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fix(cli): relay init — portable MCP command, real Codex project trust, workspace key out of git - #2011
Three bugs found running npx agent-relay@next init --yes --scope project (15.0.0-next.2) on a real machine.
1. MCP command pointed at npx's cache
Every tool config got command: ~/.npm/_npx/<hash>/node_modules/.bin/agent-relay. Cause: npx puts its cache .bin first on PATH, so the "agent-relay on PATH that is the running CLI" branch matched the temporary copy.
resolveMcpLaunch now takes the scope and never writes a cache path (PATH entries under _npx/bunx- are skipped):
Run from
Project scope (shared files)
Global scope (this machine)
AGENT_RELAY_MCP_COMMAND set
the override
the override
npm global / install.sh launcher on PATH
agent-relay mcp (by name)
absolute launcher / PATH path, same as before
npx, lasting agent-relay on PATH
agent-relay mcp
that absolute path
npx, nothing installed
npx -y agent-relay@<this version> mcp
npx -y agent-relay@<this version> mcp
install.sh launcher not on PATH
npx -y agent-relay@<version> mcp
the launcher path
source checkout
absolute node + script, with a warning to set AGENT_RELAY_MCP_COMMAND before sharing
absolute node + script
Why: project files are shared with teammates, so they must not contain home paths. From npx we no longer fall back to an install.sh launcher that isn't on PATH, because on the test machine that was an old, unrelated 14.x binary; pinning the version that ran init is safer. Unknown/dev versions fall back to an unpinned agent-relay. init runs npx -y agent-relay@<v> --version once so the first MCP start doesn't hit a client's startup timeout. Entries init wrote earlier (AGENT_RELAY_MANAGED_BY=relay-init) are updated on re-run.
Tested against codex-cli 0.154.0 with an isolated CODEX_HOME:
Codex does read <project>/.codex/config.toml, but only when that exact project root has [projects."<root>"] trust_level = "trusted" in $CODEX_HOME/config.toml. The root is the nearest .git (default project_root_markers), else the cwd. A subdirectory of a trusted git root works.
A trusted parent directory doesn't count. That's why the trial failed even though /home/khaliqgant is trusted.
-c 'projects."<dir>".trust_level="trusted"' is ignored for this (trust is read from the file).
codex exec never asks. Only interactive codex offers to trust on first run. codex.toml is not a thing.
So the old note ("it asks on first run") was only half true. Now:
codexProjectTrust reads the trust state. When the project is trusted, no note is printed. When it's unset, the note gives the exact [projects."<root>"] line to add and says parent trust and codex exec don't help. When it's untrusted, the note says so.
In the guided flow, relay init offers (default yes) to record trust the way Codex's own prompt does. --yes never trusts on your behalf, because trust also relaxes Codex's approval defaults.
I checked the other tools' project-scope claims with their own mcp list in the project. All are accurate: Claude shows "Pending approval" (the note says so), OpenCode connects, Grok and Devin list it, and Pi says "ignored because the project is not trusted" (the note says so).
Note: codex exec (approval policy never) refuses non-read-only MCP tools such as send_dm with "MCP tool call requires approval". Run it with -c 'mcp_servers.agent-relay.default_tools_approval_mode="approve"', the same way claude -p needs --allowedTools. init does not auto-approve Relay tools.
"Failed to connect to Agent Relay socket." This was not a hook. It was Codex's own final answer: with no relay MCP tools loaded (bug 2), the model fell back to the global messaging-agents-on-the-relay skill and curled the desktop socket, which Codex's sandbox blocks (the socket answers fine outside the sandbox). It goes away once the MCP tools load. Nothing to change in relay-desktop.
3. Workspace key showed in git status
ensureGitExclude in @agent-relay/config is now exported and worktree/submodule aware: it follows a .git file's gitdir: and commondir, matching git rev-parse --git-path info/exclude. It writes an anchored, escaped pattern (/.agentworkforce/relay/, /sub/.agentworkforce/relay/ for nested projects). It's called from the workspace-key writer (writeProjectWorkspaceKey* in @agent-relay/cloud), so every command that saves a project key is covered, not just init. Only the standard <project>/.agentworkforce/relay dir is excluded, and .gitignore is never touched (same approach as the broker's worktree_guard).
