title	category	component	status	version	last_updated	tags	priority
System Setup Documentation	reference	overview	active	2.0.0	2025-09-26		critical

macOS M3 Max Development Environment Setup

🚀 Holistic, Context-Aware System Configuration with Living Documentation

Repository roles: This repo (system-setup-update) is the authoritative system configuration and observability source on this machine. If you also have a system-setup repo present locally, consider it a legacy snapshot used for reference only. All scripts, policies, registries, and dashboard wiring should point here.

🎯 System Status

Documentation Health: 100% Coverage | 29 Documents with Metadata System State: ✅ Validated | 1 Minor Discrepancy (Chezmoi) Automation: Active | LaunchAgent + GitHub Actions CI/CD Last Sync: September 26, 2025 08:52

🏗️ Repository Architecture

This repository implements a self-aware documentation system that:

• 🔄 Automatically syncs with live system configuration
• 🔍 Validates system state against documentation
• 📊 Reports discrepancies and health metrics
• 🤖 Updates documentation when configuration changes
• ✅ Ensures documentation accuracy through CI/CD

Repository Roles

• Authoritative: system-setup-update (this repo) — active, source of truth
• Legacy: system-setup — historical snapshot; do not modify or wire automation to it

📚 Navigation

🎯 Quick Start

• Documentation Index - Complete documentation navigation
• System Status - Current system state
• Setup Guide - Start here for new installations

📂 Documentation Structure

• /docs/ - All documentation with proper metadata
  • /docs/system/ - System status and configuration
  • /docs/mcp/ - MCP server and bridge docs
  • /docs/guides/ - Implementation guides
  • /docs/reports/ - Status reports

🛠️ Setup Guides (Phase-by-Phase)

1. Prerequisites - System requirements ✅
2. Homebrew - Package manager ✅
3. Chezmoi - Dotfiles management ✅
4. Fish Shell - Shell configuration 📝
5. Mise - Version management 📝
6. Security - Security tools 📝

⚙️ Configuration

• iTerm2 Setup - Terminal configuration
• SSH Multi-Account - GitHub accounts
• Policy Framework - System policies

🤖 Automation

• Documentation Sync - How sync works
• Validation Suite - System validation
• Sync Engine - Core sync logic
• LaunchAgent Setup - Automated scheduling

📊 Current Reports

• Implementation Status - Phase tracking
• Tool Versions - Installed versions
• Sync Summary - Latest sync results
• System Context - Full system snapshot

🚀 Quick Commands

# Run system validation
python3 03-automation/scripts/validate-system.py

# Sync documentation with system state
python3 03-automation/scripts/doc-sync-engine.py

# Install automated sync (LaunchAgent)
./03-automation/scripts/install-launchagent.sh install

# Check sync status
./03-automation/scripts/install-launchagent.sh status

📦 Installation

Fresh System Setup

# View implementation progress
open implementation-status.md

# Run validation tests
open validation-checklist.md

For Claude Code AI

# AI-specific guidance
open CLAUDE.md

✅ What's Working

Core Development Environment (Phases 0-3)

• ✅ Homebrew - Package management at /opt/homebrew
• ✅ Fish Shell - Default shell with modular configuration
• ✅ chezmoi - Dotfile management with hardened templates
• ✅ Claude CLI - v1.0.126 accessible in PATH

Installed Tools

• Languages: Node 24.9.0, Python 3.13.7, Go 1.25.1, Bun 1.2.22, Java 17
• CLI Tools: bat, eza, ripgrep, fzf, gh, lazygit, neovim
• Dev Tools: mise, direnv, starship, tmux, zellij

⚠️ In Progress

Phase 4: Version Management - COMPLETE

• ✅ mise installed with core languages
• ✅ Rust toolchain installed (1.90.0)
• ✅ Project templates tested successfully
• ✅ uv installed (0.8.22)

❌ Not Started

• Phase 5: Security - ✅ Age key created, gopass configured
• Phase 6: Containerization - ✅ OrbStack running, Docker working
• Phase 7: Android Development - ⏸️ Skipped by choice
• Phase 8: Bootstrap Script - ✅ Created with Policy as Code
• Phase 9: Project Templates - ✅ Tested and working
• Phase 10: System Optimization - ❌ Not started

🔧 Common Operations

Validate System

# Quick health check
fish -c 'mise doctor && chezmoi doctor'

# Full validation
open validation-checklist.md
# Run commands for each phase

Apply Configuration Changes

# Update dotfiles
chezmoi apply

# Update packages
brew upgrade && mise upgrade

Fix Common Issues

# Claude CLI not found
fish -c 'echo $PATH | grep npm-global'
# Should show: /Users/verlyn13/.npm-global/bin

# Template errors
cat ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
# Ensure headless, android, shell keys exist

📊 Compliance Metrics

Category	Score	Status
Documentation	95%	✅ Excellent
Implementation	65%	✅ Good
Configuration	75%	✅ Good
Overall	86.7%	B

🚨 Known Issues

High Priority - RESOLVED

1. ✅ Bootstrap Script Created - Located at ~/.local/share/chezmoi/install.sh
2. ✅ Secrets Management Initialized - Age key generated, gopass configured
3. ✅ Rust Installed - Version 1.90.0 via mise

Medium Priority

1. Project Templates Untested - May fail on first use
2. Container Environment Missing - Can't test Docker apps
3. GUI Apps Incomplete - Some installations timed out

📈 Progress Tracking

Phase Completion:
[0] Pre-flight    ████████████████████ 100%
[1] Foundation    ████████████████████ 100%
[2] Dotfiles      ████████████████████ 100%
[3] Fish Shell    ████████████████████ 100%
[4] Version Mgmt  ████████████████████ 100%
[5] Security      ████████████████████ 100%
[6] Containers    ████████████████████ 100%
[7] Android       [SKIPPED BY CHOICE]
[8] Bootstrap     ████████████████████ 100%
[9] Templates     ████████████████████ 100%
[10] Optimization ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   0%

🎯 Next Steps

1. Complete Phase 4

   • Install Rust: mise use rust@stable
   • Test project templates
   • Verify uv installation

2. Create Bootstrap Script

   • Write ~/.local/share/chezmoi/install.sh
   • Make system reproducible

3. Initialize Security

   • Set up gopass + age
   • Configure secret management

🛠 Architecture Overview

System Structure:
├── Package Management: Homebrew
├── Shell: Fish + Starship
├── Dotfiles: chezmoi
├── Version Manager: mise
├── Project Isolation: direnv
├── Secrets: gopass + age (planned)
└── Containers: OrbStack (planned)

File Locations:
├── Dotfile Source: ~/.local/share/chezmoi/
├── Dotfile Data: ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
├── Fish Config: ~/.config/fish/conf.d/
├── mise Config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
└── Project Templates: ~/.local/share/chezmoi/workspace/

📝 Contributing

This is a personal development environment setup. Key principles:

• Thin Machine, Thick Projects - Minimal global, rich project-specific
• Reproducibility - Everything in version control
• Security - Hardware keys, scoped secrets
• Performance - Native ARM64, optimized for M3 Max

🔗 Related Repositories

• Dotfiles: ~/.local/share/chezmoi/ (private)
• This documentation: /Users/verlyn13/Development/personal/system-setup-update/

📅 Last Updated

September 25, 2025 - Phase 4 in progress

🆘 Troubleshooting

For common issues and solutions, see:

• implementation-status.md#known-issues
• validation-checklist.md
• CLAUDE.md#known-issues-and-solutions