Darkbloom Provider

Darkbloom's Apple Silicon provider, native inference runtime integrations, and marketing site live here, alongside the retained console source snapshot and its existing build/test/hosting configuration. The provider runs models locally with MLX and can connect to the Darkbloom network or serve a local OpenAI-compatible API.

Repository Ownership

Use sibling checkouts, never one repository nested inside the other:

Darkbloom/
  d-inference/          Swift provider, local native APIs, MLX and landing
  darkbloom-platform/   Coordinator, prompt sidecar, consumer console and admin

Centralized backend, console and admin code belongs exclusively in darkbloom-platform. Never implement, commit, push or upload new backend, console or admin code here. The existing console-ui/ snapshot remains locally available; retaining it does not transfer new development ownership back from the platform. Device-local Swift APIs remain provider code. Check git remote -v and the intended diff before pushing.

Source ownership does not grant deployment authority. Infrastructure, hosting and traffic changes require specific human approval. Release/model registration remains an external API operation.

Run A Provider

Start with installation, then quickstart. Use direct mode for local inference, hardware requirements for model fit, and cache storage for encrypted SSD storage and daily write limits.

The provider is the plaintext inference endpoint. Network encryption does not hide prompts from that process or from the coordinator's transient request processing. See the encryption and storage trust model and provider attestation; do not infer security guarantees from a repository split.

Develop

Tool versions are in mise.toml; supported commands are in Makefile:

mise install
make provider-build
make provider-test
make ui-install ui-lint ui-test ui-build
make landing
make docs-check

Provider builds require Apple Silicon, the documented Xcode toolchain, and the recursive MLX dependencies. See build, test, navigation, and contribution rules. Public golden vectors check fixed expected behavior; they are not private cross-implementation qualification or live fleet evidence.

Layout

Path	Ownership
provider-swift/	CLI, on-device services, inference, security and tests
libs/	Pinned native MLX dependencies
landing/	Independent Next.js marketing site and its API routes
console-ui/	Retained console source and build/test/hosting configuration; new development belongs to the platform
coordinator/tests/protocol/testdata/	Retained console-test JSON fixtures only
fixtures/	Public, revision-bound test inputs
scripts/	Provider builds, native qualification, install and publication helpers
docs/	Provider/native explanations, references, operations and historical evidence

See the documentation index and retained console architecture. Platform API and consumer guides are maintained in the platform documentation. Existing changelog history remains a record of work before and after the ownership split, not evidence of a new release or deployment.

License

See LICENSE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md. Published privacy and terms remain unchanged by source cleanup.