Merge PR #1763: align onboard with config and workspace overrides

align onboard with config and workspace overrides

README.md

@@ -1162,10 +1162,27 @@ MCP tools are automatically discovered and registered on startup. The LLM can us
 
 ## 🧩 Multiple Instances
 
-Run multiple nanobot instances simultaneously with separate configs and runtime data. Use `--config` as the main entrypoint, and optionally use `--workspace` to override the workspace for a specific run.
+Run multiple nanobot instances simultaneously with separate configs and runtime data. Use `--config` as the main entrypoint. Optionally pass `--workspace` during `onboard` when you want to initialize or update the saved workspace for a specific instance.
 
 ### Quick Start
 
+If you want each instance to have its own dedicated workspace from the start, pass both `--config` and `--workspace` during onboarding.
+
+**Initialize instances:**
+
+```bash
+# Create separate instance configs and workspaces
+nanobot onboard --config ~/.nanobot-telegram/config.json --workspace ~/.nanobot-telegram/workspace
+nanobot onboard --config ~/.nanobot-discord/config.json --workspace ~/.nanobot-discord/workspace
+nanobot onboard --config ~/.nanobot-feishu/config.json --workspace ~/.nanobot-feishu/workspace
+```
+
+**Configure each instance:**
+
+Edit `~/.nanobot-telegram/config.json`, `~/.nanobot-discord/config.json`, etc. with different channel settings. The workspace you passed during `onboard` is saved into each config as that instance's default workspace.
+
+**Run instances:**
+
 ```bash
 # Instance A - Telegram bot
 nanobot gateway --config ~/.nanobot-telegram/config.json
@@ -1265,7 +1282,8 @@ nanobot gateway --config ~/.nanobot-telegram/config.json --workspace /tmp/nanobo
 
 | Command | Description |
 |---------|-------------|
-| `nanobot onboard` | Initialize config & workspace |
+| `nanobot onboard` | Initialize config & workspace at `~/.nanobot/` |
+| `nanobot onboard -c <config> -w <workspace>` | Initialize or refresh a specific instance config and workspace |
 | `nanobot agent -m "..."` | Chat with the agent |
 | `nanobot agent -w <workspace>` | Chat against a specific workspace |
 | `nanobot agent -w <workspace> -c <config>` | Chat against a specific workspace/config |

nanobot/cli/commands.py

@@ -262,28 +262,42 @@ def main(
 
 
 @app.command()
-def onboard():
+def onboard(
+    workspace: str | None = typer.Option(None, "--workspace", "-w", help="Workspace directory"),
+    config: str | None = typer.Option(None, "--config", "-c", help="Path to config file"),
+):
     """Initialize nanobot configuration and workspace."""
-    from nanobot.config.loader import get_config_path, load_config, save_config
+    from nanobot.config.loader import get_config_path, load_config, save_config, set_config_path
     from nanobot.config.schema import Config
 
+    if config:
+        config_path = Path(config).expanduser().resolve()
+        set_config_path(config_path)
+        console.print(f"[dim]Using config: {config_path}[/dim]")
+    else:
         config_path = get_config_path()
 
+    def _apply_workspace_override(loaded: Config) -> Config:
+        if workspace:
+            loaded.agents.defaults.workspace = workspace
+        return loaded
+
+    # Create or update config
     if config_path.exists():
         console.print(f"[yellow]Config already exists at {config_path}[/yellow]")
         console.print("  [bold]y[/bold] = overwrite with defaults (existing values will be lost)")
         console.print("  [bold]N[/bold] = refresh config, keeping existing values and adding new fields")
         if typer.confirm("Overwrite?"):
-            config = Config()
-            save_config(config)
+            config = _apply_workspace_override(Config())
+            save_config(config, config_path)
             console.print(f"[green]✓[/green] Config reset to defaults at {config_path}")
         else:
-            config = load_config()
-            save_config(config)
+            config = _apply_workspace_override(load_config(config_path))
+            save_config(config, config_path)
             console.print(f"[green]✓[/green] Config refreshed at {config_path} (existing values preserved)")
     else:
-        config = Config()
-        save_config(config)
+        config = _apply_workspace_override(Config())
+        save_config(config, config_path)
         console.print(f"[green]✓[/green] Created config at {config_path}")
     console.print("[dim]Config template now uses `maxTokens` + `contextWindowTokens`; `memoryWindow` is no longer a runtime setting.[/dim]")
 
@@ -297,11 +311,15 @@ def onboard():
 
     sync_workspace_templates(workspace)
 
+    agent_cmd = 'nanobot agent -m "Hello!"'
+    if config:
+        agent_cmd += f" --config {config_path}"
+
     console.print(f"\n{__logo__} nanobot is ready!")
     console.print("\nNext steps:")
-    console.print("  1. Add your API key to [cyan]~/.nanobot/config.json[/cyan]")
+    console.print(f"  1. Add your API key to [cyan]{config_path}[/cyan]")
     console.print("     Get one at: https://openrouter.ai/keys")
-    console.print("  2. Chat: [cyan]nanobot agent -m \"Hello!\"[/cyan]")
+    console.print(f"  2. Chat: [cyan]{agent_cmd}[/cyan]")
     console.print("\n[dim]Want Telegram/WhatsApp? See: https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot#-chat-apps[/dim]")
 
 

tests/test_commands.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import re
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -43,7 +44,14 @@ def mock_paths():
 
         mock_cp.return_value = config_file
         mock_ws.return_value = workspace_dir
-        mock_sc.side_effect = lambda config: config_file.write_text("{}")
+        mock_lc.side_effect = lambda _config_path=None: Config()
+
+        def _save_config(config: Config, config_path: Path | None = None):
+            target = config_path or config_file
+            target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            target.write_text(json.dumps(config.model_dump(by_alias=True)), encoding="utf-8")
+
+        mock_sc.side_effect = _save_config
 
         yield config_file, workspace_dir, mock_ws
 
@@ -109,6 +117,40 @@ def test_onboard_existing_workspace_safe_create(mock_paths):
     assert (workspace_dir / "AGENTS.md").exists()
 
 
+def test_onboard_help_shows_workspace_and_config_options():
+    result = runner.invoke(app, ["onboard", "--help"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    stripped_output = _strip_ansi(result.stdout)
+    assert "--workspace" in stripped_output
+    assert "-w" in stripped_output
+    assert "--config" in stripped_output
+    assert "-c" in stripped_output
+    assert "--dir" not in stripped_output
+
+
+def test_onboard_uses_explicit_config_and_workspace_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    config_path = tmp_path / "instance" / "config.json"
+    workspace_path = tmp_path / "workspace"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.channels.registry.discover_all", lambda: {})
+
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        app,
+        ["onboard", "--config", str(config_path), "--workspace", str(workspace_path)],
+    )
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    saved = Config.model_validate(json.loads(config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
+    assert saved.workspace_path == workspace_path
+    assert (workspace_path / "AGENTS.md").exists()
+    stripped_output = _strip_ansi(result.stdout)
+    compact_output = stripped_output.replace("\n", "")
+    resolved_config = str(config_path.resolve())
+    assert resolved_config in compact_output
+    assert f"--config {resolved_config}" in compact_output
+
+
 def test_config_matches_github_copilot_codex_with_hyphen_prefix():
     config = Config()
     config.agents.defaults.model = "github-copilot/gpt-5.3-codex"