observal-advanced

name	observal-advanced
command	observal
description	Advanced Observal operations including session reconciliation, CLI upgrades and downgrades, complete uninstallation, and local fallback mode for offline use. Use when the user wants to reconcile sessions, upgrade or downgrade the CLI, uninstall Observal, or write agent configs locally when the server is unreachable.
version	2.0.0
owner	observal

Observal Advanced Operations

Procedure: Reconcile Sessions

Push local session JSONL to server for full trace context. Normally automatic via hooks.

Manual run for crash recovery:

python -m observal_cli.cmd_reconcile

Not a Typer command. No flags needed.

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Procedure: Self-Manage CLI

observal self status
observal self upgrade --force
observal self upgrade --version 2.5.0 --force
observal self downgrade --list
observal self downgrade --version 2.4.0 --force
observal self rollback

Use --force when running upgrades or downgrades from an agent so the command is non-interactive.

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Procedure: Uninstall

Completely removes Observal. Destructive and irreversible.

observal self uninstall

Requires typing confirm (not --yes). Selective flags:

• --keep-config: preserve ~/.observal/
• --keep-cli: keep the CLI binary
• --keep-repo: keep the cloned repo
• --repo-dir PATH: specify repo location

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Procedure: Local Fallback Mode

Use only when a command exits with Connection failed or Not configured.

harness	User-scope path	Project-scope path
Claude Code	~/.claude/agents/<name>.md	.claude/agents/<name>.md
Kiro	~/.kiro/agents/<name>.json	.kiro/agents/<name>.json
Cursor	~/.cursor/rules/<name>.mdc	.cursor/rules/<name>.mdc
VS Code	~/.config/Code/User/agents/<name>.md	.vscode/agents/<name>.md
Codex CLI	~/.codex/agents/<name>.md	.codex/agents/<name>.md
Copilot CLI	~/.config/github-copilot/agents/<name>.md	.github/copilot/agents/<name>.md
OpenCode	~/.opencode/agents/<name>.md	.opencode/agents/<name>.md

Kiro (~/.kiro/agents/<name>.json):

{"name":"<name>","description":"<desc>","prompt":"<prompt>","model":"claude-sonnet-4-20250514","mcpServers":{},"tools":["*"],"resources":["skill://~/.kiro/skills/*/SKILL.md"]}

Claude Code, VS Code, Codex CLI, Copilot CLI, OpenCode (markdown):

---
name: <name>
description: <desc>
---
<prompt>

Cursor (.mdc):

---
name: <name>
description: <desc>
---
<prompt>

After writing locally, remind the user to run observal agent create once the server is reachable.

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Output Contract

1. One sentence stating intent.
2. The exact command in a fenced code block.
3. The result: success / specific error.
4. The next action, or "done".