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+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { CheckCircle2, XCircle, Loader2, Play, RefreshCw, Server, Cpu, Box, Folder, Wrench, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react'
+
+const CHECK_LABELS = {
+  conda:         { label: 'Miniconda installed',       icon: Box     },
+  env:           { label: 'Conda env "synthetic-data"', icon: Box    },
+  sdk:           { label: 'synthetic-data-kit CLI',     icon: Wrench },
+  training_deps: { label: 'Training libs (torch/peft/trl)', icon: Sparkles },
+  train_py:      { label: 'train.py installed',          icon: Wrench },
+  data_dirs:     { label: 'Data directories created',    icon: Folder },
+  gpu:           { label: 'NVIDIA GPU detected',         icon: Cpu    },
+}
+
+const CHECK_ORDER = ['gpu', 'conda', 'env', 'sdk', 'training_deps', 'train_py', 'data_dirs']
+
+export default function SetupPanel({ connected }) {
+  const [checks,    setChecks]    = useState(null)
+  const [ready,     setReady]     = useState(false)
+  const [user,      setUser]      = useState('')
+  const [loading,   setLoading]   = useState(false)
+  const [error,     setError]     = useState('')
+  const [running,   setRunning]   = useState(false)
+  const [logs,      setLogs]      = useState([])
+  const [stage,     setStage]     = useState('')
+  const logRef = useRef(null)
+
+  const runCheck = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!connected) return
+    setLoading(true); setError('')
+    try {
+      const { data } = await axios.get('/api/setup/check')
+      setChecks(data.checks); setReady(data.ready); setUser(data.user)
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e.response?.data?.detail || e.message)
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false)
+    }
+  }, [connected])
+
+  useEffect(() => { runCheck() }, [runCheck])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (logRef.current) logRef.current.scrollTop = logRef.current.scrollHeight
+  }, [logs])
+
+  const runBootstrap = () => {
+    if (!connected || running) return
+    setRunning(true); setLogs([]); setStage('starting'); setError('')
+
+    const proto = location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:'
+    const ws = new WebSocket(`${proto}//${location.host}/api/setup/bootstrap`)
+
+    ws.onmessage = (e) => {
+      const msg = JSON.parse(e.data)
+      if (msg.type === 'log') {
+        const line = msg.data
+        const stageMatch = line.match(/::stage:: (\w+)/)
+        if (stageMatch) setStage(stageMatch[1])
+        setLogs(l => [...l, line])
+      } else if (msg.type === 'error') {
+        setError(msg.data)
+        setRunning(false)
+        ws.close()
+      } else if (msg.type === 'done') {
+        setStage('done')
+        setRunning(false)
+        ws.close()
+        runCheck()
+      }
+    }
+    ws.onerror = () => { setError('WebSocket error'); setRunning(false) }
+    ws.onclose = () => setRunning(false)
+  }
+
+  if (!connected) {
+    return (
+      <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-700/50 bg-[#161b27] p-6 text-center">
+        <Server size={32} className="mx-auto mb-3 text-slate-600" />
+        <p className="text-sm text-slate-400">Connect to the GPU server first to run setup.</p>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-4">
+      {/* Header */}
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+        <div>
+          <h2 className="text-base font-semibold text-slate-200">Remote setup</h2>
+          <p className="text-xs text-slate-500 mt-0.5">
+            Verify and install everything llm-trainer needs on the GPU host
+            {user && <> — connected as <span className="text-slate-400">{user}</span></>}
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <button
+          onClick={runCheck}
+          disabled={loading || running}
+          className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs rounded-lg border border-slate-700 hover:bg-slate-700/30 disabled:opacity-50"
+        >
+          <RefreshCw size={12} className={loading ? 'animate-spin' : ''} /> Re-check
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Health check grid */}
+      <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-700/50 bg-[#161b27] overflow-hidden">
+        <div className="px-4 py-3 border-b border-slate-700/50 flex items-center justify-between">
+          <span className="text-xs text-slate-400">Health check</span>
+          {ready && (
+            <span className="text-xs text-green-400 flex items-center gap-1">
+              <CheckCircle2 size={12}/> Ready to train
+            </span>
+          )}
+        </div>
+        <div className="divide-y divide-slate-700/20">
+          {checks
+            ? CHECK_ORDER.map(key => {
+                const meta = CHECK_LABELS[key]
+                const ok = checks[key]
+                const Icon = meta.icon
+                return (
+                  <div key={key} className="flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-2.5 text-xs">
+                    <Icon size={14} className="text-slate-500" />
+                    <span className="flex-1 text-slate-300">{meta.label}</span>
+                    {ok
+                      ? <span className="flex items-center gap-1 text-green-400"><CheckCircle2 size={13}/> ok</span>
+                      : <span className="flex items-center gap-1 text-red-400"><XCircle size={13}/> missing</span>
+                    }
+                  </div>
+                )
+              })
+            : <div className="px-4 py-6 text-xs text-slate-500 text-center">
+                {loading ? 'Probing remote…' : 'No data'}
+              </div>
+          }
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Bootstrap action */}
+      {checks && !ready && (
+        <div className="rounded-xl border border-blue-700/30 bg-blue-900/10 p-4">
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
+            <div className="flex-1">
+              <h3 className="text-sm font-medium text-slate-200 mb-1">Bootstrap remote</h3>
+              <p className="text-xs text-slate-400">
+                Installs miniconda, creates the conda env, installs synthetic-data-kit + torch + transformers + peft + trl,
+                creates the data directories, and drops the training script into place. This can take 5–10 minutes
+                on first run depending on network speed.
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <button
+              onClick={runBootstrap}
+              disabled={running}
+              className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-medium rounded-lg bg-blue-600 hover:bg-blue-500 text-white disabled:opacity-50"
+            >
+              {running
+                ? <><Loader2 size={13} className="animate-spin"/> Running ({stage})</>
+                : <><Play size={13}/> Bootstrap</>
+              }
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Error */}
+      {error && (
+        <div className="rounded-xl border border-red-700/40 bg-red-900/10 p-3 text-xs text-red-300">
+          {error}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {/* Live log */}
+      {logs.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="rounded-xl border border-slate-700/50 bg-[#0b0f17] overflow-hidden">
+          <div className="px-4 py-2 border-b border-slate-700/50 flex items-center justify-between">
+            <span className="text-xs text-slate-400">Bootstrap log</span>
+            {running && <Loader2 size={12} className="animate-spin text-blue-400" />}
+          </div>
+          <pre
+            ref={logRef}
+            className="max-h-[420px] overflow-auto p-3 text-xs leading-relaxed text-slate-300 font-mono whitespace-pre-wrap"
+          >
+            {logs.join('')}
+          </pre>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
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