Module 4.2 — LaunchCode Agentic Engineer (CI/CD)

Note: This repository covers Module 4.2 (CI/CD) only. For Module 4.1 and Module 4.3, use the materials in the main course repository: https://github.com/jeffheaton/LaunchCodeAgenticEngineer/tree/main/module_4

Docker development environment for LaunchCode's Agentic Programming course, Module 4.2 (CI/CD). Extends the Module 3 environment with:

Slack MCP server — lets Claude Code prompts read and post to Slack
Gmail MCP server — lets Claude Code prompts read and send email
Pre-configured skills — custom slash commands available inside Claude Code
Pre-configured agents — autonomous sub-agents Claude Code can invoke for specialized tasks

Quick Start

Build and run locally:

cd module_4
docker build -t agentic_engineer_4 .
docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 \
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token \
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=T0123456 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  agentic_engineer_4

Or pull the pre-built image from DockerHub:

docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 \
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token \
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=T0123456 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest

Full setup with Slack and Gmail (reads credentials from your shell environment):

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 \
  -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY \
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=$SLACK_BOT_TOKEN \
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=$SLACK_TEAM_ID \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  -v "$HOME/.gmail-mcp":/root/.gmail-mcp \
  heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest

Place credentials.json (from Google Cloud Console) in $PWD before running. The Gmail MCP will trigger OAuth on first use and persist the token in ~/.gmail-mcp/.

Build

docker build -t agentic_engineer_4 .

Force a complete rebuild (no cached layers):

docker build --no-cache -t agentic_engineer_4 .

Run

With a local workspace (recommended)

# macOS / Linux
docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 \
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token \
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=T0123456 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  agentic_engineer_4

# Windows (PowerShell)
docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 `
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token `
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=T0123456 `
  -v "${PWD}:/workspace" `
  agentic_engineer_4

Files created or edited inside /workspace are saved to your local folder and persist after the container exits.

Without a local workspace

docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 agentic_engineer_4

Any files created inside the container will be lost when it exits.

MCP Servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers extend Claude Code so that prompts can take real-world actions — posting to Slack, reading email, etc. — without writing any extra code. Both servers are pre-installed as global npm packages and pre-configured in /root/.claude/settings.json inside the image.

Slack MCP Server

Package: @modelcontextprotocol/server-slack

Required environment variables (pass with -e at docker run):

Variable	Description
`SLACK_BOT_TOKEN`	Bot User OAuth Token from your Slack App (`xoxb-…`)
`SLACK_TEAM_ID`	Your Slack workspace ID (found in workspace settings)

Getting a Slack Bot Token:

Go to api.slack.com/apps and create a new app.
Under OAuth & Permissions, add Bot Token Scopes: channels:read, chat:write, channels:history, users:read.
Install the app to your workspace and copy the Bot User OAuth Token.
Copy your workspace's Team ID from the workspace URL or settings.

What it enables: Claude Code prompts can list channels, read message history, post messages, and look up users in your Slack workspace.

Gmail MCP Server

Package: @gongrzhe/server-gmail-autoauth-mcp

Setup (OAuth):

Go to Google Cloud Console and create a project.
Enable the Gmail API.
Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop App type) and download credentials.json.
Place credentials.json in your workspace directory (mounted at /workspace).
On first use, the MCP server will open an OAuth flow and save a token. To persist the token across container restarts, mount the credentials directory:

docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  -v "$HOME/.gmail-mcp":/root/.gmail-mcp \
  agentic_engineer_4

What it enables: Claude Code prompts can read, search, and send Gmail messages on behalf of the authenticated user.

Skills

Skills are custom slash commands invoked by typing /skill-name inside a Claude Code session. Claude Code supports two ways to define skills, and this image uses both.

Pre-installed Skills

Skill	Description
`/send-slack-message`	Send a message to a Slack channel via the Slack MCP server
`/check-gmail`	Retrieve and summarize recent unread Gmail messages
`/send-email`	Draft and send an email via the Gmail MCP server
`/summarize-session`	Generate a bullet-point summary of the current work session
`/rebuild-and-deploy`	Rebuild the Docker image and push it to DockerHub

SKILL.md files

Each skill lives in its own Markdown file at .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md. Inside the container these are placed at /root/.claude/skills/.

skills/
  send-slack-message/SKILL.md
  check-gmail/SKILL.md
  send-email/SKILL.md
  summarize-session/SKILL.md

When to use this method:

The skill prompt is more than a sentence or two.
The skill has multiple steps, conditional logic, or examples that benefit from formatting.
You want each skill in its own file for easier editing and version control.
You are building skills that will be shared or maintained over time.

