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setup

Interactive bootstrap wizard for a new machine. Walks through everything in one session: brain path, git remote, machine settings, directory scaffolding, dotfile wiring, and Brew packages.

overseer setup
overseer setup --dry-run   # preview without making changes

Safe to re-run at any time — existing values are shown as defaults and nothing is overwritten without your input.

What it does

  1. Resolves (or prompts for) the brain path
  2. Clones the brain repo if a remote is configured and the brain isn’t present
  3. Applies dotfile symlinks from brain/overseer/dotfiles/
  4. Runs brew bundle from the Brewfile
  5. Applies git profiles to managed repos

To re-apply config without the interactive wizard, use overseer brain setup.