Reify Studio

A desktop application for interacting with AI agents. Chat interface + workspace viewer, built on the PeARL Stack (Phoenix, Ash, React, LiveView).

Features

• Chat interface — Talk to your agent with real-time streaming
• OpenClaw Gateway — Connects via WebSocket for full agent interaction
• Agent-agnostic — Works with any compatible WebSocket API
• Desktop-ready — Designed for ElixirKit + Tauri packaging

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
UI	React 19 / TypeScript via live_react
Real-time	Phoenix LiveView 1.1+
Domain Logic	Ash Framework 3.0
Database	PostgreSQL via AshPostgres
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4.0 + DaisyUI
Agent Comms	Fresh (Mint WebSocket) → OpenClaw Gateway

Getting Started

Local Devcontainer (Recommended)

Requires Docker.

git clone https://github.com/conroywhitney/reify-studio.git
cd reify-studio
docker compose -f .devcontainer/docker-compose.yml up -d
docker exec -it reify-app bash
cd /workspace && mix setup
mix phx.server

Visit localhost:4000

Configuration

Set your OpenClaw Gateway connection via environment variables:

export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_URL=ws://127.0.0.1:18789
export OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=your-gateway-token

Or configure in config/dev.exs:

config :reify_studio, :openclaw,
  gateway_url: "ws://127.0.0.1:18789",
  gateway_token: "your-token"

Development

mix precommit          # Full check: compile, format, credo, test
mix credo --strict     # Lint
mix test               # Tests
mix phx.server         # Dev server

Architecture

React Components  ──pushEvent──▶  LiveView  ──▶  Ash Domains  ──▶  PostgreSQL
       ▲                              │
       └────────handleEvent───────────┘

LiveView  ──WebSocket──▶  OpenClaw Gateway  ──▶  Agent Session
       ▲                        │
       └────PubSub events───────┘

License

MIT