agent-bom-troubleshoot — Diagnostics & Configuration Validator

Diagnoses issues, checks prerequisites, validates configurations, and reports on the health of the agent-bom installation and connected database.

Install

pipx install agent-bom
agent-bom doctor             # check prerequisites and installation health
agent-bom validate           # validate configuration files
agent-bom db status          # check database connection status

When to Use

• "doctor" / "run doctor"
• "debug" / "help me debug"
• "why failing" / "something's broken"
• "validate config" / "check configuration"
• "check prerequisites"
• "db status" / "database status"
• "fix my setup"

Commands

# Run full diagnostic check
agent-bom doctor

# Validate configuration
agent-bom validate

# Check database status
agent-bom db status

Examples

# Run diagnostics
doctor()

# Validate config
validate()

# Check DB
db_status()

Example doctor output:

agent-bom doctor

  Python        3.12.2   OK
  agent-bom     0.75.9   OK
  pip           24.0     OK
  semgrep       not found  (optional — SAST scanning unavailable)
  kubectl       not found  (optional — K8s context unavailable)

  Config files found:
    Claude Desktop  ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json  OK
    Cursor          ~/.cursor/mcp.json                           OK

  Database:      SQLite  ~/.agent-bom/db.sqlite  OK
  Last scan:     2 hours ago

  Status: Ready

Guardrails

• Diagnostics are read-only — no configuration files are modified.
• Doctor checks do not transmit any data externally.
• If the user is experiencing an error, show the full diagnostic output before suggesting fixes.
• Validate configuration files before recommending changes.