omalocal/omalocal.sh
28allday 1d43f3a69b omarchy-send: ship AI reply generator + seed ReplyCmd; document the Settings toggle
omarchy-send gained a built-in "AI auto-reply" toggle (Settings tab), so the
installer no longer ships an omarchy-send-ai wrapper. Instead:

- Install ~/.local/bin/omarchy-send-reply: a reply *generator* that gets the
  message in OMARCHY_MSG_* env and prints a short reply via the local claude CLI
  (resolved from PATH or mise). Reply-only: --tools "" means it can't act on a
  message; --permission-mode bypassPermissions avoids the first-run trust hang.
- Seed ~/.config/omarchy-send/config.json with replyCmd pointing at the
  generator via $HOME (no username baked in); omarchy-send fills the rest on
  first run. AutoReply stays off until the user flips it in Settings.
- SKILL.md / CLAUDE.md: document the message log (~/.local/state/.../messages.jsonl),
  the "receive only while the TUI is open" model, reply-by-ip/fingerprint, and the
  AI auto-reply Settings toggle; instruct the agent to use the toggle rather than
  build poll-loops or daemons.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 15:12:29 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# omalocal.sh — one script: turn a stock Arch ISO into a headless Arch
# server installer ISO that, on first login, offers to bootstrap the OMATERM
# toolkit (omaterm.org) + Once. Ready for Ventoy or dd.
#
# NOTE: this is the *ISO builder*, not the OMATERM toolkit itself. It bundles
# and installs the official OMATERM (https://omaterm.org); it is not affiliated
# with it.
#
# Usage:
# 1. Drop a stock Arch ISO (https://archlinux.org/download/, file starts
# with 'archlinux-') into the same folder as this script.
# 2. ./omalocal.sh
# 3. Output: omalocal-arch-YYYYMMDD.iso (Ventoy-compatible, dd-bootable).
#
# Dependencies: xorriso, squashfs-tools, git, sha512sum, sudo.
set -euo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
WORK="$SCRIPT_DIR/work"
INVOKING_USER="${SUDO_USER:-$(id -un)}"
INVOKING_GROUP="$(id -gn "$INVOKING_USER")"
OUT_ISO="$SCRIPT_DIR/omalocal-arch-$(date +%Y%m%d).iso"
# Clean up the work dir on any exit (success, error, or Ctrl-C). 2>/dev/null
# is in case $WORK never got created (e.g. we exited before mkdir).
trap 'sudo rm -rf "$WORK" 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT
# ===========================================================================
# write_installer — emit the live-ISO installer to the given path.
# This function holds the script that runs on the *target* machine inside
# the live ISO (auto-launched on tty1). It is intentionally embedded here so
# this file is the only artifact needed to rebuild the installer ISO.
# ===========================================================================
write_installer() {
cat > "$1" <<'__INSTALLER_PAYLOAD__'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
MARKER="/tmp/.installer-ran"
if [ -f "$MARKER" ]; then
echo
echo " Installer already ran this session."
echo " To retry: rm $MARKER && bash $0"
echo
exec /bin/bash
fi
touch "$MARKER"
# Mirror stdout/stderr to /tmp/installer.log. If the script aborts, the user
# can switch to tty2, log in as root, and `cat /tmp/installer.log` to see the
# last "==> ..." marker reached and any error printed by the failing command.
exec > >(tee /tmp/installer.log) 2>&1
if [ ! -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
echo "ERROR: not booted in UEFI mode. UEFI-only installer." >&2
exec /bin/bash
fi
clear
cat <<'BANNER'
=============================================
=== Arch Linux Installer ===
=============================================
BANNER
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- network ----
WIFI_SSID=""
WIFI_PSK=""
# Use an HTTP(S) probe, not ICMP: networks that route fine but block outbound
# ping (some hotel/corporate/captive setups) would otherwise loop here forever
# even though pacstrap would work. curl ships on the archiso live image.
have_net() { curl -fsS --max-time 4 https://archlinux.org/ -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; }
setup_wired() {
echo " Bringing up wired interfaces and waiting for DHCP..."
for ifpath in /sys/class/net/*; do
iface=$(basename "$ifpath")
case "$iface" in
lo|wl*) continue ;;
esac
ip link set "$iface" up 2>/dev/null || true
done
systemctl restart systemd-networkd 2>/dev/null || true
for _ in $(seq 1 20); do
have_net && return 0
sleep 1
done
return 1
}
setup_wifi() {
local dev
dev=$(iwctl device list 2>/dev/null | awk '/station/ {print $2; exit}')
if [ -z "$dev" ]; then
echo " No Wi-Fi device found."
return 1
fi
echo " Wi-Fi device: $dev"
rfkill unblock wifi 2>/dev/null || true
ip link set "$dev" up 2>/dev/null || true
iwctl station "$dev" scan 2>/dev/null || true
echo " Scanning (3s)..."
sleep 3
echo
echo " Visible networks:"
iwctl station "$dev" get-networks 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^/ /' | head -25
echo
read -rp " SSID: " ssid </dev/tty
read -rp " Open network (no password)? [y/N] " is_open </dev/tty
if [[ "$is_open" =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then
wpass=""
if ! iwctl station "$dev" connect "$ssid"; then
echo " iwctl connect failed."
return 1
fi
else
read -rsp " Wi-Fi password: " wpass </dev/tty; echo
if ! iwctl --passphrase "$wpass" station "$dev" connect "$ssid"; then
echo " iwctl connect failed."
return 1
fi
fi
echo " Waiting up to 20s for connection..."
for _ in $(seq 1 20); do
if have_net; then
WIFI_SSID="$ssid"
WIFI_PSK="$wpass"
return 0
fi
sleep 1
done
return 1
}
echo "==> Checking network..."
if have_net; then
echo " Connected."
else
while ! have_net; do
echo
echo " No internet. Pick one:"
echo " 1) Wired (try DHCP)"
echo " 2) Wi-Fi (iwctl wrapper)"
echo " 3) Open shell to configure manually (type 'exit' to return)"
read -rp " [1-3]: " N </dev/tty
case "$N" in
1) setup_wired || echo " Wired didn't come up." ;;
2) setup_wifi || echo " Wi-Fi didn't come up." ;;
3) bash ;;
*) echo " Invalid." ;;
esac
done
echo " Connected."
fi
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- prompts ----
while true; do
read -rp " Hostname [arch]: " HOSTNAME </dev/tty
HOSTNAME="${HOSTNAME:-arch}"
[[ "$HOSTNAME" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,62}$ ]] && break
echo " Invalid (RFC 1123: letters/digits/hyphen, no leading hyphen, max 63 chars)."
done
while true; do
read -rp " Username: " USERNAME </dev/tty
[[ "$USERNAME" =~ ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{0,30}$ ]] && break
echo " Invalid (lowercase, starts a-z or _, max 31 chars)."
done
while true; do
read -rsp " Password for $USERNAME (also used for root): " PW1 </dev/tty; echo
read -rsp " Confirm password: " PW2 </dev/tty; echo
if [ -z "$PW1" ]; then echo " Empty — try again."; continue; fi
if [ "$PW1" != "$PW2" ]; then echo " Mismatch — try again."; continue; fi
break
done
USER_PW="$PW1"
echo
echo " Available disks:"
mapfile -t DISKS < <(lsblk -d -n -p -o NAME,SIZE,MODEL | grep -Ev '/dev/(loop|sr|zram|fd)')
if [ "${#DISKS[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
echo " No disks found. Dropping to shell."
