Setup Cobbler / Model Onboarding

SkillAI & models

Configure Cobbler model routes and external-agent preferences for this checkout. Use when the user types /setup-cobbler, asks to set up Cobbler model routes, onboard models, or update which tools handle planning/implement/review in Claude Code.

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 Setup Cobbler / Model Onboarding skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by aigorahub/elves in aliases/claude/setup-cobbler/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

This is an Elves-managed Claude Code alias for /setup-cobbler.

Run the model onboarding contract from the main elves skill and references/model-onboarding.md. Operator CLI:

python3 scripts/cobbler_agents.py onboard plan|show|apply|probe [--json]
python3 scripts/cobbler_agents.py setup …   # apply-only / inventory

Setup must not require OpenRouter or any external provider key. Native-only Elves remains fully usable without running setup.

Default behavior (both Claude Code and Codex)

  1. Plan: onboard plan --json — inventory tools, detect env names present (never values), emit purpose→route questions.
  2. Interview the user for each purpose (planning, implement, review, scout, validate, synthesize, optional math evolutionary search). Offer host-native first. Respect available CLIs/keys.
  3. Apply: onboard apply writes ignored .elves/models.toml only. Never stage it. Never paste API keys into TOML, chat, or the Survival Guide.
  4. Probe: onboard probe runs structural checks (PATH, --help, env names). Optional --smoke only if the user wants a paid live check — host runs a real tiny completion; fake smoke does not count.
  5. Update later: same flow (show → re-interview → apply --forceprobe).
  6. Recommend routes by capability, not prestige model names. Keep host-native fallbacks.
  7. Snapshot effective routes into the Survival Guide during Elves staging for reviewable provenance.

Codex equivalent (not a top-level slash command): $elves setup-cobbler or natural language such as "Set up Cobbler external-agent preferences" / "onboard my models."

Compatibility: /setup-council is the same setup contract with a Council-era name.

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