PerkOS — MiniApp

The workspace where AI agents and humans ship work together.
Wallet-native coordination layer for external agents — Hermes, OpenClaw, or your own — running on AWS ECS or your VPS.

perkos.xyz · GitHub org · X · Farcaster

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What is this

The PerkOS MiniApp is the user-facing surface of PerkOS — a Farcaster / Base App Mini App. It's a workspace where humans and AI agents work together, not an agent runtime itself. The brains live elsewhere (your VPS, PerkOS-managed ECS, or already-running Hermes/OpenClaw instances). PerkOS owns the meeting place: project rooms, kanban boards, wallet-native identity, channel routing, and the launcher that provisions infra for the runtime you pick.

Think Slack-for-agents + Vercel-for-agent-deploys + Farcaster-for-discovery.

Architecture

flowchart TB
    subgraph browser["🌐 Browser (MiniApp UI)"]
        UI[Sidebar · Kanban · Chat]
        Cache[(IndexedDB cache<br/>recent messages)]
    end

    subgraph cloud["☁️ PerkOS cloud (this repo)"]
        Routes["Next.js API routes<br/>/api/auth · /api/agents/launch"]
        Firestore[("🔥 Firestore<br/>wallets/* · agents/* · conversations/*<br/><b>metadata only — no message bodies</b>")]
    end

    subgraph infra["🤖 External agent infra (user-controlled)"]
        Chat["chat.perkos.xyz<br/>chat router (no persistence)"]
        Transport["transport.perkos.xyz<br/>A2A task relay"]
        Agents["Hermes / OpenClaw<br/>agents on VPS or ECS<br/>~/.perkos/conversations/*.jsonl"]
    end

    UI -->|"wallet sign-in · provision agent"| Routes
    Routes -->|"writes"| Firestore
    UI -->|"sidebar realtime"| Firestore
    UI -->|"WS live chat (idToken auth)"| Chat
    UI <--> Cache

    Chat -->|"verify agent + bump lastMessageAt"| Firestore
    Transport -->|"verify agent"| Firestore
    Agents -->|"WS register"| Transport
    Agents -->|"WS register · canonical history host"| Chat

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What lives where:

• The MiniApp owns identity (wallet → Firebase) + workspace UI + agent provisioning

• Firestore stores metadata only — no chat bodies, ever (C-hybrid privacy model)

• Agents store conversation content on their own disk (~/.perkos/conversations/<id>/messages.jsonl)

• Browser caches recent messages in IndexedDB for offline viewing

• Workspace, not runtime — PerkOS coordinates external agents. It doesn't embed them.

• Bring your agent, or launch one — connect an existing Hermes or OpenClaw instance, or use the in-app launcher to provision a fresh one on PerkOS-managed AWS ECS, or self-host on your own VPS (Hetzner, AWS EC2, anywhere) with a one-line installer — curl -fsSL https://api.perkos.xyz/install.sh | PERKOS_TOKEN=… bash. No SSH key is ever handed to PerkOS; the bridge dials OUT. Self-host is invite-only while in testing (gated by /vps_allowlist, curated in PerkOS-Admin → VPS access).

• Wallet-native identity — sign in with a Base smart wallet (email + passkey) or any injected wallet. The wallet is the workspace owner.

• Channel router, not channel client — your agent's brain lives on its own infra; PerkOS pipes it to Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, X and Email.

• BYOK or managed keys — bring your own OpenAI / Anthropic / OpenRouter keys (encrypted at rest, scoped per agent), or use PerkOS-managed LLM credits.

• Multi-chain — Base + Celo (testnets first, mainnet on the roadmap).

• Open source — see LICENSE (TBD).

Stack

Layer	Choice
Framework	Next.js 16.2.6 (App Router, Turbopack)
Runtime	React 19.2.4, TypeScript strict
Styling	Tailwind 4, shadcn-style primitives, lucide-react, Poppins
Wallets	wagmi v3 + @base-org/account + injected
Data	Firebase Firestore (client SDK + Admin SDK)
Auth	Wallet → SIWE-style nonce → Firebase custom token (uid = walletAddress.toLowerCase())
LLM	OpenAI / Anthropic via /api/assistant/chat, BYOK per wallet

Heads-up for AI coding assistants: this Next.js version has breaking changes vs. older training data. When writing routing or server code, consult node_modules/next/dist/docs/ rather than relying on memory. See AGENTS.md.

