compose-doctor

Compose Doctor

Diagnose and fix broken Compose apps. Workflow-oriented: we walk through auth → app identification → status → logs → secrets → wallets → manifest → diagnosis → fix.

Boundaries

• Diagnose and fix EXISTING Compose apps interactively.
• Do not build new apps — use /compose for that.
• Do not serve as a CLI/manifest reference — use /compose-reference.
• For secrets creation/management mechanics, use /secrets. But DO check whether required secrets exist as part of diagnosis.
• Do not handle Turbo pipeline problems — use /turbo-doctor.

Mode Detection

Before running any commands, check if you have the Bash tool available:

• If Bash is available (CLI mode): Execute commands directly and parse output.
• If Bash is NOT available (reference mode): Output commands for the user to run. Ask them to paste the output back so you can analyze it and provide recommendations.

Diagnostic Workflow

Step 1 — Verify Auth

goldsky project list 2>&1. If not logged in, use /auth-setup.

Step 2 — Identify the App

goldsky compose list. Confirm the app exists and note its current status.

Step 3 — Check Status

goldsky compose status -n <app> or goldsky compose status -n <app> --json.

Possible statuses: RUNNING, PAUSED, ERROR, STARTING, STOPPED, PROVISIONING. Decision tree:

• RUNNING but misbehaving → Step 4 (logs).
• ERROR → Step 4 (logs) is the fastest path.
• PAUSED → ask if intentional. goldsky compose resume -n <app> if not.
• STARTING for >5 minutes → Step 4. (Use .updated_at from --json output to compute how long.)
• NOT_FOUND → typo in the name? Or deployed to a different project / token.

Step 4 — Examine Logs

goldsky compose logs -n <app> --tail 200 --json 2>&1 (add -f to stream, --level error,warn to filter, --since 1h for a window, --search <term> for text match).

How to match errors: scan the full log text (NDJSON .message field when --json is set) for exact substring against the first column of the error table below. Log lines include a dashboard_url attribute pointing to the specific run in the dashboard — surface it to the user alongside the diagnosis.

Step 5 — Check Secrets

If logs show missing-secret or auth errors:

goldsky compose secret list -n <app>

Cross-reference against the manifest's secrets: array. Use /secrets or goldsky compose secret set to fix.

Step 6 — Check Wallets / Gas

If logs show wallet or transaction errors:

goldsky compose wallet list -n <app>

Check whether the error is:

• "No bundler provider available for chain <id>" → unsupported chain for gas sponsorship; either use a different chain or set sponsorGas: false and fund the EOA manually.
• "You cannot use a smart wallet in local dev…" → switch to compose dev --fork-chains or use a BYO EOA wallet locally.
• "Transaction Receipt failed with status reverted" → onchain revert. Open the dashboard_url from the log line — the run trace in the dashboard includes the decoded revert reason.

Step 7 — Check Manifest

If logs show Manifest validation failed: …, the manifest was rejected at deploy time. Common causes are in the error table below.

Step 8 — Diagnose + Fix

Present findings in this format:

## Diagnosis

**App:** <name>
**Status:** <status>
**Root cause:** <one-line explanation>
**Fix:** <one-line action, with exact command if possible>
**Verify:** <how to confirm it worked>

If the fix is mechanical (secret set, manifest edit, redeploy), execute it and re-run Steps 3–4 to verify. If the fix requires user input (contract revert reason, funding decision, API key rotation), surface the diagnosis and stop.

Common Error Patterns

Log / error message	Cause	Fix
Manifest validation failed: api_version is required for deployment.	Missing api_version at top of compose.yaml	Add api_version: stable (or a semver)
Manifest validation failed: api_version "<v>" is not valid.	Bad version value	Use stable, preview, canary, or semver
Project name must start with a letter…	Manifest name violates RFC 1123	lowercase, letters/numbers/hyphens, letter-start
<task>.name must start with a letter or underscore…	Task name regex fail	match /^([a-zA-Z]|_[a-zA-Z0-9])[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/
<task>.triggers[N].authentication must be either 'auth_token' or 'none'	HTTP trigger auth wrong	set to one of the two values
<task>.triggers[N].network must be in snake_case format	onchain_event network name wrong case	polygon_amoy, ethereum_mainnet (snake_case)
<task>.triggers[N].contract must be a valid EVM address	bad 0x address	check checksum + 40 hex chars
<task>.triggers[N].ip_whitelist[N] must be a valid IP or CIDR	malformed IP	fix format
Secret names must be in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE format	bad secret name	MY_SECRET, not my-secret
Secret name "<X>" in .env is reserved for the app's postgres database	secret clashes with hosted DB name (uppercased app name)	rename the secret
The following secrets are referenced in the manifest but are not set in your local .env file	local dev missing secret	add to .env or goldsky compose secret set --env local
Deploy blocked: required secrets are missing from cloud	cloud secret missing	goldsky compose secret set or deploy --sync-env
Task bundling failed: <msg>	esbuild compile error	fix the TS error in the task
esbuild native binary crashed… architecture mismatch…	arm/amd64 mismatch	rebuild image; rm -rf ~/.cache/esbuild
You cannot use a smart wallet in local dev unless you use chain forking.	Smart wallet in plain compose dev	compose dev --fork-chains or switch to a BYO EOA
No bundler provider available for chain <id>.	chain not supported by any bundler	change chains, or set sponsorGas: false
Chain <id> is not supported by Alchemy's bundler.	forced Alchemy on wrong chain	unset BUNDLER_PROVIDER env override
Transaction Receipt failed with status reverted	onchain revert	open dashboard_url for decoded revert reason
Cannot deserialize params: chain <id> not found	reorg replay for a chain missing in viem/chains	update the CLI / switch chains
[Warning] onReorg is not supported for gas-sponsored transactions.	non-fatal warning	if reorg matters, switch to non-sponsored
[Warning] The 'nonce' parameter is being ignored for gas-sponsored transactions.	passing nonce to sponsored send	remove the nonce override

Dashboard

Every app has a dashboard page: https://app.goldsky.com/<project_id>/dashboard/compose/<app-name>. Every run has …/runs/<run_id>. When diagnosing, surface both links to the user.

When Bash is Not Available

If you don't have the Bash tool, output the diagnostic commands for the user to run, but structure them clearly:

1. Give one command at a time.
2. Explain what to look for in the output.
3. Based on their description of the output, proceed with the diagnosis.

This is the fallback path — always prefer running commands directly when Bash is available.

Important Rules

• Don't redeploy without reading logs first — the error is almost always already in there.
• Pause (not delete) before investigating. goldsky compose pause stops task execution without tearing down state.
• --delete-database on compose delete is irreversible — triple-check before running.
• If a deploy is stuck at "Provisioning infra…" for >5 minutes on a first deploy, that's normal. For redeploys, it should be fast.

Related

• /compose — Build a new Compose app or explain what Compose is.
• /compose-reference — Manifest / CLI / TaskContext / codegen lookups.
• /secrets — Generic secret management.
• /auth-setup — Fix authentication.