CADIVE desktop (Dive-App)

A native Windows app (Electron) with two modes, mirroring the Claude-app shape:

• Home — the full dive chat (loads https://www.cadive.net/dive/; your login persists).
• Cadive Code — open a local folder, browse/edit files, live-preview HTML/SVG, and an embedded browser CADIVE can drive (navigate, read, click, type) — not just open links.

Run it (dev)

cd desktop
npm install
npm start

Build a real .exe

npm run dist          # NSIS installer + portable .exe in desktop/dist/
# or: npm run dist:portable   # single portable .exe

The build is unsigned — that's fine. On first launch Windows SmartScreen shows “More info → Run anyway”. No paid code-signing cert needed to share with classmates.

Architecture

• main.js — window + vetted filesystem IPC (reads/writes are sandboxed to the folder you open).
• preload.js — exposes only window.cadive.{openFolder,list,read,write,openExternal}.
• renderer/index.html — the whole UI (Home webview + Code panes + embedded <webview> browser).

Where the agent plugs in (next)

The embedded browser already exposes a tool surface on window.brzControl: navigate(q), readText(), click(sel), type(sel,text), currentUrl(). The next step is the Cadive Code agent loop: the model receives these as tools plus the file APIs, so it can search the web, read a page, edit files, and preview — autonomously. That loop runs against the same /ai/api/chat worker (tool-calling), so no new backend.

Notes

• Auto sign-in: Home uses a persistent Electron session (partition="persist:cadive"), so you log in once and it sticks — no login screen every launch.
• Requires Node (already installed). No Rust/MSVC toolchain needed (that's why Electron, not Tauri).