README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ presets nothing and requires `--hostname` plus all three traits.
 | trait   | values             | what it drives |
 |---------|--------------------|----------------|
 | `class` | `human`, `server`  | root SSH's fate once operators exist — human closes it, server keeps it as the control plane's automation door |
-| `host`  | `yes`, `no`        | whether the box exists to run VMs — the `/dev/kvm` advisory and the `box setup-host` pointer |
+| `host`  | `yes`, `no`        | whether the box exists to run VMs — the `/dev/kvm` advisory and, on `yes`, installing the `box` CLI + running box's `setup-host` |
 | `join`  | `authkey`, `login` | tagged pre-auth key (fleet identity) vs interactive browser login (user-owned device) |
 
 | role            | class  | host | join    | tailnet tag |
@@ -167,18 +167,32 @@ It is `class=server`: an unattended VM appliance — operators converge it and
 leave; nobody lives there. Mint its key with `tag:local`: the host and its
 guests sit on opposite sides of a trust boundary, and the *host* is never
 managed by the control plane — so the role **refuses an effective
-`tag:server`**, same mechanism as `runner`. rig deliberately installs no Incus
+`tag:server`**, same mechanism as `runner`.
-and no box here — box's own `setup-host` is the single owner of the Incus
+
-daemon's configuration, and two tools converging one daemon is drift by
+On a host-class box (`host=yes`), bootstrap finishes the job instead of leaving
-construction. The closing log points you at it: install box, run
+a to-do: after the role marker is written it **installs the `box` CLI globally
-`box setup-host`, then `box new --template staging`. If `/dev/kvm` is absent,
+and runs box's own `setup-host`**, so the Incus stack is ready for
-rig warns (a host that exists to run VMs should have it) but does not fail —
+`box new --template staging` when bootstrap returns. rig **delegates to box; it
-the shape is rehearsed in containers, which legitimately lack it.
+never touches Incus itself** — it does not `apt-get install incus`, does not
+configure the daemon, does not create the `incus` group. It runs box's global
+installer (`curl … | BOX_YES=1 bash`) as root, and box installs Incus via its
+`setup-host`; two tools converging one daemon is drift by construction, and box
+is the single owner. The step is **convergent** (box's installer is a no-op once
+box is present) and **opt-out** (`RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL=1`, plus a graceful skip
+with a manual-command pointer when curl or the network is missing — box is the
+host *extra*, so a failed box install never aborts a bootstrap that otherwise
+succeeded). Source is pinnable with `BOX_REPO` / `BOX_REF` (default
+`heavy-duty/box@main`). If `/dev/kvm` is absent, rig warns (a host that exists to
+run VMs should have it) but does not fail — the shape is rehearsed in containers,
+which legitimately lack it. (The world-readable global install path — box under
+`/opt/box` readable by every non-root user — depends on box PR #71; until that
+merges box's root install lands in `/root`.)
 
 `dev` is `staging`'s human-class sibling — the same VM-hosting, `tag:local`
-shape with a person living on it — and `workstation` is the machine at the
+shape with a person living on it, box CLI installed the same way — and
-keyboard end of all the SSH connections: human-class, `join=login`, entering
+`workstation` is the machine at the keyboard end of all the SSH connections:
-the tailnet as *your* device rather than the fleet's.
+human-class, `join=login`, entering the tailnet as *your* device rather than the
+fleet's.
 
 ### The identity model
 

commands/bootstrap.sh

@@ -475,15 +475,75 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f "$MARKER_TMP"
 