To add a skill, create a new directory and SKILL.md file:

mkdir -p skills/my-skill
cat > skills/my-skill/SKILL.md << 'EOF'
Description of what this skill does.

Steps:
1. First step Claude should take.
2. Second step.
3. Confirm result to the user.
EOF

Then rebuild the image so the file is copied into /root/.claude/skills/:

docker build -t agentic_engineer_4 .

Adding a skill at runtime (no rebuild required):

You can also add a skill directly inside a running container without rebuilding the image. The full path inside the container is:

/root/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

For example:

mkdir -p /root/.claude/skills/my-skill
nano /root/.claude/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md

Note: since the container is run with --rm, any skills added this way will be lost when the container exits. To persist them, add them to the skills/ directory in this repo and rebuild.

Agents

Agents are autonomous sub-agents that Claude Code can spin up to handle specialized tasks. Unlike skills (which are slash commands you invoke), agents are specialists that Claude Code invokes automatically when the task matches, or that you can request explicitly in a prompt.

Agents are defined as Markdown files with YAML frontmatter and stored in .claude/agents/ (inside the container: /root/.claude/agents/). Source files live in agents/ in this repo and are copied in at image build time.

Pre-installed Agents

Agent	Trigger description
`code-reviewer`	Reviews recent git changes for quality, security, and maintainability without modifying files

Running an Agent

Explicitly — ask Claude Code to use it:

Review my recent changes using the code-reviewer agent.

Automatically — Claude Code will invoke the agent on its own when the task matches the agent's description. For example, after you ask Claude to write a new feature, it may proactively run the code-reviewer agent.

How the code-reviewer Agent Works

When invoked, code-reviewer:

Runs git diff to find recent changes.
Reads each modified file.
Classifies every issue as Critical, Warning, or Suggestion.
Provides a concrete fix example for every Critical and Warning item.

It checks for:

Code clarity and naming conventions
Duplicated logic
Error handling and input validation
Exposed secrets or API keys
Test coverage for new behavior
Performance implications

The agent never edits or creates files — it only reports.

Adding a New Agent

Create a Markdown file in agents/ with a YAML frontmatter block:

---
name: my-agent
description: >
  One or two sentences describing when Claude Code should invoke this agent.
tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash
model: inherit
permissionMode: default
---

Your agent prompt goes here.

Rebuild the image:

docker build -t agentic_engineer_4 .

Adding an agent at runtime (no rebuild required):

mkdir -p /root/.claude/agents
nano /root/.claude/agents/my-agent.md

Note: agents added this way are lost when the container exits (since it runs with --rm). Add them to agents/ in this repo and rebuild to persist them.

Agent File Format

Field	Description
`name`	Identifier used to reference the agent
`description`	Tells Claude Code when to invoke the agent (be specific)
`tools`	Comma-separated list of tools the agent may use
`model`	Model to use (`inherit` uses the same model as the parent session)
`permissionMode`	`default` respects normal permission prompts; `allowAll` skips them

Running Subagent Containers

scripts/run-agent.sh (macOS/Linux) and scripts/run-agent.ps1 (Windows) launch a subagent container enforcing the governance policy for the given role. Pass the role name as the first argument; any additional arguments are forwarded to the container.

macOS / Linux:

# Read-only workspace, no memory mount (reviewer, tester, project-manager)
./scripts/run-agent.sh reviewer

# Read-write workspace, memory mounted (implementer, orchestrator)
./scripts/run-agent.sh implementer

# Pass a command to run inside the container
./scripts/run-agent.sh tester python3 -m pytest eval/ -v

Windows (PowerShell):

# Read-only workspace, no memory mount
.\scripts\run-agent.ps1 reviewer

# Read-write workspace, memory mounted
.\scripts\run-agent.ps1 implementer

# Pass a command to run inside the container
.\scripts\run-agent.ps1 tester python3 -m pytest eval/ -v

Override the default image (launchcode-agentic:module4) with the AGENT_IMAGE environment variable:

AGENT_IMAGE=heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest ./scripts/run-agent.sh implementer

$env:AGENT_IMAGE = 'heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest'
.\scripts\run-agent.ps1 implementer

Gmail API Credentials (Python SDK)

In addition to the MCP server, the Python google-api-python-client library is available for direct API use in your code.

Place credentials.json (from Google Cloud Console) in your workspace directory. On first run it triggers OAuth and saves token.json. Reference it in code as:

from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow

flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file("credentials.json", SCOPES)

Keep both files out of source control:

# .gitignore
credentials.json
token.json

Running Streamlit Apps

From inside the container:

streamlit run app.py

Then open http://localhost:8501 in your browser.

