# Endor Agent Kit Setup > Use when checking Endor Agent Kit readiness in Codex, verifying the local Endor CLI, authentication, namespace, GitHub, or toolchain prerequisites. - Skill: `endorlabs/endor-agent-kit-setup-7` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add endorlabs/endor-agent-kit-setup-7` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/endorlabs/endor-agent-kit-setup-7/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: AI & ML - Author: endorlabs (https://skillmd.com/u/endorlabs) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/endorlabs/endor-agent-kit-setup-7 --- # Endor Agent Kit Setup For Codex This public Codex package contains eleven workflow skills plus `endor-agent-kit-setup`. Plugin installation is already complete; this package does not bundle a custom-agent installer. Bundled workflows: `ai-sast-remediation`, `cicd-posture`, `configuration-automation`, `dependency-reviewer`, `findings-browser`, `malware-responder`, `oss-upgrade-investigator`, `remediation-planning`, `sca-remediation`, `troubleshooting`, `vulnerability-explainer`. ## Authentication Boundary - The plugin itself has no hosted MCP server, connector, app, OAuth flow, or bundled credentials. - Endor workflows use the customer's local `endorctl` process and its existing authentication configuration. - Let `endorctl` consume authentication internally. Never print, copy, parse, or ask the user to paste secret values. - Treat missing or expired Endor authentication as a local readiness issue, not a plugin installation failure. - Normal setup does not require MCP. Discuss or configure MCP only when the user explicitly asks for that separate capability. # Endor Agent Kit Setup Use this setup workflow when the user asks to install, check, update, or remove Endor Labs Agent Kit plugin support files, or when an Endor Agent Kit workflow is blocked by missing `endorctl`, GitHub CLI, authentication, namespace, or local toolchain readiness. ## Setup Contract Be proactive about checking the environment, but do not make persistent changes without explicit user approval. Report evidence for each check. Never print secret values. Setup may: - Inspect command availability and versions for `endorctl`, `gh`, `git`, and workflow-relevant language tooling. - Read `ENDOR_NAMESPACE` from the current process environment and report it as namespace provenance when present. - Safely parse `~/.endorctl/config.yaml` for non-secret fields such as `ENDOR_API` and `ENDOR_NAMESPACE`. - Report the presence of credential fields by key name only. - Report the presence of `ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_*` authentication variables by key name only. - Run lightweight read-only Endor auth verification when config or credentials are present. - Offer re-authentication when verification fails. - Check `gh` authentication and point to official installation guidance. - Inspect Endor MCP support when a selected workflow needs MCP or the user asks for MCP setup. - Offer host-specific Endor MCP configuration only after explaining the exact file, command, and validation step. - Install, update, or uninstall host-specific Agent Kit support files only after explicit approval. Setup must not: - Run `endorctl scan`. - Run `endorctl host-check`. - Print `~/.endorctl/config.yaml` or secret values. - Read, cat, source, recurse through, or point `ENDORCTL_CONFIG` or `--config-path` at tenant-specific, customer-specific, production, backup, or other non-default Endor config directories. - Ask the user to paste API keys, API secrets, tokens, or passwords into chat. - Write `ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_KEY` or `ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_SECRET`. - Edit shell profile files such as `.zshrc`, `.bashrc`, or PowerShell profile. - Install `gh`, package managers, language runtimes, Docker, JDKs, or build tooling. - Configure MCP globally without explicit user approval. MCP remains opt-in per recipe/workflow. ## Readiness Report Start with a concise readiness report. Separate configured state from verified state. Include these sections when relevant: - Ready - Needs action - Optional checks - Available fixes For Endor auth, report sanitized fields only: ```text Endor config: found API endpoint: https://api.endorlabs.com Namespace candidates: - ENDOR_NAMESPACE: not set - ~/.endorctl/config.yaml ENDOR_NAMESPACE: example-namespace Selected namespace: example-namespace from ~/.endorctl/config.yaml Auth: API credential fields present Endor auth: verified for namespace example-namespace Secret values: hidden ``` If a namespace is missing, say that a namespace is required before live Endor lookups. If a namespace is detected, let the user use it or override it for the current workflow. If `ENDOR_NAMESPACE` from the current process environment and `~/.endorctl/config.yaml` disagree, surface both values and stop before live Endor lookups. Ask the user which namespace to use for this workflow. Do not silently trust either value, and do not unset environment variables or edit config files unless the user explicitly asks for that separate operational cleanup. When the user selects or supplies a namespace, later workflow agents must pass it explicitly with `-n ` or `--namespace ` for scoped Endor lookups rather than relying on bare `endorctl` namespace resolution. ## Endor Tooling If `endorctl` is missing, offer documented install options in this order: 1. Package manager route when available, such as Homebrew or npm. 2. Direct binary download with checksum verification. Only install `endorctl` after explicit approval. If installing to `~/bin`, tell the user how to update `PATH` for the current shell. Do not edit shell profiles. If API credential fields are present, do not run browser auth unless the user explicitly asks to switch or re-authenticate. If API credential setup is needed, tell the user to set `ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_KEY` and `ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_SECRET` through their preferred secure environment mechanism. When browser or SSO authentication is requested, confirm the namespace first. Use non-interactive flags where supported. If multi-tenant selection appears, summarize the available tenant choices and ask the user before retrying. ## Endor MCP Require `endorctl agent api --help` to succeed for workflows that use Endor CLI API calls. Each selected workflow must pass its canonical recipe id through `--agent-id`; never fall back to the unattributed legacy API command. Configure Endor MCP only when a selected MCP-capable workflow needs it or the user explicitly asks for it. The distribution may include ready-to-use Endor MCP config snippets such as root `.mcp.json` or Gemini `mcpServers` metadata. Treat those files as setup inputs, not permission to start or register MCP without approval. When MCP setup is requested: 1. Check whether `npx` is available. 2. Check whether `endorctl` is available. 3. Verify the proposed server command is: `npx -y endorctl ai-tools mcp-server`. 4. Inspect the host-specific MCP config location or installed plugin metadata. 5. If `endor-cli-tools` is already registered, report it and ask before changing anything. 6. If it is missing, show the exact config that would be added and ask for approval before writing host config files. 7. After approval and configuration, validate in a fresh host session when the host supports tool visibility checks. Do not claim Endor MCP tools are available to a workflow until the host exposes them in the current session. If MCP tools are unavailable, continue with CLI-first workflows when they support `endorctl agent api --agent-id `; otherwise record the missing MCP capability in `data_gaps`. ## GitHub CLI Check `gh auth status` when workflows need GitHub evidence, repository inventory, pull requests, or comments. If `gh` is missing, provide current official installation guidance instead of installing it automatically. Do not manage GitHub token scopes or create personal access tokens. Verify only the specific read or write capability needed for the selected workflow. ## Language Tooling Detect and report workflow-relevant package managers, language runtimes, and build tools. Do not install them. When tooling is missing, report the affected validation step and ask the user to install it through their team-standard toolchain. ## Workflow Safety Setup never performs remediation, creates branches, opens PRs/MRs, posts comments, writes Endor policies, or runs scans. Mutating workflows such as SCA Remediation and AI SAST Remediation keep those actions behind their generated agent approval gates. ## Codex Directory Rules - Do not search for or install repository-marketplace custom agents from this public-directory package. - Start a new Codex task after installing or updating the plugin so all bundled skills are discoverable. - Setup never runs scans, remediates findings, edits repositories, or changes Endor state.