(Re)start whiskersd as a transient user service that comes back if it dies. Transient means it does not survive a reboot of the machine or WSL: run this again after one.

WHISKERS_ADDR=<private-ip>:47900 WHISKERS_MODEL_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3456 \
    tools/run-whiskersd.sh [daily-voice-chars]        (default 1000; ElevenLabs' free plan is about 330)

Required: WHISKERS_ADDR address to listen on. Bind a private-network address (a VPN), never 0.0.0.0. WHISKERS_MODEL_URL the model gateway whiskersd proxies to (an Anthropic Messages API). Optional: WHISKERS_WRAP a command prefix that puts the secrets (TYPESAFE_API_KEY and, for the natural voice, ELEVENLABS_API_KEY and ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID) into the environment, e.g. "op-env-run -e my-environment --". Unset: they must already be in the environment. WHISKERS_BIN the whiskersd binary (default target/release/whiskersd).

16set -euo pipefail
17cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
18chars="${1:-1000}"
19: "${WHISKERS_ADDR:?set WHISKERS_ADDR to the private address:port whiskersd listens on}"
20: "${WHISKERS_MODEL_URL:?set WHISKERS_MODEL_URL to the model gateway address}"
21bin="${WHISKERS_BIN:-$PWD/target/release/whiskersd}"
22[ -x "$bin" ] || { echo "build it first: cargo build --release -p whiskersd" >&2; exit 1; }
23systemctl --user stop whiskersd 2>/dev/null || true
24systemctl --user reset-failed whiskersd 2>/dev/null || true

WHISKERS_WRAP is split into words on purpose: it is a command prefix. shellcheck disable=SC2086

27systemd-run --user --unit=whiskersd \
28  --description="Whiskers service (Jev, ElevenLabs, model proxy)" \
29  --property=Restart=always --property=RestartSec=3 \
30  --setenv=WHISKERS_SPEAK_DAILY_CHARS="$chars" \
31  --setenv=WHISKERS_MODEL_URL="$WHISKERS_MODEL_URL" \
32  -- ${WHISKERS_WRAP:-} "$bin" "$WHISKERS_ADDR"
33sleep 6
34systemctl --user is-active whiskersd