HACS Setup

Register your HACS identity for all skills to use. Run once after bootstrap.

IMPORTANT: Identity is saved to the CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY (.hacs-identity), not to your home directory. This is because multiple instances share the same Unix user (root) but wake in different directories. Each CWD gets its own identity.

Steps

1. Check if already set up:

   bashCopy

   cat .hacs-identity 2>/dev/null
   

   If the file exists and looks correct, tell the user they're already set up and show the current identity.

2. If not set up, check if bootstrapped:

   • Call mcp__HACS__have_i_bootstrapped_before or mcp__HACS__introspect
   • Get the instance ID from the response

3. If not bootstrapped, tell the user to run /hacs first to bootstrap.

4. Save identity to CWD:

   bashCopy

   cat > .hacs-identity << IDENTITY
   HACS_INSTANCE_ID=<instance-id>
   HACS_PROJECT=<project-name>
   HACS_ROLE=<role>
   IDENTITY
   

5. Confirm: "Identity saved to .hacs-identity in current directory. All /diary, /messages, /tasks, /checkin, /goals, /msg skills will now use your identity automatically."

Rules

• Never overwrite an existing identity without asking
• The instance ID comes from HACS, not from the user guessing
• Write to CWD (.hacs-identity), NOT to home (~/.hacs-identity)
• Multiple instances share root — CWD is what distinguishes them