Note

This project is vibecoded from sctrath. Its a testbed to experiment with obra/superpowers and agentic development. Use with caution.

scientia cognita

Deployed at https://sc.ikerin.com

Serendipitous access to scientific knowledge — curate catalogs of images and serve them as a TV screensaver via Google Photos albums.

Browse and scrape sources with the help of Gemini AI, organise items into catalogs, and push them straight to Google Photos so your television always has something worth looking at.

Development

Prerequisites

• Elixir 1.15+
• libvips for image processing (brew install vips on macOS)
• Docker (for MinIO)

1. Start MinIO

MinIO provides S3-compatible object storage for images. A docker-compose.yaml is included that starts MinIO and creates the required bucket automatically:

docker compose up -d

MinIO will be available at http://localhost:9000 (API) and http://localhost:9001 (console). Default credentials: scientia-user / scientia-pass.

2. Configure secrets

Copy the example secrets file and fill in your API keys:

cp config/dev.secret.exs.example config/dev.secret.exs

Edit config/dev.secret.exs:

• Gemini API key — get one at https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
• Google OAuth credentials — create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID (Web application) in the Google Cloud Console, then add http://localhost:4000/auth/google/callback as an authorised redirect URI

3. Install, migrate, and seed

mix setup

This installs dependencies, creates and migrates the database, and seeds an owner account at owner@scientia-cognita.local.

To use a different email for the owner account:

OWNER_EMAIL=you@example.com mix setup

4. Start the server

mix phx.server

Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser. Log in via the magic-link flow — in development the email lands in the local mailbox at http://localhost:4000/dev/mailbox.

The admin console is at http://localhost:4000/console.

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License

MIT © Ivan Kerin