Set up with your agent

SelfTune is designed to be operated by an agent. Give the agent the goal and the consent boundaries; let it discover the platform-specific commands.

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Set up SelfTune in this environment and verify that it works.

First inspect the operating system, available Node.js or Bun runtime, current
agent harness, installed skills, and whether SelfTune is already installed.
Choose the agent-skill path for interactive use unless this is a headless
environment. Explain your choice before making changes.

Install SelfTune from selftune-dev/selftune, initialize it for the supported
agent harnesses present here, and run its health check. Before installing
hooks, importing historical sessions, or enabling a background service, tell
me exactly what will change and ask for approval.

Keep this setup local. Do not create or connect a cloud account, upload data,
publish a skill, change credentials, enable billing, or delete existing data.

After setup, sync approved local evidence and show me the skill inventory.
Report:
- the installation path and SelfTune version;
- which agent harnesses are connected;
- which skills were discovered;
- which skills have evidence and which have an honest no-data state;
- any warnings or actions that still need my decision.

Stop when the local health check and inventory are verified. Do not start an
improvement or modify a skill yet.

What the agent should do

Inspect before installing

The agent checks the runtime, operating system, harness, installed skills, and existing SelfTune state. It should reuse a healthy installation rather than layering another one over it.

Explain changes and request consent

Installing the skill is expected. Hooks, historical imports, background services, remote connections, and credentials have separate consequences and must be disclosed.

Install and initialize

For an interactive agent environment, the normal install is:

npx skills add selftune-dev/selftune

The agent then follows the installed SelfTune skill’s initialization workflow for the harnesses it found.

Verify, do not assume

The agent runs the SelfTune health check, imports only approved local evidence, and inspects the resulting inventory. It reports no-data states honestly rather than manufacturing a health conclusion.

When to restart your agent

Some harnesses load their available skills only when a session starts. If the agent cannot see SelfTune immediately after installation, start a new session and paste this shorter prompt:

Continue the SelfTune setup. Inspect the existing installation before changing
anything, then finish the local health check and skill inventory. Preserve the
same consent boundaries as before.

Expected result

The agent should finish with a concise report, not a stream of command output. The report must identify the installed version, connected harnesses, discovered skills, evidence coverage, blocking errors, and deferred decisions. Continue to Get your first result if you want to perform the manual verification yourself.

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Set up with your agent

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What the agent should do

When to restart your agent

Expected result

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