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Back Up Hand-Edited Global Rules and Report a Codex Override - #4092
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Answers a local review of the develop -> main promotion, #4088. Copilot reached its round cap there, so the policy hands that head to an attested local pass.
global_rules.py now detects a hand edit to the Codex or opencode rules it wrote. The header records a digest of the rules below the header and note. A file whose rules no longer match that digest reads EDITED, and the next run backs it up before rewriting it. Before this, a file starting with the script's own header was rewritten with no backup, and the status gave a false reason.
Codex reads $CODEX_HOME/AGENTS.override.md in place of AGENTS.md whenever that file exists. On such a host, the report now says SHADOWED and counts the rules as not current. The setup still writes AGENTS.md, warns, and never touches the override.
Claude's CLAUDE.md render is byte-unchanged.
Two other findings from that pass were declined. The kit cannot share scripts/skills_install.py's commit lookup, because that module imports build_dist, whose dependencies a bare python3 lacks, and the kit runs on a bare interpreter. And on a Python-less host, the rules step reports not current exactly as the skills step does, with both naming the tools step.
Open Findings
docs/host-setup.md:344, host-setup/agent-safety/global_rules.py:6 (introduced by the promotion): both say "Only the header comment differs" from the CLAUDE.md render, but header() also adds the note line. The local edit budget was spent, so this was fixed in this pull request's review loop, in 0fa6f38: both now say the header comment and the note differ. A recorded local pass over that head found nothing open.
Verification
tests/test_global_rules.py (49), the kit's test_install.py (207), tests/test_bootstrap.py (186) and tests/test_cli_usage.py pass. build_dist.py --check is current, ruff, mypy and the prose gate are clean, and docker_lint.py passes shellcheck, shfmt, PSScriptAnalyzer and markdownlint.
Existing instruction files that were manually edited or not created by setup are backed up before replacement. Unchanged generated files can be updated without a backup.
When a Codex override takes precedence, setup reports the rules as shadowed and warns without changing the override.
Documentation
Clarified how Codex and opencode instruction files are handled, including backup behavior and the absence of session hooks for those agents.
The Codex and opencode header now records a digest of the body under it. A file that starts with the script's header but whose body no longer matches its digest was edited by hand, so it is backed up before the rewrite and reported as EDITED instead of with the false reason that the rules had changed. A file from a release that recorded no digest counts as edited only when its body differs from the current render. Claude's CLAUDE.md render is unchanged.
Codex reads AGENTS.override.md in place of AGENTS.md whenever it exists, so the rules never load on such a host. The report now says SHADOWED and counts it as not current, and the setup still writes AGENTS.md and prints the same warning. The override is never written or deleted. The Agent Setup doc and the update-host skill mention it.
Refs #2553
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A dangling AGENTS.override.md link shadows nothing, since Codex cannot read it, so the check
now asks is_file(). The digest covers the rules below the header and note lines, so the doc
says an edit there is what gets the backup.
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The digest covers the rules below the header and note lines, so the header written into each
Codex and opencode file now promises a backup only for an edit there.
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The setup script now records a digest of generated rules and backs up edited files before replacement. It also detects when Codex rules are shadowed by AGENTS.override.md, reports that condition, and leaves the override file unchanged.
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Digest-based edit detection and backups host-setup/agent-safety/global_rules.py, tests/test_global_rules.py
Generated headers record a digest of the rules body. The setup script distinguishes edited files from unchanged output and backs up edited files before replacement. Tests cover digest handling, legacy headers, edited files, and dry-run behavior.
The Codex agent configuration includes AGENTS.override.md as an override path. Setup warns when it exists, and report mode returns a nonzero status. Tests and documentation cover this behavior and the related setup rules.
An empty Codex override file can make the report show the rules as shadowed and not current, even though Codex still reads AGENTS.md. This is a narrow reporting inaccuracy and does not block merging, but it should be fixed.
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Both the script's docstring and docs/host-setup.md said only the header comment differs, but
the Codex and opencode files also carry the note that no hook guards that agent yet.
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Three active documentation inconsistencies remain: the setup guide and module description omit the inserted note, and the CLI usage text does not document the new EDITED report state.
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The usage line and the --report help still listed only CURRENT, STALE and ABSENT after the
script gained the EDITED state and the SHADOWED warning.
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- Around line 176-177: Update shadow() so an existing override is reported as
shadowing only when its contents are non-empty after trimming whitespace. Treat
empty or whitespace-only overrides as absent, while preserving the existing
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Codex skips an AGENTS.override.md holding only whitespace and reads AGENTS.md, so a blank
override no longer reports SHADOWED. The docs and the update-host skill now say a non-blank
override is what takes precedence.
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The field comment still said the agent reads the override whenever it exists, which a later
reader could take as reason to drop the blank check.
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## Summary
Answers the attested local review of the develop -> main promotion,
#4088, at 20b8392.
