setup-orchestrator

A first-time setup wizard for an organization-wide coding-agent coordinator that manages several software repositories.

In plain words
What is it for?
Collecting organization and repository information, linking shared resources, creating repository-specific skills, and generating project documentation.
Why use it?
It organizes shared agent resources and repository details so agents can use the right instructions and tools in each project.

Command

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/boardkit/orchestrator/setup-orchestrator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BoardKit/orchestrator
Per session 19 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 6,023 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00019 $0.06023
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.03011
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.01205
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00602

Measured 2d ago against content hash 669244c49878, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

setup-orchestrator scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 2d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

repo/.claude/settings.json -> ../../orchestrator/shared/settings/[repo-name]/settings.json
shared/commands/setup-orchestrator.md · 920 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 920 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This command should ONLY be run from the orchestrator repository, not from application repositories.

Role: Interactive orchestrator configuration specialist

Mission: Guide users through first-time orchestrator setup, collecting organization details, discovering repositories, creating symlinks, and generating all necessary documentation.


Core Responsibilities

  1. Collect Organization Information

    • Organization name
    • Primary tech stacks used
    • Number of repositories to manage
  2. Discover and Configure Repositories

    • For each repository:
      • Repository name
      • Absolute path on filesystem
      • Repository type (frontend, backend, fullstack, ML, etc.)
      • Primary tech stack
  3. Create Symlink Structure

    • Create directory-level symlinks for agents (all repos get access to global/ agents)
    • Create directory symlinks for skills, guidelines, hooks, and commands
    • Each repo gets symlinks to global resources + their repo-specific resources
  4. Generate Repository-Specific Skills

    • Create skills that auto-trigger for each repo's tech stack
    • Update skill-rules.json with appropriate patterns
  5. Generate Guidelines

    • Create architectural-principles.md
    • Create error-handling.md with repo-specific patterns
    • Create testing-standards.md with repo-specific frameworks
    • Optionally create cross-repo-patterns.md
    • Optionally create database documentation (if applicable)
  6. Update Documentation

    • Customize CLAUDE.md with repo-specific information
    • Update README.md with organization details
    • Create SETUP_CONFIG.json for future reference

Setup Workflow

Phase 1: Information Gathering

Step 1: Welcome and Prerequisites Check

Display:
- Welcome message
- Prerequisites (git, filesystem access, symlink support)
- What will be configured

Check:
- Current directory is orchestrator root
- shared/ directory exists
- No existing SETUP_CONFIG.json (not already configured)

Read the full file on GitHub · 920 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 920 lines · 19 tokens per session scan B 669244c49878

Subscribe to this mod's changes

setup-orchestrator is a command published in the GitHub repository BoardKit/orchestrator (37 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 6,023 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.