Merge pull request #23 from varalys/fix/daemon-init-check

fix: daemon exits gracefully if lore init has not been run

Author: franzer

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ jobs:
 
             def caveats
               <<~EOS
-                Run this first to configure lore:
+                To get started, run:
                   lore init
-
-                The background service will not work until lore init has been run.
               EOS
             end
 

src/daemon/mod.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use tokio::signal;
 use tokio::sync::{oneshot, RwLock};
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
 
+use crate::config::Config;
+
 pub use server::{send_command_sync, DaemonCommand, DaemonResponse};
 pub use state::{DaemonState, DaemonStats};
 pub use watcher::SessionWatcher;
@@ -63,6 +65,19 @@ pub async fn run_daemon() -> Result<()> {
         );
     }
 
+    // Check if lore has been initialized
+    let config_path = Config::config_path()?;
+    if !config_path.exists() {
+        anyhow::bail!(
+            "Lore has not been initialized.\n\n\
+            Run 'lore init' first to:\n  \
+            - Select which AI tools to watch\n  \
+            - Configure your machine identity\n  \
+            - Import existing sessions\n\n\
+            Then start the daemon with 'lore daemon start' or let init do it for you."
+        );
+    }
+
     // Set up file logging
     let _guard = setup_logging(&state)?;