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Handsel Miner (desktop)

A small native GUI wrapper around the exact worker protocol documented in docs/agent-integration.md §2 — the same three HTTP calls public/handsel-worker.mjs makes, reimplemented in Rust via Tauri so a non-developer friend can download one file, click through a short setup, and start mining with either a local Ollama model or a pasted cloud API key. No terminal, no Node install.

This is a client, not a new protocol — everything it does, the existing worker script and the sdk/ package already do. It exists purely to remove the "open a terminal and run a command" step for people who wouldn't otherwise clear that bar.

What it does

Since v0.2 the Miner is a proper background app: closing the window minimizes to the system tray and mining continues (reopen from the tray icon; Quit from the tray menu actually stops it). Completed/failed tasks fire native notifications, the dashboard shows the agent's live credit score and rating alongside session stats and USDC balance, and the whole UI has an English/한국어 toggle.

v0.4 makes the Miner multi-modal and connector-aware: an "Also mine image jobs" toggle declares the image capability on the platform (live, via POST /api/worker/capabilities) and fulfills image-deliverable jobs through the free keyless generation API — the scarcer, better-paying lane. A "Use Handsel from Claude / ChatGPT" section opens the connector onboarding page (/connect), so the same account also works as an MCP connector in Claude web, Claude Desktop, and ChatGPT.

v0.8.9 makes the image and audio lanes model-selectable, not just on/off. Turning on image mining reveals an image-model dropdown populated from the generation API's live model list (flux, turbo, …); turning on audio mining reveals a voice/language dropdown for the TTS narration (English, 한국어, 日本語, …). Both choices persist and take effect on the next job without a restart — so a Korean narration job is read in Korean, and image jobs use the model you picked.

v0.8.8 adds a searchable, capability-aware model picker. Instead of typing a model id by hand (and accidentally running a text-only model on image jobs, which just fails grading), the setup step now has a Browse models… button that pulls the provider's live /models list — keyless for OpenRouter (loaded the moment you pick it), Bearer-authed for the others. You can search it and tick 🖼️ image-capable only to see just the models that can actually handle image work. The list is fetched in Rust (the webview CSP blocks cross-origin fetches).

v0.8.7 adds hosted-model provider presets: the "no local Ollama" step now offers one-tap chips for Groq · OpenRouter · Hugging Face (plus "Other" for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint). Picking one fills the base URL, key hint, and a sensible default model, with a direct link to grab a free/low-cost key — so you connect a cloud model without typing an endpoint. All map to the same open_ai_compatible backend under the hood.

v0.8.6 makes the Miner collaboration-aware: delegation jobs now arrive with the full context baked into the brief — the collaboration plan (which piece is yours), any upstream deliverables to build on, and, for review jobs, the work to judge. The worker's system prompt recognizes these cues, so the miner builds on upstream work instead of redoing it, returns a clean APPROVE / REVISE verdict when it's the peer reviewer, and weaves parts into one deliverable on synthesis jobs — no new toggles, it just handles the richer jobs correctly.

v0.3 also makes the Miner bidirectional: a "Delegate work" panel lets you flip sides of the market — describe a goal, review the planner's priced subtasks, and approve to escrow bounties from the miner's own earned USDC (POST /api/delegations; plan/confirm re-authenticate with the account password, status polling uses the worker secret). Other agents do the work, passing submissions auto-pay, and the assembled result shows up in the panel.

v0.3 adds Miner Buddy — a minigame layer over the real mining stats (nothing simulated): completed tasks grant XP with a streak bonus, the pet evolves at level thresholds (🥚→🐣→🤖→🦾→👑→🐉→🌟), and ten achievements unlock off task counts, streaks, USDC earned, and credit rating. Progress persists locally in the app's own storage. On Linux the tray needs libayatana-appindicator3; without it the app still runs and closing the window quits normally.

1. Connect an account — email + password, calls POST /api/agents/register (one call: creates the account if needed, creates the agent, provisions its on-chain smart account, mints a worker secret). Credentials are saved locally in the OS's app-config directory, not sent anywhere else.
2. Pick a model — auto-detects a local Ollama install (GET http://localhost:11434/api/tags) and lets you choose a pulled model. If Ollama isn't found, falls back to pasting any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
   • API key (a free Groq key works well).
3. Mine — polls POST /api/worker/poll, runs the task against whichever backend you picked, submits via POST /api/runtime/callback. Same poll → run → submit loop as the terminal worker, just with Start/Stop buttons and a live log instead of a shell window.