+# --- box install (host-class only) -------------------------------------------
+# A host=yes box exists to run guest boxes, so bootstrap finishes the job rather
+# than printing a to-do: it installs the box CLI globally and lets box's OWN
+# setup-host build the Incus stack. Placed AFTER the role marker write on
+# purpose — a box that failed to become what it claims (tag refused, join backed
+# out) dies above and never reaches here, so box is never installed on top of a
+# half-built host.
+#
+# rig DELEGATES to box; it never touches Incus itself. This is the same design
+# law `rig users apply` enforces — "rig NEVER installs Incus: box's setup-host
+# owns the daemon and its group." rig does not apt-install incus, does not
+# configure the daemon, does not create the incus group. It runs BOX'S global
+# installer as root, and box installs Incus via its setup-host. Two tools
+# converging one daemon is drift by construction; box is the single owner.
+#
+# CONVERGENT: box's installer is a no-op when box is already installed — it says
+# so and changes nothing — so re-running bootstrap is safe and cheap.
+#
+# OPT-OUT: RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL=1 skips the whole step (a container rehearsal
+# with no /dev/kvm, an offline box, or a host whose box you manage by hand). The
+# step ALSO skips gracefully — with a warning pointing at the manual command —
+# when curl is missing or the network is down: bootstrap's core job is OS
+# hardening + the tailnet, and box is the host EXTRA, so a failed box install
+# must never abort a bootstrap that otherwise fully succeeded.
+#
+# PIN POINTS: BOX_REPO / BOX_REF override the source (default heavy-duty/box@main).
+# BOX_YES=1 makes box's installer non-interactive AND keeps setup-host (so the
+# Incus stack is actually built, not just the CLI dropped on PATH).
+#
+# rig#12's hard constraints hold here: the HOST joined the tailnet above; the
+# guest boxes never do (box does not join the tailnet — fine), and there are no
+# credentials on the host (box is creds-free — fine).
+#
+# DEPENDENCY (box#71): the GLOBAL, world-readable install path — box under
+# /opt/box with a /usr/local/bin shim that every non-root user can read — depends
+# on box PR #71. Until that merges, box's root install lands in /root and non-root
+# users cannot reach it, so this step is only fully correct once box#71 is merged.
+if [ "$HOST" = "yes" ]; then
+  BOX_REPO="${BOX_REPO:-heavy-duty/box}"
+  BOX_REF="${BOX_REF:-main}"
+  BOX_INSTALL_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${BOX_REPO}/${BOX_REF}/install.sh"
+  BOX_MANUAL="curl -fsSL ${BOX_INSTALL_URL} | BOX_YES=1 bash"
+  if [ "${RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL:-}" = "1" ]; then
+    log "RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL=1 — skipping box install; to prepare Incus by hand later: ${BOX_MANUAL}"
+  elif ! command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    warn "curl not found — skipping box install; once curl is present, prepare Incus with: ${BOX_MANUAL}"
+  else
+    log "installing box (${BOX_REPO}@${BOX_REF}) and running its host setup — box owns Incus, not rig"
+    # BOX_YES=1 in the environment: non-interactive AND keeps setup-host, so box
+    # builds the Incus stack rather than only dropping the CLI on PATH. Running as
+    # root, box installs globally (/opt/box + /usr/local/bin). No-op if box is
+    # already installed, so re-running bootstrap converges instead of reinstalling.
+    # A curl failure (no network) fails the pipe under pipefail and lands in the
+    # else — a warning, never an abort: box is the host extra, the OS+tailnet core
+    # is already done.
+    if curl -fsSL "$BOX_INSTALL_URL" | BOX_YES=1 bash; then
+      log "box installed and host set up — mint guest boxes with 'box new'"
+    else
+      warn "box install did not complete (no network, or box's installer failed); bootstrap's core work is done. Finish the host by hand: ${BOX_MANUAL}"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
 log "done — role ${ROLE}, hostname ${TS_HOSTNAME}"
 if [ "$ROLE" = "control-plane" ]; then
   log "next: rig coolify install --version <pin>"
 elif [ "$ROLE" = "runner" ]; then
   log "next: rig runner install --repo <owner/repo> --version <pin>"
 fi
-if [ "$HOST" = "yes" ]; then
-  log "next: install the box CLI and run 'box setup-host' to prepare Incus for guest boxes"
-fi
 # Every class gets operators: humans always enter as themselves and elevate via
 # sudo — a shared root login is unattributable. What differs by class is root
 # SSH's fate once named users exist.

