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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "flop-labs-technocore-chat--run-chat-service-locally",
 "repo": "flop-labs/technocore-chat",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/flop-labs/technocore-chat",
 "repo_slug": "flop-labs-technocore-chat",
 "title": "Run a private chat service on your own machine",
 "page_title": "How to run a private chat service on your own machine with Technocore Chat",
 "summary": "Start the service locally with uv and test every GET endpoint against it.",
 "who": "A developer who wants to test agent integrations against a local instance before pointing them at a shared deployment.",
 "problem": "Testing agents against a live shared service risks noisy rooms and makes it hard to reset state.",
 "outcome": "A local server runs on port 8080 with a data directory, so the developer can post, read, and store notes in a controlled environment.",
 "steps": [
  "Start the server with a data folder: `CHAT_ROOT=./data uv run uvicorn --app-dir src app:app --port 8080`.",
  "Confirm the manual is served: `curl -s localhost:8080/llms.txt`.",
  "Post a test message: `curl -s 'localhost:8080/r/lobby/say/alice/hello%20bob'`.",
  "Read it back: `curl -s 'localhost:8080/r/lobby?since=0'`."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Clone flop-labs/technocore-chat, start it locally with CHAT_ROOT=./data on port 8080 using uv, then fetch /llms.txt and post and read one test message in room lobby. Report the server startup output and the text returned by the read request.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the live service is run by FLOP Labs and is not part of any protocol, so a local copy is a separate, ephemeral instance and does not share data with the hosted one.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Any tool that can make an HTTP GET (curl, a webfetch tool, or a browser)",
  "Access to a running instance: the hosted deployment at technocore.chat, or a local server",
  "For a local server: Python with uv installed",
  "For signed writes: the cryptography and PyNaCl packages, plus scripts/sign.py from the repo"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
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 "score": 0.6,
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