name: detecting-agent-environment description: Utilities and patterns for detecting execution environment (CI/CD vs local, network access, available ports, timeouts). Use when you need to adapt scripts or workflows based on where the agent is running, or when creating helper scripts that need environment-aware behavior.

Agent Helper Scripts

Utilities for GitHub Copilot agents working on Y-Not Radio site.

Environment Detection

Use detect-environment.sh to adapt scripts to different environments:

# Source the utility
source bin/agent-helpers/detect-environment.sh

# Print environment info
print_environment

# Check environment
if detect_ci; then
  echo "Running in CI/CD"
  # Use optimized workflow
fi

if ! detect_network; then
  echo "Network restricted - cannot pull packages"
  exit 1
fi

# Get appropriate timeout
TIMEOUT=$(get_timeout "service_ready")
timeout $TIMEOUT bash -c 'until service_ready; do sleep 5; done'

Creating New Helper Scripts

When creating helper scripts:

1. Source environment detection

   source "$(dirname "$0")/detect-environment.sh"
   print_environment
   

2. Use appropriate timeouts

   TIMEOUT=$(get_timeout "npm_install")
   timeout $TIMEOUT npm install
   

3. Provide clear output

   echo "✅ Success message"
   echo "⚠️  Warning message"
   echo "❌ Error message"
   

4. Exit with proper codes

   exit 0  # Success
   exit 1  # Failure
   

5. Log to .agent-tmp/

   mkdir -p .agent-tmp
   command 2>&1 | tee .agent-tmp/command.log
   

Related Skills

Before creating scripts or PRs, see:

• testing-pr-changes skill - Success criteria and testing workflows
• agent-automation-infrastructure skill - Current automation state and pre-built images

Performance Baselines

Scripts should respect these baselines:

If exceeding "Warning" thresholds, report performance issues in PR.