Running Unit Tests

The test suite runs inside the Docker container, which has all dependencies pre-installed. Build the image first if you haven't already:

docker build -t agentic_engineer_4 .

Run all eval tests

docker run --rm \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  agentic_engineer_4 \
  python3 -m pytest eval/ -v

Run specific test suites

# Deterministic router and handoff-validator unit tests (fast, no external deps)
docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/workspace agentic_engineer_4 \
  python3 -m pytest eval/test_deterministic_router.py eval/test_deterministic_step.py -v

# Full deterministic suite including CLI subprocess and directory-structure checks
docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/workspace agentic_engineer_4 \
  python3 -m pytest eval/test_deterministic.py -v

# Governance policy / allow-list / skill-scope enforcement tests
docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/workspace agentic_engineer_4 \
  python3 -m pytest eval/test_policy.py -v

# Rubric suite placeholders
docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/workspace agentic_engineer_4 \
  python3 -m pytest eval/test_rubric_suite.py -v

What each suite checks

Suite	What it tests
`test_deterministic_router.py`	`scripts/route_task_deterministic.py` path-to-role routing logic
`test_deterministic_step.py`	`scripts/validate_handoff_deterministic.py` field validation logic
`test_deterministic.py`	CLI invocation of the validator, directory structure, governance-policy content
`test_policy.py`	Storage allow-list, retrieval allow-list, skill-scope files, and container permissions all agree with `docs/governance-policy.md`
`test_rubric_suite.py`	Rubric/judge placeholders — confirms ADR and CI design docs contain required content

Notes

eval/test_policy.py reads .skills/*.md for skill-scope enforcement. The .skills/ directory is currently empty — add per-role skill scope files there as you build out the governance lesson content.
Tests that check directory structure (.agents, .skills, docs/adr, etc.) expect those directories to exist in the bind-mounted workspace. They are created automatically when the container runs without a bind-mount.
scripts/run-reviewer.py is a safe sample that does not call a live LLM. It writes a deterministic advisory review so the CI workflow can be exercised without API spend.
Runtime logs belong under logs/ and are gitignored.
Configure branch protection so Policy Test Suite, Evaluation Harness, and Pipeline Integrity Check are required status checks before merge.

Build & Deploy to DockerHub

This section covers the full workflow for building the image and publishing it to DockerHub so students can pull it without building locally.

Prerequisites

Docker Desktop installed and running
A DockerHub account (free at hub.docker.com)
Logged in to DockerHub on your machine:

docker login

Step 1 — Build and tag for DockerHub

Build the image and tag it with your DockerHub username and repository name. Replace heatonresearch with your DockerHub username if different.

cd module_4
docker build -t heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest .

To tag a specific version number alongside latest (recommended so students can pin to a known-good version):

docker build \
  -t heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest \
  -t heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:3.0 .

Force a full rebuild ignoring all cached layers:

docker build --no-cache \
  -t heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest \
  -t heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:3.0 .

Step 2 — Push to DockerHub

docker push heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest
docker push heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:3.0

Both tags must be pushed separately. The latest tag is what students get by default when they don't specify a version.

Step 3 — Verify the image is public

Visit https://hub.docker.com/r/heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4 and confirm the repository visibility is set to Public so students can pull without logging in.

Pulling the image (students)

Once published, students can run the image directly without cloning the repo or building anything:

docker run -it --rm -p 8501:8501 -p 8502:8502 \
  -e SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token \
  -e SLACK_TEAM_ID=T0123456 \
  -v "$PWD":/workspace \
  heatonresearch/agentic_engineer_4:latest

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examples		examples
mcp-servers		mcp-servers
schemas		schemas
scripts		scripts
skills		skills
.gitignore		.gitignore
CLAUDE.md		CLAUDE.md
Dockerfile		Dockerfile
README.md		README.md
docker-entrypoint.sh		docker-entrypoint.sh
requirements.txt		requirements.txt
sample_review.py		sample_review.py

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Module 4.2 — LaunchCode Agentic Engineer (CI/CD)

Quick Start

Build

Run

With a local workspace (recommended)

Without a local workspace

MCP Servers

Slack MCP Server

Gmail MCP Server

Skills

Pre-installed Skills

SKILL.md files

Agents

Pre-installed Agents

Running an Agent

How the code-reviewer Agent Works

Adding a New Agent

Agent File Format

Running Subagent Containers

Gmail API Credentials (Python SDK)

Running Streamlit Apps

Running Unit Tests

Run all eval tests

Run specific test suites

What each suite checks

Notes

Build & Deploy to DockerHub

Prerequisites

Step 1 — Build and tag for DockerHub

Step 2 — Push to DockerHub

Step 3 — Verify the image is public

Pulling the image (students)

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