Ywc Docker Isolate

ywc-docker-isolate

Announce at start: "I'm using the ywc-docker-isolate skill to isolate this worktree's Docker host ports."

Deterministic, per-worktree Docker host-port isolation for parallel Git worktree development. Each worktree derives a unique port block purely from its task name — no central registry, no runtime coordination — and writes it to a worktree-local env-file plus a .ywc-docker-ports persist file. The committed compose / env-file is never mutated (per-worktree namespacing, not save/restore). The deterministic engine lives in bundled scripts; this skill is the one-line interface to them.

Rationalization Defense

When tempted to skip a step, check this table first:

| Excuse | Reality | |---|---| | "Only one worktree is active right now — isolation is unnecessary" | Isolation is unconditional in the executor hook. A second worktree may start at any time, and the deterministic block is what guarantees they never collide. Run setup for every task worktree. | | "Just edit the compose ports: / committed .env to free the port" | The original compose and committed env-file are immutable (NFR-1). Isolation writes only a worktree-local env-file managed block + .ywc-docker-ports; mutating tracked files pollutes git diff and breaks the other worktrees. | | "ss is enough to check whether a port is free" | ss is Linux-only and absent on macOS. Port checks go through the cross-platform check_port_in_use (ss→lsof→netstat, fail-safe when none exist) — never call ss directly. | | "Re-running setup can just re-compute the hash to get the same ports" | Reproducibility (AC2) comes from reading back .ywc-docker-ports, not from re-hashing. A re-hash would drift if an external process transiently held a port. Always read back the persist file; re-hash only on first allocation. | | "audit returned exit 0, so there are no leftover stacks" | audit exit is always 0 — residual stacks are signalled by non-empty stdout, not the exit code. Parse stdout; never gate on the audit exit code. | | "A leftover stack from a prior run is harmless — proceed" | A stale ywc-_* stack occupies the same deterministic port the next run derives, so resume is guaranteed to collide. Pre-flight audit must fail-loud (or --prune) before setup. |

Modes

The deterministic logic is in scripts/ — invoke it with a single line per mode. The CLI contract (arguments, writes, exit codes) is authoritative and is what ywc-parallel-executor integrates against.

setup — allocate and apply the port block

bash claude-code/skills/ywc-docker-isolate/scripts/setup-docker-ports.sh \
  --task-name  --worktree-path  [--compose-file ] [--port-vars VAR1,VAR2]

• Writes a worktree-local env-file managed block (COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=ywc- + each *_PORT) and the .ywc-docker-ports persist file.
• Stdout: the resolved port map (COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME + VAR=port lines).
• Exit 0 = isolation applied, or no-op (no compose → "no docker — skipping isolation"). Exit 1 = ports hardcoded (cannot isolate) / salt chain exhausted / corrupt persist / squatter live-check / sanitize-empty.
• Re-run on the same worktree reads back .ywc-docker-ports (deterministic, AC2) and live-checks every port before returning — a squatted port fails loud (AC13).

teardown — remove only this worktree's stack

bash claude-code/skills/ywc-docker-isolate/scripts/teardown-docker.sh \
  (--task-name  | --project-name ) --worktree-path  [--keep-volumes]

• Runs docker compose -p down --volumes (default; --keep-volumes preserves data), idempotent (exit 0 even with no running stack), deletes .ywc-docker-ports on success.
• Exit 0 = teardown verified / nothing to do. Exit 1 = compose down failed (LEAKED_DOCKER_STACK marker, wave non-blocking) or sanitize/malformed project (SANITIZE_ERROR marker, wave blocking). Both markers are written to stderr — distinguish the two by the marker string, not the exit code.

audit — report leftover stacks for expected tasks

bash claude-code/skills/ywc-docker-isolate/scripts/audit-docker-stacks.sh \
  --expect  [--prune]

• Detects residual ywc- stacks. Stdout non-empty = residual present (each line RESIDUAL_DOCKER_STACK: ( container(s))); exit is always 0.
• --prune tears residual stacks down (down --volumes) and confirms each on stdout (pruned residual stack: ). Without --prune, the caller (parallel-executor Pre-flight) must fail-loud and abort the run on any residual. Gate on stdout non-empty only when --prune is not passed — the prune confirmation lines would otherwise read as residuals.

Integration (ywc-parallel-executor)

One-line pointers only (no inline prose in the executor body):

• Pre-flight (after worktree audit): audit --expect — non-empty stdout → abort run with the printed stacks + --prune remediation.
• Step 4a (after 4a-verify, per task): setup --task-name --worktree-path — exit 1 → task BLOCKED + worktree preserved, wave continues.
• Step 4g (before cleanup-worktree.sh, inside the 4e-DONE loop): teardown --task-name --worktree-path — preserved (BLOCKED) worktrees skip 4g, so teardown is skipped automatically.

Common Mistakes

• Calling ss directly instead of the cross-platform helper — breaks on macOS.
• Gating on the audit exit code instead of stdout non-empty — misses every residual stack.
• Re-hashing on re-run instead of reading back .ywc-docker-ports — breaks AC2 determinism under transient external port use.
• Placing the teardown pointer outside the 4e-DONE loop — would tear down BLOCKED-preserved worktrees.
• Writing isolation values into the committed compose/env-file instead of the worktree-local env-file managed block — pollutes git diff (NFR-1).

Validation

• bash -n clean on all scripts/*.sh.
• setup twice with the same --task-name yields an identical port map (AC2).
• Three distinct task names yield three distinct port blocks and COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME values (AC1).
• validate_ywc_skills.py PASS; README locale set (.md / .en.md / .ja.md / .ko.md) present.

References

> Action required: Read [references/port-allocation.md](references/port-allocation.md) for the hash formula, var_index sort rule, salt chain, modulo bias, and the AC2 determinism guarantee.

> Action required: Read [references/preconditions.md](references/preconditions.md) for compose detection, env-var mapping limits (short vs long syntax), the YAML parser priority, the platform port-check tool table, and the env-file vs shell-export precedence.

Source & license

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

• Author: yongwoon
• Source: yongwoon/ywc-agent-toolkit
• License: MIT

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