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config/<file>
<file> is one of tools.json, overrides.json, policy.json, brief.md, or theme.json. Doctor checks each of the five separately and emits this once per file that’s missing. check: config/<file> · error_code: E-CFG-001 · doctor exits: 1

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What you’re seeing

The app runs, but Vendo is missing part of its configuration. Which part depends on which file the message names.

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Why

vendo init was never run in this directory, or the named file was deleted after init ran. Config resolves from code or from disk and nowhere else, so a missing file is missing for every deployment, keyed or not.

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The fix

Run npx vendo init; it recreates any missing .vendo/ files and never overwrites the ones you already have.
A missing tools.json alone can also be regenerated on its own with npx vendo sync. Run npx vendo config status to see which surfaces are on disk and which are unset before you decide.
  • E-CFG-002: a missing file in the same .vendo/ directory, data/.gitignore
  • E-CFG-003: a different .vendo/-adjacent config disagreement, the OpenAPI mount