From 2f7fd7893ea201e73adfcb1eb61d195c6a9191b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillermo Serrahima <dev@vylion.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:51:02 +0200
Subject: add submodule-aware setup

---
 .gitignore         | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 docker/compose.yml | 13 ++++++++-----
 scripts/setup.sh   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/setup.sh

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92c7cf0..326cddd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-claude/auth/
-claude/.claude.json
+# claude auth files
+# I do want an empty claude folder to exist in the repo for docker binding purposes
+claude/*
+
+# claude config
+.claude.json
+
+# private databases and memory contents
 data/*.db
-data/memory/
-data/heartbeat/
+data/memory/*.*
+data/contexts/
+
+# heartbeat state
+data/heartbeat/*
+
+# private custom persona and contexts
+private/
+
+# artifacts
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+**/*.pyc
+.pytest_cache/
+.DS_Store
+
+!/.gitmodules
diff --git a/docker/compose.yml b/docker/compose.yml
index a87efdd..36a02ff 100644
--- a/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/docker/compose.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ services:
       # workspace — read/write, this is where senia does its work
       - ../workspace:/workspace
 
-      # claude config and auth — read/write so /login persists
-      - ../claude/auth:/home/senia/.claude
-      - ../claude/.claude.json:/home/senia/.claude.json
+      # claude config and auth: read/write so /login persists
+      - ../claude:/home/senia/.claude
+      - ../.claude.json:/home/senia/.claude.json
 
-      # CLAUDE.md mounted at root, found via hierarchical lookup from any workspace
-      - ../claude/CLAUDE.md:/home/senia/.claude/CLAUDE.md:ro
+      # persona: real if submodule initialized, placeholder otherwise
+      - ../private/CLAUDE.md:/home/senia/.claude/CLAUDE.md:ro
+
+      # contexts: real if submodule initialized, empty dir otherwise
+      # - ../private/contexts:/etc/senia/data/contexts:ro
 
       # dockerfile read-only — senia can read it, suggest edits in conversation, can't modify
       - ./Dockerfile:/etc/senia/Dockerfile:ro
diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fbaf391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+if git submodule update --init --recursive 2>/dev/null && [ -d private/contexts ]; then
+    echo "private content available: using real persona and contexts"
+else
+    echo "private content not accessible: generating placeholders"
+    mkdir -p private/contexts
+    # create dummy persona file
+    touch private/CLAUDE.md
+    # contexts/ stays empty; directory just needs to exist for the mount
+fi
+
+echo "setup complete. run 'docker compose -f docker/compose.yml build' next."
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