exec /bin/bash
fi
for i in "${!DISKS[@]}"; do
printf " %d) %s\n" $((i+1)) "${DISKS[$i]}"
done
echo
while true; do
read -rp " Pick a disk [1-${#DISKS[@]}]: " N </dev/tty
[[ "$N" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$N" -ge 1 ] && [ "$N" -le "${#DISKS[@]}" ] && break
done
DISK=$(awk '{print $1}' <<<"${DISKS[$((N-1))]}")
echo
echo " About to ERASE EVERYTHING on: $DISK"
read -rp " Type the disk path exactly to confirm: " CONFIRM </dev/tty
if [ "$CONFIRM" != "$DISK" ]; then
echo " Mismatch — aborting."
exec /bin/bash
fi
if [[ "$DISK" =~ nvme|mmcblk ]]; then
EFI_PART="${DISK}p1"; ROOT_PART="${DISK}p2"
else
EFI_PART="${DISK}1"; ROOT_PART="${DISK}2"
fi
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- install ----
echo
echo "==> Wiping $DISK..."
swapoff -a || true
umount -R /mnt 2>/dev/null || true
wipefs -af "$DISK"
sgdisk --zap-all "$DISK"
echo "==> Partitioning (512M EFI + rest ext4)..."
sgdisk -n1:0:+512M -t1:ef00 -c1:EFI "$DISK"
sgdisk -n2:0:0 -t2:8300 -c2:ROOT "$DISK"
partprobe "$DISK"
udevadm settle
echo "==> Formatting..."
mkfs.fat -F32 -n EFI "$EFI_PART"
mkfs.ext4 -F -L ROOT "$ROOT_PART"
echo "==> Mounting..."
mount "$ROOT_PART" /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mount "$EFI_PART" /mnt/boot
echo "==> Pacstrap (this is the slow bit)..."
pacstrap -K /mnt \
base linux linux-firmware intel-ucode amd-ucode \
networkmanager openssh sudo git curl vim less \
base-devel ufw avahi nss-mdns \
kitty-terminfo foot-terminfo ghostty-terminfo rxvt-unicode-terminfo
echo "==> Generating fstab..."
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
echo "==> Configuring base system in chroot..."
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash <<'CHROOT'
set -e
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
sed -i 's/^#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf
echo 'KEYMAP=us' > /etc/vconsole.conf
sed -i 's/^# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/' /etc/sudoers
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
systemctl enable sshd.service
# Avahi/mDNS so the box is reachable as <hostname>.local on the LAN (and can
# resolve other .local hosts). Insert mdns_minimal ahead of 'resolve' on the
# hosts: NSS line per the Arch wiki recommendation.
systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
sed -i '/^hosts:/ s/\bresolve\b/mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve/' /etc/nsswitch.conf
bootctl install
cat > /boot/loader/loader.conf <<LOADER
default arch.conf
timeout 3
console-mode max
editor no
LOADER
CHROOT
# Firewall — mirror Omarchy's first-run/firewall.sh defaults. Kept OUTSIDE the
# strict chroot block: ufw in a chroot can't apply rules to netfilter and
# returns non-zero on some versions, which would abort the install under
# 'set -e'. We tolerate each rule write individually, then set ENABLED=yes
# directly in /etc/ufw/ufw.conf and enable the service so it applies at boot.
echo "==> Configuring firewall (best-effort writes inside chroot)..."
arch-chroot /mnt ufw default deny incoming || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw default allow outgoing || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 22/tcp || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 80/tcp || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 443/tcp || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 5353/udp || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 53317/tcp || true
arch-chroot /mnt ufw allow 53317/udp || true
sed -i 's/^ENABLED=no/ENABLED=yes/' /mnt/etc/ufw/ufw.conf
arch-chroot /mnt systemctl enable ufw.service
echo "==> Writing hostname / hosts..."
echo "$HOSTNAME" > /mnt/etc/hostname
cat > /mnt/etc/hosts <<HOSTS
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 $HOSTNAME.localdomain $HOSTNAME
HOSTS
echo "==> Creating user $USERNAME..."
arch-chroot /mnt useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash "$USERNAME"
printf 'root:%s\n%s:%s\n' "$USER_PW" "$USERNAME" "$USER_PW" | arch-chroot /mnt chpasswd
# ----------------------------------------------------------- ssh handoff ----
if [ -f /root/master.pub ]; then
echo "==> Installing master SSH key for $USERNAME..."
install -m 700 -d "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.ssh"
install -m 600 /root/master.pub "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys"
arch-chroot /mnt chown -R "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" "/home/$USERNAME/.ssh"
echo "==> Locking sshd to key-only auth..."
install -m 755 -d /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
cat > /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-key-only.conf <<'SSHD'
PasswordAuthentication no
KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
PermitRootLogin no
SSHD
else
echo " (no /root/master.pub on the ISO — skipping SSH key handoff)"
fi
# ---------------------------------------------- ~/.local/bin on PATH --------
# Put ~/.local/bin onto every login shell's PATH so user-installed binaries
# (omarchy-send, mise, pipx, future cargo installs, etc.) are runnable without
# manual PATH edits or a relog after OMATERM. /etc/profile.d/*.sh is sourced by
# /etc/profile for any login shell, before user dotfiles, so this works even
# during the firstrun script (which runs inside the initial login shell).
echo "==> Adding ~/.local/bin to PATH for all login shells..."
install -d -m 755 /mnt/etc/profile.d
cat > /mnt/etc/profile.d/local-bin.sh <<'PROFILE_LOCAL_BIN'
# Add ~/.local/bin to PATH for login shells (idempotent).
case ":$PATH:" in
*":$HOME/.local/bin:"*) ;;
*) [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] && PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" ;;
esac
PROFILE_LOCAL_BIN
chmod 644 /mnt/etc/profile.d/local-bin.sh
# ---------------------------------------------- mise shims on PATH ----------
# Put mise's shims dir on PATH for every login shell so globally-installed mise
# tools (claude, codex, opencode, gemini, node, ...) are runnable from the
# command line — including non-interactive `ssh host <cmd>` runs — without
# depending on `mise activate` being wired into the user's dotfiles. The dir is
# created by mise the first time a tool is installed; the [ -d ] guard means
# this is a no-op until then, then takes effect on the next login shell.
echo "==> Adding mise shims to PATH for all login shells..."
cat > /mnt/etc/profile.d/mise-shims.sh <<'PROFILE_MISE_SHIMS'
# Add mise's shims dir to PATH for login shells (idempotent).
mise_shims="${MISE_DATA_DIR:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/mise}/shims"
case ":$PATH:" in
*":$mise_shims:"*) ;;
*) [ -d "$mise_shims" ] && PATH="$mise_shims:$PATH" ;;
esac
unset mise_shims
PROFILE_MISE_SHIMS
chmod 644 /mnt/etc/profile.d/mise-shims.sh
# ---------------------------------------------------- omalocal first-run ------
# Offer to install omaterm on the user's first *interactive* login. This box is
# headless + key-only SSH, so "first boot" really means "first ssh login" — a
# .bash_profile hook is the only place we can take interactive stdin. The hook
# is guarded by [ -t 0 ] so non-interactive `ssh host <cmd>` runs never consume
# it, and it self-removes after running so the user is asked exactly once.
echo "==> Installing omalocal first-login prompt for $USERNAME..."
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh" <<'OMALOCAL_FIRSTRUN'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Shown once, on first interactive login. Remove ourselves up-front: OMATERM's
# installer ends with `exec bash -l`, which re-sources ~/.bash_profile. If this
# file still existed at that point the first-run hook would re-fire and we'd
# recurse into the welcome prompt. Deleting it now (rather than letting the
# .bash_profile hook delete it after we return) makes the prompt strictly once.
rm -f "$HOME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh"
clear
cat <<'BANNER'
============================================================
=== Welcome to OMATERM + Once ===
============================================================
This is a fresh Arch Linux server installed by omalocal.
