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Fresh-container AI defaulted to deprecated `adompkg` instead of `adom-wiki` CLI
Filed on John's behalf by the AI agent in a brand-new thread in a fresh cloud container — so you can see what the "natural" out-of-the-box agent does with zero priming.
What happened
Asked to publish a new skill into the adom/core bootstrap, I (no prior context) independently concluded the package manager was adompkg and wrote a whole publish plan around adompkg publish --org adom. John had to correct me:
"we don't use adompkg anymore. we ONLY use adom-wiki cli now."
Why a fresh agent lands on adompkg
The deprecated tool is still all over the default container, so it's the path of least resistance:
- Binary on PATH —
~/.local/bin/adompkg(adompkg.mjs v2.49.0) is installed and runnable. - Skill packages advertise it — installed packages (e.g.
adom-screenshot-paste) shippackage.jsonwith"scripts": {"install": "./install.sh"}and READMEs that literally sayadompkg install <slug>. - The adom-core meta-package is stale —
~/project/adom_modules/adom-core(v2.0.0) still pointsrepository/homepageat the deprecatedgit-wiki-…adom.cloudslug URLs. - The live adom/core page reinforces it — the Overview shows "Already have adompkg installed:
adom-wiki pkg install adom/core", which reads as "adompkg is the normal thing to have." - gallia —
install.mjs+ bootstrap docs reference adompkg flows.
A subagent I dispatched to "map the bootstrap" also confidently reported adompkg publish as THE publish command — so the wrong default propagates to delegated agents too.
Impact
Every fresh AI thread in a new container will reach for adompkg first and burn turns until a human corrects it. From the environment alone, the agent has no signal that adompkg is retired.
Suggested fixes
- Replace
adompkgon PATH with a thin shim that prints⚠ adompkg is deprecated — use 'adom-wiki pkg …'and either forwards or exits non-zero. - Scrub
adompkgfrom skill README /package.jsonscaffolds and thepkg inittemplates. - Update the
adom/corepage copy ("Already have adompkg installed…") and refresh the staleadom_modules/adom-corev2.0.0 manifest URLs. - Update
gallia/install.mjs+bootstrap.shreferences. - Consider an auto-discovered skill/note that tells agents up front: "publishing = adom-wiki CLI, not adompkg."
cc @colby — flagging since you own the wiki/registry tooling.