Evidence (real tools, this machine)
Fresh git init projects, existing local server on :8787:
Installed CLI (worktree build linked as agent-relay on PATH): configs say command = "agent-relay", with no rk_/at_, _npx or /home/ in any of the 6 configs. git status --porcelain shows no .agentworkforce/, and .git/info/exclude ends with /.agentworkforce/relay/. codex mcp list showed nothing before trust and agent-relay agent-relay mcp … enabled after. codex exec --skip-git-repo-check -c 'mcp_servers.agent-relay.default_tools_approval_mode="approve' ran send_dm and it completed. claude -p --mcp-config .mcp.json --strict-mcp-config --allowedTools "mcp__agent-relay__*" (prompt on stdin) returned "e2e-ping-7731 from codex" from codex-relay-init-e2e-1.
npx run (CLI under a …/_npx/<hash>/node_modules layout with its .bin first on PATH, version 15.0.0-next.2): all configs got npx -y agent-relay@15.0.0-next.2 mcp. A re-run over entries rewritten to the old _npx path reported updated and left 0 _npx hits. Round trip: Codex send_dm completed, and Claude read From codex-relay-init-e2e-2: "e2e-ping-4419 from codex via npx".
~/.agentworkforce/relay/workspaces.jsonactive stayed ghsub-live. The throwaway projects and the Codex trust entries added for them were removed afterwards.
Tests
agent-tools-mcp.test.ts: the npx .bin-first-on-PATH case at both scopes, the stale launcher not used, unpinned unknown version, by-name vs by-path per scope, checkout warning, and Codex trust (git root, parent doesn't count, quoted keys, untrusted, recording trust keeps the file and its 0600 mode and is idempotent, refuses a [projects] table).
init.test.ts: the trust note with --yes, no note when already trusted, scope passed to the resolver plus npx warm-up, re-run replaces an _npx entry, a real git init project keeps .agentworkforce out of git status without a .gitignore, and the guided flow trusting, declining, and skipping it at global scope.
project-namespace.test.ts / project-workspace-key.test.ts: anchored pattern, nested project, legacy entry recognised, linked worktree, no repo, and that the writer excludes only the standard dir.
npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/cli|config|cloud is clean. vitest run packages/cli passes 2456 tests; config + cloud + related suites pass 864.
…out Codex trust, and keeps the workspace key out of git
- MCP command: never write npx's temporary cache copy (npx puts its cache
bin first on PATH, which is how the _npx path got in). Project scope
writes `agent-relay mcp` by name when a lasting agent-relay is on PATH,
else `npx -y agent-relay@<version> mcp`; global scope keeps absolute
launcher/PATH paths and uses the pinned npx command from an npx run.
npx launches are warmed into npm's cache during init.
- Codex: 0.154 loads <project>/.codex/config.toml only when the exact
project root (git root) is trusted in $CODEX_HOME/config.toml. A trusted
parent does not count and `-c projects...` overrides are ignored. init
now detects the trust state, offers to record it in the guided flow,
and prints the exact line to add with --yes.
- The workspace-key writer adds `/.agentworkforce/relay/` to the repo's
info/exclude (worktree-aware, never .gitignore), so every writer is
covered, not just init.
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Init now selects portable MCP commands by install scope, can record Codex trust for a project, and excludes the default project workspace-key directory through Git’s exclude file.
MCP launch selection accounts for install scope, stable PATH executables, ephemeral CLI paths, and the published version. Init warms npx launches before installation. Tests cover launch selection and replacing cached paths on rerun.
Read and record Codex project trust packages/cli/src/cli/lib/agent-tools-mcp.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/commands/init.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/lib/agent-tools-mcp.test.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/commands/init.test.ts
Codex trust checks use the project root and user config. Project-scoped init offers to record trust when unset, and the tool note reflects the trust state. Tests cover accepted and declined prompts and existing trust.
