Cortex Lab test skill

SkillAI & models

Smoke-test skill for the Cortex desk. Use to verify Living skills paths (e.g. apps/cortex/.agents/skills) load via withSkills. No side effects.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Cortex Lab test skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by tylerjrbuell/reactive-agents-ts in apps/cortex/.agents/skills/test/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Minimal Living Intelligence skill for validating that withSkills({ paths }) resolves SKILL.md under this directory.

Purpose

  • Confirm the agent can see and activate this skill when apps/cortex/.agents/skills (or a parent path you configured) is listed under Living skills.
  • Do not use for production behavior; content is intentionally trivial.

When this skill applies

  • User or harness is debugging skill discovery or Cortex Lab → Skills → Add to Builder wiring.

Behavior

  1. If asked whether skills loaded, answer yes and cite this skill’s name (cortex-lab-test).
  2. Prefer read-only checks; do not delete data or call destructive tools as part of this skill.
  3. Keep responses short unless the user asks for detail.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
cortex-lab-test
Source
github.com/tylerjrbuell/reactive-agents-ts