First Steps

After outheis init and outheis start, run through these steps to verify everything works.

1. Web interface

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser. You should see the outheis Web UI.

Type a message in the chat field and send it. The relay agent (ou) responds. If you get a response, the dispatcher, relay, and your API key are working.

2. Terminal interface

In a second terminal window:

outheis chat

Type a message and press Enter. Same relay, different interface. Useful for scripting or when a browser isn't available.

3. First agent runs

Once your vault contains data, trigger the agents from the Web UI: open the Scheduler tab and click Run now next to the agent you want to run.

• Agenda — generates today's daily view from your vault
• Pattern — extracts memory from your notes and conversations

The pattern agent needs a few days of history to produce meaningful results. On first run it will find little — this is expected.

Alternatively, from the terminal:

outheis task run agenda
outheis task run pattern

4. Signal

First, register your phone number with signal-cli. This happens outside of outheis:

signal-cli -a +YOURNUMBER register
signal-cli -a +YOURNUMBER verify CODE

Then open the Web UI, go to Configuration → Signal, and fill in Bot phone with the registered number. Restart via the Restart button in the Overview tab.

Send a Signal message to the registered number. outheis responds via Signal the same way it responds in the Web UI.

See Communication for details on all transport channels.