docs/plans/2026-07-17-host-installs-box.md

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+# rig `bootstrap host=yes` installs box + runs setup-host — Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** When `rig bootstrap` converges a VM-host machine (trait `host=yes` —
+roles `dev`, `staging`, `workstation`, and `custom --host yes`), it should
+**install the `box` CLI globally and run box's own `setup-host`** automatically,
+instead of printing `next: install the box CLI and run 'box setup-host'`. This
+turns a documented to-do into a real, convergent install step, completing rig#12
+(the `dev` role — the Incus claudebox host) and rig#25 (machine classes: the
+host class installs box + rig users).
+
+**Why this shape:** a `host=yes` box exists to run guest boxes; a bootstrap that
+hardens the OS and joins the tailnet but then hands the operator a manual
+checklist has left the machine half-built. The box CLI *is* the host's reason
+for existing, so bootstrap finishes the job. But rig must finish it **the same
+way `rig users apply` already assumes it happens** — by delegating to box, never
+by touching Incus itself.
+
+## The design law this respects
+
+`commands/users-apply.sh` carries the law verbatim: *"rig NEVER installs Incus:
+box's setup-host owns the daemon and its group."* Two tools converging one
+daemon is drift by construction, and box is the single owner. This change does
+**not** weaken that law — it *fulfils* it. rig does not `apt-get install incus`,
+does not configure the daemon, does not create the `incus` group. It runs
+**box's own global installer** as root; box installs Incus via its `setup-host`.
+rig delegates; box owns.
+
+The symmetry is the point: `users-apply` dies on a `host=yes` box whose `incus`
+group is absent, pointing at `box setup-host`. After this change, an ordinary
+`rig bootstrap dev` is what *makes that group exist* — so the two commands now
+close the loop instead of one pointing at a manual step the other assumed.
+
+## Architecture
+
+One block appended to `commands/bootstrap.sh`, after the role-marker write; no
+new files, no new flags. It keys off the existing `HOST` trait (so every
+`host=yes` shape — preset or `--host yes` override — gets it, and `--host no`
+opts a laptop out with zero role logic). The install runs box's raw `install.sh`
+piped to `bash` with `BOX_YES=1` in the environment (non-interactive **and**
+keeps `setup-host`). Source is pinnable via `BOX_REPO` / `BOX_REF`
+(default `heavy-duty/box@main`).
+
+**Tech Stack:** bash only, shellcheck, existing `ci.yml` (globstar shellcheck +
+`bash test/cli.sh`) — no workflow change needed; the new code is a `.sh` file
+already covered by both jobs.
+
+## Non-Goals
+
+- **No Incus install by rig, no daemon config, no `incus` group creation** —
+  box's `setup-host` owns all of it. rig runs box's installer; box owns Incus.
+- **No guest provisioning** — minting boxes is box's job (`box new`).
+- **No tailnet for guests** — rig#12's constraint: the *host* joins the tailnet
+  (done above in the tailscale block); guest boxes never do. box does not join
+  the tailnet, so nothing here needs to enforce it.
+- **No credentials on the host** — rig#12's constraint: box is creds-free, so
+  the delegation introduces none.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- `#!/usr/bin/env bash` + `set -euo pipefail`; log prefix `rig-bootstrap:` via
+  the existing `log` / `warn` / `die` helpers.
+- Runs **only as root**, only after the full bootstrap (root check, sshd
+  hardening, tailnet join + tag verification, role-marker write) has succeeded —
+  so a box that failed to become what it claims never installs box.
+- **Never aborts the bootstrap.** box is the host *extra*; the OS + tailnet core
+  is already done and asserted. A missing curl, a dead network, or a box
+  installer that errors is a `warn` with a manual-command pointer, never a `die`.
+- **Convergent:** box's installer is a no-op once box is installed, so a re-run
+  changes nothing.
+- shellcheck-clean exactly as CI runs it (`shopt -s globstar; shellcheck -x
+  bin/* **/*.sh`); `bash test/cli.sh` green as non-root.
+- Keep the diff minimal — no drive-by refactors.
+
+---
+
+## Behavior contract (in file order, `commands/bootstrap.sh`)
+
+After the role-marker write (`install -m 0644 "$MARKER_TMP" "$MARKER"`), before
+the closing `log "done — role …"`:
+
+1. **Guard:** `if [ "$HOST" = "yes" ]; then` — the exact guard line, no `&&`
+   (distinguishing it from the `/dev/kvm` advisory `if [ "$HOST" = "yes" ] && …`
+   up in the guards section).
+2. **Pin points:** `BOX_REPO="${BOX_REPO:-heavy-duty/box}"`,
+   `BOX_REF="${BOX_REF:-main}"`, and a `BOX_INSTALL_URL` built from them; a
+   `BOX_MANUAL` string (`curl -fsSL … | BOX_YES=1 bash`) reused in every pointer.
+3. **Opt-out first:** `RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL=1` → `log` the skip with the manual
+   pointer, do nothing else. (Rehearsals in containers, offline boxes,
+   hand-managed hosts.)
