Installation Doctor

SkillAI & models

Diagnose cc-thingz plugin installations with the bundled read-only doctor. Use for missing installed skills or helpers, stale package versions, duplicate packages, or migration from old cc-thingz packages. NOT for broad agent configuration audits or config edits; use evolving-config.

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 Installation Doctor skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by alexei-led/cc-thingz in src/skills/installation-doctor/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Inspect installed resources without a repository checkout. The helper compares files against its bundled release catalog; it does not execute hooks or modify installations.

Run

  1. Locate scripts/doctor.py relative to this installed SKILL.md.
  2. Use an existing Python 3.12+ interpreter with -B. If using uv, run uv run --no-project python -B <skill-directory>/scripts/doctor.py --json. uv may populate its own cache; use an existing interpreter directly when the entire invocation must be read-only.
  3. Select roots for the requested runtime. Without root options the helper inspects the Codex cc-thingz marketplace cache and user flat skill directories. For Claude or a specific installation, pass --plugin-root <directory>. Repeat --plugin-root or --skill-root for multiple locations. Any explicit root option restricts inspection to supplied roots.
  4. Optionally pass --config-root <.codex-directory> to check agent profile presence, or --repo <cc-thingz-checkout> for comparison with source manifests.
  5. Summarize failed checks with paths, migration suggestions, and verification gaps. Exit 1 means findings; exit 2 means invalid arguments.

Interpretation

  • Cached copies do not prove enabled plugins or duplicate execution. Inspect the runtime's enabled-plugin list before recommending removal.
  • Versions are compared with the release containing this helper, not an online latest release. Without a containing native manifest, version checks are skipped.
  • Hook support, helper dependencies, active plugins, and effective permissions remain unsupported by static inventory; exit 0 does not verify them.
  • Report missing Python or unreadable metadata precisely. Do not install tools, change configuration, or delete caches as part of this diagnostic run.

Output

Report the inspected roots, baseline release, confirmed findings with paths, skipped or unsupported checks, and the next corrective action. Keep hook commands and credential contents out of the response.

Signals

GitHub stars
35
Forks
5
Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
installation-doctor
Source
github.com/alexei-led/cc-thingz