Set up a machine to work with a workhub vault - check/install required software (git, Node.js, Claude Code, OpenCode), initialize the vault if needed, wire up Claude plugins, and run the OpenCode sync scripts. Use when onboarding a new machine, after a fresh vault-init, or when the harness feels half-configured.
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---
name: vault-setup
description: Set up a machine to work with a workhub vault - check/install required software (git, Node.js, Claude Code, OpenCode), initialize the vault if needed, wire up Claude plugins, and run the OpenCode sync scripts. Use when onboarding a new machine, after a fresh vault-init, or when the harness feels half-configured.
argument-hint: "[vault-path]"
---
# vault-setup — Prepare a machine for a workhub vault
End-to-end environment setup: software → vault → Claude harness → OpenCode
sync → verification. Steps that are already satisfied are skipped; nothing is
installed without telling the user first.
## 1. Resolve the vault path
1. Use the argument if given.
2. Else `WORKHUB_VAULT` env var, then `vault_path` in
`%APPDATA%\workhub\config.json` (`~/.config/workhub/config.json` off
Windows).
3. If none resolves, ask the user where the vault is (or should be created).
## 2. Check required software
Probe each tool and collect what is missing (do not install yet):
| Tool | Check | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| git | `git --version` | repos, plugin marketplace fetch |
| Node.js ≥ 20 | `node --version` | `.opencode/scripts/*.mjs` sync scripts |
| Claude Code | `claude --version` | the primary agent harness |
| OpenCode | `opencode --version` | optional second agent; skip if unused |
| Obsidian | Windows: `Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Obsidian"` | optional, human vault editing |
| herdr | `herdr --version` | optional, the default AI-task workspace launcher |
Present the missing list with the exact install commands and ask before
running any of them:
- Windows: `winget install Git.Git`, `winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS`,
`npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code`, `npm install -g opencode-ai`,
`winget install Obsidian.Obsidian`
- macOS/Linux: the same npm installs; git/node via the platform's package
manager.
- herdr: install via the `setup-herdr` skill (agent-ops plugin) rather than
a package manager — see Phase 6.
Obsidian, OpenCode, and herdr are optional — offer, don't push.
## 3. Ensure the vault exists
- If the resolved path is missing or empty, run the `vault-init` skill with
that path (it copies `vault-template/` and registers the vault in the app
config), then continue here.
- If the path exists but lacks `.claude/settings.json` or `.opencode/`, it
predates the current template — suggest the `vault-migrate` skill instead
of patching files ad hoc.
## 4. Claude Code harness
1. The vault's `.claude/settings.json` declares the `workhub-marketplace`
(no plugins are enabled at project scope — plugins are user-scope only).
The app's first-run setup enables the `workhub` plugin at user scope; on
the first `claude` launch inside the vault, accept the marketplace/plugin
trust prompt.
2. One-time per machine, install the user-scope plugins that apply from the
app's Plugins tab (or `claude plugin install <name>@workhub-marketplace`):
`engineering` / `obsidian` / `persona` (recommended), plus `claude-tooling`
(plugin-update notices, skill authoring), `authoring` / `agent-ops` /
`zenn` as needed. The OpenCode side picks up the recommended set that is
enabled — nothing else follows along.
3. Remind the user to register target repositories in
`.claude/project-context.json` (`projects[]` with `name`/`path`).
## 5. OpenCode sync (skip if OpenCode is not used)
Run from the vault root, and report each script's copied/skipped/missing
output:
```bash
node .opencode/scripts/sync-claude-skills.mjs # vault-local .claude/skills|agents -> .opencode/skills|agent
node .opencode/scripts/sync-claude-user-plugins.mjs # enabled user-scope plugins -> global OpenCode command/skills/agent
node .opencode/scripts/check-claude-plugin-sync.mjs # verify nothing is stale
```
Add `--force` to the sync scripts only when the user asks to overwrite
existing targets. For WSL-against-Windows setups, set `CLAUDE_PLUGINS_ROOT`
and `OPENCODE_GLOBAL_ROOT` first (see
`.opencode/commands/sync-claude-user-plugins.md` in the vault).
## 6. Optional extras
- **herdr**: the workhub app launches AI tasks in a fresh herdr workspace by
default. If the user wants that flow, run the `setup-herdr` skill from the
`agent-ops` plugin; otherwise launches fall back to a plain terminal.
- **Obsidian**: open the vault folder as an Obsidian vault.
## 7. Verify and report
- `claude plugin list` shows `workhub` at user scope (`engineering` too, if the user wants it).
- `<vault>/_ai/index/tasks.json` exists (open the workhub app once, or run
the `task-list` skill to trigger a scan).
- If OpenCode is used, `check-claude-plugin-sync.mjs` reports clean.
- Summarize what was installed, what was skipped, and any manual follow-ups
(trust prompt, project-context.json entries).