Workspace-key Git exclusion
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Summary
Exclude project Relay data from Git packages/config/src/project-namespace.ts, packages/cloud/src/project-workspace-key.ts, packages/config/src/project-namespace.test.ts, packages/cloud/src/project-workspace-key.test.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/commands/init.test.ts
The Git exclude helper handles nested repositories and linked worktrees. Workspace-key writes add the default Relay data directory to .git/info/exclude; tests check that it remains out of untracked status and does not change .gitignore.
sequenceDiagram
participant RelayInit
participant resolveMcpLaunch
participant defaultWarmLaunch
participant ToolConfig
RelayInit->>resolveMcpLaunch: Resolve command for install scope
RelayInit->>defaultWarmLaunch: Warm npx launch when selected
RelayInit->>ToolConfig: Install tools with resolved command
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participant User
participant RelayInit
participant CodexUserConfig
RelayInit->>CodexUserConfig: Check trust for the project root
RelayInit->>User: Ask to record trust when trust is unset
User->>RelayInit: Confirm or decline
RelayInit->>CodexUserConfig: Record trusted state after confirmation
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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 48a68
Two bounded initialization edge cases can misconfigure Codex trust or modify the wrong Git exclude file; they should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.
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A rabbit checks the launch command’s name, Then warms the npx path before the game. Codex trust is asked for at the root, A trusted project gets a quiet salute. Workspace keys leave Git’s status clear, The rabbit hops away with one less fear.
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Codex project paths such as /work/client[old] were missed, so relay init
re-offered trust and appended a duplicate table.
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…st snippet
- Recognise ["projects"."/repo"] and other quotings of the project table,
and refuse [projects], inline, dotted and array-of-tables forms instead
of appending a duplicate table.
- The --yes note now prints the trust snippet as two TOML lines.
- JSDoc @param/@returns on the new exports.
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Add a test for a relative gitdir: pointer (submodule layout).
gitExcludePath resolves a relative gitdir: value against the directory that contains the .git file. Submodules use this form, for example gitdir: ../.git/modules/sub. Every existing gitdir: fixture uses an absolute path, so a regression to cwd-relative resolution would pass the current tests. The PR states that submodules are supported, so this path needs a test.
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expect(exclude(common)).toBe('/.agentworkforce/relay/\n');
});
++ it('writes the exclude of a submodule whose .git file has a relative gitdir', () => {+ const gitDir = path.join(root, 'super', '.git', 'modules', 'sub');+ fs.mkdirSync(gitDir, { recursive: true });+ const sub = path.join(root, 'super', 'sub');+ fs.mkdirSync(sub, { recursive: true });+ fs.writeFileSync(path.join(sub, '.git'), 'gitdir: ../.git/modules/sub\n');+ expect(ensureGitExclude(path.join(sub, '.agentworkforce', 'relay'))).toEqual({ modified: true });+ expect(exclude(gitDir)).toBe('/.agentworkforce/relay/\n');+ });
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- Line 494: Update the test’s `execFileSync` calls for `git init` and `git
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…r relative gitdir
- Windows: write `cmd /c npx -y agent-relay@<v> mcp` and warm the cache
through a shell, since npx.cmd cannot be spawned directly.
- init.test: strip GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE/GIT_INDEX_FILE/GIT_COMMON_DIR.
- config: test a submodule .git file with a relative gitdir.
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Handle directory reads on FreeBSD.
On FreeBSD, readFileSync returns directory data instead of throwing EISDIR. A normal .git directory is then treated as a pointer file, so ensureGitExclude leaves the workspace key visible to git add. (nodejs.org)
Detect the directory using an opened descriptor and fstat, then read pointer files from that descriptor.
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Minor · Use the Codex trust root for the project config path. · agent-tools-mcp.ts:162-165
packages/cli/src/cli/lib/agent-tools-mcp.ts:162-165 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use the Codex trust root for the project config path.
When ctx.projectRoot is a supported pinned nested project, project-scope init writes .codex/config.toml below that directory. Codex trust guidance and persistence use codexProjectRoot(ctx), which resolves to the containing Git root. Codex can therefore trust a different project and ignore the configured MCP entry.
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- 165:
Update the project-scope branch of configPath to build the `.codex/config.toml`
path from codexProjectRoot(ctx) instead of ctx.projectRoot, while leaving the
user-scope path unchanged.
