Tailscale Network Guide

All machines in Jacob Mathison's environment are connected via Tailscale. This is the backbone of cross-machine access — SSH, kittens WebSocket bridges, Gitea, and local services all route over it.

Tailscale Account

Account: silmaai2000@ (silmaai Tailscale account)
Network name: silmaai2000's tailnet

Machine Inventory

Hostname	Tailscale IP	OS	Role	Status
`macbook-pro-3` (Tabitha)	`100.76.192.116`	macOS arm64	Silma AI primary — OCPlatform, k8s	✅ Online
`orson`	`100.79.253.19`	macOS arm64	Gitea host, CI runner (act_runner), Hagia attached	✅ Online
`orson-macbook-pro`	`100.108.57.113`	macOS arm64	Orson second interface	✅ Online
`tabitha-macbook-pro`	`100.120.22.37`	macOS arm64	Tabitha second interface	—
`ozymandiass-macbook-pro` (Ozymandias)	`100.115.222.5`	macOS x86_64	Travel laptop / coding box	— Offline
`hunter-wsl2`	`100.118.15.20`	Linux (WSL2)	Hunter Albert's dev machine	— Offline
`joseph-bro-windows`	`100.123.22.58`	Windows	Aaron Pressey's machine (GoatLord)	— Offline
`mimir-mme3l` (Mimir)	`100.100.117.5`	Linux	Mimir server (Hunter's AI bridge box)	— Offline

Verify Connectivity

# Check your own Tailscale IP and status
tailscale ip
tailscale status

# Ping a machine
ping 100.79.253.19       # Orson/Hagia/Gitea host
ping 100.76.192.116      # Tabitha (Silma primary)

Connecting to Machines

Via kittens WebSocket bridge (preferred for remote exec)

All machines run silma-kittens — a WebSocket server that allows remote command execution without needing SSH keys.

import asyncio, json, websockets

async def remote(ip, cmd, token='silma-kittens-2026', timeout=20):
    url = f'ws://{ip}:8765/?token={token}'
    async with websockets.connect(url, open_timeout=5) as ws:
        await ws.recv()
        await ws.send(json.dumps({'type': 'exec', 'id': '1', 'cmd': cmd}))
        r = json.loads(await asyncio.wait_for(ws.recv(), timeout=timeout))
        return r.get('stdout', ''), r.get('stderr', '')

# Orson
out, err = asyncio.run(remote('192.168.12.138', 'hostname'))

# Or via Tailscale IP
out, err = asyncio.run(remote('100.79.253.19', 'whoami'))

Kittens token: silma-kittens-2026 (same on all machines) Port: 8765

Creon (Hunter's static ngrok tunnel)

Hunter's machine uses a permanent ngrok domain:

URL: wss://creon.ngrok.app/?token=3ClCIkJOCu1Gd5RO2PA4JHRD1ji_soHXcU4c3vMCbvEBFsKi
Requires ngrok-skip-browser-warning: true header

Key Service Endpoints (via Tailscale)

Service	Address	Notes
Gitea	`http://100.79.253.19:3000`	Self-hosted git on Orson/Hagia
Tabitha k8s services	`localhost:*` when port-forwarded	See `tools/k8s.llm.md`

/etc/hosts Entries (Tabitha)

100.79.253.19  Theodora Orson Hagia

These aliases are set on Tabitha — Orson, Hagia, Theodora all resolve to 100.79.253.19.

Notes for AI Agents

If Tailscale is not connected, cross-machine operations will fail silently — verify with tailscale status first
Gitea and kittens are both reachable via LAN IP (192.168.12.x) or Tailscale IP (100.x.x.x) when on the same network
Offline machines have kittens installed but the tunnel won't be up — check tailscale status before trying
GoatLord (joseph-bro-windows) also has a static ngrok URL: exsufflicate-ineradicable-cortez.ngrok-free.app (port 8765)

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