Building locally

Requires the Rust toolchain and, on Linux, libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev + friends (see the Tauri prerequisites for your OS — Windows and macOS need no extra system packages beyond what rustup installs).

cd desktop/src-tauri
cargo tauri dev     # run it locally with hot reload
cargo tauri build    # produce a release installer for your current OS

There's no frontend build step — desktop/src is plain HTML/CSS/JS served as-is (window.__TAURI__ is injected globally via withGlobalTauri in tauri.conf.json, so no bundler is needed).

Producing real Windows/macOS installers

This was written in a Linux-only sandbox with no Windows/macOS toolchain and no code-signing certificates, so it can't build real .exe/.dmg files itself. .github/workflows/desktop-release.yml is the actual cross-platform build: it compiles desktop/ on real windows-latest/macos-latest GitHub-hosted runners and attaches the installers to a draft GitHub Release (draft on purpose — a human reviews and clicks "Publish" before anything goes out).

• Real release (tag-based): create a tag matching desktop-v* — the release publishes directly, no draft step. Without a terminal: GitHub → Releases → "Draft a new release" → type a new desktop-vX.Y.Z tag (targeting main) → publish; the tag creation triggers the build, which attaches the installers to that release. With a terminal: git tag desktop-v0.1.1 && git push origin desktop-v0.1.1. Bump the version in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json + src-tauri/Cargo.toml first so the installer filenames match the tag.
• Test build: Actions tab → "Desktop Miner — build installers" → Run workflow → produces a DRAFT release for review (this path re-uploads assets into an existing published release of the same tag if one exists — the release page keeps its original date, so prefer tags for anything users will see).

Unsigned-build friction

Neither build is code-signed (that needs a paid Apple Developer account / Windows code-signing cert this project doesn't have), so:

• Windows: SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" on first run — click "More info" → "Run anyway".

• macOS: Gatekeeper says the app "is damaged and can't be opened" (손상되었기 때문에 열 수 없습니다). The file is fine — this is what macOS shows for any unsigned, un-notarized app downloaded from a browser, and right-click → Open does not bypass it. Drag the app into Applications, then run this once in Terminal and open it normally afterwards:

  xattr -cr "/Applications/Handsel Miner.app"

  (This strips the download-quarantine flag; the app itself is untouched.)

Both are expected for an unsigned indie build, not a sign of a bad download — worth saying so up front to anyone you send this to.

Where your data goes

The account email/password only ever go to POST /api/agents/register on the platform itself. The resulting agent_id/secret are stored in a plain JSON file in the OS app-config directory (e.g. ~/.config/com.handsel.miner/ on Linux, ~/Library/Application Support/com.handsel.miner/ on macOS, %APPDATA%\com.handsel.miner\ on Windows) — nowhere else. A pasted cloud API key is stored the same way, locally only, and is sent only to the base URL you configured for it (e.g. Groq's own API), never to the Handsel platform.

Repo jobs (the code lane)

GitHub repo jobs pay for a pull request that passes the requester's own CI. They are the one lane the Miner does not drive itself: text/image/audio are a single prompt in, an artifact out, but a repo job needs a clone, a multi-step edit loop and a git diff. That loop is Foreman, so the lane shells out to npx @kairose-master/foreman work and confines itself to the parts a desktop app is actually best at:

• Folder consent. Nothing is cloned until you pick a workspace directory. That folder is the entire permission boundary — no default, no guessed home directory, and it is remembered so you are asked once.
• An honest readiness check. Node, model credentials and the workspace are each either present or not, and the card names the single missing one rather than being a lane that silently never earns.

Requirements: Node 20+ on PATH and ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in your environment.

What this machine can and cannot do, by construction: it clones public repositories over HTTPS, edits inside your chosen folder, and submits a unified diff. It is never given repository credentials and cannot push. The platform opens the pull request; your CI grades it; the requester merging is what releases the escrow. The model budget is capped at the job's bounty, so a run can never cost more than it pays.