MyAiConfiguration/README.md

My AI Configuration

MyAiConfiguration is a version-controlled global user configuration for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.

It keeps rules, skills, agents, hooks, and orchestration guidance in shared source files. Client adapters turn those files into shell-specific packages that can be inspected before they are installed.

Capability check

Check the selected shell's minimum version and required Python and jq tools before setup. The command exits with an error when a requirement is missing.

PowerShell:

.\scripts\check-capabilities.ps1

Bash:

./scripts/check-capabilities.sh

Quickstart

With the requirements installed, clone the repository, build it, then install it. Stop if any command fails. Installation asks for the shell, client, CLI update, Flashbang, and extension choices.

PowerShell:

git clone https://git.lechner-systems.at/fraujulian/MyAiConfiguration.git
cd MyAiConfiguration
.\scripts\build.ps1 -Summary
.\scripts\install.ps1 -Summary

Bash:

git clone https://git.lechner-systems.at/fraujulian/MyAiConfiguration.git
cd MyAiConfiguration
./scripts/build.sh --summary
./scripts/install.sh --summary

For an already-installed configuration, use Quickupdate instead.

Quickupdate

Run these commands from the repository root. Quick reuses the shell, client, CLI update, Flashbang, and extension choices from the last successful installation or update without opening selection menus. Stop if any command fails.

PowerShell:

git pull --ff-only
.\scripts\build.ps1 -Summary
.\scripts\update.ps1 -Quick -Summary

Bash:

git pull --ff-only
./scripts/build.sh --summary
./scripts/update.sh --quick --summary

If no selection has been saved yet, or it predates the CLI update and Flashbang options, Quick stops with a hint. Run scripts/update.ps1 or ./scripts/update.sh once without Quick to save your choices. They are stored in ~/.my-ai-configuration/selection.json; dry runs and failed runs do not overwrite them. To change the selection later, run a normal update again. Quick does not automatically select newly added plugins.

Install and update also rebuild internally; the explicit build above lets you check the packages before installation.

Documentation

Document	Contents
Architecture	Shared sources, adapters, generated packages, and installation.
Configuration	Client settings, permission defaults, status displays, and verification.
Plugins	Plugin sources, selection, installation, updates, and removal.
Hooks	Registered events, session-state helpers, notifications, and optional utilities.
Agents	Agent roles and when delegation is useful.
Skills	Skill categories and conditional rule loading.
Codex adapter	Codex-specific configuration files.
Claude Code adapter	Claude-specific configuration files.
Hook package	Overview shipped with the hook scripts.
Repository instructions	Rules for maintaining this repository.

Features

• One shared source of truth for Codex and Claude Code.
• Separate generated packages for PowerShell and Bash.
• Native PowerShell 5.1 and Bash scripts.
• Installation for Codex, Claude Code, or both, with explicit target parameters and an interactive plugin selection.
• Claude Code loads technology- and situation-specific rules as skills, so only their name and description sit permanently in context; the full rule text loads only when the skill is invoked. Codex keeps loading rules as plain files, unchanged.
• A managed-file manifest tracks unchanged and stale files. Replaced files are backed up; locally modified stale files are retained with a warning.
• Dry-run support (no destination writes, backups, or plugin changes) and timestamped backup directories.
• Finish notifications, Claude session-state hooks, optional safety utilities, and compact status displays.
• Separate install and update scripts: install refuses to run against an already-installed destination, update refuses to run against one that is not installed yet.
• User-level plugin installation for Ponytail, i-have-adhd, Superpowers, Context7, Caveman, QMD, Humanizer, Impeccable, and Anthropic Frontend Design, with an interactive extension toggle during both install and update. Only extensions integrations installed and recorded by this setup can be removed through deselection.
• Optional local semantic retrieval for both clients using Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B embeddings and Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B reranking, disabled by default and removable through the install/update choice.

Architecture

shared definitions -> client adapters -> generated packages -> user installation

Directory	Purpose
shared/	Client-independent rules, agents, skills, hooks, status lines, and global instructions.
adapters/	Codex and Claude Code formats, settings, templates, and the plugin manifest.
generated/	Reproducible PowerShell and Bash packages. This directory is ignored by Git.
scripts/	Build, installation, update, diagnosis, and shell validation entry points.
docs/	Focused documentation about the configuration design.

The build creates:

generated/
|-- codex-powershell/
|-- claude-powershell/
|-- codex-bash/
`-- claude-bash/

Requirements

• PowerShell 5.1 or newer; PowerShell 7 is supported as well.
• Bash 4.3 or newer, with standard utilities such as awk, sed, and sha256sum.
• Python 3.11 or newer for configuration validation and task-state hooks/helpers (python for PowerShell scripts, python3 for Bash scripts).
• jq for Claude's Bash status line; without it, that status line produces no output.
• Python venv and pip when the optional semantic retrieval layer is enabled.
• Node.js 22 or newer and npm when QMD is selected.

The Bash scripts do not require PowerShell. The PowerShell scripts remain compatible with PowerShell 5.1; PowerShell 7 can also run them.

Build

Run the matching command from the repository root:

PowerShell:

.\scripts\build.ps1

Bash:

./scripts/build.sh

Rebuild when shared definitions, adapters, or generation logic change. Choose other verification according to the change's risk; documentation-only edits do not require a build. Building writes reproducible packages below generated/ and may use temporary validation files; it does not install global user configuration.

