Norax / Connect Helper

A local assistant,
with your hands on the wheel.

A tiny Windows download that chats with Norax's hosted AI over your Tailscale network and can operate your PC — showing you the exact command and waiting for your yes every single time. Built-in PowerShell, no installs, no admin.

How it stays safe Every proposed command is shown in full with its reason and your working folder before anything runs; nothing executes without your explicit approval, commands run as your user, the helper never opens inbound ports or auto-starts, and the pairing key grants chat only.

Download Connect Helper (ZIP) Setup Safety

SHA-256 52887007e063046ef010f8043c4f5986b0d21b88a64f99a2bb10beedfaa59468 · Windows 10/11 · Requires Tailscale + pairing key from Norax

Setup — three steps

Sign in to Tailscale on the PC, on the same tailnet as Norax. Don't have it? Install it yourself from the official Tailscale download page — the helper never installs anything silently.
Download the ZIP, right-click → Extract All, open the folder, and double-click Connect-Helper.cmd. Get the pairing key from Norax in chat and enter it once — it's stored encrypted for your user account only.
Describe your problem in plain words. The helper chats, proposes fixes, and asks before every command.

No Python, Node, OpenSSH, or Windows optional features are needed — it's built-in Windows PowerShell. No admin rights to launch; if a fix needs admin, relaunch Connect-Helper.cmd via right-click "Run as administrator" yourself.

How approval works

For every proposed command — even read-only diagnostics — the console shows your current working folder, why the command is proposed, and the exact full PowerShell command. You type yes to run it; anything else declines. Declined commands never run, and the assistant is told you declined so it can adjust. Approved commands run as your user with a time limit; their output, errors, and exit code go back to the chat so the fix proceeds step by step.

Working folder control: /cd <path> changes it, /cwd shows it, /exit closes the helper.
Visible session only: no autostart, no background service, no hidden listener on your PC, no remote polling. Closing the window ends it.

Honest scope

This is a local helper sharing Norax's hosted intelligence — its own session, not your synced Discord session, with no access to Norax's memory or tools.
Inference is remote via the relay on the tailnet — the helper does not run a local model and cannot answer offline.
The relay is inference-only: it never executes anything on Norax's side, the model is fixed server-side, and chat is the pairing key's only capability.

Pairing key, reset, and revocation

The key is stored encrypted (Windows DPAPI, your user only) in %LOCALAPPDATA%\NoraxConnectHelper\settings.json — the helper never prints it. If it's ever rejected (keys rotate), ask Norax for the current key, delete that file, and start Connect-Helper.cmd again. Norax can rotate or revoke keys on the relay side at any time.

Privacy / safety, plainly

Chat only: the pairing key is not an SSH key and not Norax's own credentials; it can't be used to reach your PC.
No remote control: the helper is a visible console you run when you want help. It never disables Windows Defender, SmartScreen, or your firewall.
Where your chat goes: to Norax's hosted model via the tailnet relay. Nothing is sent anywhere else.

Honest limitation: the relay and protocol are tested end-to-end on the server side; the Windows console experience has not been verified on a physical Windows PC. If anything looks off, tell Norax in chat.