Setting up the server installs two things:
OMATERM — a terminal-first toolkit: starship, neovim, tmux,
mise, docker, lazygit, yay, plus AI agents
(claude-code, codex, opencode, gemini), etc.
Once — Basecamp's self-hosted app deployment platform.
Optional extra:
Omarchy-Send — terminal-UI LocalSend-compatible file transfer
and messaging (the firewall already opens 53317).
Installers (run any of these later if you skip):
curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash
curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash
BANNER
setup_server=0
read -rp " Set up this server (OMATERM + Once) now? [Y/n] " ans </dev/tty
case "$ans" in
[Nn]*)
echo
echo " Skipped. To set up later, run:"
echo " curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh"
echo " curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash"
echo
;;
*)
setup_server=1
# Install Once FIRST. OMATERM is deferred to the very end of this script
# because its installer finishes with `exec bash -l`, hijacking this shell
# and dropping the user straight into their new tmux session — nothing after
# that call would ever run. So Once (and Omarchy-Send below) go first.
echo
echo " [1/2] Installing Once..."
if curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh; then
echo " Once installed."
else
echo " Once install did not complete — retry later with:"
echo " curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh"
fi
# Deploying Once apps reachable on the LAN: use once-add. The Once TUI
# can't do it here (static binary can't resolve .local during its verify,
# and it forces TLS). once-add does the /etc/hosts + --disable-tls dance;
# once-mdns-sync then publishes <name>.local to the LAN.
echo
echo " Deploying web apps reachable on your network:"
echo " Use once-add (NOT the Once TUI for LAN apps):"
echo " once-add # interactive wizard"
echo " once-add book ghcr.io/basecamp/writebook # non-interactive"
echo " -> reachable at http://book.local from any machine on the LAN."
echo " Use a single-label name; it serves over http:// (no TLS on a LAN box)."
;;
esac
# Omarchy-Send is independent of OMATERM/Once — offered separately so a user
# can take it without the rest, or skip it after taking Once.
echo
read -rp " Install Omarchy-Send (TUI file transfer / messaging) now? [Y/n] " ans </dev/tty
case "$ans" in
[Nn]*)
echo
echo " Skipped. To install later, run:"
echo " curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash"
echo
;;
*)
echo
echo " Installing Omarchy-Send..."
if curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash; then
echo " Omarchy-Send installed."
echo " Run it in an interactive shell: omarchy-send"
echo " (Needs a real TTY — over SSH use 'ssh -tt' for scripted runs.)"
else
echo " Omarchy-Send install did not complete — retry later with:"
echo " curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash"
fi
echo
;;
esac
# OMATERM goes LAST. Its installer (omaterm.org/install) ends with `exec bash -l`,
# which replaces this shell and drops the user into their configured tmux session
# — so nothing after this call would run, which is exactly why it's the closer.
# OMATERM now also installs the AI agents itself (node, opencode, claude-code,
# codex, gemini are in its mise.packages), so there's no separate agent step.
if [ "$setup_server" = 1 ]; then
echo
echo " [2/2] Installing OMATERM (toolkit + AI agents: claude-code, codex,"
echo " opencode, gemini)... when it finishes you'll be dropped straight"
echo " into your new shell."
echo
curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash || {
echo " OMATERM install did not complete — retry later with:"
echo " curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash"
}
fi
OMALOCAL_FIRSTRUN
# Append the one-shot hook. Only fires on an interactive login shell, and only
# while the firstrun script still exists; both conditions clear after first use.
cat >> "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.bash_profile" <<'OMALOCAL_PROFILE_HOOK'
# --- omalocal first-run prompt (self-removing) ---
if [ -t 0 ] && [ -f "$HOME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh" ]; then
bash "$HOME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh"
rm -f "$HOME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh"
fi
# --- end omalocal first-run prompt ---
OMALOCAL_PROFILE_HOOK
arch-chroot /mnt chown "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" \
"/home/$USERNAME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh" "/home/$USERNAME/.bash_profile"
arch-chroot /mnt chmod 755 "/home/$USERNAME/.omalocal-firstrun.sh"
# ------------------------------------------------ once-mdns-sync daemon ------
# Publishes <name>.local on the LAN for each Once app (apps are deployed via
# once-add as single-label <name>.local). mDNS has no wildcard, so the
# box must announce each name; this daemon watches the *.local hostnames Once is
# actually serving (from each app container's `once` label) and keeps a matching
# set of mDNS aliases published. Enabled below; idles until docker + apps exist.
echo "==> Installing once-mdns-sync (auto *.local mDNS for Once apps)..."
install -d -m 755 /mnt/usr/local/bin
cat > /mnt/usr/local/bin/once-mdns-sync <<'ONCE_MDNS_SYNC'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Publish an mDNS alias for every *.local hostname Once is currently serving,
# so apps deployed as <name>.local are reachable from
# other machines on the LAN without any per-app setup. Reconciles on start and
# every RECONCILE_SECS; one `avahi-publish` child per announced name.
set -uo pipefail
RECONCILE_SECS="${RECONCILE_SECS:-20}"
self="$(uname -n).local" # uname is in coreutils; `hostname` isn't in base Arch
declare -A PUB # hostname -> avahi-publish PID
PUB_IP="" # address the current publishers were started with
current_ip() {
local ip
ip=$(ip -4 route get 1.1.1.1 2>/dev/null \
| awk '{for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i=="src") {print $(i+1); exit}}')
if [ -z "$ip" ]; then
# No default route (isolated LAN): first global-scope IPv4 that isn't a
# container (docker/bridge/veth) or VPN (tailscale/wg) interface, so we
# announce a real LAN address rather than a container or overlay IP.
ip=$(ip -4 -o addr show scope global 2>/dev/null \
| awk '$2 !~ /^(docker|br-|veth|tailscale|wg)/ {sub(/\/.*/, "", $4); print $4; exit}')
fi
printf '%s' "$ip"
}
# The "host" field of each running app container's `once` label, kept only when
# it's a *.local name. Once stores ApplicationSettings as JSON in the `once`
# label (basecamp/once: internal/docker/application.go sets labelKey "once" on
# the app container; application_settings.go marshals Host as json:"host"), so
# we pull that one field rather than scanning the whole blob — no false matches
# from image names, env values, etc.
wanted_hosts() {
local ids
ids=$(docker ps -q 2>/dev/null) || return 0
[ -n "$ids" ] || return 0
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
docker inspect --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "once" }}' $ids 2>/dev/null \
| grep -oP '"host"\s*:\s*"\K[^"]+' \
| grep -iE '\.local$' \
| tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' \
| sort -u
}
reconcile() {
local ip; ip="$(current_ip)"
[ -n "$ip" ] || return 0
local h
# If the box's address changed, drop every publisher so they re-register
# against the new IP on the pass below (no manual restart needed on DHCP).
if [ "$ip" != "$PUB_IP" ]; then
for h in "${!PUB[@]}"; do
kill "${PUB[$h]}" 2>/dev/null || true
unset 'PUB[$h]'
done
PUB_IP="$ip"
fi
declare -A want=()
while IFS= read -r h; do
[ -z "$h" ] && continue
[ "$h" = "$self" ] && continue # avahi-daemon already owns our own name
want["$h"]=1
done < <(wanted_hosts)
# Drop publishers that are no longer wanted or whose process has died.
for h in "${!PUB[@]}"; do
if [ -z "${want[$h]:-}" ] || ! kill -0 "${PUB[$h]}" 2>/dev/null; then
kill "${PUB[$h]}" 2>/dev/null || true
unset 'PUB[$h]'
fi
done
# Start publishers for newly wanted names.
for h in "${!want[@]}"; do
if [ -z "${PUB[$h]:-}" ]; then
avahi-publish -a -R "$h" "$ip" &
PUB["$h"]=$!