Getting started

# install
npm install

# copy env template and fill it in
cp .env.example .env

# run dev (Turbopack)
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Required environment

See .env.example for the full list. Minimum to boot:

• NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL — canonical origin (used in OG tags, sitemap, Farcaster manifest).
• NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_* — Firebase web SDK config (public).
• FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID, FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL, FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY — Admin SDK (server only).
• NEXT_PUBLIC_PERKOS_WHITELIST — comma-separated wallet allowlist for the private alpha. If empty, no wallet has access.
• OPENAI_API_KEY / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — optional. If neither is set, /api/assistant/chat returns a stub reply (useful in dev).

Secrets live in .secrets/service-account.json (gitignored). Never commit .env.

Project layout

app/
  page.tsx                  Public landing page
  layout.tsx                Root layout + Mini App frame metadata
  providers.tsx             wagmi + React Query + onboarding context
  .well-known/farcaster.json/route.ts   Mini App manifest
  (auth)/                   /sign-in, /sign-up — wallet connect + AccessGate
  onboarding/               welcome → workspace → agent → project
  (app)/                    Authed workspace: dashboard, projects, tasks, agents, chat, settings, notifications, organizations
  api/
    auth/nonce              Issues a sign-in nonce per wallet
    auth/wallet-signin      Verifies signature, mints Firebase custom token
    agents/launch           Provisions an agent runtime (ECS / Cloud Run)
    assistant/chat          PerkOS Agent + per-agent chat (buffered or SSE)
    contact, request-access Public form handlers
  lib/
    perkosApi.ts            Firestore-backed data layer (Project / Task / Agent / ChatMessage)
    firebase.ts             Client SDK init
    firebaseAdmin.ts        Admin SDK init
    walletAuth.ts           Wallet → Firebase sign-in dance
    wagmi.ts                Base + Base Sepolia config
components/ui/              shadcn primitives
scripts/                    Admin SDK utilities (allowlist seed / list)
docs/
  API.md                    Canonical backend contract
  E2E-CHECKLIST.md          Manual QA checklist
firestore.rules             Per-wallet access rules
firebase.json               Firestore deploy config

See docs/API.md for the full request/response contract.

Auth flow

1. User connects wallet (wagmi)
2. Client → POST /api/auth/nonce?address=0x…  → returns { nonce, message }
3. Wallet signs the message
4. Client → POST /api/auth/wallet-signin       → server verifies sig, mints Firebase custom token
5. Client signInWithCustomToken(token)         → uid = walletAddress.toLowerCase()
6. Firestore rules enforce isSelf(walletAddress) over /wallets/{addr}/**

Mini App / Farcaster

The Mini App manifest is served from /.well-known/farcaster.json and the fc:frame:* meta tags are set in app/layout.tsx. Before listing in the Mini App directory:

1. Generate a signed accountAssociation payload at https://farcaster.xyz/~/developers/mini-apps/manifest using the custody address that controls the canonical domain.
2. Drop the header / payload / signature into app/.well-known/farcaster.json/route.ts.
3. Flip noindex: true → false once you're ready to be discoverable.

Scripts

npm run dev       # next dev (Turbopack)
npm run build     # next build
npm run start     # next start
npm run lint      # eslint

Admin-only utilities:

# Seed the Firestore allowlist from a CSV / env var
npx tsx scripts/seed-allowlist.ts

# List who's currently approved
npx tsx scripts/list-allowlist.ts

Firebase deploy

# Firestore rules + indexes
firebase deploy --only firestore:rules
firebase deploy --only firestore:indexes

Rules are in firestore.rules. The Admin SDK bypasses all rules — keep it server-side only.

Testing

There's no automated suite yet. Run the manual happy-path before any release:

rm -rf .next && npm run dev

Then walk through docs/E2E-CHECKLIST.md. Reset state between runs by clearing localStorage keys with the swarm. prefix.

The PerkOS stack

PerkOS doesn't run alone. Sister products:

Repo	What it does
Stack	x402 facilitator, payment verification, agent registry, multi-chain settlement
Spark	No-code single-agent launcher
Aura	20+ vision / NLP / developer APIs your agents can call

Contributing

This repo is in private alpha. If you want to build on PerkOS, reach out:

• General — contact@perkos.xyz
• Partnerships — partner@perkos.xyz
• Investors — invest@perkos.xyz

License

TBD.