/designate-team
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Designate one local companies/{slug}/ directory as an HQ Pro team workspace by
setting cloud: true in companies/{slug}/company.yaml (an HQ Desktop App marker), then
delegating cloud provisioning to the canonical CLI subcommand
hq cloud provision company <slug>.
Company slug: $ARGUMENTS
Rules
- Refuse
personal; personal sync is auto-provisioned per-user. - Validate the slug is non-empty and uses only
[A-Za-z0-9._-]. - Validate
companies/{slug}/exists locally (deeper validation — manifest membership, archived status — happens inside the CLI subcommand). - Write
cloud: truetocompanies/{slug}/company.yamlidempotently. This is an HQ Desktop App marker thatprovision.rs::provision_missing_companies()reads to discover cloud-eligible companies. The CLI subcommand writes.hq/config.json+ patchesmanifest.yamlbut does NOT touchcompany.yaml. - Delegate manifest patching, vault entity creation, S3 bucket provisioning, and
initial sync to
hq cloud provision company <slug>. The CLI emits one line of structured JSON to stdout on success (or partial success on exit code 3). - If
hqis not onPATH, print the exact subcommand for the user to run later and exit 0 (company.yaml has been written; remaining work is recoverable). - Echo the active HQ environment (vault URL, Cognito pool domain, current operator) before calling the CLI. This catches "wrong userpool" / "wrong vault" surprises early and works for every HQ user — no owner-specific paths.
- After the CLI succeeds, run a
GET /membership/meself-check against the vault API the CLI just used. If the newcloud_uidis present in the response, the company will appear in the HQ console for the current operator. This is the same endpoint the console calls, so a green check here is a deterministic guarantee of console visibility. - Append one JSONL audit row to
workspace/learnings/designate-team-runs.jsonlcapturing the structured result from the CLI plus themembership_visibleflag from the self-check. - Exit codes: 0 success | 1 vault/auth | 2 invalid input | 3 sync failed (entity provisioned) | 4 provisioned but membership self-check failed (entity exists but operator can't see it — likely a userpool/token mismatch).
Implementation
Run this from the HQ root:
set -euo pipefail
slug="${ARGUMENTS:-}"
if [ -z "$slug" ]; then
echo "Usage: /designate-team <company-slug>" >&2
exit 2
fi
if [ "$slug" = "personal" ]; then
echo "ERROR: personal is out of scope for /designate-team" >&2
exit 2
fi
case "$slug" in
*[!A-Za-z0-9._-]*)
echo "ERROR: invalid company slug '$slug'" >&2
exit 2
;;
esac
company_dir="companies/$slug"
company_yaml="$company_dir/company.yaml"
audit_log="workspace/learnings/designate-team-runs.jsonl"
if [ ! -d "$company_dir" ]; then
echo "ERROR: company directory not found: $company_dir" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Idempotently write cloud: true to company.yaml.
# This is the HQ Desktop App marker (provision.rs walks companies/*/company.yaml looking
# for cloud:true). The CLI subcommand never writes this file — it writes
# .hq/config.json and patches manifest.yaml.
mkdir -p "$company_dir"
if [ ! -f "$company_yaml" ]; then
printf "slug: %s\ncloud: true\n" "$slug" > "$company_yaml"
elif ! grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*cloud:[[:space:]]*true[[:space:]]*$' "$company_yaml"; then
tmp="$(mktemp)"
awk '
BEGIN { seen=0 }
/^[[:space:]]*cloud:[[:space:]]*/ {
if (!seen) { print "cloud: true"; seen=1 }
next
}
{ print }
END { if (!seen) print "cloud: true" }
' "$company_yaml" > "$tmp"
mv "$tmp" "$company_yaml"
fi
cloud_count="$(grep -Ec '^[[:space:]]*cloud:[[:space:]]*' "$company_yaml" || true)"
if [ "$cloud_count" != "1" ]; then
echo "ERROR: expected exactly one cloud key in $company_yaml, found $cloud_count" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Graceful path: hq not on PATH. Surface the exact CLI command for the user.
if ! command -v hq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Updated $company_yaml"
echo "hq binary not found on PATH. After installing the HQ CLI, run:"
echo " hq cloud provision company $slug"
exit 0
fi
# Echo the active HQ environment so any user can sanity-check their target.
# Reads from env (HQ_VAULT_API_URL, HQ_COGNITO_DOMAIN) when set, otherwise
# falls back to the CLI defaults. Operator identity comes from `hq whoami`
# when available — this is informational only, never blocking.
hq_vault_api_url_env="${HQ_VAULT_API_URL:-}"
hq_cognito_domain_env="${HQ_COGNITO_DOMAIN:-}"
hq_whoami_line=""
if hq whoami >/dev/null 2>&1; then
hq_whoami_line="$(hq whoami 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
fi
echo "HQ environment for designation:"
echo " Operator: ${hq_whoami_line:-<unknown — run \`hq auth login\`>}"
echo " Vault API URL: ${hq_vault_api_url_env:-<CLI default>}"
echo " Cognito domain: ${hq_cognito_domain_env:-<CLI default>}"
# Delegate to the canonical CLI subcommand.
# Exit codes: 0 success | 1 vault/auth | 2 invalid input | 3 sync failed (entity provisioned)
provision_output="$(mktemp)"
set +e
hq cloud provision company "$slug" >"$provision_output"
provision_status=$?