fi
done
}
cleanup() { local p; for p in "${PUB[@]}"; do kill "$p" 2>/dev/null || true; done; exit 0; }
trap cleanup TERM INT
while :; do
reconcile
sleep "$RECONCILE_SECS"
done
ONCE_MDNS_SYNC
chmod 755 /mnt/usr/local/bin/once-mdns-sync
cat > /mnt/etc/systemd/system/once-mdns-sync.service <<'ONCE_MDNS_UNIT'
[Unit]
Description=Auto-publish mDNS aliases for *.local hostnames served by Once
Requires=avahi-daemon.service
After=avahi-daemon.service docker.service network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/once-mdns-sync
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
ONCE_MDNS_UNIT
arch-chroot /mnt systemctl enable once-mdns-sync.service
# ------------------------------------------------ once-add binary ------------
# Bubble Tea TUI + non-interactive CLI for deploying a Once app reachable on the
# LAN as <name>.local. Works around two hard constraints of Once on a private
# box (both verified):
# 1. The `once` binary is statically linked (pure-Go resolver), so its
# post-deploy HTTP verification can't resolve mDNS/.local names — only
# /etc/hosts or real DNS. once-add adds the /etc/hosts entry so verify
# resolves the host to loopback and passes.
# 2. The TUI install forces TLS on and can't get a Let's Encrypt cert for a
# private .local host, so the app is rolled back. once-add runs the deploy
# with --disable-tls; once-mdns-sync then publishes <name>.local on the LAN.
# Source + releases: https://github.com/28allday/once-add
echo "==> Installing once-add (deploy a Once app as <name>.local)..."
ONCE_ADD_URL="https://github.com/28allday/once-add/releases/latest/download/once-add"
if curl -fsSL "$ONCE_ADD_URL" -o /mnt/usr/local/bin/once-add; then
chmod 755 /mnt/usr/local/bin/once-add
echo " once-add installed."
else
rm -f /mnt/usr/local/bin/once-add
echo " !! could not download once-add (network?) — install it later with:"
echo " curl -fsSL $ONCE_ADD_URL \\"
echo " -o once-add && sudo install -m 755 once-add /usr/local/bin/once-add && rm once-add"
fi
echo "==> Pre-installing Claude skill (omalocal-server) for $USERNAME..."
install -d -m 755 "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.claude/skills/omalocal-server"
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.claude/skills/omalocal-server/SKILL.md" <<'SKILL_EOF'
---
name: omalocal-server
description: Context and shortcuts for an Arch Linux server provisioned by omalocal. Use when working on this host — deploying a web app with Once (especially CHOOSING THE APP'S DOMAIN so it's reachable on the LAN), installing services, managing the firewall (ufw), opening ports, debugging systemd units, checking what's listening, deploying docker, adding SSH keys, or anything that touches the box's baseline config.
---
# About this host
Installed by `omalocal.sh`, a single-script patcher that takes a stock Arch ISO and produces a headless install. The host was provisioned with:
- **Base packages**: `base linux linux-firmware intel-ucode amd-ucode networkmanager openssh sudo git curl vim less base-devel ufw avahi nss-mdns kitty-terminfo foot-terminfo ghostty-terminfo rxvt-unicode-terminfo`
- **SSH**: enabled, **key-only** (`/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-key-only.conf` sets `PasswordAuthentication no`, `KbdInteractiveAuthentication no`, `PermitRootLogin no`). The master machine's public key was baked into `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` at install time.
- **Firewall**: ufw enabled with default deny incoming, allow outgoing. Open: `22/tcp` (SSH), `80/tcp` + `443/tcp` (web / Once), `5353/udp` (mDNS), `53317/tcp` + `53317/udp` (LocalSend).
- **mDNS**: avahi-daemon enabled and `mdns_minimal` wired into `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, so the box is reachable LAN-wide as `<hostname>.local` (try `ssh <user>@<hostname>.local`). The `once-mdns-sync.service` daemon (`/usr/local/bin/once-mdns-sync`) auto-publishes an mDNS alias for every single-label `*.local` host Once is serving — so apps deployed via `once-add` (as `<name>.local`) are reachable LAN-wide. See the "Deploying a Once app reachable on the LAN" recipe for the deploy side.
- **Init**: systemd. Networking via NetworkManager (`nmcli`).
- **Bootloader**: systemd-boot at `/boot/loader/`.
- **Login banner**: `/etc/issue` shows hostname + IPv4 + ssh hint above the console login prompt.
On the user's first interactive login a self-removing `~/.bash_profile` hook offers to set up the server. Once is installed first; OMATERM is installed last because its installer ends with `exec bash -l` and drops the user straight into their new shell:
- **Once** (https://once.com) — `curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh` — Basecamp's self-hosted app deployment platform.
- **Omaterm** (https://omaterm.org) — `curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash` — terminal-first toolkit: starship, neovim, tmux, mise, docker, lazygit, yay, plus AI agents (claude-code, codex, opencode, gemini), etc. OMATERM installs the AI agents itself (they're in its `mise.packages`), so there's no separate agent step.
If the user declined, install them manually with those same two commands.
# Common admin recipes
## Open a port
```bash
sudo ufw allow 8080/tcp
sudo ufw status numbered # see rules with line numbers
sudo ufw delete 3 # remove rule 3
sudo ufw reload
```
## Add another SSH key
```bash
echo 'ssh-ed25519 AAAA... comment' >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
```
## Re-enable password SSH (if locked out and want to remove key-only)
```bash
sudo rm /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-key-only.conf
sudo systemctl restart sshd
```
## See what's listening
```bash
ss -tulpn # all listening sockets
sudo ss -tulpn | grep -E ':22|:80|:443' # specific ports
```
## Install and start docker
```bash
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm docker docker-compose
sudo systemctl enable --now docker
sudo usermod -aG docker "$USER" # log out and back in after
```
## Make docker play nicely with ufw (Omarchy's pattern)
```bash
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm ufw-docker
sudo ufw-docker install
sudo ufw reload
```
## Static IP via NetworkManager
```bash
nmcli con show # find connection name
nmcli con mod "<name>" ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses 192.168.1.X/24
nmcli con mod "<name>" ipv4.gateway 192.168.1.1 ipv4.dns "1.1.1.1 9.9.9.9"
nmcli con up "<name>"
```
## Deploying a Once app reachable on the LAN
Use `once-add` — interactive wizard or one-liner:
```bash
once-add # interactive wizard (Add / Remove)
once-add book ghcr.io/basecamp/writebook # non-interactive add
once-add remove book # remove app + its /etc/hosts entry
# -> reachable at http://<name>.local from any LAN machine (Linux + macOS)
```
`<name>` must be a **single label** (`book`, not `book.devbox`). It serves over
**http://** (no TLS on a private box).
Curated apps live in `/etc/once-add/apps.toml` (seeded with Writebook + Campfire
on first run) — edit it to add your own picks for the wizard.
### Why the TUI / plain `once deploy` DON'T work here (verified, important)
Two hard constraints, both confirmed on this box:
1. **`once` is statically linked** (`file /usr/local/bin/once` → "statically
linked, Go") → pure-Go resolver → it queries `/etc/hosts` + real DNS only,
**never mDNS/nss**. So its post-deploy `GET http://<host>/up` verification
can't resolve a `.local` (or `.localhost`) name, verification fails, and
`VerifyHTTPOrRemove` **deletes the container**.
2. **The TUI install forces TLS on** (no toggle) and verifies over **https**;
kamal-proxy can't get a Let's Encrypt cert for a private `.local` host, so it
fails the same way.
