From 1dd622449e109e6f37eb122de6883c321f82af7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjun <6592213+arkml@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 23:00:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ensure agent-slack is available at startup

---
 apps/x/apps/main/src/main.ts                | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 apps/x/packages/core/src/config/security.ts |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/src/main.ts b/apps/x/apps/main/src/main.ts
index d828f38d..a2ed0aa1 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/src/main.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ import { init as initAgentRunner } from "@x/core/dist/agent-schedule/runner.js";
 import { init as initAgentNotes } from "@x/core/dist/knowledge/agent_notes.js";
 import { initConfigs } from "@x/core/dist/config/initConfigs.js";
 import started from "electron-squirrel-startup";
-import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execSync, exec } from "node:child_process";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import { init as initChromeSync } from "@x/core/dist/knowledge/chrome-extension/server/server.js";
 
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
@@ -185,6 +188,19 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
     });
   }
 
+  // Ensure agent-slack CLI is available
+  try {
+    execSync('agent-slack --version', { stdio: 'ignore', timeout: 5000 });
+  } catch {
+    try {
+      console.log('agent-slack not found, installing...');
+      await execAsync('npm install -g agent-slack', { timeout: 60000 });
+      console.log('agent-slack installed successfully');
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to install agent-slack:', e);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Initialize all config files before UI can access them
   await initConfigs();
 
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/config/security.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/config/security.ts
index b081826e..199a6fc6 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/config/security.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/config/security.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { WorkDir } from "./config.js";
 export const SECURITY_CONFIG_PATH = path.join(WorkDir, "config", "security.json");
 
 const DEFAULT_ALLOW_LIST = [
+    "agent-slack",
     "awk",
     "basename",
     "cat",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ALLOW_LIST = [
     "jq",
     "ls",
     "printenv",
+    "printf",
     "pwd",
     "readlink",
     "realpath",