Minor · Reject an unresolved gitdir target before deriving… · project-namespace.ts:149-161
packages/config/src/project-namespace.ts:149-161 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Reject an unresolved gitdir target before deriving info/exclude.
A valid gitdir: pointer can reference a missing path. gitExcludePath then returns <target>/info/exclude, and ensureGitExclude creates that path and appends the exclusion. This writes outside the actual Git work tree despite the helper contract that errors leave the filesystem unchanged.
Check that the resolved target exists and is a directory before reading commondir.
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Validate the resolved gitDir in gitExcludePath before reading commondir: return
undefined if the target is missing or is not a directory. Leave the subsequent
commonDir and info/exclude path derivation unchanged.
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Stale gitdir: target: valid, fixed in 363aa3f. gitExcludePath returns nothing unless the resolved gitdir is an existing directory, with a test.
Codex config at the trust root: not changing this. I checked codex-cli 0.154.0 with an isolated CODEX_HOME: git root trusted, sub/.codex/config.toml holding a server. codex mcp list run from sub lists it; run from the root it does not. So Codex reads .codex/config.toml at every level from the trusted root down to the cwd. Writing it in the Relay project dir (where its workspace pin lives) and trusting the git root is the correct pair. Moving it to the git root would expose the nested project's server across the whole repo.
@khaliqgant Thanks for the fix and the isolated Codex check.
Stale gitdir: target: I verified the directory guard in gitExcludePath and the regression test that checks no directory gets created for a missing target. I did not run the test.
Codex config at the trust root: I withdraw this finding. Your codex-cli 0.154.0 check establishes that the config directory and trust root need not match. Keep .codex/config.toml in the Relay project directory and trust the Git root. Moving the config to the Git root would broaden the nested server’s scope.
✏️ Learnings added
Learnt from: khaliqgant
URL: https://github.com/AgentWorkforce/relay/pull/2011
Timestamp: 2026-10-28T05:14:41.938Z
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Three bugs found running
npx agent-relay@next init --yes --scope project(15.0.0-next.2) on a real machine.1. MCP command pointed at npx's cache
Every tool config got
command: ~/.npm/_npx/<hash>/node_modules/.bin/agent-relay. Cause: npx puts its cache.binfirst onPATH, so the "agent-relay on PATH that is the running CLI" branch matched the temporary copy.resolveMcpLaunchnow takes the scope and never writes a cache path (PATH entries under_npx/bunx-are skipped):AGENT_RELAY_MCP_COMMANDsetagent-relay mcp(by name)agent-relayon PATHagent-relay mcpnpx -y agent-relay@<this version> mcpnpx -y agent-relay@<this version> mcpnpx -y agent-relay@<version> mcpAGENT_RELAY_MCP_COMMANDbefore sharingWhy: project files are shared with teammates, so they must not contain home paths. From npx we no longer fall back to an install.sh launcher that isn't on PATH, because on the test machine that was an old, unrelated 14.x binary; pinning the version that ran init is safer. Unknown/dev versions fall back to an unpinned
agent-relay.initrunsnpx -y agent-relay@<v> --versiononce so the first MCP start doesn't hit a client's startup timeout. Entries init wrote earlier (AGENT_RELAY_MANAGED_BY=relay-init) are updated on re-run.2. Codex project scope: how Codex 0.154 actually finds project config
Tested against codex-cli 0.154.0 with an isolated
CODEX_HOME:<project>/.codex/config.toml, but only when that exact project root has[projects."<root>"] trust_level = "trusted"in$CODEX_HOME/config.toml. The root is the nearest.git(defaultproject_root_markers), else the cwd. A subdirectory of a trusted git root works./home/khaliqgantis trusted.-c 'projects."<dir>".trust_level="trusted"'is ignored for this (trust is read from the file).codex execnever asks. Only interactivecodexoffers to trust on first run.codex.tomlis not a thing.So the old note ("it asks on first run") was only half true. Now:
