From 36a8daee61c2b7a0937fd0914d51fb4ea8212ae7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Loskutov <igor.loskutoff@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:24:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check for Docker Compose plugin before running
 standalone setup

Without the compose plugin, `docker compose -f ...` produces a
misleading "unknown shorthand flag: 'f'" error instead of telling
the user compose is missing.
---
 scripts/setup-standalone.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/setup-standalone.sh b/scripts/setup-standalone.sh
index c5927773..82ddf294 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-standalone.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-standalone.sh
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ main() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    # Ensure Docker Compose V2 plugin is available
+    if ! docker compose version &>/dev/null; then
+        err "Docker Compose plugin not found."
+        err "Install Docker Desktop, OrbStack, or: brew install docker-compose"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
 
     # LLM_URL_VALUE is set by step_llm, used by later steps
     LLM_URL_VALUE=""