OpenAgentsControl/.opencode/context/openagents-repo/guides/profile-validation.md

Guide: Profile Validation

Purpose: Ensure installation profiles include all appropriate components
Priority: HIGH - Check this when adding new agents or updating registry

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What Are Profiles?

Profiles are pre-configured component bundles in registry.json that users install:

• essential - Minimal setup (openagent + core subagents)
• developer - Full dev environment (all dev agents + tools)
• business - Content/product focus (content agents + tools)
• full - Everything (all agents, subagents, tools)
• advanced - Full + meta-level (system-builder, repo-manager)

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The Problem

Issue: New agents added to components.agents[] but NOT added to profiles

Result: Users install a profile but don't get the new agents

Example (v0.5.0 bug):

// ✅ Agent exists in components
{
  "id": "devops-specialist",
  "path": ".opencode/agent/development/devops-specialist.md"
}

// ❌ But NOT in developer profile
"developer": {
  "components": [
    "agent:openagent",
    "agent:opencoder"
    // Missing: "agent:devops-specialist"
  ]
}

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Validation Checklist

When adding a new agent, ALWAYS check:

1. Agent Added to Components

# Check agent exists in registry
cat registry.json | jq '.components.agents[] | select(.id == "your-agent")'

2. Agent Added to Appropriate Profiles

Development agents → Add to:

• ✅ developer profile
• ✅ full profile
• ✅ advanced profile

Content agents → Add to:

• ✅ business profile
• ✅ full profile
• ✅ advanced profile

Data agents → Add to:

• ✅ business profile (if business-focused)
• ✅ full profile
• ✅ advanced profile

Meta agents → Add to:

• ✅ advanced profile only

Core agents → Add to:

• ✅ essential profile
• ✅ All other profiles

3. Verify Profile Includes Agent

# Check if agent is in developer profile
cat registry.json | jq '.profiles.developer.components[] | select(. == "agent:your-agent")'

# Check if agent is in business profile
cat registry.json | jq '.profiles.business.components[] | select(. == "agent:your-agent")'

# Check if agent is in full profile
cat registry.json | jq '.profiles.full.components[] | select(. == "agent:your-agent")'

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Profile Assignment Rules

Developer Profile

Include:

• Core agents (openagent, opencoder)
• Development specialists (frontend, backend, devops, codebase)
• All code subagents (tester, reviewer, coder-agent, build-agent)
• Dev commands (commit, test, validate-repo)
• Dev context (standards/code, standards/tests, workflows/*)

Exclude:

• Content agents (copywriter, technical-writer)
• Data agents (data-analyst)
• Meta agents (system-builder, repo-manager)

Business Profile

Include:

• Core agent (openagent)
• Content specialists (copywriter, technical-writer)
• Data specialists (data-analyst)
• Image tools (gemini, image-specialist)
• Notification tools (telegram, notify)

Exclude:

• Development specialists
• Code subagents
• Meta agents

Full Profile

Include:

• Everything from developer profile
• Everything from business profile
• All agents except meta agents

Exclude:

• Meta agents (system-builder, repo-manager)

Advanced Profile

Include:

• Everything from full profile
• Meta agents (system-builder, repo-manager)
• Meta subagents (domain-analyzer, agent-generator, etc.)
• Meta commands (build-context-system)

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Automated Validation

Script to Check Profile Coverage

#!/bin/bash
# Check if all agents are in appropriate profiles

echo "Checking profile coverage..."

# Get all agent IDs
agents=$(cat registry.json | jq -r '.components.agents[].id')

for agent in $agents; do
  # Get agent category
  category=$(cat registry.json | jq -r ".components.agents[] | select(.id == \"$agent\") | .category")
  
  # Check which profiles include this agent
  in_developer=$(cat registry.json | jq ".profiles.developer.components[] | select(. == \"agent:$agent\")" 2>/dev/null)
  in_business=$(cat registry.json | jq ".profiles.business.components[] | select(. == \"agent:$agent\")" 2>/dev/null)
  in_full=$(cat registry.json | jq ".profiles.full.components[] | select(. == \"agent:$agent\")" 2>/dev/null)
  in_advanced=$(cat registry.json | jq ".profiles.advanced.components[] | select(. == \"agent:$agent\")" 2>/dev/null)
  
  # Validate based on category
  case $category in
    "development")
      if [[ -z "$in_developer" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent (development) missing from developer profile"
      fi
      if [[ -z "$in_full" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent (development) missing from full profile"
      fi
      if [[ -z "$in_advanced" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent (development) missing from advanced profile"
      fi
      ;;
    "content"|"data")
      if [[ -z "$in_business" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent ($category) missing from business profile"
      fi
      if [[ -z "$in_full" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent ($category) missing from full profile"
      fi
      if [[ -z "$in_advanced" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent ($category) missing from advanced profile"
      fi
      ;;
    "meta")
      if [[ -z "$in_advanced" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent (meta) missing from advanced profile"
      fi
      ;;
    "essential"|"standard")
      if [[ -z "$in_full" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent ($category) missing from full profile"
      fi
      if [[ -z "$in_advanced" ]]; then
        echo "❌ $agent ($category) missing from advanced profile"
      fi
      ;;
  esac
done

echo "✅ Profile coverage check complete"

Save this as: scripts/registry/validate-profile-coverage.sh

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Manual Validation Steps

After Adding a New Agent

1. Add agent to components:

   ./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --auto-add
   

2. Manually add to profiles: Edit registry.json and add "agent:your-agent" to appropriate profiles

3. Validate registry:

   ./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh
   

4. Test local install: ```bash

   Test developer profile

   REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" ./install.sh --list

# Verify agent appears in profile REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" ./install.sh --list | grep "your-agent"

5. **Test actual install**:
   ```bash
   # Install to temp directory
   mkdir -p /tmp/test-install
   cd /tmp/test-install
   REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/darrenhinde/OpenAgentsControl/main/install.sh) developer
   
   # Check if agent was installed
   ls .opencode/agent/category/your-agent.md

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Common Mistakes

❌ Mistake 1: Only Adding to Components

// Added to components
"components": {
  "agents": [
    {"id": "new-agent", ...}
  ]
}

// But forgot to add to profiles
"profiles": {
  "developer": {
    "components": [
      // Missing: "agent:new-agent"
    ]
  }
}

❌ Mistake 2: Wrong Profile Assignment

// Development agent added to business profile
"business": {
  "components": [
    "agent:devops-specialist"  // ❌ Should be in developer
  ]
}

❌ Mistake 3: Inconsistent Profile Coverage

// Added to full but not advanced
"full": {
  "components": ["agent:new-agent"]
},
"advanced": {
  "components": [
    // ❌ Missing: "agent:new-agent"
  ]
}

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Best Practices

✅ Use auto-detect - Adds to components automatically
✅ Check all profiles - Verify agent in correct profiles
✅ Test locally - Install and verify before pushing
✅ Validate - Run validation script after changes
✅ Document - Update CHANGELOG with profile changes

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CI/CD Integration

Add profile validation to CI:

# .github/workflows/validate-registry.yml
- name: Validate Registry
  run: ./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh

- name: Validate Profile Coverage
  run: ./scripts/registry/validate-profile-coverage.sh

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Quick Reference

Agent Category	Essential	Developer	Business	Full	Advanced
core	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
development	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅
content	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
data	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
meta	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

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Related Files

• Registry concepts: core-concepts/registry.md
• Updating registry: guides/updating-registry.md
• Adding agents: guides/adding-agent.md

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Last Updated: 2025-12-29
Version: 0.5.1