codexProjectTrustreads the trust state. When the project is trusted, no note is printed. When it's unset, the note gives the exact[projects."<root>"]line to add and says parent trust andcodex execdon't help. When it's untrusted, the note says so.relay initoffers (default yes) to record trust the way Codex's own prompt does.--yesnever trusts on your behalf, because trust also relaxes Codex's approval defaults.I checked the other tools' project-scope claims with their own
mcp listin the project. All are accurate: Claude shows "Pending approval" (the note says so), OpenCode connects, Grok and Devin list it, and Pi says "ignored because the project is not trusted" (the note says so).Note:
codex exec(approval policynever) refuses non-read-only MCP tools such assend_dmwith "MCP tool call requires approval". Run it with-c 'mcp_servers.agent-relay.default_tools_approval_mode="approve"', the same wayclaude -pneeds--allowedTools. init does not auto-approve Relay tools."Failed to connect to Agent Relay socket." This was not a hook. It was Codex's own final answer: with no relay MCP tools loaded (bug 2), the model fell back to the global
messaging-agents-on-the-relayskill and curled the desktop socket, which Codex's sandbox blocks (the socket answers fine outside the sandbox). It goes away once the MCP tools load. Nothing to change in relay-desktop.3. Workspace key showed in
git statusensureGitExcludein@agent-relay/configis now exported and worktree/submodule aware: it follows a.gitfile'sgitdir:andcommondir, matchinggit rev-parse --git-path info/exclude. It writes an anchored, escaped pattern (/.agentworkforce/relay/,/sub/.agentworkforce/relay/for nested projects). It's called from the workspace-key writer (writeProjectWorkspaceKey*in@agent-relay/cloud), so every command that saves a project key is covered, not just init. Only the standard<project>/.agentworkforce/relaydir is excluded, and.gitignoreis never touched (same approach as the broker'sworktree_guard).Evidence (real tools, this machine)
Fresh
git initprojects, existing local server on :8787:agent-relayon PATH): configs saycommand = "agent-relay", with nork_/at_,_npxor/home/in any of the 6 configs.git status --porcelainshows no.agentworkforce/, and.git/info/excludeends with/.agentworkforce/relay/.codex mcp listshowed nothing before trust andagent-relay agent-relay mcp … enabledafter.codex exec --skip-git-repo-check -c 'mcp_servers.agent-relay.default_tools_approval_mode="approve'ransend_dmand it completed.claude -p --mcp-config .mcp.json --strict-mcp-config --allowedTools "mcp__agent-relay__*"(prompt on stdin) returned"e2e-ping-7731 from codex" from codex-relay-init-e2e-1.…/_npx/<hash>/node_moduleslayout with its.binfirst on PATH, version 15.0.0-next.2): all configs gotnpx -y agent-relay@15.0.0-next.2 mcp. A re-run over entries rewritten to the old_npxpath reportedupdatedand left 0_npxhits. Round trip: Codexsend_dmcompleted, and Claude readFrom codex-relay-init-e2e-2: "e2e-ping-4419 from codex via npx".~/.agentworkforce/relay/workspaces.jsonactivestayedghsub-live. The throwaway projects and the Codex trust entries added for them were removed afterwards.Tests
agent-tools-mcp.test.ts: the npx.bin-first-on-PATH case at both scopes, the stale launcher not used, unpinned unknown version, by-name vs by-path per scope, checkout warning, and Codex trust (git root, parent doesn't count, quoted keys, untrusted, recording trust keeps the file and its 0600 mode and is idempotent, refuses a[projects]table).init.test.ts: the trust note with--yes, no note when already trusted, scope passed to the resolver plus npx warm-up, re-run replaces an_npxentry, a realgit initproject keeps.agentworkforceout ofgit statuswithout a.gitignore, and the guided flow trusting, declining, and skipping it at global scope.project-namespace.test.ts/project-workspace-key.test.ts: anchored pattern, nested project, legacy entry recognised, linked worktree, no repo, and that the writer excludes only the standard dir.npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/cli|config|cloudis clean.vitest run packages/clipasses 2456 tests; config + cloud + related suites pass 864.Docs:
docs/quickstart.mdupdated (Codex trust, portable command, git exclude). README untouched (#2008).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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