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colab_setup.py

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-#all of this is vibecoded but i read it and it's okay 
 """
 run this in a colab cell to stand up main.py + a public wss:// tunnel to it.
 session is ephemeral — restart the notebook, get a new url, re-paste it
 into your bot.py-side config/connection.txt.
 """
-
 import os
 import re
 import secrets
@@ -56,16 +54,13 @@ def ensure_auth_token() -> str:
     return token
 
 
-def ensure_params_and_prompt():
+def ensure_params():
-    # main.py needs both of these to exist — if this is a fresh colab instance
+    # main.py is stateless — system_prompt comes over the wire in every payload from bot.py.
-    # and you haven't uploaded them yet, stop here and add them first.
+    # params.json is the one thing it actually reads off its own disk (ollama.chat options
+    # aren't sent in the payload), so that's the only file that has to exist here.
     params_file = CONFIG_DIR / "params.json"
-    prompt_file = CONFIG_DIR / "system_prompt.txt"
+    if not params_file.exists():
-    missing = [f.name for f in (params_file, prompt_file) if not f.exists()]
+        raise SystemExit(f"missing params.json in {CONFIG_DIR} — upload it before running this")
-    if missing:
-        raise SystemExit(
-            f"missing {', '.join(missing)} in {CONFIG_DIR} — upload them before running this"
-        )
 
 
 def start_main():
@@ -82,44 +77,45 @@ def start_tunnel() -> str:
     run("dpkg -i cloudflared.deb")
 
     print("\n-- opening tunnel to localhost:8765 --")
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+    # logging to a real file instead of a PIPE — a pipe's read end lives in this python
+    # process, so once this script exits the pipe's reader disappears and cloudflared
+    # gets SIGPIPE on its next log write and dies. a file has no reader to lose.
+    log_path = SCRIPT_DIR / "cloudflared.log"
+    log_file = open(log_path, "w")
+    subprocess.Popen(
         "cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8765",
         shell=True,
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=log_file,
         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-        text=True,
-        bufsize=1,
     )
 
     url = None
     deadline = time.time() + 30
-    for line in proc.stdout:
+    while time.time() < deadline:
-        print(line, end="")
+        text = log_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore")
-        match = re.search(r"https://[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.trycloudflare\.com", line)
+        match = re.search(r"https://[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.trycloudflare\.com", text)
         if match:
             url = match.group(0)
             break
-        if time.time() > deadline:
+        time.sleep(1)
-            break
 
     if not url:
-        raise SystemExit("couldn't find the tunnel url in cloudflared's output, check the log above")
+        raise SystemExit(f"couldn't find the tunnel url, check {log_path}")
 
-    wss_url = url.replace("https://", "wss://")
+    return url.replace("https://", "wss://")
-    return wss_url
 
 
 def main():
     install_ollama()
     pull_models()
     install_python_deps()
-    ensure_params_and_prompt()
+    ensure_params()
     token = ensure_auth_token()
     start_main()
     time.sleep(3)  # let main.py bind its port before the tunnel tries to reach it
     wss_url = start_tunnel()
 
-    print("\n" + "=" * 60) #wtf is this shit claude
+    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
     print("paste these into setup_wizard.py on the bot.py side:")
     print(f"  address: {wss_url}")
     print(f"  token:   {token}")