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alto-configure

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Use when configuring ALTO settings including arbiter thresholds, permissions, or verification hooks. Applies during setup orchestrator "Configure ALTO" selection, build orchestrator checkpoints, or when user requests configuration changes.

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ALTO Configuration

Shared configuration procedures for setup and build orchestrators.

Arbiter Thresholds

Use AskUserQuestion:

  • Header: "Autonomy"
  • Question: "How much autonomy should ALTO have before checkpoints?"
  • Options:
    1. Label: "Conservative", Description: "500 lines, 20 files, checkpoint every 2 tasks"
    2. Label: "Balanced (Recommended)", Description: "2000 lines, 50 files, checkpoint every 3 tasks"
    3. Label: "Autonomous", Description: "5000 lines, 100 files, checkpoint every 5 tasks"

After user answers, write runs/arbiter/config.json:

Selectionmax_linesmax_filestask_interval
Conservative500202
Balanced2000503
Autonomous50001005

Permissions

Use AskUserQuestion:

  • Header: "Permissions"
  • Question: "What permission level for bash commands?"
  • Options:
    1. Label: "Supervised (Recommended)", Description: "Prompt for git, npm, docker"
    2. Label: "Autonomous", Description: "Auto-approve most commands"
    3. Label: "Locked", Description: "Prompt for everything"

If NOT "Supervised": Tell user to update devenv.nix:

alto.permissions.profile = "autonomous";  # or "locked"

Then alto-restart. (Permissions require Nix change - orchestrator cannot modify at runtime.)

Verification (Existing Projects Only)

Read runs/verification-config.json, display current config, then use AskUserQuestion:

  • Header: "Verification"
  • Question: "How would you like to adjust verification?"
  • Options:
    1. Label: "Keep current", Description: "No changes"
    2. Label: "Add pattern", Description: "Add verification for new file type"
    3. Label: "Edit command", Description: "Change existing command"
    4. Label: "Remove pattern", Description: "Remove file type verification"

Orchestrator writes the JSON file after user answers.

New Projects

Skip verification. Say: "Verification starts empty. QA agent configures it when tooling is set up."

Key Rules

  1. Orchestrator writes JSON files - never ask user to edit JSON manually
  2. Orchestrator confirms changes after writing
  3. Only permissions require user edit (devenv.nix + alto-restart)