set -e
# CLI emits one structured JSON line to stdout. Log lines go to stderr.
provision_json="$(grep -E '^\{' "$provision_output" | tail -1 || true)"
cat "$provision_output"
rm -f "$provision_output"
if [ "$provision_status" -ne 0 ] && [ "$provision_status" -ne 3 ]; then
echo "ERROR: hq cloud provision company $slug failed (exit $provision_status)" >&2
exit "$provision_status"
fi
# Parse fields for the audit row + summary. Defaults handle empty JSON.
if [ -n "$provision_json" ]; then
cloud_uid="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.cloud_uid // ""')"
bucket_name="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.bucket_name // ""')"
vault_api_url="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.vault_api_url // ""')"
manifest_patched="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.manifest_patched // false')"
config_written="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.config_written // false')"
sync_ok="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.initial_sync.ok // false')"
files_uploaded="$(printf '%s' "$provision_json" | jq -r '.initial_sync.files_uploaded // 0')"
else
cloud_uid=""; bucket_name=""; vault_api_url=""
manifest_patched=false; config_written=false; sync_ok=false; files_uploaded=0
fi
# Membership self-check — confirms the new cloud_uid is visible to the
# operator's Cognito identity. If the CLI surfaced its own vault URL we use
# that; else fall back to the vault URL written into .hq/config.json (the
# CLI's source of truth); else env override; else skip silently. Token comes
# from the standard cache the CLI maintains at ~/.hq/cognito-tokens.json.
# Sets membership_visible=true|false|unknown — only `false` triggers exit 4.
membership_visible="unknown"
membership_check_url=""
if [ -n "$vault_api_url" ]; then
membership_check_url="$vault_api_url"
elif [ -f .hq/config.json ]; then
membership_check_url="$(jq -r '.vaultApiUrl // empty' .hq/config.json 2>/dev/null || true)"
fi
if [ -z "$membership_check_url" ] && [ -n "$hq_vault_api_url_env" ]; then
membership_check_url="$hq_vault_api_url_env"
fi
token_file="${HOME}/.hq/cognito-tokens.json"
if [ -n "$cloud_uid" ] && [ -n "$membership_check_url" ] && [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
access_token="$(jq -r '.accessToken // empty' "$token_file" 2>/dev/null || true)"
if [ -n "$access_token" ]; then
membership_body="$(mktemp)"
membership_status="$(curl -sS -o "$membership_body" -w '%{http_code}' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"${membership_check_url%/}/membership/me" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")"
if [ "$membership_status" = "200" ]; then
if jq -e --arg u "$cloud_uid" '.memberships // [] | map(.companyUid) | index($u)' \
"$membership_body" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
membership_visible="true"
else
membership_visible="false"
fi
fi
rm -f "$membership_body"
fi
fi
# Audit row — structured JSONL (one record per run).
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$audit_log")"
printf '{"ts":"%s","company":"%s","company_yaml":"%s","cli":"hq cloud provision company","exit_status":%d,"cloud_uid":%s,"bucket_name":%s,"vault_api_url":%s,"manifest_patched":%s,"config_written":%s,"initial_sync_ok":%s,"files_uploaded":%s,"membership_visible":%s}\n' \
"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
"$slug" \
"$company_yaml" \
"$provision_status" \
"$(if [ -n "$cloud_uid" ]; then jq -Rn --arg v "$cloud_uid" '$v'; else printf 'null'; fi)" \
"$(if [ -n "$bucket_name" ]; then jq -Rn --arg v "$bucket_name" '$v'; else printf 'null'; fi)" \
"$(if [ -n "$vault_api_url" ]; then jq -Rn --arg v "$vault_api_url" '$v'; else printf 'null'; fi)" \
"$manifest_patched" \
"$config_written" \
"$sync_ok" \
"$files_uploaded" \
"$(jq -Rn --arg v "$membership_visible" '$v')" \
>> "$audit_log"
if [ "$provision_status" -eq 3 ]; then
echo "PARTIAL: $slug entity provisioned but initial sync failed."
echo " Cloud UID: $cloud_uid"
echo " Bucket: $bucket_name"
echo " Re-run 'hq sync push companies/$slug --company $slug' to retry."
exit 3
fi
echo "Designated $slug for cloud sync."
[ -n "$cloud_uid" ] && echo "Cloud UID: $cloud_uid"
[ -n "$bucket_name" ] && echo "Bucket: $bucket_name"
[ "$sync_ok" = "true" ] && echo "Initial sync: $files_uploaded files uploaded"
case "$membership_visible" in
true)
echo "Console visibility: confirmed via /membership/me"
;;
false)
echo "WARN: $slug provisioned but not visible via /membership/me." >&2
echo " This usually means the CLI authenticated against a different Cognito" >&2
echo " pool than the console. Check HQ_COGNITO_DOMAIN / HQ_VAULT_API_URL," >&2
echo " refresh tokens with \`hq auth login\`, and re-run the self-check:" >&2
echo " curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer \$(jq -r .accessToken ~/.hq/cognito-tokens.json)\" \\" >&2
echo " ${membership_check_url%/}/membership/me" >&2
exit 4
;;
unknown)
echo "Console visibility: not checked (no cached token or vault URL)."
;;
esac
See also
/onboard— provision a company first/hq-sync— sync the cloud-backed company
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