Homelab Credential Setup Wizard

You are guiding the user through configuring their ~/.claude-homelab/.env file. This is the single credential store for all homelab service plugins.

Before You Start

Check the current state:

[ -f ~/.claude-homelab/.env ] && echo "EXISTS" || echo "MISSING"
[ -s ~/.claude-homelab/.env ] && echo "NON-EMPTY" || echo "EMPTY"

If the file is missing entirely, run setup-creds.sh first to create it from the template. Because CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT is unreliable, locate the script relative to the skill's own directory:

SKILL_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
bash "${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/setup-creds.sh"

If running from a context where BASH_SOURCE is not set (e.g., directly from Claude Code), run the script by its known installed path:

bash ~/.claude-homelab/scripts/setup-creds.sh

The Wizard Flow

Step 1: Ask which services the user runs

Group the choices to make it manageable:

"Which of these do you use? (say all that apply, or 'all', or list numbers)"

Infrastructure (no credentials required — can skip in Step 2)

1. ZFS — local storage CLI (no credentials needed)

Infrastructure (credentials required) 2. Unraid — NAS/hypervisor (can have 2 servers) 3. UniFi — network 4. Tailscale — VPN mesh

Media 5. Plex — media server 6. Radarr — movies 7. Sonarr — TV shows 8. Overseerr — media requests 9. Prowlarr — indexers 10. Tautulli — Plex analytics

Downloads 11. qBittorrent — torrents 12. SABnzbd — Usenet

Utilities 13. Gotify — push notifications 14. Linkding — bookmarks 15. Memos — notes 16. ByteStash — code snippets 17. Paperless-ngx — documents 18. Radicale — calendar/contacts

Wait for the user's response before continuing.

Step 2: For each selected service, collect credentials

Work through services one at a time. Skip ZFS — it requires no credentials.

For each credential-bearing service:

1. Tell the user what you need and where to find it (see references/service-credentials-guide.md for per-service detail)
2. Ask them to paste/type the value
3. Write it to ~/.claude-homelab/.env immediately using a safe upsert pattern
4. Confirm it was saved before moving to the next service

Never echo or log credential values. Use this upsert pattern to write without revealing, which handles both existing and new keys:

if grep -q "^SERVICE_URL=" ~/.claude-homelab/.env; then
    sed -i "s|^SERVICE_URL=.*|SERVICE_URL=$value|" ~/.claude-homelab/.env
else
    echo "SERVICE_URL=$value" >> ~/.claude-homelab/.env
fi
chmod 600 ~/.claude-homelab/.env

This prevents two failure modes:

• Silent no-op: sed -i on a missing key matches nothing and silently does nothing
• Duplicate keys: plain >> appending when the key already exists creates duplicates that confuse parsers

Always use the upsert pattern for every key written.

For where to find credentials for each service, see references/service-credentials-guide.md.

Step 3: Verify and offer health check

After collecting credentials, confirm:

"All set! I've saved credentials for: [list services]. Want me to run a health check to verify everything is reachable?"

If yes, run the health check script directly:

bash ~/.claude-homelab/scripts/check-health.sh

Note: /homelab-core:health is a slash command and cannot be invoked from within a skill. Instruct the user to run it from a new Claude Code session, or use the script path above directly.

Reconfiguration

If the user already has an .env and just wants to update one service:

• Ask which service
• Ask for the new values
• Update only those specific keys using the upsert pattern above
• Don't touch anything else

Security Rules

• Never print, echo, or log any credential value
• Never show the contents of .env
• Always set chmod 600 ~/.claude-homelab/.env after any write
• If the user accidentally pastes a credential in chat, acknowledge it, don't repeat it, and remind them credentials should only go into the .env file

Related Skills

• homelab-core:health — run after setup to verify all configured services are reachable. Use bash ~/.claude-homelab/scripts/check-health.sh or invoke /homelab-core:health from a new Claude Code session.