Setup

Superset Project Setup

Goal: every new workspace (isolated git worktree) for this repo comes up ready, with dependencies installed, env present, and services reachable, without manual steps.

1. Inspect the repo

Work out what a fresh worktree needs, and ask about anything ambiguous:

• Package manager and install command (lockfiles decide: bun/pnpm/yarn/npm, cargo, uv, ...)
• Env files: .env is usually gitignored, so new worktrees need it copied from the main checkout or generated from .env.example
• Services (docker-compose, databases) and dev command + ports
• Monorepo layout (does setup need a cwd?)

2. Author .superset/config.json

This file is what wires lifecycle scripts in; a bare setup.sh without config.json is not picked up. Schema:

{
  "setup": ["./.superset/setup.sh"],
  "teardown": ["./.superset/teardown.sh"],
  "run": ["bun dev"],
  "cwd": "optional/subdir"
}

Each key is an array of shell commands run inside the worktree on workspace create / delete / run. Guidelines:

• Setup must be idempotent and fast (aim for under a minute; slow steps make every workspace creation painful)
• Copy secrets/env from the main checkout at setup time, never commit them
• .superset/config.local.json (gitignored) lets an individual user extend scripts with before/after arrays without touching the shared config

Show the user the proposed files and get explicit approval before writing.

3. Verify for real

Create a throwaway workspace with superset workspaces create --local --project <id> --name "setup-test" and watch the "Workspace Setup" terminal output. Fix and repeat until it completes cleanly, then delete the test workspace. Setup is not done until a real workspace boots green.