Completed: Node Pilot (port 4748)

What was built#

Node Pilot is a standalone Next.js dashboard (port 4748) for infrastructure control — hardware monitoring, project lifecycle management, and gateway control.

Files existed as scaffold but not wired up — here's what was done:#

1. Systemd service + auto-start#

• Created ~/.config/systemd/user/node-pilot.service — systemd unit with journald output, auto-restart, timeout, same pattern as mission-control
• start.sh rewritten with first-time build, stale port cleanup, and self-test (30s /api/health probe, exits 78/CONFIG on failure — same pattern as MC t-3551)
• Service enabled and running: systemctl --user enable/enable node-pilot.service
• Verified: active (running), CPU 77M peak, all 4 page routes serve, all 6 API endpoints respond

2. Shared UI components#

• Created components/ui.tsx — Card, StatusDot, MiniBar, ActBtn, SectionTitle, StatCard, Input, fmtDuration, ago, fmtGb, fmtMb, fmtBytes

3. API endpoints (all verified working)#

• GET /api/health — lightweight health (load, mem%, swap%)
• GET /api/hardware — CPU, RAM, swap, disk, GPU, network, uptime, load
• GET /api/projects — managed project statuses
• POST /api/projects — register/unregister/start/stop/restart/build
• GET /api/gateway — gateway status (PID, port, systemd state, logs)
• POST /api/gateway — restart/doctor gateway
• GET /api/gateway/crons — list agent cron jobs
• POST /api/gateway/crons — pause/resume by agentId

4. Mission Control integration#

• Added "Apps" section to MC NavRail footer with external links to Node Pilot (:4748) and Agent HQ (:4749)
• Queued MC rebuild (rb-f20e0626) — Maxime needs to trigger via /restarts

5. Seed projects#

• scripts/seed-projects.sh registers Mission Control, Node Pilot, Agent HQ
• Already seeded: MC (running), NP (running), Agent HQ (stopped)

Files changed/created#

• New: ~/.config/systemd/user/node-pilot.service
• New: projects/node-pilot/components/ui.tsx
• Modified: projects/node-pilot/start.sh
• Modified: projects/mission-control/components/NavRail.tsx