openwork/ee/apps/den-controller

Den v2 Service

Control plane for hosted workers. Provides Better Auth, worker CRUD, and provisioning hooks.

Quick start

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
pnpm dev

Docker dev stack

For a one-command local stack with MySQL + the Den cloud web app, run this from the repo root:

./packaging/docker/den-dev-up.sh

That brings up:

• local MySQL for Den
• the Den control plane on a randomized host port
• the OpenWork Cloud web app on a randomized host port

The script prints the exact URLs and docker compose ... down command to use for cleanup.

Environment

• DATABASE_URL MySQL connection URL
• BETTER_AUTH_SECRET 32+ char secret
• BETTER_AUTH_URL public base URL Better Auth uses for OAuth redirects and callbacks
• DEN_BETTER_AUTH_TRUSTED_ORIGINS optional comma-separated trusted origins for Better Auth origin validation (defaults to CORS_ORIGINS)
• GITHUB_CLIENT_ID optional OAuth app client ID for GitHub sign-in
• GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET optional OAuth app client secret for GitHub sign-in
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID optional OAuth app client ID for Google sign-in
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET optional OAuth app client secret for Google sign-in
• PORT server port
• CORS_ORIGINS comma-separated list of trusted browser origins (used for Better Auth origin validation + Express CORS)
• PROVISIONER_MODE stub, render, or daytona
• OPENWORK_DAYTONA_ENV_PATH optional path to a shared .env.daytona file; when unset, Den searches upwards from the repo for .env.daytona
• WORKER_URL_TEMPLATE template string with {workerId}
• RENDER_API_BASE Render API base URL (default https://api.render.com/v1)
• RENDER_API_KEY Render API key (required for PROVISIONER_MODE=render)
• RENDER_OWNER_ID Render workspace owner id (required for PROVISIONER_MODE=render)
• RENDER_WORKER_REPO repository URL used to create worker services
• RENDER_WORKER_BRANCH branch used for worker services
• RENDER_WORKER_ROOT_DIR render rootDir for worker services
• RENDER_WORKER_PLAN Render plan for worker services
• RENDER_WORKER_REGION Render region for worker services
• RENDER_WORKER_OPENWORK_VERSION openwork-orchestrator npm version installed in workers; the worker build uses its opencodeVersion metadata to bundle a matching opencode binary into the Render deploy
• RENDER_WORKER_NAME_PREFIX service name prefix
• RENDER_WORKER_PUBLIC_DOMAIN_SUFFIX optional domain suffix for worker custom URLs (e.g. openwork.studio -> <worker-id>.openwork.studio)
• RENDER_CUSTOM_DOMAIN_READY_TIMEOUT_MS max time to wait for vanity URL health before falling back to Render URL
• RENDER_PROVISION_TIMEOUT_MS max time to wait for deploy to become live
• RENDER_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT_MS max time to wait for worker health checks
• RENDER_POLL_INTERVAL_MS polling interval for deploy + health checks
• VERCEL_API_BASE Vercel API base URL (default https://api.vercel.com)
• VERCEL_TOKEN Vercel API token used to upsert worker DNS records
• VERCEL_TEAM_ID optional Vercel team id for scoped API calls
• VERCEL_TEAM_SLUG optional Vercel team slug for scoped API calls (used when VERCEL_TEAM_ID is unset)
• VERCEL_DNS_DOMAIN Vercel-managed DNS zone used for worker records (default openwork.studio)
• POLAR_FEATURE_GATE_ENABLED enable cloud-worker paywall (true or false)
• POLAR_API_BASE Polar API base URL (default https://api.polar.sh)
• POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN Polar organization access token (required when paywall enabled)
• POLAR_PRODUCT_ID Polar product ID used for checkout sessions (required when paywall enabled)
• POLAR_BENEFIT_ID Polar benefit ID required to unlock cloud workers (required when paywall enabled)
• POLAR_SUCCESS_URL redirect URL after successful checkout (required when paywall enabled)
• POLAR_RETURN_URL return URL shown in checkout (required when paywall enabled)
• Daytona:
  • DAYTONA_API_KEY API key used to create sandboxes and volumes
  • DAYTONA_API_URL Daytona API base URL (default https://app.daytona.io/api)
  • DAYTONA_TARGET optional Daytona region/target
  • DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT optional snapshot name; if omitted Den creates workers from DAYTONA_SANDBOX_IMAGE
  • DAYTONA_SANDBOX_IMAGE sandbox base image when no snapshot is provided (default node:20-bookworm)
  • DAYTONA_SANDBOX_CPU, DAYTONA_SANDBOX_MEMORY, DAYTONA_SANDBOX_DISK resource sizing when image-backed sandboxes are used
  • DAYTONA_SANDBOX_AUTO_STOP_INTERVAL, DAYTONA_SANDBOX_AUTO_ARCHIVE_INTERVAL, DAYTONA_SANDBOX_AUTO_DELETE_INTERVAL lifecycle controls
  • DAYTONA_SIGNED_PREVIEW_EXPIRES_SECONDS TTL for the signed OpenWork preview URL returned to Den clients (Daytona currently caps this at 24 hours)
  • DAYTONA_SANDBOX_NAME_PREFIX, DAYTONA_VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX resource naming prefixes
  • DAYTONA_WORKSPACE_MOUNT_PATH, DAYTONA_DATA_MOUNT_PATH volume mount paths inside the sandbox
  • DAYTONA_RUNTIME_WORKSPACE_PATH, DAYTONA_RUNTIME_DATA_PATH, DAYTONA_SIDECAR_DIR local sandbox paths used for the live OpenWork runtime; the mounted Daytona volumes are linked into the runtime workspace under volumes/
  • DAYTONA_OPENWORK_PORT, DAYTONA_OPENCODE_PORT ports used when launching openwork serve
  • DAYTONA_OPENWORK_VERSION optional npm version to install instead of latest openwork-orchestrator
  • DAYTONA_CREATE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, DAYTONA_DELETE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, DAYTONA_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT_MS, DAYTONA_POLL_INTERVAL_MS provisioning timeouts

