A friendly voice companion that walks tech-novice users (especially the elderly) through computer tasks, one step at a time. Daisy listens by voice, sees the screen when asked, and guides — she never clicks for you.

Download: https://daisyhelps.com Backend status: https://api.daisyhelps.com/healthz

This repo contains two deployables and one library of docs:

cd desktop
npm install
npm start

The app connects to wss://api.daisyhelps.com by default. To point at a local backend, change WS_BASE in desktop/src/renderer/app.ts.

python -m venv .venv
# PowerShell:  .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
# Bash:        source .venv/Scripts/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env   # then fill in real keys
uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 8000

Open http://localhost:8000/test for the backend debug harness (used for backend development without the desktop app).

cd desktop
npm run release   # produces desktop/release/DaisyHelps-Setup.exe

For a public release that auto-updates installed users, push a v* git tag — see docs/RUNBOOK.md.

• API contract — the WebSocket protocol both clients (desktop app + debug harness) speak
• Architecture
• Runbook — local dev, env vars, building installers, releases, deployment
• Decisions
• Demo script
• Desktop pivot spec