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Run first-time Dex onboarding: build the vault structure, capture the user profile and configure MCPs. Use when `System/.onboarding-complete` is absent or the user says 'set up Dex', 'start onboarding'. Not for the post-onboarding tour; use `getting-started`. Not for a mid-life

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setup.SKILL.md
name: setup
description: "Run first-time Dex onboarding: build the vault structure, capture the user profile and configure MCPs. Use when `System/.onboarding-complete` is absent or the user says 'set up Dex', 'start onboarding'. Not for the post-onboarding tour; use `getting-started`. Not for a mid-life role change; use `reset`."

Set Up Dex

If `System/.onboarding-complete` already exists, setup is complete. Use `getting-started` for the post-onboarding tour or `reset` for a role or preference change.

One narrow existing-vault repair is allowed: if setup is complete but `System/.dex/harness-profile.json` is missing or Doctor says agent harness capabilities are OFF, do not restart onboarding. Call `inspect_harnesses`, show the automatic / on-demand / guided / unavailable preview and each host's named limits, ask the person to confirm one or more harnesses, then call `save_harness_selection(..., confirmed=true)`. That tool writes only the harness receipt through the sanctioned provision transaction and leaves the profile, content and onboarding marker unchanged.

Otherwise:

1. Call `start_onboarding_session()` from `onboarding-mcp` to initialize or resume the session. 2. Read `core/onboarding/FLOW.md` and follow it as the single source of the onboarding conversation.

This file deliberately contains no question script, so onboarding cannot fork. Change onboarding in `core/onboarding/FLOW.md` and `onboarding-mcp`, then regenerate the byte-identical `.claude/flows/onboarding.md` compatibility copy; never fork the question script here.

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Questions about setup.

Which coding agents can use setup?
setup installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.