quickstart

What this skill does

# /quickstart

> **One job:** Tell a new user what AgentOps does and what to do first. Fast.

**YOU MUST EXECUTE THIS WORKFLOW. Do not just describe it.**

## Execution Steps

### Step 1: Detect setup

```bash
git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "GIT=true" || echo "GIT=false"
command -v ao >/dev/null && echo "AO=true" || echo "AO=false"
command -v bd >/dev/null && echo "BD=true" || echo "BD=false"
[ -d .agents ] && echo "AGENTS=true" || echo "AGENTS=false"
[ -d "$HOME/.agents" ] && echo "GLOBAL_AGENTS=true" || echo "GLOBAL_AGENTS=false"
[ -n "${CODEX_THREAD_ID:-}" ] || [ "${CODEX_INTERNAL_ORIGINATOR_OVERRIDE:-}" = "Codex Desktop" ] && echo "CODEX=true" || echo "CODEX=false"
```

### Step 2: Show what AgentOps does

Output exactly this (no additions, no diagrams):

```
AgentOps is the operational layer for coding agents.

It gives your coding agent four things it doesn't have by default:

  Bookkeeping — sessions capture learnings, findings, and reusable context in .agents/
  Validation  — /council, /pre-mortem, and /vibe challenge plans and code before shipping
  Primitives  — skills, execution packets, and the ao CLI give you building blocks for almost any interaction
  Flows       — /research, /implement, /validate, and /rpi can run alone or compose end to end

Key skills: /rpi  /research  /validate  /implement  /council  /pre-mortem  /swarm  /status
Fresh-session orientation: `ao session bootstrap`, then `ao inject` / `ao corpus inject --query "<topic>"`
Full reference: /quickstart --catalog
```

### Step 3: One next action

Match the first row that applies. Output that message.

| Condition | Message |
|-----------|---------|
| GIT=false + AO=true + GLOBAL_AGENTS=true | "🗂  You're outside a git repo but have a global corpus at `~/.agents`. Global knowledge workflow:\n  1. `/curate --mode=harvest` — scan all `.agents/` across your repos and promote artifacts into `~/.agents/learnings/`\n  2. `/compile` — mine, synthesize, and write an interlinked wiki into `.agents/compiled/` (runs from cwd; set `AGENTOPS_COMPILE_RUNTIME=claude-cli` if you have the `claude` CLI, no API key needed)\n  3. `/inject` — turn the compiled corpus into playbooks, a belief book, and runtime briefings for future sessions\n  4. `/status` — flywheel health snapshot\nIf instead you want to start a fresh repo-local project here, `git init` first." |
| GIT=false | "⚠ Not in a git repo. Run `git init` first.\n  (If you meant to work against your global `~/.agents` corpus, run `/quickstart` from a dir with `.agents/` or see `/curate --mode=harvest`, `/compile`, `/inject`.)" |
| AO=false + CODEX=true | "📦 Install ao CLI first:\n  brew tap boshu2/agentops https://github.com/boshu2/homebrew-agentops\n  brew install agentops\n  ao quick-start\nThen: `/rpi \"a small goal\"` to run your first cycle.\nUse `/bootstrap` after the core seed when you want PRODUCT.md, README.md, and PROGRAM.md." |
| AO=false | "📦 Install ao CLI first:\n  brew tap boshu2/agentops https://github.com/boshu2/homebrew-agentops\n  brew install agentops\n  ao quick-start\nThen: `/rpi \"a small goal\"` to run your first cycle.\nUse `/bootstrap` after the core seed when you want PRODUCT.md, README.md, and PROGRAM.md." |
| AGENTS=false + CODEX=true | "🌱 ao is installed but not initialized here.\n  Run `ao quick-start` to apply the repeatable core seed. `ao quickstart` is the stable alias.\n  Then run `/bootstrap` only if you want the product/operations layer: PRODUCT.md, README.md, PROGRAM.md/AUTODEV.md, and optional hooks.\nThen: `/rpi \"a small goal\"` to run your first cycle." |
| AGENTS=false | "🌱 ao is installed but not initialized here.\n  Run `ao quick-start` to apply the repeatable core seed. `ao quickstart` is the stable alias.\n  Then run `/bootstrap` only if you want the product/operations layer: PRODUCT.md, README.md, PROGRAM.md/AUTODEV.md, and optional hooks.\nThen: `/rpi \"a small goal\"` to run your first cycle." |
| BD=false + CODEX=true | "✅ Codex plugin path ready.\n  `/rpi \"your goal\"` — full /discovery → /crank → /validate pipeline\n  `/research <topic>` — explore the codebase\n  Default installs are hookless; native hooks are optional with `install-codex.sh --with-hooks`.\n  Legacy explicit fallback commands remain `ao codex ensure-start` / `ao codex ensure-stop` when needed.\n  Manual escape hatch: `ao codex status`\n  Want issue tracking? `brew install boshu2/agentops/beads && bd init --prefix <prefix>`" |
| BD=false | "✅ Flywheel active. Start now:\n  `/rpi \"your goal\"` — full /discovery → /crank → /validate pipeline\n  `/validate` — close out recent work and capture learnings\n  `/research <topic>` — explore the codebase\n  Want issue tracking? `brew install boshu2/agentops/beads && bd init --prefix <prefix>`" |
| BD=true + CODEX=true | "✅ Codex full stack ready.\n  `ao reconcile --json` — check git, CI, release, beads, and .agents agree\n  `bd ready` — see open work after high-severity reconciliation findings are clear\n  `/rpi \"your goal\"` — start a new goal from scratch\n  Default installs are hookless; native hooks are optional with `install-codex.sh --with-hooks`.\n  Legacy explicit fallback commands remain `ao codex ensure-start` / `ao codex ensure-stop` when needed.\n  Manual escape hatch: `ao codex status`" |
| BD=true | "✅ Full stack ready.\n  `ao reconcile --json` — check git, CI, release, beads, and .agents agree\n  `bd ready` — see open work after high-severity reconciliation findings are clear\n  `/rpi \"your goal\"` — start a new goal from scratch\n  `/status` — see current session state" |

Starting a new project? Run `/scaffold <language> <name>` to generate project structure with best practices.

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## Examples

### First-Time Setup

**User says:** `/quickstart`

**What happens:** Agent detects tools, shows one-line status, gives the single next action to run.

### Already Set Up

**User says:** `/quickstart`

**What happens:** Agent detects full stack is ready and suggests `ao reconcile --json`, `bd ready`, or `/rpi "your goal"`.

## Troubleshooting

| Problem | Solution |
|---------|----------|
| Skills not installed | `bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boshu2/agentops/main/scripts/install.sh)` |
| Hook activation | AgentOps 3.0 is hookless — there is no `ao` command or flag that installs hooks, and CI is the authoritative gate. Hooks are opt-in and author-it-yourself via the `hooks-authoring` skill. |
| Flywheel count is 0 | First session — run `/rpi "a small goal"` to start it |
| Want the full skill catalog | Ask: "show me all the skills" or see `references/full-catalog.md` |

## Reference Documents

- [references/quickstart.feature](references/quickstart.feature) — Executable spec: detect setup (git/ao/bd/.agents), recommend a state-appropriate next action (soc-qk4b)

- [references/getting-started.md](references/getting-started.md)
- [references/troubleshooting.md](references/troubleshooting.md)
- [references/full-catalog.md](references/full-catalog.md)

## See Also

- [scaffold](../scaffold/SKILL.md) — Project scaffolding and component generation