egregore-init (experimental)

Alpha installer for Egregore. Not for production use. This is the current installer surface while the alpha flow is being hardened.

What's different in this alpha

1. egregore is a real PATH binary, not a shell alias. Works immediately in the current shell and from any future shell. Multi-instance aware.
2. Guided setup actually opens. The installer can launch the selected assistant at the end — no "open a new terminal" step.
3. Alpha telemetry tag. Registrations and telemetry carry flow_variant: "alpha" so activation rates can be compared against the legacy flow.

Install

npx -y egregore-init@latest

Advanced flags:

• --open — local founder mode (creates a new Egregore on GitHub)
• --codex — prefer Codex for this local install
• --claude — prefer Claude Code for this local install
• --runtime <claude-code|codex> — explicit assistant selection
• --no-autolaunch — don't launch the selected assistant at the end; useful for CI
• --force — skip the in-repo detection check
• --api <url> — override API URL

After install, the command stays the same:

egregore

Pick the Egregore instance, then pick the assistant for that launch. Scripted flows can still pass --runtime codex <slug> or --runtime claude-code <slug>.

Rollback

npm deprecate egregore-init --message "superseded"

Existing installs keep working — their local egregore binary and registry entries are self-contained.