`once-add` works around both, which is the whole recipe — replicate by hand if needed:
```bash
echo "127.0.0.1 <name>.local" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts # so verify resolves to loopback
once deploy <image> --host <name>.local --disable-tls # CLI: TLS off, http verify passes
```
`/etc/hosts` is read by the Go resolver before DNS (and Tailscale only rewrites
`resolv.conf`, not `hosts`, so it survives). `once update <host> --host … --disable-tls`
changes a live app's host/TLS **without** re-verifying.
**Removing a LAN app:** use `once-add remove <name>` rather than the Once UI —
the UI removes the container but orphans the `/etc/hosts` line, leaving stale
state. `once-add remove` clears both (and the orphaned-line case where the app
is already gone).
### The LAN-publish side (already automatic)
`once-mdns-sync.service` reads the `host` field of each running app container's
`once` label, keeps the `*.local` ones, and runs `avahi-publish -a -R <host>
<box-ip>` per name (reconciles ~20s; re-registers on IP change). That's what
makes `<name>.local` resolve on other machines.
```bash
systemctl status once-mdns-sync
journalctl -u once-mdns-sync -f
pgrep -af avahi-publish # what's currently announced
docker inspect --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "once" }}' <container> # an app's host
```
Notes:
- **Single-label only**: Linux `mdns_minimal` resolves `book.local` but NOT
`book.devbox.local` (multi-label). macOS resolves both; stick to single-label
for cross-platform.
- `*.localhost` only resolves on this box; never use it for LAN apps.
- Clients must speak mDNS (macOS, Linux+nss-mdns, Windows 10+, iOS — most do).
## Sending files / messages to or from this box (Omarchy-Send)
If `omarchy-send` is installed (offered at first login), it's a
LocalSend-compatible terminal client living at `~/.local/bin/omarchy-send`.
Firewall already opens **53317/tcp+udp** for it. LocalSend on phones and the
desktop discover this box on the LAN automatically.
```bash
omarchy-send # the TUI (Devices / Transfers / Messages / Manage / Settings)
omarchy-send --alias "Gold Cluster" # one-off alias override
```
The TUI needs a real TTY — over SSH that means an interactive session (or
`ssh -tt user@host omarchy-send` for scripted runs).
### Headless one-shot message send (no TTY — for scripts/cron)
Since **v0.1.6** a plain-text message can be sent with NO TUI and NO TTY, so it
works from a bare `ssh user@host '...'`, a cron job, or a deploy hook on this
headless box — ideal for pinging your desktop or phone from the server:
```bash
omarchy-send --to "<peer alias>" --message "backup finished"
omarchy-send --to "Slate Starburst" --message "deploy done" --wait 20s # peer-discovery timeout (default 15s)
omarchy-send --to "<alias>" --message "hi" --send-pin 2468 # if the target requires a PIN
omarchy-send --to-ip 192.168.1.40 --message "on it" # reply straight to an IP (no discovery wait)
omarchy-send --to-fingerprint AB12… --message "on it" # reply to a stable fingerprint (robust)
```
Matches the target by display name (case-insensitive), discovers it over
multicast (waits up to `--wait`), sends, prints a one-line result, and exits
non-zero if the peer isn't found or the send fails. Discovery-only — it doesn't
bind the receiver port, so it's safe to run while the TUI is also up. File
sending stays in the TUI for now. To reply to someone who messaged you, prefer
`--to-ip`/`--to-fingerprint` with the values from the message log (below) —
aliases aren't unique and can change.
### Reading messages people send you (where an agent looks)
Two places:
- **The Messages tab** in the TUI (interactive).
- **The message log** — a JSON Lines file at
**`~/.local/state/omarchy-send/messages.jsonl`** (honours `XDG_STATE_HOME`).
This is where a script/agent should look. One JSON object per received message
*or* file, appended and `fsync`'d the instant it arrives, recording **who** sent
it — not just the text:
```json
{"ts":"2026-05-30T10:42:01Z","dir":"in","type":"message","id":"01J…",
"text":"are the movies up?","from_alias":"Slate Starburst",
"from_fingerprint":"AB12…","from_ip":"192.168.1.40",
"device_model":"pixel","device_type":"mobile"}
```
Files appear as `"type":"file"` with `filename`/`size`; the file bytes land in
`~/Omarchy-Send/`. To consume: `tail -F ~/.local/state/omarchy-send/messages.jsonl`,
filter `type=="message"`, dedupe by `id` (sortable by time), and reply with
`omarchy-send --to-ip <from_ip> --message "…"`.
> **The receiver only runs while the TUI is open.** omarchy-send has NO background
> daemon: it receives, logs, and can be replied-to **only while `omarchy-send` is
> running in a terminal** (e.g. under `tmux new -s oms 'omarchy-send'`). When the
> TUI is closed, nothing is received and the log does not grow — treat "TUI not
> running" as "offline, nothing to do".
### Auto-reply to messages (opt-in, AI-powered)
omarchy-send has a built-in **AI auto-reply** toggle. Open the TUI, go to the
**Settings** tab, and press **`r`** to turn it on (the row shows `on`). While it's
on, each incoming message is answered by the local `claude` CLI and the reply is
sent back to the sender automatically. Run the TUI under tmux so it persists:
```bash
tmux new -s oms 'omarchy-send' # then: Settings tab → press r to enable AI auto-reply
```
How it works: a reply *generator* (`~/.local/bin/omarchy-send-reply`, pre-seeded
as the config's `replyCmd`) gets the message in `OMARCHY_MSG_*` env and prints a
reply; omarchy-send sends it. It is:
- **A runtime toggle** — flip it in Settings (`r`); the state persists in config.
Plain receiving (toggle off) never auto-replies.
- **Reply-only** — the generator gives the model no tools (`--tools ""`), so an
unauthenticated LAN sender can't make this box do anything but emit a text reply.
- **Tied to the TUI** — auto-reply (like all receiving) happens only while the TUI
is open; quit it (`q`) and the box stops replying. No background daemon.
Requires the `claude` CLI installed and authenticated for this user (omaterm
installs it; run `claude` once interactively to log in). The generator resolves
`claude` from PATH or `mise`.
> Don't enable AI auto-reply on two boxes pointed at each other — each would
> reply to the other's reply forever. Phones / desktops running plain LocalSend
> don't auto-reply, so messaging with them is fine.
**If a user asks you (the AI) to "monitor and reply to messages": tell them to
enable AI auto-reply in the Settings tab** (or, if asked, `omarchy-send` with
`AutoReply` set). That is the supported mechanism and it switches off cleanly when
the TUI closes. Do NOT build a polling loop, a `tail -F` watcher, or a background
process to do it yourself — those miss messages in bursts, outlive their purpose,
and contradict the TUI-only model. (For a brief, supervised look within your own
session you may tail the JSON Lines log and stop when the user is done.)
### Desktop notifications
A running receiver raises a `notify-send` notification on an incoming
message/file. On this headless box it self-disables (no `notify-send` / session
bus), so it's a no-op here — its value is that a *desktop* running omarchy-send
pops a mako toast when this server messages it. Suppress with `--no-notify` or
the `n` key in Settings.
If install was skipped:
```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash
```
Received files land in `~/Omarchy-Send/`.
## journald cheatsheet
```bash
journalctl -u sshd --since "1 hour ago"
journalctl -p err --since today
journalctl -f # tail
journalctl -b -p warning # warnings since last boot
```
# Defaults to prefer when the user asks to deploy something
1. **Once** for self-hostable web apps (it's installed here) — host-routed via its proxy. For a LAN-reachable app, use **`once-add`** (interactive) or **`once-add <name> <image>`** (→ `http://<name>.local`); do NOT use the Once TUI or plain `once deploy` for `.local` apps — they fail here (see the "Deploying a Once app reachable on the LAN" recipe above for why). To remove, use `once-add remove <name>` (the Once UI orphans the `/etc/hosts` line).
