From 95fc84527831a52449b4205403b67ab931905ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Perez <bruno@buddyweb.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 20:07:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: pre-fill the Manifest Cloud gateway URL by default

---
 README.md        |  2 +-
 src/App.tsx      | 20 +++++++++++---------
 src/providers.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bee271..9b6ce9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Your API key is held in `sessionStorage` (cleared when you close the tab). Every
 
 Open <https://wingman.manifest.build>, then:
 
-- **Provider preset** — pick a provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, …) to auto-fill its base URL and wire format, or stay on **Custom / Manifest** to point at your own gateway. Editing the Base URL by hand switches back to Custom.
+- **Provider preset** — pick a provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Groq, …) to auto-fill its base URL and wire format. The default, **Custom / Manifest**, pre-fills the Manifest Cloud gateway (`https://app.manifest.build`) — edit the Base URL by hand to point at your own gateway (which switches the pill back to Custom).
 - **Format** — the wire protocol: OpenAI Chat Completions (`/v1/chat/completions`), OpenAI Responses (`/v1/responses`), or Anthropic Messages (`/v1/messages`). This sets the endpoint path, auth scheme, body shape, and how the response is parsed.
 - **Base URL** — e.g. `https://your-manifest.example.com`, `https://api.openai.com`, `https://api.anthropic.com`, or `http://localhost:3001` (more on cross-origin below). Wingman appends the format's path.
 - **API key** — `Authorization: Bearer` for OpenAI-style formats, `x-api-key` for Anthropic (attached automatically per format).
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index c1980c4..1c1f904 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   PROVIDER_BY_ID,
   DEFAULT_PROVIDER_ID,
   CUSTOM_PROVIDER,
+  MANIFEST_BASE_URL,
   type Provider,
 } from './providers';
 import { partitionHeaders, sendRequest, sendRequestStreaming, type SendResult } from './send';
@@ -97,17 +98,17 @@ function recordFromEntries(entries: HeaderEntry[]): Record<string, string> {
 }
 
 function defaultBaseUrl(): string {
-  // Hosted Wingman has no implicit backend — leave the field empty so the
-  // user must paste a URL or follow the ?baseUrl= query param. Pre-filling a
-  // localhost guess on wingman.manifest.build would only produce confusing
-  // CORS errors.
-  if (typeof window === 'undefined') return '';
+  // Wingman is a Manifest gateway tester first, so default the Base URL to the
+  // canonical Manifest Cloud gateway — the user shouldn't have to type it. On
+  // localhost we instead guess the local gateway port so `npm run dev` targets
+  // a locally-running Manifest. The health badge surfaces reachability / CORS.
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') return MANIFEST_BASE_URL;
   const { protocol, hostname, port } = window.location;
   if (hostname === 'localhost' || hostname === '127.0.0.1') {
     if (port === '3002' || port === '3000') return `${protocol}//${hostname}:3001`;
     return `${protocol}//${hostname}:${port || '3001'}`;
   }
-  return '';
+  return MANIFEST_BASE_URL;
 }
 
 // An external embed (?baseUrl=…, e.g. the Manifest dashboard drawer) is always
@@ -316,8 +317,9 @@ const App: Component = () => {
   };
 
   // Pick a provider preset: switch to its wire format and, for a concrete
-  // provider, fill the base URL + a usable default model. Selecting "Custom"
-  // resets to Manifest/BYO defaults so the user can type their own endpoint.
+  // provider, fill the base URL + a usable default model. Selecting "Custom /
+  // Manifest" resets to the Manifest gateway defaults (base URL pre-filled, the
+  // `auto` router model) — the field stays free-text for a BYO endpoint.
   const selectProvider = (id: string) => {
     const preset = PROVIDER_BY_ID[id];
     if (!preset || id === providerId()) return;
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ const App: Component = () => {
     writeStorage(STORAGE.provider, id);
     setFormatSafely(preset.formatId);
     if (preset.id === DEFAULT_PROVIDER_ID) {
-      persistAndSetBase('');
+      persistAndSetBase(defaultBaseUrl());
       persistAndSetModel('auto');
     } else {
       persistAndSetBase(preset.baseUrl);
diff --git a/src/providers.ts b/src/providers.ts
index ef8e33a..15bac23 100644
--- a/src/providers.ts
+++ b/src/providers.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ export interface Provider {
 /** The default preset: today's behaviour (free-text base URL → Manifest). */
 export const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_ID = 'custom';
 
+/**
+ * Canonical Manifest Cloud gateway. Pre-filled as the default Base URL on the
+ * hosted app so the primary use case — testing a Manifest gateway — works
+ * without typing (or mistyping) the host. Note it's `app.manifest.build`, not
+ * `api.manifest.build`: the latter has no TLS cert. This host speaks the
+ * OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible wire format (`{host}/v1/chat/completions`,
+ * `{host}/v1/messages`). Source: manifest.build llms.txt.
+ */
+export const MANIFEST_BASE_URL = 'https://app.manifest.build';
+
 export const PROVIDERS: readonly Provider[] = [
   {
     id: 'custom',