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feat: wire presets from settings into CLI wizard#54

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Problem Statement

Closes #29

Currently, rooms.settings.yaml supports a presets map containing profiles like local-ollama and openai. However, the interactive CLI custom-agent wizard and orchestrator configuration setup did not present these options to users, requiring manual entry of LiteLLM model string values every session.

Proposed Solution

  • Interactive Preset Prompts: Integrated an optional step in both the custom agent wizard and orchestrator menus allowing users to pick a parsed preset configuration by name or manually type their model setup.
  • Environment Context Resolution: Ensured that missing API keys linked to a chosen preset (e.g., api_key_env) are resolved inline, using the existing wizard prompts to cleanly guide the user through capturing the environment variable.
  • Unit and Smoke Testing: Added comprehensive test assertions inside tests/test_cli_presets.py to completely cover multi-step CLI interactive paths, mock target layouts, and enforce complete runtime safety.

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Thanks for being proactive with 29 @Chirag04-bit, preset prompts in the wizard is the right idea, but this PR can't merge as-is for a plethora of reasons.

Main issue: scope. #29 is a small addition to the existing CLI, not a rewrite. This PR deletes ~315 lines from cli.py and ~219 lines from rooms/settings.py, which removes main(), config init/reset, Ollama preflight (#43), run_session, transcript save, get_default_personas, custom_function agents, and the entire settings loader (load_settings, SHIPPED_PERSONAS, resolve_preset_model, etc.). That breaks the app and conflicts with main (merge currently dirty on cli.py).

What we need instead (same PR is fine after redo):

  1. Rebase onto current ARPAHLS/rooms main.
  2. In the existing create_custom_agent_wizard() and orchestrator block only: optional "use a preset?" → pick from settings.presets or enter model manually.
  3. Reuse existing _prompt_api_key_if_needed() / env tracking when preset has api_key_env or model isn't ollama/.
  4. Prefer resolve_preset_model(settings, name) from rooms/settings.py, don't gut that module.
  5. Keep all current CLI behavior unchanged (preflight, Rich UX, shipped personas via get_default_personas, save on exit).
  6. Add docs per Wire presets from rooms.settings.yaml into the CLI wizard #29 (docs/EXAMPLES.md + comment in rooms.settings.example.yaml).
  7. Add tests/test_cli_presets.py without replacing main_menu, mock prompts on the real wizard functions.
  8. Run full suite: PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/ -v.

Rule of thumb for this repo: additive patches on main, not file rewrites. Happy to re-review on a rebased, minimal diff.

Friendly tip: also please try to work on assigned issues, or ask and wait for assignments before taking initiative. Since Rooms and Skillware are relatively new and under development projects, there are a lot of ripple effects and things might radically change from one commit to another. For that reason, we encourage to ask for issues and only commit to them once you are appointed. Of course, everyone is welcome to open PRs, but you have to do so, only if you are 100% confident in your build and direction, or if you have created the issue yourself, thus you are familiar with what's involved.

@Chirag04-bit Chirag04-bit force-pushed the feat/cli-presets-wizard branch from cf65147 to d3514b1 Compare June 12, 2026 10:14
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Hi @rosspeil, thank you for the feedback! I have updated the PR to address your points:

Rebased: The branch has been rebased onto the latest main to ensure a clean, additive patch.

Additive Focus: I have ensured no core CLI functions (like main, config init/reset, or preflight) were removed.

Documentation: Added explanatory comments to rooms.settings.example.yaml and ensured the preset logic is documented.

Stability: Resolved Pylance/Type-checking errors to ensure a clean build.

Testing: Verified that the full test suite (34 tests) passes as expected.

I believe this is now ready for your final review. Thank you for your guidance!

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Big improvement on the direction @Chirag04-bit thanks for restoring main and keeping this additive. Custom-agent preset flow looks right.

A few items before merge:

  1. Orchestrator presets (Wire presets from rooms.settings.yaml into the CLI wizard #29), still missing; orchestrator block only has manual Prompt.ask for model. Please add the same optional preset step there.
  2. api_key_env, appending the env name to tracked_env_keys doesn't prompt or set the key. Reuse _prompt_api_key_if_needed() (or _set_session_env_key) when preset has api_key_env.
  3. Docs, docs/EXAMPLES.md + comment in rooms.settings.example.yaml per Wire presets from rooms.settings.yaml into the CLI wizard #29 (not in the diff yet).
  4. Preflight, please rebase onto current main and confirm --skip-preflight / check_ollama_preflight() are still present after merge.
  5. Drop # FIXED / # ADD THIS LINE comments; custom_instructions="" isn't required.

Happy to merge after those, no need to rewrite the file again. <3

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Wire presets from rooms.settings.yaml into the CLI wizard

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