By SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Hemalatha Madeswaran hemalathamadeswaran@gmail.com
SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
name: observal-advanced command: observal description: Advanced Observal operations including session reconciliation, CLI upgrades and downgrades, complete uninstallation, and local fallback mode for offline use. Use when the user wants to reconcile sessions, upgrade or downgrade the CLI, uninstall Observal, or write agent configs locally when the server is unreachable. version: 2.0.0 owner: observal
Observal Advanced Operations
Procedure: Reconcile Sessions
Push local session JSONL to server for full trace context. Normally automatic via hooks.
Manual run for crash recovery:
python -m observal_cli.cmd_reconcile
Not a Typer command. No flags needed.
Procedure: Self-Manage CLI
observal self status
observal self upgrade
observal self upgrade --version 2.5.0
observal self downgrade --list
observal self downgrade --version 2.4.0
observal self rollback
Procedure: Uninstall
Completely removes Observal. Destructive and irreversible.
observal self uninstall
Requires typing confirm (not --yes). Selective flags:
--keep-config: preserve~/.observal/--keep-cli: keep the CLI binary--keep-repo: keep the cloned repo--repo-dir PATH: specify repo location
Procedure: Local Fallback Mode
Use only when a command exits with Connection failed or Not configured.
| IDE | User-scope path | Project-scope path |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ~/.claude/agents/<name>.md |
.claude/agents/<name>.md |
| Kiro | ~/.kiro/agents/<name>.json |
.kiro/agents/<name>.json |
| Cursor | ~/.cursor/rules/<name>.mdc |
.cursor/rules/<name>.mdc |
| Gemini CLI | ~/.gemini/agents/<name>.md |
.gemini/agents/<name>.md |
| VS Code | ~/.config/Code/User/agents/<name>.md |
.vscode/agents/<name>.md |
| Codex CLI | ~/.codex/agents/<name>.md |
.codex/agents/<name>.md |
| Copilot CLI | ~/.config/github-copilot/agents/<name>.md |
.github/copilot/agents/<name>.md |
| OpenCode | ~/.opencode/agents/<name>.md |
.opencode/agents/<name>.md |
Kiro (~/.kiro/agents/<name>.json):
{"name":"<name>","description":"<desc>","prompt":"<prompt>","model":"claude-sonnet-4-20250514","mcpServers":{},"tools":["*"],"resources":["skill://~/.kiro/skills/*/SKILL.md"]}
Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Codex CLI, Copilot CLI, OpenCode (markdown):
---
name: <name>
description: <desc>
---
<prompt>
Cursor (.mdc):
---
name: <name>
description: <desc>
---
<prompt>
After writing locally, remind the user to run observal agent create once the server is reachable.
Output Contract
- One sentence stating intent.
- The exact command in a fenced code block.
- The result: success / specific error.
- The next action, or "done".