`host-setup/agent-safety/codex/README.md` said the host-wide rules reach
Codex through `AGENTS.md` without qualification. Since #4092, a
non-blank `AGENTS.override.md` takes precedence, which the status
reports as SHADOWED and not current. The README now says so, matching
`docs/host-setup.md` and the `update-host` skill.
The prose gate is clean, and a recorded local pass found nothing open.
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…kill (#4088)
## Summary
Promotes one change and its review follow-ups from `develop` to `main`.
- #4087: one action brings a host fully current for every coding agent,
and both host menus run it from a single line.
- `bootstrap.sh --agent-setup` / `bootstrap.ps1 -AgentSetup` runs four
steps in order. It upgrades the coding-agent CLIs already installed,
installs the fleet skills, and installs the Claude Code safety kit. It
then writes the host-wide rule blocks into Codex's and opencode's global
`AGENTS.md`, for each agent present.
- `--agent-status` reports all four read-only, and `--host` and `--dev`
now end with the agent setup.
- A new `update-host` skill runs the setup from any session.
- The kit's stamp names the resolved commit when installed from a
bootstrap tree, which fixes items 2 and 3 of #2553. Item 1 of #2553,
installing the Claude Code CLI itself, stays open. Hooks for Codex and
opencode stay on #781.
- #4089: answers CodeRabbit's review of this promotion. The Windows
skill commands run the loader only after its download succeeds. The
status summary reports the agent-tools inventory as listed, failed or
not checked rather than current. `bootstrap.ps1` restores the
source-commit variables after a run, and `--agent-status --from-tree` no
longer needs curl, tar or flock. The rules wrappers prefer Python 3.11+.
Two findings were declined with evidence on their threads.
- #4090: the host-setup README's tree-lifetime paragraph no longer
counts the tree-keeping actions, and scopes itself to a run that fetches
its tree.
- #4091: the fleet map's G1 entry and cold-start flowchart describe the
agent setup. The README and the flowchart say the Claude Code plugin
registration, the safety kit and the host-wide rules act only on agents
already installed. So a fresh machine re-runs the agent setup after
installing a coding agent, before its first session. The
`install-skills` and `install-safety-kit` headers state where each
wrapper reaches.
- #4092: answers this promotion's attested local review. The Codex and
opencode rules files carry a digest of the rules written below their
header and note. A hand edit there now reads EDITED and is backed up
before the next rewrite. A non-blank Codex `AGENTS.override.md` makes
the status report SHADOWED and not current, and the setup never touches
it. Two findings from that review were declined with evidence: sharing
the skills installer's commit lookup, and the Python-less report.
- #4093: the Codex host-safety README says a non-blank
`AGENTS.override.md` keeps the host-wide rules from reaching Codex, and
takes their place as its instruction layer.
## Not Verified
- Native Windows end to end, a `verification` gap. Native Windows CI ran
the unit suite, including the new `global_rules.py` tests, and passed.
`bootstrap.ps1 -AgentSetup` / `-AgentStatus`, the Windows wrappers, tar
extraction and the user-profile writes have not run on a real Windows
host. Their PowerShell logic was exercised only through the
lifted-function tests under `pwsh`.
Refs #2553
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Summary
Answers a local review of the develop -> main promotion, #4088. Copilot reached its round cap there, so the policy hands that head to an attested local pass.
global_rules.pynow detects a hand edit to the Codex or opencode rules it wrote. The header records a digest of the rules below the header and note. A file whose rules no longer match that digest reads EDITED, and the next run backs it up before rewriting it. Before this, a file starting with the script's own header was rewritten with no backup, and the status gave a false reason.$CODEX_HOME/AGENTS.override.mdin place ofAGENTS.mdwhenever that file exists. On such a host, the report now says SHADOWED and counts the rules as not current. The setup still writesAGENTS.md, warns, and never touches the override.CLAUDE.mdrender is byte-unchanged.Two other findings from that pass were declined. The kit cannot share
scripts/skills_install.py's commit lookup, because that module importsbuild_dist, whose dependencies a barepython3lacks, and the kit runs on a bare interpreter. And on a Python-less host, the rules step reports not current exactly as the skills step does, with both naming the tools step.Open Findings
docs/host-setup.md:344,host-setup/agent-safety/global_rules.py:6(introducedby the promotion): both say "Only the header comment differs" from theCLAUDE.mdrender, butheader()also adds the note line. The local edit budget was spent, so this was fixed in this pull request's review loop, in 0fa6f38: both now say the header comment and the note differ. A recorded local pass over that head found nothing open.Verification
tests/test_global_rules.py(49), the kit'stest_install.py(207),tests/test_bootstrap.py(186) andtests/test_cli_usage.pypass.build_dist.py --checkis current, ruff, mypy and the prose gate are clean, anddocker_lint.pypasses shellcheck, shfmt, PSScriptAnalyzer and markdownlint.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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