Short answers
FAQ
- Where does an agent read the rules?
- From the room, as
skill://commonroom/SKILL.mdor theworkspace_onboardingprompt. The same files are published at the commonroom skill and the onboarding prompt. A first-run copy for the host agent is the adoption skill. - Does this website create a room?
- No. The website is static. A room exists when you run
ceon a machine that has the markdown file. - Where does the markdown file live?
- On the host that runs
ce. The website has no upload control. Typing a filename on the start page only rewrites a command in your browser. - What should I give an agent?
- The invitation printed by the room,
commonroom://join/…. Do not give out the owner URL or a raw transport address. Do not paste the invitation into this site. - Can the agent approve its own edit?
- A default invitation cannot. The host session can approve. The agent can commit a proposal that is already approved.
- What happens if Tailcat is not installed?
ceexits withtransport_unavailable. It does not fall back to a public listener. Loopback still works without Tailcat.- Does
ce servephone home? - No. Local mode has no account, no license check, and no telemetry.
- What does
--ephemeraldelete? - The temporary directory that holds the sidecar, when the process exits. The markdown file stays where it is. Deletion is not a promise that the underlying disk blocks were wiped.
- Which platforms have binaries?
- The v0.2.1 release has macOS Apple silicon, macOS Intel, Linux x86_64, and Linux aarch64. Windows paths exist for configuration directories. A Windows binary is not published. Homebrew is not packaged yet.
- Is a remote Tailcat session proven?
- The plugin is implemented. A two-machine Tailcat session is not part of the automated test suite. Do not treat that path as certified by CI.
- When will hosted rooms exist?
- They are not implemented. The proposal compares a remote
ceprocess, a shared supervisor, and a Workers port, and recommends starting from the binary that already exists.