Meta Harness App Order Bootstrap

Meta-Harness App-Order Bootstrap

Use this skill when recent work spans startup scripts, runtime registries, app-order sequencing, and cross-app health validation under the local meta-harness.

Trigger Conditions

Use this skill when all are true:

1. Two or more local apps/services must launch or attach in a required order.
2. The work touches launcher scripts, runtime registry state, or desktop bring-up flows.
3. Validation depends on real endpoint health, not just process start.

Route elsewhere when:

• the task is only about desktop window polish or shortcut ownership: use $desktop-startup-acceptance
• the task is only about one repo's internal routing contract: use the most specific repo skill
• the task is only about model-lane authority drift: use $shim-pc-control-brain-routing

Workflow

1. Capture the intended app order and ownership:
   • app-first entry surface
   • attach/start sequence
   • runtime registry updates
   • health and readiness gates
2. Read the active launcher and registry surfaces before editing.
3. Confirm the authoritative local model lanes:
   • direct LM Studio http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1
   • explicitly selected hosted http://127.0.0.1:2337/v1
   • keep MX3 :9000 non-model support-only
4. Patch sequencing, registry, or health contracts without introducing alternate public endpoints.
5. Validate the real bring-up flow in order:
   • launcher starts cleanly
   • dependent app attach succeeds
   • runtime registry reflects the active state
   • health endpoints stay green
6. Report the exact app-order contract and remaining degraded lanes.

Required Evidence

• launcher files touched
• runtime registry files or templates touched
• health endpoints checked with status results
• any startup-order dependency that remains manual or operator-confirmed

Guardrails

• Do not invent new public ports to work around sequencing bugs.
• Keep launch ownership explicit; one surface owns startup, dependent surfaces attach.
• Prefer shell-free public launch surfaces when desktop startup is involved.
• Fail closed when the registry says one thing and the live health surface says another.

Scope Boundary

Use this skill for meta-harness bring-up sequencing, registry-aware startup contracts, and cross-app readiness validation.

Do not use this skill for unrelated packaging, UI styling, or long-running host offload work.

References

• $desktop-startup-acceptance
• $shim-pc-control-brain-routing
• $heterogeneous-stack-validation