doctor

Doctor

Health check for this agent. Inspects config, identity, memory, SQLite index, QMD, crons, hooks, HTTP bridge, messaging plugins, and dreaming. When invoked with --fix, applies safe auto-repairs (create memory dir, sync index, delete stale BOOTSTRAP.md) before re-running checks.

This is a CORE feature — always available. See docs/doctor.md for the full list of checks and auto-fixes.

When to use

• Right after /agent:create or /agent:import — verify setup is clean
• When memory search returns nothing or feels wrong — check SQLite integrity
• When heartbeats don't seem to fire — verify crons and active hours
• When you enabled the HTTP bridge but the browser can't connect — probe it
• Anytime something feels off

How it works

1. Refresh the cron audit FIRST — CronList → writeback.sh audit — so the registry's .audit state is current
2. Call the MCP tool agent_doctor with action='check' (or action='fix' when the user passes --fix); its cron-registry check reads the .audit you just refreshed
3. The tool returns a structured report; pass it through as-is (the tool already formats a card)
4. Supplement with cron status rendered from the same CronList output — the MCP server cannot see Claude Code's cron state

Steps

Step 1 — Detect mode

• If the user's message contains --fix or /agent:doctor fix or says "arreglar" / "auto-fix" / "repara" → mode is fix
• Otherwise → mode is check

Step 2 — Refresh the cron audit (BEFORE the card)

The agent_doctor card reads the registry's persisted .audit offline. Refresh it first, or the card may render stale/contradictory cron state.

CronList is a deferred tool. Load it first:

ToolSearch(query='select:CronList')

Call CronList() and pipe its FULL output (verbatim, including a literal No scheduled jobs.) to the mechanical auditor:

printf '%s\n' "<full CronList output>" | bash "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/crons/writeback.sh" audit

(Exit 4 = CronList format drift — remember it and report it as its own ⚠️ line in Step 4.) Keep the CronList output for Step 4.

Step 3 — Run the MCP tool

Call:

agent_doctor(action='<mode>')

Print the returned card verbatim.

Step 4 — Add cron status

Append a cron section rendered from the Step 2 CronList output (do not call it again):

• Heartbeat cron: look for a job whose prompt contains /agent:heartbeat → report schedule
• Dreaming cron: look for a job whose prompt contains dream → report schedule
• If either is missing, show ⚠️ and suggest: "Missing cron — run the default crons flow (see AGENTS.md)"
• If the audit line reported orphaned>0, add: ⚠️ <N> registry reminder(s) not firing — run /agent:crons reconcile
• If the audit printed blocked key= lines, add: ⚠️ <B> reminder(s) with ambiguous live duplicates — review with /agent:crons list

Format:

Crons:
  ✅ Heartbeat: */30 * * * *
  ✅ Dreaming:  0 3 * * *
  ✅ Registry audit: alive=5/5

Step 5 — Surface hints

If the diagnostic card includes any → hint: lines, those are already rendered. Do not repeat them; the user has what they need.

Step 6 — If in fix mode, remind the user to reload

After a fix run, if any fix was applied or any hook-related issue remains, recommend /mcp to reload the MCP server. Example:

Some changes take effect only after reloading the MCP server. Run `/mcp` to apply.

Response style

• Terse. No preamble. Just the card + cron section + optional reload hint.
• On messaging channels (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord), collapse the card to one line per check: ✅ Config · ✅ Identity · ⏸️ HTTP · ℹ️ Dreaming · ... — full card is too wide for mobile.
• On CLI or WebChat, keep the full multi-line card.

Never

• Do NOT run auto-fixes without the user asking. If they say /agent:doctor, only check. Only apply fixes on --fix or when the user explicitly asks to repair.
• Do NOT invent diagnostic categories not implemented in lib/doctor.ts. If they ask about something not covered (e.g. "check my OpenAI API key"), say the doctor doesn't cover that yet — or consult docs/doctor.md for the current check list.

References

• docs/doctor.md — full feature documentation
• lib/doctor.ts — implementation (checks + fixes)
• docs/INDEX.md — master feature index