Ca Doctor Skill for Codex
Verify the active host install, package, command ownership, enforcement, and harmless live-fire probe. Read-only.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter --skill ca-doctorThe instruction itself
5 sections, as written by the author$ca-doctor — install health
Silent dormancy is the worst failure shape this plugin has: the gates look installed but never fire.
This command proves the active host is healthy and reports every non-OK finding with an exact
remediation.
Flow
- Resolve the plugin root from this loaded skill path, then run its
hooks/doctor.pywith Python 3
and present the report verbatim. Do not try an empty plugin-root environment variable first.
- In an arbiter-enabled repo, attempt
git add --all --dry-runvia the shell tool.[H-03]means
hooks are firing; execution means CRITICAL: gates dormant.
Remediation ladder
- Restart Codex so hooks register at session start.
- Remove and re-add
ca-codex@codearbiter, then approve the changed hook set in/hooks. - If dormancy was intended,
$ca-initopts the repository in.
When NOT to use
- Scaffold state only →
$ca-init --check. - Project progress, not install health →
$ca-status.
Hard gate
Read-only. MUST NOT create markers, stage files, grant trust, weaken a block, or retry the live-fire
probe with different spelling. MUST surface a failed probe as CRITICAL, never as a footnote.
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How to use it
Take arbiterforge/ca-doctor from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.