Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

This page collects common setup and runtime issues.

CLI is not installed

Run the bootstrap once, then doctor for re-checks:

python quickstart.py     # if you cloned the repo
prpt setup               # if you `pip install`ed PromptPilot
prpt doctor              # re-run checks any time, no install side effects

If it reports a missing dependency, follow the exact command printed by the failing step.

Not logged in

For Claude Code subscription auth:

claude auth login --claudeai

For Codex subscription auth:

codex login

For API-key auth, set the relevant key in .env or the shell environment.

.env value is ignored

If the shell already has ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or OPENAI_API_KEY, it may shadow the value in .env.

Unset the shell variable or intentionally keep the shell value.

Handoff validation fails

handoff.md must contain all five canonical sections:

• Goal
• Decisions made
• Files touched
• Open items
• Constraints

Header matching is case-insensitive and accepts common variants (e.g. Files modified, Decisions, Next steps, Guardrails), so light hand-editing is fine. Removing or omitting a section will still fail; restore the missing one and retry.

Wiki pages did not update

The wiki is a separate git repository. Editing docs in the main repo is not enough.

Run:

scripts/publish_wiki.sh

Use --dry-run first if you want to preview the wiki diff.

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See also: Quickstart · Authentication and Providers · Wiki Publishing