Tailscale Private Access

Use this when you want to access Paperclip over Tailscale (or a private LAN/VPN) instead of only localhost.

1. Start Paperclip in private authenticated mode

pnpm dev --bind tailnet

Recommended behavior:

If you want the old broad private-network behavior instead, use:

pnpm dev --bind lan

Legacy aliases still map to authenticated/private + bind=lan: pnpm dev —authenticated-private pnpm dev —tailscale-auth

## 2. Find your reachable Tailscale address

From the machine running Paperclip:

```sh
tailscale ip -4

You can also use your Tailscale MagicDNS hostname (for example my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net).

Use the Tailscale IP or MagicDNS host with the Paperclip port:

http://<tailscale-host-or-ip>:3100

Example:

http://my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net:3100

If you access Paperclip with a custom private hostname, add it to the allowlist:

npx paperclipai allowed-hostname my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net

From a remote Tailscale-connected device:

curl http://<tailscale-host-or-ip>:3100/api/health

Expected result:

{"status":"ok"}

Login or redirect errors on a private hostname: add it with paperclipai allowed-hostname.
App only works on localhost: make sure you started with --bind lan or --bind tailnet instead of plain pnpm dev.
Can connect locally but not remotely: verify both devices are on the same Tailscale network and port 3100 is reachable.