fix(skills): correct using-agent-relay drift and stale MCP names in sdk rule - #1423
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In @.agents/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md:
- Around line 201-209: Remove inline workspace keys and agent tokens from the
messaging command examples, replacing them with the documented
RELAY_WORKSPACE_KEY and RELAY_AGENT_TOKEN environment variables in
.agents/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md lines 201-209 and
.claude/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md lines 201-209; apply the same
correction to every listed command while preserving their arguments and
behavior.
- Line 204: Replace the angle-bracket conversation identifier placeholder in the
`agent-relay message dm list` example with the shell-safe `CONVERSATION_ID`
placeholder at `.agents/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md:204-204` and apply the
same change at `.claude/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md:204-204`.
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Main has since fixed the MCP tool prefix and added the injection-mode guidance (`mode: "wait"` vs `"steer"`, `get_message_readers`), so this rebuilds the vendored copies on top of that rather than syncing them to the published skill, which would now regress both. Three drift items survived and are fixed here, plus two from review: - **A dead security warning was suppressing working content.** The CLI reference omitted every startup and status command because "versions through 11.3.0 can print live workspace credentials … upgrade to 11.3.1 or later." Main is on 11.8.0. The warning describes a defect fixed four minor versions ago while still hiding commands agents need. - **`gateway.relaycast.dev`** was the documented `RELAY_BASE_URL`. The default in this repo and in relaycast is `cast.agentrelay.com`. - **`list_dms` was missing** from the tool table, though `orchestrating-agent-relay` tells agents to use it to re-read consumed DM history. - **Credentials moved out of argv** (review). Every example passed `--workspace-key rk_live_... --token at_live_...` as arguments, which are visible to other processes via `ps` and land in shell history and CI logs. The examples now export the documented environment variables once, with a note that the flags exist for when env is not an option. - **`<conversationId>` replaced with `"$CONVERSATION_ID"`** (review) — angle brackets are shell redirection, so the old example could not be pasted as written. Also keeps the fuller `.claude/rules/sdk.md` wording: main corrected the prefix, but this additionally names the canonical flat tool names and warns off the category-expanded forms that `using-agent-relay` already tells agents not to use. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jmke9G9s7ftrN49opNmdx1
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In @.agents/skills/using-agent-relay/SKILL.md:
- Around line 257-258: Scope the credential-flag guidance to SDK-backed commands
only, excluding agent-relay node commands because they do not support
--workspace-key, --token, or --base-url. Apply the same correction at
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Review caught that the closing note claimed "every command above" accepts
`--workspace-key` / `--token` / `--base-url`. The `node` group does not.
Verified against a build of the current CLI:
- `node agent list` takes only `--pretty` and `--status`
- `node tail`, `node agent release`, `node agent spawn` take no
connection flags at all
- `node status` takes only `--state-dir`
- `node agent attach` uses `--broker-url` / `--api-key` / `--state-dir`
- `node up --workspace-key` exists but means something else ("use a
pre-established Relaycast workspace key"), and there is no `--token`
or `--base-url` anywhere in the group
The node group talks to the local broker over its own connection model
(`RELAY_BROKER_URL` / `RELAY_BROKER_API_KEY`), not the SDK workspace and
agent-token model. As written, the note would have sent an agent to add
flags that error out.
Now scoped to `message`, `channel`, and `agent`, with the node group's
separate model stated explicitly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jmke9G9s7ftrN49opNmdx1
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Summary
Both vendored copies of
using-agent-relay(.claude/skills/and.agents/skills/) had drifted in four ways. Main has since fixed one of them:mcp__relaycast__send_dmRELAY_BASE_URLexample is the legacygateway.relaycast.devlist_dmsmissing from the tool tableThe dead warning
The CLI reference omits every startup and status command, justified by:
Main is on 11.8.0. The warning describes a defect fixed several minor versions ago while still hiding commands agents need. Removed, and the suppressed commands restored.
The other two
gateway.relaycast.devis the legacy host — the default in this repo and in relaycast iscast.agentrelay.com. Andlist_dmswas missing from the tool table even thoughorchestrating-agent-relaytells agents to use exactly that tool to re-read consumed DM history.Main's newer injection-mode guidance (
mode: "wait"vs"steer",get_message_readers) is preserved intact — the CLI Reference section was rebuilt on top of main's file rather than replacing it.From review
--workspace-key rk_live_... --token at_live_...as arguments. Those are visible to other processes viapsand land in shell history and CI logs — the same exposure class security(cli): mask credentials in command output; keep workspace key off broker argv #1380 is closing. The examples now export the documented environment variables once and run bare.<conversationId>→"$CONVERSATION_ID". Angle brackets are shell redirection, so the old example could not be pasted as written.--workspace-key/--token/--base-url. Verified against a build of the current CLI — thenodegroup takes none of them (node agent listhas only--pretty/--status;node tail,node agent release,node agent spawnhave no connection flags at all), uses its own--broker-url/--api-key/--state-dirmodel, andnode up --workspace-keyis a different flag with a different meaning. As written it would have sent an agent to add flags that error out..claude/rules/sdk.mdMain corrected the prefix here too, but this keeps the fuller wording: it also names the canonical flat tool names (
send_dm,check_inbox, …) and warns off the category-expanded forms (mcp__relaycast__message_dm_send) thatusing-agent-relayalready tells agents not to use — none of whichagent-relay mcpregisters.The structural problem — tracked in #1588
Six skills exist in three copies with three different contents. This PR fixes one and deliberately leaves the rest, because the fix is structural rather than another manual sync.
This PR is itself the evidence: main improved the vendored copy while the published one sat still, so "which copy is canonical" reversed mid-PR. Had the original sync landed, it would have deleted main's improvements. #1588 has the full drift table and the options.
Test Plan
Re-verified end to end against main at
32c36b89:git merge-base --is-ancestorpasses) — no rebase neededgateway.relaycast.devpresent,list_dmsabsent, 7 argv-credential examplesmode: "steer"guidance,get_message_readers, and main's own MCP-prefix fixmessage inbox check/mark_read,message dm send/list,message post/list/reply/get_thread,channel list,agent register/list,status,node up/status/tail,node agent list/spawn/attach/release)localis still routable and still hidden from help, as the text claimssdk-client.tsactually reads, and thatcast.agentrelay.comis still the defaultnpm run typecheckclean (exit 0);bootstrap.test.ts+observer.test.ts— 28 passednpx prettier --checkclean on all three filespackage-lock.jsonchurn that annpm installswept into a commit during verification; diff is back to the intended 3 filesScreenshots
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