agent changes

src/api/assistant.ts

@@ -69,7 +69,17 @@ export interface AssistantAnswer {
  */
 export async function assistantAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
-    const status = await api.get<{ available?: boolean }>(`${WEB}/assistant/status`);
+    const status = await api.get<{ available?: boolean; reason?: string }>(
+      `${WEB}/assistant/status`,
+    );
+    // The reason goes to the browser console, never to the panel. It names
+    // environment variables — useful to whoever deployed this, meaningless and
+    // faintly alarming to a shopkeeper. "Not connected yet" stays the only
+    // thing on screen; this is how somebody finds out which variable is wrong
+    // without a redeploy to add logging.
+    if (status?.available !== true && status?.reason) {
+      console.warn(`[nearle] Buddy is off: ${status.reason}`);
+    }
     return status?.available === true;
   } catch {
     return false;