agent-config — surface a Culture agent's config in one view
guildmaster is the mesh's skills supplier and owns the inventory surfaces: "what kit + config does this agent have?" This skill answers exactly that for a single agent, showing the three artifacts that together define it:
- System-prompt file (
CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md/GEMINI.md) — the prompt-side guidance for the agent's backend. The script detects which file is present from a backend-fingerprint registry. culture.yaml— the runtime-side config (agents:list withsuffix,backend,model,system_prompt,channels,tags,acp_command,extras). Lives parallel to the prompt file at the project root..claude/skills/*/SKILL.md— the per-project skills the agent can invoke, one line each (name + truncated description).
This is the inventory half of the steward → guildmaster split
(issue #12): it reports
the config, it does not interpret drift or judge alignment. The relationship
graph and the "is this agent aligned?" judgment stay with steward overview /
steward doctor.
When to use
- Before
guild teach/guild onboard— see an agent's current kit + config. - When an operator asks "show me agent
<name>" or "what does<agent>run". - Read it, don't guess — before answering a question about what an agent does.
How to run
One script, two ways to call it (or just run guild show, which wraps it):
# Path mode — point at any directory with a prompt file + culture.yaml
.claude/skills/agent-config/scripts/show.sh ../culture
# Suffix mode — resolve a registered agent suffix via the Culture server's
# manifest (location set by culture_server_yaml in skills.local.yaml)
.claude/skills/agent-config/scripts/show.sh daria
Output is three sections: the detected system-prompt file, culture.yaml (or
(missing)), and a one-line summary per local skill (name + description,
truncated to 120 chars).
What to look at in culture.yaml
| Field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
suffix |
Identifies the agent on the mesh. |
backend |
One of claude / codex / copilot / acp. The all-backends rule means a feature in one must land in all four. |
model |
Drift here changes behavior silently. |
system_prompt |
Should not contradict the prompt file. |
channels |
Where the agent listens. |
tags, extras, acp_command |
Backend-specific. |
Notes
- Read-only. The script never edits agent files. It reports; it does not flag or fix drift — that judgment is steward's lane.
- Backend-aware. Prompt-file detection comes from
data/backend-fingerprints.yaml(theprompt:mapping), falling back to the built-in(CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md GEMINI.md)list if the registry is absent. - Per-machine config. Suffix mode reads
culture_server_yamlfrom.claude/skills.local.yaml(git-ignored), falling back to.claude/skills.local.yaml.example. - Vendored via guildmaster (
agent-config; origin steward). auntiepypi owns this copy and may diverge; re-sync from guildmaster's canonical copy when it changes. Divergences: the SKILL.md keeps guildmaster's inventory-role framing and thetype: commandfield for the culture backend's skill loader.
Source: agentculture/auntiepypi — distributed by TomeVault.