Roo Code

Works with the CLI alone. No gander.md account.

Roo Code is an AI coding agent that runs in your editor. It uses project-wide context and multi-step agentic coding.

Roo Code loads skills from ~/.roo/skills and .roo/skills, and it also reads ~/.agents/skills and .agents/skills. gander skill already links ~/.agents/skills/gander. Add a Roo dest if you want it in the higher-priority .roo tree. MCP is .roo/mcp.json in the project or Roo's MCP settings.

1. Install the CLI

curl -fsSL https://release.gander.md/install.sh | bash
gander --version

After Homebrew or a source build, run gander skill.

2. Confirm the skill landed

ls -l ~/.agents/skills/gander/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.roo/skills
ln -sfn ~/.gander/skill ~/.roo/skills/gander

Reload the VS Code / Roo window. Ask Roo which skills are available. Roo's skill tool loads SKILL.md on demand.

3. Sign up and add MCP

gander signup --email [email protected]

Project file .roo/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gander": {
      "command": "gander",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Use a full path if the GUI process has a thin PATH.

4. Use it

1. Ask Roo for a plan as markdown, then gander this file.
2. gander watch plan.md after signup.
3. Send the hosted URL.
4. @agent comments come through MCP. Roo edits the local file.

Fallback: gander comments.

5. Verify

gander list
gander comments
ls ~/.roo/skills/gander

More: Skill, MCP, Hosted watch.