Status Skill

Generate a diagnostic report of the metaswarm installation, project configuration, and potential issues across Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini. Useful for troubleshooting and verifying setup or migration.

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Checks

Run each check below and present results in a single formatted report. Detect the active platform first:

• Codex: PLUGIN_ROOT or CODEX_HOME is present, .codex-plugin/plugin.json is the active manifest, or the user invoked $status
• Claude Code: CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT is present, .claude-plugin/plugin.json is the active manifest, or the user invoked $status
• Gemini: extensionPath is present, gemini-extension.json is the active manifest, or the user invoked $status

1. Plugin Version

• Codex: read .codex-plugin/plugin.json from the plugin root and report version
• Claude Code: read .claude-plugin/plugin.json from the plugin root and report version
• Gemini: read gemini-extension.json from the plugin root and report version
• Fallback: read package.json at plugin root for version
• If neither found: Plugin version: UNKNOWN

2. Project Setup State

• Check if .metaswarm/project-profile.json exists in the working directory
• If present, report key fields: distribution, metaswarm_version, language, framework, test_runner
• If absent, report the platform-specific setup command:
  • Codex: Project setup: NOT CONFIGURED -- run $setup
  • Claude Code: Project setup: NOT CONFIGURED -- run $setup
  • Gemini: Project setup: NOT CONFIGURED -- run $setup

3. Platform Install State

Codex

• Check .codex-plugin/plugin.json exists in the plugin root
• Check ~/.codex/config.toml for an enabled metaswarm@... plugin entry when accessible
• Scan ~/.codex/plugins/cache/ for .codex-plugin/plugin.json with "name": "metaswarm"
• If installed from a local marketplace, report cache version as local

Claude Code

• Check .claude-plugin/plugin.json exists in the plugin root
• Scan ~/.claude/plugins/cache/ for .claude-plugin/plugin.json with "name": "metaswarm"
• Report marketplace/plugin cache status when accessible

Gemini

• Check gemini-extension.json exists in the plugin root
• Report extension status when discoverable from the local Gemini config

4. Claude Command Shims

When checking a Claude project, check these files in .claude/commands/:

Shim	Expected
start-task.md	Routes to /metaswarm:start-task
prime.md	Routes to /metaswarm:prime
review-design.md	Routes to /metaswarm:review-design
self-reflect.md	Routes to /metaswarm:self-reflect
pr-shepherd.md	Routes to /metaswarm:pr-shepherd
brainstorm.md	Routes to /metaswarm:brainstorm

For each: report Present/Missing. If the file exists but does not contain "metaswarm" routing, flag as present (non-metaswarm content).

When checking a Codex project, report not applicable (Codex uses $skill-name invocation) instead of treating missing .claude/commands/ files as errors.

5. Legacy Embedded Plugin

• Check for .claude/plugins/metaswarm/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
• If found: DETECTED -- run $migrate
• If found alongside the marketplace plugin, flag prominently as a conflict

6. BEADS Plugin

• Scan ~/.claude/plugins/cache/ and ~/.codex/plugins/cache/ for a directory containing .claude-plugin/plugin.json or .codex-plugin/plugin.json with "name": "beads"
• If found: installed (standalone) -- metaswarm defers priming to BEADS
• If not found: not separately installed

7. bd CLI

command -v bd && bd --version 2>/dev/null

• If found: report path and version
• If not found: not installed -- knowledge priming and self-reflect require bd. Core orchestration works without it.

8. gtg CLI

command -v gtg && gtg --help >/dev/null 2>&1

• If found: report path
• If not found: not installed -- pr-shepherd will fall back to manual gh checks.

9. External Tools

• Read .metaswarm/external-tools.yaml -- if absent: not configured (optional)
• If present, check each enabled adapter's availability:

command -v codex    # Codex CLI
command -v gemini   # Gemini CLI

Report per-tool: enabled (yes/no), status (available/not installed).

10. Coverage Thresholds

• Read .coverage-thresholds.json -- if absent: not configured
• If present, report threshold values (lines, branches, functions, statements) and enforcement command

11. Node.js

node --version 2>/dev/null

• If found: report version
• If not found: not installed -- scripts/beads-*.ts require Node.js. Core orchestration works without it.

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Output Format

## Metaswarm Status Report

| Component | Status |
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| Active platform | Codex |
| Plugin version | 0.11.0 |
| Project setup | Configured (distribution: plugin) |
| Platform install | Codex plugin installed and enabled |
| Command shims | Not applicable (Codex uses $skill-name) |
| Legacy embedded plugin | Not detected |
| BEADS plugin | Not separately installed |
| bd CLI | Available (v0.5.2) |
| gtg CLI | Available |
| External tools | Codex: available, Gemini: not installed |
| Coverage thresholds | 100% (all categories) |
| Node.js | Available (v22.4.0) |

### Issues Found
- None

### Recommendations
- None

When issues are found:

### Issues Found
1. Legacy embedded plugin detected alongside marketplace plugin -- run `$migrate`
2. Codex plugin not installed from a marketplace -- install from `/plugins` after adding the marketplace

### Recommendations
1. Install `bd` CLI for knowledge priming and self-reflect
2. Install `gtg` for the fastest `$pr-shepherd` readiness checks
3. Configure external tools for cross-model review (`.metaswarm/external-tools.yaml`)

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Error Handling

This skill is diagnostic-only and never fails fatally. If any individual check errors, report the failure for that check (for example, Plugin version: ERROR -- could not read plugin.json) and continue with remaining checks.