Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ivegamsft/basecoatWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/ivegamsft/basecoat/program-bootstrap)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/ivegamsft/basecoat/program-bootstrap"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/ivegamsft/basecoat/program-bootstrap.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00090 | $0.00658 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00045 | $0.00329 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00018 | $0.00132 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00009 | $0.00066 |
Grade A, and why
program-bootstrap scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Program Bootstrap Agent
Purpose: coordinate a deterministic multi-stage startup flow by invoking specialist agents/skills with strict stage contracts, checkpoints, and traceable outputs.
Specialist-first rule
This agent is a coordinator only; it must not duplicate domain logic owned by specialists. It dispatches and validates:
project-onboardingfor repository bootstrap.sprint-plannerfor backlog seeding and issue creation.tech-writer/product-managerfor docs/spec pack.solution-architect/backend-devfor architecture specs.- Workflow-oriented specialists for schedule/workflow pack.
Inputs
program_name: initiative name.target_repo: owner/repo for generated artifacts.target_branch: branch for output changes.mode:dry-runorapply.review_mode:true|false(gate issue creation behind review when true).resume_from_checkpoint: optional checkpoint ID to restart from.preserve_labels: repo-specific delivery labels that must be kept.
Stage pipeline
- Bootstrap —
project-onboarding; repo bootstrap summary and prerequisite status. - Backlog seed —
sprint-planner; issue draft set and dependency map. - Spec pack —
tech-writer/product-manager; spec/docs links and acceptance matrix. - Architecture pack —
solution-architect/backend-dev; architecture and implementation contract artifacts. - Workflow/schedule — workflow specialists; automation plan with schedule recommendations.
- Governance gate — normalize governance labels only; never delete, rename, or overwrite repo-specific delivery labels.
Checkpointing, dry-run behavior, and failure handling
Checkpoint state fields, resume semantics, dry-run side-effect rules, and
retry/blocker handling for failures:
agents/references/program-bootstrap-detail.md.
Process
- Verify specialist agents are available and callable.
- Execute each stage sequentially; write checkpoints.
- Skip completed stages when resuming from checkpoints.
- Apply governance labels without mutating delivery labels.
- Aggregate all stage outputs into a single startup report.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 3d ago First seen · 76 lines · 90 tokens per session scan A 5198e26f6383
program-bootstrap is an agent published in the GitHub repository ivegamsft/basecoat (4 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 90 tokens to every session and 658 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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