+4. **No-curl:** `command -v curl` absent → `warn` with the manual pointer, skip.
+5. **Install:** `log` the intent (naming the pinned `BOX_REPO@BOX_REF` and that
+   box owns Incus), then `if curl -fsSL "$BOX_INSTALL_URL" | BOX_YES=1 bash;`:
+   - success → `log` box installed + host set up, pointer to `box new`;
+   - failure (no network, installer error — the pipe fails under `pipefail`) →
+     `warn` with the manual pointer. **Never `die`.**
+
+`BOX_YES=1` in the *environment* (not a flag) is load-bearing: it makes box's
+installer non-interactive **and** keeps `setup-host`, so the Incus stack is
+actually built rather than the CLI merely dropped on PATH. Running as root, box
+installs globally to `/opt/box` + `/usr/local/bin`.
+
+The old `if [ "$HOST" = "yes" ]; then log "next: install the box CLI …"` block is
+**replaced** by this — the message it printed is now the thing rig does.
+
+---
+
+## The box#71 dependency (ordering / correctness)
+
+The **global, world-readable** install path — box under `/opt/box` with a
+`/usr/local/bin` shim readable by every non-root user — depends on **box PR
+#71**. Until #71 merges, box's root install lands in `/root`, and non-root users
+(the `dev` box's human operator; any `box`-role rig user) cannot reach it. So
+this rig step is **correct once box#71 is merged**; before then it installs box
+for root but not for the humans who need it.
+
+This is a comment in `bootstrap.sh` and is called out in the PR body. The rig
+step itself is right and ships now (it is convergent and delegates correctly);
+the *effective* multi-user outcome is gated on box#71. No rig code changes when
+#71 lands — box's installer changes where it writes.
+
+---
+
+## Test Plan
+
+### Harness (`bash test/cli.sh`, non-root, network-free)
+
+The install itself needs root, the network, and a real host — none of which the
+harness can fabricate — so, exactly like the effective-tag refusals and the
+runner repo guard, the shipped script is proven by grepping its load-bearing
+pieces:
+
+- **Guarded on host=yes** — the exact guard line (`grep -qxE`) belongs to the
+  box block alone.
+- **Runs box's installer non-interactively** — `BOX_YES=1 bash` present.
+- **Pinnable, default `heavy-duty/box@main`** — `BOX_REPO:-heavy-duty/box`.
+- **Opt-out honored** — `RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL` present.
+- **rig never apt-installs incus** — a *negative* grep (`grep -nE 'apt-get
+  install.* incus'` exits 1 = pass), so the design law cannot silently erode.
+- **Ordering** — box install (`BOX_YES=1 bash`) sits *after* the role-marker
+  write (`install -m 0644 "$MARKER_TMP"`); compare line numbers, same idiom as
+  the `visudo -c` / `sshd -t` ordering asserts, defaults fail closed.
+- **Skip/failure keeps a manual pointer** — `prepare Incus` present.
+- Existing bootstrap tests unchanged: `dev` / `staging` parse and refuse
+  non-root (they reach the root check long before the box block); unknown roles
+  still exit 2.
+
+### CI
+
+Unchanged `ci.yml` covers the edits (globstar `shellcheck -x` + `bash
+test/cli.sh`). No workflow change.
+
+### Rehearsal (manual, out of harness — the effective-state proof)
+
+Unit tests stop at the script's text; only a real host proves the daemon came
+up. On a pristine Debian `host=yes` box (real hardware with `/dev/kvm`, or a
+nested-virt VM):
+
+1. `rig bootstrap dev --hostname dev-rehearsal` with a real single-use
+   `tag:local` key → hardened sshd drop-in, tailnet join as `dev-rehearsal`,
+   role marker `host=yes`, then **box installed and `setup-host` run**.
+2. Assert **effective** state, not file existence:
+   - `incus info` returns the daemon's info (setup-host built the stack);
+   - `getent group incus` exists;
+   - as a **fresh user added to the `incus` group** (not root): `box templates`
+     lists templates and `incus list` works — the world-readable path (box#71)
+     is what makes this succeed for a non-root human.
+3. **Convergence:** a second `rig bootstrap dev` run reports box already
+   installed and changes nothing; `incus info` unchanged.
+4. **Opt-out:** `RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL=1 rig bootstrap dev` skips the install and
+   logs the manual pointer; nothing Incus-related is touched.
+5. **box#71 gate:** before box#71 merges, step 2's *fresh incus-group user*
+   check fails (box lives in `/root`); after it merges, it passes with no rig
+   change. This is the acceptance line that must be re-run once box#71 lands.
+
+The `staging` shape is the same box block; rehearsing `dev` exercises it.
+
+## Notes
+
+- rig#12's two hard constraints hold and are commented at the step: the host
+  joins the tailnet (guests never do — box doesn't join, fine); no credentials
+  on the host (box is creds-free, fine).
+- The `users-apply` "absent incus group on host=yes → die pointing at
+  setup-host" path stays valid as the fallback for the opt-out / failed-install
+  cases; ordinary bootstrap now makes that group exist, closing the loop.