For local Daytona development, place your Daytona API credentials in /_repos/openwork/.env.daytona and Den will pick them up automatically, including from task worktrees.

Building a Daytona snapshot

If you want Daytona workers to start from a prebuilt runtime instead of a generic base image, create a snapshot and point Den at it.

The snapshot builder for this repo lives at:

• scripts/create-daytona-openwork-snapshot.sh
• ee/apps/den-worker-runtime/Dockerfile.daytona-snapshot

It builds a Linux image with:

• openwork-orchestrator
• opencode

Prerequisites:

• Docker running locally
• Daytona CLI installed and logged in
• a valid .env.daytona with at least DAYTONA_API_KEY

From the OpenWork repo root:

./scripts/create-daytona-openwork-snapshot.sh

To publish a custom-named snapshot:

./scripts/create-daytona-openwork-snapshot.sh openwork-runtime

Useful optional overrides:

• DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT_NAME
• DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT_REGION
• DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT_CPU
• DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY
• DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT_DISK
• OPENWORK_ORCHESTRATOR_VERSION
• OPENCODE_VERSION

After the snapshot is pushed, set it in .env.daytona:

DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT=openwork-runtime

Then start Den in Daytona mode:

DEN_PROVISIONER_MODE=daytona packaging/docker/den-dev-up.sh

If you do not set DAYTONA_SNAPSHOT, Den falls back to DAYTONA_SANDBOX_IMAGE and installs runtime dependencies at sandbox startup.

Auth setup (Better Auth)

Generate Better Auth schema (Drizzle):

npx @better-auth/cli@latest generate --config src/auth.ts --output src/db/better-auth.schema.ts --yes

Apply migrations:

pnpm db:generate
pnpm db:migrate

# or use the SQL migration runner used by Docker
pnpm db:migrate:sql

API

• GET /health
• GET / demo web app (sign-up + auth + worker launch)
• GET /v1/me
• GET /v1/workers (list recent workers for signed-in user/org)
• POST /v1/workers
  • Cloud launches return 202 quickly with worker status=provisioning and continue provisioning asynchronously.
  • Returns 402 payment_required with Polar checkout URL when paywall is enabled and entitlement is missing.
  • Existing Polar customers are matched by external_customer_id first, then by email to preserve access for pre-existing paid users.
• GET /v1/workers/:id
  • Includes latest instance metadata when available.
• POST /v1/workers/:id/tokens
• DELETE /v1/workers/:id
  • Deletes worker records and attempts to tear down the backing cloud runtime when destination is cloud.

CI deployment (dev == prod)

The workflow .github/workflows/deploy-den.yml updates Render env vars and deploys the service on every push to dev when this service changes.

Required GitHub Actions secrets:

• RENDER_API_KEY
• RENDER_DEN_CONTROL_PLANE_SERVICE_ID
• RENDER_OWNER_ID
• DEN_DATABASE_URL
• DEN_BETTER_AUTH_SECRET

Optional GitHub Actions secrets (enable GitHub social sign-in):

• DEN_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
• DEN_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET
• DEN_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
• DEN_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET

Optional GitHub Actions variable:

• DEN_RENDER_WORKER_PLAN (defaults to standard)
• DEN_RENDER_WORKER_OPENWORK_VERSION pins the openwork-orchestrator npm version installed in workers; the worker build bundles the matching opencode release asset into the Render image
• DEN_CORS_ORIGINS (defaults to https://app.openwork.software,https://api.openwork.software,<render-service-url>)
• DEN_BETTER_AUTH_TRUSTED_ORIGINS (defaults to DEN_CORS_ORIGINS)
• DEN_RENDER_WORKER_PUBLIC_DOMAIN_SUFFIX (defaults to openwork.studio)
• DEN_RENDER_CUSTOM_DOMAIN_READY_TIMEOUT_MS (defaults to 240000)
• DEN_BETTER_AUTH_URL (defaults to https://app.openwork.software)
• DEN_VERCEL_API_BASE (defaults to https://api.vercel.com)
• DEN_VERCEL_TEAM_ID (optional)
• DEN_VERCEL_TEAM_SLUG (optional, defaults to prologe)
• DEN_VERCEL_DNS_DOMAIN (defaults to openwork.studio)
• DEN_POLAR_FEATURE_GATE_ENABLED (true/false, defaults to false)
• DEN_POLAR_API_BASE (defaults to https://api.polar.sh)
• DEN_POLAR_SUCCESS_URL (defaults to https://app.openwork.software)
• DEN_POLAR_RETURN_URL (defaults to DEN_POLAR_SUCCESS_URL)

Required additional secret when using vanity worker domains:

• VERCEL_TOKEN