2. **System package** (`pacman -S`) if it's in core/extra.
3. **Docker compose** for other app-shaped things; `/srv/<app>/compose.yml` is a sensible location.
4. **AUR via yay** (installed by omaterm) for things only on AUR.
5. Avoid `curl | bash` upstream installers unless well-known.
# Debug-first-look heuristics
- Service won't start: `systemctl status <unit>` then `journalctl -u <unit> -n 50`.
- Unreachable on the network: `ip a` (link up?), `nmcli con show --active`, then `resolvectl status`.
- Port "closed" but service running: check `sudo ufw status` first — most likely the firewall.
- Slow SSH connect: `sudo journalctl -u sshd -f` while reconnecting from another shell.
# Provenance
The build script that produced this image lives at `~/Projects/omalocal/omalocal.sh` on the master machine (not on this host). To rebuild and reinstall: run that script there, `dd` the output ISO to a USB, boot from it. The build is reproducible — same inputs (stock Arch ISO + master's SSH key) give the same output.
SKILL_EOF
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.claude/skills/omalocal-server/AGENTS.md" <<'AGENTS_EOF'
# Project Overview
Once is a CLI/TUI tool for installing and managing web applications from Docker images. It's designed to make self-hosting as easy as possible.
Once uses a proxy server (github.com/basecamp/kamal-proxy) to route traffic to the application containers, which allows it to provide zero-downtime restarts and upgrades, automatic SSL, and multiple applications running on a single server. A single instance of Once may deploy one proxy container, along with multiple application containers. Host-based routing is used inside the proxy to route traffic to the correct application container.
# Code Architecture
## Design and Concepts
### Container Naming
All containers are namespaced (default namespace: "once"):
- Proxy: `{namespace}-proxy`
- Apps: `{namespace}-app-{appName}-{shortID}`
This allows us to easily identify the app containers, but still allows us to boot a second app container without naming collisions when we want to deploy a new version without downtime.
### Data and State
Once deals primarily with two classes of state:
**Application data**: this is stored in Docker volumes to provide persistent storage between versions of the app container. Once provides one volume for each app, which it will mount into two locations (`/storage` and `/rails/storage`) to match typical app conventions. Once may provide backup and restore features on the contents of those volumes. But it does not otherwise touch the volume contents, or have any opinions about what should be in there -- this data is entirely for each app's own use.
**Configuration**: this keeps track of the applications and settings that have been set up using Once itself. For example, the list of applications that are deployed, the hostname and TLS settings for each, any custom port settings for the proxy, and so on. Once stores this information as JSON strings in an `once` label on the containers and volumes, so that everything is stored within the Docker state. Application settings go with the app container; proxy settings go with the proxy container; volume settings (like encryption keys) go with the volume.
# Build Commands
```bash
make build # Build binary to bin/ (CGO disabled)
make test # Run unit tests (internal/ packages)
make integration # Run integration tests (requires Docker)
make lint # Run golangci-lint
```
Run a single test:
```bash
go test -v -run TestName ./internal/...
```
# Coding Style
- Always follow idiomatic Go style
- Don't use excessive comments. Try to make the code speak for itself; only resort to adding comments where the meaning or intention may otherwise be unclear, or a subtle detail may be missed.
- Organize imports in sections: stdlib imports, 3rd-party imports, and project imports. Each section should be sorted alphabetically, and the sections should be separated from each other by 1 blank line.
- Where a struct type has both public and private methods, arrange the public methods first, then add a comment line of `// Private` and put the private methods below that comment. In the public section, put any constructor methods first, followed by simple accessor methods, followed by the rest.
- Private functions that are not methods of a type should go last in the file, and should be separated with a `// Helpers` comment.
- Prefer modern Go constructs where possible (for example, ranging over numbers is better than a for loop). If the LSP suggests there is an option to modernize something you should generally do so.
- Write tests to cover changes where possible, but don't go overboard trying to cover every single case. Prefer using helper functions (including functions defined locally inside the test) over table-driven tests, except in cases where the latter would be more readable.
- When writing tests, use github.com/stretchr/testify's assert and require packages, to make test conditions more readable. Don't add descriptions to the assertions unless they would add meaningful context over what the default failure message would be).
- Regularly check your work with the linter and LSP to ensure it follows conventions, and run tests as needed to ensure they pass.
- Consider opportunities to refactor large methods into smaller pieces, and spot opportunities where it's worth extracting functionality into a new type. But do not go overboard with this.
# Agent behaviour
Don't make commits, or push changes to remotes. I will take care of this myself.
AGENTS_EOF
# CLAUDE.md is loaded into EVERY Claude Code session on this host regardless of
# working directory, unlike the skill (invoked on demand). Put the few rules an
# agent must always respect here — most importantly the Once deploy-domain
# convention, so an agent that deploys an app picks a LAN-reachable hostname.
echo "==> Writing host conventions to $USERNAME's ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md..."
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.claude/CLAUDE.md" <<'CLAUDE_MD'
# This host (Arch server provisioned by omalocal)
Headless Arch Linux box on a LAN. Rules to respect in every session:
## Deploying a web app with Once (reachable on the LAN)
Use `once-add` — Bubble Tea wizard or one-liner:
```bash
once-add # interactive wizard (Add / Remove)
once-add book ghcr.io/basecamp/writebook # non-interactive add
once-add remove book # remove app + its /etc/hosts entry
# -> app reachable at http://<name>.local from any machine on the LAN
```
Use a **single-label** name (`book`, `blog`) → the app is served as
`<name>.local`. Reach it over **http://** (no TLS on the LAN).
Do NOT use the Once **TUI** to deploy a LAN app, and do NOT hand-run plain
`once deploy <image>`. Both fail on this box, for two verified reasons:
- The `once` binary is statically linked (pure-Go resolver) — its post-deploy
verification can't resolve mDNS/`.local`, only `/etc/hosts` or real DNS.
- The TUI install forces TLS on and can't get a Let's Encrypt cert for a
private `.local` host, so it rolls the app back.
`once-add` works around both: it adds `127.0.0.1 <name>.local` to `/etc/hosts`
(so verify resolves to loopback) and runs `once deploy --host <name>.local
--disable-tls`. The `once-mdns-sync` daemon then publishes `<name>.local` to the
LAN. If you must do it by hand, replicate exactly those steps.
To **remove** a LAN app use `once-add remove <name>` rather than the Once UI —
the UI removes the container but orphans the `/etc/hosts` line. `once-add
remove` clears both (and works for the orphaned-line case where the app's
already gone).
Avoid: multi-label names like `book.devbox.local` (Linux clients' `mdns_minimal`
only resolves single-label `.local`), `*.localhost` (only this box can reach it),
and TLS/https (no cert on a private box).
## Files sent to this box (Omarchy-Send)
If `omarchy-send` is installed (offered at first login), it's a
LocalSend-compatible TUI for file transfer + plain-text messaging over the LAN.
Firewall already opens **53317/tcp+udp**.
- **Files** anyone sends land in **`~/Omarchy-Send/`** (sub-folder structure
preserved) — first place to look for files a user "just sent over".
- **Messages** are appended to **`~/.local/state/omarchy-send/messages.jsonl`**
(JSON Lines, one object per message/file, with sender `from_ip`/`from_fingerprint`)
— that's where to look for messages, and where an agent should tail.
```bash
ls -la ~/Omarchy-Send/ # received files
tail -n 20 ~/.local/state/omarchy-send/messages.jsonl # received messages (and file events)
omarchy-send # open the TUI (Devices / Transfers / Messages / Manage / Settings)
```
**Critical:** there is NO background receiver — omarchy-send only receives,
logs, and is reachable **while the TUI is running** (e.g. `tmux new -s oms
'omarchy-send'`). If it isn't open, nothing arrives and the log doesn't grow.
