Operating Guaardvark

B=${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}. MCP tools: inspect_gpu, read_logs, swarm_status, self_improvement_status.

GPU and plugins

• inspect_gpu (MCP): nvidia-smi, the exclusive lock (Ollama vs video), orchestrator slots, running plugins.
• GET $B/api/plugins/status and GET $B/api/plugins/<id>/health; GET $B/api/plugins/stats/gpu.
• POST $B/api/plugins/<id>/start | stop | restart | enable | disable for ollama, comfyui, audio_foundry, upscaling, lora_trainer, swarm, vision_pipeline, discord, gpu_embedding, video_editor. Start services through these routes, never with systemctl; the orchestrator must know what is resident.
• GET $B/api/plugins/<id>/logs?lines=200 for a plugin's own log.
• Memory orchestrator: GET $B/api/gpu/memory/status, GET/POST $B/api/gpu/memory/tier. POST .../evict {"slot_id"} frees a slot; use only when the user asks to clear the card.

Logs and tasks

• read_logs (MCP) tails a file under logs/ (backend, celery, plugin logs).
• GET $B/api/celery/tasks shows active Celery tasks; GET $B/api/meta/... job routes list and retry jobs (POST $B/api/meta/retry_job/<job_id>, POST $B/api/meta/cancel_job/<job_id>).
• A "stuck" job is usually the GPU lock held by another plugin: check inspect_gpu before retrying.

Interconnector (other machines sync from this one)

• GET $B/api/interconnector/status, GET .../nodes, GET .../sync/history?limit=20.
• POST $B/api/interconnector/sync/manual with {"direction": "push", "entities": [...], "sync_files": true, "profile_name": "..."}; POST .../nodes/<node_id>/test checks a link.
• Other boxes never git pull; they sync through this. A frontend change needs a bundle rebuild there afterwards.

Autoresearch (overnight RAG tuning)

POST $B/api/autoresearch/start {"mode": "...", "budget_hours": 6}; GET .../status, GET .../runs, GET .../runs/<run_id>/ledger; POST .../stop. Promotions of a better config are explicit: POST .../promotions/<config_id>/activate, POST .../promotions/revert.

Infographic

curl -s -X POST $B/api/infographic/generate -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
  "title": "Three numbers", "scene": "clean flat design, navy and white",
  "callouts": ["42% faster", "0 cloud calls", "1 GPU"], "hashtags": ["#localai"], "footer": "guaardvark.com",
  "style": "flat", "aspect": "1:1", "seed": 3
}'

GET $B/api/infographic/status for the job; the image lands in outputs.

Rules

• Restarting a plugin kills its jobs. Check the queues and say so before restarting.
• Never restart the backend or Celery from here; tell the user what to run in the checkout.