SITREP: Global Command Center

Live news, a 3D globe and AI summaries, in one connected workspace.
A browser dashboard that turns public headlines into a sourced daily brief, answers questions from current stories, and translates them into Greek.

Open the dashboard  ·  Features  ·  Quick start  ·  Configuration  ·  How it works

Features

Feature	What it does
Daily brief	Three or four short points summarising the top headlines. Each point links to the articles it is based on.
Ask the feed	Ask a question about current headlines. The answer uses only those headlines and cites its sources.
Greek translation	Translates the first ten visible stories into Greek, one click on the Intelligence panel.
Intelligence feed	Headlines from RSS sources, filterable by priority and searchable by source or keyword.
Global view	A 3D globe with event markers, drag to explore and scroll to zoom.
Situations and markets	Active situations and prediction-market odds, refreshed in the background.

Quick start

Requirements: Node.js 20 or later.

git clone https://github.com/ykyritsis/sitrep.git
cd sitrep
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local   # optional: add your key for the AI features
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000. Without a key the dashboard runs normally, and the AI panels show a short "not configured" message.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Purpose
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY	For AI features	Server-side key for the DeepSeek API. It is never sent to the browser.
DEEPSEEK_MODEL	No	Model name. Defaults to deepseek-chat.

On Vercel, add these under Project Settings → Environment Variables, then redeploy.

How it works

• One news source. /api/news aggregates the RSS feeds, and every widget reads from it, so the dashboard makes one shared request rather than one per panel.
• AI answers come from the page. The brief and Ask the feed use the same headlines the visitor sees, and each answer is linked back to its source articles.
• Cost controls. Every AI result is cached: the brief for 30 minutes, answers for 30 minutes, translations for a day. Each visitor has a per-window limit, and polling pauses while the tab is hidden.
• No secrets in the browser. All model calls happen in API routes on the server.

Project structure

src/
  app/
    api/            server routes: news, brief, ask, translate and data feeds
    page.tsx        dashboard layout
    globals.css     visual system: design tokens, layout and components
  components/       panels: brief, ask, feed, globe, markets, situations
  lib/              shared fetch cache, DeepSeek client, rate limiter, feed hook

Scripts

Command	Purpose
npm run dev	Start the development server
npm run build	Production build
npm run start	Run the production build
npm run lint	Lint the code

Licence

MIT. News content belongs to its publishers and is linked to the original articles.