promptmesh-cli

Run PromptMesh without cloning the repo by downloading a prebuilt bundle.

How it works

• This Node CLI downloads a prebuilt zip bundle (that you host privately) on first run.
• It unpacks to ~/.promptmesh/promptmesh-cli/<version>/.
• If the bundle contains restart-binary.sh, the CLI will use it (recommended).
• Otherwise it falls back to restart.sh.

For true source protection, ship a PyInstaller-built binary inside the bundle (recommended).

Requirements (user machine)

• Node.js >= 18
• Python 3 (needed only if you ship a Python-based UI server; the API can be binary)
• unzip available in PATH (macOS has it)

Usage

PROMPTMESH_BUNDLE_URL=https://your-private-host/promptmesh-darwin-arm64.zip \
  npx promptmesh-cli start --offline

Smoke test:

PROMPTMESH_BUNDLE_URL=https://your-private-host/promptmesh-darwin-arm64.zip \
  npx promptmesh-cli smoke --offline

Bundle contents

Minimum:

• stop.sh
• smoke-test-memory-contract.sh

Recommended for closed-source:

• restart-binary.sh
• dist/promptmesh-api/ (PyInstaller output)
• ui/ (static UI; optional)
• .env or .env.example

Security note

A ZIP bundle that includes .py files is still readable by the user. If you truly want to prevent source access, distribute a compiled binary (PyInstaller) or a private wheel.

Bugs / support

File issues here:

• https://github.com/akshithrthumma/PromptMesh/issues