agent-config — surface a Culture agent's config in one view

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Show a Culture agent's full configuration in one read-only view: its system-prompt file (CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / GEMINI.md), the parallel culture.yaml, and the agent's local .claude/skills index. Use when an operator says "show agent <name>", "what does <agent> look like", or before teaching/onboarding an agent and you need to see its current kit + config. Backs the `guild show` verb. Vendored from steward (cite-don't-import); inventory only — it reports, it does not judge alignment or drift.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the agent-config — surface a Culture agent's config in one view skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by agentculture/culture in .claude/skills/agent-config/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

guildmaster is the mesh's skills supplier and owns the inventory surfaces: "what kit + config does this agent have?" This skill answers exactly that for a single agent, showing the three artifacts that together define it:

  1. System-prompt file (CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / GEMINI.md) — the prompt-side guidance for the agent's backend. The script detects which file is present from a backend-fingerprint registry.
  2. culture.yaml — the runtime-side config (agents: list with suffix, backend, model, system_prompt, channels, tags, acp_command, extras). Lives parallel to the prompt file at the project root.
  3. .claude/skills/*/SKILL.md — the per-project skills the agent can invoke, one line each (name + truncated description).

This is the inventory half of the steward → guildmaster split (issue #12): it reports the config, it does not interpret drift or judge alignment. The relationship graph and the "is this agent aligned?" judgment stay with steward overview / steward doctor.

When to use

  • Before guild teach / guild onboard — see an agent's current kit + config.
  • When an operator asks "show me agent <name>" or "what does <agent> run".
  • Read it, don't guess — before answering a question about what an agent does.

How to run

One script, two ways to call it (or just run guild show, which wraps it):

# Path mode — point at any directory with a prompt file + culture.yaml
.claude/skills/agent-config/scripts/show.sh ../culture

# Suffix mode — resolve a registered agent suffix via the Culture server's
# manifest (location set by culture_server_yaml in skills.local.yaml)
.claude/skills/agent-config/scripts/show.sh daria

Output is three sections: the detected system-prompt file, culture.yaml (or (missing)), and a one-line summary per local skill (name + description, truncated to 120 chars).

What to look at in culture.yaml

FieldWhy it matters
suffixIdentifies the agent on the mesh.
backendOne of claude / codex / copilot / acp. The all-backends rule means a feature in one must land in all four.
modelDrift here changes behavior silently.
system_promptShould not contradict the prompt file.
channelsWhere the agent listens.
tags, extras, acp_commandBackend-specific.

Notes

  • Read-only. The script never edits agent files. It reports; it does not flag or fix drift — that judgment is steward's lane.
  • Backend-aware. Prompt-file detection comes from data/backend-fingerprints.yaml (the prompt: mapping), falling back to the built-in (CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md GEMINI.md) list if the registry is absent.
  • Per-machine config. Suffix mode reads culture_server_yaml from .claude/skills.local.yaml (git-ignored), falling back to .claude/skills.local.yaml.example.
  • Vendored from steward (agent-config). guildmaster owns this copy and may diverge; re-sync from steward's canonical copy when it changes. Divergences: the SKILL.md is reframed for guildmaster's inventory role and adds type: command for the culture backend's skill loader.

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