Role Setup

Role Setup

Use this skill to complete or inspect runtime setup after the Role is loaded inside the active agent/provider environment. This covers MCP declarations, plugin/template projection, private tool directories, provider config targets, diagnostics, and repair planning.

Prefer provider-shared runtime plus project-private binding. Reusable MCP packages, wrappers, and browser/runtime dependencies should be installed once per provider and reused across projects. Project-specific values such as Figma file/frame, Storybook URL, local dev-server URL, enabled tools, and permission choices belong in the current project's binding.

Do not treat Role source installation as runtime setup. agent-roles add or agent-roles install copies Role source; role_setup checks or prepares provider/runtime projection after mount.

Workflow

1. Read role.toml, tools/README.md, tools/mcp-tools.toml, and relevant adapters/<host>/README.md before planning mutation.

2. Run the bundled script in non-mutating mode first:

   python tools/role_setup.py --mode check --json
   

3. If setup is needed, run --mode plan --json and summarize: provider, provider home, config target, runtime root, required secret names, provider-shared runtime reuse, project binding target, provider bridge target, project prerequisites, projection outputs, manager lifecycle hints, and warnings.

4. Proceed to apply or repair only when the user approves or Project Binding explicitly allows it. Treat this script as a Host Adapter handoff, not as the owner of provider config writes.

5. For uninstall or role config removal, tell the user to use the agent-roles/Host Adapter unmount lifecycle. Do not delete provider config or runtime files from inside the agent session.

Modes

• check: inspect Role manifests, provider hints, current tool availability, missing secret names, and project prerequisites. Never mutate files.
• plan: print the proposed provider-shared runtime, project binding, and projection actions. Never mutate files.
• apply: emit an approved Host Adapter handoff for setup. Require explicit approval unless Project Binding grants it.
• repair: emit an approved Host Adapter handoff to recreate missing adapter-owned projection output without changing Role source. Require approval.

Isolation Rules

• Prefer provider-shared managed runtime roots and project-private bindings over global installs.
• Do not install npm, pip, browser, or MCP packages globally unless the user explicitly selects global scope.
• Do not edit ~/.codex/config.toml, ~/.config/claude/*, VS Code user MCP config, or other global provider config when a narrower provider/project target is available.
• Keep credentials, tokens, selected Figma files, browser profiles, screenshots, traces, AGY worktrees, package caches, and generated config out of Role source.
• Do not perform uninstall inside the agent. Role config uninstall needs the manager-side view of Project Binding, mounted instances, projection records, and possibly other active windows.
• Do not globally expose every Role MCP server when a provider bridge can load the current project's binding and expose only enabled tools.

Frontend Role Notes

For agentroles.frontend_engineer, role_setup should inspect optional Figma, Storybook, Playwright, Chrome DevTools, Context docs, shadcn, Style Dictionary, and AGY declarations. Missing optional tools should be reported as capability gaps, not hard failures, unless the current task requires that tool.