The TUI needs a real TTY — over SSH that means an interactive session (or
`ssh -tt user@host omarchy-send`). To send a one-off message with NO TTY (from
a script/cron on this headless box — e.g. ping a desktop/phone), or to reply to
a logged sender, use headless send:
```bash
omarchy-send --to "<peer alias>" --message "backup finished" # also --send-pin, --wait; file send stays TUI-only
omarchy-send --to-ip <from_ip> --message "on it" # reply to a sender from the message log
```
To **auto-reply** to incoming messages, open `omarchy-send`, go to the Settings
tab and press `r` (built-in AI auto-reply, reply-only, live only while the TUI is
open). If a user asks you to "monitor and reply to messages", enable that toggle;
do NOT build a poll-loop, `tail -F` watcher, or background daemon to do it.
If install was skipped, run:
```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/28allday/omarchy-send/main/install.sh | bash
```
## Baseline
- SSH is **key-only** (no passwords). Add keys to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`.
- Firewall is **ufw**, default-deny inbound; open ports with `sudo ufw allow`.
Already open: 22, 80, 443, 5353/udp (mDNS), 53317 (LocalSend).
- Full host playbook, recipes (Once / once-add / omarchy-send / mDNS / journald)
are in the `omalocal-server` skill at `~/.claude/skills/omalocal-server/`.
CLAUDE_MD
arch-chroot /mnt chown -R "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" "/home/$USERNAME/.claude"
# ---------------------------------------------- omarchy-send AI auto-reply ----
# omarchy-send has a built-in "AI auto-reply" toggle (Settings tab → `r`): when
# on, it runs the configured ReplyCmd for each received message and sends the
# printed reply back to the sender. We ship a reply *generator* script and point
# ReplyCmd at it, so the user only has to flip the switch. The generator only
# prints text (omarchy-send does the sending) and gives the model no tools, so a
# LAN message can't make this box take any action. Auto-reply runs only while
# the TUI is open — close it and it stops.
echo "==> Installing omarchy-send AI reply generator for $USERNAME..."
install -d -m 755 "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.local/bin"
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.local/bin/omarchy-send-reply" <<'OMS_REPLY'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# omarchy-send-reply — reply generator for omarchy-send's AI auto-reply toggle.
# omarchy-send runs this for each received message (message in OMARCHY_MSG_* env)
# and sends whatever we print on stdout back to the sender. So this ONLY composes
# text: it does no sending and takes no actions. Toggle it from Settings (`r`).
set -uo pipefail
text="${OMARCHY_MSG_TEXT:-}"
who="${OMARCHY_MSG_FROM_ALIAS:-a device}"
[ -n "$text" ] || exit 0
# Resolve the AI CLI: PATH first, then mise (omaterm installs agents as mise
# tools, whose shims aren't on a non-interactive PATH).
if command -v claude >/dev/null 2>&1; then
ai=(claude)
elif command -v mise >/dev/null 2>&1 && mise which claude >/dev/null 2>&1; then
ai=(mise exec -- claude)
else
exit 0 # no AI available; omarchy-send logs the empty reply and skips the send
fi
prompt="You are an automatic responder for a LAN file-transfer tool. \"$who\" sent: \"$text\". Reply in one or two short, friendly plain-text sentences. Output only the reply."
# --tools "" no tools, so the model can ONLY emit text — it
# cannot run a command a message asks for.
# --permission-mode bypass... never blocks on the first-run folder-trust prompt
# (no TTY to answer it).
"${ai[@]}" -p "$prompt" --tools "" --permission-mode bypassPermissions 2>/dev/null \
| tr -d '\000' | head -c 1000
OMS_REPLY
arch-chroot /mnt chmod 755 "/home/$USERNAME/.local/bin/omarchy-send-reply"
# Seed omarchy-send's config with ReplyCmd pointing at the generator (via $HOME,
# expanded at run time, so no username is baked in). omarchy-send fills the rest
# of the config — alias, TLS identity, etc. — on first run and preserves this.
# AutoReply stays off until the user turns it on in Settings.
install -d -m 755 "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.config/omarchy-send"
cat > "/mnt/home/$USERNAME/.config/omarchy-send/config.json" <<'OMS_CONFIG'
{
"replyCmd": "$HOME/.local/bin/omarchy-send-reply"
}
OMS_CONFIG
arch-chroot /mnt chmod 600 "/home/$USERNAME/.config/omarchy-send/config.json"
arch-chroot /mnt chown -R "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" "/home/$USERNAME/.local" "/home/$USERNAME/.config/omarchy-send"
echo "==> Writing pre-login console banner (hostname + IPv4 + ssh hint)..."
# agetty expands these escapes when it prints /etc/issue:
# \n = hostname, \4 = primary IPv4, \r = kernel, \l = tty
cat > /mnt/etc/issue <<ISSUE
==================================================
Arch Linux \r
Hostname: \n
IPv4: \4
ssh $USERNAME@\4
==================================================
ISSUE
echo "==> Writing boot entry..."
ROOT_PARTUUID=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value "$ROOT_PART")
cat > /mnt/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf <<ENTRY
title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=PARTUUID=$ROOT_PARTUUID rw
ENTRY
# -------------------------------------------------------- wifi handoff -------
if [ -n "$WIFI_SSID" ]; then
echo "==> Saving Wi-Fi profile for first boot..."
mkdir -p /mnt/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
WIFI_UUID=$(uuidgen 2>/dev/null || cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)
WIFI_FILE_NAME=$(echo "$WIFI_SSID" | tr '/ ' '__')
NMFILE="/mnt/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/${WIFI_FILE_NAME}.nmconnection"
{
echo "[connection]"
echo "id=$WIFI_SSID"
echo "uuid=$WIFI_UUID"
echo "type=wifi"
echo "autoconnect=true"
echo
echo "[wifi]"
echo "mode=infrastructure"
echo "ssid=$WIFI_SSID"
if [ -n "$WIFI_PSK" ]; then
echo
echo "[wifi-security]"
echo "key-mgmt=wpa-psk"
echo "psk=$WIFI_PSK"
fi
echo
echo "[ipv4]"
echo "method=auto"
echo
echo "[ipv6]"
echo "method=auto"
} > "$NMFILE"
chmod 600 "$NMFILE"
fi
echo
echo "=================================================================="
echo " Install complete. Remove the install media and reboot."
echo
echo " Then from your master machine:"
echo " ssh $USERNAME@<this-host-ip> (or ssh $USERNAME@$HOSTNAME)"
echo
echo " On your first login you'll be offered OMATERM + Once. To set"
echo " them up manually at any time:"
echo " curl -fsSL https://omaterm.org/install | bash"
echo " curl https://get.once.com | ONCE_INTERACTIVE=false sh"
echo "=================================================================="
echo
read -rp " Press ENTER to reboot now (Ctrl+C for a shell)... " </dev/tty
umount -R /mnt || true
reboot
__INSTALLER_PAYLOAD__
chmod +x "$1"
