Automated dev environment setup

Analyzes your codebase to detect languages, frameworks, and tools, then generates or updates your devcontainer configuration and editor settings. Opens a PR so every developer gets a consistent, ready-to-code environment.

How to use this template

  1. 1Click "Use this template" or create a new automation in Ona
  2. 2Set your trigger (manual, scheduled, or event-based)
  3. 3Copy each step below into the automation builder
  4. 4Customize the prompts for your specific use case

What this does

  • Standardize dev environments across repos
  • Auto-detect language and framework requirements
  • Generate devcontainer and editor configuration
  • Open a PR with all changes for review

Workflow

Trigger

Manual trigger

Select the repository to analyze and standardize.

Prompt

Analyze codebase

Detect languages, frameworks, and tooling. Identify required dependencies, services, and dev tools.

Prompt

Generate configuration

Create or update devcontainer.json, Ona automations (tasks and services), editor settings, and port forwarding.

Shell Script

Validate configuration

gitpod env devcontainer validate
Pull Request

Open PR

Submit a draft pull request with dev environment configuration changes.

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