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Command-line tool

rea-sync

Moves files to the laptop for heavy reverse-engineering and brings results back.

built Oct 2026 The server in the closet

how it works

rsync to ~/rea-work on the Air; identical absolute home path on both machines lets paths be passed verbatim to the remote MCP.

Command-line tool: A small program run from the terminal.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

clireverse-engineeringrsync

related

  • rea / rea-air (remote REA over ssh stdio) MCP server Runs the reverse-engineering toolkit on the laptop so risky binaries never run on the server.
  • Offload heavy/risky reverse engineering to a second machine Technique Run untrusted programs and heavy analysis on the laptop, never on the server holding the passwords.
  • air-run Command-line tool Runs test suites on the laptop instead of the cramped home server.
  • Homelab disaster-recovery runbook (encrypted R2 backups) Document Step-by-step instructions, readable from a phone, for getting everything back if the home server dies or email is lost.
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