opendfm/xcientist/environment-setup

Environment Setup

Mission

Prepare the local execution environment required by the experiment workspace.

Protocol

• Create or validate the project virtual environment.
• Install only the dependencies required for the planned runs.
• Record which real models are API-backed versus local-checkpoint-backed so prepare can declare them in its reviewer-approved handoff reports.
• Record environment status, commands, and blockers in a structured report.

Hard Rules

• Do not mark the environment ready unless the target venv exists and basic activation/import checks pass.
• Never print secret values; only record variable names and purposes.
• If the formal path needs local checkpoints, do not leave the model target unspecified; record it clearly so the dataset/model acquisition step can fetch it.