argos-data-import
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Help developers build third-party tools that import, inspect, migrate, or analyze Argos data. Use when Codex needs to work with Argos provider configuration, model configuration, MCP/app settings, sessions, messages, legacy chat data, `agent.db`, `chat.db`, SQLCipher encrypted SQLite, Electron safeStorage wrapped passwords, Tauri importers, or native macOS/Windows/Linux data access.
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10 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 6 are very specific to this project.
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- Very specific: line 10
Use this skill to design or implement importers for Argos local data.
- Very specific: line 18
Read references/data-locations.md to locate agent.db, sidecar files, encryption metadata, and backup paths.
- Distinctive: line 20
Read references/sqlite-access.md before opening SQLite.
- Distinctive: line 23
Read references/schema-reference.md for provider config, settings, session, message, and legacy table relationships.
- Very specific: line 25
Read references/import-recipes.md when writing extractor code, mapping Argos data to another app, or creating a compatibility import.
- Very specific: line 32
Never open the active agent.db read-write from a third-party tool.
- Very specific: line 34
If Argos is running, either ask the user to quit it or make a WAL-aware snapshot before import.
- Distinctive: line 35
Prefer parameterized key APIs for SQLCipher passwords.
- Very specific: line 37
When the schema has changed, inspect schema_versions, sqlite_master, and the table classes under src/main/presenter/sqlitePresenter/tables/ …
- Distinctive: line 42
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Argos Data Import
Overview
Use this skill to design or implement importers for Argos local data. Treat Argos's SQLite schema as an internal but documentable contract: inspect the current schema when precision matters, prefer read-only snapshots, and avoid writing to a live profile.
Workflow
- Identify the source: live Argos profile, copied profile, sync backup, exported
agent.db, or legacychat.db. - Read references/data-locations.md to locate
agent.db, sidecar files, encryption metadata, and backup paths. - Read references/sqlite-access.md before opening SQLite. Decide whether the database is unencrypted, can be unlocked through Electron safeStorage, or must ask the user for the SQLite password.
- Read references/schema-reference.md for provider config, settings, session, message, and legacy table relationships.
- Read references/import-recipes.md when writing extractor code, mapping Argos data to another app, or creating a compatibility import.
Safety Rules
- Get explicit user consent before reading local Argos data. Provider keys, OAuth tokens, MCP env vars, prompt text, message traces, and chat content may be sensitive.
- Never open the active
agent.dbread-write from a third-party tool. Copyagent.db,agent.db-wal, andagent.db-shm, or use SQLite backup APIs through Argos itself. - If Argos is running, either ask the user to quit it or make a WAL-aware snapshot before import.
- Prefer parameterized key APIs for SQLCipher passwords. Do not interpolate passwords into SQL.
- Redact secrets by default in logs, telemetry, previews, and generated sample output.
- When the schema has changed, inspect
schema_versions,sqlite_master, and the table classes undersrc/main/presenter/sqlitePresenter/tables/before assuming column availability.
Source Files
Use these repository files as the current source of truth when updating the skill or answering version-sensitive questions:
src/main/presenter/sqlitePresenter/index.tssrc/main/presenter/sqlitePresenter/connectionConfig.tssrc/main/presenter/databaseSecurityPresenter/index.tssrc/main/presenter/sqlitePresenter/tables/*.tssrc/main/presenter/agentRuntimePresenter/messageStore.tssrc/main/presenter/agentRuntimePresenter/sessionStore.tssrc/main/presenter/configPresenter/**
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