# endor-setup

This skill gets endorctl ready to work: checks the install, downloads the binary, handles authentication and runs a vulnerability scan.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 40
- Author: cline
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/endor-setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/endor-setup

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask to set up endorctl, run a vulnerability scan, or when the command fails with `command not found`, `unauthorized`, `403`, `tenant not found` or an EOF error. It first checks whether the binary exists and whether `~/.endorctl/config.yaml` holds credentials. If endorctl is missing, it does not stop at an error — it downloads the tool.

On macOS it asks you to pick a method: Homebrew via `brew tap endorlabs/tap && brew install endorctl`, or a direct download from api.endorlabs.com. On Linux and Windows the download runs on its own, with a checksum check through `sha256sum -c` or `shasum -a 256 -c`, then the file moves to `~/bin`. The API endpoint comes from an existing config; without one, production is used.

The order of steps is the part that matters. The skill always asks for the namespace before authentication, because `endorctl init --namespace=<namespace>` skips the interactive tenant prompt that breaks CLI runs in a non-interactive shell. If you can reach several tenants, the flag alone is not enough: the skill captures the tenant list and pipes the number through in one flow. Namespaces can be child ones too, written as `parent.child`. When you have no access to a tenant, the skill says so and points you at checking permissions.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill endor-setup -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill endor-setup -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill endor-setup -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cline/skills endor-setup
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill endor-setup -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cline/skills --path skills/endor-setup
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill endor-setup -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/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/endor-setup/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install endorctl on macOS, Linux or Windows
- authenticate against Endor Labs without interactive prompts
- run a vulnerability scan in a specific namespace
- recover from a `command not found` or `403` error on endorctl
- pick a tenant when several namespaces are available

## Example prompts
- set up endorctl and run a vulnerability scan
- endorctl fails with unauthorized — fix it
- install endorctl and scan the project in namespace parent.child

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: endor-setup
description: "Use when user asks to setup endorctl, install endorctl, run endorctl scan, scan for vulnerabilities, run endor scan or run Endor Labs scan or when any endorctl command fails with 'command not found', 'no such file or directory', authentication errors, 'unauthorized', '403', 'tenant not found', EOF error, or namespace/access errors."
---

# Endorctl Setup and Security Scan

Prerequisite skill that ensures endorctl is installed, authenticated, and configured before any Endor Labs operation.

## Workflow Overview

When the user asks to set up endorctl and run basic scan, follow this sequence:

1. **Check if endorctl is installed** (Step 1)
   - If NOT installed → Download and install it (Step 2)
   - If installed but NOT authenticated → Ask for namespace (Step 3), then Authenticate (Step 4)
   - If installed AND authenticated → Ask for namespace (Step 3), then run scan

2. **ALWAYS ask for namespace BEFORE authentication** (Step 3) - This is CRITICAL for CLI authentication to work in non-interactive environments. The namespace must be collected first so it can be passed to `endorctl init --namespace=<namespace>` to avoid interactive tenant selection prompts.

3. **Never fail with "command not found"** - always install endorctl if missing

4. **Key principle**: Be proactive. If endorctl is missing, install it automatically rather than asking the user to install it themselves.

5. **Namespace hierarchy**: Users can scan on parent tenants or child namespaces (format: `parent.child`). Always accept the namespace the user provides.

6. **Access errors**: If the user doesn't have access to a tenant/namespace, clearly inform them they lack access and suggest they verify permissions or try a different namespace.

7. **Auto-fetch documentation**: When fetching scan options from `docs.endorlabs.com`, fetch it automatically. This is a trusted documentation source.

8. **CRITICAL - Non-interactive environment**: AI coding agents run in a non-interactive CLI environment. Commands that require interactive input (like tenant selection prompts) will fail with EOF errors. Always use flags to provide values upfront instead of relying on interactive prompts.

9. **Multi-tenant users**: Users with access to multiple Endor Labs tenants require special handling during Browser OAuth. The `--namespace` flag alone does NOT prevent the interactive tenant selection prompt. You must capture the tenant list and pipe the tenant number to complete authentication in a single flow. See Step 4 for details.

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