Route Afia through the platform AI relay when no local API key is set.

Frontdesk now calls ladill.com/api/afia/chat using IDENTITY_API_KEY_FRONTDESK
so production does not need a separate OpenAI key in the frontdesk .env.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

.env.example

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ BILLING_API_KEY_FRONTDESK=
 IDENTITY_API_URL=https://ladill.com/api
 IDENTITY_API_KEY_FRONTDESK=
 
+# Afia AI assistant (uses platform relay via IDENTITY_API_KEY when AFIA_API_KEY is unset)
+AFIA_ENABLED=true
+# AFIA_API_KEY=
+# AFIA_PLATFORM_API_URL=https://ladill.com/api
+# AFIA_PLATFORM_API_KEY=
+
 # Platform events webhook (user/org lifecycle from the monolith)
 SERVICE_EVENTS_INBOUND_SECRET=
 

app/Services/Afia/AfiaService.php

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ class AfiaService
 {
     public function enabled(): bool
     {
-        return (bool) config('afia.enabled', true) && (string) config('afia.api_key', '') !== '';
+        if (! (bool) config('afia.enabled', true)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->hasLocalKey() || $this->hasPlatformRelay();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -25,6 +29,19 @@ class AfiaService
             throw new RuntimeException('Afia is not configured.');
         }
 
+        if ($this->hasLocalKey()) {
+            return $this->chatLocally($message, $history, $context);
+        }
+
+        return $this->chatViaPlatform($message, $history, $context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<int, array{role: string, text: string}>  $history
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $context
+     */
+    private function chatLocally(string $message, array $history, array $context): string
+    {
         $provider = (string) config('afia.provider', 'openai');
         $model = (string) config('afia.model', 'gpt-4o-mini');
         $apiKey = (string) config('afia.api_key');
@@ -44,6 +61,49 @@ class AfiaService
             : $this->viaOpenAi($model, $apiKey, $messages);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param  array<int, array{role: string, text: string}>  $history
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $context
+     */
+    private function chatViaPlatform(string $message, array $history, array $context): string
+    {
+        $base = rtrim((string) config('afia.platform_api_url', ''), '/');
+        $token = (string) config('afia.platform_api_key', '');
+
+        $res = Http::withToken($token)->acceptJson()->timeout(50)->post($base.'/afia/chat', [
+            'product' => (string) config('afia.product', 'frontdesk'),
+            'message' => $message,
+            'history' => $history,
+            'system_prompt' => $this->systemPrompt($context),
+        ]);
+
+        if ($res->status() === 503) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Afia is not configured on the platform.');
+        }
+
+        if ($res->failed()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Platform Afia relay failed: '.$res->status());
+        }
+
+        $reply = trim((string) $res->json('reply', ''));
+        if ($reply === '') {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Platform Afia relay returned an empty response.');
+        }
+
+        return $reply;
+    }
+
+    private function hasLocalKey(): bool
+    {
+        return (string) config('afia.api_key', '') !== '';
+    }
+
+    private function hasPlatformRelay(): bool
+    {
+        return rtrim((string) config('afia.platform_api_url', ''), '/') !== ''
+            && (string) config('afia.platform_api_key', '') !== '';
+    }
+
     private function viaOpenAi(string $model, string $apiKey, array $messages): string
     {
         $res = Http::withToken($apiKey)->acceptJson()->timeout(45)
@@ -63,7 +123,7 @@ class AfiaService
 
     private function viaAnthropic(string $model, string $apiKey, array $messages): string
     {
-        $system = $messages[0]['content'];
+        $system = $messages[0]['content'] ?? '';
         $turns = array_values(array_filter($messages, fn ($m) => $m['role'] !== 'system'));
 
         $res = Http::withHeaders([

config/afia.php

@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@ return [
     'enabled' => (bool) env('AFIA_ENABLED', true),
     'provider' => env('AFIA_PROVIDER', 'openai'), // openai | anthropic
     'model' => env('AFIA_MODEL', 'gpt-4o-mini'),
+    // Optional direct provider key. When empty, Afia uses the platform relay below.
     'api_key' => env('AFIA_API_KEY', env('OPENAI_API_KEY')),
+    // Platform relay — uses the monolith's configured AI keys (same pattern as Billing).
+    'platform_api_url' => env('AFIA_PLATFORM_API_URL', env('IDENTITY_API_URL', 'https://ladill.com/api')),
+    'platform_api_key' => env('AFIA_PLATFORM_API_KEY', env('IDENTITY_API_KEY_FRONTDESK')),
 ];

resources/js/app.js

@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ Alpine.data('afia', (config = {}) => ({
                 body: JSON.stringify({ message: text, history }),
             });
             const data = await res.json();
-            this.messages.push({ role: 'assistant', text: data.reply || data.message || 'Sorry, I could not respond.' });
+            if (! res.ok) {
+                this.messages.push({ role: 'assistant', text: data.message || data.reply || 'Sorry, I could not respond.' });
+            } else {
+                this.messages.push({ role: 'assistant', text: data.reply || data.message || 'Sorry, I could not respond.' });
+            }
         } catch (e) {
             this.messages.push({ role: 'assistant', text: 'Network error — please try again.' });
         }

tests/Feature/FrontdeskAfiaTest.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\Organization;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Services\Afia\AfiaService;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 class FrontdeskAfiaTest extends TestCase
@@ -75,7 +76,11 @@ class FrontdeskAfiaTest extends TestCase
 
     public function test_afia_chat_returns_service_unavailable_when_disabled(): void
     {
-        config(['afia.enabled' => false, 'afia.api_key' => '']);
+        config([
+            'afia.enabled' => false,
+            'afia.api_key' => '',
+            'afia.platform_api_key' => '',
+        ]);
 
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->postJson(route('frontdesk.ai.chat'), [
@@ -83,4 +88,27 @@ class FrontdeskAfiaTest extends TestCase
             ])
             ->assertStatus(503);
     }
+
+    public function test_afia_chat_uses_platform_relay_when_local_key_missing(): void
+    {
+        config([
+            'afia.enabled' => true,
+            'afia.api_key' => '',
+            'afia.platform_api_url' => 'https://platform.test/api',
+            'afia.platform_api_key' => 'frontdesk-relay-key',
+        ]);
+
+        Http::fake([
+            'platform.test/api/afia/chat' => Http::response([
+                'reply' => 'Open Devices and register a Visitor Kiosk.',
+            ]),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->actingAs($this->user)
+            ->postJson(route('frontdesk.ai.chat'), [
+                'message' => 'How do I set up a kiosk?',
+            ])
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonPath('reply', 'Open Devices and register a Visitor Kiosk.');
+    }
 }