# coi-profile

This skill creates, edits, and validates Coi profiles that define sandbox images, AI tools, resource limits, mounts, networking, and security.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 759
- Author: coipond
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/coipond/coi/tree/HEAD/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/coi-profile

## What it does

coi-profile works with Coi profile directories and their `config.toml` files. It guides the agent through `coi schema profile`, profile creation with `coi profile create`, and validation with `coi validate profile`. After editing, `coi profile info` can show the resolved configuration, including inherited values.

The skill covers nested CPU and memory limits, relative paths, and exact network allowlist entries. Project profiles under `.coi/profiles/` have isolation-weakening options stripped when they load, so those settings belong under `~/.coi/profiles/`. A profile containing `[container.build]` needs Incus and `coi build --profile <name>` before its first use.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coipond/coi --skill coi-profile -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/coi-profile/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coipond/coi --skill coi-profile -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coipond/coi --skill coi-profile -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install coipond/coi coi-profile
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coipond/coi --skill coi-profile -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/coipond/coi --path skills/coi-profile
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add coipond/coi --skill coi-profile -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/coipond/coi/tree/HEAD/skills/coi-profile/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a Coi profile with inheritance
- validate keys and values in `config.toml`
- set CPU and memory limits
- check network allowlist entries and file paths
- inspect the merged profile configuration

## Example prompts
- Create a Coi profile named `rust-dev`, inherit from `hardened`, and write its `config.toml`.
- Validate `~/.coi/profiles/<name>/config.toml` against the Coi schema and fix every reported issue.
- Show the resolved profile `<name>` and tell me whether `coi build --profile <name>` is needed.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: coi-profile
description: Write, edit and validate Coi (Code on Incus) profiles, the config.toml files under ~/.coi/profiles/<name>/ or .coi/profiles/<name>/ that set a sandbox's image, AI tool, resource limits, mounts, network mode and security settings. Use when asked to create or change a coi profile or a coi config.toml.
---

# Writing Coi profiles

A Coi profile is a directory named after the profile that holds a `config.toml`, plus any files it points to (a build script, a context `.md`, prompt files). It is applied with `coi shell --profile <name>` or `coi run --profile <name>`.

Never guess a key or a value. The `coi` binary is the source of truth: read its schema, and validate every file you write.

## Workflow

1. **Read the schema first.** `coi schema profile` prints the JSON Schema (2020-12) of a profile `config.toml`. Every accepted key, type, enum and description is in it; unknown keys are errors.

   ```bash
   coi schema profile > /tmp/coi-profile.schema.json
   jq '.properties | keys' /tmp/coi-profile.schema.json                 # top-level keys
   jq '."$defs".NetworkConfig.properties.mode' /tmp/coi-profile.schema.json  # one field, with its enum
   ```

   Section names map to `$defs` (`[network]` is `NetworkConfig`, `[limits.memory]` is `MemoryLimits`, `[container.build]` is `BuildConfig`). Read a field's `description` before you set it.

2. **See what exists.** `coi profile list` shows every profile with its source; `coi profile info <name>` prints a profile fully resolved, after inheritance. Built-ins: `default` (Coi's defaults) and `hardened` (for untrusted code).

3. **Create the profile.** Prefer `coi profile create <name> [--inherits <parent>] [--user|--project]` over making the directory by hand: it picks the location (`./.coi/profiles/` when the project has a `.coi/` directory, else `~/.coi/profiles/`) and refuses to overwrite. Then edit its `config.toml`. Do not use `coi profile create default`: it scaffolds the main `~/.coi/config.toml`, not a profile.

4. **Write only what differs from the parent.** Inherit from `default` (implicit) or `hardened`, and set just the overrides.

5. **Validate after every edit.** Fix every reported path, then validate again until it passes.

   ```bash
   coi validate profile ~/.coi/profiles/<name>/config.toml
   coi validate profile ~/.coi/profiles/<name>/config.toml --format json   # {"valid": ..., "errors": [{"path", "message"}]}
   ```

   Exit code 0 means valid, 1 invalid. The `path` (e.g. `/network/mode`) is a JSON Pointer into the file; when the message is terse, look that path up in the schema. TOML syntax errors are reported with an empty path.

6. **Check the result.** `coi profile info <name>` shows the merged profile. Confirm the inherited values are what you expect.

7. **Build the image if the profile has one.** A profile with a `[container.build]` section needs `coi build --profile <name>` before first use. Leave this to the user unless asked: it needs Incus and takes minutes.

## Example

```toml
# ~/.coi/profiles/rust-dev/config.toml
inherits = "hardened"

[container]
image = "coi-rust-dev"

[container.build]
script = "build.sh"           # relative to this profile's directory
````
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