Dayarc Setup

When to Use

• Automatically triggered when ~/Documents/dayarc/config.json does not exist (first run after install).
• Explicitly triggered when the user asks to "set up", "reconfigure", "reset config", or "reinitialize" Dayarc.

Preflight Checks

Before starting setup, verify prerequisites:

1. GitHub CLI

gh auth status

• If not authenticated: Stop and tell the user:

  I need GitHub authentication to access your data. Please run gh auth login first, then come back.

2. Outlook (soft check)

Get-Process OUTLOOK -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

• If not running: Warn but continue:

  ⚠️ Outlook isn't running. You'll need it later for email briefs, but we can finish setup without it.

Setup Steps

Step 1: Create Data Directories

$docsDir = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyDocuments")
$dataDir = Join-Path $docsDir "dayarc"

OneDrive detection: Check if $docsDir differs from $HOME\Documents. If so, OneDrive is redirecting the Documents folder. Ask the user:

Your Documents folder is managed by OneDrive ({docsDir}). Is this the first machine you're setting up Dayarc on?

• First machine → create directories:

  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $dataDir "memory\daily") -Force
  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $dataDir "memory\runs") -Force
  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $dataDir "memory\weekly-archive") -Force
  

• Not first machine → Tell the user to wait for OneDrive sync, then re-launch.

If no OneDrive detected, create directories immediately.

Step 2: Collect Identity

Ask the user for four pieces of information, one at a time:

1. Full name — "What's your full name as it appears in @mentions? (e.g., Yu Zhou — not a nickname)"
2. Work email — "What's your work email address?"
3. GitHub username(s) — "What are your GitHub usernames? (comma-separated if you have multiple, e.g., personal + enterprise/EMU account)"
4. Preferred language — Infer the user's preferred language from the conversation so far (e.g., if the user has been writing in Chinese, suggest zh; if in English, suggest en). Ask:

   "What language would you like your briefs in? I'll use a BCP 47 locale code — for example en for English, zh for Simplified Chinese, ja for Japanese, fr for French. Based on our conversation I'd suggest {inferred_locale}. Press Enter to accept or type a different code." Accept any valid BCP 47 locale code. Default to en if the user skips the question.