Merge pull request #976 from yodamaster726/chat-doc

chore: add how to startup chat ui

Author: odilitime

docs/docs/guides/local-development.md

@@ -94,6 +94,22 @@ pnpm run test:watch    # Run tests in watch mode
 pnpm run lint          # Lint code
 ```
 
+### Direct Client Chat UI
+
+```
+# Open a terminal and Start with specific character
+pnpm run dev --characters="characters/my-character.json"
+```
+```
+# Open a 2nd terminal and start the client
+pnpm start:client
+```
+
+Look for the message:
+`  ➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/`
+Click on that link or open a browser window to that location.  Once you do that you should see the chat interface connect with the system and you can start interacting with your character.
+
+
 ## Database Development
 
 ### SQLite (Recommended for Development)

docs/docs/quickstart.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ sidebar_position: 2
 ## Prerequisites
 
 Before getting started with Eliza, ensure you have:
-
-- [Python 2.7+](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 - [Node.js 23+](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
 - [pnpm 9+](https://pnpm.io/installation)
 - Git for version control
@@ -125,6 +123,22 @@ You set which model to use inside the character JSON file
    pnpm start --characters="characters/trump.character.json,characters/tate.character.json"
    ```
 
+3. **Interact with the Agent**
+
+   Now you're ready to start a conversation with your agent!
+   Open a new terminal window
+
+   ```bash
+   pnpm start:client
+   ```
+
+   Once the client is running, you'll see a message like this:
+```
+➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/
+```
+
+   Simply click the link or open your browser to `http://localhost:5173/`. You'll see the chat interface connect to the system, and you can begin interacting with your character.
+
 ## Platform Integration
 
 ### Discord Bot Setup

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         "build": "turbo run build --filter=!eliza-docs",
         "build-docker": "turbo run build",
         "start": "pnpm --filter \"@ai16z/agent\" start --isRoot",
-        "start:client": "pnpm --dir client start --isRoot",
+        "start:client": "pnpm --dir client dev",
         "start:debug": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development VERBOSE=true DEBUG=eliza:* pnpm --filter \"@ai16z/agent\" start --isRoot",
         "dev": "bash ./scripts/dev.sh",
         "lint": "bash ./scripts/lint.sh",