[Jacksondr5]

Problem

The mobile rig is on trunk, configurable since #841. But j5-live-test says nothing about mobile, and the repository's AGENTS.md sends agents to upstream's test-t3-mobile. That skill pairs through pair-client.sh, which in J5 leaves the app empty. The first attempt at this text (#838) encoded one developer's machines and edited upstream's skill file; it was rejected for both reasons, and this PR replaces it.

What changed

• j5-live-test gets a Mobile section that works on any machine:
  • the five steps (setup, device_open, mobile-open, driving the app, teardown), ending with agent-device close, because a session left open holds the device against the next tester;
  • a table of the machine-local settings in ~/.config/j5code/mobile-rig.json, with their defaults;
  • the points live runs taught: the device pool and its claims, opening Android by serial, device_open timing, mobile-build when no client is cached, what a remote iOS host needs, what Xcode's "Install Failed: Authorization is required" means, the input quirks, and --mobile phone for your own phone;
  • "the native app on a device" in its description, plus a row in "Other setups", so it's picked for mobile tasks.
• AGENTS.md (J5-owned): its two test-t3-mobile mentions now point at this section. test-t3-mobile stays the reference for driving a device, with a note not to use its pair-client.sh in J5.
• Not changed: upstream's test-t3-mobile/SKILL.md, and FORK.md. No host names, paths, port ranges or device limits of any one person's setup appear; those live in that person's config file.

Live testing

• The steps and notes come from live runs on Android and remote iOS: the crew tester's cold acceptance reports under test-reports/j5code-mobile-test-rig-skills/, plus the builder's runs on feat(j5): live-test the native app on a claimed device with --mobile #825–feat(j5): the mobile rig reads a machine-local config, with defaults for one machine #841.
• The settings table matches feat(j5): the mobile rig reads a machine-local config, with defaults for one machine #841's parser, which is covered by tests.
• Not run cold from this exact text yet; the wave-1 mobile testers can read it once it merges.
• Local iOS on a Mac is unverified and tracked in Verify the mobile rig's local iOS path on a Mac #857.

Checklist

• One concern: the description has no "also"
• Tests cover the changed behavior: not applicable, agent-direction text only
• UI changes: none
• Live testing: the section above says what it rests on
• Upstream-owned files: none edited
• Upstream product: no change
• Surfaces: agent skills and AGENTS.md
• Docs: this is the docs change; no user docs, since this is contributor tooling

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Document the actual config and SDK lookup order.

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Review comments at @.agents/skills/j5-live-test/SKILL.md:
- Around line 205-217: Update the machine-settings path description to include
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/j5code/mobile-rig.json` when `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set,
retaining the existing fallback path. Update the `android.sdk` default cell to
show lookup order as `ANDROID_HOME`, then `ANDROID_SDK_ROOT`, then the usual
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Walkthrough

The live-test skill now documents native-device testing, including setup options, device workflows, rig settings, and platform constraints. Repository guidance points web testing to test-t3-app and mobile testing to the skill’s Mobile section.

Changes: Mobile live-test guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document mobile live-test workflows .agents/skills/j5-live-test/SKILL.md, AGENTS.md	The skill describes mobile setup, device pairing and cleanup, rig settings, and platform-specific requirements. Repository guidance points to the documented mobile workflows and updates the web-testing reference.

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Possibly related PRs

• Jacksondr5/j5code#825: Adds the mobile live-test flows and device workflows documented here.
• Jacksondr5/j5code#840: Adds the phone target and pairing behavior described in the mobile testing instructions.
• Jacksondr5/j5code#827: Adds the mobile-build workflow referenced by the instructions.

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 3c623

Correct the mobile configuration guidance before relying on it for device setup.

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[Jacksondr5]

Combined review from both reviewers (Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT Sol 6.1), at 0301a9ecf8, checked against the merged rig (#841).

Clear:

• Settings table. The defaults match live-test-mobile-config.ts: the j5-test- prefix, maxBooted 1, 2 Android slots, ports 20000–29999, phone host tailscale, and iOS local on macOS with none elsewhere.
• Behaviour descriptions. The teardown order, the emulator-<port> rule, a Simulator outside the pool counting against maxBooted, and claims being per machine all match the code.
• No personal values. No host, port range or device name of Jackson's appears.
• Upstream untouched. No upstream skill is edited and there is no FORK.md case. AGENTS.md is J5-owned (FORK.md: "started as upstream's… rewritten for J5"), so pointing its two test-t3-mobile mentions at j5-live-test is fine.
• Discovery. The new "native app on a device" wording in the frontmatter helps agents find this section.

