# boltz-check-status

Check existing Boltz jobs, inspect their progress, and resume result downloads. This skill is for recovering prior runs, not submitting new ones.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Boltz · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/boltz-api-cli/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/boltz-check-status

## What it does

The skill checks local download state with `download-status`, lists recent jobs, and fetches a job’s details with `retrieve`. When listing jobs, it combines records from six resources and sorts them by creation time. Use the job ID to look up a particular run.

To continue a results download, it calls `download-results`; it does not start the job again. ADME results work differently: there is no archive download step, so scores come from `retrieve` or the local `run.json`. If `boltz-api` is missing from `PATH` or authentication has expired, `boltz-cli-setup` handles the setup before the command is retried. Calls cannot run without CLI or API access.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill boltz-check-status -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill boltz-check-status -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/boltz-check-status/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins boltz-check-status
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/boltz-api-cli/skills/boltz-check-status
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/boltz-api-cli/skills/boltz-check-status/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inspect local download state for a named run
- find recent jobs across Boltz resources
- fetch a job’s details using its ID
- resume downloading results from an earlier job
- recover ADME scores with `retrieve`

## Example prompts
- Check local download state for `my-run` under `/absolute/path/boltz-experiments`.
- Find my recent Boltz jobs and sort them by creation time.
- Resume downloading results for `<job-id>` into `/absolute/path/boltz-experiments`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: boltz-check-status
description: Boltz job status and result recovery. Use when listing jobs, checking progress, resuming downloads, recovering results, or downloading an existing job ID. Not for starting new jobs.
---

## Workflow

If `boltz-api` is missing from `PATH`, use `boltz-cli-setup` for install/update guidance before retrying.
If a command reports missing or expired authentication, use `boltz-cli-setup` to start `boltz-api auth login --device-code` before retrying; do not ask permission first.
If the agent host sandbox blocks `boltz-api` install/auth/API calls, use `boltz-cli-setup` to request the host sandbox bypass/escalation needed for user-wide CLI install, browser login, credential storage, temp files, or API access before retrying.

Use this skill to recover state across sessions and to inspect or download results for prior Boltz jobs. No payload authoring — this skill only calls `list` / `retrieve` / `download-results` / `download-status`.

Use four modes:

1. Local progress: if the user knows the run name / run dir, prefer `download-status` before remote API calls.
2. List recent jobs: enumerate all six resources, merge, and sort by `created_at` descending.
3. Retrieve one job: use the job ID prefix when known; otherwise probe resources until one succeeds.
4. Resume/download results: run `download-results` with the original run name when possible. Never run `start` again to resume.

ADME jobs use the prefix `adme_pred_*` and show up in Modes 1-2 (`list` / `retrieve`) like the others. ADME has **no** `download-results`/archive step, so Modes 3-4 don't apply — recover its scores by re-running `retrieve` (read `output.molecules[]`) or from the local `run.json`.

Read [references/resume.md](references/resume.md) before recovering a dropped session, mapping job ID prefixes, or choosing a run name for `download-results`. Read [references/api.md](references/api.md) for per-resource `list` columns, `retrieve` fields, and result semantics.

## Command Pattern

```bash
# Replace placeholders with concrete absolute paths before running.

# Local helper: inspect local checkpoint state without API calls.
boltz-api --format json download-status \
  --name "<run-name>" \
  --root-dir "/absolute/path/boltz-experiments"

# Mode 1: list recent jobs across all 6 resources.
# Note: the CLI emits one JSON object per record (streamed, no {data:[]} wrapper).
# --limit is per-page and the CLI auto-paginates, so cap each explicit command with head.
boltz-api predictions:structure-and-binding list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20
boltz-api predictions:adme list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20
boltz-api small-molecule:library-screen list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20
boltz-api small-molecule:design list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20
boltz-api protein:library-screen list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20
boltz-api protein:design list --limit 20 --format jsonl | head -20

# Mode 2: retrieve by ID. Pick the resource from the ID prefix in the workflow
# notes above. If the prefix is unknown, run these one at a time until one succeeds.
boltz-api predictions:structure-and-binding retrieve --id "<job-id>" --format json
boltz-api predictions:adme retrieve --id "<job-id>" --format json
boltz-api small-molecule:library-screen retrieve --id "<job-id>" --format json
boltz-api small-molecule:design retrieve --id "<job-id>" --format json
````
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