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#820 published the .claude/ + .agents/ skill trees. Three of them still describe rcli/ as an in-monorepo directory, but #776 moved it to RunanywhereAI/RCLI and deleted the in-tree copy, so these paths resolve to nothing in a fresh checkout:

skill reference
sdk-publish rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh (twice: prose and call shape)
telemetry-e2e rcli/tests/CMakeLists.txt
telemetry-e2e rcli/src/commands/cmd_telemetry.cpp
telemetry-e2e rcli/src/commands/cmd_auth.cpp
sdk-test-starters lists rcli/ as one of "two in-monorepo options"

The sdk-publish one is the sharpest, because it is an instruction rather than a citation:

If you do need to notarize locally, everything lives in rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh (read its header comment [...])

  • Call shape: rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh <build-dir> macos-arm64 [...]

An agent following that section to notarize a macOS build goes looking for a file this repo does not contain, with nothing pointing it elsewhere.

Confirmed by history rather than by absence alone:

$ git log --diff-filter=A -- rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh
ee96262e5 Release 0.20.17: extract the four consumer apps, restructure the repo
$ git log --diff-filter=D -- rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh
1a6d77bf9 feat(kit): C++ desktop find_package prefix for RCLI (#776)

The change

Names the real repo at each site. sdk-test-starters §4 loses rcli/ as an in-monorepo option and says where it went.

Deliberately left alone: telemetry-e2e also cites rac_telemetry_vocabulary.h, idl/codegen/generate_telemetry_vocabulary.py and idl/http/, which are absent from main as well. Those were added on the branch behind the still-open #747, so they describe an intended state rather than a moved one, and correcting them is that PR's call rather than mine.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Documentation update
  • Refactoring

Testing

.claude/skills/ is canonical and .agents/skills/ is its generated mirror, so I regenerated rather than hand-editing both:

$ python3 scripts/ci/check_agent_skills.py     # before regenerating
::error::agent-skills gate FAILED
Files .claude/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md and .agents/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md differ
Files .claude/skills/sdk-test-starters/SKILL.md and .agents/skills/sdk-test-starters/SKILL.md differ
Files .claude/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md and .agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md differ

$ bash scripts/setup/sync-skills.sh
regenerated .agents/skills from .claude/skills

$ python3 scripts/ci/check_agent_skills.py
agent-skills gate: OK (mirror in sync, no private coordinates)

Also re-grepped the trees afterwards: no `rcli/...` path references remain.

  • Lint passes locally
  • Added/updated tests for changes

Documentation only; no linter covers these trees and no test asserts their prose. The gate above is the check that applies, and it passes.

Labels

(None of the listed SDK labels apply; this is the agent instruction trees.)

Checklist

  • Code follows project style guidelines
  • Self-review completed
  • Documentation updated (if needed)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated SDK publishing and testing guidance to reflect the RCLI command-line tool’s standalone repository.
    • Clarified macOS release verification and Swift testing instructions.
    • Updated telemetry end-to-end testing references for relocated RCLI paths.

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The change updates duplicated agent skill documentation for the standalone RunanywhereAI/RCLI repository. It revises macOS publishing guidance, removes the in-monorepo CLI test option, and updates telemetry paths.

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RCLI Documentation Updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update RCLI publishing instructions
.agents/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md
The macOS release guidance assigns RCLI packaging, signing, and notarization to RunanywhereAI/RCLI and checks this repository’s cpp-desktop assets.
Update SDK test starter options
.agents/skills/sdk-test-starters/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/sdk-test-starters/SKILL.md
The in-monorepo rcli/ option was removed. The Swift example remains the only in-tree option.
Update telemetry source references
.agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md
Telemetry test registration and source references now use paths in RunanywhereAI/RCLI.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2f411

This localized documentation update replaces obsolete RCLI paths and keeps the mirrored skill trees synchronized. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after the applicable checks pass.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: rcli is no longer maintained in this repository.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the affected skill files, the repository relocation, the documentation updates, the regeneration process, and the validation results. It includes the required change type and …
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.agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md (1)

266-266: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the standalone RCLI paths in both telemetry skill copies.

With the default Apple MLX host enabled, rcli-mlx builds ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/rcli; the rcli target alone outputs rcli-cxx. Update the build command accordingly, use ./build/macos-debug/tests/test_rcli_telemetry_live, and remove the obsolete rcli/rcli nesting from all development and production commands in .agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md and .claude/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md.

