feat: add IPython guidance (without portable installer deps)

install.sh

@@ -1,81 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
-has_command() {
-    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
-install_system_packages() {
-    if has_command apt-get; then
-        apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update -qq
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 install -y -qq --no-install-recommends "$@"
-    elif has_command apk; then
-        apk add --no-cache "$@"
-    elif has_command dnf; then
-        dnf install -y "$@"
-        dnf clean all
-    elif has_command yum; then
-        yum install -y "$@"
-        yum clean all
-    elif has_command microdnf; then
-        microdnf install -y "$@"
-        microdnf clean all
-    elif has_command zypper; then
-        zypper --non-interactive refresh
-        zypper --non-interactive install --no-recommends "$@"
-        zypper clean --all
-    else
-        echo "No supported package manager found to install: $*" >&2
-        return 127
-    fi
-    hash -r
-}
-
-ensure_command() {
-    local name="$1"
-    shift
-    if has_command "$name"; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-    install_system_packages "$@"
-    has_command "$name"
-}
-
-install_uv() {
-    local installer="/tmp/rlm-uv-install.sh"
-    if ! curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh -o "$installer"; then
-        install_system_packages ca-certificates
-        curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh -o "$installer"
-    fi
-    sh "$installer"
-    rm -f "$installer"
-}
-
-python_supports_rlm() {
-    "$1" - <<'PY'
-import sys
-
-raise SystemExit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10) else 1)
-PY
-}
-
-select_tool_python() {
-    if [ -n "${RLM_TOOL_PYTHON:-}" ]; then
-        echo "$RLM_TOOL_PYTHON"
-        return
-    fi
-    if has_command python3 && python_supports_rlm "$(command -v python3)"; then
-        command -v python3
-        return
-    fi
-    if has_command python && python_supports_rlm "$(command -v python)"; then
-        command -v python
-        return
-    fi
-    echo "3.10"
-}
-
-ensure_command curl ca-certificates curl
+# Ensure curl is available (Multi-SWE-RL images may lack it)
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq curl; }
 
 # Always install latest uv (sandbox images may have stale versions). Pin
 # UV_INSTALL_DIR (uv installer target) and UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR (`uv tool install`
@@ -87,15 +14,17 @@ ensure_command curl ca-certificates curl
 # and any `uv tool install`-ed executables (e.g. `rlm`) off PATH.
 export UV_INSTALL_DIR="${UV_INSTALL_DIR:-$HOME/.local/bin}"
 export UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR="${UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR:-$UV_INSTALL_DIR}"
-install_uv
+curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 export PATH="$UV_INSTALL_DIR:$PATH"
 
+# Install ripgrep if missing
+command -v rg >/dev/null 2>&1 || { apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq ripgrep; }
+
 # Clone the repo
 RLM_REPO_URL="${RLM_REPO_URL:-github.com/PrimeIntellect-ai/rlm.git}"
 RLM_REPO_BRANCH="${RLM_REPO_BRANCH:-main}"
 RLM_CHECKOUT="${RLM_CHECKOUT_PATH:-/tmp/rlm-checkout}"
 if [ ! -f "$RLM_CHECKOUT/install.sh" ] || [ ! -f "$RLM_CHECKOUT/pyproject.toml" ]; then
-    ensure_command git git
     case "$RLM_REPO_URL" in
         https://*|http://*)
             CLONE_URL="$RLM_REPO_URL"
@@ -111,12 +40,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$RLM_CHECKOUT/install.sh" ] || [ ! -f "$RLM_CHECKOUT/pyproject.toml"
     git clone --depth 1 --branch "$RLM_REPO_BRANCH" "$CLONE_URL" "$RLM_CHECKOUT"
 fi
 
-if ! has_command rg; then
-    if ! install_system_packages ripgrep || ! has_command rg; then
-        echo "Warning: ripgrep is not available; continuing without rg" >&2
-    fi
-fi
-
 # Install rlm as an isolated CLI tool (separate venv, on PATH).
 # Skills are owned by the environment (e.g. ComposableEnv uploads them to
 # /task/rlm-skills before this script runs).  Discover and install any
@@ -146,7 +69,7 @@ if [ -n "${RLM_EXTRA_UV_ARGS:-}" ]; then
     EXTRA_UV_ARGS="$RLM_EXTRA_UV_ARGS"
 fi
 
-uv tool install --python "$(select_tool_python)" --editable "$RLM_CHECKOUT" $SKILL_ARGS $EXTRA_UV_ARGS
+uv tool install --python 3.10 --editable "$RLM_CHECKOUT" $SKILL_ARGS $EXTRA_UV_ARGS
 
 REAL_TOOL_DIR="$UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR/.rlm-real-tools"
 mkdir -p "$REAL_TOOL_DIR"

src/rlm/prompt.py

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
     "repo use its documented commands, `uv run ...`, `.venv/bin/python ...`, "
     "or the active project interpreter from the repo root. Treat failures from "
     "that native environment as the relevant result."
+    "\n\n"
+    "Use Python for reading, searching, and editing files — it gives you "
+    "reusable variables you can slice, filter, and act on without re-reading. "
+    "Always assign read/search results to named variables so you can revisit "
+    "them later."
 )