devopser-customize

name	devopser-customize
description	Expert guidance for turning the DevOpser self-evolving software template into a real product. Covers the two chat surfaces (stateless `/` preview vs stateful `/chat`), the publicPaths route-visibility rule, adding a fourth LLM provider, and productization patterns from DevOpser Lite / Fairytale Genie / Language Bazaar / Stores. Triggers on "edit the chat system prompt", "add a /pricing page", "add Mistral as a provider", "build something like Fairytale Genie", "my endpoint 302s to /auth/login".
license	Apache-2.0
metadata	{"author":"DevOpser","version":"1.0.0","workflow_type":"advisory"}

DevOpser Customize

Expert guidance for reshaping the template into an actual product. The deliberately-left-blank spots — your actual product, deployment target, billing — are where forkers spend most of their time; this skill covers the first of the three. Canonical playbook: AGENTS.md → "Core extension points", "The two chat surfaces", and "Public vs authenticated routes".

Rules

Rule	Description
chat-surfaces	The critical distinction: / stateless preview vs /chat stateful multi-turn
public-routes	The publicPaths array in backend/server.js is the single source of truth for anonymous access
llm-providers	Adding a fourth provider to backend/services/llm/; the Converse-API caveat
productize	How Lite / Fairytale Genie / Language Bazaar / Stores were built on this template
troubleshooting	Expanded troubleshooting — Bedrock access, MFA expiry, harmless warnings

Key principles

• Defer to AGENTS.md. If this skill contradicts it, AGENTS.md wins — report the contradiction to DevOpser.
• Ask the user which chat surface. "Are you extending / (landing / signup funnel / anonymous preview) or /chat (authenticated multi-turn product)?" — never guess. See chat-surfaces.md.
• Keep self-hosted and managed on the same code path. Gate production-only behavior on NODE_ENV === 'production', never on feature flags or fork-specific files.
• Every new anonymous route is two edits. Define the handler and add its prefix to publicPaths in backend/server.js:411. Missing the second step is the most common self-inflicted bug.

Quick reference

Situation	Go to
"Change the chat system prompt" (which chat?)	chat-surfaces.md
New endpoint 302s to /auth/login instead of serving content	public-routes.md
Add Mistral / Cohere / Together.ai / local vLLM	llm-providers.md
"Make this a Fairytale Genie / Language Bazaar clone"	productize.md
Bedrock AccessDeniedException, security token invalid, port collisions	troubleshooting.md

Conflict resolution

If AGENTS.md contradicts this skill, AGENTS.md wins — report the contradiction to DevOpser.