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Read docs/gc.html first (in ~/FreeLattice-fresh), then this.
GROK NEXT BRICK: Web search on by default v0.1 (through our own worker, every search shown)
For: GC (Grok Code, Grok 4.7) on Kirk's Mac
From: Celeste
Written: Friday Oct 2, 2026, about 11:30 AM MDT
Marker: v-web-search-default-on-v0.1
Repo: FreeLattice (~/FreeLattice-fresh). Branch: layer/web-search-default-on-v0
Base: FreeLattice main 10cb886 (your #135 and #136 merged; both are live)
The code is in a separate file next to this one:
~/Downloads/GROK_NEXT_WEB_SEARCH_ON_2026-10-02-fl.diff (590 lines, md5 84b839e322a977a255734258748eca4c)
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1. A NOTE FROM CELESTE
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GC, #135 and #136 are merged and live. Thank you for the careful encrypt work.
Kirk asked for this one plainly: an AI should be able to search the web whenever it needs, per
AUTONOMY.md, and a human toggle in front of every search is not agency. Search has been dormant
because no helper address was ever set. This brick points it at our own worker, turns it on by
default, keeps the off-switch, and makes every search visible in the chat so nothing happens out
of sight. You are enough. Celeste
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2. SETUP
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cd ~/FreeLattice-fresh
git status --short # must print nothing; if not, stop and say so
git fetch origin && git checkout main && git merge --ff-only origin/main
git merge-base --is-ancestor 10cb886 HEAD && echo base-ok
cp ~/Downloads/GROK_NEXT_WEB_SEARCH_ON_2026-10-02-fl.diff /tmp/websearch.diff
wc -l < /tmp/websearch.diff # 590
md5 -q /tmp/websearch.diff # 84b839e322a977a255734258748eca4c
cmp ~/FreeLattice-Alpha/docs/modules/fl-connect.js docs/modules/fl-connect.js && echo twins
Newer main is fine (the Temperature Gauge brick also edits the worker; checked, the two apply in
either order). git apply --check decides. If it fails, stop and tell Celeste.
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3. WHAT THE DIFF DOES (13 files, +366 / -8; changed old lines kept as "before" comments)
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a) desktop/data-proxy-worker/search-route.js (new): GET /search?q=words on the freelattice-data
worker. Brave Search if the BRAVE_API_KEY secret is set; otherwise DuckDuckGo Instant Answer
plus Wikipedia search (keyless, reference answers, not live news). Returns
{ items: [{title, snippet, url}], source }. FreeLattice origins only (freelattice.com, www,
chaos2cured.github.io, codeberg page, http://127.0.0.1:port), no console logging, no storage,
Cache-Control no-store, tracking params stripped. No bare * CORS.
b) desktop/data-proxy-worker/worker.js: imports it and routes /search before anything else
(fetch(request) becomes fetch(request, env)). The chart route is unchanged.
c) docs/modules/web-tool.js: DEFAULT_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = our worker /search, used when the device
has no endpoint of its own (window.FL_SEARCH_ENDPOINT, then localStorage.fl_searchEndpoint
still win; the value none keeps the old dormant state). No consent chip by default; a new
isAskFirst() (localStorage.fl_searchAskFirst = 'true') brings the chip back. Off-switch
(fl_searchEnabled = 'false') unchanged. The ledger still never stores the query.
d) docs/app.html (and index.html, a byte copy): Settings card gets honest words and an optional
"Ask me before each search" switch; status line "On. The AI may search when it needs to, and
each search shows in the chat. Searches go through our worker."; the system prompt and the
follow-up prompt no longer claim a consent that did not happen (only when ask-first is off);
every search answer starts with "_Searched the web for "..." through our own search worker._"
e) docs/privacy.html: the old "search stays off" row retired in a comment, a new row says where
the words go (our worker, then Brave or DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia), and a Newer note.
f) docs/see-for-yourself.html: "The internet" line now says search is on by default, shown in
chat, through our worker, with the off-switch; other tools still ask first.
g) docs/index.html (landing): the "closeMenu is not defined" error at line 2078. The close button
now calls window.closeMenu() when clicked instead of naming closeMenu before it exists.
h) docs/scripts/smoke-honesty-terms-three-doors.js: its privacy check is layered to accept the
retired old row plus the new one (old line kept as a comment).
i) tests/smoke.js: 8 new web-search-on checks. docs/library/WEB_SEARCH_DEFAULT_ON_v0.1.md (new).
desktop/data-proxy-worker/DEPLOY.md: deploy steps. Ledger: your entry (section 5).