Installation

The installer asks for the target shell and client, unless they are passed as parameters, then refuses to continue if any selected destination is already installed (Already installed, use the update script.). Selecting PowerShell or Bash chooses the generated package format; installation always targets the current user's home directory. This check is skipped for a dry run, so previewing always works regardless of prior install state.

Preview an installation without changing user files, backups, or plugins:

PowerShell:

.\scripts\install.ps1 -DryRun 

Bash:

./scripts/install.sh --dry-run 

Install the selected configuration interactively:

PowerShell:

.\scripts\install.ps1 

Bash:

./scripts/install.sh 

Omitting either target parameter opens its selection prompt. There is no automatic shell default. For a noninteractive preview, supply both target parameters together with -DryRun or --dry-run.

Every installed file is tracked in a per-destination manifest (.ai-config-manifest.tsv). On update, unchanged files are not written or backed up. Files still shipped by the package are replaced when their content differs, including local edits; the previous content is backed up first. An untracked file at a package target path is also backed up and replaced, with a warning. Untracked files outside package target paths are left alone.

Previously managed files no longer shipped are backed up and removed if unchanged. If locally modified, they are backed up and retained with a warning. Backups are stored under backups/<timestamp>/ in each destination. Local Codex model, model_reasoning_effort, plugins, and marketplaces settings are preserved when syncing config.toml; other local settings are not generally merged. Dry runs still rebuild generated/, but do not modify installation destinations.

Selecting Codex also installs shared skills to .agents/skills. An interactive extension list includes plugins and Codex skills; unchecked extensions are skipped on installation. Normal runs also ask whether to update the selected client CLIs, enable Flashbang, and enable Qwen3 semantic retrieval. These choices are saved for Quickupdate. Disabling retrieval on a later update removes its setup-owned runtime, index, and MCP registrations. Dry runs preview changes without updating CLIs, extensions, or retrieval. See Plugins for client-specific behavior.

Update

Once a destination is installed, use the update script (not the installer) to refresh its files and plugins. It refuses to continue if any selected destination is not installed yet (Not installed, use the install script.), also skipped for a dry run.

PowerShell:

.\scripts\update.ps1 

Bash:

./scripts/update.sh 

It accepts the same -DryRun/--dry-run, -Client/--client, and -Shell/--shell parameters as the installer, re-syncs every managed file, and lets you revise the CLI update, Flashbang, and extension choices. Selected extensions are installed or updated. Deselection removes only extensions recorded as installed by this setup; pre-existing or manually installed extensions are retained. Quickupdate reuses the saved choices.

Doctor

Check client availability, generated packages, source directories, hooks, and installed managed files:

PowerShell:

.\scripts\doctor.ps1 

Bash:

./scripts/doctor.sh 

Use -Summary (PowerShell) or --summary (Bash) with build, doctor, install, update, and test scripts for compact output. Omit the flag for detailed output. Summary mode retains warnings and failure status, but can suppress captured plugin-command output on failure. Set AI_CONFIG_VERBOSE=1 when full plugin failure output is needed.

Configuration

Codex receives global instructions, rules, skills, agent TOML files, hooks, and config.toml. Its defaults keep writes workspace-scoped and use automatic review for eligible escalation requests. Every rule ships as a plain file under rules/, and AGENTS.md tells Codex to load the matching one by path.

Claude Code receives the equivalent global instructions, agents, hooks, and settings.json. General rules are embedded once in CLAUDE.md (and in Codex's AGENTS.md); every technology- or situation-specific rule (adapters/rule-skills.tsv) is generated as a skill under skills/rules/ instead, so only its name and description are permanently visible and the full rule text loads only when Claude invokes it. Its generated settings use the supported automatic permission mode where available.

Both clients receive the same logical agent roles:

• Architect
• Implementer
• Researcher
• Reviewer
• Verifier

Agent use is proportional to the task. Small changes can stay with the implementer, while additional roles are available when research, design, independent review, or focused verification adds value.

Verification is also proportional: the agent selects checks based on changed behavior, affected callers, risk, and uncertainty. A small change may need only focused inspection; builds, tests, and separate reviews are not automatic. Explicit user and project requirements still apply.

Both status displays include model, effort, repository, branch, context-window size, context used, and tokens used. Codex shows its review mode. Claude also shows its review mode in two colored lines, with context usage turning yellow at 60% and red at 85%. See Configuration for details and limitations.

Extending the Configuration

Add a rule

Create a focused Markdown file in shared/rules/. For a rule that applies only to a language, framework, tool, or change area, add one row to adapters/rule-skills.tsv. The build uses that manifest to generate both Claude's rule skill and Codex's rule-loading condition. Put always-applicable guidance in general.md, which the build embeds for both clients; a new rule file is not automatically embedded.

Add a skill

Create shared/skills/<category>/<skill>/SKILL.md with valid YAML frontmatter and a concise workflow. Reference shared rules instead of repeating persistent standards.

Add an agent

Create shared/agents/<agent>/agent.yml and instructions.md. Keep semantic behavior in these shared files; the build renders the Codex and Claude Code formats.

Rebuild after every semantic change.

Security

• Never store API keys, OAuth tokens, credentials, authentication state, or sensitive logs in this repository.
• Review generated output and use the installer's dry-run before installation.
• Global installation happens only through an explicit installer invocation.
• Plugins execute with permissions granted by their client; review their upstream sources and trust prompts.
• Codex keeps workspace sandboxing enabled and requires escalation outside expected development boundaries.

Support

Create an issue for problems or proposed changes.

Contributors

~ FrauJulian - Julian Lechner

License

Licensed under the MIT License.