version: "1.0.0" name: status user-invocable: false description: Read-only preview of the next dev-loop cycle with no vault or git writes. Use for /dev-loop status or doctor.

Dev-Loop Status Mode

Operator observability for a complex orchestration skill: preview only, no writes.

Invocation

Parent dev-loop sets MODE = status when args contain status or doctor (alias). doctor here is not REFRESH doctor-worker — status reads ~/.claude/dev-loop/last-doctor.json when present.

/dev-loop status
/dev-loop status high
/dev-loop doctor
/dev-loop status --json
/dev-loop status --preview-mode investigate
/dev-loop status --preview-mode investigate --orchestration goal

Pipeline

1. REFRESH (read-only subset) — config, BACKEND_CAPS, vault path, caps previews.
2. PROBE — node skills/dev-loop/scripts/dev-loop-status.js (see flags below).
3. REPORT — dev-loop-status.v1 JSON + Markdown under .claude/dev-loop/status/

(gitignored). Use --no-write for stdout-only.

1. EXIT — before WORK, SPEC, PLAN, EXECUTE, REVIEW, MERGE, SAVE, PUSH, DEPLOY.

The dev-loop-status.v1 report keeps two independent dimensions:

• health.state (healthy, degraded, or blocked) and structured

health.reasons explain environment and capability readiness. The report retains all observed optional gaps in health.missing_optional, but only gaps relevant to the configured preview operation appear in health.relevant_missing_optional and lower health.

• lifecycle.state (idle or active), lifecycle.next_action, and

lifecycle.reason describe work selection and the requested preview. A blocked operation remains active while its health is blocked.

For compatibility, overall.state, overall.next_action, and overall.reason project the corresponding health/lifecycle values. Consumers should prefer the explicit fields for new integrations.

Optional isolation: dev-loop:status-worker per agents/status-worker.md.

CLI flags (helper)

The cache probe is host-specific and exact-version-first. It never chooses a cache by mtime. Codex remediation uses codex plugin add dev-loop@karlorz-agent-skills --json plus a new session; Claude remediation uses claude plugin update dev-loop@karlorz-agent-skills plus restart. Unknown hosts fail closed, and no status path copies into a cache or deletes session history.

HUD / statusline

Read-only one-liner for ccstatusline, tmux, or shell polls (newest *-status.json under .claude/dev-loop/status/, or --probe to refresh without writing files):

node skills/dev-loop/scripts/dev-loop-status-hud.js --repo .
node skills/dev-loop/scripts/dev-loop-status-hud.js --repo . --format json
node skills/dev-loop/scripts/dev-loop-status-hud.js --repo . --probe --project <slug>

Doctor compact HUD (separate): ~/.claude/dev-loop/last-doctor.json from REFRESH doctor-worker.

Related read-only helpers

• Config lint: /dev-loop config-lint → dev-loop-config-lint.js
• Config migrate: dev-loop-config-migrate.js --repo . (vault alias advisor)
• Dashboard: dev-loop-dashboard.js --repo . (aggregate status/lint/migrate/doctor)
• One work item: dev-loop-why-skipped.js --project <slug> --work <folder>

Hard deny-list

No work-item creation, spec/plan edits, retros, git commit/push, PRs, deploy, bump_script, tags, or vault SAVE/MERGE. Classify errors as blocked, degraded, or info — do not swallow.

Full controller contract: parent skills/dev-loop/SKILL.md § Status pipeline.