One fix (P3, accuracy). The iOS prerequisites dropped CocoaPods. The text says an SSH host "needs Xcode, git, and node and vp in a login shell". A build with no cached client runs pod install (the reason #827 moved to a login shell), and a local Mac building iOS needs it too. Suggested: "Xcode, CocoaPods, git, and node and vp on a login shell's PATH", for both local and SSH hosts.

Two small wording nits:

• Step 2, safe resume. "If setup says the emulator is still booting, run it again" is ambiguous, because the intro also allows --mobile on rebuild, and re-running rebuild deletes the booting emulator. A tester did exactly that, which is why #841's last commit makes the message name the command. Name it here too: node scripts/j5/setup-agent-live-test.ts --mobile android.
• ios.simulators shape. The table doesn't say this setting is a list of Simulator names, which replaces the default prefix. Say "a list of Simulator names" so a cold agent doesn't guess an object or a prefix string.

This is agent-direction text, so Jackson reads it after us.

[Jacksondr5]

Combined re-review from both reviewers (Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT Sol 6.1), at 3c6239582f: all three points are resolved, and there are no findings.

• CocoaPods is now listed for any iOS host, local or SSH. git, node and vp are listed for SSH hosts.
• Step 2 resumes with the step 1 setup command and warns that rebuild deletes the emulator.
• ios.simulators is described as a list of names.

Ready for Jackson to read as agent-direction text.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.agents/skills/j5-live-test/SKILL.md:
- Around line 205-217: Update the machine-settings path description to include
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/j5code/mobile-rig.json` when `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set,
retaining the existing fallback path. Update the `android.sdk` default cell to
show lookup order as `ANDROID_HOME`, then `ANDROID_SDK_ROOT`, then the usual
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[Jacksondr5]

Combined delta review from both reviewers (Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT Sol 6.1), at 39c071ffca (0a027e2b40 and 39c071ffca, since f9fe344ca1).

The new guidance matches the code and the cold-start observations:

• the empty-XDG_CONFIG_HOME trick, and J5_MOBILE_RIG_CONFIG needing an existing file;
• the AVD names, shared per machine through claims;
• SESSION_NOT_FOUND at teardown, and "killing the group" from stop;
• the Mobile block printed last;
• the device tools existing only inside J5 Code, with "stop and report" otherwise.

No personal setup values were added.

One fix (P2, agent safety). "Put the SDK at ANDROID_HOME or its usual place, then restart J5 Code" reads as an instruction to the agent. The J5 Code that serves the Device panel is the installed server every agent following this skill runs inside: AGENTS.md forbids touching it, and restarting it would also end the agent's own turn. Make it the developer's action, for example "then ask the developer to restart J5 Code: the server behind the Device panel looks for the SDK only when it starts…". That mirrors the existing "Someone with the Mac's admin password must open Xcode once".

Nits:

• Android on Linux, "(x86_64)". The rig also supports arm64 Linux (androidAbi), so "x86_64, or arm64-v8a on an arm64 host" is accurate.
• Reflow. Step 2's new text leaves a short broken line ("…(the last part of its / output), call device_open / with the host…"). Two lines run past the file's wrap width: step 3's "Run it again whenever… Do not pair with", and the AVD-names line. vp fmt doesn't rewrap markdown prose.

It goes to Jackson once the P2 is fixed.

[Jacksondr5]

Combined re-review from both reviewers (Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT Sol 6.1), at aff638466c: resolved, no findings.

• Restart (the P2). Restarting J5 Code is now the developer's action, with "never restart it yourself".
• Linux ABI. The line covers x86_64 and arm64-v8a.
• Reflow. The broken and over-long lines are rewrapped.

Ready for Jackson to read as agent-direction text.

[Jacksondr5]

On hold until the upstream 0.1.4–0.1.6 advance. That advance reshapes the device area: closing a device releases its agent-device session, and Simlock device pools arrive. This section will be rewritten against it. Kept open as a draft, not closed.