install.sh handles it.
Rebuild the README on the 'personal software estate' framing and bring it current:
programs vs deployments (manager → derived kind), the service/job/tool lenses,
'castle tool list --json' for assistants, and the new agent-launching mechanism
(castle.yaml agents: + the dashboard terminal dock). Fix stale claims — subdomain
routing (no path prefixes), defaults.env is explicit (no auto-injected convention
vars), /data/repos + /data/castle paths, castle deploy && castle start. Trim the
sprawling/stale API table to a pointer; link docs + AGENTS.md + CLAUDE.md.
The tools lens coding assistants need. 'castle tool list [--json]' lists tools
(programs with a manager:path deployment) surfacing each tool's actual EXECUTABLE
— resolved from pyproject [project.scripts], which can differ from the program
name (litellm-intent-router → intent-router) — plus description and install state.
'castle tool info <name> [--json]' details one; 'castle tool install|uninstall'.
--json is a clean machine-readable catalog for building context.
Sweep: main.py descriptions/help mention the tool lens; 'frontend'→'static' in
install help; add.py._detect drops the dead behavior return (add adopts source
only); stale comments/help fixed. Docs (CLAUDE.md/README/registry) document
'castle tool'. Tests: cli/tests/test_tool.py (list/info/json).
Suites: core 124, cli 29, castle-api 58.
Replace the conflated `runner` axis with two orthogonal ones: `manager`
(systemd|caddy|path|none) — who supervises/realizes a deployment — and, for
systemd only, a nested `launcher` (python|command|container|compose|node) — how
the process starts. ServiceSpec and JobSpec collapse into one manager-
discriminated DeploymentSpec union (Systemd/Caddy/Path/Remote); the services/
and jobs/ config dirs collapse into one deployments/ dir. The human "kind"
(service|job|tool|static|reference) is fully derived (kind_for), never stored —
the frontend kind is renamed static. behavior is gone.
- core: DeploymentSpec union + LaunchSpec + kind_for; legacy-aware loader
normalizes old runner shapes; CastleConfig.deployments with derived
services/jobs/tools views; registry.Deployment carries manager/launcher/kind.
- cli: service/job/tool as filtered views + a deployment group; --behavior→--kind,
create --runner→--launcher; lifecycle dispatches over config.deployments.
- castle-api: /deployments primary with /services,/jobs as views; summaries
derive kind; PUT/DELETE /config/deployments/{name} (services/jobs aliased).
- app: KindBadge, frontend→static everywhere, pick-a-kind creation wizard,
per-kind config editors.
- docs: single deployments/ layout, manager/launcher, static kind throughout.
Live migration verified byte-identical: regenerated Caddyfile and every unit
ExecStart line unchanged, so nothing restarted. Suites: core 124, cli 25,
castle-api 55; dashboard build + type-check clean.
- Introduced `_write_castle_config` function to scatter nested config into separate YAML files for programs, services, and jobs.
- Updated `castle_root` fixture to utilize the new config writing method.
- Added tests for configuration aggregation and scattering in `test_health.py`.
- Removed legacy unit handling from `manifest.py` and refactored related code in `config.py`.
- Updated documentation to reflect new configuration directory structure.
- Removed obsolete unit tests related to unit expansion.
- Extract all deploy logic from CLI into castle-core/deploy.py as a reusable deploy() function
* Resolves services/jobs to DeployedComponents
* Generates systemd units and Caddyfile
* Copies frontend assets and reloads systemd
* Returns DeployResult with deployed count and messages
- Simplify CLI deploy command to a thin wrapper calling castle_core.deploy()
- Add POST /deploy endpoint to castle-api for remote deployment management
* Supports optional {name} body param to deploy one or all services
* Returns deployment result as JSON
- Register deploy router in castle-api main.py
- Update README with new deploy endpoint documentation
This enables full remote management: build, test, lint, and deploy any castle
node over HTTP (e.g. POST http://node:9000/api/deploy)
Sync was a bootstrap command that ran `git submodule update` and `uv tool install` for each program. Neither machine uses git submodules anymore, and the install functionality is already available as a program action (`POST /programs/{name}/install`).
Removed files:
- cli/src/castle_cli/commands/sync.py
Updated files:
- cli/src/castle_cli/main.py (removed sync subparser and dispatch)
- README.md (removed sync from Quick Start and CLI reference)
Eliminates inconsistency where tools had their own filtered view but daemons and frontends didn't.
Changes:
- API: Removed tools router and ToolSummary/ToolDetail models. Added optional behavior query parameter to GET /programs for filtering by program type (tool, daemon, frontend).
- Frontend: Updated hooks to pass behavior param to usePrograms instead of separate useTools. Updated components to use ProgramSummary type. Removed useToolDetail hook.
- Docs: Updated API documentation to reflect program behavior filtering.
- Introduced `docx-extractor` for extracting content and metadata from Word .docx files.
- Added `docx2md` for converting Word .docx files to Markdown format.
- Implemented `gpt` for generating text using OpenAI's GPT models.
- Created `html2text` for converting HTML content to plain text.
- Developed `mbox2eml` for converting MBOX mailbox files to individual .eml files.
- Added `md2pdf` for converting Markdown files to PDF format.
- Introduced `mdscraper` for combining text files into a single markdown document.
- Created `pdf-extractor` for extracting content and metadata from PDF files.
- Developed `pdf2md` for converting PDF files to Markdown format.
- Implemented `protonmail` for managing ProtonMail emails via Bridge.
- Added `schedule` for managing systemd timers and services.
- Introduced `search` for managing searchable collections of files.
- Added `text-extractor` for extracting content and metadata from text files.
- Removed outdated recommendations document.
- Introduced `uv.lock` for dependency management with various packages including `pytest`, `colorama`, and `pluggy`.
- Added `pyrightconfig.json` for Python type checking configuration.
- Expanded `recommendations.md` with detailed scaling recommendations and project management strategies.
- Created shared `ruff.toml` for consistent linting across projects.
- Developed `Castle Tools` with various utilities including Android backup, browser automation, document conversion, and search tools.
- Implemented `backup-collect` and `schedule` tools for system administration tasks.
- Enhanced `search` functionality with indexing and querying capabilities using Tantivy.
- Added comprehensive documentation for each tool, including usage examples and installation instructions.