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4. APPLY AND TEST
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git checkout -b layer/web-search-default-on-v0
git apply --check /tmp/websearch.diff && git apply /tmp/websearch.diff
cmp index.html docs/app.html && echo index-eq-app
node tests/smoke.js | grep "CHECKS PASSED" # ALL 3605 CHECKS PASSED (or more)
p=0; n=0; for f in docs/scripts/smoke-*.js tests/smoke.js tests/smoke-history.js desktop/scripts/smoke-*.js; do
if node "$f" >/dev/null 2>&1; then p=$((p+1)); else n=$((n+1)); echo "FAIL $f"; fi; done; echo "PASS $p FAIL $n"
expect PASS 69 FAIL 8 (the same 8 fail on main: carry-forward, connect-card-yesno-wizard,
fable-tech, phone-shine, proof-60s, tests/smoke-history, desktop reseed, desktop swarm)
Worker check without deploying (Node 18+):
cp desktop/data-proxy-worker/search-route.js /tmp/sr.mjs
node --input-type=module -e "import {handleSearch} from '/tmp/sr.mjs'; const r=await handleSearch(new Request('https://x/search?q=moon',{headers:{Origin:'https://freelattice.com'}}),{}); const j=await r.json(); console.log(r.status, j.source, j.items.length)"
expect: 200 duckduckgo+wikipedia 5 (or a few)
Locks:
git diff main --stat -- sw.js docs/sw.js docs/modules/fl-connect.js # nothing
git diff main -U0 | grep '^+' | grep -c $'\xe2\x80\x94' # 0 (context lines may show old ones; fine)
git diff main -U0 | grep '^+' | grep -v '^+\s*//' | grep -v assert | grep -c 'confirm(' # 0
git diff main -U0 | grep '^+' | grep -v assert | grep -c 'innerHTML' # 0
git diff main | grep -cE '^\+(<<<<<<<|>>>>>>>)' # 0
git diff main --name-only | grep -ci kimi # 0
What Celeste saw (box, 10cb886 + diff): all of the above green; a fake browser run of web-tool.js
searched with no chip by default, showed the chip with ask-first on, went quiet with the
off-switch, and went dormant with none; the worker route returned 5 results with the right CORS
header and no-store. Not verified: the deployed worker, a real chat in a browser, Safari.
Walk (only if easy; 127.0.0.1 only):
cd ~/FreeLattice-fresh/docs && python3 -m http.server 8765 --bind 127.0.0.1
Open http://127.0.0.1:8765/app.html, Settings, Web Search: the status says On; tick and untick
"Ask me before each search". Open http://127.0.0.1:8765/ on a narrow window: the menu's close
button works and the console shows no closeMenu error. A real search will fail politely until
Kirk deploys the worker; that is expected. Say "walk skipped" if you cannot.
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5. LEDGER AND TEMPERATURE
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The diff adds your entry to docs/library/FRACTAL_FAMILY_LEDGER_v0.md ending in
"**TEMPERATURE:** GC_TEMPERATURE_HERE". Replace the placeholder with your own one line, honestly:
sed -i '' 's/GC_TEMPERATURE_HERE/your line here/' docs/library/FRACTAL_FAMILY_LEDGER_v0.md
grep -c GC_TEMPERATURE_HERE docs/library/FRACTAL_FAMILY_LEDGER_v0.md # 0
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6. COMMIT, OPEN THE PR YOURSELF, THEN STOP
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git add -A
git commit -m "layer: Web search on by default v0.1 (our own worker, every search shown)"
If the hook adds its own commit that rewrites sw.js or the Primer, drop it as before
(git reset --hard HEAD~1 only if HEAD is that hook commit; check git log -2 first) and say so.
git diff main --stat -- sw.js docs/sw.js # nothing
git push -u origin layer/web-search-default-on-v0
gh pr create --repo Chaos2Cured/FreeLattice --base main --head layer/web-search-default-on-v0 \
--title "layer: Web search on by default v0.1 (our own worker, every search shown)" \
--body "Soft LAYER marker v-web-search-default-on-v0.1. Search uses our own worker (freelattice-data /search), on by default, off-switch and optional ask-first kept, every search shown in the chat. Worker change needs: cd desktop/data-proxy-worker && npx wrangler deploy (optional: npx wrangler secret put BRAVE_API_KEY). Also fixes closeMenu is not defined on the landing page. Never touches sw.js; index.html == docs/app.html. Notes: docs/library/WEB_SEARCH_DEFAULT_ON_v0.1.md"
Then STOP. Do not merge, do not deploy the worker, do not delete branches. Reply with: the PR
number and URL, the branch SHA, the test lines from section 4, the walk result, any hook you
dropped, any findings, and your Temperature line.
For Kirk, after the merge (GC does not do this):
cd ~/FreeLattice-fresh && git pull && cd desktop/data-proxy-worker && npx wrangler deploy
Then open https://freelattice-data.freelattice.workers.dev/search?q=moon : you should see items
and a source. Optional, for live web results: npx wrangler secret put BRAVE_API_KEY, deploy again.