# Duoduo Admin

> Explain and manage a host-mode duoduo installation after onboarding. Use when the user asks how duoduo works, how stdio/daemon/channel/session fit together, where duoduo stores config and state, how to inspect current setup, how to upgrade duoduo itself, where something lives on disk (kernel_dir, runtime_dir, .env, descriptor.md), how to archive or recover a specific session (`duoduo session archive`, sessions-archive directory, restoring an archived session), or for broad 'configure duoduo' / 'fix my duoduo' requests that haven't narrowed to a specific channel or runtime setting yet. Also trigger for Chinese: 帮我理解 duoduo, duoduo 是怎么工作的, 看看我现在的 duoduo 配置, 帮我管理 duoduo, 升级 duoduo, 升级要注意什么, duoduo 哪个路径存什么, 归档 session, 删掉 session, 恢复归档 session.

- Skill: `openduo/duoduo-admin` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add openduo/duoduo-admin`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/openduo/duoduo-admin/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: openduo (https://skillmd.com/u/openduo)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/openduo/duoduo-admin

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# Duoduo Admin

Use this skill as the host-mode entrypoint for users who do not yet have a clear
mental model of duoduo.

## Start With Discovery

1. Confirm the daemon is up with `duoduo daemon status`.
2. Read `duoduo daemon config` before making persistent changes. Treat that
   output as the source of truth for paths and active settings.
3. If the daemon is down, start there. If the machine is not onboarded yet,
   explain that the user must finish `duoduo` onboarding first.
4. If the user says something is broken, first decide whether it is local
   misconfiguration, operator error, channel/plugin setup error, or a likely
   duoduo product bug.

## Explain Duoduo In Host-Mode Terms

Keep the explanation concrete and filesystem-first.

- `stdio` is the default direct operator surface after onboarding.
- `duoduo daemon ...` manages the long-lived runtime process.
- `duoduo channel ...` manages installable external channel plugins.
- `~/.config/duoduo/.env` is the persistent host-mode settings file.
- `kernel/config/<kind>.md` stores per-channel-kind defaults and kind prompts.
- `var/channels/<channel_id>/descriptor.md` stores per-channel-instance
  overrides and instance prompts.
- The host daemon is a detached background process. Updating package files alone
  does not replace the running process.
- Re-opening `duoduo` from the same real workspace path re-attaches the same
  stdio session key instead of creating a brand-new conversation surface.

Read [references/host-mode-map.md](references/host-mode-map.md) when the user
needs a fuller explanation of how these surfaces fit together.

## Upgrade And Restart

"Is there an update?" → check both:

```bash
duoduo --version
npm view @openduo/duoduo version
```

Standard upgrade path (works for minor bumps within the same major):

```bash
npm install -g @openduo/duoduo@latest
duoduo daemon restart -r "upgraded @openduo/duoduo to <version>"
```

Newer builds collapse both steps into one command that also installs
into the prefix owning the running binary (which a bare
`npm install -g` may not), supplies the restart reason itself, and
health-checks the new daemon:

```bash
duoduo upgrade [version] [--wake <session-or-alias>]
```

Check availability from the CLI itself rather than from a version
number — `duoduo --help` lists `--wake` on the upgrade line exactly
when this behavior is present. Older builds have a `duoduo upgrade`
that takes only a version and does none of the above; on those, use
the two-command form.

The restart matters because the daemon is a detached background
process — installing a newer CLI package does not hot-swap it.

**These skills are not part of the upgrade.** They ship from the GitHub
repo, not the npm package, so both upgrade paths leave them untouched
and you are left operating a new CLI from old instructions. Whenever the
version changes, offer to refresh them:

```bash
npx -y skills add https://github.com/openduo/duoduo --global --all
```

Offer — do not do it silently. See
[references/upgrade-playbook.md](references/upgrade-playbook.md) for the
non-interactive/SSH caveats.

The `-r` reason is delivered to every session woken after the restart.
Without it, a session whose turn the restart cut off has no way to know
why its conversation stopped mid-sentence, and will typically conclude a
person interrupted it. If a session was waiting on an answer, add
`--wake <session-or-alias>` (repeatable) — it will not resume on its own.
This holds even when the caller is a session inside the daemon being
restarted: the wake is carried by the restart itself, so it survives
the caller's own process dying with the old daemon.

### Crossing major boundaries (including v0.5)

When the upgrade crosses a behavioral boundary (v0.5 added Feishu
main-session semantics and a new trust model for DMs), follow the
full playbook instead of the one-liner above:

Read [references/upgrade-playbook.md](references/upgrade-playbook.md).

To collect the facts the playbook branches on, run the preflight:

```bash
bash scripts/v05-upgrade-preflight.sh
```

The script outputs markdown listing the installed version, daemon
status, channel inventory, Feishu env keys, and descriptor shapes,
then recommends one of Branch B / C / D. It is an **accelerator,
not a required path**: if the script fails to run or the environment
is unusual, the playbook's Step 1 fallback enumerates every probe
the script performs as an individual command so the agent can
reproduce it by hand.

## Automation surfaces you should know about

These surfaces matter when agents and automation talk to duoduo;
bare `duoduo` interactive use works without any of them.

