ralph-config

A command that writes a recommended RalphTUI configuration for either a JSON task list or Beads, a task-tracking workflow. It accepts one of those two workflow names.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create `.ralph-tui/config.toml` for a `prd.json` task workflow or a Beads workflow.
Why use it?
It avoids manually creating the configuration file and reduces errors in the required settings. The command reports usage information when given another value.

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/gantisstorm/essentials-claude-code/ralph-config
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GantisStorm/essentials-claude-code
Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 536 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00011 $0.00536
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00268
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00107
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00054

Measured 3d ago against content hash 20058c907476, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ralph-config 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.

essentials/commands/ralph-config.md · 100 lines

What it actually says

Ralph Config

Write the full recommended RalphTUI configuration for Tasks (json) or Beads workflow.

Arguments

  • json — Write config for prd.json workflow
  • beads — Write config for Beads workflow

Instructions

Step 1: Validate Argument

If argument is not json or beads:

Usage: /ralph-config <json|beads>

  json   - Config for prd.json tasks workflow
  beads  - Config for Beads workflow

Step 2: Ensure Directory Exists

mkdir -p .ralph-tui

Step 3: Write Config

If argument is json:

cat > .ralph-tui/config.toml << 'EOF'
# RalphTUI config for Tasks (prd.json) workflow
# See: WORKFLOW-TASKS.md#recommended-configurations

configVersion = "2.1"
maxIterations = 0
agent = "claude"
tracker = "json"
autoCommit = false
subagentTracingDetail = "full"

[agentOptions]
model = "claude-opus-4-5-20251101"

[trackerOptions]

[notifications]
sound = "system"
EOF

If argument is beads:

cat > .ralph-tui/config.toml << 'EOF'
# RalphTUI config for Beads workflow
# See: WORKFLOW-BEADS.md#setup-for-beads

configVersion = "2.1"
maxIterations = 0
agent = "claude"
tracker = "beads-bv"
autoCommit = false
subagentTracingDetail = "full"

[agentOptions]
model = "claude-opus-4-5-20251101"

[trackerOptions]

[notifications]
sound = "system"
EOF

Step 4: Report Result

cat .ralph-tui/config.toml
Config written: .ralph-tui/config.toml
Tracker: <json or beads-bv>

Run with:
  ralph-tui run --prd <path>      # json tracker
  ralph-tui run --epic <epic-id>  # beads-bv tracker
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. 3d ago First seen · 100 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A 20058c907476

Subscribe to this mod's changes

ralph-config is a command published in the GitHub repository GantisStorm/essentials-claude-code (91 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed Unlicense. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 536 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.