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Testing ladder — validate the backend with NO mobile app

Each rung is proven with curl or a browser tab. You only build the Flutter app after the last rung (a real push landing on a device) is green.

① Bridge serves state — ✅ done

Section titled “① Bridge serves state — ✅ done”
Terminal window
cd bridge && go build -o gothalo-bridge .
BRIDGE_ADDR=127.0.0.1:8787 BRIDGE_TOKEN=test123 ./gothalo-bridge &


curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" http://127.0.0.1:8787/snapshot   # -> 401
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer test123" http://127.0.0.1:8787/snapshot # -> agents JSON

Confirmed: real agents + statuses returned, auth enforced.

② Reach it from the phone (proves the tailnet path) — no app

Section titled “② Reach it from the phone (proves the tailnet path) — no app”
Terminal window
# on the Herdr host:
BRIDGE_ADDR=$(tailscale ip -4):8787 BRIDGE_TOKEN=realtoken ./gothalo-bridge

On the phone browser (or a REST client that can set headers), open http://<tailscale-ip>:8787/snapshot. JSON over cellular = transport proven.

③ Typing works (proves control) — no app

Section titled “③ Typing works (proves control) — no app”
Terminal window
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer test123" \
  -d '{"pane":"wM:p1","text":"echo hi\n"}' http://<ip>:8787/send

Watch it land in that Herdr pane.

④ Notify trigger fires (proves detection) — no app, no Firebase

Section titled “④ Notify trigger fires (proves detection) — no app, no Firebase”

The bridge already runs a watcher. Make an agent block (run something that needs approval in a pane) and watch the bridge log:

NOTIFY  agent=wM:p2  status=blocked  title="…"

This proves detection → trigger with zero push setup.

⑤ A real push lands on a device (proves the whole chain) — still no app

Section titled “⑤ A real push lands on a device (proves the whole chain) — still no app”

Trick: FCM web push. A ~30-line static HTML page using the Firebase JS SDK registers for a token and receives notifications in a browser tab (desktop or phone) — no Flutter, no Apple Developer account.

  1. Create a Firebase project (free); enable Cloud Messaging.
  2. Static page requests a web push token, prints it.
  3. Point the bridge’s notify() at FCM messages:send with that token.
  4. Block a live agent → a real notification pops in the browser tab.

Green here = the entire pipeline (agent blocks → wait → FCM → device) is proven. Only now start Phase 3 (the Flutter app).

Milestone gate

Section titled “Milestone gate”

Do not write app code until rung ⑤ is green. The app is then pure UI over endpoints you already trust.