test/cli.sh

@@ -93,6 +93,49 @@ check "bootstrap: login verify fails closed on a stalled backend" 0 "" \
 # The marker is the traits' ground truth for rig users; assert the write exists.
 check "bootstrap: role marker write is present" 0 "" \
   grep -q "/etc/rig/role" "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# --- host-class box install (issues #12, #25) --------------------------------
+# A host=yes box finishes the job: bootstrap installs the box CLI globally and
+# lets box's own setup-host build the Incus stack. The install itself runs as
+# root, over the network, against a real host — none of which this harness can
+# fabricate — so, exactly like the tag refusals and the runner repo guard, prove
+# the shipped script by grepping its load-bearing pieces.
+# The step is guarded on host=yes: the exact guard line (no `&&`, unlike the
+# /dev/kvm advisory) belongs to the box block alone. The `\$HOST` is a literal
+# we grep for in the script — single quotes are the point, as in the db checks.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+check "bootstrap: box install is guarded on host=yes" 0 "" \
+  grep -qxE 'if \[ "\$HOST" = "yes" \]; then' "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# It runs box's OWN global installer with BOX_YES=1 (non-interactive AND keeps
+# setup-host, so box builds Incus rather than only dropping the CLI on PATH).
+check "bootstrap: box install runs box's installer non-interactively" 0 "" \
+  grep -q "BOX_YES=1 bash" "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# Pin points: BOX_REPO / BOX_REF override the source, default heavy-duty/box@main.
+check "bootstrap: box source is pinnable, defaults to heavy-duty/box@main" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF 'BOX_REPO:-heavy-duty/box' "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# Opt-out for rehearsals / offline / hand-managed hosts.
+check "bootstrap: box install honors RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL opt-out" 0 "" \
+  grep -q "RIG_SKIP_BOX_INSTALL" "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# The DESIGN LAW rig users apply also enforces: rig NEVER apt-installs Incus —
+# box's setup-host is the single owner of the daemon and its group. A grep that
+# finds nothing (exit 1) is the pass; a stray `apt-get install ... incus` would
+# make it exit 0 and fail the check, so the law cannot silently erode.
+check "bootstrap: rig never apt-installs incus (box owns the daemon)" 1 "" \
+  grep -nE 'apt-get install.* incus' "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
+# Ordering is the safety property: box must be installed only AFTER the role
+# marker is written, so a box that failed to become what it claims (tag refused,
+# join backed out — all of which die above) never installs box on a half-built
+# host. Compare line numbers, same idiom as the visudo/sshd -t ordering asserts.
+# Defaults fail closed (marker missing -> huge, box missing -> 0 -> fails).
+# $MARKER_TMP is a literal we grep for in the script — single quotes intended.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+box_marker_at="$(grep -n 'install -m 0644 "$MARKER_TMP"' "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh" | head -n1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+box_install_at="$(grep -n 'BOX_YES=1 bash' "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh" | grep -v 'BOX_MANUAL=' | tail -n1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+check "bootstrap: box install runs after the role marker write" \
+  0 "" test "${box_marker_at:-999999}" -lt "${box_install_at:-0}"
+# On the skip/failure paths, keep pointing operators at the manual command so a
+# host whose box did not install is never left without the next move.
+check "bootstrap: box skip/failure keeps a pointer to the manual install" 0 "" \
+  grep -q "prepare Incus" "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh"
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
   check "bootstrap: refuses non-root"      1 "must run as root" env TS_AUTHKEY=x "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh" workload
   check "bootstrap: runner role parses, refuses non-root" 1 "must run as root" env TS_AUTHKEY=x "$ROOT/commands/bootstrap.sh" runner