# setup

This skill initializes Mycelium in a project, creates its state layout, and can add an OpenCode starter scaffold when that runtime is detected or requested.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: haabe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/haabe-setup

## What it does

The `setup` skill prepares a project for Mycelium after installation. It adds the project-owned folders for canvas, diamonds, memory, harness, evaluations, and just-in-time tooling, along with minimal starter files. It also creates the ignore file for `.claude/state/`, keeping runtime logs out of Git while preserving recorded gate decisions.

Before changing anything, the skill checks whether Mycelium hooks are active, whether PyYAML can read the canvas, and whether initialization already happened. An initialized project is left intact, so running the skill again is safe. OpenCode support is added as a starter scaffold when OpenCode is found or explicitly requested. Without PyYAML, the safety gates cannot read YAML and refuse new source files and releases; installing it requires the user’s approval.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install haabe/mycelium setup
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/haabe/mycelium --path plugins/mycelium/skills/setup
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- initialize Mycelium project state
- create starter files for canvas and memory
- keep runtime logs out of Git
- check hooks and PyYAML before setup
- add an OpenCode starter scaffold

## Example prompts
- Run the `setup` skill in the project root after installing Mycelium.
- Initialize Mycelium’s project state and keep its gate decisions in Git.
- Prepare OpenCode support when its runtime is available.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: setup
description: First-run setup for the Mycelium plugin. Creates project-state directories (.claude/canvas, .claude/diamonds, .claude/memory, .claude/harness) and minimal starter files in the user's project. Optionally provisions opencode runtime support (a starter scaffold) when opencode is detected or requested. Idempotent — re-running on an initialized project is a no-op. Run this once after installing the Mycelium plugin and before invoking other skills.
metadata:
  framework_dependency: "mycelium"
  framework_dependency_note: "This skill is designed to run within the Mycelium framework (https://github.com/haabe/mycelium). Standalone use will skip the canvas state, theory gates, and harness behavior the skill assumes. Install: /plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium."
---

# Mycelium plugin setup

## First: are Mycelium's hooks running here? (v0.286.0)

Run `find .claude/state/hooks-alive "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mycelium-hooks-alive-$(id -u)" -mmin -60 2>/dev/null`. If it prints a path (since v0.318.0 the hooks also stamp the temp folder in a project with no Mycelium state yet, where they do nothing else), say nothing
about it and go on. If it prints nothing, Mycelium's hooks did not run in this session: its gates
and the rules it gives the agent at session start are off, and nothing else will say so. Tell the
user in one line before anything else: "Mycelium's hooks are not running in this session, so its
gates are off. On Codex CLI, open `/hooks`, trust Mycelium's hooks and start a new session; on
Claude Code, check the plugin is enabled in `/plugin`." Then carry on with this skill.

When this skill runs, do the following sequence. The skill is designed to be safe to re-run — every step is idempotent.

## Then: can the gates read the canvas? (v0.290.0)

The safety gates read YAML, so they need a Python with PyYAML. Claude Code installs a plugin's Node
packages but not its Python ones, and documents `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}` as the place for a plugin's
installed dependencies. Check first; install only if it is missing, and only with the user's yes:

```bash
python3 -c "import yaml; print('PyYAML', yaml.__version__)" 2>/dev/null \
  || "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/pyenv/bin/python" -c "import yaml; print('PyYAML (Mycelium env)', yaml.__version__)" 2>/dev/null \
  || echo "PyYAML missing"
```

**If it prints a version, say nothing and go on.** If it prints `PyYAML missing`, tell the user plainly:
*"Mycelium's safety gates cannot read your project without PyYAML, so they refuse new source files and
releases until it is there. I can install it for Mycelium only, in the plugin's own data directory
(`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/pyenv`, removed when the plugin is uninstalled), pinned to the version
Mycelium's CI tests. Shall I?"* On a yes:

```bash
python3 -m venv "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/pyenv" \
  && "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/pyenv/bin/python" -m pip install --quiet --disable-pip-version-check "PyYAML==6.0.3" \
  && "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/pyenv/bin/python" -c "import yaml; print('installed PyYAML', yaml.__version__)"
```

Report the last line verbatim. On a no, say what stays refused, and that `pip3 install pyyaml` for their
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