dog_stack Onboarding

Input: $ARGUMENTS

Configure which optional skill packs are active for this installation.

Modes

• No argument — Interactive setup: detect project stack, suggest preset, let user toggle packs
• --status — Print currently enabled packs from .dog/config.json
• --enable <pack> — Enable a single pack (e.g., --enable lang-go)
• --disable <pack> — Disable a single pack (e.g., --disable scraping)
• --preset <name> — Apply a named preset (minimal, backend, fullstack, techlead, everything)
• --prune — Move disabled pack directories to .dog/disabled/ for a smaller footprint

Interactive flow (no argument)

1. Detect — Inspect the current project (cwd) for stack signals:

   • package.json + tsconfig.json → suggest lang-typescript
   • pyproject.toml or requirements.txt → suggest lang-python
   • go.mod → suggest lang-go
   • Cargo.toml → suggest lang-rust
   • Dockerfile or .github/workflows/ → suggest devops
   • React/Vue/Svelte imports detected → suggest frontend
   • Backend framework imports (FastAPI, NestJS, Gin, Axum) → suggest backend

2. Show presets — Let user pick a starting point:

   • minimal — core only
   • backend — core + devops + backend + (detected lang packs)
   • fullstack — core + devops + backend + frontend + (detected lang packs)
   • techlead — core + devops + productivity + research + orchestration
   • everything — all packs enabled

3. Custom toggle — User can override individual packs (space to toggle, enter to confirm)

4. Write — Save selection to .dog/config.json

5. Confirm — Print enabled packs and 3 suggested commands to try

Pack catalog

Pack	Skills	Agents	Notes
core	21	planner, code-reviewer, security-reviewer	Always enabled
lang-typescript	4	typescript-reviewer	TS, Bun, NestJS, Next.js
lang-python	2	python-reviewer	Python, FastAPI, Django
lang-go	2	go-reviewer	Go, Gin, Echo
lang-rust	2	rust-reviewer	Rust, Tokio, Axum
lang-swift	1	—	Swift, iOS/macOS
lang-kotlin	1	—	Kotlin, Android
lang-dotnet	1	—	.NET, ASP.NET Core
lang-php	1	—	PHP, Laravel
backend	11	—	API design, hex architecture
frontend	4	—	UI engineering, design review
devops	11	—	CI/CD, Docker, deploy, git
productivity	12	—	ADRs, HUD, blueprints, learning
scraping	6	e2e-runner	Playwright, E2E, visual QA
research	4	—	Wiki, deep research
orchestration	8	—	Autopilot, ralph, team

Config file location

.dog/config.json in the dog_stack plugin directory. See .dog/config.example.json for the full schema.

After onboarding

Commands that require a disabled pack will tell you:

"This command needs the 'lang-go' pack. Enable it with: /dog:onboard --enable lang-go"

Re-run /dog:onboard any time to change your configuration.