Geo Setup

GEO Runtime Setup Skill

Purpose

Use this skill when a GEO workflow needs bundled Python utilities, dependencies, templates, or PDF tooling and the runtime is missing or uncertain. It supports both installation modes:

• Plugin mode: skills are loaded from a geo-seo-codex plugin checkout/cache, while scripts, schema templates, and report templates remain in that plugin root.
• Classic installer mode: files are copied under ~/.codex/skills/geo/, with sub-skills under ~/.codex/skills/geo-*/ and optional agents under ~/.codex/agents/.

Do not require ~/.codex/agents/geo-*.toml for setup. Agents are the preferred full-audit acceleration path when available; plugin-only installs must still work through skills fallback.

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Runtime Root Resolution

Resolve GEO_ROOT before running scripts:

1. If CODEX_GEO_ROOT is set and contains scripts/, use it.
2. If this skill was loaded from a plugin path like /skills/geo-setup/SKILL.md, use ``.
3. If the current repository contains scripts/ and requirements.txt, use that repository root.
4. Fall back to the classic installer path: ${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/skills/geo.

If no root contains scripts/fetch_page.py, stop and ask the user to install the plugin or run install.sh / install-win.sh.

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Setup Workflow

Run the equivalent of this shell flow in the user's environment:

GEO_ROOT="${CODEX_GEO_ROOT:-}"

if [ -z "$GEO_ROOT" ]; then
  for candidate in "$PWD" "$PWD/.." "$PWD/../.." "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/skills/geo"; do
    if [ -f "$candidate/scripts/fetch_page.py" ]; then
      GEO_ROOT="$(cd "$candidate" && pwd)"
      break
    fi
  done
fi

if [ -z "$GEO_ROOT" ] || [ ! -f "$GEO_ROOT/scripts/fetch_page.py" ]; then
  echo "GEO runtime root not found. Set CODEX_GEO_ROOT to the geo-seo-codex plugin/repo root."
  exit 1
fi

if [ "$GEO_ROOT" = "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/skills/geo" ]; then
  GEO_RUNTIME_DIR="$GEO_ROOT"
else
  GEO_RUNTIME_DIR="${CODEX_GEO_RUNTIME_DIR:-${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/geo-seo-codex}"
fi

mkdir -p "$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR"

if command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  GEO_SYSTEM_PYTHON="python3"
elif command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  GEO_SYSTEM_PYTHON="python"
elif command -v py >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  GEO_SYSTEM_PYTHON="py"
else
  echo "Python 3.8+ is required."
  exit 1
fi

"$GEO_SYSTEM_PYTHON" -m venv "$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR/.venv"

if [ -x "$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR/.venv/bin/python" ]; then
  GEO_PYTHON="$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR/.venv/bin/python"
else
  GEO_PYTHON="$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR/.venv/Scripts/python.exe"
fi

"$GEO_PYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade pip
"$GEO_PYTHON" -m pip install -r "$GEO_ROOT/requirements.txt"

echo "GEO_ROOT=$GEO_ROOT"
echo "GEO_RUNTIME_DIR=$GEO_RUNTIME_DIR"
echo "GEO_PYTHON=$GEO_PYTHON"

On Windows, run the commands from Git Bash. If the user prefers the classic installer, use ./install-win.sh instead.

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Verification

After setup, verify:

"$GEO_PYTHON" "$GEO_ROOT/scripts/fetch_page.py" https://example.com page
test -f "$GEO_ROOT/templates/geo-report-template.html"
test -f "$GEO_ROOT/templates/geo-report-style.css"
test -f "$GEO_ROOT/schema/organization.json"

Report the resolved GEO_ROOT, GEO_RUNTIME_DIR, and Python version.

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Optional Dependencies

PDF reports require:

• pandoc
• Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Chromium, or another compatible headless Chromium executable

Screenshot/browser features may require:

"$GEO_PYTHON" -m playwright install chromium

These are optional. If unavailable, core audit, schema, crawler, llms.txt, citability, and reporting workflows should still run without PDF/browser output.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: bytefer
• Source: bytefer/geo-seo-codex
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://www.bestalternative.dev/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.