Scan My Machine

Reads the machine's real memory and GPU, then names the local models that fit. Read-only: this skill never installs, downloads, or changes anything.

Before you start

Run the check in references/environment-check.md first. These skills need a shell on the user's own machine. If the environment is a sandbox or container, stop and tell the user to run this in Claude Code on the computer they want to set up. Do not report detected specs from a sandbox: wrong specs are worse than none.

Steps

Track progress:

Task Progress:
- [ ] 1. Detect the hardware
- [ ] 2. Work out the usable memory budget
- [ ] 3. Name the models that fit
- [ ] 4. Report what is already installed
- [ ] 5. Render the HTML report

1. Detect the hardware

Run the detection commands for the user's OS from references/detect-hardware.md. Get: total memory, GPU and its VRAM, chip name, free disk. Never ask the user for specs you can detect yourself. If a command fails, try the fallback in that file before asking.

2. Work out the usable memory budget

Take the memory that matters (discrete GPU VRAM, or unified memory on Apple Silicon) and multiply by 0.75. That headroom is for conversation context and the app itself. Report the raw figure and the budget separately so the user sees why they differ.

3. Name the models that fit

Match the budget against the tier table in references/model-tiers.md. Output named models with their quantization tag and expected tokens per second, never a tier number alone. State one primary pick and at most two alternates. If the budget spans two tiers, pick the lower one.

4. Report what is already installed

Run the inventory commands in references/detect-hardware.md to find existing Ollama, LM Studio, Open WebUI and already-pulled models. Tell the user what they already have so they do not download something twice.

5. Render the HTML report

Deliver the result as a rendered HTML page, not as chat text. Build it from references/report-template.md using the scan-my-machine layout in section 4, save it to the Desktop, and open it. Keep the chat reply to two lines plus the file path.

Human checkpoints

None. This skill only reads. If the user asks to install or download anything, stop and route them to /local-ai-setup.

Self-improvement

This skill is never finished. Improve it as you use it.

• Results are delivered as HTML pages. When the layout in references/report-template.md proves unclear for a real result, fix the layout there rather than working around it in chat.
• When a detection command fails on a machine, add the working command for that OS or chip to references/detect-hardware.md.
• When the model recommendations go stale or a better model ships, update references/model-tiers.md and change its date line.
• When the user corrects a recommendation, record the corrected rule in the relevant reference file so it sticks.
• When a scan report was genuinely useful, save it to references/examples/ as a model for future runs.
• Keep this small: when you add something, cut anything that no longer changes behaviour.

Routing

Step	Reference
before all steps	references/environment-check.md
1, 4	references/detect-hardware.md
3	references/model-tiers.md
5	references/report-template.md