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### To test
- Ask the agent to “list all the things you can do and put them in a
markdown table”. I know we’re explicitly asking it for markdown, but I
don’t want to update the system prompt to ask it to make tables when
necessary because it’ll probably turn everything into a table, not sure
though, we can test in future.
- Notice how the loading is different
- Notice how the user chat is in a bubble but the agent chat is flat
(super standard design practice in AI tools, and looks much better when
the agent outputs mardown, expecially tables and needs room to do so)
- Ask it to do something different, then close the chat, and see that
the agent is marked as running and has a green outline and a green dot.
- Play around with resizing the chat to make it bigger/smaller
Open to any and all criticisms on any of the design choices, and of
course the usual, code etc.
Resizing
<img width="1572" height="812" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-01 at 2 47 53 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ec0ac1d0-01da-4025-bf7e-eea4eb544181"
/>
Loading (cool animation not visible through screenshot obviously)
<img width="559" height="141" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-01 at 2 53 41 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/99f0b1f5-1719-4d78-8947-21b142293052"
/>
Removed bubbles for agent chat (maybe controversial, let me know) and
markdown now renders properly again
<img width="654" height="1060" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-01 at 2 55 01 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/445f0889-a632-4751-9a16-f80ae388c632"
/>
Frontend
All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:
task frontend:dev— start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)task frontend:build— production buildtask frontend:test— run teststask frontend:test:watch— run tests in watch modetask frontend:lint— run ESLint + cycle detectiontask frontend:typecheck— run TypeScript type checkingtask frontend:check— run typecheck + lint + testtask frontend:install— install npm dependencies
For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.
Layout
frontend/ is a workspace containing one or more apps. Today it holds the
PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.)
will sit alongside it as siblings. Shared tooling — package.json, node_modules,
.storybook/, ESLint, Prettier — lives at frontend/ so every app installs
once and lints with the same config.
Environment Variables
The editor's environment variables live in committed .env files at
frontend/editor/:
.env— used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS).env.desktop— additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode.env.saas— additional vars loaded in SaaS mode
These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.
To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling editor/.env.local / editor/.env.desktop.local / editor/.env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.
Docker Setup
For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.
Tauri
All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:
Dev
task desktop:dev
This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.
Build
task desktop:build
This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.
Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux # Linux AppImage
JLink Tasks
You can also run JLink steps individually:
task desktop:jlink # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean # Remove JLink artifacts
Clean
task desktop:clean
Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.