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In @.agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md at line 266, Update all listed command
sites in .agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md and
.claude/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md (lines 163, 266, 273, and 296-299) to use
standalone RCLI paths: build the rcli-mlx output at the appropriate build/rcli
location, invoke ./build/macos-debug/tests/test_rcli_telemetry_live, and remove
obsolete rcli/rcli nesting from every development and production command.

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Inline comments:
In @.agents/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md:
- Line 389: Remove the app-specific password argument from the notarytool
credential setup instructions in both .agents/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md (line
389) and .claude/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md (line 389), and direct users to the
prompt-based credential entry form instead.
- Around line 391-392: Align the RCLI packaging guidance with the actual
scripts/package-rcli.sh contract by pinning the release to the exact RCLI commit
and documenting only its supported inputs and outputs, or implement the missing
signing/notarization workflow before retaining those requirements. Update both
.agents/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md:391-392 and
.claude/skills/sdk-publish/SKILL.md:391-392 consistently; ensure neither
document claims unsupported RCLI_MACOS_* or RCLI_CODESIGN_IDENTITY handling or
promises a notarized .dmg unless the workflow provides it.

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Outside diff comments:
In @.agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md:
- Line 266: Update all listed command sites in
.agents/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md and .claude/skills/telemetry-e2e/SKILL.md
(lines 163, 266, 273, and 296-299) to use standalone RCLI paths: build the
rcli-mlx output at the appropriate build/rcli location, invoke
./build/macos-debug/tests/test_rcli_telemetry_live, and remove obsolete
rcli/rcli nesting from every development and production command.
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The red centralization is not from this diff.

One of that job's steps failed, "Swift distribution repo (runanywhere-swift) is cut at this release". RunanywhereAI/runanywhere-swift is tagged 0.20.30 while this repo has published v0.20.31, and scripts/release/sync-versions.sh:616 documents the consequence:

(scripts/validation/gates/check_swift_dist_repo_sync.sh fails every PR
 once v${NEW_VERSION} exists until that repo carries the ${NEW_VERSION} tag.)

so it fires on every PR opened since that release regardless of contents.

The two checks that actually cover a change to these trees are both green:

No fix pushed, since the remedy is cutting the distribution repo rather than anything on this branch.

@ayaangazali
ayaangazali force-pushed the docs/skills-rcli-moved-out branch from 2f411fd to 8a2a4cd Compare September 1, 2026 21:02
RunanywhereAI#820 published the skill trees. Three of them still describe `rcli/` as an
in-monorepo directory, but RunanywhereAI#776 moved it to `RunanywhereAI/RCLI` and deleted
the in-tree copy, so every one of these paths resolves to nothing in a fresh
checkout:

  sdk-publish      rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh          (twice: prose + call shape)
  telemetry-e2e    rcli/tests/CMakeLists.txt
                   rcli/src/commands/cmd_telemetry.cpp
                   rcli/src/commands/cmd_auth.cpp
  sdk-test-starters lists `rcli/` as one of "two in-monorepo options"

The sdk-publish one is the sharpest: it says "everything lives in
`rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh` (read its header comment)" and then gives a call
shape for it. An agent following that section to notarize a macOS build looks
for a file this repo does not have, with nothing telling it where to look
instead.

Confirmed by history rather than by absence alone: `rcli/scripts/package-rcli.sh`
was added in ee96262 and deleted in 1a6d77b, the commit whose subject is the
RCLI extraction.

Names the real repo at each site instead. Left the telemetry-e2e references to
`rac_telemetry_vocabulary.h`, `generate_telemetry_vocabulary.py`, `idl/http/`
alone: those paths are absent from main too, but they were added on the branch
behind the still-open RunanywhereAI#747, so they describe an intended state rather than a
moved one and are that PR's call.

Regenerated `.agents/skills/` with scripts/setup/sync-skills.sh, so the mirror
stays in sync and the agent-skills gate passes.
Section 5 told a releaser to find rcli assets on this repo's v$VERSION and
restated an env-var contract for the packaging script. rcli moved to
RunanywhereAI/RCLI, which has its own version line and asset naming, and
three of the restated identifiers (RCLI_MACOS_FULL_RELEASE,
RCLI_MACOS_SWIFT_BIN_DIR, build-mlx-cli.sh) appear nowhere in that repo.
Point at RCLI's own docs and keep only the kit check this repo owns.
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Closing in favour of #849, which carries this finding along with the three other stale-reference fixes I had drip-fed as separate PRs.

Four docs PRs is four review threads for what should be one review. That was my mistake in splitting them; #849 has all four with the same evidence, re-verified on 45e91276e. Nothing is dropped.

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