}
# ===========================================================================
# Host-side workflow: locate stock ISO, unsquash, inject,
# re-squash, repack, output.
# ===========================================================================
# ---- locate stock ISO ----------------------------------------------------
shopt -s nullglob
CANDIDATES=("$SCRIPT_DIR"/archlinux-*.iso)
shopt -u nullglob
STOCK_ISO=""
for iso in "${CANDIDATES[@]}"; do
[[ "$(basename "$iso")" == *omalocal* ]] && continue
STOCK_ISO="$iso"
break
done
if [ -z "$STOCK_ISO" ]; then
echo "ERROR: No stock Arch ISO found in $SCRIPT_DIR" >&2
echo >&2
echo "Download the latest from https://archlinux.org/download/ and put it" >&2
echo "in this folder (filename must start with 'archlinux-')." >&2
exit 1
fi
echo " Stock ISO: $(basename "$STOCK_ISO")"
echo " Output: $(basename "$OUT_ISO")"
echo
# ---- tooling check -------------------------------------------------------
for cmd in xorriso unsquashfs mksquashfs git sha512sum; do
command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null || {
echo "ERROR: missing tool: $cmd" >&2
echo " install with: sudo pacman -S libisoburn squashfs-tools git coreutils" >&2
exit 1
}
done
# ---- locate the master SSH public key -----------------------------------
# Override default with: SSH_PUBKEY=/path/to/key.pub ./omalocal.sh
SSH_PUBKEY="${SSH_PUBKEY:-$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub}"
if [ ! -f "$SSH_PUBKEY" ]; then
# Fall back to id_rsa.pub if ed25519 isn't there
if [ -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" ]; then
SSH_PUBKEY="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
else
echo "ERROR: no SSH public key found." >&2
echo " The output ISO is key-only — without a key it'd be unreachable." >&2
echo " Generate one with: ssh-keygen -t ed25519" >&2
echo " or pass SSH_PUBKEY=/path/to/key.pub ./omalocal.sh" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
echo " SSH key: $SSH_PUBKEY"
# ---- workspace -----------------------------------------------------------
sudo rm -rf "$WORK"
mkdir -p "$WORK"
SFS_DIR="$WORK/airootfs"
# ---- pull squashfs out of the stock ISO ---------------------------------
echo "==> Extracting airootfs.sfs from stock ISO..."
xorriso -osirrox on -indev "$STOCK_ISO" \
-extract /arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs "$WORK/airootfs-stock.sfs" 2>&1 | tail -3
echo "==> Unsquashing airootfs (slow: ~1 min)..."
sudo unsquashfs -d "$SFS_DIR" "$WORK/airootfs-stock.sfs" >/dev/null
# ---- inject payload ------------------------------------------------------
echo "==> Staging master SSH key for first-boot SSH access..."
sudo install -m 644 -o root -g root "$SSH_PUBKEY" "$SFS_DIR/root/master.pub"
echo "==> Injecting installer.sh..."
INSTALLER_TMP="$WORK/installer.sh"
write_installer "$INSTALLER_TMP"
sudo install -m 755 -o root -g root "$INSTALLER_TMP" "$SFS_DIR/root/installer.sh"
echo "==> Wiring getty@tty1 to auto-launch the installer..."
sudo mkdir -p "$SFS_DIR/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d"
sudo tee "$SFS_DIR/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf" >/dev/null <<'EOF'
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/bash /root/installer.sh
StandardInput=tty
StandardOutput=tty
Restart=no
RestartPreventExitStatus=1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
EOF
# ---- extend USB enumeration timeout in boot loader cmdline --------------
# Slow / fussy USB controllers (some Intel mini-PCs, NUCs, ZimaBoard) don't
# enumerate USB block devices within archiso's default search window. Adding
# rootdelay=60 to the kernel cmdline makes initramfs wait 60s before mounting
# root — fast hardware finds the device in 2s and moves on; slow hardware
# gets the breathing room it needs.
echo "==> Patching bootloader cmdlines (rootdelay=60 for slow USB enumeration)..."
mkdir -p "$WORK/boot-edit"
BOOT_CFG_FILES=(
/loader/entries/01-archiso-linux.conf
/loader/entries/02-archiso-speech-linux.conf
/boot/syslinux/archiso_sys-linux.cfg
)
for path in "${BOOT_CFG_FILES[@]}"; do
dest="$WORK/boot-edit/$(basename "$path")"
# Don't pipe xorriso straight into tail — that masks its exit status under
# 'set -e', so a missing boot file would slip through here and instead blow
# up later at the unconditional -map during repack, with a murkier error.
if ! xorriso -osirrox on -indev "$STOCK_ISO" -extract "$path" "$dest" 2>"$WORK/xorriso-extract.log"; then
echo "ERROR: failed to extract $path from stock ISO:" >&2
tail -3 "$WORK/xorriso-extract.log" >&2
exit 1
fi
done
# Only touch lines that already carry archiso boot args. Idempotent — only
# appends the param if it isn't already present.
# rootdelay=60 — give slow USB controllers time to enumerate
# consoleblank=0 — never DPMS-blank the live install console
for f in "$WORK/boot-edit"/*; do
[ -f "$f" ] || continue
sed -i -E '/archisosearchuuid=/ { /rootdelay=/! s/$/ rootdelay=60/ }' "$f"
sed -i -E '/archisosearchuuid=/ { /consoleblank=/! s/$/ consoleblank=0/ }' "$f"
done
# ---- re-squash -----------------------------------------------------------
echo "==> Re-squashing airootfs (slow: ~2 min)..."
sudo rm -f "$WORK/airootfs.sfs"
sudo mksquashfs "$SFS_DIR" "$WORK/airootfs.sfs" \
-comp xz -Xbcj x86 -b 1M -noappend -no-progress -quiet
# ---- regenerate sha512 --------------------------------------------------
echo "==> Recalculating airootfs.sha512..."
( cd "$WORK" && sudo sha512sum airootfs.sfs | sudo tee airootfs.sha512 >/dev/null )
# ---- repack ISO ---------------------------------------------------------
echo "==> Repacking ISO (preserving stock boot config + hybrid MBR + volume UUID)..."
sudo rm -f "$OUT_ISO"
# Force output volume UUID to match the stock's. archiso's initramfs hook
# searches for the boot media by this UUID (it's also baked into the kernel
# cmdline as archisosearchuuid=) — if xorriso regenerates the UUID with a
# fresh build timestamp, the search misses the USB entirely and falls back
# to scanning only partition-typed devices, which the hybrid layout doesn't
# fully expose. Pinning the UUID keeps stock cmdline + marker file in sync.
STOCK_UUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value "$STOCK_ISO")
STOCK_UUID_RAW=$(echo "$STOCK_UUID" | tr -d '-')
xorriso \
-indev "$STOCK_ISO" \
-outdev "$OUT_ISO" \
-volume_date "uuid" "$STOCK_UUID_RAW" \
-boot_image any keep \
-boot_image any "system_area=$STOCK_ISO" \
-rm /arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs -- \
-map "$WORK/airootfs.sfs" /arch/x86_64/airootfs.sfs \
-rm /arch/x86_64/airootfs.sha512 -- \
-map "$WORK/airootfs.sha512" /arch/x86_64/airootfs.sha512 \
-rm /loader/entries/01-archiso-linux.conf -- \
-map "$WORK/boot-edit/01-archiso-linux.conf" /loader/entries/01-archiso-linux.conf \
-rm /loader/entries/02-archiso-speech-linux.conf -- \
-map "$WORK/boot-edit/02-archiso-speech-linux.conf" /loader/entries/02-archiso-speech-linux.conf \
-rm /boot/syslinux/archiso_sys-linux.cfg -- \
-map "$WORK/boot-edit/archiso_sys-linux.cfg" /boot/syslinux/archiso_sys-linux.cfg \
-end 2>&1 | tail -5
# ---- cleanup ------------------------------------------------------------
sudo chown "$INVOKING_USER:$INVOKING_GROUP" "$OUT_ISO"
sudo rm -rf "$WORK"
echo
echo "=========================================================="
echo " Done: $OUT_ISO"
echo " Size: $(du -h "$OUT_ISO" | cut -f1)"
echo
echo " Burn to USB:"
echo " sudo dd if='$OUT_ISO' of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync"
echo
echo " Or drop $(basename "$OUT_ISO") into your Ventoy USB."
echo "=========================================================="