The Mirror ~ a free gift from Chiibitsu Labs

A free, self-run mirror. A person picks one lens of their life, answers a few soft questions, and receives a warm, personal reflection of two things:

• their gap ~ where the world (often AI) is outpacing the way they work, and
• their signature ~ what AI can’t replace in them.

It ends with one next-decision to fill in and a boundary line. It’s the free front door to the paid 10-week Futureproof Me cohort.

Ethos: more human, by design.

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The five hard constraints (never violated)

1. Mirror, never a score. No numbers, grades, or ranking.
2. No types. Never one label. Reflect multiple dimensions.
3. Refuse compression. Tell them plainly they are more than this reflection.
4. One lens at a time. Bounded, not “your whole future.”
5. No guarantees. No promises about outcomes.

The magic rule: the gift is fully delivered before any ask, and every ask is offered, never required.

The flow

Landing → pick a lens → the gap (8 cues + a freshness question) → the signature (3 prompts) → the mirror fogs and clears → the reflection (on screen, complete) → a soft, skippable line about the cohort → a shareable keepsake card → one optional email opt-in → a warm close.

Tech

• Frontend: Vite + React, static. All copy in src/data/content.js.
• /api/diagnose.js: one serverless function. Sends answers to Claude with a mirror-logic system prompt, returns structured JSON. The API key is read server-side only and never reaches the client.
• /api/capture.js: optional. Writes the opt-in to your own Supabase database (docs/supabase-setup.md) and emails the person what they ticked via Resend (docs/email-setup.md). Both are independent and skip gracefully if unconfigured.
• Card: styled HTML → PNG client-side with html-to-image. No paid service.
• Everything portable: standard React/Node, keys in env vars.

Run locally

npm install
cp .env.example .env.local   # add your ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
npx vercel dev               # serves the app + /api functions together

npm run dev runs the Vite front end alone (the /api calls need vercel dev or a deployment to respond).

Deploy

Not a coder? Start with docs/DEPLOY.md ~ a click-by-click walkthrough for connecting Vercel and seeing the site.

Push to a repo connected to Vercel. Set env vars in the Vercel dashboard:

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (required)
• MIRROR_MODEL (optional, defaults to a current Claude model)
• SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_KEY (optional capture ~ see docs/supabase-setup.md)
• RESEND_API_KEY, MIRROR_FROM_EMAIL (optional email ~ see docs/email-setup.md)

Before launch ~ read this

docs/REVIEW.md gathers the four items flagged for sign-off: the gift name, the question wording, the diagnosis system prompt, and the card design.