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The curator Python backend (package, tests, systemd units, config templates, scripts) now lives under scenarios/curator/backend and is the single source of truth; the live checkout at the workspace path is a runtime copy. Exported from the app repo's tracked tree via git archive (no history, .pi/venv/caches excluded). 149 unit tests pass from the new location. profile.toml backend is now repo-relative (scenarios/curator/backend); verify-generated.sh resolves a relative backend against REPO_ROOT. verify-no-secrets ASSIGN heuristic now requires value entropy so vendored kwargs like token=extraction_token no longer false-positive. README documents the backend/ layout and the operator-owned app rollout step.
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# pi-agent-config
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Authoritative configuration for every [Pi](https://pi.dev) agent on this host:
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the user-level Pi runtime, plus one directory per dedicated agent scenario.
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The live locations (`~/.pi/agent`, `~/pi-workspaces/*`) are **runtime copies**.
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Changes are made here and pushed out with `scripts/deploy-*.sh`, never the other
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way round — except for scenarios explicitly marked `deploy = "mirror"`, which
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record what a running service already does.
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Verified against **pi 0.84.3**. Re-run the probes after every `pi update`.
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## Scenarios
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| Scenario | Purpose | Service | Status |
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| [`curator`](scenarios/curator/) | Book / film / TV / music curation agent | `curator.service` | **deployed**; agent config and application backend both tracked here |
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| [`memo-inbox`](scenarios/memo-inbox/) | Routes Telegram/WeChat messages to Calendar, Obsidian todo or journal | `pi-memo-telegram.service` | **mirror** of live config, zero behaviour change |
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| [`pi-grok`](scenarios/pi-grok/) | Interactive Grok 4.6 coding agent | none (manual) | registered only |
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## Application code
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A scenario that runs its own service keeps that service's source under
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`scenarios/<name>/backend/` — for `curator`, the Python package, tests, systemd
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units and config templates. It is the single source of truth; the live checkout
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at the scenario's `workspace` path is a runtime copy.
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`deploy-scenario.sh` installs only `workspace/` (the `.pi` config) and renders the
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launch contract; it does not touch `backend/`, build a venv or restart a service.
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Rolling application code out to the live checkout and restarting the unit stays an
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operator step, deliberately: restarting decides when to interrupt a live
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conversation.
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## Start here
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| Document | Contents |
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| [`docs/pi-runtime-notes.md`](docs/pi-runtime-notes.md) | pi 0.84.3 mechanics that the official docs understate, each verified against source or a live probe |
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| [`docs/isolation-baseline.md`](docs/isolation-baseline.md) | The four isolation layers and the flag set every scenario should use |
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| [`docs/personality-layering.md`](docs/personality-layering.md) | How to choose between `SYSTEM.md`, `APPEND_SYSTEM.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `SKILL.md` and the request |
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| [`docs/gateway-patterns.md`](docs/gateway-patterns.md) | Ten patterns for hosting an agent behind a long-running service |
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| [`docs/plans/`](docs/plans/) | Active work plans |
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## The finding that motivated this repository
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pi emits the `<available_skills>` block **only when a tool named `read` is
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active** (`dist/core/system-prompt.js:59,113`). The Curator service ran with
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`--no-tools --skill …` for its entire lifetime, so:
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- its 64-line media policy never reached the model,
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- `--skill` was a no-op,
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- and both the README and the deployment runbook described a mechanism that was
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not happening.
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Measured on the real workspace, before and after
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([evidence](docs/evidence/2026-08-27-curator-phase0-prompt.md)):
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| system prompt | 2548 chars | 3539 chars |
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| `expert coding assistant` framing | present | **gone** |
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| pointer to pi's own documentation | present | **gone** |
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| the 64-line media policy | **absent** | present |
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| `<available_skills>` | absent | absent |
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| workspace `AGENTS.md` | loaded | blocked |
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| parent-directory `AGENTS.md` | **leaked** | blocked |
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The prompt got *larger*, and that is the fix rather than its cost: of the
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original 2548 characters roughly 1.9 KB was pi's coding-assistant scaffolding and
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a pointer telling the agent to read pi's documentation and follow its
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cross-references — noise for a media agent, and a ready-made escalation path for
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injected text — while none of it was Curator's own policy. All 3539 characters
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now are.
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A mechanism demonstration with a stub `SYSTEM.md` is in
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[`docs/evidence/2026-08-27-isolation-probe.md`](docs/evidence/2026-08-27-isolation-probe.md);
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its 960-character figure measures the stub, not Curator.
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Reproduce either with [`docs/evidence/probe-harness/`](docs/evidence/probe-harness/)
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— zero model tokens, because a single RPC `get_state` starts the agent, fires
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`session_start` and exits without contacting the provider.
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## Layout
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docs/ mechanics, baselines, plans, reproducible evidence
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runtime/agent/ ~/.pi/agent — settings, models.json.template, extensions, prompts
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shared/ cross-scenario code
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lib/py/pi_rpc.py long-lived RPC client with rotation and budgets
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extensions/pi-guard-base.ts path containment, restricted read, capability guard
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scenarios/<name>/
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profile.toml single source of truth for the launch contract
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workspace/ what gets installed into the live workspace
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eval/ recorded golden transcripts
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backend/ application/service code, when the scenario runs its own service
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scripts/ diff, deploy, backup, restore, secret guard
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secrets/ host-local, untracked
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```
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## Usage
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```bash
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# What differs between this repository and the host?
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scripts/pi-diff.sh
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scripts/pi-diff.sh curator
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# Push configuration out (dry run first; neither restarts a service)
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scripts/deploy-runtime.sh
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scripts/deploy-runtime.sh --apply
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scripts/deploy-scenario.sh curator --apply
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# Back up the live installation (archives land outside this repository)
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scripts/pi-backup.sh
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scripts/pi-restore.sh --from <backup dir>
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# Verify the mechanics still hold after a pi upgrade
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docs/evidence/probe-harness/collect-evidence.sh
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shared/extensions/tests/run-guard-checks.sh
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python3 shared/lib/py/tests/test_pi_rpc_smoke.py
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```
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## Secrets
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Nothing real ever enters this repository. `models.json`, `auth.json`,
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`trust.json` and every `*.env` are ignored; `secrets/` accepts only `.gitkeep`,
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`README.md`, `*.example` and `*.template`.
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`scripts/verify-no-secrets.sh` enforces this as a pre-commit hook.
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Because a scenario's `backend/` now holds real source, the credential-assignment
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heuristic requires the value to carry entropy (a digit or uppercase letter):
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snake_case identifiers such as `token=extraction_token` are source, not secrets,
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while base64/hex/random keys still trip it.
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Install it in a fresh clone:
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```bash
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ln -sf ../../scripts/verify-no-secrets.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit
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scripts/verify-no-secrets.sh --all
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```
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Backups contain plaintext credentials and are written outside the work tree;
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`pi-backup.sh` refuses any destination that resolves inside it.
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## First-time setup on a new host
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```bash
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git clone gitea-45:kai/pi-agent-config.git && cd pi-agent-config
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ln -sf ../../scripts/verify-no-secrets.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit
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cp secrets/zenmux.env.example secrets/zenmux.env
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chmod 600 secrets/zenmux.env && $EDITOR secrets/zenmux.env
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npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent@0.84.3
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scripts/deploy-runtime.sh --apply
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scripts/deploy-scenario.sh <scenario> --apply
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```
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