# diamond-assess

diamond-assess reviews a diamond’s current state, checks theory gates, and suggests the next move. It is built for the Mycelium framework.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: haabe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/diamond-assess/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/diamond-assess

## What it does

diamond-assess reviews the active diamond by looking at its position, collected evidence, confidence breakdown, and blockers. It checks the theory gates for the next transition and gives a recommended action. Before the assessment, the skill asks for the person’s own view of what feels solid or uncertain.

It can also inspect parked diamonds, test their resume conditions, and report scale occupancy. The workflow runs `check_scale_occupancy.py` and `scale_locks.py`, while the diamond state comes from `.claude/diamonds/active.yml` and canvas files. Mycelium is a prerequisite: when its hooks are not running, the session’s gates are off, so standalone use does not provide the assumed canvas and harness behavior.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill diamond-assess -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill diamond-assess -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill diamond-assess -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install haabe/mycelium diamond-assess
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/diamond-assess/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill diamond-assess -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/haabe/mycelium --path plugins/mycelium/skills/diamond-assess
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill diamond-assess -a opencode
```

### 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/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/diamond-assess/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- assess a diamond’s current position
- check gates before a transition
- surface blockers and missing artefacts
- find parked diamonds ready to resume

## Example prompts
- Assess the current diamond and recommend the next action.
- Before the assessment, ask me what feels solid and what feels shaky.
- Check scale occupancy, open locks, and parked diamonds.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: diamond-assess
description: "Use to evaluate the current state of a diamond. Checks theory gates, confidence levels, and recommends next action."
metadata:
  instruction_budget: "82"
  framework_dependency: "mycelium"
  framework_dependency_note: "This skill is designed to run within the Mycelium framework (https://github.com/haabe/mycelium). Standalone use will skip the canvas state, theory gates, and harness behavior the skill assumes. Install: /plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium."
---

# Diamond Assess Skill

## First: are Mycelium's hooks running here? (v0.286.0)

Run `find .claude/state/hooks-alive "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mycelium-hooks-alive-$(id -u)" -mmin -60 2>/dev/null`. If it prints a path (since v0.318.0 the hooks also stamp the temp folder in a project with no Mycelium state yet, where they do nothing else), say nothing
about it and go on. If it prints nothing, Mycelium's hooks did not run in this session: its gates
and the rules it gives the agent at session start are off, and nothing else will say so. Tell the
user in one line before anything else: "Mycelium's hooks are not running in this session, so its
gates are off. On Codex CLI, open `/hooks`, trust Mycelium's hooks and start a new session; on
Claude Code, check the plugin is enabled in `/plugin`." Then carry on with this skill.

Evaluate current diamond state and recommend next action.

## Preflight: Read-before-Recommend (gate-narration discipline)

**Hard rule** (per the operating contract's Communication Rules, anti-pattern #7 graduation v0.39.16). Every gate-status narration, blocker statement, hold claim, or "what's missing" verdict this skill emits MUST cite the canvas file + field path of the source evidence (e.g., `per purpose.yml#why`, `per opportunities.yml#opp-005#status`, `per landscape.yml:1520`). Adjacent-surface inference (different opportunity, different ht, different topic) MUST be tagged as inference, not asserted as gate state. This skill ran an un-mechanized version of its own diagnosis in cluster-instances.md instance #17 (2026-06-02) — confabulated an "L0 unclear" blocker from comms-friction evidence while the L0 purpose was clear and canvas-documented; collapsed only after the founder articulated the underlying model and grep verified the canvas already had it. The preamble exists so this skill stops being the recursive case.

## Workflow

0. **Cognitive Forcing (ALWAYS FIRST — before any analysis)**:

   Before presenting any assessment, ask the human for their unprimed judgment:

   > "Before I run the gates — where do you think this diamond stands right now? What feels solid and what feels shaky?"

   Wait for the human's response. Record it. Then proceed with the full assessment below. After presenting the assessment (step 10), compare:

   > "You said [X]. The gates say [Y]. Where do we differ?"
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