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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "disler-durable-pi--run-durable-agent-on-own-machine",
 "repo": "disler/durable-pi",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/disler/durable-pi",
 "repo_slug": "disler-durable-pi",
 "title": "Run a durable agent on your own machine",
 "page_title": "How to run a durable agent on your own machine with Durable Pi",
 "summary": "Start a device server and web hub so an agent keeps running after you close the browser.",
 "who": "A developer who wants a long-running AI agent on a laptop or server that survives closing the browser or restarting the terminal.",
 "problem": "Chat sessions tied to one window stop when the window closes, and resume does not restore which tool call was running.",
 "outcome": "A local device server on port 4780 and a web UI on http://localhost:4781 that show one durable agent you can reopen at any time.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `cp .env.example .env`, then set OPENROUTER_API_KEY in .env.",
  "Run `cp dpi-network.example.yaml dpi-network.yaml`.",
  "Run `just install`, then `just net up local`.",
  "Run `just hub build`.",
  "In one terminal run `just backend run`. In a second terminal run `just hub start`.",
  "Open http://localhost:4781 in a browser and start a session on the local device."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the Durable Pi repo at <repo path>, follow the Manual Install steps in the README up to starting the hub on http://localhost:4781. Report the URL that responds and the names of the device and session shown in the web UI. Verify that the device appears as local in the network tree.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says remote devices need passwordless ssh and that exe.dev VMs need an exe.dev account, so start with the local device only.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js 24",
  "just",
  "zsh",
  "An OpenRouter API key for OPENROUTER_API_KEY in .env",
  "For remote devices: passwordless ssh, and an exe.dev account for exe.dev VMs"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "The setup writes a bearer token to ~/.dpi/backend.env and copies the OpenRouter key into each device's backend.env, so keep those files private."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
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