On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 09:31:18AM -0400, Raghav Gururajan wrote:
> ERROR: In procedure stat:
> In procedure stat: No such file or directory: "/run/user/1000/shepherd"
> *** END ***

It needs XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to be set, as mentioned in the manual:

https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/manual/shepherd.html#Invoking-shepherd

It would be great if this could happen automagically on Guix System.