- **`duoduo onboard`**: dedicated subcommand that runs the wizard
  and exits (never drops into the chat REPL). This is the correct
  entrypoint for any automation or agent call. In non-TTY contexts
  it reads its answers from env vars (at minimum
  `ALADUO_RUNTIME_MODE`, `ALADUO_CLAUDE_AUTH_SOURCE`) instead of
  prompting. If those are missing, it exits with code 2 and prints
  the full env-var recipe on stderr — forward that recipe to the
  caller rather than guessing.
- **`DUODUO_NODE_BIN` env**: when set, the `duoduo` bash wrapper
  uses that absolute path instead of resolving `node` via PATH.
  Use this when a caller environment resets PATH (`bash -lc` in
  agent spawn, GUI managers shipping a private Node runtime, etc.).
  See openduo/duoduo#50 for the full rationale.
- **User-visible drain errors**: when the daemon's internal SDK
  turn fails (most commonly: third-party compatible endpoints that
  don't accept Claude Code's current wire schema), the user
  sees a text reply prefixed with `[duoduo:drain-error]` instead
  of silence. The message carries the original error and suggests
  `DISABLE_ADAPTIVE=1 DISABLE_THINKING=1 DISABLE_INTERLEAVED_THINKING=1 MAX_THINKING_TOKENS=0`
  in `~/.config/duoduo/.env` as the common workaround.
- **`duoduo session archive <session_key>`**: archives every
  durable artifact of one session in one call
  (session dir, ingress snapshots, outbox records, channel
  descriptor). "Archive" literally — nothing is deleted, everything
  moves to `var/<kind>-archive/` where the operator can `mv` it
  back. Refuses when the target has a live actor; cancel it first
  via `/cancel`. This is the right tool when the dashboard shows a
  session that should no longer exist (e.g. after a channel reset)
  or when you want a clean slate for one specific session without
  touching the rest of the runtime. The
  `reset-feishu-session.sh` script in `duoduo-channel-admin` drives
  this CLI; read that script as a worked example if you need to
  batch-archive per channel.
- **Runtime selection**: Claude, Codex, Grok, and Pi are peer
  runtimes. Claude remains the default fallback, while `runtime: codex`
  can be selected per channel/job where Codex is available. Grok
  (`runtime: grok`, `ALADUO_DEFAULT_RUNTIME=grok`) has **no silent
  Claude fallback** — install `grok`, restart the daemon, run
  `grok login` (login needs no restart). Pi ships inside duoduo (nothing to
  install, always available) with the same no-silent-fallback posture:
  every pi session needs a model pointer (`provider/modelId` via job
  frontmatter, `/model`, or partition frontmatter) and fails actionably
  without one. Use `ALADUO_DEFAULT_RUNTIME=codex`, `=grok`, or `=pi`
  only for an intentional global default change.
- **Stdio output buffering**: the terminal UI buffers assistant text
  more cleanly so status/tool rendering does not interleave as visibly
  with assistant prose. Treat this as a UX fix, not a protocol change.

## Find Problems And Escalate

When the user is reporting a bug or unexpected behavior:

1. Reproduce or at least restate the exact symptom.
2. Inspect the live state with the smallest useful commands, usually
   `duoduo daemon status`, `duoduo daemon config`, `duoduo daemon logs`, and
   any relevant `duoduo channel ... status/logs`.
3. Separate local setup mistakes from probable product defects.
4. If it looks like a duoduo bug or docs gap, prepare a public-safe issue
   summary for `openduo/duoduo`.

Read [references/issue-reporting.md](references/issue-reporting.md) when the
user wants to file an issue or asks you to prepare one.

## Route The Request

- Channel installation, channel lifecycle, Feishu setup, WeChat packaging, or
  channel prompt/workspace changes:
  read [../duoduo-channel-admin/SKILL.md](../duoduo-channel-admin/SKILL.md)
  and let that workflow own the implementation.
- Runtime flags such as Codex, debug logs, telemetry, cadence, or daemon
  diagnostics:
  read [../duoduo-runtime-admin/SKILL.md](../duoduo-runtime-admin/SKILL.md)
  and let that workflow own the implementation.
- Confirmed bug report or docs gap that should be escalated publicly:
  use [references/issue-reporting.md](references/issue-reporting.md).
- Mixed or vague requests:
  explain the mechanism first, then move into the smallest concrete change.

## Operating Rules

- Prefer live inspection over defaults. Use the actual daemon config, actual
  files, and actual channel list before claiming how the system is set up.
- After editing `~/.config/duoduo/.env`, tell the user to run
  `duoduo daemon restart -r "changed <setting>"` unless they explicitly asked
  for an edit-only change. Never suggest a bare `restart` — the reason is what
  tells the interrupted sessions what happened to them.
- When the user asks to "understand duoduo", answer in terms of files,
  commands, and lifecycle rather than abstract architecture jargon.
- Do not pretend a raw Git repository can be installed as a channel plugin.
  Duoduo's channel installer accepts npm package specs (no flag) or local
  `.tgz` tarballs (which require the explicit `--from-path` flag).