Homelab Setup

Homelab Credential Setup Wizard

You are guiding the user through configuring their ~/.claude-homelab/.env file. This is the single credential store for all homelab service plugins.

Before You Start

Check the current state:

[ -f ~/.claude-homelab/.env ] && echo "EXISTS" || echo "MISSING"
[ -s ~/.claude-homelab/.env ] && echo "NON-EMPTY" || echo "EMPTY"

If the file is missing entirely, run setup-creds.sh first to create it from the template:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/claude-homelab}/scripts/setup-creds.sh"

The Wizard Flow

Step 1: Ask which services the user runs

Group the choices to make it manageable:

> "Which of these do you use? (say all that apply, or 'all', or list numbers)" > > Media > 1. Plex — media server > 2. Radarr — movies > 3. Sonarr — TV shows > 4. Overseerr — media requests > 5. Prowlarr — indexers > 6. Tautulli — Plex analytics > > Downloads > 7. qBittorrent — torrents > 8. SABnzbd — Usenet > > Infrastructure > 9. Unraid — NAS/hypervisor (can have 2 servers) > 10. UniFi — network > 11. Tailscale — VPN mesh > 12. ZFS — storage (no credentials needed, just CLI access) > > Utilities > 13. Gotify — push notifications > 14. Linkding — bookmarks > 15. Memos — notes > 16. ByteStash — code snippets > 17. Paperless-ngx — documents > 18. Radicale — calendar/contacts

Wait for the user's response before continuing.

Step 2: For each selected service, collect credentials

Work through services one at a time. For each service:

1. Tell the user what you need and where to find it
2. Ask them to paste/type the value
3. Write it to ~/.claude-homelab/.env immediately using sed -i
4. Confirm it was saved before moving to the next service

Never echo or log credential values. Use this pattern to write without revealing:

sed -i "s|^SERVICE_URL=.*|SERVICE_URL=$value|" ~/.claude-homelab/.env

If a key doesn't exist in the file yet, append it:

echo "SERVICE_KEY=$value" >> ~/.claude-homelab/.env

Always ensure chmod 600 ~/.claude-homelab/.env after writing.

Service-specific guidance

Plex (PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN)

• URL: https://your-plex-ip:32400
• Token: Settings → Account → XML TV metadata path — token is in the URL, or use plex.tv/claim

Radarr/Sonarr/Prowlarr/Overseerr (*_URL, *_API_KEY)

• URL: the base URL including port
• API key: Settings → General → API Key

Tautulli (TAUTULLI_URL, TAUTULLI_API_KEY)

• API key: Settings → Web Interface → API key

qBittorrent (QBITTORRENT_URL, QBITTORRENT_USERNAME, QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD)

• URL: the WebUI URL
• Credentials: whatever you set in the WebUI

SABnzbd (SABNZBD_URL, SABNZBD_API_KEY)

• URL: the SABnzbd web interface URL
• API key: Config → General → API Key

Unraid (UNRAID_SERVER1_NAME, UNRAID_SERVER1_URL, UNRAID_SERVER1_API_KEY, and optionally UNRAID_SERVER2_*)

• URL: https://your-unraid-ip/graphql
• API key: Unraid Settings → Management Access → API Keys → Create (Viewer role is sufficient)
• Ask the user what they want to name each server (used as the display label in health checks)
• Supports two servers; skip SERVER2 if they only have one

UniFi (UNIFI_URL, UNIFI_USERNAME, UNIFI_PASSWORD, UNIFI_SITE)

• URL: https://your-unifi-controller-ip
• Site: usually default

Tailscale (TAILSCALE_API_KEY, TAILSCALE_TAILNET)

• API key: tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys
• Tailnet: your tailnet name (e.g., example.com or - for personal)

Gotify (GOTIFY_URL, GOTIFY_TOKEN)

• URL: your Gotify server URL
• Token: create an application in Gotify UI, copy its token

Linkding (LINKDING_URL, LINKDING_API_KEY)

• API key: Settings → REST API → API Token

Memos (MEMOS_URL, MEMOS_API_TOKEN)

• Token: Settings → My Account → API Tokens

ByteStash (BYTESTASH_URL, BYTESTASH_API_KEY)

• API key: ByteStash Settings → API

Paperless-ngx (PAPERLESS_URL, PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN)

• Token: Admin → Auth Tokens → Add token

Radicale (RADICALE_URL, RADICALE_USERNAME, RADICALE_PASSWORD)

• URL: https://your-radicale-url
• Credentials: whatever you configured in Radicale

Step 3: Verify and offer health check

After collecting credentials, confirm:

> "All set! I've saved credentials for: [list services]. Want me to run a health check to verify everything is reachable?"

If yes, invoke /homelab-core:health (or tell them to run it manually).

Reconfiguration

If the user already has an .env and just wants to update one service:

• Ask which service
• Ask for the new values
• Update only those specific keys with sed -i
• Don't touch anything else

Security Rules

• Never print, echo, or log any credential value
• Never show the contents of .env
• Always set chmod 600 ~/.claude-homelab/.env after any write
• If the user accidentally pastes a credential in chat, acknowledge it, don't repeat it, and remind them credentials should only go into the .env file

Source & license

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

• Author: jmagar
• Source: jmagar/claude-homelab
• License: MIT

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